CONTENTS. 
Fruit-tree borders, proper manage- 
ment of, 346. 
Fruit-trees, pruning dwarf stan- 
dard, 323 ; Cobbett's notions of 
pruning, 449. 
Fuchsia corymbiflora alba, 399 ; F. 
globosa, 225 ; F. microphylla, 
225 ; F. corallina, 225. 
Fuchsias as show plants, 166 ; new, 
378, 397, 508 ; present mode of 
culture, 558. 
Fumigating greenhouses, 47. 
Funebral cypress, 285. 
Fungi defined, 233; notes on, 519 ; 
propagation of, 519 ; qualities of, 
519 ; properties of, 520. 
Garden operations : — January, 11 ; 
February, 60 ; March, 101 ; April, 
150 ; May, 194; June, 245; July, 
297 ; August, 366 ; September, 
426 ; October, 447 ; November, 
487 ; December, 534. 
Garden pots, ornamental, 285. 
Garden, taking possession of a, 394 ; 
first operations in a, 395 ; situa- 
tion for a, 527 ; preparatory ope- 
rations in a, 570. 
Gardeners, juvenile, how to instruct, 
357. 
Gardenia, or Cape jasmine, 523. 
Gardening and farming for colo- 
nists and emigrants : — choice of 
a farm, 124; taking possession, 
125 ; providing supply of water, 
127; how to appropriate a swamp, 
128 ; clearing woodland, 130 ; 
fences, 132 ; preparation for crops, 
134.; draining, 135; cropping 
and cultivation, 136 ; stock, and 
feeding it, 143 ; dwellings, 143. 
Gardening for children, 357. 
Gardening for soldiers, 283, 354. 
Gardening, practical, familiar les- 
sons on, 401 ; amelioration of the 
soil, 401 ; trenching and digging, 
403 ; hoeing and raking, 405 ; 
walk making, 406 ; weeding, 406; 
sowing, 407 ; planting and trans- 
planting, 408 ; pruning, 409 ; 
root pruning, 410; sloping bank 
culture, 411 ; earthing up crops, 
411 ; manuring, 412 ; liquid 
manuring, 414 ; watering, 414 ; 
artificial propagation, — cut- 
tings 415, layering 416, divi- 
sion 417, grafting 417, bud- 
ding 418 ; cropping and rotation 
of crops, 419 ; preservation of 
crops, — vegetables 421, fruits 
422 ; insects and vermin, 423 ; 
tools required, 425. 
Gardens under glass, 89. 
Gardner, Dr., death of, 285. 
Gaultheriabracteata,398 ; G. erecta, 
G. odorata, G. cordifolia, G. ri- 
gida, 398. 
Gazania uniflora, 225. 
Gemmae, or leaf buds, 27. 
Genus, Herbert's definition of a 
305. 
Geraniums, French or fancy, 328. 
Gesnera picta, 196. 
Gilia achillesefolia, 181 • G tri- 
color, 181, 
Gladiolus fioribundus, Belgian va- 
rieties of, 516. 
Glass, cheap mode of growing fruits 
under, 237. 
Glenny on the orange-tree, 49 ; on 
the petunia, 481 ; on the cocks- 
comb, 529. 
Glenny's fioricultural notes, 36, 71, 
105, 152, 228, 279, 317, 378, 397, 
474, 507, 561; notes on dahlias 
of 1849, 476. 
Glenny's Handbook to the Flower- 
garden, &c, 266. 
Gloxinia fimbriata, 196, 513. 
Godetialepida, 181 ; G. Lindleyana, 
181 ; G. tenuifolia, 181. 
Gompholobium hirsutum, 200. 
Gonolobus Martianus, 511. 
Good growth, versus props, 543. 
Gooseberry grub, history of, 120. 
Gourds, culture of, 177. 
Grafting, illustrated, 188; grafting 
grasses, 236 ; propagation by, 
417. 
Grape refuse, 525. 
Grapes, experiments on, 237. 
Grapes, new : — Queen Muscat, 91 ; 
De Croen's Eoyal, 318. 
Grasses, grafting, 236. 
Greece, ancient, flower-gardens of. 
168. 
Greenhouses, fumigating, 47. 
Gunnera scabra, 251. 
Hammersmith Pansy Society, 562. 
Heating horticultural buildings, 
382. 
Heintzia tigrina, 259, 527. 
Heitzing, Baron Hugel's garden at, 
308. 
Heliconia angustifolia, 553. 
Henfreya scandens, 330. 
Hepatica, 362. 
Herbs, planting, 462. 
Heterotrichum macrodon, 77. 
Hibiscus Manihot, 321. 
Hoeing, principles and practice of, 
290, 405 ; tools for, 292. 
Holly as an ornamental shrub, 235. 
Hollyhocks, new, 397 ; select, 475. 
Hooker's rhododendrons of Sik- 
kim Himalaya, 268. 
Hormimrm pyrenaicum, 561. 
Hornbeam, the, 470. 
Horse-chestnuts for food, 237. 
Horse-radish, culture of, 323. 
Horticultural Society of London, 
affairs of, 248 ; new plants intro- 
duced by, 250 ; the May show of, 
278 ; abstracts of papers and 
proceedings of, 321 ; the shows 
of 1849, 464. 
Hot-houses, night temperature of, 
514. 
Hovea, cultivation of, and selection 
of kinds, 267. 
Hoya picta, 79, 331 ; H. variegata, 
79, 331. 
Hugel's, (Baron,) garden, 308. 
Hyacinth, culture of, 373 ; selection 
of, 374 ; culture in pots, 376 ; to 
prepare flowering bulbs, 228. 
Hybridization of plants, 157, 521. 
Hybrids, varieties and species, 303. 
Iberis coronaria, 181 : 1, nmbellata, 
181. 
Ice-houses, 237. 
Inarching illustrated, 188. 
Indian Azaleas, 237. 
Indian Bread, 236. 
Indus, vegetation on banks of, 541. 
Insects, injurious, destruction of, 
423. 
Ipomoea purpurea, 181; /. Krusen- 
sternii, 109. 
Iris, from seeds, 262 ; properties of, 
523. 
Iron work, best mode of tarring, 
48. 
May, the, 250. 
Isotoma axillaris, 225. 
Italian Cypress, 528. 
Ixora coccinea, culture of, 367. 
Ivy, ornamental, 47; Ivy and other 
underwood, 264. 
January, stroll in the jrarden, 11. 
Jatropha podagrica, 250. 
Jericho, rose of, 333, 454. 
Johns' Forest Trees of Britain, 465. 
Journal of the Plorticultural So- 
ciety, 344. 
Juglans Pitteursii, 110. 
July, stroll in the garden, 297. 
June, stroll in the garden, 245. 
Justicia bracteolata, 259. 
Jute, fibre of, 217. 
Juvenile gardeners, how to teach, 
357. 
Kadsura japonica, 399. 
Kaisha, a new Syrian Apricot, 345. 
Kalmia latifolia, cultivation of 300 ; 
soil and situation, 300 ; raising 
from seeds, 300 ; after-manage- 
men, 301 ; layering, 302 ; as a 
standard, 302 ; forcing, 303 ; 
other hardy species of, 303. 
Kashmir, vegetation of, 441. 
Kennedya eximia, 196 ; K. taba- 
cina, 196. 
Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens at, 
282. 
Kiel, the gardens of, 312. 
Lacepedea insignis, 289, 399. 
Lagerstrosmia indica, 573. 
Lamb's lettuce, 480. 
Landscape Gardening : — the beau- 
tiful and picturesque, 349, 547. 
Lantana crocea, 225 ; L. Sellowii, 
225. 
Lapageria rosea, 2S9, 330. 
Larkspur, double bee, 362. 
Lathyrus odoratus, 181. 
Lathyrus tuberosus, as an esculent, 
222. 
Laurus regalis, 250. 
Layering, propagation by, 416. 
Leaf buds, structure of, 27 
Leaves, raising plants from, 237. 
Lecythis Zabucago, 333. 
Leptosiphon aureus, 250 ; L. andro- 
saceus, 181 ; L. densifiorus, 181. 
Lettuce stumps, 432. 
Lichens, defined, 233. 
Lilium, cultivation of, and selec- 
tion of kinds, 266. 
Lime and sand for floors, 47. 
Lime, nature and application of, 
183. 
Lime-tree, the, 472. 
Limnanthes rosea, 80, 179 ; L.pul- 
chella, 80 ; L, alba, 198. 
