CONTENTS. 
Beech, classical associations, 491. 
Bee-keeper's Manual, rev. 523. 
Bee-keeping, 523 ; straw hives for, 
524 ; wooden hives for, 525 ; 
pasturage, 526. 
Beet, red, culture of, 64, 110, 168, 
216, 259, 450, 555 ; list of, 554 ; 
silver, culture of, 110; sea-beet, 
culture of, 555. 
Begonias, culture of, 385 ; affinities 
of, 386 ; sub-shrubby species, 
3S6 ; herbaceous species, 387 
tuberous-rooted species, 388 
greenhouse management, 388 
hybridizing, 389 ; growing in 
Wardian cases, 389 ; descriptive 
i; list of, 390 ; synoptical arrange- 
ment of, 393 ; for the window, 
17 ; for autumn flowering, 104; 
for winter and spring flowering, 
293, 349, 406 ; B. albo-coecinea, 
27 ; B. ramentacea, 27 ; B. ru- 
bricaulis, 27 ; B. stigmosa, 27. 
Bellevalia syriaca, 27. 
Beloperone oblongata, culture of, 
161,254. 
Berberis actinacantha, 27 ; B. 
Aquifolium, 63 ; B. Fortuni, 
376, 540 ; B. trifoliata, 27. 
Bickes's Mr. mode of steeping 
seeds, 85. 
Bidwillia glaucescens, 27. 
Biennials, sowing, 108, 167,258; 
transplanting, 295, 356, 410, 
449 ; list of, 221. 
Bignonia radicans, 274 ; B. jas- 
minoides, 403 ; B. albida, 539 ; 
B. comosa, 538. 
Birch, classical associations, 491. 
Blandfordia marginata, 28 ; B. 
intermedia, 28. 
Blights, 142. 
Blooming season of plants, to pro- 
long, 284. 
Bolbophyllum umbellatum, 312. 
Boldoa fragrans, 28. 
Borage, to sow, 102, 168. 
Borecole, culture of, 110, 16S, 217, 
259, 450. 
Boronias, culture of, 53. 
Botanical nomenclature, 305. 
Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 
rev. 135. 
Bouvardia longiflora, 540 ; B. flava, 
28. 
Bos edgings, 63, 296. 
Brasavola Digbyana, 541. 
Brassia, culture of, 163, 446. 
Brassia chinensis, 129. 
British garden fruits, rev. 328. 
British plants : — 
Clematis Vitalba, 271 : Solanum 
Dulcamara, 45; S. nigrum, 45 
Thalictrum alpinum, 459; Th 
minus, 460; Th. majus, 460 
Th. flavum, 460 : Carum Carui 
565 ; C. verticillatum, 565 : Py- 
rethrumParthenium, 565; P.ino- 
dorum, 566 ; P. maritimum, 566: 
Mentha rotundifolia, 566; M. 
sylvestris,566 ; M.viridis,567; M. 
pratensis, 567 : M. piperita, 567; 
M. aquatica, 568 ; M. sativa, 568; 
M. arvensis, 568 ; M. Pulegium, 
568 : Adonis autumnalis, 569 : 
Myosurus minimus, 569 : Caltha 
paluslris, 569 ; C. radicans, 569: 
Trollius europams, 570 : Hclle- 
borus viridis, 570 ; II. fcetidus, 
British Plants, (continued :) 
570 : Aquilegia vulgaris, 570 : 
Delphinium Consolida, 571 : 
Aconitum Napellus, 571 : Aetata 
spieata, 572. 
Brocoli, culture of, 109, 168, 216, 
259, 297, 357, 411, 450, 501. 
Browallias, culture of, 61, 213, 255. 
Brownea Ariza, 28. 
Brugmansias (Daturas), culture of, 
57 ; B. Kniijhtii, 543. 
Brussels sprouts, culture of, 110, 
168, 217, 260, 297, 357. 
Budding fruit trees, 261, 268, 359 ; 
roses, 257; advantages of, 480. 
Bulbs, transmission of, 192 : hardy, 
culture of, 21, 63, 167, 215, 258, 
296, 356, 410, 449, 500, 536: 
Dutch, for potting, 349, 351, 
403, 404, 443, 496 : greenhouse, 
culture of, 7, 100, 158, 208, 251 : 
Cape, culture of, 52, 351, 403, 
404 : stove, culture of, 103. 
Burtonia brunoides, 28. 
Buxus sempervirens latifolia, 541. 
Cabbages, culture of, 22, 64, 109, 
168, 217, 260, 297, 357, 411, 
450, 501. 
Cacti, culture of, 11, 16, 17, 57, 60, 
105, 163, 293, 294, 353, 403, 
442, 445 : Melon, culture of, 52, 
100,158,208,251. 
Cajanus bicolor, 28. 
Caladium, culture of, 57. 
Calandrinia umbellata, 28. 
Calathea villosa, 28. 
Calceolarias, culture of, 6, 54, 102, 
160, 211, 215, 253, 292, 352, 
405, 444, 497, 534 ; for windows, 
165 ; seedling, 264, 352 ; pro- 
perties of, 267. C. alba, 29 ; C. 
floribunda, 29. 
Calendar of garden operations, 2, 
50, 9S, 156, 207, 250, 289, 348, 
402, 441, 494, 531. 
Calliandra Tweediei, 29. 
Calliphruria Hartwegiana, 29. 
Callistemma hortensis, 167. 
Callithamnion gracillimum, 49. 
Calluna, list of, 81 ; culture of, SI. 
Callypsyche eucrosioides, 29. 
Caltha palustris, 569 ; C. radicans, 
569. 
Calystegia pubescens, 129, 368, 
541. 
Camarotis, culture of, 212. 
Camellia japonica, properties of, 
267; C.j. BeautS Parfait, 541; 
C. j. Beaute Supreme, 541 ; C.j. 
Jubilee, 29; C.j. Centifolia, 29. 
Camellias, culture of, 3, 5. 9, 55, 
102, 15S, 209, 252, 291, 351, 405, 
443, 496, 533; grafting and 
inarching, 102, 159 ; budding, 
351 ; shading, 159 ; cutting 
down old plants, 210 ; setting 
out doors, 291 ; watering, 55, 
159, 210, 252, 443, 496; to 
bloom in winter, 383, 496, 533 ; 
new varieties, 29, 541. 
Camellia house, management of, 5, 
55, 102, 158, 209, 252, 291, 351, 
405, 533. 
Campanula sylvatica, 29 ; C. pyra 
mi'dalis, 101 ; C. medium, 167; 
C. nobilis, 377, 541 ; C. ijrandl- 
Jlora, 551. 
Canterbury bells, culture of, 167. 
Cape plants, management of, 5, 
101, 252; bulbs, 52, 351, 403, 
404, 496. 
Capsicums, culture of, 110, 169, 
217, 411. 
Caraganas, as drooping plants, 108; 
C. triflora, 29. 
Cardoons, culture of, 109, 217, 260, 
523 ; list of, 523. 
Carnations, culture of, 21, 63, 108, 
167, 215, 258, 296, 356, 410, 449, 
500, 536 ; forcing of, 105 ; 
blooming, 281 ; running of co- 
lour in, 179, 281 ; layering of, 
237, 296 ; properties of, 267, 
347 ; to prevent from bursting, 
296 ; treatise on, 337 ; soils for, 
339 ; monthly operations, 340 ; 
descriptive list of, 343. 
Carrot, culture of, 22, 47, 64, 109, 
169, 217, 297, 358, 411, .450 ; 
varieties of, 46. 
Carum Carui, 565 ; C. verticilla- 
tum, 565. 
Castillcja lithospermoides, 503, 
541. 
Catasetum, culture of, 104, 163, 
498 ; C. callosum grandiiiorum, 
312. 
Catesbaea, spinosa, 335. 
Catharanthus, culture of, 161. 
Cattleya, culture of, 254, 534 ; C. 
granulosa Russelliana, 312; C. 
maxima, 312 ; C. Papeiansiana, 
312 ; C. Lemoniana, 541. 
Cauliflower, culture of, 22, 64,109, 
169, 217, 260, 297, 357, 411, 
450, 501, 537. 
Ceanothus, culture of, 329; list of, 
329. 
Cedar of Lebanon, sacred and clas- 
sical associations, 402. 
Cedrus Deodara, 63. 
Celeriac, culture of, 109, 260. 
Celery, culture of, 22, 64, 109, 
169, 217, 260, 297, 35S, 411, 
450, 501, 537 ; wild, 240. 
Centradenia, culture of, 50. 
Ceradia furcata, 29. 
Cerasus Mahaleb, for forcing, 535. 
Cereus, see Cacti; C. speciosissi- 
mus Allnutti, 541 ; C. flagclli- 
formis rosea pendula, 541. 
Cestrum aurantiacum, 209, 443. 
Chemical ink for zinc labels. 226. 
Cherry tree, management of, 170, 
218, 261, 299, 359, 412, 451, 
502; double flowered, forforcing, 
535. 
Chervil, 358; culture of, 515. 
Chestnut trees, 67 ; classical asso- 
ciations, 491. 
Chicory, culture of, 260, 519; 
large Belgium, 519. 
Chimney Campanula, culture of, 
101. 
China Asters, 167, 215. 
China, Mr. Fortune's mission to, 
394 ; new plants from, 127, 376, 
515. 
Chinese, weather, natural history, 
&c. 115 ; primroses, culture of, 
7, 17, 100, 158, 208, 290, 350, 404. 
Chirita zeylanica, 30. 
Chironia floribunda, 30 ; C. Fis- 
clveri, 30. 
Chives, 109. 
Chloreea virescens, 264, 312. 
Choenostoma polyauthum, 30. 
