Rhodospcrmere, 488 , 
Rhopala corcoradensis, 2IQ 
Rhubarb, its history and culture, 
107 
Ridge-and-furrow roofs, 14 
Ripening shoots before pruning, 
443 
Rock-work, plants for, 52, 60 ; 
their culture, 60 ; list of, 419 
Rogiera thyrsiilora, 39 
Rood of ground, its culture, 250 
326; September, 427; October 
culture, 504 
Root-crops, their after-culture, 202 
Roots, storing, 503 
Roses for bedding, 22 ; tea-scented, 
their treatment, 31 ; list of 1 
forced, 39; cuttings, 70; new, j 
90 ; with green centre, 91 ; list of 
forced, 141 ; pruning Banksian, 
171 ; in Regent’s Park, 182 ; the 
Pennsylvanian, 190 ; manage- j 
ment of stocks, 212 ; notes on, 1 
218 ; for greenhouse, 220 ; list of, 
according to colour, 223 ; with 
green centres, 232; under glass, * 
239 5 cuttings,250; leaves curling, j 
251 ; classification, 262 , 271 , 303 ; I 
budding, 271 ; cuttings, 272 ; 
soil for, 278 ; list of, 283 ; notes j 
on, 315, 318 ; Blairii, 330 ; China I 
cuttings,330 ; pruning,334 ; sum¬ 
mer management, 335; pillar, 
336; size of, 337; soil for, 337; as 
standards, 339 ; classification— 
Tea-scented, Bourbon, and Noi¬ 
sette, 365 ; pruning, &c., 371 ; 
time and mode of pruning dif¬ 
ferent kinds, 381; pruning va¬ 
rious classes, 402; effect on, of 
season, 403; Tea-scented done 
blooming, 410; garden in circles, 
499 ; to bloom at Christmas, 451; 
pillar in conservatory, 451 ; cut¬ 
tings, 491 ; buds not started, 
491 ; Pillar, pruning, 491 ; fowls 
dung for, 492 ; soil for, &c., 510 
Rudbeckia purpurea and major, 52 
Rye cultivation, 465 ; St. John’s 
day, 406 
Rytiphlcea, 469 
Salads, their history and compo¬ 
sition, 193 
Salis’ouria adiantifolia, 62 
Salmon, hatching artificially, 491 
Salvia gesnerseflora, prolonging its 
blooming, 162 ; sowing, 211 ; 
culture, 282; wintering, 510 
Sandersonia aurantiaca and cul¬ 
ture, 153 
Sarchochilus calceolus, 222 
Sargassum, 206 
Saw'dust, smoking with, 472 
Scale insects, prize for essay on, 
19 
Schizanthus culture, 163 
Scilla Peruviana, 15# 
Scottish Florist, 89 
Scalding, its theory, 411 
Scraps from my Note-book, 410 
Sea-kale,propagation, 1 90 ; forcing, ! 
217, 256, 272, 291 ; in open j 
ground, 298 ; forcing, 451 I 
Sea Weeds, (No. 1) 1/1, (No. 2) 
195, (No. 3) 209 , (No. 3) 229, 
349 , 368, 388, 407 , 408 ; how to 
float and arrange them, 389 
Season, remarks on, 366, 403 
Seeking rest and finding none, 384 
Seed-bed, management of plants 
in, 166 
Seine Horticultural Society, 36 
Selandria TEthiops, 392 
Seline pendula, 339 
Sewerage matter as a fertilizer, 290 
Shading, 240 
Sharpshooter Bush, 350 
Sheep, crossing and age for breed¬ 
ing, 51 ; Webb’s sale of, 314 ; 
sale of Earl llucie’s, 451 
Shot-silk bedding, 21 
Shrubland Park, 495 
Silk, new kind of African, 357 
Silkworms, origin, 187; hatching, 
188 ; management of the worms, 
or caterpillars, 209, 230 ; manage¬ 
ment of cocoons, 265 ; their di¬ 
seases, 287; their management, 
328 
Slugs, destroying, 52, 511 ; to trap, 
452 
Slimy grub, 151, 392 
Slbgs and snails, 371 
Soils, to improve clay, sand, and 
peat, 19; selecting for different 
shrubs, ike., 484 
Solanum, species diseased, 35 
Sowing in greenhouse, 61 
Sparaxis and its species, 399 ; some 
species and their culture, 505 
Sparrows, trapping, 372 
Spatalanthus speciosus, 440 
Sphacelaria, 407 
Sporocliuus, 349 
Sports, advantage should be taken 
of, 258 
Standard flowering shrubs, their 
utility, supporters, 339 1 flowers 
at Courteen Hall, 497 
Starr’s Protean Jet, 75 
Stations for fruit-trees, 118 
Stauromatum punctatum, 219 
Stiftia chrysantha, 330 
Stilophora, 369 
Stocks for grafting, 97 ; Queen and 
Brompton, their origin, 333 ; 
night-scented, 491 
Stove, arrangement of, 14 
Strawberries, old, forced, 14 ; 
forcing, 22, 68; in open air, 24 ; 
(Prince of Wales) for forcing, 
39 ; impregnating, 68 ; plants, 
moving, 131 ; 212; the best? 
251 ; at Christmas, 451 ; forcing 
in pots, 400 
Streptantheras, 440 
Striaria, 309 
Sugar from Beet, 309 
Sweet-briar hedges, trimming, 330 
Swedish turnips, preserving tor 
cattle, 63 ; culture, 65 
Synonymes of fruit, 392 
Tan ashes as manure, 14 ; pre¬ 
ventive of caterpillars, 429 
Taonia, 369 
Tares, culture of winter, 447 
Taxidermy, works on, 92 
Taxodium, two species, 100 
Taxus, list of species, 100 
Tea plant, and its culture, 24; 
sowing its seeds, 28 ; made of 
Holly leaves, 137 
Temperature of soil, 3 
Tenant and his plants, 352 
Thinning-out, its use, 66 
Thinning of crops, 143 
Thrips, destroying, 312 
Thuja, list of species, 165 
Timber trees, mediaeval, 117; trans¬ 
planting in 16 th century, 117 
Tinea mascubella and its larva 
case, 356 
Tingirth Gardens, 400 
Tobacco, to fumigate with, 132; 
economy in, 475 
Tomato culture, 464 ; decaying, 492 
Tomatoes, fresh in April, 78 
Topiary work, 14 
Torreya, list of species, 62 
Tortworth, great sale at, 449 
Tradescant’s Will, 3 
Trees for family use, &c., 510 
Trellis for Melons, &c., 4in 
Trentham and its improvements, 
364 
Trichomanes speciosa culture, 52 
Trichonemas, 440 
Trifolium incarnatum sowing, 329 : 
culture, 425 
Tritoma Rooperii, 140 
Tritonia and its species, 399, 442 
TropoEolum leaves falling, 92 
Tulips, list of early, 150 ; in Re¬ 
gent’s Park, 183; Amateur So¬ 
ciety, 249 
Turner’s Florist, 89 
Turnips (Swedes) manure for, 111; 
culture, 127 ; tillage, 167 ; sow¬ 
ing and manuring, 184 ; culture, 
204 ; soils and manures for, 286 ; 
culture of stubble, 367 ; sowing 
late, 446 
Turnip fly, 255 
UrTICA SERPYLtFOLIA, 350 
Vacant ground, crops for, 445 
Valotta purpurea culture, 451 
Variegated plants, 301 
Vases, creepers for, 191 ; winter 
plants for, 510 
Vegetable - marrow culture, 101; 
its value and culture, 205 ; cook¬ 
ing, 452; its value, 504 
Venidium eximium, 339 
Ventilation, 292 
Verbenas,for bedding,21 ; manage¬ 
ment, 81 ; list of contrasted 
coloured, 91 ; bedding-out, 99 ; 
blue, 338, 352 ; list of, 338 ; pro¬ 
tecting from rabbits, 383 ; blight 
on, 411; the Lemon, 491; a good 
mixture, 4g6 
Veronica amethystina, 62 ; varic- 
gata, 301 ; the Willow-leaved, 
343 
Veronicas, 495 
Victoria regia culture, 342 
Vieusseuxias, 441 
Vine, treatment of laterals, 190; 
leaves turned white, 191 ; mil¬ 
dewed, 191 , 212; not fruiting, 
191 ; number of hunches on 
young, 211; not hearing, 251 ; 
injured by liquid-manure, 312: 
mildew, its history and cause, 
374; the Rhodian, 428; pruning, 
452 ; borders, concreting, 472; 
too rich, 472 ; culture, 509 
Vinery, heating, 13 ; forcing in 
December, 92 ; Cow, 137 ; moist 
air in, 190; giving air, 311 ; and 
peachery combined, 432 ; useful 
for general forcing, 491 ; form of 
early, 510; heating, 511 
Vines, in a greenhouse, 132; blos¬ 
soms becoming blind, 132; in 
pots, Elphinstone on, 255 ; prun¬ 
ing after crop, 271 ; failing, 381 ; 
against glazed wall, 381 
Violets, planting double, 69 ; for 
winter blooming, 104 
Wacuendorfias, 441 
Walks, repairing, 13; concrete, 
how to make, 53, 110; made 
with gas tar, 155, 444; asphalte, 
292 
Wall, what to do with, 31; pro¬ 
tected by glass, 432 ; near Man¬ 
chester, trees for, 492 
Wallflowers by slips, 172 ; double, 
propagating, 220 ; wild, 3/3 
Wardian cases, 432 
Warszewicz (Sir.), 156 
Watering, in greenhouse, 60 ; its 
uses and abuses, 200 ; precau¬ 
tions to secure thorough, 261 
Water-cress, 393 
Watsonias, 441 
Weeding, its importance, 146 
Weeping trees, 163 
Wet ground, the evils of digging, 
126 
Wheat, prospects, 307; on allot¬ 
ments, 326; harvesting, 344 ; 
Golden Drop, 489 ; its culture 
on heavy lands, 501 ; allotment 
sowing, 504 
White flowers for bedding, 52 
Widdringtonia, list of species, 105 
Widow, the Rich, 467 
Widow, the Poor, 502 
Wild flowers, British, 53, 93, 133, 
213, 253, 333, 373, 393, 473, 493 ; 
how to exhibit, 317 
Willow, Dr. Johnson’s, 413 
Wilson (Mr. J.), his exemplary 
conduct, 15 
Window gardening, 132, 330 
Winter, effect on certain plants, 
214 ; its late effects, 292 
Wintering plants, box for, 492 
Wireworms in vine border, 330 
Woodlice, to get rid of, 292 , 312 
Woodlesford House, 381 
Worms in flower box, 352 
Wortley Hall, 444 
Yew, hastening its growth, 131 
Zephyrantiies candid a culture, 
18 
Zonaria, 369 
Wallace Oak - 
Poultry Fountain - 
Pea Supporters 
Garden Plan (No. 5) 
Impatiens Hookeriana 
Corydalis bulbosa - 
Poultry Wicker Pen - 
Leptosiphon luteus 
Spangled Feather 
WOODCUTS. 
1 
Corydalis lutea - 
- - 93 
Fumaria parviflora 
- 213 
3 
Gaultheria feruginea - 
- 113 
Lettuce Saw-fly 
- - 233 
14 
Fumaria officinalis 
- - 133 
Fumaria capreolata - 
- 253 
28 
Garden Plan (No. 6) - 
• 144 
Dart Moth • 
- - 273 
33 
Sandersonia aurantiaca 
- - 153 
Poultry Wicker Pen - 
- 289 
53 
Death Watch - 
- 173 
Garden Plan (No. 7) 
• - 293 
58 
Silk Worm and Moth 
- - 187 
Matthiolaincana 
- 333 
73 
Cystoseira granulata - 
- 207 
Garden Plan (No. 8) 
- - 353 
88 
Egg organs 
- - 207 
Padina pavonia 
- 308 
Taonia atomaria - 
Cheiranthus fruticulosus 
Mesogloia virescens - 
Nasturtium sylvestre 
Ectocarpus granulosus 
Dr. Johnson’s Willow 
Garden Plans (No. 9) 
Nasturtium terrestre • 
Nasturtium amphibium 
- 369 
- 373 
- 388 
- 393 
- 408 
- 413 
- 433 
- 473 
- 493 
