Damson trees unfruitful, 450 

 Dandelions on la'wn, 67 

 Daphne propagation, 411 

 Daubeny, death of Dr., ieii 

 Davaliia canarieusis, dividin^^ H7 

 Dendrobium— BensoniiE, 461: Buller- 

 ianum.HO; den8iflorum,403: nobile 

 culture, 856 ; pulchellum culture, 

 467 

 Deodoriaation by dry earth, 9 

 Dewabury Poultry Show, 107 ; Trum- 

 peter Piffeonti at, 130 

 Dianthuaes, i94 



Dicksonia antarctica culture, 320 

 Dictamnus fraxinella albus, 51 

 Dish of Apples, what is a? 319 

 Dolly Pentreatli'a epitaph, 194 

 Dorkinf; Poultry Show, 472 

 Dorkings— cockerGl'G comb crooked, 

 37.S; Gr<?y with Silver-Cxrev, 356; 

 Siiver-Grey, 451, 473 ; Wiile, feedinji, 

 494 

 Douglas's mixtura, ItiS 

 Draba violacea,;i7 

 Drac fen as— propagating, 333, 367 ; sur- 



cuiosn, var. macnlata, '200 

 DrilMold Poultry Show, 89 

 Dubbing, scisBoi's lor, IGd 

 Dublin Poultry Show, 395 

 Ducklings, food for, 36 

 Ducks — poisoned, 1&7 ; poisoned by 

 Com Cockle seed, 204 ; mauayeniunt, 

 243; Rouen's beak, 243; Rouen, 

 cross with Wild, '^-66 ; Kouen's wintfa 

 projecting, 360: bill of Roueu. 416: 

 feedintr, 416; eggs, treatnient of 

 hatchinj:, 435: Black, 474; feetUng 

 for the London market, 492 

 Draining, intiuence of. 252 



E^VEXn PITS FOE PaOTECTION", 403 



Eanvigs. preventing their attacks, 103 

 Echeveria pulverulenta culture, 302 



Economy, necessity of household, 

 475 



Edgings for walks, 257 



Edinburgh Poultry Show, 472 



Eggs— imports of, 18; sex of. 70; 

 ehellB for chickens, 92 ; which is the 

 mother? 92; promoting production 

 of, 163; our supply of. 221: abnor- 

 mal, 2G7; deficiency otj 378; preserv- 

 ing, 45S 



Eglantine or Sweet Briar, 13 



Eg>-pt, Viceroy of, 335 



Elder — trees, pruning, 182; and its 

 uses, 237 ; hemes and poultry, 374 



Endive — wiutcriug, 316 ; blanching, 

 339 



Entomological Society's Meetings, 47, 

 402, 424, 462 



Entomological cabinet, to avoid mites 

 in. 391 



Epid^ndram Cooperlanum, 27 : cne- 

 midophorum, 140: BrasavoliP. 200 



Epimedium alpinuni, vm-. rubriun, 297 



Erodium macradenimn, 200 



Erythrina crista-galli culture, 411 



Eston and Normanby Poultry Show. 

 147 



Evergreens— for a porch, 51 ; Conifers, 

 &c., plautiu'^. 183; in pots for bod- 

 ding, 239; for beds, 390 



Eucharis amazonica culture, 60 



Eugenia ugni, propagating, 339 



Exhibited fowls injured, 412 



Exhibition stands lor flowers, 31 

 Exhibitions — jottiags at some, 38; 

 pnzes at, 124 



Farm, TROUBLES er a kew, 436 



" Fai-myard Poultry." 323 



Famworth Poultry Show, 217 



Feathers quill-bound, 324 



Feraery, climbers for, 204 



Ferns- in glass cases, 81 ; lor a glazed 

 porch, 51 ; infested by scale, 28* ; 

 infested bv thrips, 284, itVIt ; pro- 

 liferous, 276, 284, 315, 350, 405, 460 ; 

 moveable house for, 234 : m War- 

 dian case, 3i^5 ; in greenhouse, 856; 

 packing for importation, 411 



Figs— White Marseilles and De la Ma- 

 deleine, 212 ; on standards, 2G5 ; ripun- 

 iag, SOI: removing fruit, 391 



Filberts not beuring, 301 



Finehley Horticultural Society, 25fl 



Findlay, testimonial to Mr. B., 77 



Fine-foliaged plants for flower-atand. 

 356 



Fines for neglect, 407 



Fire management. 46ti 



Finn, the Long. 277 



Fish, Mr. D. T.. ackuowledgmont to 

 by Royal Horticultural Society, 47 



Fleas in poultry-houses, 54 



Fltche fowls, 145 



Florists' flowers defined, 467 



Flower gardeni— spring-planting a 



town, 106: plan. 177; planting, 339 

 Flower gardening, w^inter and spring, 



Flower-pots, sizes explained, 242 



Flowers— sweet-scented, 111; in Ame- 

 rica, 260; some hardy, 382; to pre- 

 serve cut, 396 



Flies— traps for,202 : destroying white, 

 856 



Forcing shrubs. Ac, 372 



Fowler's insecticide, 3S2 



Fowls— d>-ing suddenly, 110; cooked 

 meat for, 130 ; times for feeding, 

 crossme. IGS; for early and late 

 laying, 3iXi ; food requirpd for, 392: 

 exhibited injured, a94, 435 ; sendin" 

 to exhibition, 396; profitable age, 

 416 : preparing for exhibition, 436 

 Frames, covering for, 302 

 French polish, 36 

 French breeds of fowls, 236 

 French fo\.ld, 236; choice of, ulcers 



in, 92 

 French Plums, 92 ■ ' ■ 



French and Eoglish gardening, 383, 



421,443,453 

 Frogs in a tank, 167, 483 

 Frost affected by altitude, 275 

 Fruit— thinning, 21 ; growing,86 ; fla- 

 vour of, 107 ; how I educated my 

 taste for, 19'J; storing-room, 390, 48l': 

 estimate of sizes, 4i)0: stoneless, 

 483 ; trees, for clay si>il, 86 ; summer- 

 pnining and pinching, 123; cover- 

 ing, 1S2 : time of transplanting, 192 ; 

 traiucd near the gi'ound, 275; on 

 wooden palings, 284 ; for North 

 Durham, 302: crossing, results in 

 1867,307; in pots, 353, 371 ; for walla. 

 356.390; for S.E. aspect, 373; 

 training slopinglv, 417 

 Fuchsias— winteiiiig, 302, 339, 340, 357 ; 



Dommiana, 443 

 Fumigating a vinery, 30 



Game fowt.s. 14 : breeding, SI, 88 : 

 shape of the cock, 33 : shape of the 

 hen, 51; defects in shape, 52 ; weight 

 at shows, CS: white wing feathers 

 in Brown Red, 130 ; prepiiring for 

 exhibition, 268: hen diaordered. 288; 

 cross between Dnckwing and Black 

 Red, 396: judging, 418; Indian, 416; 

 judging by col»ur, 452, 4S-4 ; cock mu- 

 tilated, 4li9 

 Game, trees, Ac. injured by, 444 

 " Game and OmamcntallBird Manage- 

 ment," 22-3 

 Garden, re-arranging, 339 

 Gardeners' Koyal Benevolent Institu- 

 tion anniversary, 8, 481 

 Gardeners — arc they amateurs ? 265; 

 examinations, 855, 462 ; removal ex- 

 penses, 465 

 Gardening. French nnd English, 190 

 Garrya elliptica fruiting, 315 

 Gas, heating bv,277, 419 

 Gaultheria Shallon, 423 

 Geese— time for selling, 306; feeding 



the London market, for 492 

 " Geology. Page's Text Books, ' 403 

 Geraniums or Pelargoniums, 391 

 Gesuera zebrina resting. 429 

 Ghent, International Horticultural 



Exhibition at. 27 

 Gitiaachillea-folia, rd 

 Gishurst compound, 403 ; syringing 



Grapes with, 5 

 Gladiolus — iu pots, treatment after 

 blooming,125; select, 234; Souchet's, 

 309; at home and abroad, 379; cul- 

 ture in heavy soil, 414 

 Glass— walls, 39, 172 ; writing on, 441 ; 



for gardening jiui'poses, 455 

 Glazed structure, uses nf, 356 

 Gloxinias— hypocyrtiflora, 27 ; winter- 

 ing, 125 

 Goa£ moth and its caterpillar 318 

 Gold fish, 324 



Gooseben-ies— list, 87 : Show at North- 

 wich, 96; tree prunintr, S74, 429; 

 list oi heaviest, 427 : cuttings, 450 

 Grapes— Muscats diseased, 31 ; judg- 

 ing, 37. 56. 75, 97, 139, 149, 234, 250, 291, 

 444; admitting front air to, 50; dis- 

 eased, 67; spot on, 87,124; spotted 

 and shrivelled, 144 ; rusting, 176 ; 

 diseased, 182; mildew on, 199; 

 cracking. 203. 221 : the R«v. H. Cot- 

 tingham's, 216; not colouring, 242; 

 Chasselas varieties, 155; Muscats 

 shanking, 242; Bicane or Chasselas 

 Napoleon, 344 ; Chasselas Napoleon, 

 273. 818, 330. 344 ; Eseholata. 2S5 ; 

 Olivette Noire, 813: keeping, 820; 

 in orchard-house, 339 ; various, 878; 

 spotting and cracking, 428; preserv- 

 ing, 449 ; rotting, 465 

 ■ Grape Vine, Practical Treatise on," 



78 

 Grass— on heavy soil, 30 ; land mosey, 

 285; field, manure for, 242; edging 

 failing, 356 

 " Grasses, British," 9 

 Grasses, list of ornamental, 411 

 Gravel wiilks, munturemcnt, ISO 

 Green food for fowls, 36 

 Green fly, 119 

 Gi'een Gage unfruitful, 243 

 Greenhouse,heatiug from a kitrhener, 

 13: glass for, 124; defined, 145; 

 centre bed in, 222; erecting, 222; 

 eonsti-ucting lean-to, 265, 285 ; doub- 

 ling its width, 301 ; evaporation- 

 trou"h for, 301; tender plants in, 

 410; heating a small, 449; plants lor 

 exhibition, 467 

 Griffinia Blumenavia, 200 

 Growth, promoting rapid, 306 

 Guano lor liedding plants, 51 

 Gueldre fowl, 248 

 Gueldres Rose ben-ies, 320 



Guildford Poultry Sliow, 453, 470 

 Guinea fowls, rearing, 72 

 Guiseley Poultry Show. 160 

 G>-mnostachyum VerschalTelti cu4- 

 ture, 356 



Habrothamnus, eleganp,140: train- 



ixn, 182 

 Hackle, fowls', defined, 494 



Hiiiifax Poultry Show, 184 



Hnmbm-ghB,— cock's ta^I notched. 



• Golden - pencilled pullets, 36 ; deaf 



ear streaked, 168 ; pullets losing their 



tails, 416 ; plumage and comb of 



SUver-spangled cock, 416, 474 



Hamburgh Pigeon Show, 167 



Hampshire Oj-nithological Associa- 

 tion, 377. 394 



Harvey. Dr. "W. H.. 80 



Hashugden Poultry hhow, 90 



Hastings and St. Leonard's Poultry 

 SJiow, 128 ; treatment uf a bird at, 

 168 



Hatching, snceessful, 70 



Hawk, securing, 248 



Hay, two crops annually. 67 



Hays's patent stove, 319; peat char- 

 coal, 3^2 



" Hearths and Homesteads." 2.'.7 



Heaths-notes on, 216 ; lor August and 

 November, 428 



Heat-retaining compound, Spence'a, 



Kitchen garden, size for four persons, 

 fence for, 242 ; forming, 4'2-t 



Heating two houses with one boiler, 

 I7S; Jrom one fii-e, 373; from a 

 kitchen boilei-, 484 



Hedge, quick-growing shrub for, 



H-'lichrysums, drying, 143 

 \ Hous— with swelling, 130: an indus- 

 trious. 145; obstinately broody, 267 ; 

 with male habits, 324; deluding 

 broody, 357 

 Herbaceous plants, descriptive list, 4, 



40 

 Hereford Rose Show, 45 

 Hessle Poultry Show, 146 

 Hewitt, Mr. E., testimonial to, 162, 



183.204.223, ^44,250 

 Hibiscus esculentus, 37:! 

 Highland and Agricultural Society's 



Poultry Show, 103 

 Hippeastrum pardinum, 297 

 Holly hedge, cutting down, 319 

 Hollyhock— propagation and culture, 

 19 ; seed sowing, 223 ; wintering 

 and propagating, 429 

 Holmesdale's Lady, poultry, 223, 377; 



sale, 412 

 Honeydew 124 



Honeysuckle, insects on, 411 

 Hoof-pariugs for manure, 204 

 Honiets, 205 



Horseradish— cultivation, 343; eradi- 

 cating. 391 

 Horticultural (Royal) Society's Shows, 

 6; Committees, 7, 22, 98. 115, 137. 155, 

 174, 214, 255, 293, 347, 423 ; Burv Show, 

 42, 53, &4, 79, 369 ; "Journal of Horti- 

 culture" prizes, 47; conversazione, 

 43: Sultan's visit, 64 ; results of ex- 

 amination. 83 ! Variegated Pelargo- 

 nium Show, 214; examination, 281; 

 General Meeting, Country Meeting 

 In 1868, 424; gardeners' ex.-imination, 

 445; Shows in 1868, 462 

 Horticultural Shows, prolonged, 236, 



255,346; village, 203 

 Horticultural Societies meetings in 

 July, 10; August, 83; September, 

 158; list of country, 64 

 Hotbeds, making, 212 

 Hothouse, heating a small, 102 

 Hot-water— apparatus, cleaning, 204; 



cistern, 355 

 Houdans, 33, 183; cock lame, 72; at 

 c:ihibitions, 126, 146 ; suffering from 

 a cold, 130 ; value of as a breed, 145 ; 

 legs, 248: claws, 268: colour and 

 characteristics ot, 324; pullet's 

 comb, 396 : cross-breedingwitli, 436 

 Hyacinths— Prince Albert Victor, 200 ; 



in pots. 264 

 Hyde Park gardening, 253 



Labels- FOR "Wakdian Case, '374 



tree, 434 

 Laehenalia quadricolor culture, 76 

 Liehn majalis,297 

 Land's End, about the, 112, 132. 170 

 Larkspur— culture if Siberian, 284 



double purple, 340 

 Lastrea rigida and dilatata, 87 

 Laurel bedge, cutting down, 161 

 Lavender for distillation, 242 

 La\vn— brown in simimer, 5J ; weeds 

 on, 105, 161 ; removing moss from, 

 391 ; Daisies on, 466 

 Laying in winter, inducing, 72 

 Leaves— collecting, 3S6 ; iind grass for 

 ' bottom lieat, 837; di-ying and pre- 

 serving, 873 

 Leeches in a garden, 355 

 Leeds Poultry Show, 471 

 Leicester Poultry Show, 103 

 Leigh Poultry Show. 226 

 Lettuce— varieties of, 156; in winter, 

 3s:l ' 



Lice on fowls, 288 

 Lichfield Poultry Show, 226 

 Lilies, Belladonna and Guemacy, 



after flowering, 223 

 Lilium— Ruratum and giganteuro cul- 

 ture. 266: giganteum otTsets, 67; 

 lancifolium, 173 ; hardy, 124 ; lanci- 

 fohum roseum potting, 374: longi- 

 florum, hardiness of, 125; auratum 

 bulbs decaying, 355 : Leichtlinii, 

 369 ; monadelphum, 4G7 

 Lilliesden,238 



Lily of the Valley beds, thinning, 391 

 Limerick Poultry Show, 191 

 Linum flavtim, 204 



Lithospermum fruticosum, propagat- 

 ing, lor. 

 Liverpool HorticuUuval Society, 402 

 Llimberis and its Ferns, 154 

 Loam defined. 145 



Lobelia— ama^'ua and speciosa Lind- 

 leyana, 33; compact plants of, 87; 

 wintering St. Clair, 221 ; speciosa, 

 hardiness of, 265 : cardinalis culture, 

 234; Little Gem. 329 

 Long Sutton Poultry Show. SOS 

 Longtown Poultry Show, 490 

 Lycupudium denticulatum, 234 



Ice — KEEPING THROUGH THE SUM- 

 MER, 311, 347; storing, 406; collect- 

 ing, 463 



Illinois gardening, 274' 



Incubators— regulator, .'')4; rival, 33 



Indian-rubber plant, propagating, 320 



Insects, destroying, 457 



Ipoma;a GeiTardi, 27 



Ipswich Poultry Show, 106, 358 



Iresine Herbstii — propagating, 223; 

 wintering and propagating, 243 



Ivy— training, 320; berries, sowing in 

 a wall, 356 ; preserves walls, 373 



J^ SMINE FL0WERI.ESS, 87 



Jersey, notes in, 331 

 Jerusalem Artichokes, 240 

 July, plants in fiower iu. 96 

 June, flowers blooming in, B9 



Keighlet Poultry Show, 164 

 Kendal Poultry Show prizes. 415 

 Kidlington Poultry Show, 2'jd 



Madagascar, legumes frosi, 411 

 Madder — culture, 390; growing in 



Assam, 478 

 Magnolia tripetala, 339 

 Maiilen trees defined. 465 

 Malt dust as poultry food, 454 

 Manchester Horticultural Exliibition, 



175 ; implements at, 8 

 Manchester and Liverpool centenary 



Poultry Exliibition, 69, 109, 163, 187 

 Manchester Poultry Show, 183 

 Master and gardener, 197 

 Mathiola tristis, 302 

 McNeill, death ot Mr., 424 

 j Mealy bugs on Grapes nearly ripe, 8G 



Mfdhir leaves diseased, 50 

 I Mc-igle Poultry Show, 166 

 I Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 48 

 Melons— not setting, 14: culture, 66 

 spotting, 86; leaves curling. 161; 

 growing without artificial heat, 194 ; 

 seed, 320: for exhibition, 4 19 

 Mespilus, Snowy, as an ornamental 

 tree, 133 : its fruit as a preserve, 

 137 

 Methylated spirit, how to use, 301 

 Middleton Poultry Show, 52,244 

 Mignonette in pots and as trees, 456 

 Milk-cooler and butter-preserver, 110 

 Mimosa budding, 356 

 Mistletoe, 476 

 Morley Poultry Show, 24C 

 3Ioss, prr^orving, 411 

 ilottrain Poultry Show, 1G5 

 Mulberry propagation, 411 

 Musa Cavendishii fniit damping, 411 

 Mushi-ooms — making beds in Sep- 

 tember, 50 ; culture, 85, 432 ; growing 

 in a cellar, 105 : watering bed with 

 boiling water, 182; suit for beds, 

 319; making beds, 355,391; manure 

 for. 411 

 Slussienda frondosa culture. 823 

 lilyoporum purvilolium culture, 161 

 Myrtle diseased, 221 



Nails -TWO os one claw, 130; for 



training, 427 

 Nectarines - cracking, 124, 209 : shrivel- 

 ling, 203, 242: trees, pruning, 265; 

 iu pots, winter treatment, 290 

 Newport Poultry Show, 490 

 Nierembergias, 116; rivularis,33 

 Non-pa^-ment for poultry, 14S 

 Northallerton Poultry Show, 287 

 North British Columbarian Society's 



Show, 473, 492 

 Northern Poultry- Club prizes, 395 

 North^ncli Gooseberry Show, 96 

 November, plants blooming in. 441 

 Novembers and Junes, meteorology 



of. Sou 

 Nuneham Park, 291, S13, 351, 404 



