INDEX. 
Acacia, argyrophylea, 25 ; Ri- 
ceana, 25; hispidissima, 92; 
grayeolens and celastrifolia cul¬ 
ture, 133; dentifera, 242 ; ar- 
mata management, 352 
Acacias blooming in April, 39 
Achimenes,39; list of, 20 ; culture 
and list of, 60 
Actinia mesembryanthemum, 411 
Adamsia palliata, 396 
Adder, swimming power of, 311 
Adenostoma fasciculata, 86 
Africa, plants in Central, 281, 293, 
314 
Agricultural Society’s (Royal) 
Poultry Show, 266, 283 
Ailantbus glandulosa blooming, 
244 
Alcyonium digitatum, 350 
Algae, 332 
Allium ursinum, development of, 
259 
Allotment system, an allottee’s 
opinion of tbe, 394 
Alstrcemeria pelegrina, 328 
Andalusians, points in, 231; 
characteristics, 249; merits of, 
267 
Anemone, hepatica, 329; sea, 331, 
350 
Annuals, autumn sown, 353 
Anthea cereus, 380, 396 
Antholyza elliptica, 400 
Ants, 153 ; destroying, 167 
Aphides, plague of, 381 
Apios tuberosa, 44 
Apple, the, its habits and culture, 
327, 345 
Apples, cultivated by the ancient 
Britons, 181; list of, 391 
Apricot cultm*- 81 
At»»4i lants blooming iu, 
a. ^ . ‘ii ' 
early, 189 -jt-" me, 26, 56; the 
to. 29° • rr h«- , 37 ; cost of a fresh 
water, 117 ; fresh-water, tanks, 
joints, 192; fresh-water, rock- 
work, 208; fountain, 209 ; di¬ 
vided ; apparatus for micro¬ 
scopic, 224 ; syphon for, 277 ; 
fountain in, 280 
Artillery Plant, 383 
Asparagus roots, exposing in 
winter, 131 
Aspidistra lucida variegata cul¬ 
ture, 5 
Atmosphere, pressure of, 194 
August, hardy plants, &c., bloom¬ 
ing in, 384 ; greenhouse plants 
for exhibiting in, 400 
Australian seeds, 41 
Australian Bronze-winged Dove, 
124, 154, 184 
Avenue, The, 377 
Azalea, sinensis, stock for, 29; 
amoena hybrids, 38; ovata, 292 
Azaleas, propagating, 32; new 
hybrids, 80; treatment of 
Chinese, after blooming, 137; 
repotting, 252 
Balsam seed, hardiness of, 364 
Balsams, superior, 282 
Bands to prevent Peaches falling, 
408 
Banksian Rose, pruning a yel¬ 
low, 398 
Bantam, eggs, hatching, 216; 
(Game), characteristics, 372 
Barbarossa Grape in a green¬ 
house, 88 
Basket plants, 365 
Baskets for plants, 80 
Bath and West of England Poultry 
Show, 153, 168 
Bedded-out plants, supporting, 
204 
Bedding-out, flowers, 17; rules 
for, 96; plants for spring 
blooming, 112; system, 141 
Bedding plants, 106, 287 ; warn¬ 
ing about, 185 ; time for pro¬ 
pagating, 233 ; best time to 
strike, 269; Royal Family of, 
411 
Beds, size of, and bedding plants, 
339 
Beehives, and their covers, 280 ; 
artificial, in Central Africa, 315 
Bee-keeper, the Cottage, 28, 134, 
145 ; profit of bees; to begin ; 
hives, 10; where to place 
hives; signs of spring prospe¬ 
rity ; how to clean hives; signs 
of weakness, 45; Queens and 
Drones, swarming, artificial 
swarms, 60, 61; hives, dressing 
hives, hiving swarms, prevent¬ 
ing casts, 71 ; giving room, and 
taking boxes of honey, 85; 
taking honey, young "queens 
the best, 104 ;" weighing in 
autumn, 105; protection of 
hives, 134; Calendar, 146 
Bee-keeping, by Cottagers, 135 ; 
result of seven years, 146 ; this 
year, 151; results of ten years, 
208, 238 ; in Devonshire, 347, 
369, 398; taking end combs, 400 
Bee, season and the weather, 
134 ; stand, indicator, 102 
Bees, swarm in stock’s place, 23; 
saving and uniting, 28; in¬ 
stinct of, 43 ; recent articles on, 
74 ; cottager’s management, 
74; cap glasses, to manage, 75 ; 
removing, Nadiring, 90; not 
working, 92; adding a swarm 
to a weak stock, 106; drone 
grubs n queen cells, 120; larvae 
of, 123; and cocoons, 123; 
cause of second swarms, 164 ; 
early swarms, 166, 179 ; drone¬ 
killing in June, 180; forsaking 
their hive, 180; joining 
swarms, 198; in Australia and 
New Zealand, 207 ; cottagers’ 
plans .with, 229; preserving 
brood, 245; in Tasmania, 263, 
292; remedy for the robbing 
of, 275 ; slaughter of the 
queens, 330; to feed, 335; 
effects of chloroform on, 354; 
plundering hives, 367 ; collision 
on rail, 392 
Begonia Wageneriana, 27 
Begonias, list of, 21 
Berberis trifurcata, 390 
Beverley Poultry Show, 109, 169, 
183, 199 
Bignonia capreolata, 92 
Birds purchased after entry, 232 
Birmingham Summer Poultry 
Show, 63, 139 
Biscuit, raised, 212; soda, 212 
Black Beetles, 400 
Blackberry wine, 369 
Blackberries, drying, 212 
Black Prince Pine Apple, 46 
Blandfordia grandiflora, wild, 25 
Blossoming, to promote and to 
retard, 187 
Boisson’s Nursery, 278 
Bolbophyllum Neilgherrhense, 
106 
Bolting, to prevent, 187 
Botanic Society’s Show, 105 
Botanical Gardens, their arrange¬ 
ment, 378 
“Bouquet, The Illustrated,” 365 
Bouquets, where to obtain, 354 
Bouvardias, 287 
Box-edgings, to clip, 352 
Breastbones, crooked, in fowls, 
388 
Breathing, its phenomena, 195 
Bridgenorth Poultry Show, 417 
Broccoli sowing, 40 
Brown, Robert, memoir of, 176 
Brugmansia arborea, to bloom, 
122, 298 
Brussels Sprouts, sowing, 40 
Buckland Sweetwater Grape, 405 
Bulbs, development of, 259, 276, 
294, 312, 328; for conservatory 
border, 352; planting hardy, 
381; treatment in removing, 
415 
Bunodes crassicornis and gem- 
macea, 410 
Buyers and sellers, how to com¬ 
municate, 370, 418 
Cabbagh sowing, 40 ; supply of, 
272; blight, 274 
Cabbages and Cauliflowers, to 
prevent their bolting, 187 
Cabbageworts all the year, 40 
Cactuses, collection of, 38 
Caelogyne Schilleriana, 379 
Calanthe Dominii, 27 
Calceolaria cuttings, time for 
making, 235, 244 ; manage¬ 
ment, 300 
Calceolarias for bedding, 6, 366 ; 
to bloom in June, 41 ; turning 
yellow, 88 ; herbaceous, in 
pots, 385 
Calder Yale Poultry Show’, 371 
Calendar of operations, 37 
Calla JEtliiopica, management, 121 
Camellia rosaeflora, 27 ; large, in 
the open ground, 316 
Camellias, directions for their 
culture, 67; in open ground, 
247 ; out of doors, 242; re¬ 
potting, 252 
Campanulata strigosa, 292 
Canary, Cinnamon, 355 
Canaries, Cinnamon Cock, 35 
Cape Gooseberry, culture for 
dessert, 251 
Capula sanguinea, 396 
Carnations, list of, 116 
Carrier Pigeons pitching short, 
286 
Cattleya Aclandiae, 9; granulosa, 
106 
Cauliflower sowing, 40 
Ceanothus azureus as a bedder, 
364 
Celery culture, 108, 235 ; to 
prevent bolting, 187; leaf grub, 
415 
Ceterach officinarum, 151 
Chamaerops humilis argenteus, 
38 
“ Chemistry of the World,” 194 
Cherry tree, an ancient, 43 
Cherries introduced into Britain, 
181 ; moving newly grafted, 
354 
Chicken, baked, 198 ; stewed, 198 
Chickens, rearing by hand, 267 ; 
early, 318 
Chimney smoking, 75 
Chorozema Henchmanni culture, 
133 
Christmas Rose culture, 9; ma¬ 
nuring the, 133 
Chrysanthemum culture round 
London, 408 
Cineraria management, 300 
Cinerarias to bloom in June, 41; 
list of, 53 ; succession of, 150 
Claytonia perfoliata found wild in 
England, 107 
Clematis azurea, &c., soil for, 
89 
Clethra arborea culture, 137 
Clianthus puniceus, 41; Dam- 
pieri, 54, 106 
Climbers for cool greenhouse, 122 
Clissold’s Seedling Apple, 152 
Clothing, science of, 195 
Clubbing, to prevent, 299 
Club-root, preventing, 415 
Coast, planting for shelter on the 
north, 6 
Coccocypselum repens as a basket 
plant, 365 
Cochin-China fowls, notes on, 36; 
characteristics, 64 ; hens, long 
broody,184 
Cockscombs, fine, 374, 375 
Coffee of Barley, 225 
Colchicum autumnale, develop¬ 
ment of, 295 
Cole’s Nursery, Manchester, 161 
Colza oil, 383 
Comb, artificial, for bees, 384 
Composts for flowers, 18 
Conifers, hardy, at Hazlewood 
Castle, 393 
Conservatory, bulbs for, 352 ; to 
retain its temperature, 382 ; 
heating a small, 415, 416 
Consolida Aconiti, 116 
Consumpton in poultry, 304 
Convallaria majalis, develop¬ 
ment of, 313 
Copland, E. A., his death, 193 
; Corridor, glazed, plants for back 
of, 297 
i Corynactis Almanii, 396 
| Covent Garden as a standard of 
I value, 119 
j Cresses, culture of, 236 
i Crickets, to get rid of, 10, 182 
Crocuses, list of new r , 370 
Cropping profitably, 118 
Crops for particular localities, 
144 
j Cross, results of a poultry, 418 
Crystal Palace, Gardening, 27; 
t Floral Bazaar, 37 ; programme, 
84; garden, 107, 126, 171 ; Hor¬ 
ticultural Exhibition, 117, 305, 
321 ; Show, 213, 282, 302, 317, 
336; Flower Show, 373, 389 
Cucumber slicer, 134 
Cucumbers, prolonged in bearing, 
395 
Cucumis eaffer, 281 
Cumberland, Notes from, 179 
Cup cake, 212 
