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Abutilon igneum (insigne), 15. 
Acer Ginnala, (woodcut) 3G; A. Semonowii, 37. 
Adamson, Robert, death of, 61. 
Adiantum aDeitense, 25; A. monochlamys, 25. 
^Ethusa Cynapium, not poisonous, 31. 
Agave attenuata flowering at Kew, 32. 
Albuca Nelson?, 25. 
Alexander, James, death of, 64. 
Alpine Plants, culture of, 64. 
Amaryllis lilacina, 30; Belladonna, (woodcut) 185. 
Anemone japonica alba, (woodcut) 171. 
Anthericum Makoyanum, 25. 
Anthurium Andreanum, 25, 173 ; A. Harrisii 
pulchrum, 25. 
Apera arundinacea, 174. 
Apple: Duchess of Oldenburg, (col. plate) 121; 
Ecklinville Seedling, (col. plate) 41; Stirling 
Castle, (col. plate) 153. 
Apples, new, of 1880, 35 ; Russian, 19, 60. 
Apple-tree, heteromorphous, (woodcut) 166. 
Aquilegias as frame plants, 24. 
Aruncus astilboides, 27, (col. plate), 161. 
Arundo conspicua as a dot plant, 24. 
Asparagus, culture of, 12 ; improved culture of, 86 ; 
market culture of, in France, 40; how to cut and 
cook, 175; on clay soil, 153 ; salt for, 77, 91. 
Asplenium Baptistii, 25; A. Sandersoni, 26. 
Auricula, Rev. F. D. Ilorner’s lecture on, 65. 
Auriculas at Kirkby Malzeard, 72. 
Azalea, Mrs. Gerard Leigh, 63. 
Bambusa Ragamoskii, 26. 
Bassett, Peter, death of, 48. 
Bean, Leviathan Broad, 176; new dwarf French, 175. 
Bees, Pettigrew’s Handy Book of, noticed, 47. 
Benbow, Robert, death of, 96. 
Bignonia capreolata atrosanguiuea, 26. 
Birches, weeping, 61. 
Botany, Wills’ Companion to, noticed, 176. 
Botany of the British Polar Expedition of 1875-6,14. 
Bouvardia, double-white, Alfred Neuncr, 31, 128. 
Broccoli, to multipy the heads of, 112. 
Brooke, Rev. John, death of, 48. 
Bulb-culture, Fish’s manual on, noticed, 160. 
Bunney, William, death of, 160. 
Cabbage, Carter’s Miniature Drumhead, 15. 
Calanthe Veitchii, 187. 
Camellia: Don Pedro, 109; Jose Marquez Loureiro, 
109 ; La Pace, 109; Leon Leguay, 109. 
Camellias, new choice, 109; in the open air, 111. 
Capsicum, Sweet Spanish, 48. 
Carnation, Hibberd’s lecture on the, 123. 
Carnations, new varieties of, 151, 152; notes on 
tree, 71; past and present, 17 ; perpetual-flower¬ 
ing, or tree, 7, 16; running in, 149. 
Carnation bloom of 1880, 9; notes, 1881, 164. 
Carson, S. M., death of, 112. 
Carter’s Practical Gardener, noticed, 62. 
Caterpillar, Gooseberry, to destroy, 63. 
Cattleya, Thomson’s £210-worth, 144. [181. 
Cauliflowers, Veitch’s Autumn Giant, 173; Spring, 
Chumaedorea glaucifolia, 143. 
Chamajpeuce diacantha, hardiness of, 80. 
Chammrops Fortunei at Heckfield, 32. 
Cherry: Noire Precoce de Strass, 175; St. Margaret’s, 
(col. plate) 105. 
Cherry, culture of, as a Avail fruit, 50. 
Chorozema (cordatnm) aureum ,floribundum, 26. 
Chrysanthemum (frutescens) Etoilo d’Or, 16 ; 
(pompon) Snowdrop, and Lilac Gem, 15. 
Clematis: Belle of Woking, (col. plate) 97; double, 
as pillar plants, 111 ; Noble’s New, 168. 
Clematis Show, Jackman’s, 80. 
Clerodendron trichotomum, 32. 
Cockscombs, Veitch’s specimens of, 160; in the 
flower garden, 174. 
Cocos Wcddelliann, 80. 
Codiseum pictum : Bergmanni, 26; Carrierei, 26; 
Evansianum, 2(3; Hanburyanutn, 26; Nevillao, 26; 
Stewartii, 26; Warreni, 26. 
Coffea liberica, (woodcut) 50. 
Colchicum luteum, hardiness of, 80. 
Coleworts for winter and spring use, 174. 
Colocasia neoguineense, 26. 
Colours of Flowers and Leaves, 31. 
Coniferaa, Veitch’s Manual of, noticed, 108. 
Cornus brachypoda, 26. 
Cotoneaster acutifolia, 30; C. himalaiensis, 30; C. 
Simonsii, 30. 
Crocus Cicalesi, 63. 
Cruel plant (Physianthus albeus), 144. 
Cucumbers, two good sorts, 93. 
Currant, Black Champion, 174. 
Currey, Frederick, death of, 176. 
Cypripedinm barbatum Warnerianum, 53 ; C. 
Morganianum, 26 ; C. Spicerianum, 26. 
Dahlia, Single, White Queen, 189. 
Daphne Fioniana, 142. 
Daphniphyllum glaucesccns, 26. 
Davallia elegans polydactyla, 111. 
Decorations, Church Festival, Manual of, noticed, 16. 
Disa megaceras, 26. 
Dodwell, E. S., his removal to Oxford, 159. 
Dominy, Mr., presentation to, 173. 
Dot Plants for Walk Margins, 24. 
Dracaena aurantiaca, 26; D. Goldieana, 93 ; D. 
Knausei, 26 ; D. Lindeui, 26 ; D. regis, 26. 
Dracoceplialum Ruprechtii, 26. 
Eciieveria glauca, wintering of, 64. 
Echinacea intermedia, (woodcut) 59. 
Edelweiss, cultivation of, 174. 
Edmonds, Charles, death of, 32. 
Erica: Dr. Masters, (col. plate) 146; E. ferruginea 
bothwelliana, (col. plate) 146; E. Lord Dunglas, 
(col. plate) 145; E. Savileana bothwelliana, (col. 
plate) 146; E. Shannoni bothwelliana, (col. plate) 
146; E. Turnbullii superba, (col. plate) 146. 
Eucharis amazonica, 29; pit-culture of, 184. 
Eucryphia pumatifolia, 26. 
Euonymus Carrierei, 171. 
Evergreens, hardiness of Japanese, 111. 
Exhibitions :—Alexandra Palace Rose, 134; Clematis, 
Jackman’s, at Alexandra Palace, 80; Grand 
National, Whitsuntide, at Manchester, 15, 110; 
Great International Horticultural, at Manchester, 
16,47, 159; Manchester special Carnation and 
Picotee, 155; National Auricula Society’s (north¬ 
ern section), 92, (southern section), 29, 73 ; 
National Carnation and Picotee Society’s (northern 
section),at Manchester, 156, (southern section), 14, 
29,125 ; National Rose Society’s, for 1881, 14, 101, 
134; Pelargonium Society’s, 95, 122; Rhododen¬ 
dron, Waterer’s, at Hyde Park, and at Royal 
Botanic Society, 110; Waterer and Sons’, at 
Sloane Street, and at Manchester, 110; Royal 
Botanic Society’s Rose, 134; Royal Horticultural 
Society’s, 110, Rose, 133 ; Royal Natioual Tulip 
Society’s, 95, 105. 
Fertilisation, Artificial, increased produce of, 188. 
Ficus exsculpta, (woodcut) 44. 
Figs, protection of, 159. 
Fir, Golden Scotch, at Kew, 31. 
Floods, noticed, 64. 
Florists’ Flowers, properties of, 95. 
Florvita as a manure, 111. 
Flowers, coloui-s of, 31. 
Flower Garden, Ladies’, Wood’s, noticed, 64. 
Flower Garden, work in, 14, 29, 46, 62, 78, 94, 110, 
128, 140, 158, 172, 186. 
Fools’ Parsley, not poisonous, 31. 
Forcing Garden, Wood’s, noticed, 143. 
