INDEX. 
Abies Menziesii Pariyana, 47, 95. 
Abutilon Boule de Neige as a winter-flowerer, 
77; A. rosaeflorum, (woodcut) 210. 
Acer colcliicum rubrum, 46; A. pictum, 46. 
Adiantum Cap.-Veneris cornubiense, (wood- 
cut) 104; A. princeps, (woodcuts) 243. 
Album Benary, 47. 
Alders, new, 263. 
Allnutt’s Cactus, and Succulents, 70. 
Alnus cordata, 263; A. glutinosa aurea, 
263 ; A. g. imperialis, 263; A. incana 
variegata, 263 ; A. viridis, 263. 
Amaryllis Ackermanni, in the open air, 262; 
A. A. splendidum, 262; A. Belladonna, 262. 
American plants, Mr. Anthony Waterer’s 
show of, at the Koyal Botanic Society, 48; 
profusion of bloom on, 167. 
Anmctochilus, culture of, 170; A. argenteus, 
I7l; A. intermedius, 171; A. Lobbii, 171; 
A. Lowii, 171; A. Petola, 171; A. seta- 
ceus, 171; A. xanthophyllus, 171. 
Anthracnose, 261. 
Anthurium Andreanum, 192. 
Apple, Calville Blanche, 97, 125; Cox’s 
Pomona, 125 ; Norfolk Beefing, 79; Striped 
Beefing, (woodcut) 79; White Winter 
Calville, (col. plate) 73. 
Apples, best cropping hardy, 231. 
Apple, Mexican, fruiting of, 260. 
Apricot, diseases of, 182. 
Aquilegia hybrida californica, 168. 
Aralia filicifolia, (woodcut) 125; A. spec- 
tabilis, 125. 
Araucaria Goldieana, (woodcut) 39. 
Arboretum of Edinburgh Botanic Garden, 215. 
Ascomyces deformans, 174. 
Auricula Fanny Crossland, 124 ; Frank, 124; 
Peacemaker, 124; Talisman, 124; Wm. 
Bradshaw, 124. 
Auriculas: Chap, ix.. Notes by the way. 
Election Lists, 9; Chap, x., Work for 
February, Top - dressing. Self Alpines, 
Election Lists, 29; Chap, xi.. The Rising 
Bloom, Spring Treatment of Old Plants 
and Seedlings, 63; Chap, xii.. On the eve 
of Bloom, Treatment, Packing for Exhi¬ 
bition, 73; Chap, xiii.. The Bloom, The 
Crystal - Palace Show, Novelties, 121; 
Chap, xiv.. Recollections of Bloom at 
Home, Notes by the Way, 273. 
Auriculas, Alpine, 34, 53; lists of green- 
edged, grey-edged, self, and white-edged 
varieties, 10; Self Alpine, 11; National 
Southern Show of, 114. 
Auricula disease, (woodcut) 134. 
Avenues, trees suitable for street, 46. 
Azalea Duke of Edinburgh, 143. 
Bedding, leaf, materials for, 147; plants for 
permanent, 248; flower-garden, 127. 
Beds, raised, for flowers objectionable, 155. 
Boet-root, to keep colour of, in cooking, 48. 
Begonia, boliviensis, 85; B. Davisii, (col. 
plate) 85; B. kailista, (woodcut) 220. 
Begonias, tuberous-rooted, new, 3; to keep 
through the winter, 262. 
Betula subcordata, 144; B. utilis, 144. 
Birch, vdtch-knots on, 93; new Japanese, 144. 
Bleeding of a vine, how to stop the, 216. 
Blight, American, cure for, 257. 
Boiler, WagstafP’s Tubular Saddle, 263. 
Boronia elatior, (col. plate) 145. 
Bouvardia Davisoni, 150; B. elegans, 150; 
B. Hogarth, 150; B. Humboldtii corymbi- 
flora, (woodcut) 150 ; B. jasminiflora, 148 ; 
B. Vreelandii, 150. 
Bouvardias as decorative plants, 147. 
Burbidge’s Cultivated Plant.s, their Im¬ 
provement, 23, 93. 
Calochorttjs venustus, how to grow, 215. 
Camellia Madame Cachet, (col. plate) 121. 
Camellias, season to pot, 182. 
Campanula Barrellieri, 143; C. fragilis, 
143; C. Henderson! alba, 143; C. macro- 
styla, 240; C. turbinata, 143. 
Campanulas, dwarf, as pot plants, 143. 
Caragana frutex variegata, 214. 
Carbolic acid as a weed-destroyer, 95. 
Caimation and Picotee: Chap, xiii.-xix.. 
Descriptions of the best varieties, old and 
new, 16, 40, 54, 87, 111, 129, 157. 
Carnations, crimson bizarre, 40; pink and 
purple bizarre, 42; purple flake, 54; rose 
flake, 88, 131; scarlet bizarre, 16; scarlet 
flake, 87; mutilated flowers of, 13. 
Carrots, how to grow, free of wireworm, 48. 
Casiniiroa edulis, 260. 
Cauliflowers, new, of 1876, 46. 
Celery, new, of 1876, 46. 
Chamsepeuce diacantha hardy in Hants, 78. 
Cherries, best cropping hardy, 232. 
Chicory, Whitloof, 104. 
Chimonanthus fragrans for vase.s, 60. 
Chrysanthemums, early bedding, 262. 
Cinerarias, Dicksons’ double, 192. 
Cissus discolor as a wall plant, 185. 
Cladosporium viticolum, 261. 
Clematis iudivisa lobata, 98; Messrs. Jack- 
man and Son’s special show of, at the 
Royal Botanic Society, 47, 141. 
Clerodendron Balfourianum, 138, 185. 
Cocos Weddelliana, 164. 
Codiooum vaidegatum, 56. 
Coft'eo an antidote of strychnine, 282. 
Cold Houses and their uses, 278. 
Cole’s Royal Parks and Gardens, 198. 
Colorado Potato Beetle, 281. 
Convolvulus mauritanicus for baskets, 216. 
Cordon Training, (woodcut) 42. 
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