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INDEX. 
Com S^ilacl, 12. 
Cornus mascula aurea elegautissima, (col, 
Crinum ornatum, hardy, 215. [plate) 109, 
Croton Alberti, 58; C. Bismarcki, 58; C. 
Disraeli, 57; C. Lord Cairns, (woodcut) 
58; C. Queen Victoria, (woodcut) 257 ; C, 
trilobus, (woodcut) 56; C. t. Traveller, 58. 
Cryptouieria Lobbii, dwarf form of, 142, 
Cucumbers and Melons, notes on, 82; disease, 
cure for, 191, 
Culture the chief source of improvement, SO, 
Curmeria Wallisii, (woodcut) 232. 
Cycas Normanbyana, (woodcut) 34, 
Cyi’tanthera magnifica hardy, 216. 
Cytisus, season to pot, 182, 
Dahlias, leading new, of the year, 250 ; un¬ 
lifted, 173, 
Dandelion as a salad-ingredient, 119. 
Darwin’s Fertilisation of Plants, 47. 
Dendrobium densifloruni var. Stewartii, 223. 
Dietz’s Portable Heating Apparatus, 70. 
Dioscorea argyrca, 185. 
Dracaena Goldieana, (woodcut) 246. 
Economy of Space in Small Gardens, 83. 
Epacris onosmeeflora flore-pleno nivalis, 96. 
Epacris, season to pot, 182. 
Erica ornata, 214; E. Shannoni glabra, 214. 
Eschscholtzia Mandarin, 240. 
Euonymus europaeus, 132. 
Eupatorium Berlandieri, (woodcut) 27; E. 
gracile odoratum, 28; E. ligustriuum, 
(woodcut) 28, 58; E. odoratum, 28; E. 
riparium, 28, 58; E, Weinmaunianum,. 28 ; 
winter-flowerin g, 58. 
Euphorbia jacquiniseflora, 38. 
Exhibitions : Amsterdam International 
Horticultural, 70; Carnation and Pico- 
tee, 71; Cai‘tei'’s Flowering and Fine- 
foliage plants, 48 ; Jackman and Son’s 
Clematis, 141; International Potato, 119; 
International Horticultural, at Carlisle, 
96; Royal Manchester Horticultural 
Society’s National, 141 ; Manchester 
Cottagers’, 190; Metropolitan, of the pre¬ 
sent season, 168; National Auricula 
Society’s Northern, 92; National Auricula 
Society’s Southern, 23, 7l, 114; National 
Carnation and Picoteo Society’s, during 
1877,23; National Carnation and Pico¬ 
teo Society’s Northern, 190, 207, 225; 
National Carnation and Picoteo Society’s 
Southern, 118, 186 ; National Rose 
Society’s, 179; Northern Counties Tulip 
Society’s, 163; Richmond Horticultural 
Society’s, 72; Royal Botanic Society’s 
.special, 47; Royal National Tulip So¬ 
ciety’s, for 1877, 92, 140, 161; Scottish 
Pansy Society’s, 189. 
Fi:rns, propriety of growing in loam, 143. 
Fig Negro Largo, 8, 32 ; Lambton, 32. 
Fittonias as wall-clothers, 136. 
Floral Decoration, principles of, 213. 
Flore des Serres, reappearance of, 141. 
Flower Garden, work in: February, 45; 
March, 69; April, 91; May, 118; June, 
140; July, 166; August, 184; September, 
212; October, 237; November, 259 ; De¬ 
cember, 279. 
Flower Garden, bedding out in, 127. 
Flowers, Darwin’s forms of, 239. 
Flowers and Flow'er Garden, Watts’, 141. 
Fruits, Wall, culture of: Chap, viii.-xi., The 
Peach and Nectarine, 32, 86, 177, 227. 
Fruit Crops, the present season's, 238; 
hardy, in 1877, 177. 
Fruit Garden, work in: July, 167; August, 
181; October, 237; November, 260; De- 
cembei’, 280. 
Fruit-trees, best cropping hardy, 231; cor¬ 
don training of wall, (woodcut) 42. 
Fungus of the peach-blister, (woodcut) 174. 
Galium saxatile as a carpet bedder, 263. 
Garden, new botanic, at Hull, 141. 
Garden Gossip, 23, 46, 70, 92, 118, 140, 167, 
190, 213, 238, 260, 280. 
Garden Receipts, Quin’s, 119. 
Gardener’s Assistant, new edition of, 280. 
Gardeners’ Year-book for 1877, 24. 
Gardenias, culture of, for cut flowers, 222. 
Gentiana acaulis, 146. 
Grafting, on changes effected by, 4. 
Grapes, large clusters of, 280. 
Grape sport, Culford, 234. 
Grape vine, pith in the, 113. 
Greenhouse, work in: January, 21; February, 
44; March, 68; April, 90; May, 117; 
June, 139; July, 166; August, 183; Sep¬ 
tember, 212; October, 236; November, 
259; December, 278. 
Guide Pratique de 1’Amateur de Fruits, 94. 
Gymnogramma Heyderi, 252. 
Habrothamnus fasciculatus, 78. 
Hares, to prevent, from barking trees, 93. 
Heaths, new, 214; season to pot, 182. 
Hedera Helix, 103. 
Helminthosporium pyrorum, 205. 
Hippeastrum, culture of, 102. 
Hooker, Dr., created Knight, 168. 
Horticultural Directory for 1877, 48. 
Horticulture, Burbidge’s, 263. 
Humea elegans, 220. 
Hyacinth Queen of Lilacs, (col. plate) 21-1; 
lists of single varieties, 242; double, 213. 
Hydrangea Thomas Hogg, 215. 
Hydrangeas for market purposes, 281. 
Hymenanthcra crassifolia, (woodcuts) 201. 
Insects, injurious, Newman’s, 141. 
Insecticide powder of ]\I. Boudrant, 91. 
Iron, use of rust on, 216. 
Ivy, English, 103. 
Jasminum nudiflorum for vases, 60. 
Journal des Roses, Cochet’s, 47. 
