Abutilons, new, 58. 
Acer insigne, 107 ; A. Reichenbachii, 
autumn beauty of, 175. 
Achimenes, how to grow, 20. 
Ada aurantiaca as a decorative plant, 
148. 
Adiantum cuneatum, 48 ; A. dolabri- 
forrne, 154. 
AEchmea Lalindei, 57. 
Aerides Lawrencise, 169. 
Agave (Manfreda) AlibertLi, 41 ; A. 
Victorias Reginas, 27 ; A. virginica, 
41. 
Ajuga reptans varierata, 41. 
Album Benary, vegetables figured 
in, 96. 
Alibertia intermedia, 41. 
Alpinia mutica, 10. 
Amaryllis Ackermanni pulckerrima, 
96; A. Acramanni pulcherrima, 
84, 96; A. Leopoldii, 83, 84 ; A. 
pardina, 83. 
Amaryllis, best raised from seed, 
143; new, 43, 58, 76, 93; of the 
future, 83 ; worthy of culture, 152. 
Anemone coronaria, 64; A. fulgens, 
64. 
Anemones as Annuals, 9. 
Angraecum Eichlerianum, 41; A. 
Scottianum, 185. 
Anthurium Andre'anum, 15, 175 ; A. 
ferribrense, 10; A. macrolobum, 
75; A. Scherzerianum, fine varieties 
of, in cultivation, 128 ; A. S. muta- 
bilis, 92; A. splendidum, 52. 57, 
75 ; A. triumphans, 75. 
Apple American Mother (pi. 592), 
121; Blenheim Orange, origin of, 
79; Calville Blanche, as a wall 
cordon, 26; Heiton House, 137 ; 
La Fameuse (pi. 586), 73 ; Lands- 
berger Reinette (pi. 600), 185; 
Sandringham, 186; Snow, 73; 
Taylor’s Kernel, 186; Washington 
(pi. 588), 89; Winter Peach (pi. 
596), 153. 
Apples, new, 12, 76, 140; stocks for, 
31. 
Apple Show and Congress, National, 
at Chiswick, 160,161; Manchester, 
182; Hereford, 182. 
Aralia Chabrieri, 178; A. (Panax) 
Deleauana, 92; A. Reginas, 92. 
Asparagus, Early Purple Argenteuil, 
23. 
Asparagus plumosus, 15. 
Aster diplostephioides, 169. 
Auricula Mrs. Moore (pi. 581), 33. 
Auriculas, new Alpine, 11, 86, 93; 
new show, 86, 93. 
Auriculas in Ireland, 88; at Man¬ 
chester, 87 ; at Newcastle, 89 ; at 
Rochdale, 88 ; at South Kensing¬ 
ton, 85; seasonable notes on, 49 ; 
spring notes on, 33 ; seedlings, 34. 
Azalea obtusa alba, 144. 
Azaleas, hardy : 1, C. S. Sargent; 2, 
Henrietta Sargent; 3, Rubra plena 
(pi. 599), 177 ; new hardy double,94. 
Azaleas, new Indian, exhibited at 
Ghent, 127, 160; new Indian, 28, 
58, 94, 108. 
Bark of hollies, &c., how to renew, 
176. 
Barlow,'Samuel, memoir of, 100. 
Barron, A. F., presentation to, as a 
souvenir of the Apple Congress, 
176. 
Bean, new, John Harrison, 12, 140. 
Bean, French, Canadian Wonder, 64. 
Beans, French, for forcing, 117. 
Bedding v. Herbaceous plants, 145. 
Begonias, new, 28; new double, 43, 
94 ; new hybrid, 170; new tuberous, 
58, 108, 126, 139, 170. 
INDEX. 
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Begonia Bruanti, 41; B. disc )lor- 
Rex, 119 ; new varieties of, 43 ; B. 
geranioides, 51; B. Madame Fanny 
Giron, 48 ; B. pictavensis, 41; B. 
Thomas Moore (pi. 589), 97; B. 
valida, 57 ; B. weltoniensis rubra, 
170. 
Begonias, to propagate tuberous, 111. 
Belgique Horticole, plants figured in, 
14, 46, 62, 78, 141. 
Boiler, Ben’s, 60. 
Bomarea conferta, 107; B. Kal- 
breyeri, 185 ; B. patacocensis, 107. 
Botanical Magazine, plants figured 
in, 13, 28, 45, 61, 95, 111, 140, 158, 
172, 187. 
Botany, Wilis’ Companion to Prac¬ 
tical, noticed, 142. 
Bouvardia rosea flore-pleno, 32. 
Brown, A., death of, 96. 
Brussels sprouts, 24. 
Bulb-culture, 152. 
Bulletin d’Arboriculture, fruits figured 
in, 14, 46, 78, 95, 141, 159, 173. 
Bury Carnation Show, 134. 
Cadia Ellisiana, 75. 
Calanthe Regnieri, 41; C. Stevensii, 
42. 
Calochortus, new, 140. 
Camellia Eugene Massina (pi. 591), 
113. 
Camellias at Southill, 63 ; lifting, 18. 
Campanula isophylla as a rock plant, 
176 ; C. Van Houttei, origin of, 182. 
Candytuft, Biddles’ Empress, 140, 
171. 
Caraguata cardinalis, 27. 
Carbolic acid as an insecticide, 79. 
Carnation Show at Bury, 134. 
Carnations : Crimson Souvenir de la 
Malmaison (pi. 579, fig. 1), 17; 
Red Souvenir de la Malmaison (pi. 
579, fig. 2), 17. 
Carnations, new, 28, 140, 170; new 
perpetual, 108; tree, 154; season¬ 
able notes on, 50. 
Carter’s seed farms, 114. 
Carter’s Vade-Mecum for 1883, 15. 
Cattleya nobilior, 107; C. superba 
splendens, 139 ; C. Trianse formosa, 
169. 
Centropogon Lucyanus as a winter¬ 
flowering plant, 31. 
Chamsepeuce Sprengeri, 42. 
Cbarpentier, M., death of, 144. 
Chesterton, J. H., death of, 64. 
Choisya ternata, evergreen, 79. 
Chou de Russie, 47. 
Chrysanthemum coronarium Aurora, 
170; C. inodorum plenissimum, 177. 
Chrysanthemums, annual, 153. 
Chrysanthemums, new, 58 ; new 
early-flowering, 58; new Japanese, 
11,58,170,185 ; new large-flowered, 
186; new pompon, 12, 59, 186; 
new single pompon, 59. 
Chrysanthemums, origin and progress 
of, 5 ; propagation of, 8. 
Cinerarias, new, 43, 59, 76; new 
double-flowered, 59. 
Clay, Mr. Alderman, death of, 112. 
Clematis indivisa, 55; C. Jackmanni 
alba, 139 ; C. Krao, 112. 
Clematis patens, new, 94. 
Clerodendron foetidum, 176; C. ma¬ 
crosiphon, 107; C. trichotomum, 
176. 
Cocoa-nut fibre refuse, value of, 63. 
Cocoa-nut husks as a substitute for 
peat in orchid-culture, 64. 
Coleuses, new, 140. 
Collinson, John, death of, 80. 
Convolvulus chrysorrhizus, 188 
Cornels, botanical affinity of Garrya 
with, 63. 
Corn, pop, 107 ; sugar, 106. 
Cosmos bipinnatus for winter bloom¬ 
ing, 8, 10. 
Cotyledon edulis, 157. 
Cox, William, death of, 96. 
Crassula jasminea, 112. 
Crataegus Carriere*, 10 ; C. mexicana, 
10; C. Oxyacantha semperflorens, 
42. 
Crinum Hildebrandtii, 157; C. orna- 
tum, 169. 
Crocuses, Mr. Maw’s cultural direc¬ 
tions for, 183. 
Cross-breeding, notes on, 149 ; culi¬ 
nary peas, 179 ; dahlias, 149 ; fuch¬ 
sias, 149 ; pelargoniums, 149 ; ver¬ 
benas, 149. 
Crystal Palace, International Potato 
Show at, 156. 
Cucumbers, new, 28. 
Cucumber disease, destruction of 
112 . 
Currant trees, standard, 66. 
Cycads, treatment of imported, 173. 
Cycas Beddomei, 185. 
Cypripedium montanum, 10. 
Cyrtosperma Johnstoni, 27. 
Cystopteris montana, 15. 
Dahlia excelsa anemonasflora, 27; D. 
arborea, 27. 
Dahlias, new bouquet, 43 ; new 
fancy, 43, 152, 170 ; new show, 43, 
152, 170 ; new single, 44, 59, 152, 
170 ; new single white, 152. 
Dahlias, budding, 52 ; cross-breeding, 
149. 
Dahlia Show, Grand National, 150. 
Darlingtonia californica, finest speci¬ 
men of, 160. 
Davallia brachycarpa, 157. 
Delphinium, new, 126. 
Dendrobium formosum Berkeleyi, 42; 
D. Rimanni, 10. 
Dendrobiums, propagating, 178. ' 
Dieffenbachia gigantea, 75 ; D. mag- 
nifica, 92 ; D. Regina, 118. 
Dodwell, Ephraim Syms, memoir of, 
134. 
Douglas, J., presentation to, 47. 
Ellwanger, H. B., death of, 160. 
Epidendrum arachmoglossum-, 27. 
Epiphyllum truncatum as a rafter 
plant, 128. 
Erica propendens tubiflora, 15; E. 
Sindryana, 15. 
Erythrina indica marmorata, 96. 
Eucharis Sanderi, 57. 
Eupatorium grandiflorum, 37. 
Exacum affine, 57. 
Exhibition House, new, at Man¬ 
chester Botanic Gardens, 96, 
Fallugia paradoxa, 10. 
Ferns, proliferous Lady, 4; new 
method of sowing, 56. 
Fern roots, use of, for growing 
orchids, 174. 
Ficus elastica albo-variegata, 139. 
Fleming, John, death of, 188. 
Fiore des Serres, plants figured in, 
110 . 
Florists, seasonable notes for, 49. 
Flowers, new, 11, 28, 43, 58, 76, 93, 
108, 126, 139, 170, 185. 
Flower Garden, Paxton’s, re-issue of, 
noticed, 174. 
Flowering Plants, Williams’ Select 
Stove and Greenhouse, noticed, 63, 
175. 
Forestry, Great International Exhibi¬ 
tion of, in 1885, 160. 
Fritillaria pallidiflora, 185. 
Frosts, March, among fruits and 
flowers, 51, 
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