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INDEX. 
Roses, hard soil for, 82, 119 ; importance of 
drainage for, 208 ; new, 40, 115, 116, 188, 
202, 203 ; old neglected, 211; pot, Mr. Wm. 
Paul’s exhibition of, 168. 
Roses and Rose-culture : Tea-scented Roses, 
25; the Rosetum, 99; pruning, 181; 
propagation, 226; hybridising and raising 
seedlings, 266. 
Salads, note on washing, 143. 
Salix elegantissima, 71; S. pendula, (baby- 
lonica) 72. 
Saxifraga florulenta, 202; S. Maweana, 3; 
S. valdensis, 3. 
Sciadopitys verticillata, 206. 
Scolymus hispanicus, 283. 
Seeds, transmitting, 129. 
Senecio pulcher, (woodcut) 132. 
Sensitive Plant, effect of green light on, 96. 
Shallots from seeds, 238. 
Shrubs, new hardy, 2. 
Societies : metropolitan and other, Meetings of, 
23. Glasgow, International Fruit Show, 
239. Manchester, Whitsun Show, 167. 
Royal Horticultural, annual meeting, 71 ; 
commemoration of visit to Nottingham, 120 ; 
Birmingham Show, 191 ; Schedule of prizes 
(Birmingham), 120. Royal National Tulip, 
120, 167. 
Soot-water, method of making, 144. 
Statice profusa, (Rattrayana,) 248. 
Stock, new pyramidal, 203; Purple Queen, 139. 
Stove plants, new, 4; new foliage, 4. 
Succulents, new, 3. 
Summer, the coming, 119. 
Tacsonia devoniensis, 202. 
Tamarixplumosa, 23. 
Taxus baccata fastigiata, 204 ; T. b. fastigiata 
aurea, 47. 
Thalia clealbata, (woodcut) 228. 
Theobroma Cacao, fruiting of, 120. 
Thujopsis borealis, 109 ; T. b. aureo-variegata, 
61; T. dolabrata, 109. 
Thymus citriodorus aureo-marginatus, 3. 
140. 
Todea barbara, monster specimens of, 263. 
Town Sewage, 143. 
Toxicophloea spectabilis, 114. 
Trees, arresting tho growth of, 184; out of 
place, 78. 
Tree-guards, Parisian, (woodcut) 101. 
Trillium, to raise from seed, 284. 
Tropseolum, new, 41. 
Tyerman, Mr. J. S., presentation to, 120. 
Utricularia montana, 166. 
Variegation by Grafting, 24. 
Vegetables, new, of 1871, 5; new, certificated 
in 1870-1, 48 ; note on washing, 143. 
Verbenas, new, 41, 202, 203, 204, 260; 
standard lemon-scented, 72. 
Vines, protecting the stems of, 83; culture of, 
86 . 
Violas, new bedding, 216. 
Violets, Neapolitan, culture of, 30. 
Walls, Rendle’s Reversible, (woodcuts) 15. 
Waste of force and time, 126. 
Wellingtonia, coning of, 106. 
Willow, new Weeping, 71. 
Window plants, on potting, 224. 
Wood and Iron, preservation of, 72. 
Xiphion filifolium, 3; X. junceum, 3. 
