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A chimerics 32

A 'Rumpelstiltskin' 32 Acchmea fascial a 45, 46 African Violet 82, 82 Agapamhus africanus 119 A. africanus 'Diana' 118 A nanus comosus 45, 47 Azalea compost 38 Azalea indica 33, 34 A. indicum 33

A. simsii 33, 34 Azaleas, bedded out 33

bedding out 39 Belgian Indian 34,38 Glenn Dale 36,41 Indian 'Leopold Astrid' 34 Kaempfen 35,41 Kurume 35,41 Kurume 'Hino-Mayo' 35 Sakata Red 37 Vuyk 41

Vuyk's Rosy Red 37

Barbados Lily 102 Begon, Michel 42 Begonia boliviensis 41

1. clarkei 41 B. davisii 41 B. decora 109 B. diadema 109 B. pearcii 41
2. rex 108,109 B. veiichi 41 Begonias, tuberous 41,42 Bilbergea nutans 45,48 Bougainviltea glabra 44, 44 Bromeliads 45 Brouatlia speciosa 94, 95 Brunfelsia calycina 119,120

Calatheas 110 Camellia compost 51

Camellia japónica 50 C. japónica 'Adolphe Audusson' 50 C. japónica 'Mrs Tingley' 51 Campanula isophylta 95,96 Canary Island Ivy 110 Cape Primrose 90 Capillary matting 10

Charlotte, Duchess of Northumberland 121

Chinese Primula 80

Chlorophytum cornos urn 112,112, 113

Christmas Cactus 84

Christmas Cherry 89

Ciconium 74

Cineraria 96,97, 98

Clivea mimata 16, 121,122

Coleus blumei 52, 52

Cordyline term waits 113,113

Crampel, Paul 74

Cryptanthus 45

Cuphea ígnea 53, 54

Cuttings 25-7,25, 64, 77

lifting 26 Cyclamen 55 C. persicutn 55

Dracaena dertmensis 114, 114

Easter Cactus 85 Edel-pelargoniums 76 Epiphyllum 86, 87, 84 Exacum affine 57,57

Fairy Primrose 80 Feeding 22-3 Fertilisers 22 Firth, Captain 59 Flaming Sword 46 Forrest, George 80 Fortune, Robert 33 Freesia 100, 101 Fuchs, Leonhart 58

Fuchsia coccinea 59 F. macrostemma 59

F. iryphylh 59 Fuchsias 8, 58,58

half-standards 60 standards 60

Geranium 'Countess Mariza' 74 Geraniums 74 Gerbera 98

1. jamesonn 99 Gloxin, Benjamin Peter 62 Gloxinia 'Emperor Frederick* 63
2. 'Violacea' 64 Gloxinias 8,61

leaf cuttings 64 Greenhouses 9-15 automatic heating 10 automatic lighting 11 automatic ventilaiion 9 automatic watering 10 planning 15 shading 14 Guernsey Lily 106 Guzman id lingulata 45

Heating, automatic 10 liedera 110 II. canadensis 110,110

1. helix 111 Henderson & Sons 58 Hibiscus rosa sinensis 122, 123 llippeastrum 101, 102
2. aulicum 102 H. candidum 102 11. equestre 102 //. * johnson ii 102 H. regime 102 H. vittatum 102 Hogg, Thomas 58 Hooker, Joseph 33 Humidity 18-19, 29-30,29 Hyaeinthus 103 H. 'Delft Blue' 104 //.'Pink Pearl'104 Hydrangea 65
3. macrophylla 'Hortensia* 65, 6fi Hydrangea blueing compound 65 Hygrometer 19

Imantophyllum 121 Impatient, double-flowered 68 Impawns wallerana 15, 67 I. wallerana peiersiana 67 I. wallerana peiersiana variegata 67 I. wallerana sultani 67

Jacobean Lily 106 John Innes, base 13

potting composts 12-13 Johnson, Arthur 102

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana 71 Kalanchoes 70

Latuana camera 71, 72 L. nivea 71 L. sellowiana 73 L. trifolio 71 Leafcuttings63-4,109 Lee, James 59 Lemoine, Victor 74 Lighting,artificial 11, 30-31 Lobb, William 61

Ataranta leuconeura 'Kerchoveana' 116, 116

Maranti, Bartolomés 116

Maries, Charles 80

Mexican Cigar Plant 53

Michelssen, Konrad 31

Morrison, B.V. 37

Mother-in-law's Tongue 115

Seoregelia carolinae 45; 49 Ncrine 105 Serine 'Blenheim' 105 N. bowdenii 105 N. sarniensis 105 Nidularium innocent i 45 Node 25

Paul-IHaire, Walter von Saint 82 Peacock Plant 110 Pelargonium angulosum 74 P. 'Aztec' 75 P. cucullatum 74 P. xdomesticum 75, 76 P. frutetorum 74 P. grandiflorum 74

P. Hazel Cherry'Ii P. bonorum 74 P. inquinans 74 P. zonale 74 Pelargoniums 73 pruning 78 Regal 75 Zonal 74 Photosynthesis 17 Pineapple Plant 47 Plumier, Charles 41, 58 Polyanthus 80-81 Potting 27-8 Prayer Plant 116 Primroses 80-81 Primula keu-ensis 80-81, 81 P. nialamides 80, 80 P. obconica 80-81 P. sinensis 80- 81 P. vulgaris 80 P. vulgaris elatior SO

Regal Pelargonium 'Aztec' 75 Regal Pelargonium 'Hazel Cherry' 76 Regal Pelargoniums 75 Rhipsalidopsis 84 R. gaertneri 85 Rhododendron simsii 33 Rose of China 123

SaintpauJia ionanthe 82 Sango, Raimondo de 115 Sansevieria irifasciata 115

S. irifasciata 'Zeylanica' 115 Scarborough Lily 107 Schlumbergera 84 Seed sowing 23-5 Settee io cruentus 96 Shading 14, 18 Sinning, William 61 Sinningia speciosa 61

Smith, Matilda 87

Smithiantha 87,88

Solanum, capsicastrum 89, 89

Sowing small seeds 24

Spider Plant 112

Sprekelia formosissima 106, 106

Sprekelsen, Johann Heinrich von 106

Stem cuttings 25

Stipule 25

Stomata 16

Streptocarpus 90, 90 - 91, 92 leaf cuttings 93

Temple Bells 88 Tillandsia hndenii 45 Trace elements 22 Tradescant, John 117 Tradescantia fluminensis 117,117 Transpiration 19 Transvaal Daisy 99

Urn Plant 45

I'allota speciosa 107, 107 Vase Plant 45 Ventilation, automatic 9 Vermiculite 26 Vilmora 55

I'riesia splendens 45, 46 Vuyk, Aart 37

Wandering Jew 117 Washington, Lady 76 Washington, Martha 76 Watering 19-22

automatic 10 Wilson, Ernest Henry 33 Winter Cherry 89

Zebrina pendula 'Quadricolour' 117, 117 Zonal pelargoniums 74 Zygocaetus truncal its 84

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