INDEX. 
-X 
I 
PAGE 
PAGE 
Aconites, Winter, culture . 
• • 
167 
Botanic (Royal) Society’s Shows 85, 
Ill, 
Alnus glutinosa aurea . 
254 
138 
, 156 
, 181 
Aloe, American . 
82 
Botany its advantages to horticulture . 
133 
Alternanthera sessilis amoena 
274 
benefit of its association with horti- 
Amaryllis, culture of . 
71 
culture .... 
134 
select . 
73 
Brachystelma Barberiae 
273 
Amlierstia nobilis. 
85 
Bridges, Mr. T., death of 
37 
cultivation of 
175 
Broccoli, varieties 
198 
209 
Ancylogyne longifolia . 
178 
Carter’s Champion 
149 
Angraecum Chailluanum 
178 
Browallia elata .... 
199 
Anthurium Scherzerianum . 
205 
Brussels Sprouts, Albert 
30 
Aphides, destroying 
56 
Bulbs, spring-flowering 
166 
Apricot tree culture 
212, 235, 
257 
decay of 
149 
Calceolarias, bedding 
170 
Apples, remarks on . 
66 
Caledonian Horticultural Society . 
14 
• select .... 
66 
Show ..... 
230 
Aquilegia alpina culture 
138 
Calendar of Garden Operations for— 
Aralia Sieboldii fruiting- 
159 
J anuary .... 
14 
Araucaria imbricata seeding . 
213 
February .... 
38 
Areca speciosa 
108 
March. 
61 
Verschaffelti . 
108 
April. 
87 
Asparagus, forcing 
79 
May. 
111 
French .... 
79 
J une ..... 
135 
Aubrietia Campbelli 
35 
July. 
159 
Aucuba japonica . 
57 
August .... 
183 
Auriculas, Alpine. With an 
illustra- 
September .... 
207 
tion 
. 113, 
164 
October .... 
231 
Gem. With an illustration . 
113 
November .... 
255 
King of the Crimsons. 
With an 
December .... 
27 5 
illustration 
113 
Camellia Clodia . 
109 
Azalea indica Charmer. 
205 
Contessa Pa^solini 
36 
punctulata 
57 
Marianna Talenti . 
205 
punctulata omnicolor 
57 
Mrs. Dombrain 
254 
punctulata variegata 
57 
Nonpareil .... 
179 
Yivid .... 
205 
Roma risorta 
108 
Cannas. 
172 
Balsam culture . 
196 
Cauliflowers. 
198, 
222 
Baxter, Mr. W. H. 
182 
Centaurea candidissima propagation 
30 
Bedding plants 
. 233, 
237 
Ceropegia sororia . . . . 
154 
Begonia geranioides 
154 
Cherry, Bohemian Black Bigarreau. 
Bignonia capreolata 
137 
With an illustration 
137 
Black, Mr. Allan, death of . 
38 
Ludwig’s Bigarreau. With anillus- 
Blandy, Mr. J. J., death of . 
231 
tration .... 
• 
257 
Bolbophyllum. reticulatum . 
252 
Chronicle, Our Monthly 12, 36, 58, 
84, 
Books, “ Culture of the Pine Apple ” . 
83 
110, 126, 154, 179, 205, 227, 254, 274 
“ Les Plantes a feuilles ornementales 
Chrysanthemums, new 
• 
2 
en pleine terre ” 
• • 
33 
Pompon .... 
• 
109 
“ The Treasury of Botany 
tf 
• • 
81 
Iona ..... 
• 
58 
“The Vegetable World” 
• • 
271 
John Salter .... 
• 
58 
Botanical Congress 
. 32, 60, 
128 
Cineraria culture .... 
17, 
194 
