CONTENTS. 
Canterbury bells, 362. 
Cape Jasmine, or Gardenia, 523. 
Cardamine latifolia, adventitious 
shoots of, 507. 
Carnations, new, 307. 
Carpinns Betulus, -170. 
Carrots, 17. 
Oastanea chrysophylla, 250. 
Cattleya amethystina, 44 ; C. elc- 
gans, I I. 
Cauliflower, Early Lcydon, 91. 
Ceanothus dentatus, 250; C. rigi- 
dus, 250 ; C. papillosus, 250 ; C. 
cuneatus, 250 ; C. integerrimus, 
250. 
Ccdrus Dcodara, 48, 465. 
Ccntradenia floribunda, 546, 553. 
Cerasus ilieifolia, 250. 
Cereus Leeanus, 79, 81 ; C. reduc- 
tus, 260. 
Ceylon, vegetation of, 254. 
Chrctogastra strigosa, 78, 175. 
Charcoal peat, uses and value of,430. 
Oh irostylis marmorata, 46. 
Chemistry and Agriculture, 66. 
Chili pine, 468. 
China aster, 361. 
Chinese grass cloth, 218. 
Chinese Tree Peonies, 224. 
Chironia glutinosa, 42; C. trinervis, 
107. 
Chiswick, shows of 1849, 464. 
Chrysanthemum, preparing for ex- 
hibition, 506. 
Cinerarias, new, 37, 230, 279. 
Cleisostoma lanatum, 553. 
Clematis indivisa, 227. 
Clcome bicolor, var. concolor, 197. 
Climbing plants, management of, 
156. 
Clintonia pulcbella, 181. 
Cobbett's notions of pruning, 449. 
Cockscomb, cultivation of, 529 ; 
properties of, 529 ; shifting, 531 ; 
watering, 533 ; M'Evoy's dwarf- 
ing system, 532 ; raising seed, 
532 ; calendar, 533. 
Coelestina ageratoides, 225. (See 
Errata.) 
Coelogyne fuliginosa, 259 ; C. as- 
perata, 347, 364 ; C. Lowii, 477. 
Collinsia tinctoria, 250 ; C. grandi- 
flora, 181; C. bicolor, 181. 
Collomia grandiflora, 181. 
Colonists, gardening and farming 
for, 124. 
Compost for pot plants, 288. 
Coniferous plants : — the Cupressus, 
163; the Taxodium, 247; the 
Thuja, 314 ; the Callitris, 561. 
Continental gardens, notes on, 307. 
Convolvulus, field, 363. 
Convolvulus tricolor, 181. 
Corchorus capsularis, fibre of, 217. 
Corn salad, 480. 
Correa, the, notes on, 383. 
Cortusa Matthioli, 348. 
Cossacks' Asparagus, 524. 
Cotton-bearing Artemisias, 178. 
Cranberry, American, culture of, 
288. 
Crocuses, culture of, 62 ; to grow 
for increase, 63 ; raising from 
seeds, 63 ; the two classes of, 64 ; 
preserving the bulbs, 65 ; pro- 
perties of, 65 ; monthly treat- 
ment, 65; fine new, 189. 
Cropping and rotation of crops, 419. 
Crops for emigrants and colonists, 
137 ; preservation of, 421. 
Cross breeding, 157, 521. 
Croweasaligna, var. stricta, 512. 
Cupania Cunninghami, 511. 
C uph.ea purpurea, 198 ; 0. hybrida, 
198; C. platycentra, 225. 
Cupressus, the species and varieties 
of, 163 ; C. Govcniana, 250, 513 ; 
C. macrocarpa, 513; C. Lam- 
bertiana, 513. 
Curcuma cordata, 199. 
Curiosities of vegetation : — the 
bottle-tree of Australia, 154 ; the 
sensitive plant, 539. 
Currant, Gondouin's red, 318. 
Cut flowers, remarks on, 73. 
Cuttings, propagation by, 415. 
Cyclamen, cultivation of, 337, 573; 
species of, 337 ; raising from 
seed, 339 ; treatment of the young 
plants, 340; for blooming, 341 ; 
sickly plants, 341 ; as a window 
plant, 342; forcing, 343; treat- 
ment of hardy species, 343. 
Cyclobothra, the, 574; C. mono- 
phylla, 80. 
Cycnoches barbatum, 555. 
Cypress, deciduous, 247 ; Funebral, 
285 ; Italian, 528. 
Cypripedium Calceolus, 504. 
Cypripediums, hardy, culture of, 
505. 
Cyrtanthera catalpaefolia, 258 ; C. 
aurantiaca, 479. 
Cyrtochilum citrinum, 365;^ C. 
Karwinshii, 80. 
Cyrtopodiuaa cardiochilum, 554. 
Dahlias, notes on, 93 ; growing 
dwarf, 321 ; preparing for ex- 
hibition, 427 ; Glenny's notes 
on, of 1849, 476 ; new, 38, 107, 
475, 507, 561, 562. 
December, stroll in the garden, 534. 
Deciduous Cypress, 247. 
Degeneration of flowers, its causes, 
537. 
Delabechea rupestris, 155. 
Delphinium Ajacis, 181; D. Con- 
solida, 181. 
Dendrobium Farmeri, 42. 
Deodar Cedar, 48, 465. 
Dianella elegans, 80. 
Dianthus deltoides, 560. 
Dichorisandra ovata, 78. 
Digging, principles and practice 
of, 11, 158, 403 ; tools for, 163. 
Dignanthe pygmaea, 555. 
Dipladenia urophylla, 41 ; D. no- 
bilis, var. rosea, 44 ; D. illustris, 
477. 
Division, propagation by, 417. 
Dossinia marmorata, 45. 
Downing's Landscape Gardening, 
349, 547. 
Draining land, 571. 
Dresden, the gardens at, 309, ex- 
hibition at, 309, 
Earl of Auckland, death of, 94. 
Earth-nut, the, 336. 
Earthing up crops, principles and 
practice of, 411. 
Echeveria fulgens, 109: E laxa, 
512; E. farinosa. 513. 
Echinacea intermedia, 77. 
Eehitea illustris, 477 ; E. insignia, 
Emigrants, gardening and farming 
for, 124. 
Epacris, culture of, 345. 
Epidcndrum funiferum, 43, 200; 
E. sulphurcum, 45 ; E. gravidum, 
196 ; E. tctrcigonum, 260 ; E. 
fragrans, var. megalanfhum, 348, 
364; E. vanidifolium, 555. 
Epimedium pinnatum, 377 ; E. 
colchicum, 377. 
Erica Watsoni, 48 ; E. carnea, 239. 
Eriopsis rutidobulbon, 198. 
Eriostemon intermedium, 199. 
Escullonia macrantha, 480. 
Eschscholtzia crocea, 181. 
Exacum zeylanicum, 107, 319. 
Exhibition, preparing flowers for, 
— dahlias 427 ; verbenas, 429 ; 
chrysanthemums, 506. 
February, stroll in the garden, 60. 
Fences, 568, 570 ; the sod fence, 568 
the dry stone wall fence, 568 
the thorn or quickset fence, 568 
general management of, 569. 
Fertilizing liquid, 112. 
Fibre, various kinds of vegetable, 
217 ; uses of, 217. 
Fig, culture under glass, 7 ; choice 
of sorts, 2 ; soil for, 3 ; propa- 
gating, 4 ; training and pruning 
on walls, 5 ; treatment in pots, 6. 
Fischeria Martiana, 511. 
Flax, as an ornamental plant, 323. 
Floors of sand and lime, 47. 
Floriculture of 1848, 36 ; of 1849— 
January, 71 ; February, 105 ; 
March, 152 ; April, 228 ; May, 
279 ; June, 317 ; July, 378 ; Au- 
gust, 397; September, 474; Octo- 
ber, 507 ; November, 561 ; gene- 
ral review of the state of, 562. 
Florist's flowers, lists of, often fal- 
lacious, 312. 
Flower, definition of, 29. 
Flower-gardening, modern, 224, 
273 ; cheap, 235. 
Flower-gardens of ancient Greece, 
168. 
Flower-gardens, planting for suc- 
cession, 287 ; select plants for, 
181, 224. 
Flower-support, new, 189. 
Flowers and fruits of Scripture : — 
the olive, 67 ; the pomegranate, 
216 ; the papyrus, or paper reed, 
516 ; the algum tree, 555. 
Flowers, degeneration of, its causes, 
536 ; arrangement of, in bouquets, 
565. 
Flowers, rejected, 192. 
Flowers, the leading embellish- 
ments of artistic designs, 444. 
Forced plants, proper treatment of, 
103. 
Forest trees in parks, 324 ; of Bri- 
tain, 465. 
Fossil forest, 332. 
French or fancy geraniums, 328. 
Fruit-crops, preservation of, 422: 
thinning of, 528. 
Fruits proved in the garden of the 
Horticultural Society, 91. 
Fruits of North America, 286 ; 
new, 91, 318. 
