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INDEX. 
Salvia patens, 67; splendens, 103. 
Saxifraga valdensis, 116; Maweana, (wood- 
cut) 280. 
Scale, destruction of, 71. 
Schioicao, 168. 
Sciadocalyx digitaliflora, 4. 
Scilla floribunda, 4; ovatifolia, 4; princeps, 
4 ; subglauca, 4. 
Sedum acre elegans, 279. 
Selaginella lepidophylla, (woodcut) 144 ; Mar- 
tensii divaricata albo-lineata, 3, 96. 
Selenipedium Reichenbachianum, 127. 
Sexninator, patent, (woodcut) 120. 
Senecio argentea, 166. 
Shading Material, Collinge’s, 120 ; Radclyffe’s 
Lath, (woodcut) 284. 
Shears, Garden, spring for, (woodcut) 120. 
Shows and Meetings: Metropolitan, 23, 95; 
International Fruit, at Kensington, 263; 
Royal Horticultural Society’s Provincial at 
Nottingham, 191. do. at Birmingham, 283. 
Smith’s Domestic Botany, ^03. 
Sobralia macrantha albida. 141. 
Societies : Metropolitan Floral, 47 ; National 
Tulip, 96; Royal Horticultural, 71, 191, 283. 
Soils for Pot-plants, 182, 200. 
Solanum ciliatum, (woodcut) 26, 167; venus- 
tum, 3. 
Sonchus laciniatus, (woodcut) 138. 
Sooly-qua, 8. ' 
Sophora japonica pendula, (woodcut) 8. 
Sparmannia africana, 77. 
Spinach, New Zealand, 68. 
Spiraea Thunbergii, 62. 
Spring bedding-plants, 147. 
Statice spicata, (woodcut) 106. 
Stock, harvesting seeds of, 144; Intermediate, 
22 ; Mauve. Queen, 142. 
Strawberries, new, 7 ; Alpine, 250 ; to prolong 
the season of, 223, 274. 
.Sulphurator, patent, (woodcut) 120. 
Sweet-scented Flowers, 15. 124. 
Table Decoration, Cut Flowers for, 270. 
Tacsonia speciosa, (plate) 169. 
Taxodium distichum pendulum, (woodcut) 59. 
Thrips, destruction of, 71. 
Thuja orientalis semperaurea, 6. 
Thujopsis dolabrata, fine specimen of, 239. 
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Thymol, 216. 
Thymus citriodorus aureo-marginatus; 188. : •_ 
Tillandsia (Wallisia) Lindeni, 4. 
Todea Wilkesiana, 3, 141. 
Tomato, Hepper's Giant, 8 ; Trophy, 8. 
Tritoma prsecox, 5 ; Uvaria, 41, 253. 
Tropaeolum, Mrs. Bowman, 142, 166. 
Tulips and Tulip-growing, 224. 
Tulip Show, Royal National, 191. 
Variegation, influence of scion upon stock in 
inducing, 215, 263. 
Vegetables, new, of 1870, 6. 
Verbenas, new, 236, 237. 
Vine at Silwood Park, 239 ; one to a house, 
281. 
Vines, fruiting pot. 53 ; grafting on young 
wood, 216 ; pruning the tender shoots of, 
266 ; raising, from eyes, 119. 
Vineyard, Tweedside. 47. 
Viola Imperial Blue Perfection, 143. 
Violets, bedding, 190, 239 ; sweet, 119. 
Walls, glass-covered, (woodcuts) 164 ; glass 
coping for, (woodcut), 262. 
Wall trees, sanablo measures for, 174. 
Watering-Can, Lo Butt’s, (woodcut) 48, ’ 
Water-pipes, frozen-up, 47. 
Waterproof Composition, 168. - 
Water supply for dry seasons, 122. 
Weigela Lavallei. 6. 
Welfia Georgii, 149 ; regia, (woodcut) 148. 
Wellingtonia, as affected by soils, 227. 
Williams’ Orchid-grower’s Manual. 139. 
Williams’ Wax-flower modelling, 81. 
Willows, Bitter, for coverts and hedges, 
263. 
Window plants, 52. 
Wood, to render uninflammable, 264. 
Wooster’s Alpine Plants, 35, 82, 139, 202. 
Xanthoceras sorbifolia, 6. 
Yucca gloriosa minor, 6; patens, 6. 
Zalacca Wagneri, 3. 
Zinnia aurea, 230 ; Ghiesbreghtii, 228 ; 
Haageana flore-pleho, (woodcuts) 228 ; 
mexicana, 228. 
