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INDEX. 
plate) 265; P. sinensis Marchioness of 
Exeter, 142; P. spectabilis, 143. 
Pnltenaea rosea, 145. 
Pyrethriims, double, culture of, 261; new, 282. 
Rabbits, to prevent, from barking trees, 93. 
Red Spider, to destroy, (woodcut) 266. 
Rest necessary for plant-cultivation, 95. 
Rhizobius helianthemi, 134. 
Rhododendrons: Princess of Wales, (col. 
plate) 3; season to pot, 182 ; Mr. Anthony 
Waterer’s show of, 48; sweet-scented 
hybrid, 142. 
Rivers’s Miniature Fruit Garden, 120. 
Roella ciliata, 80. 
< Rogiera gratissinia, 146. 
Rose, Magua Charta, (col. plate) 49; Mare- 
chal Niel, greenhouse treatment of, 23; 
Queen of Redders, Isoble’s, 142; Reve 
d’Or, for wall-covering, 213. 
Roses, new Cheshunt, 240; Laxton’s New, 
72; new, of 1875-6, exhibited at Crystal 
Palace, 191; new, 216. 
Salus, a remedy for Cucumber disease, 191. 
Salvia splendens, 37; S. patens, 38. 
Saponaria caespitosa, 156; S. calabrica, 
157; S. caucasica, 155; S. lutea, 157; 
S.ocymoides, 156; S. officinalis, 155. 
Sarracenia Drummondii, 255; S. Fildesii, 
254; S. fiava, 255; S. Moorei, 255; S. 
psittacina, (woodcut) 255; S. purpurea, 
255; S. Stcvensii, 254; S. Williamsii, 254. 
Sedum acre, 202; S. glaucum, for carpet 
bedding, 9. 
Selaginella japonica, (woodcuts) 137. 
Shanking of vines, 5. 
Side-saddle flowers, 254. 
Societies: National Auricula, 9, 23, 46, 92; 
National Carnation and Picotee, 23, 118, 
186, 190, 207, 225; National Rose, 92, 
179,240; Northern Counties Tulip, 163; 
Pelargonium, 92; Royal Botanic, 47; 
Royal Horticultural, 70, 240; Royal Horti¬ 
cultural, of Ireland, 216; Royal Man¬ 
chester Botanical and Horticultural, 141, 
190; Royal National Tulip, 92, 140, 161; 
Scottish Pansy, 189. 
Soil for potting, storing of, 276. 
Spruce, Colorado, 95. 
Standish Memorial Fund, report on, 93. 
Stephanotis floribunda, 185. 
Stock, dwarf Purple Queen, 95. 
Stonecrop, 202. 
Strawberry, culture of the, 229. 
Strawberries, present season’s crops of, 238. 
Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide, 24. 
TAriiRiNA deformans, 174. 
'I'hrips, to destroy, (woodcut) 267. 
Todea snperba, culture of, 245. 
Tomato omelette, 216; sauce, recipe for, 192. 
Tomatos, trial of, at Chiswick, 282. 
Torenia Fournieri, 252. 
Tottenham Hailstorm Relief Fund, 72. 
Trama auriculae, (woodcut), and others, 131. 
Trellis, West’s Adjustable, (woodcut) 71. 
Tritoma Rooperi, the hardiest, 72. 
Tulipa Eichleri, (col. plate) 169; T. Hageri, 
(col. plate) 169. > 
Tulips, notes on, 193, 217; manner of re¬ 
production of, 219; rectified bizarres, 194, 
218; rectified bybloemens, 195, 219 ; recti¬ 
fied roses, 195, 219; new border, 169; 
breeder, 219; slow increase of, 191. 
Van Houtte, Louis, monument to, 94. 
Vegetables, new kinds of, of 1876, 46. 
Vegetable Garden, work in : January, 22 ; 
February, 45; March, 69; April, 91; May, 
118; June, 140; July, 167; August, 184; 
September, 213; October, 237; Novem¬ 
ber, 260; December, 280. 
Villa Gardening: 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. 
Vines, adventitious or air-roots of, (wood- 
cut) 7; how to stop the bleeding of, 
216; fungus on the roots of, 50; wood- 
ashes as manure for, 94; mildew on young 
leaves and fruit of, (woodcut) 50; minia¬ 
ture, for the dinner-table, 233 ; new disease 
of, 261; pith of, 66, 113 ; Baltet’s plan of 
preserving against frost, 94; shanking of, 
5; culture of, in pots, 18; varieties suit¬ 
able for pot-culture, 18. 
Vines and Vine-culture : Chap, xi.-xii.. Dis¬ 
eases and Injuries, and their Remedies, 
(woodcuts) 5, 50; Chap, xiii.. Injurious 
Insects, (woodcuts) 266. 
Vine Beetle, 268. 
Vine Louse, 269. 
Vine Scale, 268. 
Vine-stocks, American, 94. 
Vine Tortrix, 268. 
Vine Weevil, 268. 
Violas, bedding, descriptions of, 24-1. 
Violet, Neapolitan, 120; alba fragrantissima 
plena, 48; Lee’s odoratissima, 96. 
Walls, wiring garden,'52. 
Wasps, plan for destruction of, 214. 
Water Lilies, best mode of planting, 264. 
Wighton, Mr., testimonial to, 47. 
Wires for training fruit-trees on walls, 
(woodcut) 24. 
Wood, how to render uninflammable, 216. 
Worms on lawns, cure for, 262. 
Zamia crassifolia, (woodcut) 14. 
