INDEX. 
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Abies, growth of, as timbor, 181. 
Abyssinian mixture, 284. 
Acanthus longifolius, 6, 
Acer rufinerve albo-limbatum (A. japonicum 
argenteum), 6. 
Acrophorus hemiptera, 5. 
Adiantum Capillus-Veneris magnificum, 5; 
A. Capillus-Veneris undulatum, 5 ; A. 
decorum, 249 (woodcut), 268 ; A. excisum 
Leyi, 5 ; A. peruvianum (woodcuts), 220; 
A. rubellum (woodcut), 250, 267. 
Aerides japonicum, 46. 
Agaricus, culture of (woodcuts), 180. 
Agave Bessereriana (woodcuts), 257; A. 
cuspidata, 94; A. horrida (v/oodcuts), 41, 
Alnus glutinosa aurea, 142; A. glutinosa ru- 
bro-nervia, 142. 
Alocasia hybrida, 45 ; A. Liervallii, 45 ; A. 
Sedeni, 45- 
Alpine Flowers for English gardens (woodcuts), 
97. 
Alternanthera magnifica, 261. 
Anaectochilus Dawsonianus, 38. 
Androsaco pubescens, 7. 
Annual and Herbaceous Plants, collection of, 
239. 
Antiflamine, 240 
Antirrhinums in pots for exhibition, 120. 
Aponogeton, culture of, 35 
Apple, Fairy (plate), 49 ; - as an ornamental 
plant, 104. 
Apples, new, 37. 
Apple butter, 192. 
Apricot, as a standard or bush tree, 265. 
Apricots, new, 37. 
Aquarium Plant-case, Radclyffe’s (woodcut), 
144 ; as window fm’niture (woodcut), 168. 
Aquatics, 35, 77, 176, 222. 
Aquilegia californica, 96; A. eximia, 96; A. 
truncata, 96. 
Aralia Sieboldii aureo-marginata, 7. 
Archimedean Lawn Mower (woodcut), 96. 
Ashen Tree as a curative agent, 127. 
Asplenium fernandezianum, 5. 
Aster longifolius var., 261. 
Athyrium Filix-foemina Elizabetha?, 6; A. 
Filix-foemina kallothrix, 6. 
Auricula, Alpine, 116,140; John Leech (plate), 
241; Monarch (plate), 241; Selina (plate), 
241; select, 53. 
Auriculas, composts for, 133; plea for, 85 ; re¬ 
potting of, 156. 
Avocada, 284. 
Azaleas, new, 115, 141, 166. 
Beasts, preserved Kidney, 263. 
Bedding plants. Yellow-leaved, 248. 
Beech, purple, 240. 
Begonia boliviensis, 239 ; B. Sedeni, 44. 
Bertolonia primulaeflora, 44. 
Birch, growth of, 182. 
Boiler, Weeks’ Patent Duplex Compensating 
(woodcut), 114. 
Bouvardia jasminiflora, 72; B. longiflora, 72. 
Bracken, transplantation of, 264. 
Brassia Lawrenceana longissima, 46. 
Broccoli all the year round, 83. 
Brodijjoa coccinea (plate), 145 ; 166. 
Butomus, culture of, 222. 
Cabbage, Sandringham Sprouting, 72. 
Calamus ciliaris, 5. 
Calochortus uniflorus, 6. 
Camellia, Leopold I. (plate), 97. 
Carbonic Acid, decomposition of, by leaves, 191. 
Carnations, Pei’petual-flowering, or Tree, 12, 
89 ; select, 32. 
Carjo, cause of mortality of, 240. 
Carpet-Bedding at Battersea (woodcuts), 235. 
Catalpa syringcefolia aurea, 214. 
Cattleya Trianso, 93 ; C. TriaucS Lawrenceana, 
93. 
Cauliflower all the year I’ound, 83; Yeitch’s 
Autumn, 243. 
Cedrus, growth of, as timber, 181, 182. 
Cement for uniting polished surfaces, 95. 
Cerasus Laimocerasus rotundifolia, 93. 
Cereus, culture of, 194. 
Chama3rops, 95. 
Cherry, Burghley Park, 229 ; MorcUo, 79. 
Chimonanthus fragrans, 235. 
Chiswick Garden, 118. 
Chloralum, 284. 
Chorozema Lawrenceanum, 29. 
Chrysanthemum frutescens, 264. 
Chrysanthemums, culture of, for amateui’S, 
21, 39, 110; new, of 1869, 14. 
Cineraria aspleniifolia, 261. 
Clematises, new early, 116, 141, 166; New 
Hardy, 214; Princess Mary (plate), 121. 
Clematis sethusifolia, 6. 
Clerodendron fragrans, 74, 
Clianthus Dampieri, 283. 
Cloves, select, 32. 
Coboca pendulifiora, 44. 
Coccus flocciferus (woodcuts), 119. 
Codiaeums (Croton), new, 44, 205. 
Coffee, a disinfectant, 95. 
Coleus as a Bedding plant, 155. 
Colouring-matter of plants, 218. 
Corbularia monophylla (woodcut), 84. 
Cordyline indivisa latifolia, 7. 
Cork Tree, growth of, 182, 
Cotoneaster congesta, 6 ; C. prostrata, 0. 
Cotyledon fulgens, 8. 
Crab, Imperial, 95. 
Crotons, new (woodcuts), 44, 205, 
Cryptomeria, growth of, as timber, 182. 
Cucumber, new, 38. 
Cupressus Lawsoniana albo-spica, 6 ; C. Law- 
soniana erecta viridis (woodcut), 91; C. 
Lawsoniana pondula alba, 6. 
