INDEX. 



Isabel Powters, Mr. A. Heath's, 623 

 Islington Agricultmol HnU Poultry 



Show, ol 

 Ivei7 ^ Si>n*s Dorking Nursery, 109 

 Ivorv, vegetable, 378 

 ls.ias. 238 



Jai'an Flax for tying, 490 

 Japanese plants, saleof, 250, 330 

 Java sparrows claanging colour, 304 

 Judges should be aloue, 362 



Keele Hall, 284, 274 

 Keighley Poultry Show, 221 

 Kt-nsington Palace Gardens, bedding- 

 out at, 249 

 Krnt, gardens worth seeing, 191 

 Ke\T Gardens, bedding-out at, 104 

 Kidney Beans— need no sticks, 93; 



forcing, 397 

 Kildare Horticultural Exhibition, 

 143 



Lancashire, gabdehs woeth see- 

 ing, 191,249 



Land-measuring, 105 



Liipageria rosea— culture, 135; out 

 of doors, 272 



Laurels— dwarf, under Elms, 491 ; 

 leaves, insect on, 518 



Lawn— weeds on, to destroy, 197 ; 

 triangular flower-beds on, 237 ; 

 to remove moss from, 337 ; level- 

 ling and relaying, 477 



Lead — pipes, to prevent poisoning by, 

 313; cistern, water in, 444; iu 

 water, detecting, 464 



Leaves, do they absorb moisture? 

 408 



Leeds PouUry Show, 481 



Leicestershire and Waltham Poultry 

 Show, 178 



Leicestershire, gardens worth seeing, 

 191, 293 



Leigh Poultry Show, 261 



Lettuce— planting, 56; large, 111; 

 insect attacking, 165; Cabbage, 

 culture, 358 



Lewisia rediviva, 113 



Ligularia Hodgsoni, 471 



Lilium lancifolium — culture, 94 ; 

 repotting, 299 



Lily of the Valley dwindling, 360 

 " Lime-trees diseased, 126 ; super- 

 phosphate of to apply, 175 



Lincolnshire, gardens worth seeing, 

 191 



Linnet, Grey, 284 



Linton Park, 145; massing colours 

 at, 169 



Linum, flavum cut'ings, 318; lanci- 

 folium failures, 329 



Liquid manure, soot as, 144; for 

 Koses, l.i4 



Lobelia Faxtoni. 141,439; kermesina 

 as a bedding plant, 164; speciosa 

 not prospering, 259; Paxtoniana 

 cuttings, 419 



Lonicera aureo- reticulata hardy, 94, 

 145; flava, layering, 94; fragran- 

 tissima not flowering, 175 



Longridge Agricultural Society's 

 Poultry Show, 300 



Low, Mr. H., death of, 240 



Maiden-hair Fern culture, 76 



Wacleania cordata, 110 



Manchester— Field Naturalist So- 

 ciety, 29 ; and Liverpool Poultry 

 Show, 220; Poultry Show, 339, 

 520 ; Pigeons at, 521 



Manufactories, utilising steam from, 

 298 



Manure for flower-beds, 190 



Marking trees, 215 



May flowers, 49 



Mealy Bug on Birch treeH, 477 



Melons— failing, 42; thinning, 94; 

 large, 110 ; cracking, 155 ; not 

 coming to perfection, 228 ; house, 

 heating. 360 



Meredith's graperies at Garston, 

 166, 253 



Merlhyr Tydfyl Poultry Show, 95 



Mesembryanthemum tricolor for 

 bedding, 141 



Mtyeiiiii Vogeliuna, 49 



Mice— poisoning, 279 ; in garden 

 wall, 459 



Miconia pulverulenta, 391 



Micro&tylis discolor, 296 



Midland counties Bird Show, 322 



Middleton Poultry Show, 260 



Mignonette— for conservatory, 318; 

 culture of specimen, 430 



Mildew of conservatory Vines, 311 



Mimulus — cupreus culture, 30; cu- 

 preus, prolonging blooming, 128; 

 cutting ofi" seeds, 146 



Mimuluses, Mary and Bessie, 113 



Mistletoe— on a Peach tree, 419; 

 on the Gooseberry, 431 ; on the 

 Acacia, 470; on what trees itis 

 found, 509 "i. ■•■- '■^•-- _ 



Mitraria coccinea— soil for, 299 ; 

 and culture, 374 



Monmouth Poultry Show, 341 



Moss— for dr-unuge, 175; dyeing 

 green, 404 ; dyeing blue and green, 

 504; in composts, 511; instead 

 of pots for bedding plants, 511 



Moulting, aiding, 344 



Mowing machines, 16 



Musa- Caveiidishii, weight of fruit, 

 12; sapientum, var. vittata, 238 



Mushrooms— beds, dung for, 67 ; 

 and spawn, to make, 153, 239, 377, 

 490; culture, 194, 195, 336; pro- 

 duced tardily, 2lu ; to distinguish, 

 299; forcing, 417; bed manage- 

 ment, 476 ; sprtwn, 490 



Myrtle leaves diseased, 318 



NECTAaiNJss— Cbickett, 188 ; hardy, 



338 ; Victoria, 391 ; buds inserted 



last year, 459 ; in orchard-houses, 



507 

 Nephelaphyllura scapigerum, 49 

 Netting— fruit, 93 ; to preserve, 



115 

 Newport Poultry Show, 501, 524 

 New Zealand Flax culture, 440 

 NewmiJlerdam Poultry Show, 96 

 Norfolk Ornithological Society's 



Show, 422, 484 

 North Rode Hall, 270 

 Northern Counties Poultry Show, 



380 

 Northampton, gardens worth seeing, 



293, 333 

 Northumberland, gardens worth 



seeing, 9, 49, 313 

 Notes on gardeas, 109 

 Nuphar, species of, 248 

 Nymphaeas, 248 



Oak, removing Evergreen, 115 



CEnothera acaulis for bedding, lU 



Oleander cuttings, 299 



Oncidium— papilio culture, 13; sar- 

 codea, 334 



Ophelia umbellata, 113 



Orange— propagation by eyes, 8; 

 tree unhealthy, 219 



Orchard-house — oriental, 12 ; suc- 

 cessful management of, 146, 187 ; 

 is it a forcing-house 1 389; and 

 Peach-houses, 4i)5, 489 ; a plea for ; 

 management of, 507 



"Orchidaceous Plants, Select," 48, 

 329 



Orchids— what constitutes high cul- 

 ture in epiphytal, 289; resting, 

 450 



Ormskirk and Southport Poultry 

 Snow, 15C 



Omithogalum capitatum, 49 



Oswestry PouUry Show, 280 



Ourisia Pearce's, 49 



Ousel, a white, 100 



Ouvirandra fenestralis culture, 400 



Oxygen, use of free to plants, 468 



Pampas Grass, 366, 487 ; not 

 flowering, 399 



Pansy, culture, 27S ; seed, sowing, 

 299 



Pansies — Her Majesty, Prince of 

 Wales, Princess of Wales, and 

 Tho.iias Muore, 471 



Papavei', monstrous, 171 



Paris, jottiii^js (roin, 62 



Parrot picking its feathers, 364 



Parsley- growing under difficulties, 

 147 ; growing for winter, 234 



Peaches— triiining, Du Breuil's, 115 ; 

 dropping, 116; trees in pots under 

 Vines, 135; double-flowering be- 

 coming single. 154; Stump of the 

 World, Exquisite, Noblesse Seed- 

 ling, Golden Kareripe, Peach-Nec- 

 tarine, Canary, Monstrueuse de 

 Du^, Honey, Turenne Amelior^e, 

 and Crimson, 188; house, 241; 

 Chancellor, 299; the Stone, 318 ; 



vnuii^ trees unfruitful, 318 ; for 

 North Wales, 319; hardy, ;.3S; 

 house management, 359 . tvee->. 

 transplanting, 400; hous-^s, 40:, 

 419; under class and on the op .-n 

 wall, 465 ; on trellis, 477 ; in or- 

 chard-houses, 507 

 Pears— decaying on the tree, 37; 

 leaves spotted, 91; Zephirin Gr6- 

 goire, 113; De Maraise and Belle 

 Julie, 238 ; the Styrian, 267 ; for 

 espaliers, 299 ; for wall, 299, 360; 

 Josephine de Malines, 319; Gra- 

 ham's Autumn Nelis, 331 ; spotted 

 and decaying, 477; for a north- 

 east and east wall, 478 ; orchard- 

 houses, 508 

 Peas— dwarf Sweet, required, 12; 

 and bow to grow them, 22 ; de- 

 scriptive list of, 23; changing its 

 colour by crossing, 415 

 Peat in composts, 486 

 Pelargoniums — for a window, 94 ; 

 Scarlet and Zonale, a word in 

 favour of, 108; wmtering seedUng, 

 196 ; Cloth of Gold, propagating, 

 2U; Achilies and Artist, 296; 

 wintering in a room, 400; selec; 

 list, 440, 498; for exhibition in 

 June, 499 

 Pentstemons, li^t of, 37, 497 

 Petunias— Mrs Sodth, 391 ; culture 



of double, 399 

 Petworth House, 186 

 Pheasants, Chinese, 18 

 Phloxes— list of, 37 ; culture of, 175 

 Picotee, Col. Clarke, 471 

 Pigeons — speed of Carrier, 260 ; 

 dung, 278 ; weight of; 364 ; stock- 

 ing a loft with, 364 ; Isabel, 384, 

 403 ; Show at Sheffield, 401 ; new 

 varieties of, 443 

 Pine Apples -planted out, 379; de- 

 caying, 439 

 Pinks, Rev. G. Jeans and Lord 



Herbert, 296 

 Finns aristata, 91 



Piping surface required for hot- 

 water heating, 45 

 Pipes— surface of, required, 399; 



covering for bottom heat, 439 

 Pit— heating, 219, 319, 379, 399; 

 glass for, 338 ; for bedding plants, 

 heating, 399 

 Pitcher- pi ants, resting, 450 

 Plant case— lamp-heating a, 

 heating outside window, 

 heating, 499 

 Planting, 310 



Pleroma elegans, sowing, 115 

 Plougli, the old Kentish, 48 

 Plums—in pois, 57; Belle de Sep- 

 tembre, 296 ; for north wall, 379 ; 

 unlruitful, 439 

 Pocklington Poultry Show, 179 

 Polauds— white topknot, 424; at the 



Norfolk Show, 444 

 Polyporus betnlinus for razor-stropa, 



432 

 Polystichum coriaceum losing its 



fronds, 134 

 Poplar, rapid-growing, 154 

 Post, pltnts by, 196 

 Potatoes— large, growth of, HI ; 

 culture at Bromborough Poor 

 Works, 268; Royal Ash-leaved 

 Kidney, 237 ; experiments on, 

 427, 452 ; to grow early, 516 

 Pot -culture of fruit v. planting-out, 



445 

 Poultry— mortality among young, 

 SO; entrieij, relative number, 197 ; 

 Shows, losses at, 261 ; feeding for 

 exhibition, 264 ; exhibiting, 300 ; 

 exhibitions, 319; for profit, 324 ; 

 with diseased livers, 324; shows, 

 relative entries at, 339 ; Judges 

 should be alone, 339 ; weight of, 

 361; sale of at exhibitions, 361; 

 selling precautions, 381; stating 

 age at fthuws, 381 ; selling at Ex- 

 hibitions. 401 ; prepaying for, 402 ; 

 exhibiting profitably, 402; food, 

 444 ; disordered. 464 ; vulture 

 hocks in, 484 ; houses, boarded 

 flo >rs foi-, 484 

 Powters, Isabel, Mr. A. Heath's, 



523 

 Prickly Fear, to grow, 517 

 Primulas— sinensis seedling, 219; 



with short flower-stems, 378 

 Propdg.iting-house, heiting a small, 



143 

 Protecting plants, 4G7 

 PuUeis laying, 223 

 Pyrethrums, 238 



360; 

 360 : 



Rabbits- EAR gum in, 160; for ex- 

 hibition, 424 

 Radish culture, 358 

 Railway arrangements for poultry 



shows, 479 

 Ranuncuiusi a — list of show, 45 ; 

 Fidelia and Linden, 113; culture, 

 360 

 Raspberry canes, plaiLing, 94 

 Raspberries on light soil, 338 

 Red Cap lowKs, 80 

 Red spider on Grapes nearly ripe, 



57 

 Rhododendrons— Bhotan, atRedleaf, 

 8 ; Balemaniand Prince of Wales, 

 49; Countess of Devon, 2^8; Scan- 

 dish's Pefection, 296 ; lime in com- 

 post for, 38 ' ; seedlings decaying, 

 399 ; ir>m?planting, 469 ; twelve 

 hardy, 478 

 RicharUia, watering and potting, 458 

 Richardias. 249 



Rhus succedane i treatment, 219 

 Ribbon-border, 50 

 Rock plants, 158 

 Rondeletia speciosa culture, 491 

 PkOots — ;ireserving, 278 ; and leaves, 



332, 370 

 Rosery at Ipswich, 446 

 Rosea— in pots, ciilture of, 3; propa- 

 gation Irom eyes, 9 ; briar stocks 

 fur, 17 ; Sho.v, National, 24; 

 stocks, haybands round, 27 ; in 

 pots, second season, 30 ; Hybrid 

 Perpetuals on own roots, 37 ; list 

 of for forcing, 37 ; at Messrs, 

 Erasers', 45 ; Margottin's new, 

 62; leaves spotted, 115; for the 

 suburbs, 183 ; mildew on, 196 ; 

 Rev. H. Douibrain, Mrs. W. Paul, 

 238; for borders, 258; new, 306 ; 

 Hybrid Perpetual for a bed, 310 ; 

 six dark Hybrid Perpetuals, 318 ; 

 new, 326 ; for pegging down, 

 337; Reiaede la Fape, 337; for 

 pot culture, 3oS ; not flowering, 

 338 ; exbibiting-stands for, 360; 

 pruning, 378; not flowering, 379 ; 

 Madame Falcot, 391 ; pruning 

 pillar, 399 ; transplanting, 399 ; 

 shoot of Banksian, 399; conser- 

 vatory not blooming, 399 ; ex- 

 hibiting, 407 ; trees, burying their 

 roots deeply, 431; Cloth of Gold 

 not flowering, 4t0; exhibiting, 

 448, 5u6 ; in the suburbs, 449 ; from 

 cutiings, 451 ; in pots for green- 

 house. 451 ; tu bloom in winter, 

 458 ; Banksian on wall not flower- 

 ing, 458 ; ia cases, 453 ; protecting, 

 458; for pillars, 459; Cranston's 

 "Cultural Directions for," 511; 

 planting, 515 

 Rouen— drake's bill, 284; Ducks* 



bill, colour of, 484 

 Roupy poultry, 364 

 Rushes, destroying, 378 

 Russelia— juncea uulture, 220; jun- 



cea, 246 

 Rust, protecting iron from, 3C4 



Salvia patula not flowering, 



319 

 Salading for winter, 358 

 Sand— for potting, 319 ; for plants, 



360 ; silver v. ye loiv, 459 ; in com- 

 posts, 509 ; river and drift, 510 

 Sareopodium psittacoglossum, 296 

 Sawbridgeworth, notes on novelties 



at, 44 ; runners rooting, 47 

 Scotch Bakies, 484 

 Scottish Ornithul^jgical Association 



Show, 522 

 Screen before a road, 419 

 Sea-kale— serving, 218; under pots, 



360 ; planting, 379 ; forcing a row 



of, 420 

 Sea-side, trees for, 299 

 Selby Poultry Show, 58 

 Senecio pyramidatus, 113 

 Sexual parts of plants, 135 

 Shallot culture, 258 

 Sbeep among Yews, &c., 439 

 Sheffield Poultry Show, 18, 202 

 Shropshire, gardens worth seeing, 



413, 456 

 Shrubs of low growth, flowering, 



419 

 Silene Elizabeth*, 238 

 Silkworms' eggs, 344 

 Slimy grub, 94 

 Slugs— trapping, 297 ; new mode or 



trapping, 317; to destroy, 338; 



on Calceolarias, 378 

 Smoky locality, trees, &c., for, 478 



