VI. 
INDEX, 
Pelargoniums, new, 22; ivy-leavod, 176; zonal, as 
market-plants, 104; winter-flowering zonal, 190.. 
Peronospora gaugliiforniis, 138; P. infestans, 138. 
Petroleum stoves, 159. 
Phloxes as Florists’ flowers, 55 ; for flower-garden, 
167; procumbent, 144. 
Phylloxera vastatrix, exhibition of specimins of, 
175 ; how to check or destroy, 175. 
Picea Parryana, 164. 
Picotee Lady Louisa, (col. plate) 89 ; Morna, (col. 
plate) 89 ; Kev. J. B. M. Camm, (col. plate) 89. 
Picotees, awards to, 135 ; effects of winter on, 94; 
in suburban gardens, 8 ; new, 22. 
Pine-apple Lady Beatrice Lambton, (col. plate), 1, 
22 ; Lady F. Lambton, 22 ; Lord Cariugton, 22, 31. 
Pine-apples from Madeira, 144; new, 22. 
Plants, new commercial, T. Christy’s notice of, 32. 
Plants, taking impressions of, 48. 
Plates, Wills’ cheap botanical, 63. 
Platycerinm Hillii, 21. 
Plum Belle de Louvain, (col. plate) 105 ; Boulouf, 
(col. plate) 106; McLaughlin, (col. plate) 57; 
Heine Claude de Bavay, (col. plate) 57. 
Plums as ground cordons, 18 ; new, 22. 
Plumbago oapensis for bedding, 31. 
Polyanthus, Golden Gem, 144 ; gold-laced, 89, 153 ; 
manipulation of, 105 ; exhibition of olden type, 93. 
Polygonum amplexicaule, 175. 
Poplar, new Canadian, 16; fastigiate silver, 95. 
Populus alba Bolleana, 95; P. canadensis nova, 16, 
154. 
Potato, Champion, 189; International Kidney, 22 ; 
Kadstock Beauty, 22 ; Sutton’s Magnum Bonum, 
176; Sutton’s Woodstock Kidney, 16, 22. 
Potato disease, how to avoid the, 40. 
Potato memoranda, 188; new, in winter, 43, 119. 
Primula rosea, flowering of, 61. 
Primula sinensis, Mr. Gilbert’s double-flowered, 15 ; 
double white, as a market plant, 146 ; new, 22, 
96; culture of, 44; Kuby King, 31. 
Pritcliardia filifera, 95. 
Ptelea trifoliata, a substitute for hops, 189. 
Ptychosperma rupicola, 20. 
Pulteneea rosea, (woodcut) 90. 
Quercos Daimio, 16 ; ornamental species of, 16. 
Quicklime as a preservative for timber, 48. 
E.OBITS barking trees, to prevent, 31. 
Hanunculus, culture of, 26 ; selection of, 26. 
Raspberry, Chinese (Rubus cratBcgifolius), 175. 
Raspberry-trainer, Wilkinson’s new, 47. 
Ravenea Hildebrandti, 95. 
Reichenbaoh, Professor, death of, 80. 
Rhododendron Hodgsoni, at Glasnevin, 64; Mar¬ 
chioness of Lansdowne, (col. plate) 33. 
Rhododendrons, Davies’ sweet-scentod hybrid, 143. 
Rivers’ Orchard-house, ed. 16, notice of, 114. 
Robertson, Peter S., death of, 176. 
Robinia Pseud-Acacia Bessoniana, 46. 
Rodembourg, M. Emile, death of, 112. 
Root-pruning fruit-trees, 184. 
Rosa Lawrenceana, 12; E. polyantha (woodcut) 82. 
Rose, Fairy, as a market-plant, 12. 
Rose (n.p.) Countess of Rosebery, (col. plate) 17; 
Duke of Tfeck, 127 ; Emily La.xtou, 127 ; Harrison 
Weir, (col. plate) 81; (h.p.) Mabel Morrison, 127. 
Rose, Tea ; Amer. Banner, 144; Belle Lyonnaise, 25 ; 
Duke of Coimaught, 111; Maiie Van Houtte, 175. 
Roses, best hardy, 115; new, 22. 
Rose Annual for 1878-9, Mr. W. Paul’s, notice of, 30. 
Rose-growing, Baker’s points in, 143. 
Rose stocks, cuttings as, 4; E. polyanthus as, 82. 
Rust maggot on carrots, 159. 
Sadler, Mr., appointment to Edinburgh, 31. 
Sago, Thomas, death of, 32. 
Salad Herbs, 182. 
Salix rigida pendula. 111; S. vitellina britzensis, 189. 
Salt-water as a preservative, 31, 42. 
Salvia splendens Bruanti, 111. 
Sarracenia formosa, 160. 
Saunders, William Wilson, death of, 160. 
Saxifraga Burseriana, 63. 
Scarification, a cure for gumming in fruit trees, 150. 
Scoliopus Bigelowi, flow'ering of, 96. 
Selaginella perelegans (bellula), 21; (woodcuts), 
154 ; Victoriao, 21 ; new golden-leaved, 112. 
Senecio pulcher, 189 ; speciosus ( = coucolor), 189. 
Shrubs, new hardy, 21, 110; wire layering of, 31. 
Skimmias, for indoor decoration, 28. 
Snowdrop bulbs, 144. 
Societies:— 
American Pomological, 110. 
Apothecaries’, Prizes in Botany, 80. 
International Potato, annual meeting of, 62. 
National Auricula : southern, 46, 76; northern, 83. 
National Carnation and Picotee: northern, 148; 
southern, 46, 127, 133. 
National Rose, 14, 127 ; exhibitions for 1880, 188. 
Newcastle Horticultural, Auriculas at, 80. 
Northern Counties Tulip, 124. 
Pelargonium, exhibition, 117; annual meeting, 
159 ; schedule for 1880, 188. 
Royal Botanic, 79; arrangements for 1880, 189. 
Royal Bot. and Hort. of Manchester, 109. 
Royal Horticultural, annual meeting, 46; arrange¬ 
ments for 1880, 188; great summer exhibition, 
109 ; Rose Show, 127 ; spring meetings, 79. 
Royal Horticultural, of Ireland, 94. 
Royal National Tuhp, 80, 94, 102. 
West of Scotland Pansy, foundation of, 189. 
Solanums as in-door decorative plants, 40. 
Spach, M., death of, 112. 
Spathiphyllum candidum, (woodcut) 18. 
Spiraea millefolium. 111; S. palmata elegans, 21. 
Spruce, Blue, of Colorado, 164. 
Staphylea colchica, 48, (woodcut) 123. 
Stevenson, James, death of, 80. 
Stocks, double, 61. 
Stock, influence of, on scion, 112. 
Strawberry Augusta Nicaise, 22 ; Delicea de Per- 
milleux, 159 ; Vioomtesse Herioart de Thnry, 98. 
Strawberries, the best, 132 ; new, 22. 
Strelitzia reginae, 35. 
Sutherland, Mr. William, presentation to, 31. 
Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide for 1879, 15. 
Syringa vulgaris Lemoinei, 21. 
Thuja orientalis aurea, 164 ; densa glauca, 165. 
Tillery, William, death of, 96. 
Todea Wilkesiana, 47. 
Tomato, Chatsworth, 160. 
Transplanting trees and shrubs, seasons for, 175. 
Trees, to straighten, 143 ; new hardy, 21. 
Trimen, Dr. H., appointment to Ceylon, 189. 
TTopseolum speciosum, 80. 
Tulip mania, reminiscence of the, 64. 
Tye, George P., death of, 48. 
Villa gardening : January, 13 ; February, 29; March, 
44; April, 60; May, 78; June, 92; July, 107; 
August, 126; September, 141; October, 157; 
November, 173 ; December, 187. 
Vines and Vine-culture : vine borders, (woodcut) 2 ; 
structures for growing, (woodcuts) 36 ; classifica¬ 
tion of grapes, 161; vine-borders, watering, 3, 15. 
Violet garden at Belvoir Castle, 144. 
Wall-fruit culture : the Apricot, 49, 106, 177. 
Washingtonia filifera, 95. 
Woolhope Club Fruit Show, 185 ; fungus foray, 159. 
Xeeonema Moorei, 20. 
Ve-Goma, 111. 
Zamia amplifolia, 20. 
