IV. 
INDEX. 
(col. plate) 17; Gloire d’Orleans, (col. plate) 17; 
Mona. Dubus, (col. plate) 17; Eureka, 48. 
Pelargoniums indoors and out, 104; zonal, 188. 
Peperomianummularifolia: prostrata, (woodcut), 102. 
Perry, Peter James, death of, 48. 
Petunias, Carter’s displays of, 175. 
Philesia buxifolia, specimen of, 175. 
Phylloxera, mode of introduction of, 142; life- 
history of, 80. 
Picea ajanensis, 27. 
Picotee bloom of 1880, 9. 
Picotees, past and present, 17; running in, 149; 
new varieties of, 151, 152. 
Pinus sylvestris aurea, 31. 
Plants, digestion in, 31. 
Plants, new, of 1880, the best, 25. 
Plum: Pershore, (col. plate) 89; Elvers’ Grand 
Duke, (col. plate) 57. 
Poinsettia pulcherrima plenissima, 31. 
Poliauthes tuberosa, (woodcut) 27. 
Polyanthus (gold-laced) Cheshire Favourite, (col. 
plate) 33 ; (gold-laced) Sunrise, (col. plate) 33. 
Polystichum angulare Lathamii, l5; P. lentum, 27; 
P. tripterum, 27, 48; P. viviparum, 27. 
Populus alba Bolleana, 27. 
Potato, Scotch Champion, 47. 
Potatos, how to treat frozen, 47; new, of 1880, 36 ; 
select list of, 19, 20; trials of, at Chiswick, 187. 
Pottery, Matthews’ Garden, 175. 
Primroses, double Chinese, propagating, 174. 
Primula rosea, 80; P. Siebolclii, hardiness of, 60 ; 
P. sinensis, Cannell’s new, 47. 
Prize, Neill, 16. 
Pteris internata, 27; P. moluccana, 27. 
Pterocephalus Parnassii, 27. 
Pynaert-Van Geert, Ed., a Chevalier of the Order of 
Leopold, 80. 
Pyrethrums, double, 101. 
Quercus cuspidata variegata, 27. 
Ranunculus, neglect of the, 143. 
Ravenia rosea, 27. 
Reid, George, death of, 144. 
Reid, John, death of, 188. 
Renanthera Storiei, 27. 
Rendle, William E., death of, 160. 
Rhododendron: Daviesii, 96 ; James Marshall 
Brooks, (col. plate) 81; Meteor, (col. plate) 3. 
Rhododendrons, greenhouse, 103 ; note on hardy, 
101 ; select hardy, 81. 
Richardson’s Parisian Chain Blinds, 111. 
Robinia Pseud-Acacia Bessoniana, 15. 
Rock Garden, plants for, 87. 
Rose, Marechal Niel, 91; Perle des Jardins, 98; 
Thomas Gerrard, 188. 
Roses, hybridising, 176; what Zero has to say to, 
33 ; on their own roots, 58; winter propagation 
of, 88; in winter, 132 ; New, of 1879-80, 30. 
Rose-trees, destroying mildew on, 96. 
Russel, John, death of, 176. 
Ruta albiflora, 31. 
Sagenia Lawrenceana, 27. 
Salt for Asparagus, 77, 91. 
Sangster, John, death of, 112. 
Sarcodes sanguinea, (woodcut) 58. 
Sarracenias as flowering plants, 79, 113 ; S. atro- 
sanguinea, (woodcut) 116; crispata, (col. plate) 
113, (woodcut) 115, 116; S. Drummondii, (col. 
plate and woodcut) 113,114 ; S. D. alba, 115 ; S. 
flava, 115; S. f. Catesbcei, (picta, Catesbtei, 
Fildesii) 115; S. f. erythropus, 116 ; S.f. limbata, 
116 ; S. f. maxima, 116; S. f. minima, 116 ; S. f. 
ornatu, (col. plate) 113, (woodcut) 114, 116; 
S. f. Eugelii, 116; S. psittacina, 115; S. pur¬ 
purea, 115 ; S. rubra, (col. plate) 113, 115 ; S: r. 
acuminata, 115; S.r. Sweetii, 115; S.variloaris,115. 
Scabiosa pterocephalus, 27. 
Scilla campanulata alba maxima, 80. 
Seakale, from seeds, 112. 
Sedum sempervivoides, 112. 
Seed Protector, Clive’s Patent, 63. 
Selaginella involvens variegata, 27. 
Seneciograndifolius, (arborescens, Ghiesbreghtii) 63. 
Sharpe, William, death of, 144. 
Skimmia Foremanni, 70. 
Slugs, to protect wall-fruits from, 111; useful, 93. 
Snowdrops, early, 48. 
Snow plant, 58. 
Societies :—East Anglian Rose, 30; National Au¬ 
ricula (southern section), 14, 29, 73; (northern 
section), 29; National Carnation and Picotee 
(southern section), 29, 125, (northern section), 
142, 156; National Rose, 14, 100, 134; Pelar¬ 
gonium, 95, 122, 144; Royal Botanic, Waterer’s 
Rhododendrons at, 110; rose show of, 134; 
Royal Horticultural, 46, 110, 133 ; Royal Man¬ 
chester Botanical and Horticultural, 15, 110; 
Royal National Tulip, 29, 95, 105. 
Solanum venustum at Kew, 80. 
Spencer, John, death of, 32. 
Spiraea Aruncus astilboides (S. nivosa), 27, (col. 
plate) 161; S. Thunbergii, 63. 
Spray Distributor, Wells’, (woodcut) 160. 
Stewart’s Window Gardening, noticed, 64. 
Stocks, double, 52. 
Strawberry, La Grosse Sucree, 76 ; Pauline, 144. 
Strawberries in pots, winter treatment of, 184. 
Suburban Gardening, 13, 28, 45, 61, 78, 94, 109, 
127, 140, 158, 171, 185. 
Sweet Betsy (Red Valerian), 175. 
Syringa vulgaris rubella plena, 30. 
Tkbbs’s Combination Plant Labels, 16. 
Thomson, David, award of Neill Prize to, 16. 
Thrips, Pea — Thrips pisivora, (woodcut) 86. 
Tomato, the, by W. Iggulden, noticed, 43. 
Tomatos for amateurs, 43; for the million, 142; 
Trentliam Early Fillbasket, 183. 
Toward, Audrew, death of, 96. 
Tropaeolum, Empress of India, 142; (col. plate) 
177; Hermine Grasshoff (double), 111. 
Tuberose, culture of, 27. 
Tulip, the classification and culture of, 3; perfection 
of form in, 82, 97, 118; sportiveness in, 175. 
Tulipa Gesneriana Strangwaysii, 27, (col. plate) 65. 
Tulip-beds at Duneevan, Weybridge, 112. 
Turf, roasted, 8. 
Turnip Fly, Thompson’s plan of driving the, 174. 
Vanda coerulea, 167 ; V. teres, how to flower, 55. 
Van Houtte, Madame, death of, 160. 
Vegetables, new, of 1880, 34, 36. [116. 
Vine, Black Hamburgh, remarkable, 175; Japanese, 
Vines and Vine-Culture : Descriptions of varieties of 
Grapes, (woodcut) 20, 41, 76, (woodcut) 130, 
147, 162, (woodcuts) 178. 
Vines in Peach-houses, (woodcut) 107; renovation 
of old, 141. 
Vine-louse, life-history of, 80. 
Vine-Pruning, long-shoot method of, 141. 
Violets, 54; choice sorts of, 63. [135. 
Vriesia Falkenbergii, 27 ; V. Glazioveana, (woodcut) 
Wallflowers, high death-rate amongst, 142. 
Wall-Fruits: The Cherry, 50; the Pear, 136, 177. 
Warner’s Select Orchidaceous plants, noticed, 54. 
Watson, Hewett Cottrell, death of, 144. 
Weigela Candida, 31. 
Wild Garden, Robinson’s, noticed, 176. 
Willows, Weeping, 121; American, 121. 
Wilson, George Fergusson, likeness of, noticed, 160. 
Wire-worm, how to get rid of, 39. 
Yucca gloriosa medio-striata, 27. 
