INDEX. 
285 
A. 
Kalmia latifolia, 191. 
Ketchup, making of, 238. 
Layatera arborea as sea shelter, 213. 
Lawns, cure for worms on, 262. 
Leaf-bedding, choice of materials for, 147. 
Leaves, mode of skeletonising, 214, 
Ledum palustre as insect-powder, 95, 
Lettuce, new, of 1876,46; Hammersmith, 170, 
Lilac as a hardy shrub, 106; best varieties 
of, 108; forced, white flowers on, 142. 
Liliums, Mr. Elwes’ monograph of, 119. 
Lily, Belladonna, 262. 
Linum trigynum, 151. 
Lobelia Erinus, and other dwarf-bedding, 109. 
Lomaria Dalgairnsise, (woodcut) 198; L, 
discolor bipinnatifida, 272. 
Macodes Petola, 171. 
Mallow, tree, as shelter, 213. 
Manche of the Fz’ench, 12. 
Mealy Bug, (woodcut) 267. 
Meetings and Greetings, Tegg’s, 239. 
Melons and Cucumbers, notes on, 82. 
Melon-culture, 223; select varieties for, 225. 
Mignonette, long flowering of, 215. 
Mimulus, double-flowered: Crown Prince, 
Galatea, and Spotted Gem, (col. plate) 
253; Fire King, (col. plate) 253. 
Moss, Dovedale, 202. 
Multum-in-Parvo Gardening, 281. 
Mushrooms, M. Zoller’s mode of culture, 192. 
Nectarine, Lord Napier, (col. plate) 229. 
Nelumbium aspericaule, 282. 
Nephrolepis davallioides furcans, (wood- 
cut) 18. 
Neriums, season to pot, 182. 
Nertera depressa for carpet bedding, 8. 
Nuts, present season’s crops of, 238. 
Obituary : Andrews, Mr. James, 48 ; 
Barnes, Mr. James, 168; Braun, Dr. Alex¬ 
ander, 144; Cramb, Mr. Alexander, 144; 
Cunningham, Mr. David Waugh, 144; De 
Lambertye, M. le Comte Leonce, 240; 
Dickson, Mr. Thomas, 120; Foster, Mr. 
William, 120; Gavin, Mr. John, 144; 
Harrison, Mr. John, 72; Howard, Mr. 
Ilobert, 264; Hunt, Joseph, Esq., 120; 
Ingle, Mr. William, 24; Ingram, Mr. 
John, 24; Lidgard, Mr. Charles, 192; Mel¬ 
ville, Mr. William, 72; Moore, Mr. Frede¬ 
rick, 168; Parlatore, Prof. Filippo, 264; 
Beeves, John Bussell, Esq., 144; Bichards, 
Mr. John, 264; Bivers, Mr. Thomas, 264; 
Bivicre, M. Auguste, 144; Saunders, Mr. 
]\r., 120; Smee, Alfred, Esq., 48; Steward, 
llemy. Esq., 24; Stewart, Mr. Peter, 48 ; 
Walker, Mr. Joseph, 192; Webb, Mr. 
Bichard, 264; Weddell, Dr. Hugh Alger¬ 
non, 240; White, Mr. Bobert, 168; Wil- 
kin.s, F. G., Esq., 48. 
Odontoglossum pulchellum grandiflorum, 
26; O. triumphans, (col. plate) 217. 
Oidium Tuckeri, (woodcut) 50. 
Onion, Trebons, (col. plate) 37. 
Orange, Tangierine, (col. plate) 205. 
Orchids, select list of cool, 154; as florists’ 
flowers, 150 ; cool, culture of, 153. 
Orchid-growers’ Manual, Williams’s, 168. 
P.eonia Moutan, for conservatories, 119. 
Pseonies for summer beds, 132. 
Palm-house, new, at Adelaide, 96. 
Pansies, bedding, descriptions of, 244, 
Peas, new, of 1876, 46; Laxton’s new, 173. 
Peach, Belle Imperjale, (col. plate) 25; 
Desse Tardive, 78; Dymond, (col. plate) 
185; Early Alfred, (col, plate) 277; Mag- 
dala, (col. plate) 277; Premier, (col. plate) 
97; new varieties of, at Chiswick, 238. 
Peach blister and its fungus, (woodcut) 171. 
Peach leaves blistering, 145. 
Pear, Amiral Cecile, (col. plate) 61; 
Beurre de Jonghe, (col. plate) 61; Beurre 
Giflard, 157; Doyenne du Comice, (col. 
plate) 133; the Peach, (col. plate) 157; 
Willison’s Queen Victoria, (col. plate) 13. 
Pears, best-cropping hardy, 231; best early, 
mid-season and late, 25; new orna¬ 
mental Japanese, (woodcuts) 99; very 
late, 26; stewing, 26. 
Pear-fruits, cracking of, 204. 
Pear season of 1876, 25. 
Pelargonium Princess of Wales, (col. plate) 
193 ; Laxton’s seedling, transfer of stock 
of, 72; Mr, Cannell’s yellow, 262; 
Vesuvius, sportiveness of, 262. 
Peronospora viticolum, 261. 
Phloxes of the decussata type, 261. 
Phoenix rupicola, (woodcut) 164. 
Phylloxera and its destruction, 62; stocks 
resistant and non-resistant to the, 91; 
description of, (woodcuts) 269. 
Phytoptus, witch-knots caused by, 93. 
Picotee. See Carnation, 
Picotees, mutilated flowers of, 13; descx'ip- 
tions of new, 239; descriptive lists of red- 
edged, 111; purple-edged, 129; rose, 
scarlet, or salmon-edged, 157. 
Pinus Omorika, 143. 
Planting of railway embankments, 215. 
Plums, in succession from J uly to Novem¬ 
ber, 59 ; best-cropping hardy, 232. 
Polyanthus, Duke of Wellington, 143. 
Polygonum cuspidatum as a town plant, 43. 
Potato, Covent Garden Perfection, 72. 
Potatos, new, of 1876, 46; present season’s^ 
crops of, 238. 
Potato-shoots, planting, 119. 
Pothos argyrea as a contrast to Cissus, 186 ; 
as a wall-clothcr, 14; P. rubronervia, 14. 
Primula cortusoidos amcena, new forms of, 
36; P. Sicbohlii, 36; P. sinensis, double, 
culture of, 49; P. sinensis Eva Fish, (col. 
