JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



i January 22, iiU. 



Covent Garden Market, 18, 38, 56, 72, 

 92. 110. 130,146.166,1^6.210.228,246. 

 264. 2M. a04. 326, 316, 3G6, 888, 410, 

 432. 45ft. 473. 502, 522 



Cowan's heating system, 28 



Cows. Alderney, 431. 457 



Crassula, profii3a,42 ; Saxifraffa. 397 



Creve-Uoeurs, colours of, 55 ; nardlness 

 and feathering of. 110 



Orewe Poultry Show. 241 



Crinoma not hardy, 259 



CrocQsea, in lawn, 278 : mice-eaten, 

 880 



Crop, which is the most valuable? 

 159 ; swollen, 55 



Cryetal Palace, Rose Show, 7 ; Fniit 

 and Glafliolus Show, 193; Poultry 

 Show, 281. 300. 364, 403, 427, 456; 

 hirda exchanging pens, 456 exhi- 

 bitions next year, 473 



Cuckoo spittle, 14 



Cucumbers— diseased, 86, 143; fruit- 

 less, 162; house management, 339; 

 leaves large, 2U, mutilated, 298, 

 apottei, 33: in flue-hcatad house, 

 86 ; in pots, 69 ; shrivelling at points, 

 87; Siamese-twius, 173; traiuintr, 

 290; in winter, 85. 142, 203, 223,258, 

 879. 38); for winter fruiting, 50; 

 yellow at points, 18"i 



Currant, bush pruninc. 491; shoot 

 grab, 515; Lee's Prolific Black. 140 



Cuttings, of plants, providing, 277 ; 

 exporting, 4;r2 



Cycas revoluta culture, 880 



Cyclamens, culture, 298; root-grubs, 

 859; winberiug, 223 ; worm-eaten, 515 



Cynips rosre, 204 



Cypripediums, 506 



DacTVLIS GLOMERiTA HARDY, 319 



Dahha's introduction, 355 



Dairy farming, 210 



Daisies on lawn, 426 



Damson culture, 224 



Darlington Bird Show^403, 521 



Davallia9, 351 



Dealers as exhibitors, 205 



Delphinium Hendcrsonii, 351 



Dendrobinm, chryaotis. 278; lituiflo- 

 rum, 137 



Derby Ornithological Show, 885 



Deutzia culture. 471 



Devizes Show, 408 



Devon and Exeter Poultry Show, 107 



Diarrhcea in fowls, 326 



Dieffenbacbia culture, 471 



Dtgging-in a crop, 493 



Disa grandifiora culture, 380 



Disinfectants, 84 



Dogs in general, audliome for lost, 51 



Dombrain,J. R.,291 



Doncaster Poultry Show, 15 



Dorkings, with Brabmas, 502 ; cup 

 for Silver-Grev, 168; cxhihitiug. 92; 

 feet corned, 2G4 ; Mrs. Ai-kwnght's, 

 264; Silver-Grey. exhibiting, 2-9; 

 pullets laying, 410 ; soles swollen, 

 410 



Dovecote at Penmore Priory, 78 



Draycot, 489 



DrUling, 488 



Drosera, movement of its glands, 811 



Drought, 105 



Dublin Society's Poultry Show, 499 



Ducks, breeding, 366 ; as an egg-pro- 

 ducer, 326 ; for exhibition, 41' ; with- 

 out water, 17; Aylesbury's plumage 

 yellow. 146, points, 502 ; Black, 40ft ; 

 Carolinas with East Indian, 246; 

 Mandariu witli Carolina 2Hl 



Dundee Horticultural Society, 217 



Darham Poultry Show, lOiJ 



ECHEVERIAS WINTF,RIJin,278 



Edffiugs of Ccrastium, Ac, replanting, 



224 

 Edinburgh International Show, 253 

 Edinburgh Poultry Show, 193 

 Edlingtnn, Mr. J., 311 

 Eggs— blood-streaked, 56; constant 



supply of, 522 ; consumption of, 410 ; 



determimng age of, 3(i2; dropped 



from perch. 478 ; ill-flavoured, 216 ; 



imported, 228; preserving for winter 



use, 55 ; sex of, 56 : to New Zealand, 



146 ; weight of, 2C3 

 Electricity's effects on plants, 270 

 Ellemeet's. M. de Jouge van, sale of 



plants. 140 

 Elm, budding weeping, 143 

 Elms, 225 



Endive blanching, 240 

 Entomological Society's Meeting, 119, 

 »48S 



Ericas failing, 299 

 Escallonia macrantha, 47 

 Eu'ialyptus globiihis. caltare, 439 ; 



as a febrifuge, S97, 403 

 Eucharis amazonica culture, 859 

 Euphiirbia jaciiuiniicflora culture, 403 

 Evening musings, 1, 229 

 Evergreens apparently gnawed, 139 

 Everlasting tii)W.-r,H, drying, 87 1303 

 Exhibiting another owner's poultrv, 

 Exhibition (rauda. 76, 136, 233 

 Exhibitors of poultry, 281 



Fairy-rino fungi, 223 

 Farnworth Poultry Show, 890 



Farringdon Market. 263 



Ferula tingitana, 48 



Fernery, lic. heating, 359 



Ferns— drying, 341; from spores, 143; 

 for exhibition, 113; notes on, 272, 

 851; moisture in cold fernery, 298; 

 planting, 472 ; preserving, 200 ; 

 unthriving 44S; watering. 434; of 

 the world, 4G7; tree, cut sliortpr, 469 



Figs, culture in California, 155: not 

 ripening, 14; trees, transplanting, 

 840; Brown Turkey not ripening, 

 69 



Filberts, preserving. 358 



Fish, Mr. R., 330, 354 



Fitzherbcrt, Sir A., 28 



Fleurde lis, 401 



Flies and fruit. 202 



Florence, horticultural show at, 335 



Florentine International Exhibition, 

 876 



Flower, beds, should the soil be seen ? 

 70; garden planting, 253; shatle. 45 



Flowers, advantages of timely pluck- 

 ing, 61; drying in natural colours, 

 439; exhibiting, errors in, 869; pre- 

 serving, 200 



Flue-heating, 471 



Fog conaequencea, 514 



Foliated (ornamental) greenhouse 

 plants, 426 



Foot of fowl, lump in, 284 



Forcing-pit. hot-water piping for. 50 



Forest trees, dimensions and habits 

 of the Lower Wabasb, 104 



Fountaine'a garden for fruit, &c , 254 



Fountains for birds, cleaning, 365 



Fowls— buckwheat for. 1S6 ; combs, 

 522 ; dying without apparent cause, 

 110 ; for eggs and chickens, 310 ; 

 foot swollen, 304 ; for three-acre 

 prassrun, 210; Game plumage, ISfi ; 

 in a confined spacp, 431. 5 i2 ; mud 

 bath 4or, 92 ; plants in.iurious to, 

 18; destroying parasites on, 72. 

 carbolic acid for destroying, 91 ; for 

 profit, 410; necks featherless, 453; 

 wings iiTegular, 209 



Frames on arches, 298 



Frauds, exhibition, 181 



French gardening. 305 



Fruit— border management, 402; crop 

 in Kent, 193; garden arrauRement, 

 61; keeping, 358; oil under new 

 names, 95; preserving in tin cans, 

 92; room, fire and window in, 201; 

 stone, and hard soil, 119 ; trees, bush 

 and pyramidal, 201, 253. 338, culture, 

 425, for near Birmingham, 239, at 

 Ilford, 230. for Sussex, 359 ; pruning, 

 425, planting, 470, 49;i, treatment of 

 large, 224, in dressed grounds, 426, 

 unfruitful, 426, protection, 210, lift- 

 ing, 297, for kitchen garden, 840, 

 planting wall, 69. syringing, 143,320. 

 unproductive dwarf, 14, wall and 

 espalier, 163 



Fuchsia— insected, 259 ; leaves brown- 

 ed, 180: repotting, 239; storing, 224; 

 training for standards, 143; in win- 

 dow not flowering, 7iJ ; Riccartoui, 

 484 



Fuel, appliances for saving, 276 



Fuels, comparison of, 503 



Fumigating, easy, 27 



Fungus, exhibition at South Kensing- 

 ton, 292; foray of the Woolhope 

 Club, 377 



Furnace, self-feeding for heating 

 small greenhouses, 95 



Gainsborough Poultry Snow, 90 ; 

 Bird and Rabbit Show, 90 



Galantbus plicatus. 436 



Galls on Oak and Elm, 33 



Gardenia culture. 340 



Gardening in the West, 8, 81. 720 



Gardeners' Benevolent Institution an- 

 niversary. 28 



Garden, re-arranging, H3 



Gardens, small, roadside screens, 

 shrubs, Roses, and climbing plants 

 for, 111 



Gas, boiler pipe, 319; heating green- 

 house. 493 



Gaultheria insipida, 510 



Gazania aplendens, propagating, 161 ; 

 or rigens, 03 



Geese, fattening, 383; with twisted 

 flight, 110 



Genista, insects on, 180 



Geraniums— bedding, 107, 204,381,415, 

 select, 70; cultareof Cape, 290; with 

 ornamental foliage, 107 ; for green- 

 liouse wall, 223; notes on Mr. Pear- 

 son's, 309; Pearson's prizes for, 61 ; 

 Rose-scented, 43; wintering, 204, in 

 a room, 319; Cape: Cleopatra's 

 history. Corsair for bedding, 340; 

 characters of Zonal and Nosegay, 

 143 



Gosneras, nsccts on, 181 



Gladiolus, acres of, 437; best fifty, 

 380.436; after flowering, 260; for 

 table decoration, 2G7; nitrate of 

 soda for, 21 ; disease and nitrate of 

 soda, 76 



Glass-cutter, the patent. 483 



Glazing, double, 293; greenhouses, 8 



Gloxinms, insects on, 18t ; leaves 

 broAnnd, 233; for Khododendron 

 beds, 239 



Godwinia gigaa, 137 



Goldfinch, taming a, 433 



Gooseberries, large, 204 



Gooseberry, bush pruning, 491; cater- 

 pillar. 106, 515, destroying, 106; 

 Show, Natntnal, 116 



Gordon, Mr. J. A., 28 



Grape shed, Rivers*, 392; keeping, 

 401 



Grapes— attacked by bluebottle flies, 

 180; baps for, 5iJ : beverage from 

 seeds, 130; bunch shrivelled, 83 : not 

 colouring. 2ri9 : failing when colour- 

 ing. 13; cracking, 204. 515; diseased, 

 51,2i'i4; in glazed outhouse. 436 ; for 

 ground \'inery, 320. 492 ; keeping in 

 ■winter. 487 ; at Lambton Castle, 294 ; 

 louse, 317 ; mildewed, 86 ; misnamed 

 Syrian. 413; mouldy. 201; preserv- 

 ing, 277; setting, 80 ; shanking, 839, 

 358. 859 ; shrivelled, 204. 259. 426, 614 ; 

 spotted, 33,320; not swelling, 69; 

 in South Australia, 506 ; in a wash- 

 house, 271 ; weight of, 125 ; withered, 

 162; Lady Downe's in cool vinery, 

 .t2J: Golden Champion, 116. 809; 

 Habshee, 13; Royal Vineyard, 21, 

 not setting, 204. See Vines. 



Grasses, preserving, 200 



Greenhouse— aspect, 161 ; bulbs for 

 winter, 381; fflaziuK, 40; heating, 

 162, 4L12, 471, 472, small, 33,223; hot> 

 bed in, 161; pipes for heating, 298 ; 

 and pit heating, 340; plants, 224; 

 protecting plants, 278; repotting, 

 224; site. 278; stove, 204,298; winter 

 temperature, 298 



Green fly. 30 



Guano imported, 8 



Guildford Poultry Show, 516 



Gule, meaning of, 221 



Halifax and Calder Vale Pooltrt 

 Show. 183 



Hamburghs, Silver-spangled, tails 

 combs, and legs, 522 



Hartlepool Poultry Show, 301 ; Canary 

 show, Bemrose & Orme Canaries, 

 802 



Harvest drink, 165 



Haslingden Poultry Show, 107, 130 



Heat, utilisation of, 152 



Heaths, repotting, 319; select, 426 



Heating, 5 3; from room fire, 380; a 

 pit, 203 ; return pipes, 493 



Hcdysarum gyrans, 86 



Helleborus niger major, 488 



Hens, management of sitting, 53 ; egg- 

 oating. 55 : picking their mate, 866; 

 value of. 228 



Hereford Rose Show, 73 



Hessoa spiralis, 471, 484 



Hetton Poultry Show, 144 



Heytesburv, 9 



Hitchin Poultry Show, 89 



Hoeing, advantages ot, 97 



Hollies, diseased, 125 ; removing, 107 



Holly, Fern culture, 162; Ivy, and 

 Mistletoe in the London markets, 

 510 



Hollyhock, culture, 50, 85 ; fungus, 70 ; 

 planting. 225 



Hornets. 198 



Horninglow Poultry Show. 127 



Horseradish in pickles, 146 



Horticultural (Royal) Society, 414, 

 461, 485; arrangements, 152, 154; 

 Show of Bath, 5, 24, results, 8, im- 

 plements, structures, and appli- 

 ances at, 77, 1U4 ; Show at Aberdeen, 

 292; Committee Meetings & Shows, 

 2X41, 97, 135. 172. 216, 252, 272, 373, 438 ; 

 Dwvis's prizes, 439; Council and 

 alTdirs, 439; accounts, 506, 507; po- 

 sition, 391; Show, 43; Provincial 

 Shows. 20; Superintendent of 

 Shows, 48; Meetings and Shows for 

 1874, 13G : Assistant Secretary, 48 



Hoteia japonica, 231, 820; culture, 

 31)8 



Houdans, hrcoiiing,45S; leg-feathers, 

 166 



Humming-bird hawk moth, 102 



Hunslet Poultry Show, 164 



Huntingdon Poultry Show, 226 



Hyacinths, in borders, 260 ; eaten, 426 ; 

 in glasses, 260; in heavy soil, 319; 

 Roman, 69, 260 



Hyde Poultry Show, 203 



Hydrangea, culture, 44ft; as a decora- 

 tive plaut, 59; not flowering, 224 



Ice storing, 61ft 



Incubation, artiQclal, 862; delayed, 



143 

 Injuries to fowls at shows, 240 

 Insecticide, German, 6'i 

 Inseeta, beautiful and useful of our 



gardens, 45, 10 1, 134, 197. 256, 335, 486 ; 



killing and preserving. 366 

 Tpomo:^* Learii culture, SSI 

 Ipswich Poultry Show. 164, 321 

 Ire-tine Lindeni. wintering, 143 

 IriSQS, Japan, 296 

 Italy, soil improvement, 423 

 Ivy. cuttings, 38; not clinging. 298; 



promoting clinging, 330; on iron 



railing, 84J ; sucdliugs V. cuttings, 



7D; not thriving, 380 



Japan, Conifer. 877 ; letters from, 



27; VISIT TO, 466 

 Judges' names, pabliehing, 125, 144, 



181, 205, 225, 241, 261, 329 ; of poultry , 



473 



Kent. 94; agriculture of, 125* 

 labourers v. northern miners, 234. 

 and Surrey Rabbit Show, 207 ; Pool 

 try Show, 474 

 Kettering Poultry Show, 242 

 Kew Gardens,331, 352, 373.395,417 

 Kidney Beans, forcing, 402, 447 : pre- 

 serving, 166: leaves spotted, 515 

 Kilmarnock Pigeon Show, 475; Poul- 

 try Show, 407 

 Kitchen garden, 347, 480; arrange- 

 ment, 426; situation, 389 



Labels, Bell & Thorpe's, 251 



cleanmg zinc, 426 

 Lfelias— elegans, Perrinii, and purpa- 



rata, 423 

 Lambton Castle, 293, 818 

 Landeeer, Sir Edwin, 825 

 Lapaeeria rosea, culture, 819; nnd 



alba, 179 

 Lardizabala bitemata, 199 

 Lasiandra macrantha floribtinda ca 



ture, 143 

 Laurels — pruning, 224, overgrown 



240, hedge, 259; leaves and manure 



426 ; propagating, 449 

 Lawn pafchy, 298 

 Lawson. Mr. Charles, 511 

 Leaf, mould, 4ii4 ; soil, 367, 391,437 

 Leaves, and leaf soil, 482,484; photo 



Rraphs of, 173 : of plants falling 



34'' ; skeletonising, 283 

 Leeds Smithtield Poultry Show, 494 

 Leghorns, Brown, 128 

 Leicester Bird Show, 282; Pooltr 



Show. 88, 108 

 Leow, meaning of. 224 

 Lettuce sowing, 203 

 Lettuces, select. 266, 268 

 Leucostegias. 351 

 Lewes Poultry Show, 518 

 Lightning-struck trees, 115 

 Lilacs for forcing, 299 

 Lilies, after flowering, 299; culture, 



203; notes on, 17', 289, 830. 371 ; pot- 

 ting. 358 ; of the Vallev. forcing, 470 ; 



planting, 358, 359 ; sowing, 340 

 Liliums — auratum after flowering, 



260; auratum bulbs wintering, 224 : 



in conservatory, 142 ; hybridum 



Krameri, 292 ; longifloruin, 170 ; 



purpureum, 463 ; for Rhodisdendron 



beds, 239; tigrinum crectuin, 339, 



flore-pleno, 289, splendens, 251 ; 



Leichtlinii, 440; Leichtlinii majas, 



371 

 Lime water, 359 

 Linaria sagittata, 292 

 Lincoln Poultry Show, 37, 63 

 Liquid manure for window plants 13 

 Liskeard Poultry Show, 88 

 Liverpool Canary Show, 600 

 Livers, ulcerated fowls', 502 

 Lobelia, compacta, 233; propagating^ 



253 ; sowing, 161 ; Veitch'a Blue, 413 ; 



White Perfection, 329 

 London parks, bedding in, 140, 174 

 Longleat, 9 



Long Sutton Poultry Show, 262 

 Lucerne sowing, 225 



MAOROQLOSBA BTELLATARtJM, CATER- 

 PILLAR AND PCPA, 102 



Malays, 427 



Malmesbury Poultry Show, 145 



Manchester Horticultural Exhibition, 

 64,296; bcesat, 20S; and Liverpool 

 Poultry Show, 226 



Mantisia saltatoria in winter, 381 



Markets, 18, 88, 56, 72, 92. 110. 130, 146. 

 166, 186, 210, 228, 246, 2G4, 284, 304, 326, 

 346, 366, 388, 410, 432, 458, 473, 502, 

 522 



Market Rasen Poultry Show, 281 



Marking fowls, 316, 502 



Martynia fragrans, 103 



Masdevallias Vcitchiana, ignen, Lin 

 deni, Harryana, and tovarensis, 137 



Mealy bug, destroying, 70; prevent- 

 ing, 2;-'i8 ; on Pine Apples, 13 



Meat, rapid pickling of, 186 



Medlar, gathering, 340; propagation, 

 403 



Megachile ccntuncularis, 86 



Melon-Cucumber, 217 



Melons— culture, 69 ; damping-off, 51 ; 

 diseased, 87; failing, 69, 298, 819; 

 with fruit flowers only, IS ; with 

 male flowers, only, 50; hollow, 168; 

 pit heating, 340; roots, insects on, 

 16i; watermg when ripening, 87; 

 Little Heath. 75, ItiS 



Meninia turgida, 42 



Mesembryantheinums, wintering, 279 



Metropolitan Floral Society. 21 



Melrosideros robusta. 66, 118 



Mice, driving awav, :;39 



Middlesbrough Caimry Show. 864; 

 Poultry Show. 457 



Mi-ldleton I'uultiy Show, 242 



Midland Counties Horticultural Show 



855, 424 

 Miltouias 462 



