GENERAL INDEX 
Amaryllids, Mr. Carton on, 2B9. 
Antirrhinum, culture of, 42. 
Antirrhinums, 313. 
Auriculas, 189. 
--January management of, 18. 
-February ditto, 31. 
-March ditto,#77. 
-Mr. Edwards’ list of, 68. 
-liquid manure for, 102. 
-on repotting, 121. 
-green-fly on, 138. 
-compost for, 138. 
-summer treatment of, 139. 
-Alpine, 292. 
-Willison on, 293. 
Birds in gardens, 91. 
Blinds for greenhouses, 119. 
Calceolarias, 37, 53. 
-culture of, 54. 
-seedling, 55. 
-Holmes’, 57. 
-- Kinghorn’s, 81. 
Calendar of operations for— 
March, 81. 
April, 103. 
May, 132. 
June, 164. 
July, 198. 
August, 229. 
September, 252. 
October, 283. 
November, 310. 
December, 325. 
Camellia, Countess of Orkney, 85. 
-Storyii, 101. 
-select, 101. 
Carnations, select, 40. 
-Mr. Edwards’ list, 45. 
Carnations, potting of, 60. 
-on firm and loose potting 
of, 132. 
Carnation and Picotee Show, Slough, 
219. 
-bloom of 1848, 247. 
i Chrysanthemums, culture of, 274. 
i Cinerarias, Mr. Smith on, 100. 
-select, 100, 103. 
-Newington Beauty, 101. 
Composts, 238. 
Conclusion, 329. 
Corrsea, Gaines’ Brilliant, 22. 
Correspondents, hints to, 144, 307. 
Cottagers’ prizes, 238. 
Cyclamen persicum, 8, 275, 299, 305. 
Dahlias, Mr. Edwards’ list of, 71. 
-of 1847, 116. 
Dahlia, prize, 207. 
-bloom of 1848, 299. 
Dahlia Show, South London, 278. 
-Salisbury, 281. 
Daphne odora rosea, 304. 
Epacrises, Mr. Story on, 111. 
! Erica grandis, 289. 
-nobilis, 289. 
-Mr. Story on, 111. 
Exhibitors and exhibitions, 131. 
Ferns, 20. 
Floriculturists, hints to, 197. 
Floriculture, love of among working¬ 
men, 19. 
“ Florist,” the, 150 ; introduction to, 1. 
-conduct of, 26, 92, 169. 
-referees, 80, 120. 
Florist, origin of the word, 67. 
Florists’ flower’s, best mode of report¬ 
ing, 43. 
