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INDEX. 
Pelargoniums, Zonal, Beaton’s, 11, 15; as 
bedding plants, 271; for winter decora¬ 
tion, 2; for bedding, wintering of, 36; 
grouping of, 210 ; new bedfling, 148; pre¬ 
serving during winter, 234; selected, 71 ; 
versus Chrysanthemums, 60$ 134 
Pentstemons, new, 114 
Petunias, situations for, 401 
Phalaenopsis intermedia Portei, 82 
Philadelphus Keteleerii, 4 0 ; P. tomentosus, 40 
Phloxes, how to grow, 157; new select 
varieties of, 158 
Picea cephalonica, 33 ; P. Nordmanniana, 33 
Pine, Calabrian, 138 
Pine-apple, Charlotte Rothschild, 11 
Pinks, hybrid, 258; new, 75 
Pinus insignis, 31 ; P. Laricio calabrica, 138 
Pits and Frames, Operations for, 19, 43, 66, 
91, 115,139, 163, 235, 260, 279 
Planting by the sea, 162 
Pleroma sarmentosa, 81 
Poa trivialis variegata, 40 
Poinsettia pulcherrima, culture of, 153, 183 
Polemonium coeruleum variegatum, 234 
Polianthes tuberosa, culture of, 61 
Polymnia pyramidalis, 198 
Populus nivea Solomonii, 40 
Potato, culture of, 122 
Potato disease, 217; remedy for, 256 
Primroses, Chinese, variations of, 137 
Primula cortusoides amoena (Illustration), 
172 ; P. c. alba, 172; P. c. albida, 172; 
P. c. grandiflora, 172 ; P. luteola, 156; 
P. sinensis, new, 87 
Propagating house at La Muette, 138 
Propagation, expert, 89 ; by root-grafting, 
90; by root-cuttings, 233 
Primus lusitanica azorica, 40 
Pteris serrulata polydactyla, 39 
Pyrethrums, Double, 218 ; P. Golden Feather, 
278 
Queensland Spinach, 18 
Quercus Banisteri as game cover, 114 
Ranunculus, culture of, 253 
Rhododendron Dalhousise, 114 
Robinia pseud-Acacia fastigiata, 162 
Root - cuttings, propagation of variegated 
plants by, 233 
Root-grafting, 90 
Roots, aerial, 174, 192, 224, 242, 270 
Rose, Coeur de Lion, 111; Miss Ingram, 183 
Roses, garden, 213 ; mortality amongst, 100 ; 
new, 12; pegging down, 101; what are 
new? 161, 209 
Rose Shows at Crystal Palace and South Ken¬ 
sington, comments on, 180 
Royal Horticultural Society’s Exhibitions in 
1867, 88; at Bury St. Edmunds, 184 
Rudgea (Psychotria) nivosa, 37 
Saccolabium giganteum, 10, 37, 105 
Salsola Soda, 18 
Salvia patens as a bedding plant, 165 
Sanchezianobilis, 37; S. n.Variegata (Illustra¬ 
tion), 154 
Sarcanthus crinaceus, 81 
Sarracenia psittacina, 39 
Saxifraga tricolor, 10 
School of Horticulture, French, 114 
Seaside planting, 162 
Sedum carneumjvariegatum, 103; S. maximum 
versicolor, 82 ; S. spectabile (Fabaria) 258 
Selaginella denticulata variegata, 11 
Selaginellas for covering walls, 162 
Silene pennsylvanica (Illustration), 206 
Siphocampylus Humboldtianus"' (fulgens by 
error) 17, 81 
Skitnmia oblata, 89 
Skinner, G. Ure, death of, 65 
Snow, effects of on trees, during frost, 89 
Solanum galeatum, 211 
Sophronitis grandiflora Alexandrina, 30 
Sparaxis pulcherrima, 39 
Spinach, Queensland, 18; Australian, 89; 
winter, 192 
Spring Gardening, 15 
Stocks, culture of, 34, 59 
Stonecrop, Golden-leaved, 138 
Stove, Operations for, 18, 42, 66, 90, 115, 
139, 163, 187, 211, 235, 259, 279 
Taxodium sempervirens, 155 
Taxus adpressa stricta, 10 
Terminalia elegans, 38 
Thorn, New Double Crimson (Illustration), 
117 
Thompson, Mr. R., Testimonial to, 186 
Tillandsia argentea, 159 
Tinnea tethiopica, 104 
Toads in Ireland, 217 ; venom of, 167 
Tomato and its varieties, 238 
Tritonias, culture of, 240 
Tropmolum tricolorum, culture of, 96 
Tropseolums, new, 75 
Tuberose, how to grow, 61 
Turnip, Chirk Castle Black Stone, 138 
Ulmus campestris aurea, 82 
Vanda Bcnsoni, 38 ; V. Lowii, 83 
Vanilla, English, 161 
Variegated plants from root-cuttings, 233 
Vases, Etruscan, 272 
Verbenas, new, 76, 208, 231 
Veronicas, standard, 254 
Vine extension, 257 
Vino, Finchley, 228; large, 186; stems, 
rooting of, 174, 192, 224, 242, 265, 266 ; 
exposing in winter, 262 ; Oakhill, 278 
Vine restriction, 257 
Viola cornuta, 263 
Vreisia gigantea, 198 
Warscewicz, J. R., death of, 90 
"Watering pipes, French, 114 
Weigela Middendorfiana purpurata, 82 
Wellingtonia gigantea, 34; W. g. aureo- 
variegata, 40 
"Winter, severity of, 41; effects of, 50, 51, 83, 
94,129 
Wood, colouring while growing, 161 
