111. 
INDEX. 
Pelargonium Wonderful, Knight’s sport of, 95. 
Pentstemon Clevelandi, (woodcut) 148. 
Pernettya mucronata lilacina, 175. 
Petunias for decoration, 73. 
Phalmnopsis Esmaralda, 175; P. violacea, 175. 
Phormium tenax, 118. 
Phyllanthus roseo-pictus, (woodcut) 13. 
Picotee Alice, (col. plate) 25; Miss Horner, (col. 
plate) 25; Zerlina, (col. plate) 25. 
Picotees, two months of, 10, 19. 
Pine, Huon, 16. 
Pine-apple Lord Carington, 23. 
Pinguicula vallisneriaefolia, 144. 
Pinks for garden beds, 185; seedling, 127; their 
treatment, 5. 
Plant-growth in darkness, 181. 
Platycerium Hillii, 110. 
Plum Belgian Purple; (col.plate) 105 ; P. Diamond, 
(col. plate) 105. 
Poinsettia puleherrima, 35 ; P. p. plenissima, 35; P. 
pulclierrima for market, 89; single and double, 33. 
Polyanthuses, gold-laced, 8; reminiscences of, 55. 
Pomona, the Herefordshire, notice of, 163. 
Poplars, new American, for avenues, 187. 
Potatos, new, 23. 
Primula sinensis fimbriata coccinea, 48; advances 
among, 24. 
Prize, the Neill award of, 160. 
Ptycliosperma rupicola, 95. 
Pyrus arbutifoiia, 32. 
Querctjs austriaca sempervirens, 61. 
Raspberries, American, 87. 
Raspberry-culture, 120. 
Rhipidopteris peltata gracillima, 95. 
Riehardia mtliiopica, 176. 
Robinson’s Hardy Flowers, notice of, 63. 
Rosarian’s Year-book for 1877, 15. 
Rose (h.p.) Charles Darwin col. plate), 161; (h.p.) 
Harrison Weir, 143; (h.p.) Countes3 of Rosebery, 
110; (h.p.) Duchess of Bedford, 125; (h.p.) Pene¬ 
lope Mayo, 125 ; (h.p.) Dr. Sewell, 125, 143. 
Rose hedges, 153. 
Rose-shows of the metropolis, 125. 
Roses at Lord Rosebery’s marriage, 63. 
Roses, judging, National Society’s rules for, 120. 
Roses, variegated-leaved, 64; Mr. W. Paul’s new, 30. 
Sadleria cyatheoides (woodcut), 2. 
Sarracenia, a new hybrid, at Glasnevin, 95. 
Savoys, new, 24. 
Saxifraga flagellaris, 188; S. calyciflora, 95; S. 
purpurascens, 80. 
Scale, paraffin for destruction of, 112; screw pine, 
30. 
Seasons, our, 6. 
Seed germination, 122. 
Sclaginella Victoria! (woodcut), 90. 
Shrubs for sea-shore planting, 127. 
Sim, Robert, death of, 144. 
Slug-guard, 111. 
Slugs, means of getting rid of, 176; great enemies 
in a mild winter, 84. 
Smith’s Ferns, British and Foreign, noticed, 15. 
Snail-guard, 111. 
Societies :— 
Royal Horticultural, annual meeting, 47; Com¬ 
mittee meetings, 30, 63, 80, 95, 110, 125, 143, 
160, 175, 187; appointment of Assistant-Secre¬ 
tary, 30 ; Preston, Provincial show of, (woodcut) 
125. 
Royal Botanic, meetings of, in 1878, 30; Rose 
show, 125. 
Royal Caledonian, annual meeting of, 16. 
Royal Manchester Botanic and Horticultural, 
meetings of, 30; Whitsun show of, 111. 
Societies (continued) :— 
Richmond Horticultural, 48, 127. 
National Auricula (Northern section) : meeting 
of, 32 ; prize schedule, 63; annual show of, 91.— 
(Southern Section) : annual meeting, 15; prize 
schedule, 47; annual show of, 77. 
National Carnation and Picotee (Northern Sec¬ 
tion) : meeting of, 32 ; annual show of, 127,137. 
—(Southern Section): meeting of, 16; annual 
show of, 95,123. 
National Rose, 16, 30, 95, 125, 187. 
Pelargonium : annual show of, 101; annual meet¬ 
ing of, 143. 
Royal National Tulip: meeting of, 32 ; annual 
show of, 80, 103. 
Solanums, berried, for market, 183. 
Sophronitis coccinea, 64; S. grandiflora, 64. 
Spanish Chestnut, most remarkable in England, 188. 
Spiraea palmata elegans, (col. plate) 41. 
Stephanotis floribunda, 188. 
Stokesia cyanea for market, 183. 
Stove, Tebbs’ universal, 180. 
Strawberry, Loxford Hall Seedling, 23. 
Sutton’s Amateurs’ Guide in Horticulture for 1878, 
15. 
Sweet Williams, note on, 62. 
Sycamore timber, 48. 
Syi'inga chinensis, 127 ; S. persica, 127. 
Table Decoration, a hint, 40. 
Talks about plants, notice of, 187. 
Thomson, Dr. T., death of, 96. 
Thozet, M. A., death of, 141. 
Todea plumosa, 128. 
Tomato, effect of coal-ashes on, 31; hybrid, 31; 
new, 24. 
Torenia Bailloni, 143 ; T. Fournieri, 188. 
Troe-feller, Ransomos’ steam, (woodcut) 36. 
Trees and Shrubs, transplanting large valuable, 59. 
Tulips for market, 26. 
Tulip-showing, a gossip on, 83. 
Variegated-leaved plants, 47. 
Vegetables, new, 23. 
Verdier, Philippe Victor, death of, 48. 
Villa Gardening: January, 14; February, 27; 
March, 45; April, 61; May, 78“’ June, 94; July, 
109; August, 121 ; September, 141; October, 
15S; November, 173; December, 186. 
Vine, Great, at the Viceregal Lodge, Phoenix 
Park, 16. 
Vines and Vine-culture : formation of borders, soil, 
&c., 161. 
Vine borders of light loam, how to prepare, 176. 
Vines, planting, in summer, 9; potash manures 
for, 30. 
Violet (new double white) Belle de Chatenny, 48. 
Violets (double), Italian, (woodcut), 69. 
Visiani, Professor, death of, 96. 
Wallichia zebrina, 80. 
Wallis, M. Gustav, death of, 176. 
Walls, glass copings for, 22. 
Wheeler, George, death of, 112. 
Willow plantation, 31. 
Windebank, W., jun., death of, 176. 
Wood’s Good Gardening, notice of, 63. 
Woodwardia radicaus cristata (woodcut), 21. 
Woolley, Samuel, death of, 64. 
Xeronema Moorei, 110. 
Yew, golden, sport of, 31. 
Yucca baccata, 144; Y. filamentosa variegata, 
culture of, 87. 
Zamia corrugata, 63 ; Z. lucida, 63. 
