INDEX. 
Ill 
Fruit, American canned, 143. 
Fruits, new, 12, 28, 76, 140, 186. 
Fruits for north walls, 8 ; how to 
protect small, 138. 
Fruit crop, state of, 143. 
Fruit-growing, gigantic scheme o e , 
80. 
Fruit Shows, 160, 181. 
Fruit-trees, mulching, 147. 
Fuchsia as a rafter plant, 120. 
Fuchsias, new, 44, 59. 
Fuchsias, cross-breeding, 149. 
Garden, plants figured in, 29, 61, 95, 
159. 
Garden appliances, new, 44, 60, 78, 
109. 
Garden Gossip, 15, 30, 47, 63, 78, 96, 
111, 127, 143, 160, 174, 187. 
Garden roller, new, 44. 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, novelties de¬ 
scribed or figured in, 13, 28, 45, 61, 
77, 94, 109, 127, 142, 158, 172, 186. 
Gardeners’ Year-book for 1883 
noticed, 32. 
Gartenflora, plants figured in, 14, 46, 
62, 78, 95, 110, 126, 141, 159, 173. 
Garten-Zeitunir, p ants figured in, 30, 
46, 62, 95, liO, 141, 159. 
Garrya, botanical affinity of, with 
Cornels, 63. 
Geila ly, Thomas, death of, 176. 
Ghent Quinquennial Horticultural 
■ Exhibition, 40, 78. 
Gladiolus Colvillei. varieties of, 128. 
Gladioluses, new, 140, 171. 
Glasnevin, hardy orchids in flower 
at, 128. 
Gloxinia, new, 171. 
Gooseberry tree, s andard, 67. 
Grammatophyllum elegans, 10. 
Grape, Turk, 26 ; Winter King, 186. 
Grapes, large clusters of, 31; coarse, 
21 . 
Grapes, new, 12, 76. 
Gray, James, death of, 188. 
Greenhouse Flowering Plants, Wil¬ 
liams’, noticed, 63, 175. 
Grevillea annulifera, 92 : G. punicea, 
139. 
Gum, Myocom fly, 112. 
Guzmania Devansayana, 139. 
Harpur-Crewe, Rev. Henry, death 
of, 160. 
Heer, Professor Oswald, death of, 
176. 
Heliconia triumphans, 93. 
Heliotropes, new, 59, 94. 
Hepworth, John, death of, 32. 
Herbaceous v. Bedding plants, 145. 
Herefordshire Pomona, noticed, 7, 
181. 
Hinds, William, death of, 16. 
Hollies, &c., how to renew the bark 
of, 176. 
Hollyhock, the, 113. 
Hooper, Henry, death of, 176. 
Horner, Rev. F. D., memoir of, 90. 
Horsefield, William, death of, 48. 
Horticulture, Great International 
Exhibition of, in 1885, 160. 
Hortus Belgicus, 31. 
Hot water as a restorative for 
sickly plants ? 31. 
House’s Stimulator, 15. 
lloya linearis, 93. 
Hull Botanic Gardens, 112. 
Hyacinths, new, 76. 
Hybridization of culinary peas, 179; of 
dahlias, 149 ; of fuchsias, 149; of 
pelargoniums, 149; of verbenas, 
149. 
Hydrangea Hortensia rosea, 108. 
Hymenocallis speciosa, 71. 
Iberis gibraltarica hybrida, 108; I. 
Empress (Biddles’), 143, 171. 
Illustration Horticole, plants figured 
in, 14, 46, 62, 78, 110, 126.141, 159, 
173. 
Imantophyllum Mrs. Laing, 111. 
Imantophyllums as decorative plants 
of the future, 111. 
Impatiens Roylei (syn. Candida, ma- 
crochila, and moschata), as a bee 
plant, 72. 
Ipomoea Horsfalliae alba, 93. 
Iresine formosa, 186. 
Iron, to protect from rust, 112. 
Ivies, choice, 175. 
Jasminum floridum, 169; J. gracil- 
limum, 48 ; J. s ibulatum, 169. 
Journal des Roses, varieties figured 
in, 30, 46, 78, 95, 111, 127,142,159, 
173. 
Kentia Fipan, 9 3. 
Kniphofiu Leichtiinii, 169. 
Kumara, a new esculent, 188. 
Lachenalia pendula as a decorative 
plant, 96 ; L. reflexa, 58. 
Lselia Wyattiana, 169. 
Laiug, John, death of, 188. 
Landry’s Yaporiser, 122. 
Lantanas, new, 59. 
Lastrea Hopeana, 10; L. prolifica, 
10 . 
Lauche, Wilhelm, death of, 176. 
Library, sale of the late M. De- 
caisne’s, 96. 
Ligularia macrophylla, 175; L. 
thyrsiflora, 175. 
Lilium longifolium var, 108; L. 
Sovitzianum pallidum, 126. 
Liliums, new, 140. 
Lily, Easter, of Bermuda, 108. 
Lily of the Valley, Roberts’, noticed, 
111 . 
Lime, action of, on germinating 
seeds, 112. 
Lindsay, Robert, appointment of, to 
Edinburgh Botanic Garden, 63. 
Lobelias (bedding), new, 59, 124. 
Lonicera semperflorens minor, 73. 
Lysionotus ternifolia, 108. 
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Magnolia Campbsllii, 30, 47. 
Maize, maturing in an English garden, 
€8, 106. 
Mammillaria tanguinea, 75. 
Manfreda Alibertii, 41. 
Manure, soot as a liquid, 112. 
Marseilles International Horticul¬ 
tural Exhibition, 64. 
Masdevallia H any ana atrosanguinea, 
169 ; M. H. miniata, 169. 
Massangea Morreniana, 76. 
Mate, preparation of, 184. 
Medinilla amabilis, 75; M. Curtisii, 
169. 
Meetings announced for 1883, 15. 
Melons, new, 28. 
Melon disease, cure of, 112. 
Microglossa albescens, 42. 
Mignonette, 39; new double white, 
111; new red, 144. 
Miles, William, death of, 48. 
Milla biflora, 126. 
Mimulus luteus variegatus, 42; M. 
moschatus grandiflorus, 94 ; M. m. 
ruber, 42 ; M. radicans, 108. 
Mimulus, new hose-in-hose varieties 
of, 94 ; new large-flow ered, 94. 
Mimusops Ealata, fatal juice of, 15. 
Murray, Peter, death of, 16. 
Mushroom Culture for Amateurs, 
May’s, noticed, 142. 
Musk, new hybrid, 42, 94. 
Myosotis dissitiflora alba, 44, 76 ; M. 
d. perfecta, 76. 
Narcissus, new, 94. 
Nectarine, Humboldt (pi. 590), 105 ; 
Lord Napier, 105 ; Prince of Wales, 
106. 
Nemophila atomaria atro-ccerulea, 
126. 
Nepenthes excelsior, 108 ; N. Hib- 
berdii, 75 ; N. Bajah, 166. 
Neuroloma arabidiflorum, 157. 
Nicotiana affinis, 144. 
NomenclatorderGefasskryptogamen, 
Solomon’s, notic.d, 142. 
Notes, seasonable, for florists, 49. 
Notospartium Carmichaelise, 139. 
Novelties, legister of, 10, 27,41, 57, 
75, 92, 107, 126, 139, 157, 169, 185. 
Nursery trade in America, 120. 
Nymphaea candidissima, haidy, 48; 
N. odorata minor fi.-rostis, 139; 
N. pj gmaea, 144; N. stellata zanzi- 
barensis, at Kew, 128. 
Nymphaeas at Eacm Hall, 31. 
Odontoglossum crispum (Alexan¬ 
dras) aureum magmficum, 42 ; O. c. 
Scottii, 42; O. eugenes, 139. 
CEnoihera cardiophylla, 27. 
Olive tree in California, 46. 
Oncidium nigratum, 157; O. Papilio 
Eckhardtii, 170. 
Onions, new, 44, 171. 
Orchid, Necklace, 144. 
Orchids, cool, pest of, 48; striped, 
64; Mr. W. Bull’s exhibition of, 
143 ; in the drawing-room, 138; 
wa ering, 22. 
Orchid Album, plants figured in, 60. 
Orchid flowers, duration of, 116. 
Orchidophile, Renanthera Lowii 
figured in, 159. 
Orchis latifolia at Glasnevin, 128. 
Osmunda japonica, 103 ; O. j. corym- 
bifera, 103. 
Ourisia coccinea, 66. 
Palms in small pots, 121. 
Panax Ddeauana, 92; P.Victorias, 58. 
Pancratium speciosum, 71. 
Pansies, new fancy, 59; new show, 
59. 
Parrya nudicaulis, 157. 
Passiflora Halinii (pi. 597), 161. 
Pea American Wonder, 127; Evolu¬ 
tion, 12 ; Latest of All, 28. 
Peas, new, 12, 28; culinary, hybri¬ 
dizing, 179. 
Peas, Sweet, new, 140, 171; trial of, 
at Chiswick, 175. 
Peach, Alexander, 112; Bellegarde 
(pi. 582), 41 ; Belle Henri Pinaut, 
12 ; Golden Eagle (pi. 598), 169. 
Pear Beurre d’Amanlis Panachee (pi. 
578). 9; Louise Bonne de Printemps 
(pi. 584), 57. 
Pears, new, 76, 77; stocks for, 31. 
Pear Congress, proposed, 163. 
Pelargonium (hybrid ivy-leaved) 
Masterpiece (pi. 583), 49. 
Pelargoniums, new show, 125 ; new 
fancy, 125; new decorative, 108, 
125; ntw ivy-leaved, 12, 108, 125, 
140; new double-flowered ivy¬ 
leaved, 17, 125, 126 ; new zonal, 
12, 59, 125, 171; new double zonal, 
12, 125 ; new zonal bedding, 171. 
Pelargoniums, cross-breeding, 149. 
Pentstemon barbatus labrosus, 185; 
P. Eatoni, 27. 
Pentstemons, new, 44, 171. 
Perennials, Hardy, and Old-fashioned 
Plants, Wood’s, noticed, 111, 
Peronospora viticola, 16, 19. 
Pescatorea Yervaeti, 10. 
