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INDEX. 
Echeveria agavoides, 118 
Edinburgh, International Fruit Exhibition of 
1869, 215 
Elm, Ornamental, 261 
Encephalartos Ghellinckii (= gracilis), 119 
Epiphyllum truncatum, culture and varieties 
of, 13, 117 
Erica hyemalis, llore pleno, 239 ; E. ventri- 
cosa magnifica, culture of, 207 
Espalier training, French (Illustration), 201 
Eucharis amazonica, culture of, 81 
Evergreens, transplanting, best season for, 219 
Exhibitions, Great Metropolitan, 167; of 
flowers and plants grown in towns by 
artisans, 215 ; Great National Horticultural 
at Manchester, 120; Edinburgh Interna¬ 
tional, Fruit of 1869, 215 ; Mr. W. Paul’s, 
at Royal Horticultural Gardens, 120 
Ferns, new, 134 
Fig, Angelique (Illustration), 179; Grosse 
Verte (Illustration), 56; He la Madeleine 
(Illustration), 179 
Figs, selection of choice, 211 
Fine-foliaged plants : Musas, 2 ; Strelitzias, 
137; Gannas, 26, 264; Solanums (Illustra¬ 
tion), 258 
Flore ten, 284 
Florist’s flowers, difficulties attending the 
culture of, 43; reasons why their culture 
has declined, 43 ; pot-culture of, for sum¬ 
mer exhibitions, suggested, 215 
Flower Garden Hints: January, 19 : February, 
42 ; March, 55 ; April, 80 ; May, 105 ; 
June, 132; July, 151; August, 177 ; Sep¬ 
tember, 197; October, 219; November, 
247; December, 271 
Flower Garden of odoriferous plants, 26 
Flower Shows, Judges at, 127 ; Metropolitan 
of 1868, dates of, 23 
Flowers, Cut, on exhibiting in summer, 215 
Franciscea confertiflora, culture of, 36 
French Gardening (Illustrations), 200 
Frogmore Gardens, appointment of Mr. Rose 
to, 46 
Fruit Crops of 1868, report on, noticed, 215 
Fruit Garden Hints : January, 20; February, 
43; March, 55; April, 80; May, 106; 
June, 132; July, 152; August, 178; Sep¬ 
tember, 197; October, 219; November, 
248; December, 271 
Fruit trees, best season for planting, 219 ; 
planting, 20, 37, 107, 122; root culture of, 
6, 102, 107, 122; protection of, 82 
Fruit tree borders, cropping, 102; formation 
of, 123 ; should be sacred to the roots, 6 
Fruit tree protectors (Illustrations), 159 
Fruit shelves, improved (Illustration), 230 
Fruit walls, trellised, 126 
Fruits, influence of sun heat on, 179 ; variety 
of, how to extend and improve, 62 
Fuchsia coccinea, the true, 47 
Fuchsias, bedding, 96, 282 
Fumigator, Dean’s new, 120 
Fungi, as food. 263 ; exhibition of edible and 
poisonous, 263 
Furnace Pars, how to prevent their burning 
out rapidly, 32 
Gardening Operations : January, 19 ; Feb¬ 
ruary, 41; March, 54; April, 79 ; May, 
104 ; June, 131; July, 151; August, 177 ; 
September, 196 ; October, 218 ; November, 
246; December, 270 
Garden plants, naming of, 274 
Gardeners’ Examinations, Society of Arts, 
264 ; Royal Horticultural Society, 72, 264 
Gardenesque Effects, architectural aids to 
(Illustrations), 220 
Gardening, spring, 225; in Franco, 200 
Gentiana acaulis, germination of, 99 
Gladiolus, treatment of, 57, 58 ; Souchet’s 
varieties of 1866, 58 ; selection of new 
varieties, 59; growth in 1868,202, 228; 
notes on new varieties of 1867-8, 203, 228 
Gladiolus, new, 237 ; Lady Alice Hill (Illus¬ 
tration), 241 
Gleichenia circinata glauca (Illustration), 135 
Grafting, Ring (Illustration), 83 
Grafting Vines, 16, 67 
Grape. Golden Champion (Illustration), 217 ; 
Madresfield Court Black Muscat (Illustra¬ 
tion), 265 ; Mrs. Pince’s Black Muscat, 24 ; 
seedling from Strawberry Grape, 190 
Grape berries, protecting from sunstroke, 284 
Grape culture, 243, 266; pruning, 266; 
thinning, 267; colouring, 267 
Grape growing, at Oakhill, 185 ; use of Vine 
stocks in, 15, 67 
Grapes, Plardy American, 191; Late, notes 
on, 91, 111 ; keeping of, after ripening, 21, 
71; growing on roof of Pear-tree house, 
52 ; aids to setting of, 88 
Greenhouse and Stove p’ants, management 
of: January, 19; February, 41; March, 
54; April, 79 ; May, 104 ; June, 131 ; July, 
151 ; August, 177 ; September, 196; Octo¬ 
ber, 218 ; November, 247 ; December, 270 
Grieve, on Variegated Pelargoniums, 92 
Gooseberries, prize, list of, 62 
Gorse, double, for stony ground, 204 
Habrothamntjs elegans, 141 
Heath, double-flowered, 239 
Heating, Horticultural structures, 31 ; Vine 
borders, 198, 262 
Ileliotropium peruvianum, 248 ; H. Surpasse 
Madame Guascoi, for bedding, 149 
Heliotropes as conservatory climbers, 265 ; 
grown as trees, 248 
Herbaceous plants, exhibiting, 254 
Hollyhocks, new, 236 
Horseradish, culture of, 257 
Hot Dry Season of 1868, 210, 233, 242 
Hot-water Pipe, Taylor’s (Illustration), 22 
Hyacinths, new, descriptive notes on, 186 
