INDEX 
Abies species, 413 
Abies Kcempferii, 116 
“Above work, but not beyond 
want,” 132 
Acacia Drummondi, and Acacia 
culture, 22 
Acacias at Ivew, 125 
Achimenes, new, 35 ; list of, 293 ; 
gigantea culture, 340 
Adiantum capillus veneris, 195 
Aerolite in tree’s trunk, 218 
Agriculture known by ladies advan¬ 
tageously, 83 
Agricultural Society’s new Pre¬ 
sident, 164 
Agricultural statistics of Scotland, 
273 
Agricultural Society’s show at Car¬ 
lisle, 337 
Algeria, France’s granary, 220 
Allainanda neriifolia culture, 15 
Aloe, American, 446 
Allman, Or., 352 
Allosorus crispus, 229 
Allotment Farming — May, 56 ; 
June, 165; July, 222; August, 
315; September, 393; October, 
470 
Aluminium, the metal of clay, 367 
American Blight, and cure, 69 ; 
its history and cure, 152 
Amhcrstia nobilis at Kew, 125 
Anachronisms in gardening by 
painters, 197 
“ Analysis of Soils,” Or. John- i 
ston’s, 60 
Ancrley Show, novelties at, 381 
Anerley Poultry Show, 417, 434 ; 
protest at, 476 
Angelica culture and cookery, 
candied, paste, tarts, jelly, and 
ratafia, 429 
Anguloa uniflora, 130 
Annuals, for the many, 77 ; hardy, 
that will survive the winter, 
340 ; Hardy, for pot-culture, 
386 
Annual flowers, their use, 369 
Antirrhinums, their value, 50 
Anthracite coal, how to ignite, 257 
Aphides and cure, 69 
Aphis on Beets, &c., 366 
Apoplexy in Game cock, 151 
Apple Fly, 416 
Apple pie, to improve, 451 
Apricot decaying, 432 
Aralia papyrifera, 143 
Arrangement of exhibited plants, 
379 
Arnott’s Stove, heating by, 243; 
in Vinery, 298 
Artichoke culture and cookery, 263 
Art and Science, neglect of, 373 
Arts (Society of) anniversary, 256 
Artocarpus incisa in bloom, 39 1 
Arum maculatum not poisonous 
to cattle, 210 
Ashes for sowing with seeds, 4 
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, 267 ; 
fontanum, 303; germanicum, 
343; lanceolatum, 383 ; mari- 
num, 421; ruta-muraria, 459 
Asparagus, culture and cookery, 
354 ; omelet, 430 
Aspect for Greenhouse and Vinery, 
210 
Atrocliuium roseum, 130 
August, routine work for, 333; 
plants flowering in, 340 
Auriculas, list of, 106 
Australian wood, 135 
Australia, Woods of, 151 
Autumn and winter - blooming 
plants, 408 
Autumn seeds and seedlings, 443; 
cuttings 444 
Azalea amcena, Bealii, crispiflora, 
and narcissiflora, 447 
Azaleas, weak and straggling, 15 ; 
new Chinese, 35 ; treatment of 
straggling, 78 ; White Chinese, 
hardy, 89 ; (Chinese), list of, 
105, 108; new, 143; attacked 
by Thrip, 181; culture, 182; 
crispiflora, 186; Crenelon, I 99 
Babylon, Revelations from, 457 
Balconies at Paris, 223 
Balm wine, beer, and tea, 452 
Balsam buds, thinning, 266 
Balsams, points of excellence, 342 
Bank Grove, 5; effects of the 
wintcr'there, 6 
Bantams legs, lumps on, 46 
Barbraham shecp-lctting, 331 
Barley culture, 83 
Basil vinegar, 453 
Baskets, Plants for, 160; list of 
Stove plants for, 161 ; plants for 
in Greenhouses, 203; soil and 
planting, 204 ; culture of plants 
suspended in, 272 
Bath and West of England So¬ 
ciety’s Poultry Show, 206 
Beans, planting Broad, 46; sow¬ 
ing, 471 
“Be Still,” 112 
Bedding plants, their treatment 
and protection, 51 ; how ma¬ 
naged atCourteen Hall, 52 
Bedding-out plants, distances 
between, 82; in pots, 134 
Beech hedge, pruning, 226 
Bee-stands, 426 
Bee-keeping for Cottagers, 130; 
successful, 300 
“ Bee-Keeper’s Manual,” 396 
Beer, to make treacle, 396 
Bees—April Calendar, 13; in con¬ 
finement, feeding, and purchas¬ 
ing, 13 ; feeding, swarms, 
enemies, cottagers and supers, 
75; robbing each other, 82 ; 
proper size of hive, 94; swarm¬ 
ing, new queen, supers, 149; 
first swarm, 190 ; svvartns, 
drones, the season, 224; supers, 
swarms, new queen, shading, 
drone-killing, and robbers, 31b ; 
autumnal unions, 395 ; remov¬ 
ing, 415 ; aspect of hives, 
limitation of number, 452; 
not swarming, 454 ; saving old 
comb, 455 ; stocks, pedestals, 
Taylor’s Manual, 472; pre¬ 
venting swarms, 473 
Befaria testuaus, 276 
Begonia splendida, 29 1 
Begonias, crossed, 21 
Berberis Dacwinii, 32 ; trifurcata, 
180; aquifolium as an edging, 
346 ; its height, 397 ; sowing, 
432 ; aquifolium Bealii, 447 
Besleria ardens, 126 
Beurrd Biel and Superfin Pears, 
'9 
Biennials for the many, 77 > im¬ 
portance of sowing, 85 
Bignonia venusta culture, 110 
Birds, arrival of summer migra¬ 
tory, 190; destructive, 300, 
338 ; utility of, 355 
Birmingham Botanic Garden, 295 ; 
Flower and Fruit Exhibition, 
296 
Birmingham Poultry Show, 417 
Blacks in Poultry, 18 ; cure of, 
76 
Blandfordia flammea, 300 
Bleeding in Vines, stopping, 78 
Blisworth Gardens, 292 
Blue mould, to cure, 134 
Boiler, its setting more important 
than its shape, 95 ; how to set, 
170 
Bois de Boulogne, 374 
Bolting, or running to seed, 366 
Books, Notices of, 225 
Boronia triphylla, 34 
Botanic Society’s Exhibition, Re¬ 
gent’s Park, 212 
Botanic Society’s (Royal) Exhibi¬ 
tion, 257 
Bougaiuvillaia spectabilis, 168 
Bouquets, their construction, 92 ; 
Pvramidal Stand for, 213 
“ Boys, What shall we do with 
our,” 225 
Bread-fruit tree in bloom, 391 
Bread, consumption of, 172; 
making, with deficient yeast, 
414 
Briar of the Bible, 247 
Bridgnorth Poultry Show, 476 
Bridlington Poultry Show, 475 
British Association for advance¬ 
ment of Science, 218 
Brocoli flower-buds, cooking, 203 
Broody hens, not required to hatch, 
456 
Bulrush of the Bible, 404 
Bulwick Park, 430 
Bumble-footed cock, 280 
Bush fruits in summer, 230 
Cabbage culttjbe, hints in, 
148 
Cabbage seed insect, 244 
Cabbage sowing, 333, 353 
Calamus of the Bible, 440 
Calathea pardina, 290 
Calceolarias, for bedding, 189; 
new, 199 ; sowing, 211 
Calendars, for May, 63; June, 
153; July, 227 ; August, 321 ; 
September, 401; October, 477 
Calendrinia speciosa should be 
treated as an annual, 96 
Californian wool and butter, 82 
Calla and our Playground, 1/1 
Calverdale Poultry Show, 436 
Calycanthus occiilcntalis, 163 
Calyptraria hoemantha, its ex¬ 
cellence, 290 
Cambridge National Tulip Show, 
112 
Camellia, grafting, 87; inarching, 
88 ; in open air, 168 ; seed 
sowing, 211 
Camellias, at Bank Grove, 5; new, 
21 ; promoting their growth, 
45; summer position for, 184 
Campanula carpatica planting, 96 
Canada, exports for, 397 
Canary-birds, consequences of 
breeding late, 455 
Capital for a small farm, 378 
Capillaire, recipe for, I 96 
Carrot grub, preventing, 60 
Carrot sowing, 333 
Caterpillars on Gooseberries, to 
destroy, 278 
Cauliflower buds, cooking, 2U3 
Cauliflower sowing, 334 
Ceanothus floribundus, 130; Lob- 
bianus, 168 ; papillosus, 276 
Celery culture, 424, 415 
Ccphalotaxus Fortunii, 446 
Cereus Lemairii, 276 
Cheiranthus alpinus, 192 ; Mar- 
shallii propagation, 246 
Cheltenham Horticultural Show, 
101 
Chemistry as an aid to culture, 
65 
Cherry, history of, 324 ; (Lcmer- 
cier), 344 
Cherries, budding, 14 ; for a wall, 
401 
Chicken, drinking-vessel for, 18 ; 
food for, 312; advantages of 
early, 399 1 feeding and fat¬ 
ting, 400 
China Asters, saving seed of, 422 
Chironia glutinosa culture, 89 
Chittagong fowls, 46 
Chloroform for stupifying, 415 
Christmas Hay, proverb relative to, 
115 
Chrysanthemum propagation and 
culture, 86 
Chrysanthemum cuttings, 216 ; 
notes, 422 
Cineraria culture, 96 ; list of, 106 
Cinerarias, superior, 21 
Citron, 426 
Clay soil farming, 63 
Cleveland Agricultural Society’s 
Poultry Show, 399 
Climbers for greenhouse, 62 ; for 
a wall, 319 
Cloth of Gold Rose, 337 
Clover, white variety, and its 
enemies, 301 
Cockscombs, compost for, 45 
Cockroaches, to destroy, 242 
Cold, Poultry dying by, 188 
Coleophora limosipennella, 103 
