GENERAL INDEX. 
525 
Dragon Fly, 45 
Drainage for Plants, 220; of soils com¬ 
posed of alternate beds of clay and 
sand, 322; of clay soil injured by 
surface water, 324 
Dryandra, 270 
Durio Zebithinus, 142 
Earwigs, to destroy, 76 
Eehinocactus Eyresii, 468; oxgonus 
Effects of mountain heights on Plants, 
139 
Eggs of Birds, hatching of, 495 
Entomological Society 
Epacideae, culture of, 218 
Epiphylluin spleudidum, 468 
Epitaph on a Gardener, 493 
Epiphytes, their distinctive character 
Epidendron oncidioides, 39; noctur- 
num, 134; bicornutum, 353 
Ericeae codonodes, 389 
Ericeae, 40, 352, 389, 441, 467 
Eriodendron anfractuosum caribeum 
Errata, 90 
Esbury, Mr. E. on Hyacinths, 22 
Elschscholtzia crocea, 315 
Exotic Seeds, 320 
Experiments on heating by hot water, 
385 
Faculties of Animals, 190 
Fans, cause of coolness by the use of, 
416 
Fellowes, Dr., query on a Bequest by, 
43 
Fermentation of Vegetables, query on, 
90 
Ferns, culture of the stove kinds, 394 
- Notice of, 455 
Fertility of Soils, how far Marl contri¬ 
butes to the, 36 
Fibrin, 281 
Ficus acuminatas, 39 
Fig Tree, management of, 247, 301 ; 
Plan of a house for, 248 
Flowers, ancient and modern taste for, 
390 
Flower Garden, operations in for Jan. 
48; Feb. 96; March, 143; April, 
172; May, 216; June, 254; July, 
311; August, 341 ; Sept. 384; Oct. 
435; Nov. 496; Dec. 
Flower Pots, query on the sizes of, 42; 
answered, 
Flower Trade in Holland, 190 
*Food of Plants, 250 
Forcing Pit, plan and description of, 
461 
Forest Trees, planting of, 23; pruning, 
85; choice of for planting, 117,227 ; 
pruning, 191 ; with reference to pic 
turesque beauty, 483 ; description of 
Fossil Flora of Great Britain, 159, 195 
Fossil Animals, 278 
Fountain, musical one, 492 
Frames, covering for, 411 
Fruit, to preserve for exportation, 37 ; 
desigu of a room for, 345 
Fruit Garden, operations in for Jan. 
48; Feb. 96; March, 143; April, 
172, May, 216; June, 254; July, 
311; August, 341; Sept. 384; Oct. 
435; Nov. 496 ; Dec. 
Fruit Trees, training of, 54, 108, 433 ; 
culture of, 457 ; preparation of the 
borders for,339; improvement in the 
use of, 433 ; causes of bad Trees 
pointed out, 114; protecting when 
in blossom, 154, 213, 457 
Fruit Stand, 415; curious mode of re¬ 
tarding the ripening of Fruit, 414 
Fumigation of Plants, 116 
Furze, culture of, 187 
Game, novel mode of packing, 49g 
Garden Chairs, 413, 495 
Gardenia florida simplici, 441 
Gardeners’ Magazine, a word to the 
editor of, 404, 456 
Garden Pink, 264; criterion of a good 
one, 265 
Gardens, observations on, by Lord Ba¬ 
con, 49 
Garden of an acre of land, 52 
Gardening, Pleasures of, 17 
Garden Physics, 33 
Garryacese, 353 
Garrya elliptica, 353 
Gases hurtful to vegetation, 36 
Gas Furnace, utility of, 490 
Gastrolobium retusum, 316, 134 
Gelatine, 281 
Geodorum fucatum, 353 
Geography of the Planet Mars, 45 
-of Plants 
Geological positions, 135, 182 
Geraniums, query respecting, 487 
Germination of seeds, 423 
Gesneriae. 355, 41 
Gesneria Cooperi 
Gilia achillaefolia, 315 
Gilliflowers, 89 
Gladioli, culture of, 219 
Gluten, 281 
Gooseberries, culture of, 59; show 
kinds, 165; mode of training the 
show kinds, 60; insects infesting, 61, 
92; propagation of gooseberries, 62; 
peculiar mode of pruning, 61 
Grapes, query on the quality, 186; 
premature shrivelling, 206 
Grasses, 455 
Greenhouses, coverings for, 411; work 
to be done in July, 320 
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