CONTENTS. 
Prize-improvement funds, 74. 
Propagation by cuttings, 415 ; 
layering, 416; division, 417; 
grafting, 417 ; budding, 418. 
Properties of flowers, remarks on 
the, 518. 
Properties of the Cockscomb, 529 ; 
the Violet, 100; the Crocus, 65 ; 
the Petunia, 484 ; the Iris, 523. 
Prop-system of exhibiting plants, 
154, 230, 545. 
Props and supports, versus good 
growth, 545. 
Pruning fruit-trees illustrated, 19 ; 
dwarf standard fruit-trees, 323 ; 
at the root, 410 ; Cobbett's no- 
tions of, 449. 
Pruning, principles and practice of, 
409. 
Pucha-pat, 554. 
Punjab, vegetable productions of, 
438. 
Puya fibre, 218. 
Rain in 1847 and 1848, 237. 
Raking, principles and practice of, 
292, 405 ; tools for, 292. 
Ranunculus, neglect of, 7 ; good 
varieties, 318. 
Reed, aromatic, 190. 
Regent's Park shows of 1849, 464. 
Reseda odorata, 182. 
Reviews : — 
Introduction to Botany (Lindley) , 
23 ; Canadian Naturalist (Gosse), 
116 ; Letters of Rusticus on the 
Natural History of Godalming, 
120 ; The use of Lime in Agri- 
culture (Johnston), 183; Popular 
Field Botany (Catlow), 232 ; 
Handbook to the Flower Garden, 
&c. (Glenny), 266; Rhododen- 
drons of Sikkim Himalaya 
(Hooker), 268 ; Journal of the 
Horticultural Society, 344 ; 
Treatise on the Theory and 
Practice of Landscape Garden- 
ing (Downing), 349 ; Gardening 
for Children (Johns), 2d Ed., 
357; Forest Trees of Britain 
(Johns), 465 ; Beauties of the 
Rose (Curtis), 501. 
Rhamnus oleeefolius, 250. 
Rheum Emodi, for preserving, 480. 
Phexia inconstans, 78 ; P. chamce- 
cistus, 78 ; P. ornata, 78 ; P. 
strigosa, 78. 
Rhodanthe Manglesii, 182, 370; 
sowing, 370 ; shifting, 371. 
Rhododendron ledifolium setosum, 
43 ; R. 1. lacteolum striatum, 
44 ; R. Dalhousiee, 272 ; R. lan- 
cifolium, 272 ; R. Wallichii, 272 ; 
R Campbellise, 272 ; R. Roylii, 
272 ; R. cinnabarinum, 273 ; 
R. argenteum, 273 ; R. Falco- 
neri, 273 ; R. formosum, 479 ; 
P. Gibsoni, 479. 
Rhododendrons of Sikkim Hima- 
laya, 268. 
Rhubarb preserves, 480. 
Rhyncopera punctata, 252, 260. 
Ribes ferox, 250. 
Rigidella orthantha, 107. 
Rogiera amcena, 551, 554. 
Root pruning, 410. 
Rosa Devoniensis, 502. 
Rose, Beauties of the, 501 . 
Rose Catalogues, 50.",. 
Rose of Jericho, 333, 454, 
Roses, in beds, 206; to bud, 298 
seedling, 369 ; in woods, 432 
select, for limited gardens, 452 
hints for selecting, 36. 
Roses, select, and their manage- 
ment, 488 ; soil and situation, 
488 ; manuring, 489 ; planting, 
489 ; pruning, 489 ; insects af- 
fecting, 489 ; management of 
stocks, 490 ; selection for exhibi- 
tion, 490 ; selection for orna- 
ment, 491 ; selection for pot cul- 
ture, 499 ; pot culture of, 
498 ; propagation of, — cut- 
tings 500, grafting 500, bud- 
ding 500, layering 501, new 
575. 
Rotation of crops, 419. 
Roupellia grata, 479. 
Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, 282. 
Royal Society for the Encourage- 
ment of Horticulture and Flori- 
culture, 73. 
Puellia macropfiylla, 330. 
Puibarbo, 250. 
Rumex nivalis, a new sorrel, 559. 
Russelia juncea, culture of, 329. 
Sacred bamboo, 572. 
Salvia patens, 226 ; S. p. alba, 226 ; 
S. fulgens, 226. 
Sandal wood, 556. 
Santalum album, 557. 
Sauromatium guttatum, 478. 
Schizanthus pinnatus, 182. 
Schoenbrunn, imperial garden at, 
308. 
Sea voyage, preparing seeds for a, 
576. 
Sea- weeds, 234. 
Sedum kamtschatkia, 110. 
Seedling roses, 369. 
Seedlings, the gratifications of rais- 
ing, 251 ; showing among named 
flowers, 253 ; inducements to 
raising, 320 ; transplanting, 463. 
Seeds, preparing for a sea voyage, 
576. 
Sensitive plants, 539. 
September, stroll in the garden, 
426. 
Shalimar, ancient gardens of, 440. 
Shallots, how to grow, 223. 
Shrubs, planting of, 461. 
Sida venosa, 478. 
Silene Armeria, 182. 
Sisyrinchium longistylum, 109. 
Slugs, to destroy, 235, 525. 
Snails, to destroy, 48, 235, 525. 
Snowdrop, the, 113. 
Soils, amelioration of, 401. 
Soldiers, gardening for, 283, 354. 
Sorrel, new, 559. 
Sowing, 12; principles and practice 
of, 407. 
Species, Herbert's definition of a, 
305. 
Species, varieties, and hybrids, 303. 
Sphenogyne speciosa, 182. 
Spinach, culture of, 520 ; sowing the 
seed, 520 ; thinning the plants, 
520 ; winter crops, 521 ; soil and 
situation, 521 ; saving seed, 521 . 
Spur-pruning Azaleas, 314. 
Stacbytarpheta dichotoma, 108. 
Sfadmannia australis, 511. 
Stakes for supporting flowers, 526. 
Standard shrubs, 92 ; ornamental 
trees, 178. 
Stanhopea tricornis, 553. 
Stannia formosa, 231, 259. 
Stemonacanthus macrophyllus, 330. 
Sterculia villosa, fibre of, 218; S. 
guttata, fibre of, 218. 
Stifftia chrysantha, 1 97. 
Stock, ten- weeks, 190 ; to preserve 
good seeds of, 453. 
Stove plants, winter temperature 
for, 237. 
Strawberry, Black Prince, 576. 
Stroll through the garden by a tutor 
and his pupil :— -in January, 11 ; 
in February, 60; in March, 101 ; 
in April, 150; in May, 194 ; in 
June, 245 ; in July, 297 ; in Au- 
gust, 366 ; in September, 426 ; 
in October, 447; in November, 
487 ; in December, 535. 
Strophanthus Stanleyanus, 479. 
Structure of a tree, 119. 
Stai-ch, its nature and composition, 
26. 
Statice imbricata, 43. 
Summer pruning, fruit-trees, 277 ; 
pears, 277; peaches, 277 ; apricots, 
277 ; plums, 278 ; vines, 278. 
Swammerdamia antennaria, 80, 
182. 
Sweet-Williams, double, 250. 
Syrian apricot, new, 345. 
Tacsonias, note on, 313. 
Tagetes tenuifolia, 182. 
Talauma mutabilis, 479. 
Tarring iron work, best mode of, 
48. 
Taxodium, species of, 247 ; culti- 
vation, 248. 
Temperature proper in hot-houses 
at night, 514. 
Ten-weeks stock, 190. 
Thuja, species and varieties of, 314. 
Thyrsacanthus bracteolatus, 259. . 
Tilia europsea, 472. 
Tissues, vegetable, 25. 
Toha, 515. 
Torenia arracanensis, 79. 
Tradescantia glauca, 42 ; T. Wars- 
zewicsiana, 80. 
Transplanting, see Planting. 
Tree Pseonies, Chinese, 224. 
Trees, ornamental, as standards, 
176 ; large, planting of, 459 ; 
making arbours -n-ith, 525. 
Trenching, principles and practice 
of, 161, 403 ; tools for, 163. 
Triceraia tmifolia, 399. 
Triceros xalepensis, 399. 
Tricratus admirabilis, 79. 
Tropseolum oxalianthum, 43, 88 ; 
T. tricolor versicolor, 78 ; T. t. 
grandiflorum, 78; T. t. aurantia- 
cum, 78 ; T. Deckerianum, 193, 
258 ; T. minus, 182 ,- T. m. flore- 
pleno, 226; T. majus flore-pleno 
226. 
Tuckahoe, 236. 
Tulip fancy, the, 337. 
Tulips, new, 37 ; proportions of, 37. 
Typha latifolia, the asparagus of the 
Cossacks, 524. 
