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INDEX. 
Daffodil, forcing of the, 84; Great Autumn, 
24. 
Daisies, double, 62. 
Damson, Frogmore, (col. plate) 265. 
Darwin’s Insectivorous Plants, noticed, 14. 
Delphiniums, select varieties, 48. 
Dictyogramma japonica variegata, (wood- 
cut) 3. 
Diospyi’os Kaki, fruiting of, in the Isle of 
Wight, 26, 70; at Weybridge, 239. 
Di'acama hybrida, (woodcut) 17. 
Drosera dichotoma, 16; D. rotundifolia, 14. 
Drumlanrig, new stone-fruit house at, 260. 
Epacris onosmEeflora flore-pleno, (woodcut) 
83. 
Epiphylhuns worked on Pereskias, 192. 
Eremurus robustus, 168. 
Eryngium Leavensworthii, 47. 
Erythroxylon Coca, uses of, 24. 
Eucalyptus viminalis, hardiness of, 191. 
Eucharis Candida, 142. [of, 47. 
Eupatorium ligustrinum, garden synonyms 
Euphorbia jacquiniseflora, 56. 
Evergreen Leaves, winter colour of, 238. 
Exhibitions:—Amsterdam International Hor¬ 
ticultural, of 1877, 214; Brussels Inter¬ 
national Horticultural and Botanical Con¬ 
gress, 141; Brussels International, medals 
awarded at, 192; Messrs. Jackman and 
Son’s Clematis, at Regent’s Park, 71; Dun¬ 
dee International Horticultural, 237 ; Har- 
borne Gooseberry-growers’ Society’s, 205 ; 
National Carnation and Picotee Society’s, 
210,243; National Gooseberry, 207; Pro¬ 
posed International Horticultural, at Car¬ 
lisle, 262; Royal Horticultural Society’s, in 
July, 189; Metropolitan Spring, of 1876, 
118 ; Metropolitan, of 1876, 166; Provincial 
Horticultural, 71 ; Royal Horticultural 
Society’s, in 1876, 46. 
Fences, Repairing old, 264. 
Fern Paradise, Heath’s, noticed, 167, 215. 
Fig, forcing the, 127; Lambton Castle seed¬ 
ling, 240. 
Fig-culture v. Pine-stoves, 109. 
Figue d’Or, 240. 
Floriculture, Burbidge’s Domestic, noticed, 71. 
Florists’ Flowers, 95. 
Flower-garden, Thomson’s Handy-book of the, 
noticed, 71. 
Flowers, Dried, preserving colours of, 192,215; 
packing, 103. 
Fritillaria recurva, 143. 
Fruit, peculiarities in the ripening of, 40; 
ripening and keeping of, 57 ; climatal in¬ 
fluences on, 126; decay of, 198; new, of 
1875, 25; stone, thinning of, on walls, 172. 
Fruits, Wall, culture of: Chap, vi., The 
Peach and Nectarine, 58; Chap, vii.. The 
Peach and Nectarine, (woodcut) 230. 
Fruit Crops, effects of 1875 season on, 2 ; in. 
North Notts, 151; of the British Islands, 
report on, for 1876, 214. 
Fruit-trees, Cordon system of training, 116, 
144; for North Walls, 244. 
Fungus Meeting of Woolhope Club, 263. 
Garden, the Pleasures of, 44. 
Garden Gossip, 22, 46, 70, 95, 118, 141, 166, 
188, 214, 237, 262, 283. 
Garden Walls, Wiring, 259. 
Garden Work, January, 9; February, 33; 
March, 67; April, 84; May, 105; June, 
129; July, 154; August, 179; September, 
202 ; October, 226; November, 250; De¬ 
cember, 279. . 
Gardening, Wood’s Good, noticed, 167. 
Gardens, kitchen, irrigation of, 217; market, 
in Great Britain, acreage of, 190. 
Geonoma Carderi, (woodcut) 182. 
Gesneraceous Plants for winter decoration, 
139. 
Gloxinia Lis4re d’Argent, (col. plate) 97; 
Prince Arthur, (col. plate) 97. 
Gloxinias, M. Duval’s new, 143. 
Godetia (Whitneyi) Lady Albemarle, 216. 
Gooseberries, finest-flavoured, 207; weights 
of, 206. 
Gooseberry, new, of 1875, 26., 
Grafting, variegation induced by, 168. 
Grape, new, 25 ; Waltham Cross, 270. 
Gi'apes, ripening v. watering Vines, 133; 
rust on, 260; scalding of, 262; spot on, 
(woodcut) 261. 
Grape-tree of Ten Thousand Clusters, 190. 
Hailstorm in the Northern suburbs of 
London, 214. 
Heating, Lime-kiln, 239. 
Helianthus cucumerifolius, 48, 216. 
Heliotropium Voltaireanum, origin of name of, 
144. 
Hoe, the, and its uses, 112. 
Hogg’s Gardeners’ Yeai'-book and Almanack 
for 1876, noticed, 23. 
Horticultural Directory for 1876, noticed, 71. 
Horticulture, Insects injurious to, 238. 
Hybridisation, use of stigmatic mucus of 
pollen-parent in, 240. 
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, 22. 
Hymenocallis rotata, 42. 
Ice, preserving, in stacks, 45. 
Insecticide, Boscawen’s, 24. 
Insects injurious to Agriculture and Horti¬ 
culture, Royal Horticultural Society’s Col¬ 
lection of, 238. 
Iris Kaempferi Andrew Henderson, (col. plate) 
193; select varieties of, 193. 
Irrigation of Gardens, 217. 
Juniper, Chinese, v. Rabbits, &c., 52. 
Labels, Garden, 72. 
Lapageria from Cuttings, 191. 
Lathyrus Drummondii, 191. 
Leaves, Evergreen, winter colour of, 238; 
propagation by means of, 263. 
Lettuce, Cabbage : Commodore Nutt, 37; new, 
of 1875, 26; winter, 242. 
