INDEX. 
V. 
I'Y'i'us, cross-bi’od, 52 ; new, 20 ; 
Fig Osboru’s Prolific, 22 ; uew, 22. 
Fish, gold, 82. 
Florists’ reminiscences, 91. 
Florists’ flowers, new, 22 ; phloxes as, 55. 
Flower-Garden, work in : 14, 30, 45, 60, 79, 93, 108, 
126, 142, 158, 174, 188. 
Flower-pots, glazed or unglazed, 57. 
Frames, work in, 14, 29, 45, 61, 78, 93, 108, 126, 
142, 158, 174, 187. 
Frame, Heap’s iiropagating, (woodcut) 10. 
Fruits, new, 22 ; storing of, in malt-dust, 16. 
Fruit-ci'ops of 1879, report on the, 142. 
Fruit-Garden, work in; 14, 30, 15, 61, 79, 93, 108, 
127, 142,158, 174, 188. 
IVuit-trees, dwarf, planting, &c., 166; pruning and 
root-pruning, 184; root-lifting, 169 ; scale on, 167, 
190; scarification, 150. 
Fuchsias, new, (woodcut) 101; old, 184. 
ti.\RDE.\ gossip, 14, 30, 46, 62, 79, 94, 109, 127, 142, 
159, 175, 188. 
Gardeners’ Year-book for 1879, 15. 
Gardenia Fortunei, hardiness of, 64. 
Gardening, suburban, twelve months of, 7. 
Gentiana alpina, uew varieties of, 144. 
Gladioli, new, 22 ; for suburban gardens, 7, 13, 38. 
Glass to withstand hailstones, 143. 
Gleiohenias, hints on propagating, 116. 
Gloxinias, (col. plate) 137; Comtesse de Flandre, 
137; Coup d’Hebe, 137; Due de Gazes, 137; 
Nycthemeze, 137 ; new, 22. 
Gordon, George, death of, 190. 
Grape, Black Hamburgh, (col. plate) 161; Golden 
Queen, 22; Gros Colman, (col. plate) 161; Lady 
Downe's Seedling, (col. plate) 161; Madresfield 
Court, (col. plate) 161; Venn’s Black Muscat, 22. 
Grapes, classification of, 161; the Berkhampstead 
Muscats, 96 ; green, mode of utilising, 160 ; keep¬ 
ing, bottled, 34, 54 ; new, 22. 
Grasses, decorative, 121. 
Greenhouse, work in, 13, 29, 44, 60, 78, 92, 107,126, 
141, 157, 173, 187. 
Grisebach, Professor, death of, 96. 
Gynerium jubatum, 113. 
Habrothamnus elcgans, 88. 
Haomanthus Kalbreyeri 20, (woodcuts) 171. 
Hedge-cutting machine, Eidgway’s, (woodcuts) 139. 
Henderson, Archibald, death of, 96. 
Herefordshire Pomona, the, 171. 
Hibiscus syriacus ccelestis, (col. plate) 113 ; totus 
albus, 113. 
Higgs, Charles J., death of, 32. 
Hinds, 'William, presentation to, 64. 
Hij)peastrums and their breeding, 97. 
Hollyhock, 73. 
Holmes, John, death of, 32. 
Hops, Ptelea trifoliata as a substitute for, 189. 
Horse-radish, treatment of, 48. 
Hubberstey, 'Phomas, death of, 128. 
Humphreys, Henry Noel, death of, 112. 
Hyacinth, Eomau, 35. 
Hydrangeas as market plants, 56. 
Hypericum oblongifolium, 189. 
IcE-HODSES, on filling, 11. 
Ilex Acpiifolium Hodginsii, 16. 
Impatiens Jerdoniae, 120. 
Insecticide, Buist’s, 47; Tidmarsh’s, 190. 
Iris Keempferi, 71; I. Kolpakowskiana, 21. 
Ixioliriou Pallasii, 21. 
Ixora sirlendens, 20. 
Kaki fruit of China and Japan, 77. 
Kemp, Rev. George, death of, 176. 
Kentia Luciani, 20; K. Macarthuri, (woodcut) 114 ; 
K, Weudlandiaua, 20, 
Kcrchove’s Los Palmiers, notice of, 45. 
Kitchen Garden, work in : 14, 30, 45, 61, 79, 93,108, 
126, 142, 158, 174, 188. 
Knap Hill, a day at, 99 ; hardy Azaleas at, 99. 
Koch, Professor Karl Henri Emile, death of, 112. 
Labels, Waterproof Tree and Plant, 176. 
Lmlia anceps alba, 15, 21. 
Lagerstroemia indica, 8. 
Lastrea aristata variegata, 21; (w'oodcut), 98; L. 
marginalis cristata, 112. 
Lathyrus Drummondii, 21. 
Lemons, for dyspeptics, 159. 
Lettuce, Bossin, 22; in winter, 168 ; disease, 48. 
Lilies, Dr. Wallace on, 175 ; for suburban gardens, 7. 
Lilium Krameri) 128; L. longifloruni and Thun- 
bergiauum as market plants, 12. 
Lily, Belladonna, 16 ; llookwood, 95. 
Lily of the Valley as a market plant, 81. 
Lime, chloride of, a protection from insects, 47, 160. 
Lime-trees for town planting, 47. 
Lime-water as a slug-destroyer, 128. 
Livistona Marim, 95. 
Loxococcus rupicola, 20. 
M.ackaya bella, 119. 
Magnolia graudittora ferruginea, 64 ; IM. stellata, 21. 
Maple, scarlet variegated, 15. 
Market-plants, culture of, 12, 56, 81, 104, 146. 
Marnock, Mr., retirement of, 94. 
Masdevallia splendida, 21. 
Massaugoa Lindeni, 20. 
Melon, Davenham Early, 96; Dill’s Hybrid, 22; 
Earl of Beaconsfleld, 141; Eastnor Castle, 111; 
Gilbert’s Netted Victory and York Herald, 22. 
Melons from fresh seed, 63 ; new, 22. 
Methven, Thomas, death of, 32. 
Microlepia hirta cristata, 21. 
Miers, John, death of, 176. 
Mildew, Dr. Saxe’s remedy for, 160. 
Monuina xalapensis, 31. 
Montbretia Pottsii, 21. 
Moore, Dr. David, death of, 112. 
Moore, F. W., appointment to Glasnevin, 127. 
Mulberry, the, 132. 
Musa sumatrana, 122 ; M. troglodytarnm, 122. 
Mushrooms from spores, 190. 
Nect.arixe, Galojsin, (col. plate) 185; Rivers’s 
Victoria, 12 ; Stanwdek Eh-nge, (col. i^late) 73. 
Nectarines for orchard-house, 18. 
Nepenthes Stewartii, (woodcut) 156. 
Nephrolepis Pluma, 21. 
Niven, Ninian, death of, 48. 
Novelties of 1878, 19. 
Nut, Mt. Altas, 47 ; Norwich Prolific, (woodcut), 183. 
NymphaBa alba rosea, (col. jilate) 49, 160. 
Oaks, evergreen, transplanting of, 47. 
Odontoglossuni vexillarium, (woodcut) 130. 
Odontoglossums at Trentham, 127. 
Onion, Giant Zittau, 31; culture of Tripoli, 176. 
Orange-tree, cultivation of the, 47. 
Orchard-house, Rivers’, notice of, 114; manage¬ 
ment, 17, 170. 
Palms, new, 20, 95, 114, 176. 
Pea, Laxton’s Marvel, 22 ; Carter’s Telephone, 22. 
Pea crop, 152 ; pea enemies, 140. 
Peach, A Bee, 10; Alexander, 144; Amsdon June, 
144; The Nectarine, (col. plate) 153. 
Peaches for orchard-house, 18. 
Peach trees, scale, &c., on, 167. 
Pear, Beurre Gilfard, (col. plate) 25; Beurre Loon 
Leolerc, 22; Dr. Hogg Bergamot, 22; Dun- 
more, 168; Marie Louise d’Uccle, 181; Rousselet 
de Rheims, 66 ; St. Swithin, 22 ; Theresa Nevill, 22. 
Pelargonium, (ivy-leaved) St. George, (col. plate) 
177 ; (show) Amethyst, (col. plate) 65 ; Illumina¬ 
tor, (col. plate) 65. 
