INDEX. 
111. 
Florists’ flowers, now, 25 ; notes on, 168 ; ruminat¬ 
ing, 71; flowers—and flowers, 22. 
Flower Garden, work in, 12, 29, 45, 61, 77, 92, 108, 
125, 136, 152, 172, 185. 
Flowers, double, to obtain, 31. 
Fortune, Eobert, death of, 80. 
Frames, cold, work in, 12, 29, 46, 62, 77, 92, 108, 
125, 136, 152, 172, 185. 
Freesia odorata, 109. 
Fritillaria Burnattii, 43. 
Fruits, succeeding in the climate of Lanarkshire, 
175 ; hardy bush, 141; new, 26; stone, disease 
in, 174; culture of wall, 58, 149, 180; exhibition 
of, at Hereford, 187. 
Fruit Book, Fish’s Hardy, noticed, 23. 
Fruit Garden, work in, 12, 29, 45, 61, 77, 92, 107, 
125, 136, 152, 171, 184. 
Fruit industry, our forced, 4; prize, 95; prospects, 66. 
Fruit-trees, bark of, 106; cure of scale on, 31. 
Fuchsia, Earl of Beaconsfield, 110 ; Jean Sisley, 47; 
Miss L. Vidler, 128 ; Trumpeter, 128; new, 26. 
Fumigator, Syers’ Eureka, (woodcut) 78. 
Fungus Forays, 158; gatherings at, (woodcut) 172. 
Galtonia candicans, 79; G. princeps, 79. 
Garden Gossip, 15, 30, 46, 62, 78, 93, 108, 126, 143, 
158, 172, 187. 
Gesnera Donckelaari, (woodcut) 83. 
Gladiolus Colvillii albus, 113; G. Lemoinei, 16, 43 ; 
new, 26, 43. 
Gladiolus in 1880, 165; degeneration of disease in, 
Goniophlebium lachnopus, 15. [178. 
Gooseberry, Fascination, (col. plate) 57; Leveller, 
(col. plate) 121; London, (col. plate) 57 ; Einger, 
(col. plate) 121; Eover, (col. plate) 121; Snow¬ 
drop, (col. plate) 57; Telegraph, (col. plate), 57 ; 
Transparent, (col. plate) 121. 
Gooseberry caterpillar, 120. 
Grape, Aramon, (woodcut), 21, 37; Chasselas 
Musque, (woodcut), 179; Dr. Hogg, (col. 
plate) 9 ; Duke of Buccleuch, (col. plate) 9; 
Foster’s White Seedling, (col. plate) 9; Gros 
Guillaume, monster buuches of, 15; Muscat of 
Alexandria, (col. plate) 9. 
Grapes, description of varieties of, 9, 20, 39, 65,146, 
164, 178; colouring and preserving of, 20 ; shank¬ 
ing of, attributed to fungus, 159. 
Greenhouse, work in, 12, 29, 46, 61, 78, 92, 108, 125, 
136, 152, 172, 185. 
Greenhouse plants, new, 43. 
Grier, John, death of, 32. 
Grieve, Peter, retirement of, 128. 
Halliday, William, death of, 64. 
Hally, John, death of, 32. 
Hanstein, Dr., death of, 160. 
Heliotropium peruvianum, 86. 
Hellebores, new, 78. 
Herefordshire Pomona, noticed, 174. 
Heveenoid v. vulcanised indiarubber, 128. 
Hibberd’s Water for Nothing, noticed, 23. 
Hibiscus syriacus coelestis, 42. 
Hippeastrum (see Amaryllis). 
Hollyhock, the, 37. 
Hope, Miss Frances Jane, death of, 96. 
Hops, spent, as a fertiliser, 79. 
Horticultural Company, prospectus of, 62. 
Hoya carnosa as a wall plant, 44. 
Hulme’s Familiar Wild Flowers, noticed, 85. 
Hyacinths, new, 26. 
Hybridisation of flowers, experiments in, 129. 
Imantophyllum, miniatum Lindeni, 43. 
Iris Eulefeldii, 43; K gem pier i, new, 26; Veitch 
and Sons’ new varieties of, 176. 
Jasminum Sambac flore-pleno, (woodcut), 181. 
Keffokd, Joseph, death of, 16. 
Kettles, Thomas, death of, 16. 
Kitchen Garden, work in, 11, 28, 45, 61, 77, 91, 107, 
125, 135, 152, 171, 184. 
Kniphofia carnosa, 32. 
Kramer, F. B., death of, 160. 
Lachf.nalia aurea, 114; L. luteola, 114; L.pendula, 
114; L. quadricolor, 114; L. rubida, 114; L. 
tricolor, 114, 115. 
Lselia superbiens as a choice winter flower, 35. 
Lapagerias, layering of, 176. 
Lawn mower, Globe, 63, (woodcut) 79. 
Leek Club, Peebles, annual show of, 187. 
Lettuce, good hardy varieties of, 128. 
Lilies, hardy, 188. 
Lilium Cattanese, 65 ; L. dalmaticum, (col. plate) 65 ; 
L. giganteum, 86 ; L. neilgherrense tubiflorum 
luteum, (col. plate) 65. 
Lopezia grandiflora, 43. 
Loudon’s Amateur Gardener, noticed, 126. 
Mackaya bella, 95. 
Manettia rnicans, 144. 
Mannington, John, death of, 176. 
Manure, Amies’ Horticultural, 47; liquid, for pot- 
plants, 60; for Orchids, 101. 
Maple, Norway, new variegated variety, 176. 
May, H., death of, 188. 
May’s Greenhouse Management, noticed, 23. 
Melon, William Tillery, 170. 
Melon-culture, Pettigrew’s novel system of, 32. 
Meryta sonchifolia, 43. 
Mesembryanthemums as rock-plants, 8. 
Monochsetum ensiferum, 48. 
Morren’s Correspondance Botanique, noticed, 14. 
Myosotis dissitiflora, 41; M. palustris, 41; M. 
sylvatica, 41. 
Narcissus Bulbocodium citrinus, (woodcut) 67; 
N. canariensis, 110. 
Neal, E., death of, 32. 
Nemesia cynanchifolia, 43. 
Nepenthes Outramiana, (woodcut) 157 ; N. robustn, 
(woodcut) 157. 
Novelties of 1879, 25, 42. 
Nut, Norwich Prolific, 26. 
Oberdieck, Supt. J. G. C., death of, 80. 
Odontoglossum pulchellum, a choice winter flower 
35 ; O. vexillarium, 108. 
Oil, fir-tree, as an insecticide, 31, 110. 
Orange-trees, pot-culture of, 160. 
Orchard-house notes, 145. 
Orchidees, De Puydt’s, noticed, 33. 
Orchids, manures for, 101; new, 44. 
Orchis latifolia Bartoni, 160. 
P.eonies, tree, 63. 
Palms, new, 43. 
Panax plumatum, (woodcut) 92. 
Pansies in pots, prizes for, 62. 
Parker, Thomas, death of, 64. 
Parsnip, analysis of, 48. 
Pauls’ Bose Annual for 1879-80, noticed, 14. 
Paxton’s Flower Garden, Cassell’s, noticed, 175. 
Peas, best late, 15 ; early, 24, 105; new, 27. 
Peach, Belle Bauce, 154 ; Eivers’ Early Louise, 159; 
Bivers’ Early Silver, (col. plate) 41; Washington 
Bath-ripe, 132. 
Peaches, early American, 84; red-spider on, 121; 
on open walls, 68; on walls in Koxburghshire, 30. 
Peach-pruning and training, Dubreuil’s, 5. 
Pear, Dunmore, 6; Fondante de Bihorel, 116; Pit- 
maston Duchess, 52. 
Pear, progenitors, 35. 
Pear-trees, pruning, (woodcut) 132. 
Pelargonium (ivy-leaved), Mrs. Cannell, (woodcut) 
18 ; (show) Alice, (col. plate) 49; (show) Em¬ 
peror William, (col. plate) 49; (show) The Pope, 
(col. plate) 49; tricolor, (woodcut) 149. 
Pelargoniums, double and single, (ivy-leaved) 20 ; 
judging show, 17; new show and zonal, 26; 
novelties of 1880, 123 ; zonal at Christmas, 30. 
Perkins, Thomas, death of, 80. 
