INDEX. 
Abies polita, 60. 
Acer japonicuni vitifolium, 134 ; A. pictiim 
bicolor, 134; A. polymorphum flavescens, 
134; A. septemlobum bicolor, 134; A. 
soptenilobuni elegans, 135; A. septemlobum 
marginatum, 135. 
Achillea aegyptiaca, 68. 
Actinidia Kolomikta, (woodcut) 206. 
Adiantum gracillimum, 41, 135; A. Zalmii, 
Aerides virens Ellisii, 201. [158. 
Ailsculus intennedia, 89. 
Agave filifera superba, 135 ; A. Leopoldii, 135 ; 
A. marmorata, 135; A. micracantha picta, 
135; A. Tayloi'i, 115. 
Ageratum, new, 158. 
Akebia quinata, 14. 
Aloe Bainesii, (woodcut) 152. 
Alsopbila elegantissima, 60. 
Amai-yllis formosissima, 271; A. (Hippeas- 
trum) Mooreana, 135 ; A. (H.J virginalis, 
135 ; A. (H.) vittatum Harrisoniao, 60. 
Ana3ctochili, culture of, at Kew, 69. 
Anemone Honorino Jobert, origin of, 283. 
Angraecum citratum, 60. 
Antliericum Williamsii, 275. 
Anthurium floribundum, 135; A. hybridum, 
115 ; A. Scherzerianum Williamsii, 187. 
Antinliinum, striped, 20. 
Aponogeton distachyon, 101. 
Apparatus, Smeaton’s Heating and Fire¬ 
extinguishing, 187; Ventilating, 20. 
Apple, its Culture and Varieties : lifting and 
root-pruning, 58 ; insect depredations, 97; 
list of proved sorts, 98. 
Apple, Barchard’s Seedling, (woodcut) 40, 91. 
Aquatics, 73, lOi. 
Aquilegia leptoceras lutea, 135. 
Aralia Veitchii, (woodcut) 4. 
Arbor-vitsc, golden occidental, 90 ; silver 
occidental, 93. 
Areca nobilis, 158. 
Arundo conspicua, (plate) 61, 259. [135. 
Athyrium Filix-foemina curtum cristatum, 
Auriculas, Alpine: Napoleon III., (col. plate) 
49 ; Susie Mathams, (col. plate) 49. 
Azalea indica, culture of, 1, 128; now, 135. 
Azara microphylla, (woodcuts) 219. 
Bamboos, Chinese and Japanese, 140. 
Barkoria Bindley ana Centerse, 60. 
Batomania Burtii, 60. 
Bath, Royal Horticultural Society at, 18. 
Beans, Kidney, new, 39; Carter’s Mammoth 
Long-pod. 186; Vilmorin’s Seville Long- 
pod, 186. 
Bedding-out, 203. 
Begonias for baskets, 87; luirdiness of, 20; 
new, 201, 250; B. Martiana, hardiness of, 
233; B. octopotala, 117. 
Beilis rotundifolia coorulescens, 233. 
Berberis Darwinii for hedges and pot-culture, 
Beny-bearing Plants, 6. [84. 
Betula alba purpurea, 135, 201. 
Bignonia grandifiora, 12; B. vonusta as a 
climber, 227. 
Blinds, wooden, 92. 
Boiler, Green’s Patent Wrought-iron, (wood- 
cuts) 9. 
Boronia elatior, 135; B. megastigma, 115. 
Botany, Treasury of, Bindley and Moore’s, 42. 
Broccoli, Cattell’s Eclipse, 130; Edmunds* 
Surprise, 187; late, 154 ; new, 39. 
Cacti, hot-water treatment for, 223. 
Calamus ciliaris, 158. 
Calceolarias, new bedding, 32. 
Calluna vulgaris cuprea, 43. 
Camellia Thomas Moore, (col. plate) 205. 
Campanula isophylla, 233 ; C. Smithii, 201. 
Campsidium filicifolium, (woodcut) 279. 
Canna M. Celler, 259. 
Cantua dependens as a climber, 146. 
Castanea vesca aureo-variegata, 163. 
Cattleya fausta, 250 ; C. gigas, 115 ; C. Mossiso 
majestica, 201; C. Veitchiana, 82, 115. 
Cauliflowers, new, 39; Veitch’s Self-protect¬ 
ing, 283. 
Cedrela sinensis, edible, 232. 
Celeri Turc and its allies, 7. » 
Celery, Leicester Red, 32; now, 39. 
Celery-culture, 62. 
Centranthus ruber, 185. 
Cerasus Mahaleb pendula, 201. 
Cei'cis Siliquastrum, 35. 
Ceterach aureum, 115. 
Chelone barbata antwerpensis, 147. 
Cherries: Frogmoro Early Bigarroau, (col. 
plate) 121; B. Noir de Schmidt, (col. plate) 
121; Frogmoro Late Bigarreau, (col. plate) 
229 ; Joc-o-sot, (col. plate) 229 ; dried, 140; 
forcing, in pots, 121. 
Cherry, variegated sweet, 188. 
Chestnut, golden variegated, 163. 
Chickweed, golden, 211. 
Choisya ternata, 164. 
Chrysanthemums, new, 60; now Japanese, 
Chysis Chelsoni, 82, 115. [275. 
Cinerarias, new, 115. 
Cistus ladanifeiTis, (woodcut) 159. 
Citrus japonica, (col. plate) 241. 
Clematis, now, 82, 115, 135, 136, 169, 232 ; 
C. Duke of Connaught, now double-flowered, 
232 ; C. Fair Rosamond, (col. plate) 169; C. 
Stella, (col. plate) 169 ; C. Flammula roseo- 
purpurea, 209 ; 0. Jackmanni, hardiness of, 
43; C. purpurea elegans, 158. 
Clianthus Dampieri, 19. 
Climbers, choice conservatory, 145; choice 
hot-house, 227. 
Coleus, new, 201; the Czar, 139. 
Conifers, planting specimen, 69. 
Cornus alba marginata, 202. 
Cotoneaster microphylla, 26; C. Simonsii, 279. 
Crata3gus Pyracantha, 259. 
Croton or Codioeum Cooperi, 202; C. ovali- 
folium, 136; C. spiralo, (woodcut) 211; C. 
volutum, (woodcut) 138,158. 
Cucumber, Harris’s Hybrid, 19; new, 39. 
Cupressus Macnabiana, (woodcut) 88. 
Curmoria picturata, 116. 
