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INDEX. 
Cyclamen as a decorative plant, 89 ; new, 116; 
C. persicum Rose Queen, (col. plate) 181; 0. 
IDersicum Royal Purple, (col. plate) 181; 0. 
persicum Wliite Perfection, (col. plate) 181. 
Cyclamen repandum, 146. 
Cydonia Maulei, 281. 
Cypripedium Argus, 82,115; C. Dominianum, 
(woodcut) 66; C. HaiTisianum, 136; C. 
Parishii, 158 ; C. Roezlii, 60, 115. 
Dabeocia polifolia variicolor, 41. 
Dahlias, new, 260. 
Daisy, Blue, 233. 
Daisies, double, for spring bedding, 101. 
Daphne indica alba, 207,208 ; D. indica rubra, 
culture of, 207. 
Dasylirion glaucum, (woodcut) 16. 
Datura fastuosa, 62; D. (Brugmansia) san- 
guinea, 210; D. (Brugmansia) suaveolens, 
Decabelone elegans, 250. [146. 
Delphinium Keteleerii, (col. plate) 73 ; 
sinense flore-pleno, 92. 
Dendi-obium Ainswortbii, 60; (woodcut), 113; 
D. amoonum, 158; D. eiythroxantbum, 250. 
Diantbus glacialis, 188. 
Disa grandiflora, specimen of, 234. 
Dracaena amabilis, (woodcut) 75; D. Baptistii, 
116; D. Goldieana, 158; D. Hendersoni, 136 ; 
D. bybrida, 158. 
Dracaenopsis australis, 234. 
Drosera glanduligera, 250; D. Menziesii, 250.' 
Drymonia Turialvao, 268. 
Echeveria eximia, 136 ; E. Peacockii, 136, 
202 ; E. secunda glauca, 260. 
Edgings, for kitchen - garden walks, 26 ; 
Stevens’ Brick, (woodcut) 284. 
Epidendrum Catillus, 82. 
Erantbemum reticulatum aureum, 116. 
Erica codonodes, 53; E. berbacea alba, 43. 
Eriocaulons, flowering of, 163. 
Erytbrina indica picta (Parcellii), 158, 258. 
Eupatorium gracile odoratum, 20. [185. 
Evergreens, season for planting, 99 ; desirable. 
Exhibitions: Autumn Fungi, 258; Dundee 
Horticultural, 231 ; Florence International, 
139,259; Midland Counties’Horticultural, 
185; Royal Horticultural Society’s, at 
Bath, 18. 
Fairy Rings, 186. 
Ferns for the million, 102. 
Fertilisation of plants, tiooibrcnk’s process for 
facilitating, 260. 
Ficus Parcellii, 116, (woodcut) 183. 
Fig, Negro Largo, 281. 
Flowers, changes in colouring matters of, 92. 
FloAver-pot covers, 92. 
Franciscea eximia, 229. 
Frost, protecting fruit-trees from, by per¬ 
fumes, 80. 
Fruits, cracking of, 91, 123; consumption of, 
by Messi’s. Crosse and Blackwell, foi* making 
pieserves, 90 ; bow to pack, 20 ; new, 275; 
tasting, at shows, 226. 
Friut Crops of 1874, 170, 209; in Gloucester- 
shii’o, 150; hardy, at Burglaley and in tbo 
Midland Counties, 149; hardy, in North 
Notts, 131. 
Fruit-culture v. Cremation, 276. 
Fruit-trees, root-pruning of, 278 ; wall aspects 
suitable for, 51; spring treatment of, on 
walls, 266; for hedge-rows, 34. 
Fuchsia procumbens, 202 ; F. syringacflora, 91. 
Fuchsias for flower-garden decoration, 245. 
Fungi, autumn shoAvs of, 258; parasitic, on 
sycamore leaves, &c., 106 ; on trees, 182. 
Gaillarpia amblyodon, 19. 
Garden Gossip, 18, 41, 67, 89, 117, 139, 162, 
185, 209, 231, 258, 282. 
Garden Literature : Asparagus, How to groAV, 
69; Orch'ds, and How to grow them, 91; 
Potato Disease and its Prevention, 69; Les 
Promenades de Paris, 117,126; Domestic 
Floriculture, 127 ; Pratt’s FloAvering Plants, 
&c., of Great Britain, 127; Cool Orchids, and 
How to grow them, 128; Natural Principles 
of Landscape Gardening, 178; Roses and 
Rose-culture, 180 ; Practical Gardener, 
180; Los Plantes Medicinales et Usuelles 
de nos Champs, Jardins, et Forets, 180 ; Lo 
Monde Microscopiquo des Eaux, 180. 
Garden Work : January, 21 ; February, 45; 
March, 70; April, 93; May, 117; Juno, 
141; July, 165; August, 189 ; September, 
213; October, 237; November, 261; De¬ 
cember, 285. 
Genista ovata, 235; G. polygalsefolia, 235; 
G. virgata, 163, 235. 
Gladiolus, double-croAvned, 69; neAV, 250. 
Glass, rough plate, 149, 180. 
Gloxinias, noAv, 158, 202. 
Gooseberries: Catherina, (col. plate) 109; 
Henson’s Seedling, (col. plate) 109; Lord 
Derby, (col. plate) 1, 31 ; Victory, (col. 
plate) 1, 32; for garden fences, 156. 
Gooseberry-culture, 199 ; (woodcuts) 245. 
Grape, Black Hamburgh, large, groAvn at 
Lambton, 231, 258, 283 ; Madresfield Court 
Black Muscat, 274; Mrs. Pince’s Black 
Muscat, 274; Venn’s Seedling Black Mus¬ 
cat, 276; Golden Champion, 219; Mrs. 
Pearson, 276; Muscat Escholata, 14; Mus¬ 
cat Escholata Suporba, 36 ; Muscat Ham¬ 
burgh, 55. 
Grapes, French system of keeping, 187; 
Italian method of preserving, 92 ; late 
keeping, (Avoodcut) 52, 81; their peculiar 
defects, 55, 274; trial of, at ChisAvick, 67 ; 
Aveights of large hunches, 231. 
Green Gage, origin of the name, 117. 
Guelder Rose, 204. 
Gum Cistus, (Avoodcut) 159. 
Gumming in Fruit Trees, 91. 
Gymnogramma decomposita, 116; (AVOodcut) 
147 ; G. triangularis, 136. 
H.a:MAXTiius Rooj^eri, 136. 
Haussmannia jucunda, 221. 
Hedges, substitution of AvilloAV for thorn in, 68. 
Hibiscus esculentus, noAv oil from seeds of, 232. 
Hippeastrum, ucaa^, 60, 116, 135. 
Hollyhocks, noAv, 53, 250. 
