IT 
INDEX. 
Crickets, to poison, 91 
Crown grafting, 44 
Cultivation of the balsam, 237 
Cultivation of the dahlia for exhibition, 
129 
Cultivation of the fuchsia, 253 
Culture of Stephanotis floribunda, 266 
Culture of the pansy, 246 
Culture of the pelargonium, 208 
Culture of the polyanthus, 265 
Cut flowers, arrangement of, 37 
Cyrtocera9 reflexom, 263 
Cytisus, 187 
Cuttings, striking, 302 
Cytisus canariensis, 157 
Daphne odora, 67 
Dahlias, 97 
Dahlias for exhibition, 129 
Dablia roots, preservation of, 335 
December, garden work in, 378 
Deciduous trees, transplanting, 319 
Dendrobiums, 211 
Dielytra spectabilis, 57 
Dipladenia crassinoda, 333 
Disbudding fruit trees, 183 
Disbudding peach trees, 145 
Double petunias, 288 
Early hyacinths, 276 
Egg plants, 329 
Embellishments of the garden, 310, 
339, 372 
Eranthemum pulchellum, 156 
Everlastings, 344 
Everlasting flowers, 102 
Evergreen oaks, 318 
Exhibition roses, 81 
Fancy dahlias, 98 
February, garden work in, 62 
Fern collecting, 225 
Fern fronds as packing material, 2:6 
Fernery, formation of an out-door, 225 
Ferns and ferneries, 18 
Ferns, picturesque mode of growing, 20 
Floral decoration of rooms, halls, and 
passages, 33 
Flowers on balcony, 9 
Flowers for winter bouquets, 99 
Fogging off, to prevent, 30 
Forcing asparagus, 28 
Forcing pits and frames, 355 
Forcing sea-kale in frames, 27 
Forcing strawberries, 244 
Formation of an out-door fernery, 225 
Forty-eight best auriculas, 15 
Frames and forcing-pits, 355 
Francisca eoncertiflora, 158 
Frigi domo, 356 
Fruit, gathering of. 241 
Fruit, packing, for carriage, 243 
Fruit, preservation of, 284 
Fruit-tree borders, 377 
Fruit-trees, disbudding, 183 
Fruit-trees, how to prune, 90 
Fruit-trees, remarks on, 189 
Fuchsias, 253 
Fuchsias, pyramidal, 74 
Garden embellishments, 310, 339 
Garden work in January, 31 
Garden work in February, 62 
Garden work in March, 94 
Garden work in April, 126 
Garden work in May, 159 
Garden work in June, 191 
Garden work in July, 223 
Garden work in August, 254 
Garden work in September, 283 
Garden work in October, 320 
Garden work in November, 352 
Garden work in December, 378 
Gardeners’ boots, to waterproof, 91 
Gardenia, 178 
Gathering fruit, 241 
Geissomaria longiflora, 327 
Genus Cytisus, 187 
Gesneras, 297 
Gnidia pinifolia, 103 
j Gompholobiums, 325 
j Grafting, 43 
I Grasses, ornamental, 103 
Gravel walks and roads, 77 
Green arcades, 314 
Green fruits, for preserving, 2S6 
Group of everlasting flowers, 102 
Guard against slugs, 221 
Half-hardy plants, protection of, in 
winter, 23 
Half-shrubby plants, protectiou of, 
winter, 25 
Hanging ba skets for balconies, 13 
Hardenbergias, 279 
Hardy and ornamental spring-flowering 
9hrubs, 65 
Hardy ferns, 22 
Hardy perennials, for rockeries, 5 
Hardy plants for balcony. 11 
Helichrysums, 100 
Herbaceous plants, protection of, iu 
winter, 26 
Hexacentris mysorensis, 361 
Hints on small gardens, 47 
Hothouses for amateurs, 1 30 
How to prune fruit trees, 90 
How to turn plants out of pots, 
Hoya bella, 252 
Hyacinths, 331 
Hyacinths, early, 276 
Hyacinth, pot-culture of the, 287 
Imantophyllum miniatum, 256 
