CONTENTS. 
Populus monilifera, for sea-side 
planting, 175. 
Porpax reticulata, 315. 
Porphorycome lanceolata, 38. 
Potato, rot, cause of, 96 ; disease, 
227; Golden, of Peru, 178; 
asparagus, 178 ; mouse, 178 ; 
pine-apple, 178 ; Spanish dwarf, 
179. 
Potatoes, culture of, 65, 169, 217, 
260, 298, 412, 537 ; from seed, 
42 ; planting whole sets, 94, 
110 ; planting in autumn, 95 ; 
, descriptive list of, 176 ; late 
varieties of, 177 ; early varieties 
of, 176 ; forcing varieties of, 177; 
historical notes on, 336. 
Potentilla bicolor, 38. 
Pot-herbs, forcing of, 96. 
Potted plants, 232. 
Potting plants, directions for, 8, 
51,157, 251,384; stove-plants, 
10, 103, 160, 211 ; heaths, 53, 
209; camellias, 55; bulbs, 70; 
application of mechanical power 
in, 374. 
Prenanthea dentota, 380. 
Primroses, double, 61,, 10S, 216, 
296, 449. 
Primula sinensis, culture of, 7, 17, 
100, 158, 208, 290, 350, 404, 
442, 496; P. involucrata, 326, 
551 ; P. spallmlata, 551. 
Prinos, list of, 188 ; culture of, 1S9. 
Properties of flowers, 142. 
Pruning fruit-trees, 23, 65 ; trees 
and shrubs, 64. 
Psidium Cattleyanum, 278. 
Pterostigma grandiflorum, 128, 
171,551. 
Pumpkins, 217, 260. 
Pyracantha, the, 383. 
Pyrethrum Parthenium, 565 ; 
P. inodorum, 506 ; P. niariti- 
rnum, 506. 
Quassia amara, 336. 
Eadishes, culture of, 169, 217, 260, 
298, 358, 412, 451, 512 ; forcing 
of, 23, 65, 110; descriptive list 
of, 512. 
Rampion, culture of, 260, 416. 
Ranunculaceae, properties and affi- 
nities of, 369. 
Ranunculuses, culture of, 21, 22, 
64, 109, 167, 216, 259, 281. 296, 
356,449, 500; properties of, 267. 
Rapuntium gla/ndulosu/m, 549. 
Raspberries, culture of, 23, 67, 111, 
219, 359, 451 ; late, 240. 
Redoutia heterophylla, 546. 
JleiiiiuiUia vii'i/iara, 539. 
Renanthera coccinea, 162. 
Reviews : — 
l'hyrologiaBritannica (Harvey), 
49 ; Domesticated Animals 
(Low), 89 ; Botany of An- 
tarctic Voyage (Hooker), 135; 
Animal Physiology (Carpen- 
ter), 180 ; Instructions for 
nsing Guano (Clark), 269; 
Vegetable Kingdom (Lind- 
ley), 801 ; British Garden 
Fruits (Meyer), 32S : Dic- 
tionary of Modern Gardening 
(Johnson), 471 : lice-keeper's 
Manual (Taylor), 528. 
Rliaflower, a new vegetable, 143. 
Rhamnus, culture and list of, 468. 
Rhodanthe Manglesii, 350. 
Rhododendrons, grafting, &c. 102 ; 
seedlings, 264 ; properties of, 
267 ; saline manures for, 286 ; 
improvement in, 511 ; tender, 
culture of, 5, 55, 159, 210, 253, 
292, 533 ; hardy, culture of, 22, 
296 : R. arboreum var. 3S ; R. 
campanulatum hybridum, 38 ; 
R. hyacinthiflorum, 333, 552 ; R. 
robustum, 552. 
Rhodostemma gardenioides, 264. 
Rhubarb, culture of, 169, 260, 
564; forcing of, 23, 65, 110; 
list of, 563. 
Rhus diversiloba, 38. 
Rhyncoglossum zeylanicum, 3S. 
Rhvncospermumjasminoides, 129, 
552. 
Ribes family, 187 ; R. sanguineum, 
187 ; R. s. florepleno, 38 ; R. 
aureum,188 ; R. speciosum, 1S8. 
Rocambole, 501. 
Rockets, garden, culture of, 296. 
Roekwork, planting about, 216. 
Rocky situations, planting in, 283. 
Rose, the queen of flowers, 273. 
Rose-garden, management of, 18, 
62, 106, 165, 214, 256,295, 356, 
409, 447, 499, 536. 
Roses, forcing of, 14, 60, 105, 
163, 354, 446, 498, 535 ; 
Chinese, for the winter, 14, 213, 
255, 294, 354, 441 ; the worm i' 
the bud, 15; pruning, 18, 106, 
144, 166, 295, 409, 476 ; staking 
and fastening, 19, 107, 500; 
stocks for, 19, 62, 447 ; to pur- 
chase, 19, 500; planting, 20, 
477, 500 ; grafting, 62, 107, 165 ; 
protecting, 62, 92, 536 ; in pots, 
treatment of, 63, 100, 107, 207, 
250, 258 ; in pots, training of, 
229 ; insects on, 62 ; seedling, 
107, 258, 356, 447; budding, 
257, 296, 356 ; thinning blooms, 
256 ; select list of, 19 ; proper- 
ties of, 267 ; propagating by cut- 
tings, 476, 500 ; by layers, 476 ; 
soils for, 476 ; manures for, 476 ; 
classic associations, 492. 
Royal Botanic Society's Garden, 
367; exhibitions, new plants at, 
308. 
Ruellia lilacina, 38 ; R. maeulata, 
38 ; R. macrophylla, 324 ; R. 
obliqua, 540 ; R. secunda var. 
540 ; R. intrusa, 540 ; R. Coro- 
mandeliana, 540. 
Russelia juncea, culture of, 11. 
Saccolabiums, culture of, 105, 
212, 254,498; S. new sp. 264, 
315. 
Sacred planting, 481. 
Salading, succession of, 23, 65, 
110, 169, 217, 260, 298, 358, 
412,451, 501. 
Salads, small, descriptive list of, 
560. 
Salix caprca, for sea-side planting, 
175. 
Salpichroa glandnlosa, 38. 
Salpiglossis, sp. 38. 
Salpixantha coccinea, 39. 
Salsify, culture of. 110, 109, 218, 
I 260,451,501,51.'.. 
g ilvias, for winter flowering, 160. 
Sarcockilus Calceolus, 315. 
Sareostemma campanulata, 552. 
Savoys, culture of, 110, 169, 218, 
260, 358. 
Saxifraga thysanodes, 552. 
Scale on plants, to destroy, 6, 1 0. 
Sesevola attenuata, 39. 
Schomburgkia tibicinis grandi- 
flora, 315 ; S. undulata, 316 ; S. 
rosea, 316. 
Schubertia graveolens, 445. 
Scillas, culture of, 63 ; S. pubens, 
39 ; S. Bertolini, 39. 
Scorzonera, culture of, 110, 169, 
218, 260, 451, 501, 515. 
Sea-kale, forcing of, 23, 65, 110, 
169, 217, 501 ; culture of, 504. 
Sea-side planting, 174 ; trees for, 
175. 
Sea-weeds, British, 49. 
Scdum kamtschaticum, 552. 
Seed, saving, 96, 259 ; steepinq-, 
85; directions for sowing, 7, 10; 
for preserving, 96, 259, 297, 
357, 411 ; vegetables for, to 
plant, 23 ; transmission of from 
India, 454. 
Seedling plants, treatment of, 22, 
52, 102, 297, 410, 533. 
Selagodistans, 39. 
September, operations for, 402. 
Sewage Company, London, 130. 
Shallots, culture of, 109, 298, 451, 
520 ; list of, 520. 
Shrubs,forforcing,14, 60,105,499, 
535 ; for balconies, 18 ; to plant, 
109, 449, 500 ; evergreen, plant- 
ing of, 108. 
Shrubbery, management of, 22, 
108, 297, 537. 
Sibthorpia europrea, 288. 
Sida graveolens, 39 ; S. poeoniflora, 
39. 
Silene Sehafta, 140, 552. 
Simmons's hygrometer, 162, 236. 
Sinningia villosa, vars. 39. 
Siphocampylos coccineus, 39 ; S. 
bicolor, 101. 
Skirret, culture of, 515. 
Slugs, among orchids, to destroy, 
163. 
Smeathmannia laevigata, 39. 
Snowdrop, culture of, 63, 296, 450 ; 
forcing of, 16, 446. 
Sobralia, culture of, 10£. 
Soils, to collect, 22, 251. 
Solanum, the British species, 45 ; 
S. macranthum, 39 ; S. Melon- 
gena, 372; S. M. esculent inn, 
372. 
Son-el, culture of, 51 S ; list of 
varieties, 518. 
Sparmannia africana, 384. 
Sphajrotclc coccinea, 39. 
Spinacea oleracca, 464. 
Spinach, culture of. 23. 65, 110, 
17", 218, 260, 298, 358, II J. 
451, 464. 48(1. 537; substitutes 
for. 275 : list of. 464 : N.w 
Zealand, culture of, 110, 47o. 
Spiraea Douglasii, 40j s. Lind- 
leyana, 40. 
Spring flowers, planting of, 450. 
Stachytarpheta aristata, 552. 
Standard irer*. thinning of, 238. 
Stanhopeas, culture of, 59, 163, 
•J 12 : rapid growth of. 18; S. 
inodora,316;S. Bucephalus, 816. 
