IV 
IKDIX. 
Camellia buds not opening, 158 
Camellias in autumn and winter 274 
Camellias, select, 160 
Canna nepalensis, 128 
Canna roots, wintering, 31 
Carnations, select show, 348 
Carnations, winter flowering, 276 
Carrots, choice, 61 
Carpet bedding, 63, 234 
Cauliflower culture, 47 ; all the year 
round, 49 
Cauliflowers, select, 61 
Celery, culture in beds, 35 ; select, 61 
Celosias, 140 
Cherries, cultivation of, 9 
Cherries, choice, 314 
Chicory for salads, 232 
Chiswick, trial of garden peas, 52 
Chrysanthemum as a conservatory 
flower, the, 364 
Chrysanthemums, Japanese, 96 
Chrysanthemums, a note on, 358 
Chrysanthemums for the conservatory, 
13 
Clematis, propagation of, 192 
Clematis for walls, 59 
Climate v. dirt, 125 
Climates, “ kind ” beautiful trees for, 65, 
136, 151, 172, 238 
Cockscombs, 140 
Cold pits, wintering tender plants in, 
341 
Composts, preparing, 117 
Coniferous trees for hedges and clipped 
specimens, 351 
Coniferous trees for dry soils, 376 
Coniferous trees in pots, 288 
Coniferous trees for the seaside, 376 
Conservatory, achimenes for the, 44 ; 
climbers, 160 ; chrysanthemums for 
the, 1 3 ; hyacinths and tulips for the, 
302 ; the idle man’s, 272 ; in summer 
a gay, 106 ; showy flowers for the, 
139 ; succulents for the, 272 ; winter 
flowers for the, 330 
Conservatory and greenhouse plants, 
159 
Cropping in kitchen garden, 74 
Croquet ground, 64 
Crystal Palace rose show, 242 
Cucumbers, select, 61 
Daisy, the blue, 125 
Daisy, the tree, 326 
Daisies, 207 
Dandelions for salads, 232 
Deutzias, new notes on, 299 
Ecbeveria secunda glauca, 181 
Edgings, box, 64 
Endive, winter, 231 
Epacris, 160 
Epiphyllum truncatum, 296 
Ericas, select, 160 
Euphorbia jacquinseflora, 21.8 
Euphorbia splendens, 256 
Fairy rings, origin of, 318 
Ferns under glass, hardy, 131 
Ferns, notes on new, 241 
Ferns, preserving and mounting, 227 
Ferns for window and case, 318 
Fernery, a rustic, 199 
Floriculture, educational, 24 
Florists’ flowers, select hardy, 348 
I Flower beds, leaf embroidered, 234 ; 
I preparing, 133 ; in winter, decoration 
of, 293 
Flower borders, digging, 87 
Flower brackets, 210 
Flower sermon, 209 
i Flower stand, design for a, 239 
Flower, hardy garden, 352 
Flowers, rainbow of, 173 
Flowers, spring, 77 
I Foliage, colour of, 363 
Foxglove, gloxinia-flowered, 204 
Frost testimonial, 29 
Fruit culture, value of glass in, 260 
Fruit farming in Michigan, 108 
Fruit houses, 267 
Fruit houses in autumn, managemeut 
of, 244 
Fruit trees for villa gardens, 102 
Fruits, select, 314 
Fruiterers’ Company, 124 
Fuchsias as bedding plants, 141 
Fuchsias, propagating, 192 
Fungi, parasitic, 205 
Garden Guide, 25, 56, 90, 120, 155, 
186, 220, 251, 283, 310, 345, 
Garden flowers, hardy, 352 
Garrya elliptica, 64 
Gay gardens in spring, 206 
Gentians, cultivation of, 191 
Gesneras, 298 
Glass in the cultivation of fruit, value 
of, 260 
Gloxinia culture, 88 
Goethe plant, the, 149 
Gordon, death of Mr. J. A., 287 
Grafting and budding, on, 66 
Grapes at Christmas, ripe, 343 
Grape growing in ground vineries, 80 
Grape vines, summer pruning, 96 
Greenhouse bulbs, 126 
Greenhouse plants, cultivating, 145, 159 
Greenhouses, heating small, 338 
Greens, notes on winter, 69 
Grubs, 191 
