INDEX. 
1 Abney Hall, 170 
i Acacias, large collection of, 363; 
at the Crystal Palace, 366 
Achimenes, Ghiesbreghtii, 68; 
atrosanguinea, 265 
Acroclinium roseum and its cul¬ 
ture, 165 
I Acrophyllum venosum culture, 
230 
j AdenoCalymna comosum culture, 
1397 
Advertisements, poultry, 372 
| Aischynanthus, Paxtoni, 217; tri¬ 
color, 313 
Agapetes buxifolia, 26 
Agoratums in winter, 1-13 
Agricultural Society of England 
and Poultry, 357, 386 
Amaryllis Candida, 186 
Ammoniacal liquor for syringing 
tWCs, 367 
Amygdalus Persica, 264 
Ananas bracteatus, 280 
Andalusian fowls, points in, 172 
Angelica, 27 
Annuals, raising tender, 371 
Anthocercis viscosa culture, 229 
Aphides, 321 
Apples, to keep, 307 
Api'icot failures, 251 
Apricots, large produce of, 117 
Aquaria, tanks for, 53 ; furnish¬ 
ing, 215 
Aquarium, plants for, 268 ; ma¬ 
rine, 354 ; stocking a, 380 ; 
making salt water for, 381 
Araucarias, transplanting, 206 
Argyreia kirsuta, 178 
Asparagus forcing, 16; culture, 
259 
Aster culture, 400 
Astrapaea Wallichii, 353 
Ataccia cristata, 15 
Auriculas, in borders, 12; in De¬ 
cember, 177 
Australia, sending trees to, 325 
Australian gardening, 295 
Austrian Pines, removing large, 
135 
Autumn, fineness of, 82: effects 
of a mild, 145 
Aviary, shrubs for, 12 
Awards at the Crystal Palace 
Poultry Show, 288 
Aylesbury Ducks, weight of, 92; 
bill of, 108 
Ayott St. Lawrence, 227 
Azadirachta indica, 371 
Azalea ramentacea, 182 
Azaleas under shelter, 113 
Bat.aklava, a plant from, 137 
Bantams, prizes for, 171, 239; 
Game, 287; cock, Black, points 
of, 360 ; White, 388 
Barkeria spectabilis on mildewed 
log, 185 
Barnadesia rosea culture, 397 
Bath and West of England 
Poultry Show’, 287 
Bay trees last winter, 43 
Bedding plants at Iiew, 1; list 
of, 10; wintering, 49; for spring 
and summer, 58 
Bedroom decoration, 99, 164, 201 j 
Bees, food for, 6, 40, 89 ; buying, 
12 ; small, 26 ; feeding, 89, 265 ; ! 
moving to the moors, 89; 
Levett on, 101; small drones, 
167; Stewarton Hive, 167 ; 
American floor - board, 205 ; 
putting swarm in place of 
stock, 250, 311, 325, 399; 
swarming and removing parent 
stock, 383, 384 ; dying in well- 
stored hive, 385 
Begonia laciniata, 199 
Begonias, list of, 12 ; in borders, 
390 
Berberies, evergreen, like shade, 
290 
Berberis Darwinii, striking slips 
of, 73 
Berlin Botanic Garden, 234 
Birds’ skins, preserving, 30 
Birmingham Pigeon Show', 74; 
light for lower pens at Poultry 
Show, 74; Cattle and Poultry 
Show, 107, 123, 137, 151; re¬ 
sults, 171; statistics, 187 
Blackcap rearing, 318 
Blinds outside a greenhouse, 399 
Blue bedder, 16 
Border plants blooming in Janu¬ 
ary, 298 
Border, cropping a south, 314 
Boronia, cleaning, 44 
Botanical Lectures, by Dr. Lind- 
ley, 231 
Bouquet, an effective, 136; in 
February, 289 
Bouvardia Cavanillesii, 101; lon- 
giflora in beds, 394' 
Braken culture, 73 
Brassavola cucullata, 68 
Breast bones, twisted, 288 
Bridgnorth Poultry Show, 59 
British plants, ornamental, 168 
Broccoli, protecting, 113 
Brompton Stocks, white, damped 
off, 57 
Brooms, Henderson’s, 291 
Brugmansia Ivnightii, ripening 
wood of, 122 ; history of, 279 
Brussels Sprouts, breaking down, 
59 
Buenos Ayres ducks, 303 ; class 
for, 76 
Bugainvillcea spectabilis for forc¬ 
ing, 274 
Bulb, hardy culture, 324 
Bulbs, early forcing of, 291 ; 
hardy in March, 385 
Burnley Poultry Show, 255 
Burns, eggs for, 371 
Cakf.s, Golden and Silver, 371 
Calandrinia umbellata culture, 
386 
Calanthe curceuligoides, 290 
Calceolaria, cuttings, 28; integri- 
folia for edging, 386 
Calceolarias, for bedding, 10 ; fail¬ 
ing, 50; wintering, 114 
Californian horticulture, 236 
Callistemon brachyandrum, 148 
Camellia, wintering out of doors, 
43; grafting a large, 343 
Camellias, in winter, 79; under 
shelter, 113 ; new, 290; Sac- 
cooi nova, 290; in a drawing¬ 
room, 317 
Campanula edgings, 344 
Camptosema rubicunda, 178 
Canary, a prolific, 76 
Canaries, Belgium, 172, 208; 
breeding in winter, 332 ; cin¬ 
namon cock, not known, 373 ; 
breeding, 404 
Cantua pyrifolia, 352 
Cape bulbs, 343 
Carnation, Tree, culture, 400 
Carnations, in borders, 12; in 
October and November, 20; in 
December, 177 
“Carter’s Floral Illustrations,” 
312 
Cassia fistula, 302 
Catalogues, Nursery, 305 
Catalpa seeding, 151 ; pods, 163 
Catclipole, Margaret, 243 
Caterpillars, on Cabbages, 28 ; in 
greenhouse, 238 
Catsup, derivation of the word, 43 
Cattleya luteola, 313 
Cauliflowers, protecting, 112 
Cavendish’s Colonel, garden, 227 
Ceanothus cuneatus, 133; rigidus, 
178 
Celery, protecting, 112; decaying, 
123 
Cerasus Japonica, 121 
Chamserops excelsa, hardiness 
and culture, 266 
Cliatsworth Victoria regia house, 
83 
Cheese mites, pi-eventing, 123 
Chervil culture and cookery, 58 
Chickens, small broods best in 
winter, 303; injured by show¬ 
ing, &c., 346; management of 
young, 374 
Chippenham Poultry Show, 188 
Chlidanthus fragrans culture, 386 
Chou de Milan culture, 203 
“ Chrysanthemum, The,” 342 
Chrysanthemum culture, 389 
Chrysanthemums, in winter, 80 ; 
how to dress, 111 ; list of, 111 ; 
Amateur’s Show, 118 ; Mr. Sal¬ 
ter’s, 126; lists according to 
colour, 127 ; alphabetical, 128 ; 
in December, 178; on stations, 
ISO; growing specimens, 181 ; 
bare-stemmed, 206; list of for 
wall, 386 
Cinerarias, not to be overpotted, 
111; wintering, 121; in De¬ 
cember, 178 ; new, 347; list of, 
370 
Cissus discolor culture, 185 
Citrus Japonica, 280 ; nobilis 
minor, 342 
Clary wine, 203; pancakes, 204 
