INDEX. 
vii 
Macclesfield Poultry Show, 
316 
Magnesia in plants, 107 
Mahaleb as a stock for Cherries, 
10 
Malays, a -word for, 187 ; another 
word for, 233 
Male bird’s influence, 296 
Manilla Hemp, 55 
“Manual of Practical Garden¬ 
ing,” 96 
Manure, stable, and crops, con¬ 
stituents of, 226; how rendered 
soluble, 227 
Manures, modesof assisting vege¬ 
tation, 195; saline, 240 ; causes 
of their benefit, 272; absorption 
and retention of moisture, 272; 
stimulating, 273; absorb oxy¬ 
gen, 293; destructive of vermin, 
! saline how to apply, 323; their 
use and abuse, 381 
Maranta pardiua, 43 
Market gardens round London, 
326 
Marl, 324 
Marly-le-Eoy, 310 
Marten Cat domesticated, 123, 277 
Martens destroying an intruding 
sparrow, 29S, 330 
Mauritius, gardens in, 342 
Mechi’s farming, 11 
Medlar, varieties of the, 125 
j Medulla, its structure and ana¬ 
lysis, 370 
Melaleuca squarrosa, 109 
Melon culture, 245 
! Merthyr Tydfil Poultry Show, 
248 
Microlepia Novoe-Zelandim, 306 
Mignonette, 361; for a window- 
box, 12 
Mildew on A'ines, 128 
i Mimulus, Frasers’, 30; culture, 
265 
Mints, culture of, 226 
| Mitraria coccinea, 245 
Moisture retaining to pot-plants, 
| 259 
1 Mongredien’s, Mr., garden, 74 
! Monkeys killing snakes, 84 
Monoektctum ensiferum, 291 
Morello Cherry, aphis, 217 
Moss garden at Forest Hill, 87 
Motherwort, 141 
Mulberries, 125 ; falling, 172 
Mushrooms, 141; in March, wild, 
7; in January, 107 
Musschia AVoolastonii, 31 
Myosotidium nobile, 354 
I 
Narcissus family, 2 
Natal Gooseberry Cherry, 70 
Nectarine, trees, cause of barren¬ 
ness, 121; culture, 194; trees 
in September, 318 
1 Nectarines, synopsis of, 125; 
trees failing, 128; suited to 
j Great Britain, 137 
Nepenthes ainpullaria, 27 
Net-protecting blossom, 24, 28 
Netting not protective of blos¬ 
som, 50; as a protection for 
fruit blossom, 121 
Newcastle-on-TvnePoultrvShow, 
201 
Nightingales in cages, 230 
Night soil, analysis of, 209 
Nitro-phosphate manure, 43 
Nostoc commune, 95 
Nuts, list of, 151 
J Oaklaxds nousE, 164 
I Odontosoria aculeata and tenui- 
folia, 305 
Oils of Ceylon, 278 
Oleander culture, 33 
Orchard-houses, what may be 
done with, 150 
Orchids, sale of, 55; unhealthy, 
200 
j Ormskirk and Southport Poultry 
Show, 296 
Ouvirandra fcnestralis, 327 
Over-feeding poultry, 313 
Oxalis crenata culture, 68 
Oxide of iron in water, 128 
Oxygen beneficial when applied 
to roots, 293 
Oxvtelis sculptus on Cucumbers, 
107 
PiEONIES, HERBACEOUS, LIST OF, 
67 
Palmetto, 294 
Pampas grass, propagating, 358 
Pandanus, its uses, 361 
Pansy fly, 67 
Parenchyma, 353 
Paris, Horticultural Show, 169, 
183; Notes from, 228, 275, 338, 
I 354 ; National Fete, 310 
! Parsley culture, 175 
| Parsonage garden, removing 
j shrubs from, 82 
; Partridge, French, tame, 28 
' Partridges, food for young, 
j 114, 144; pinioning young, 160 
j Paulownia from seed, 374 
Pavetta Caft'ra and its culture, 
273 
Pea-bugs, 158 
Peach, culture, 194 ; leaves blis¬ 
tered, 128; trees, cause of bar¬ 
renness, 121; failing, 128; trees 
in September, 318 
Peaches, when they stone, 82; 
synopsis of, 151 ; suitable to 
G : reat Britain, 168, 181, 197, 
212 ; select list of, 213 
Peacock rouped, 298 
Pear, trees, why barren, 105; 
tree, renovating an old, 214; 
trees in September, 319; prun¬ 
ing old on walls and espaliers, 
323 
Pears, noteson, 110, 135; Ameri¬ 
can, in England, 217; suited to 
Great Britain, 243, 2G0, 275, 
291, 307, 388 
Peat earth, its components, 150 
Pegs of fern stalks, 290 
Pelargonium culture, 118 
Pelargoniums, hybridising, 85 ; 
list of, 147, 224; cutting down, 
217 ; propagating, 351 
Persimmons, Japan, 198 
Petersburgh, trees at, 97 
| Pharbitis limbata seedlings, 113 
Pheasant, Silver, prolific, 330 
I Phloxes, list of, 332 ; propagating 
. seedling, 359 
Pigeon-house on a pole, 346 
Pigeons’ eggs, keeping, 234 
; Pigeons, twin, 114; wet roup in, 
i74; weakness in, 314 
! Pinching fruit-tree shoots, 157 
Pine Apple, a new, 27; culture, 
48, 89, 104; seedling, 120; 
Pippin, 391 
Pinioning water-fowl, 86 
Pit for Melons and Cucumbers, 9 
Pits for plants, 322 
Pith, its structure and analysis, 
370 
Plants, constituents of, 93 
Platycerium grande propagation. 
127 
Plum trees, cause of barrenness, 
121 
Poets as gardeners, 326 
Poinciaua Gilliesii, 304 
Polands, crest of black, 144; 
legs and tails of, 248 
Polyanthus, doubling, 78; offsets, 
215 
Polyanthuses, raising double, 6, 
16 
Pomegranate pruning, 67 
Pomological Society’s Meeting, 22, 
35, 83, 185, 271, 304, 341, 390 
Pomological Society, our family, 
196 
Pond, conferva in, 217 
Pontefract Poultry Show, 2S2 
Portulaccas sporting, 317 
Potato, culture, 122; crop, 211; 
seed sowing, 391 
Potatoes, forced, flagging, 9; 
making sweet, 277 ; renewed 
growth of, 302 
Pots, good sorts of, 64; green on, 
70 
Poultry, frauds, preventing, 128; 
rearing young, 201; Show's, 
approaching, 233 ; yard recruit¬ 
ing, 280 ; in a limited space, 
296; killing in hot weather, 
328; for a garden, 392 
Prescot Poultry Show, 250 
Primroses, raising double, 6 
Primula Scotiea culture, 82 ; the 
genus, 246 
Primulas, culture of, 277, 290 
Propagating apparatus, humble 
but effectual, 7; house or pit, 
57 
Propagation in summer, 215 
Pumpkin culture, 246 
Purslane culture, 175 
Putteridge Gardens, 324 
Pylogine suavis, 316 
Quiet drink, 124 
Quisqualis Indica culture, 12 
Rain, deficiency of, 17 
Raking, 9 
ltats, to drive away, 141 
Red spider, warring against, 
153; preventing, 312 
Rhipsalis sarmentacea, 354 
Rhododendron, Edgeworthii in¬ 
arched, 31; chamsecistus, 36; 
Wilsoni, 94; Sinitkii, 170; 
Shepherdii, 232; Ivendrickii, 
var. latifolium, 291 
Rhododendrons in pots, 85 
Rhubarb, in France, 229; cul¬ 
ture, 246 
Rhynehospermum Jasminoides, 
109 
Ribston Pippin in Australia, 290 
Ridging, 9 
Rockery, plants for, 186 
Rockets, propagating double, 191 
ltondeletia odorata, 226 
Rooks, young, where they form 
nests, 137 
Root-pruning, 43 
Roots, how they imbibe, their di¬ 
rection and extent, 23; absorb 
only liquids and gases, 53 ; 
consequences of their being 
chilled, 64; reject some bodies, 
294 
Rose, pruning a tea-scented, 10 ; 
insect, 43 ; grafting in winter, 
46 ; Show, Grand National, 154, 
184; blooming the double yel¬ 
low, 189; manuring, 200 ; 
layering, 216 ; buds decayed, 
217; the Hildersheim, 242; 
cuttings, management of, 221 ; 
Show, admission to the Na¬ 
tional, 231; of Jericho, 274 ; 
cuttings in autumn, 374 
Rosemary culture, 226 
Rosendale Poultry Show, 361 
Rosery, forming a, 243 
Roses, influence of soil; pillar, 
251; General Castellane, 252; 
Manetti stocks, 252 ; for north 
and north-east aspect, 279; 
list of new, 46 ; layering, 57 ; 
list of, 147 ; with green centre, 
157; standard, on Dog-Rose 
stocks, 181; suitable for pillars, 
232 ; propagating, 389 
Roup, rarity of, 28 ; treatment of, 
188 
“ Rudiments of Botany,” 213 
Rustic baskets, howto' plant, 317 
Puistic flower-baskets, 284 
Sage culture, 176 
Saline manures and their applica¬ 
tion, 272 
Salt for fowls, 234 
Salting Machine, Fleming’s, 128 
Salts in plants, 240 
Sappan wood, 38 
Savory culture, 176 
Scolytus destructor, 255, 279 
ScutellariaVentenatii and culture, 
390 
Sea-Anemones, 279 
Seat, cheap garden, 3SS 
Seats for the garden, 228 
Seeds, quantities for sowing an 
acre, 12; of shrubs for a pit, 
12; from great depths, 43 ; and 
seedlings, notes on. 111 
Sensation in plants, 273 
Shading, 106 
Shallot culture, 176 
Sheffield Poultry Show, 218 
Shenstone and the Leasowes, 312 
Silica, 93 
Skipton Poultry Show, 113 
Skylarks in India, 360 
Slimy grub, cure for, 361 
Soil, its composition, 119 
Soils, constituents of, 93; power 
of absorbing and retaining 
moisture; contraction in dry¬ 
ing, 150 ; mode of analysing, 
167 ; afford warmth, 178 ; rates 
of heating and cooling, 178; j 
breaking up poor, light, 309 
Spanish, fowls diseased, 58; cock, 
with swollen face, 220; fowls, 
best breeding age, 250; chick¬ 
ens, selecting and feeding-, 313; 
hen with diseased throat, 376 
Sparkenhoe Poultry show, 392 j 
Spergula, pilosa for lawns, 73 ; 
pilifera, 103; pilifera culture, 
117,128 
Spider-Crab, 264 
Spring flowers, 2, 25; list of, 31; 
transplanting, 60 ; notes on, 95 I 
Stangeria paradoxa, 170 
Stauntonia latifolia, cause of its 
failing, 10 
Stephanophysum Baikiei, 27 
Stock (Queen), succeeded by Ger- j 
man Asters, 41 
Stocks influence over the fruit, I 
136 
Stocks, German, double, 185 
Stoke-upon-Trent Poultry Show, 
375 
Stokesia cyanea as a bedder, 332 
Strawberry, runners, removing, 
141; plants, fertile and barren, 
227 ; runners to be selected, 
228; culture, and select list, 
382 
Strawberries, grubs destroying, 
113 
Straw coverings, 228 
Subsoil, bringing to the surface, 
303 
Subsoils differing from their sur¬ 
face soils, 150 
Sugar, home-made, 94 
Sulphate of ammonia, 112 
Sulphuring mildew'ed Vines, 157 
Sun-flower culture and uses, 262, 
306 
Superphosphate of lime, 240 
Swallow, date of appearance in 
the north, 69 
Swallows, boldness of, 29 
Swarms, uniting, 174; uniting 
spontaneously, 188 
Tan, as a subsoil, 389; for 
heating, 12 
Tank-heating, 186 
Tarragon culture, 176 
Tasmanian natives, decay of, 3S 
Teak wood, 38 
Temperature, hints for regu¬ 
lating, 4 
Templetonia glauca, 109 
Tender garden plants, 289 
Texas, its garden produce, 320 
Thibaut and Keteleer’s nursery, 
354 
Thinning garden crops, 225 
Thistles, destroying, 158 
Thunbergia coccinea, 232 
Thyme culture, 176 
Till, hints when to, 106 
Timber-floating in India, 84 
Toads’ spawn, fecundation of, 232 
Toads living without air, 202 
Tobacco drying, 328 
Tom Thumb seedlings, 43 
Tortoise in a block of sandstone, 
38 
Townsend, David, 231 
Transpiration of plants, 64 
Trees, keeping trunks of moist, 
338; how they injure a garden, 
357 
Triehomanes, various species of, 
322 
Triteleia uniflora, 25 
Tritoma uvaria culture, 300 
Triumph of Jodoigne Pear, 6 
Tropeeolum, Canariense culture, 
113; elegans, 232 
Tulip seed, 98 
Turkeys rouped, 298 
Turnip Saw-fly, 391 
Turnips, protecting from frost, 
289 
Tutuila, 56 
UCOMIS PUNCTATA CULTURE, 172 
Vanilla planifolia, 226 
