INDEX. 



Chrysanthemum— Society, Amalei* 

 mated, 307; shaws— Agricultural 

 Hall, 386 ; Stoke Xewington, 3S8 ; 

 flowers one on a etcm, 4h6 

 Cbrycanthemums — to bloom in De- 

 cember, 115; Mr. Salter's, 411; 

 Temple Card' ns, 412; list of select, 

 440; at the Cry.-tal Paluee, 452; 

 done blooming, 498; for exhibi- 

 tion, 499 

 Cineraria maritima sowing, 439 

 Cinerarias frosted ; leavts curling, 



518 

 Cissus discolor, treatment of, 518 

 Clay, burnt, in coniposts, 486 

 Clematis — Japanese, 49 ; for a 

 trellis, 299; montami nor flower- 

 ing, 379; Keginie and Fortunei, 

 471 

 Clematises, propagating, 33S 

 Clerkemvell Flower r^how. 144 

 CHanthus Dampieri — culture, 25, 



278 ; for bedding, 299 

 Climbers— for greerhouse, 57 ; for 



stf^ve, 196 ; for a wall, 419 

 Coohin-China — fowls management, 

 20 ; cbickens wfak-legged, 160; 

 fowls, present value, 199; Par- 

 tridge and Grouse coloured, points 

 in, 223, 424 ; vulture hocks in, 

 264 ; white feathers in Butf, 364 ; 

 losing use of legs, 364 ; blind, 424; 

 fowls at Birmmgham, Captain 

 Heiiton's, 479 ; Partrj?lge, to 

 breeders of, 524 

 Cocoa-nut— refuse for potting, 135; 



fibre dust for potting, 154 

 Cockchafers, large destruction of, 



249 

 Cjke, healing by, 219 

 Coleua Verochaffelti— as a hedder, 

 192, 206, 237 ; for bedding, 251 ; 

 hardiness nf. 477 

 Collingham I'oultry Show, 362 

 Colocasia odorata, 90 

 Colours, melody and harmony of, 10 

 Compo&tP, materials for, 485, 609 

 Coniiers, to .'top Mceding in, 110 

 Conservatojy — heating, 17 ; a small, 

 37 ; and Palm-house connected 

 with residence, 350; floor creen, 

 360 ; borders, plants for shaded, 

 400 ; creepers for porch, 400 

 Contvast r. .-hading, 251 

 Coop, hen-and-chickenB, 38 

 Corns— in a cock's foot, 80 ; in fowls 



and Geese, 304 

 Cornwall, gardens worth seeing, 191, 



373, 413 

 Cotoneaster— berries, 57 ; nummu- 



laria not flowering, 175 

 Cottage gardens, 53 

 Cott:iges, construction of, 317 

 Cottingham Poultry Show, 201 

 Covent Garden Market, 154, 196, 

 218, 240, 257, 278, 298, 318, 337, 

 359. 378, 398, 418, 439, 457, 476, 

 497, 517 

 Covers of straw for plants, 451 

 Cranston's "Cultural Directions for 



the Rose," 511 

 Crassula rosularis, 113 

 Cratcegus pyracantha berries, 57 

 Crt've Ctrur— points of, 2(>4 ; fowls, 



380, 440 

 Crucus Imperatontus, 468, 491 

 Cross-bied fowls, exhibiting, 223 

 Croquet and flower-beds, 265 

 Crowing a nuisance, 301 

 Crystal Palace— bedding-out at, 101, 

 213; Poultry Show, 176, 222, 320, 

 340 ; Flower Show, 184, 

 Cucumber«house heating, 299 

 Cucumbers — mildew on, 17, 135; 

 preserving, 115; disease in, 152; 

 growing Winter, 163, 335; vul- 

 garity in, 453 ; for exhibition, 458 

 Cumberland, notes from, 487 

 Cupheas, hardiness and culture, 219 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana, heigbt, 439 

 Cyanophyllum magniticum. 26 ; cut- 

 'ting down, 176 ; large, 188 ; cul- 

 ture. 228 

 C^athea dealbata turning brown, 



*420 » 

 Cyclamen culture, 150 ; Atkinsi, 160 ; 

 ibericum, 150 



Dahlia— FLO WKRS become white, 

 3'I9 ; tubers, ptorirg, 457; stakes, 

 preventing rusting, 498; changin^^ 

 colour, 439 



Dampeis— use of, 379 ; management 

 of. 430 



Dandelicns, to destroj on lawns, 176 



Darlington Poultry Show, 479, 502 

 Davallias losing their fronds, 134 

 Day's Giime Paste. 281 

 Denbighshire, gardens worth seeing, 



413 

 Derbyshi''e, gardens worth seeing, 



191, 333 

 Deutzia cr^nata flore pleno, 391 

 Devonshire, gardens worth, seeing, 



191, 373, 413 

 Dew, 419 



Dewsbury Poultn- Show, 19ft 

 Dielytra cucuUaria culture, 299, 360 

 Dipteracanthus afliuis, 471 

 Disa grandiflora, superba, 113; cul- 

 ture, 126 

 Doddington Poultry Show, 262 

 Dog's ears swollen, 284 

 Dorkings— plumage, 20 ; cock unable 



to stand, 364; feathers changing 



colour. 484 ; featherless, 484 ; 



breeding for exhibition, 504 

 Dracaena — propagation by eyes. 9 ; 



hflliconlfolia and aiamensis, 440 

 Driflield Agricultural Society 's 



Poultry Show, 117 

 Drighlington and Adwalton Poultry 



Show, 156 

 Dublin (Royal) Society's Poultry 



Show, 501 

 Ducks— the Cayuga Black, 279 ; at 



Birmingham. 484; fattening for 



exhibition, 504 

 Durham, gardens worth seeing, 



9, 313, 357 



Easingwold Povltry Show, 242 



East Lothian, gardens worth seeing, 

 233 



Echiuocaetus Rhodophthalmus and 

 culture, 70 



Edinburgh Horticultural Show, 232 



Eggs— chilled, 37, 38, 58, 118; ex- 

 periments on chilling, 155; pre- 

 serving, 1611 ; addled, 178 ; chilled 

 yet hatched, 199 ; destroying vita- 

 lity, 284 



Elms, large, 113, 125; becoming va- 

 riegated, 477 



Endive, culture, 358 ; wintering, 

 397 



Entomological Society's Meeting, 

 73,148, 255, 333,492, 513 



Erantheraum tuberculatum, 296 



Eria—obesa, 49; myristicreformis, 

 471 



Erica camea, 145 



Eseuius of the Roman classics, 72 



Essex, gardens worth seeing, 271 



Eucharis araazonica culture, 196 



Eugenia Ugni. hardy, 518 



Evergreens— for a north aspect, 278 ; 

 tor a screen, 2&8, 459; for wall, 

 458 



Everlasting - Flowers, drying, 169, 

 360 



Exhibiting and selling poultry, 440 



Exhibition schedules, revision of, 

 108 



Exhibitions, benefit from local, 266 ; 



Eyes, propagation by, 8 



Farnbam Castle, 127 



Fawsley Hall, 124 



Fence, ornamental, 135 



Fern, HareVfoot, 240 



Fernery— consti-ucting a, 94; glass 

 for, 258 



Ferns— in Wardian case, 37; for a 

 glass case, 241 ; lean-to house for, 

 241; under a north wall. 299; 

 mfested with thrius, 319; hardy, 

 on growing, 348 ; for greenhouse, 

 439; culture of. 478 



Fig— the Castle Kennedy, 89, 127 ; 



•■ falling, 116 



Flora in the Cotswnlds. 269 



Florists' flowers, plea for, 311 



Flower— Garden at Pentillic Castle, 

 71 ; gardens, can the period of 

 full bloom be lengthened in ? 161 ; 

 garden plan, 170; borders, give 

 us back our, 287 ; gardens, telling 

 beds in, 294 ; border, light chalky, 

 498 



Flowers— to bloom simultaneously, 

 241 ; gardeners' names for, 328, 

 373, 390, 431 ; in a workhoase, 

 411 



Flue heating a greenhouse, 241 



Flues, new. construction of, 451 



Forcing and plant-houses, econo- 

 mical arrangement of, 51 



Forks, trigging, 21 



Fowls— killing for table, 135; cook- 

 ing old, 155 ; losing jilumage, 160; 

 at night, 179; growth of, 264 



Fraser. Mr., death of, 69 



Frost of July 19th, 69, 88, 91, 108 



Frosts, late, 150 



Fruit— weights used for, 17 ; weight 

 of in France, 32 ; trees, for pot- 

 culture, 220 ; planting, 256, 257 ; 

 select, 258; dwarf in front of wall 

 trees, 258; trees, planting, 297; 

 trees, old and unfruitful, 318 



" Fruits, scarcitv of home-grown," 

 9S2 



Fruiterers' Company, 47 



Fuchsia, Pillar of Gold. 296 



Fuchsias— for a window. 94 ; done 

 flowering, 135; select, 259 



Fugnsia cuneiformis, :39i 



Fungus, poisoning by, 395 



Furze, traneplnntiTig, 338 



Game— BIRDS, 59; cock, bkak of 

 RED, 424 ; fowls— Birchen Grey, 

 481; Mr. Hindson's at the Bir- 

 mingham bhow, 499, 519 



Gapes, cure for, 444 



Gardeners — in Ireland, excluding 

 from exhibitions, 13 ; Roval Bene- 

 volent Society, U, 112, 130, 148, 

 187, 271, 333, 345; Friendly So- 

 ciety, 26. 68 ; knowledge desirable 

 for,"68, 105 



*' Gaideners' Year Book," 490 



Gardenia octomera, 391 



Gardening— in Japan, 148 ; styles of, 

 351 



Gardens worth seeing, 9, 49, 85, 168, 

 191, 233, 249, 271, 293, 313, 333, 

 357,373. 418,437, 466,470 



Gardens, naming plants in public, 

 130 



Garnham's Lady's Assistant, 504 



Gastronema sangnineum, 471 



Geese— lice on, 137 ; distinguishing 

 sex in )Oung. 223 ; baskets for 

 conveying. 223; Toulouse, 264; 

 Sebastapol, 444 ; at Birmingham, 

 484; corns in, 304 



Geraniums— cuttings in open ground, 

 94; cutting down Zonale, 115; 

 Golden-leavi'd, 116, 128; Cloth of 

 Gold. 155; treatment, 162 ; Mdm. 

 Vaucher culture, 220; lifting and 

 wintering, 2(.i9 ; propagating Cloth 

 of Gold. 211 ; pruning, 259; win- 

 tering, 279, ;J38, 339, 347, 419, 420 ; 

 cuttings in small pots, 338 ; leaves 

 for cuts, 433 ; stopping, 498 ; 

 horse-shoe, what ai-e, 4!^i8 



Gesnera zebrina not flowering, 458 



Ghosts of the garden, 425 



Giehurst Comj'ound, dressing fruit 

 trees with. 353 



Gladiolus— Reine Victoria, 110, 122; 

 disease, 103, 185, 144, 168, 170, 

 189, 210, '2;.0; pronoimcing, 168, 

 237,329,356; question, 254; fail- 

 ures, 288, 295, 325, 329 ; culture, 

 369,373; Charles Davis, 391 ; large 

 bulbs, 507 



Glam orga nsh i re, gard ens worth 

 seeing, 293 



Glass— insurance from hailstorms, 

 367 ; rough plate, for greenhouse, 

 458 



Glazed houses, construction, 314 



Gloucestershire, gardens worth 

 seeing, 313 



Gloxinias— list of, 37 ; culture of 

 seedling, 121 ; to flower next sum- 

 mer, 337 



Gnaphalium lanatum propagating, 

 319 



Gooseberry caterpillar, 12, 94 



Gosliags wasting away, 137 



Grapes— spotted, 18, 115; failing, 

 42 ; spot in, 57; atGarnston Vine- 

 yard, 70 ; Uiildewed, 76, 115 ; shri- 

 velling, shanked, 78 ; Archerfield 

 Early Muscat, 101 ; thinning, 

 134; preserving, 176, 337; early 

 ripening ut Muscat, 189; pactiing 

 for conveyance to an exhibitirn, 

 192; keeping. 196 ; shanking, 209, 

 241 ; Muscat Hamburgh, losing its 

 flavour, 22K ; for a small vinery, 

 24 6; Muscat, 251 ; in bloom 

 shrivelUng, 409 ; Brosraouth, 419 ; 

 decaying, 439 ; Tynninpham 

 Muscat, 440 ; ripening in green- 

 house, 449; keeping on the Vines, 

 459 



Grass — walks, establishing, 498 ; 

 land, comport for, 498 



Grave, plants suitable for, 1 



Greenhouse— heating, 76; for bed- 

 ding plants, heating, 135 ; ar- 

 rangeitient of, 164 ; stove, and pits 

 combined, 165; temporary heat- 

 ing, 219; shelf for, 219; floor, to 

 protect from drip, 259 ; heating a 

 small, 318 ; heating from a dining- 

 room fire, 372. 416 ; constructing a 

 removable, 459; plants for show- 

 ing in August, 47"; blinds, 495; 

 vinery, constructing, 498 



Greenovea aurea, 296 



Giubs, underground, 134 



Guano— liquid manure, 57; to apply, 

 175 ; water, 196 ; on hot-water 

 pipes, 329 ; water as a manure, 

 477 



Halifax Poulte-s Show, 199 



" Hand-book of Vine cultivation," 

 271 



Hants (Ea^t) Poultry Show, 320 



Heaths— Early-flowering Moor, 145; 

 cultivation of, 130; lists of, 131; 

 propagating hardy. 176; culture 

 of, 227, V52 ; twelve hardy, 240 



Heating— from kitchen fire, 13; a 

 small propagating-house, 143 ; 

 a small house and bed, 219 ; dif- 

 ferent levels from one boiler, 428 ; 

 beds by hot-water pipes, which is 

 the best way .' 514 



Hedgehog destroying chickens, 116, 

 136 



Hedges- fast-growing, 338 ; under 

 Yews, 338 ; history of. 147 



Heliconia bievispatha, 471 



Heliotropes— wintering in a room, 

 400; for winter, 518 



Hen — Hamburgh, ravenous, 120 ; 

 house floor, 223 



Hens— broody, 384; egg-eating, 504 



Heron's plume, 404 



Hertfordshire, gai'deus worth seeing, 

 191,271, 357 



Hertfordshire, gardens worth seeing, 

 313 



Hibiscus Huegehi v. quinquevulnera, 

 296 



Hippeastrum equestre culture, 400 



Hives — wooden, 138 ; windows in 

 frame, 139; making, new and 

 superior material for, 204 ; frame, 

 223 ; double-sided wooden, 242 ; 

 various kinds, 281 ; adjusting, 

 362 ; new material for, 443 



" Hogg'sBritish Pomology," continu- 

 ation of, 467 



Holland House, gardens at, 612 



Holly— moving a large, 94 ; berries, 

 substitutes for, 604, 524 



Hollyhock — propagation by eyes, 

 &c., 9, 17; cuttings, 94; seed- 

 lings, culture of, 196; stems, uses 

 of, 336 ; flowers become black, 

 409 ; changing colour, 439 



Holt, Edmund, 432 



Homerton Nursery, plants at, 

 247 



IIomoianthuB visoosus, 238 



Honey storing, 100 



Honeydew. 308 



Hops, sulphur and ladybirds, in cul- 

 tivating, 129 



Horseradish culture, 338 



Horticultural (Royal) Society's Show 

 4 ; Rose Show, 7 ; Exhibition 

 206; Committees, 9, 33, 69, lU 

 132, 172, 215, 253, 293, 389, 469 



Hot-water pipes— to stop joints, 259 

 near roots, 419 



Hothouses, atmosphere in, 285 



Hoya imperialis, 254 



Hull Poultry Show, 421 



Humea elegans, leaves falling, 37 



Hyacinths — for exhibition, 176 

 removing sucker.-* from, 498 



Hyde Park, bedding-out at, 249 



Hydrangea flowers, to obtain blue 

 458, 512 



ImPATIKHS, culture of the GZNl'b' 



312 

 Indian— Railway, notes from, 32 



seeds, sowing, 241 

 Insects, in hothouses, 285 ; garden 



infested by, 278 

 Iodine and starch, 338 

 Ipomcea- hcderaefolia culture, 17 



Lcari, 155 ; HorsfallifE pruning, 



419 

 Ireland — landscape - gardening in 



85 ; labour and laboui ers in, 391 



