CON T'E N TS. 
Abronia umbellata, 79, 90 ; A . cali- 
fomica, 79. 
Abutilon venosum, 478. 
Acacia salicina, 42. 
Achimenes Kleei, 553. 
Aconiturn variegatum, 558 ; A. spe- 
ciosum, 558. 
Adenostoma fascieulata, 250. 
Adventitious shoots of plants, 567. 
Aerides suavissimum, 554. 
iEschynanthus Paxtoni, 76. 
Afghanistan, vegetable productions 
of, 541. 
Agave Mexicana, 509. 
Ageratum Mexicanuni, 225. (See 
Errata ) 
Agriculture and Chemistry, 66. 
Algaa, denned, 234. 
Algum-tre'e of Scripture, 555. 
AUamurr, 213. 
Alloplectus capitatus, 364; A.spe- 
ciosus, 364. 
Alstromeria, cultivation of, 385; 
history and properties of, 386 ; 
physiology of, 387 ; affinities of, 
387 ; the species of, described, 
388 ; general culture, 394. 
Amaryllis leonensis, 108. 
Amelioration of the soil, 401. 
American Aloe, 509. 
American Cranberry, culture of, 
288. 
American plants, neglect of, 454 ; 
public exhibitions of, 40, 230. 
Amherstia nobilis, 364, 515. 
Amorphophallus leonensis, 108. 
Anacharis Alsinastrum, 48. 
Anagallis Phillipsii, 225. 
Anastatica hierochuntina, 333, 
454. 
Ancient Greece, flower gardens of, 
168. 
Andromeda hracteata, 398. 
Anemone nivalis, 199. 
Angrascum Pescatoreanum, 554. 
Annual flowers, select, 180. 
Anthadenia sesamoides, 107. 
Antirrhinums, select, 508. 
Apricot, the Kaisha, 345. 
April, stroll in the garden, 150. 
Aquatics, planting, 462. 
Araucaria imbricata, 238, 468 ; A. 
excelsa, 469. 
Arbour-making with trees, 525. 
Aristolochia picta, 259, 260; A. 
macradenia, 479. 
Aromatic reed, 190. 
Artemisias, cotton-bearing, 178. 
Artificial propagation, principles 
and practice of, 415. 
Artistic designs, flowers the lead- 
ing objects of, 444. 
Arum fjuttatum, 478. 
Asclcpias Douglasii, 41. 
Asparagus, Austrian mode of grow- 
ing, 574. 
A sparagus of the Cossacks, 524. 
Asystasia scandens, 330 ; A. qua- 
terna, 330. 
Atmosphere of hot-houses, ma- 
nuring, 239. 
Auckland, Earl of, 94. 
August, stroll in the garden, 366, 
Augusta grandiflora, 197. 
Auriculas, new, 230. 
Australia, sketch of the vegetation 
of, 206. 
Australian Bottle-tree, 154. 
Austrian mode of growing Aspa - 
ragus, 574. 
Azalea ramentacea, 512. 
Azaleas, hardy, cultivation of, 241 ; 
. parent varieties of, 242 ; forming 
beds for, 242; planting, 242; 
layering, 243 ; propagating by 
earthing up, 243 ; raising from 
seed, 244 ; after-culture, 244 ; 
forming standards, 245. 
Azaleas, Indian, 237 ; spur-pruning 
of, 314 ; new, 279. 
Balyan, 208. 
Bamboo, sacred, 572. 
Barkeria melanocaulon, 45. 
Barrack gardens, 283, 354. 
Bartonia aurea, 181. 
Bass mats, 474. 
Bean, scarlet runner, 299. 
Beautiful, the, in landscape scenery, 
351, 547'. 
Bedding roses, 206. 
Bedding-out system in flower-gar- 
dens, 224. 
Beds for flowers, form of, 192. 
Begonia cinnabarina, 478; B. au- 
rantiaca, 478. 
Bejaria coarctata, 197, 221. 
Berberis Aquifolium for shrub- 
beries, 70. 
Berlin, the gardens of, 309. 
Bindweed, 363. 
Black Prince strawberry, 576. 
Boehmeria nivea, fibre of, 218 ; B. 
Puya, fibre of, 218. 
Boronia, eulture of, 145; species 
of, 146; propagation, 147; general 
management, 148. 
Botanical expedition into Wales in 
1639, 236." 
Botanical Magazine, 46 ; new plants 
of 1848 published in, 48. 
Botanv, Lindley's Introduction to, 
23/ 
Bottle-tree of Australia, 1 54. 
Bouquets, arrangement of flowers 
in, 565. 
Bouvardia triphylla, var. splendens, 
Box edgings, 94. 
Brachycome iberidifolia, 181. 
Brassia coryandra, 45. 
Brazil, vegetation of, 334. 
Britain, forest trees of, 465. 
British Wild-flowers : — the Snow- 
drop, 113; Villarsia nympha^oi- 
des, 372 ; Myosotis suaveolens, 
503 ; Cypripedium Calceolus, 
504 ; the Maiden pink, 560. 
Brocoli, early purple, 321. 
Broditea californica, 79. 
Brtickea grandifolia, 260, 526. 
Budding, propagation by, 417. 
Buds and bulbs, analogy between, 29 . 
Bulbs grown in moss, 220. 
Bulbs, hardy, culture of, 379 ; 
various kinds, 380. 
Bulbs, planting, 462. 
Bunya-bunya, 211. 
Burtonia, the genus, 8 ; species of, 
8 ; propagation, 9 ; general cul- 
ture, 10. 
Butterflies, to kill, 235. 
Butterfly-plant, 205. 
By-yu, 214. 
Cabbage stumps, 432. 
Cacalia aurea, 181. 
Cactus nobilis, 260. 
Calanthe vestita, 330. 
Calceolaria, new, 317; C. integri- 
folia, var. angustifolia, 225 ; C. i. 
var. viscosissima, 225 ; C. Kav- 
ana, 225 ; C. alba, 225; C. Poly- 
phemus, 225 ; C. amplexicaulis, 
225. 
Calcostylis aurantiaca, 479. 
California, vegetable production? 
of, 84 ; climate of, 83 ; geogra- 
phical features, 82 ; the gold of, 
87. 
Calliopsis bicolor, 181 ; C. Drum- 
mondii, 181. 
Callistemon brachyandrum, 197. 
Callitris, species of, 565 ; manage- 
ment, 564. 
Calochortus, the, 574 ; C. pallidus, 
480. 
Cdlomba, 209. 
Calonyction macranthum, 109. 
Camellia japonica Zavonia, 111 ; 
C. j. Boss' Superb, 111 ; C. j. 
Emiliana alba, 111 ; C. j. Ar- 
mida rosea, 112 ; C j. Grand 
Duke Constantine, 112; C. j. 
Borgia, 112; C.j. Hafilda, 384, 
400; C.j.Eubini, 39S. 
Camellias, new, 111 ; growing on 
wall-trellises, 336 ; growing in 
rooms, 574. 
Campanula Loreyi, 181 ; C. carpa- 
tica, 225 ; C. c. var. alba, 225. 
Canada, natural history of, 116. ■ 
