VI 
INDEX. 
| 
Cun-ant Apple sauce, 212 
Currants, Black, Red, and White, 
pruning-, 175 
Curtis, the entomologist, 370 
Cuscuta Californica, 9 
Cuttle, a precocious, 245 
Cutting boxes, 24 
Cuttings, watering, 22; in sand 
and water, 22, 72; boxes for 
rooted, 121 ; slate boxes for, 299 
Cytisus Atleeana, &c., culture,254 
Dahlia, training and culture, 
41 ; Show, Grand National, 414 
Dahlias, dwarf, for bedding, 69; 
pegging down, 150; list of, 391 ; 
management of dwarf, 403 
Dandelion Coffee, its qualities, 
&e., 247 
Dasylirium glaucophyllum, 9 
Datura Wrightii, 414" 
Davilliers’ garden, 278 
Dead Man’s Fingers, 350 
Delphinium formosum manage¬ 
ment, 244 
Dendrobiumpulchellum, 9; chry- 
sotoxum, 165; Falconeri, var., 
209 
Devizes Chicken Show, 34 
Dichorisandra ovalifolia, 389 
Dorkings, weight of, 170, 199 ; 
gatherings about, 230 ; charac¬ 
teristics, 230 
Double flowers, cause of, 261 
Draining and cultivating level 
ground, 56 
Driffield Poultry Show, 304 
Drought, its effects on fruit trees, 
324 
Ducks, breeding large, 36 ; Top- 
knotted White Aylesbury, 77 
Eaglesiiam, R., death of, 226 
Edgings, successional, 121; of 
pottery-ware, 229 
Egg, buying to improve stock, 76; 
eating hen, 286 ; chopping for 
chickens, 372 
Eggs, grumblings about bought, 
13; packing for travelling, 34; 
from prize birds, 47; and fowls, 
buying, 49 ; Committee on buy¬ 
ing, 63 ; will travel, 94 ; pack¬ 
ing 124; not injured by travel¬ 
ling, 140; hatched after long- 
travelling, 184; travelling by 
rail, 213 
Endive culture, 235 
Enkyanthus reticulatus, 25 
Entomological Society’s Meeting, 
7, 71, 166, 193, 275, 409 
Epidendrum lacertmum, 45 
Epimedium violaceum culture, 
133 
Epps’ Maidstone Nursery, 271 
Equisetums, living specimens of 
fossil, 209 
Erica, Burnettiana, 53 ; herbacea 
for edging, 108 
Espalier trees over-luxuriant, 33 
Espaliers, new mode of training, 
149 
Essex Agricultural Society’s 
Poultry Show, 184 
Eugene Duval Pelargonium, 126 
Eugenia luma, 9 
Evergreen shrubs, their form and 
outline, 343 
Evergreens, removing large, 378 
Fact in Natural History, 338 
Falcons feeding their young, 213 
Family, supplying by contract, 
118 
Farfugium grande, 65 ; culture, 
150 
Feet of poultry, diseased, 140 
Ferns, at Ballymahon, 23; in 
Wardian Case, aphis on, 33; 
culture in pots, 83 ; propagat¬ 
ing by seed, 113 ; by division, 
114 ; raising from seed, 190, 
332; from cuttings, 191 ; list of 
hardy, 223; greenhouse, to 
divide, 327 ; culture, 332 ; 
filmy, 332; greenhouse, culture, 
and list of, 348 ; management 
of a few, 383 
Fevered hen, 268 
Filbert trees, 22 
Fleming, Mr. G., 301 
Flower gardens, breadth of view 
in, 237 
Flower-beds, size of, 339 
Flowers, influence of, 220 
Flues, for greenhouses, 70 ; pipes 
for, 123 
j Forcing, best plants for, 73 
Fowl, roast, brown gravy for, 198 
Foxglove, sport in, 196 
Foxgloves, improved, 229 
France, Horticultural notes in, 
148 
Fritillaria grceca, 106; imperialis, 
276 
i Frizzled Fowl, native place of, 
| 319 
Fruit crops, failure of, 368 
Fruit-tree pruning, 100 
Fruit trees, pruning young 
trained, 151; for fences, 240; 
cutting back when planted, 289; 
pruning trained, in summer and 
autumn, 308 ; limbs dying, 341; 
fruit dropping, 343; for a wall, 
in Derbyshire, 383 
! Fuchsia stems for stakes, 203 ; 
cuttings, time for making, 235 ; 
fulgens, propagating, 370 
\ Fuchsias, cuttings, list of, 24 ; to 
winter, 352 ; list of differently 
coloured, 353 ; lists of, 390 
Fumago, moulds referred to, 131 
147, 162, 178 
Fumigation made easy, 21; of 
plants, 115 
Furnace, setting a, 383 
Fuseau , fruit trees trained en, 
278 
Gait, la-rut a coronata nan a, as 
a bedder, 106 
Galanthus nivalis, development 
of, 313 
Game fowls, gatherings about, 
248 
Game preserves and fences, 239 
Gapes, cure of, 14 ; treatment of, 
64 ; preventing the, 154; pre¬ 
vention and cure, 184 
“ Gardener’s Assistant, The,” 134 
Gardening economics, 118 
Gardening for the week, 51, 65, 
79, 95, 111, 125, 141, 155, 171, 
185, 201,217, 233, 251,269, 287, 
305, 321, 339, 357, 373, 389, 403 
Gardening, History and Litera¬ 
ture of British, 180, 197 ; Bri¬ 
tish, Roman, and Saxon, 181 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent In¬ 
stitution, The, 206 
Gas-heating apparatus, Thom¬ 
son’s, 122 
Gaultheria procumbens for edg¬ 
ing, 108 
Geese fattening, 418 
Gentiana acaulis for an edging, 
108 
Geometric garden, to prove its 
accuracy, 306 
Geranium cuttings, time for 
making, 234, 244 
Geraniums, list of bedding, 5; 
variegated bedder, 10 ; to bloom 
in June, 41; Horseshoe-leaved, 
62 ; new-, 80 ; keeping in winter, 
113 ; for bedding, 113, 142, 288; 
Scarlet Defiance, 301; roots 
over luxuriant, 315 ; bedding, 
! 358, 3G8, 390 ; Scarlet, list of, 
i 389 
Gesnera c-innabarina, 9 ; Donk- 
| larii, 379 
Gladioli crosses, 374 
Glowworms, breeding them, 265, 
365 
Gloxinias, 39 ; culture, 15 ; list 
of, 20 ; in a Cucumber-frame, 
288 
Gold fish, diseases of, 76 
i Golden-chain Geranium, propa¬ 
gating, 301; culture, 400 
i Golden Moonies, 34 
j Goldfussia isophylla, 25 
; Gooseberry, caterpillar, to kill, 
23; enemies of the, 99, 163 
Gooseberries, summer pruning, 
175 
| Gorhambury, a glance at, 159 
i Gourd culture, 333 
| Grape, Black Eagle, 311, 327 
| Grapes, Spots in, 212; in Central 
Africa, 293 ; Hamburgh, crack- 
I ing in greenhouse, 298; rusted, 
I 301; indifferent, on vigorous 
Yines, 382 
“ Grasses, Natural History of 
J British,” 134 
' Gi-ass-plot, patchy, 121 
1 Greenhouse, vinery management, 
! 29; heating, 30 ; early flowers 
for a cold, 137 ; heating a small, 
227; converting to a vinery, 
! 297 ; keeping plants in un¬ 
heated, 297 ; boiler above 
ground, 345 ; erecting an orna¬ 
mental, 382; building a small, 
385 j 
Grouping trees in Parks, 245 
Grouse in confinement, 335 
Guano, how to apply, 10; origin j 
of, 111; analysis, 111; liquid j 
manure, 167 
Guinea fowl rearing, 78 ; chicks, 
372 
Gustavia insignis, 379 
Hambtjrghs, Mr. Archer’s Silver- 
pencilled, 36; characteristics of 
Silver-spangled, 109; Golden- 
spangled, characteristics, 138 
“Handy Helps to Useful Know¬ 
ledge,” 399 
Hard-wooded plants, cuttings of, 
254 
Hatching, cause of bad, 301 
Hay fever, 279 
Heaths, early blooming, 20 
Heating, various modes, 415, 416 
Hens dying on their nest, 14 ; 
dying suddenly, 170 
Herbarium, drying plants for, 
279 
Hewitt, Mr., testimonial to, 265 
Hive, Tegetmeier’s bar and slide, 
59, 72 
Hives, seasoning, 42 ; Payne’s, j 
194; management of slides in, 
225 ; dimensions for comb-bar, 
378 
Hoes, proper form of, 365 
Holcus saccharatus, 415 
j Holly culture, 4 
1 Hollyhocks, list of, 84 
Honey, produce and value, 42; 
price of, 316 ; Chinese mode of 
taking, 349 
Horseradish scraper, 134 
Horticultural Society of Edin¬ 
burgh, 23, 191 
Horticultural Society’s Meeting, 
51, 79 ; Show at Chiswick, 155 ; 
implements at, 158 ; fruit 
prizes, 176; their gardener, 
j 217, 363 
Horwich Poultry Show, 418 
Hyacinth bulbs, storing, 75 
Hyacinth Show at Edinburgh, 22 
Hyacinthus orientalis, 276 
Hybridising Geraniums, 61 
; Hydrangea cyanema, 9 ; Japonica 
management, 352 ; variously 
coloured, 400 
j Hydrangeas, pruning, 167 
Hydraulic rams, 314 
Ignescens slterba Geranium, 
146, 305 
Ilex cornuta, 209 
“Illustrated Bouquet,” 39 
Implements exhibited at Chis¬ 
wick, 211 
Incubator, its temperature, 170 
India-rubber plant, soil for, 121 
Indigofera decora, 209; dosua, 
291 
Ireland, mildness of winter, 68 
Iris, from the Crimea, 52, 54; 
pumila, 86 ; Persica and Xi- 
phium, development of, 312 
Ismelia Broussonetti, 292 
Isotoma senecioides, var. sub- 
pinnatifida, 379 
Ivy, to train with Creepers, 322 
Ixias, late-blooming, 33 
Ixiolirion montanum, or blue 
Lily of Syria, 330 
Jardinieres, 79, 80 
June, hardy plants at Kew, 
blooming m, 226 
Kalahari Desert, plants in, 
I 293, 314 
Kale sowing, 41 
Kefersteinia graminea, 27 
, Ivennedya nigricans and Zichya 
longiracemosa on the same 
plant, 105 
Kew Gardens, 357 ; bedding at, 
358. 
Kimpton Hoo, 2, 54 
Kniphofia uvaria, 358 
Knowsley, Peach trees at, 1 
Labels for an arboretum, 365,400 
Lantana culture, 89 
Lardizabala biternata, 385 
Larkspurs, crossing, 201 
Lawn, improving patchy, 196; 
weedy, management, 299 
Layering Roses and Carnations, 
353 
Leaves, plants with fine, 21 
Lemon pie, 212 
Lettuce culture, 236 
Lettuces, to prevent their bolting, 
187 
“ Lilies of the Field,” 280, 330 
Lilium lancifolium frosted, 63; 
to pot, 326 
Liliums, their development, 294 
Lime-washing of poultry-houses, 
320 
Liparis Loeselii, 328 
Liquid manure for greenhouse 
plants, 89 
Liverpool Poultry Show manage¬ 
ment, 48 
Liverpool Show, fruit at, 143 
Loam, how to make, 82 
Lobelia cuttings, 270 
Lodgemore Seedling Apple, 152 
Loquat, 81 
Loudon, Mrs., death of, 248 ; me¬ 
moir of, 255 
Macartney Rose culture, 10 
Macclesfield Public Park, 18 
Madeleine Grape, 277 
Maggot in Onion, 325; in Turnips, 
335 
Magnolia grandifiora, avenue of, 
62 
Maize sowing, 415 
Manchester andLiverpool Poultry 
Show, 386 
March, hardy plants at Kew, 
blooming in, 26 
Marianthus cceruleo - punctatus, 
242 
Markets, London, 14, 36, 50, 64, 
124, 304 
Marl used bv the ancient Britons, 
181 
May, hardy plants at Kew, bloom¬ 
ing in, 164 
Mayes, M., notice of, 70 
McEwen, death of Mr. G.. 
Mealy bug, 415 ; exti 
Melaleuca squarrosa 
Melons, growing in a plant pit, 
135 
Merthyr Tydvil Poultry Show, 
282 
Mesembryanthemum edule and 
turbiniforme, 281 ; crystalli- 
num seedlings, hardiness of, 365 
Mignonette, its culture, 360 
Mikania scandens, 385 
Mildew on Grapes, 212; on Vines, 
remedy for, 352 
Miniature greenhouse, 207' ; 
plants, soil, pots, and culture, 
254 ; plants for, 311, 324 
Mirabelle Plum, 363 
Momordica balsaminia, 385 
Moonies, Golden, 138 
Montmorency, horticultural notes 
at, 277 
Moss, the Carrageen, 192 
Moulds, various species of, 131, 
147, 162, 178 
Mowana trees, 293 
Mowing Machine, Boyd’s im¬ 
proved, 46 
Mowing - machine management, 
414 
Mowing machines, 353; trial of, 
158 
Musa ensete, rapid growth of, 
106 
Muscadel Grape, 385 
Mushroom culture simplified, 392 
Mushrooms in Central Africa, 
315 
