vu 



HisHetoe, 267; seed, sowingt 93, 151, 



16tt 

 Moles, 316 

 Mo33 un lawn, 234 

 Mulberry tree— wiser than the Peach. 



109 ; uQf rai'.fal, 199 : pTOpagaCioD, 



266: bearing early, 28J 

 Monster Poultry Show, IS 

 MuBhrooms— culture, 12,2^: forcing. 



132; encouraging in a field, 184; 



beds, wuodlice in, 125; spawOj in- 



aertim: in fields, 316 

 MyoRotiri olpcBtrin, 163 

 MyrtUB Cheken, 360 



Nastwich Poultry Sh*w, 236, 154 



Nectarine trees— treatment of, 277; 

 unfruitful, 347 : blossoms foiling, 

 881 



Netting— for seed-beds, 32; for Peach 

 trees, 151 ; fur protection, tanning, 

 1&4 ; a yard of, 234 ; for doors, &c., 

 334; cost of, 234; for a Jruit garden, 

 S16 



Kewcaetle-t'n-Tyne Columbarian So- 

 ciety, 57 : Uird Show, 114 



Newchurch Poultry Show, 335 



New Zealand, inseetivoroua birds for, 

 167 



Nitrate of soda for a lawn, 32, 54 ; 

 as a manure, 383 



Northern Poultry Club Show, 153 



Oak — EVERQHEEN. INJimED BT PEOST, 



300 ; and Ash. leafing of, S3S, 442 



Oats, ground, 220 



OdontoRlossum grande culture, 500 



Okeford Fitzpaine, 2S ; Roses and 

 fruits at, 356 



Oleanders not flowering, 267 



Oncidium tocrratum. 211 



Onions, sowing, 182 ; culture, 264 



Orange-house in Januarv, 119 



Orchards, old, in Kent, 69 



Orchard-houses, as a protective, 210; 

 future, 241; management, 197,265. 

 310, 314, 3y3; Peaches in, 310; blos- 

 soms in, falling, S33 ; the fors and 

 againsts, 342 : pros and cons, 405 



Orchids, Mr. Bateman'a notes on, 

 347 



Osier planting, 32 



Osmunda regalis culture, 316 



PAISLEV ORNTrHOLOGICAL SHOW, 34 



Pampas Grass, culture, 1; frosted, 

 ir>2; drying, 364; injured bj &ost, 

 414 



Pancratium culture, 364 



Pasaifiora laurifoUa self- fertilising, 

 64 



Pausies— Thomas Downie, Miss J. 

 Kay, Imperial Blue, and Hugh Adair, 

 28; sowing in heat, 134; dying sud- 

 denly. 279 



Paris Universal Exhibition, 327, 537, 

 3SS; horticultural jurors, 249; hor- 

 ticulcultural awards, 300 ; Garden, 

 370 



Parrot eating leathers, 288 



Parsley culture, 233 



Parsnip seed eaten, 349 



Pass ifl or as— lanri folia self-fertilising, 

 64 : for a greenhouse, 348 



Passion-Flower for open air, 216 



Paulo%vnia imperialis, suwiiig seed, 



Paul's (W.), show of spring flowers, 

 and lecture on, 224, 216 



Peach trees- covering, 13; wood of 

 red spider on. 32; newly planted, 

 54; scale on, 54; not hurt by the 

 frost. 94; failing in peachery, 106; 

 (Tummor-rmniDg, training in a 

 bouse, 109 ; wash for, Un ; buds. 192 ; 

 treatment of. 277 ; glands in leaves, 

 2M ; fruit fallin-;, 317 ; nearly killed, 

 364 ; leaves blistered, 364 ; blos- 

 soms falling, 381 ; and Nectarines 

 in orchard-house, thinning fruit, 

 414 : leaves diseased, 432 



Peacock's feathers skinned over, 320 



Pears— planting. 4; protecting blos- 

 som, 13; culture, 27, 50. 70, 44R ; 

 pjantinET, 47 : and perplexity, 85 ; 

 Huyshe's Victoria, Prince of Wales, 

 Princess of Wales, and Prince Con- 

 sort. 88, S61 ; on Quince and Pear 

 stocks, 173, 190 : Beurro Clairgean, 

 511; eighteen guineas per dozen, 

 235 : pruning pyramidal, 251 ; cul- 

 ture, fan training, 295 ; blossomless, 

 itl6: leaves diseased, 333 ; unproduc- 

 tive in pots, pyramids unproduc- 

 tive, ?*0 : summer pruning, 447 



Peas— earlv, 4, C7. 103. 159. 192, 193, 197, 

 225. 249, 2C0, S95, 419; seed needed, 

 estimate of varieties, 28; sowing 

 and protecting, 149; protectors for, 

 199; Marrow for autumn, 199; tender- 

 ness of forced, 215; Gardener's De- 

 light, 223; protectin?, 226; planting 

 out, 350; cnlture of. 258,342; roots 

 eaten by millipede, S32; early, tested 

 ftt Chiswick, 39S ; the Dew. 449 ; fail- 

 mg.4£<2 



Peat chareoal, 184 ; snaking, 216 



Pelargoniums— Meteor, 28 ; grafting, 

 32; cuttings, waterintf, 74; Tire- 

 buck's, 126; cultinc down Zonal, 

 134; Custlemilk. 151 ; for exhibiiiun, 

 169; treatment of old beddint; and 

 Mrs. Pollock, 184; sports, cutlinps, 

 1H5; of the past season, 191; Miss 

 Martin, 211; for bedding, 216; sift- 

 )Dg soil for, 218; pinching, 234; old 

 plants of Tom Thumb, 234; Trico- 

 lored, 213, 357, 373; Milton and 

 Negress, 263; culture of Tricolored. 

 273; origin of, 275. 291; estimate of 

 bedding, 2«9; at Koval Horticultural 

 Society, 297; bedding, 301; culturo 

 and turf soil for Tricolored, 308; 

 "Treatise on hybridisation and cul- 

 tivation," 312. 326; leaves blackened, 

 816; origin of Tricolored, 323 ; exhi- 

 bition at South Kensington, 330; 

 leaves spotted, 349; sporiing, Mrs. 

 Grieve, 380 ; origin of variegated, 

 387; definition of Zonal and Nose- 

 gay, for exhibition, 414 ; what are 

 variegated ? 441 ; at Bury St. Ed- 

 munds Show, 445 



Pentstemon seed sowing, 343 



Peperomia arifolia i-. argyreia, 211 



Perches for fowls, 172 



Perennials, merits and culture of 

 hardy, 353 



Perth Poultry Show, 97 



Pests of the garden, 451 



Pets, ladies', 40 



Pheasants— confined, 80 ; in an aviary, 

 220: silting and feeding, 402 



Philadelphus mexicanus not flower- 

 ing, 217 



Philesiahuxilolia culture, 452 



Philoperisteron Society's Show, 78 



Phloxes, list of, 3&1 



Photinia serrulata propagating, 283 



Picotees, select, 91 



Pigeons, 384 ; Barbs at York, 20 ; flight 

 feathers of Owl, 80; dung as ma- 

 nure, 151 : preparing Runts for ex- 

 hibition. Pouter cock ill. 116; en- 

 trance for Fantails, 156 ; Turbits, 

 204; notes on fancy, 235; Society, 

 267 ; for a lady, pole-houses for, 

 25fi ; Runts, 30i ; laying soft eggs, 

 40S 



*' Pigeons, their structure, &c.," 270 



'* Pigeons, Breeding of Trumpeter," 

 154 



Pimeleas—flfter flowering, 316; decus* 

 sata culture, 54 



Pin in a fowl's breast, 219 



Pine Apples— black inside, 93; select, 

 109; in small pots, 173 



Pine-pit heating, 185 



Pink, parentage of Clarke's Lord Lyon, 

 445 



Pipes, circulation of water in quad- 

 rangular, 301 ; hot -water, quantitv 

 needed. 198 



Pits, shaded, 109; converting to a 

 house, 33 



Plantain, eradicating, 16S 



Plant case, 218 



Plants— drj-ing, 82; recently intro- 

 duced, bl 



Pleroma sarmentosa, 211 



Plough, snow, 216 



Plum tree blijihted, 349 



Plungingmaterial, 93 



Poa trivialis argentea elegans, 548 



Poinscttia culture, 266 



Portulaca culture, 284 



Potatoes, 6, 144 ; and their culture, 21 ; 

 notes on some. 43; early, 67; 

 frince of Wales, 85; alkaline ma- 

 nures for, 93,111.393; sprouting for 

 planting, 94; gOoSip about, 99, 127: 

 best first eariy, 134 ; Birmingham 

 Prize, 147; estimate of, 159: plant- 

 ing, 167, 1S3, 2;^4 ; for the far north, 

 174; Grammars, 184; cause of dis- 

 ease. 194 ; York Regent, 223 ; grow- 

 ing on ridge- an d-forrow system, 233; 

 earthing up, 394; diseased, 412; ex- 

 periments with various, 410 



Pots, cleaning, 214 



Poultry— past and future, 14 ; judging, 

 15, 94; show netflects, 16 : keeping 

 profitably, varieties together, wings 

 cut, 20; proportioning sexes, 40; 

 cottager's, in confined space, 55 ; in 

 confined space, Go, 80; cross-breed- 

 ing, 60 ; yard inclosure, height for, 

 80; handling at sales, 80: Com- 

 mittees, want of courtesy 95 ; pro- 

 tracted detention of, 95 ; mutilating 

 at shows, 95, 135 : exhibiting bor- 

 rowed, 95; washing, 98; keeping, 

 results. 111; effects of season on, 

 111; "Instantaneous Reference for 

 Poultry, Pigeons, and Rabbits,'' 189; 

 mortahty amonc. food, market, 140 ; 

 consumption of, 152; cross-breed- 

 ing, 153; for damp yard, 156; sick, 

 156; flooring fr>r, 156; produce, 201; 

 shows, summer, 201: doings, 255; 

 keeping, year's result, 268: runs, 272; 

 breeding hints, o51 : houses, por- 

 table, 350,382, 416 ; shows and their 

 management, 350 : keeping, exten- 

 sive, 415 ; run. grrasH for, 420 



Poultry Club, 15, 34, 30-2: late Treasu- 

 rer of, 55 ; Secretary, 76 



" f oaltr7-keep«r, The Frsotieol,'* 100 



Primrose, bine, 25«, 29S 



Primulas — seed, sowing, IS; seedlings, 

 &4; corlusoides amfsna, 81; dis- 

 eased, 169; blue, 258, 293; Chinese, 

 after flowering, ssl, blooming a 

 Sfcond year, 439 



Privet berries poisonous, 266 



Propagating— and Cucumber - house, 

 93: bouse, heating, 151 



Propagation of shrubs and trees , 893 



Pi'otecting material, 72 



Prunus sineusis, double, after flower- 

 ing, 316 : pruning, 349 



Pruning-time, 397; evergreens, 399 



Psidiums, 44 ; Kaddii, 8 



Pteris serrulata, sowing, 32 



Pullets, what are, 438 



Pyreihrums and Peonies at Versailles 

 Nursery, 423 



Queensland, 132 



Quickset hedge, caterpillars on, 54 



Rabbits — lop-eared, ears op, ex- 

 hibiting. 140; Welsh, 155; prizes 

 for, 401,415 



Radiation of heat from the earth, 312 



Radishes, 281 



Rain- gauges for, 135; water becoming 

 hard, 198 



Railway charges, 16, extortion, 285 



Ranunculuses, taking up, 333 



Raphanus caudatus culture, 169 



Raspberries, training, 132 



Red spider— on Peach trees, 32; on 

 wall trees, 89 ; a devourer of, 147 



Rhododendrons — seed sowing, graft- 

 ing, 110 ; protectinij, 111 ; flowering 

 early, 152; marginato-punctatum, 

 163; seedlings, 168, 252; not flower- 

 ing. 218; longifoUum, 230; propa- 

 gating, 2S3; pruning. 316; Exhi- 

 bition, J. Waterer's, 407 ; injured by 

 frost, 414 



Rhubarb running to seed, 316 



Ribbon border. 266 



Rice for fowls, 116, 402 



River bank planting, 151 



Rivina lievis for table decoration, 275 



P.ock plants, list of, 364 



Roofs, double, 73 



■■ Rose Amateur's Guide." 193 



Roses — importation of, who raised our 

 best, 2; Napoleon III., 28: French 

 with English names, abusi™ of 

 terms, 46: pruning, 53,216; exhibi:- 

 ing, 83; effects of the frost, 105 ; fes- 

 toons of climbing, removing old 

 Banksian, 110; notes of and about, 

 129 ; growing plants under standard, 

 133 ; forcing, 151, 234, 246 ; in pots in 

 greenhouses, 157; for clayey soil, 

 169 ; sowing Alpine, 199 ; in a frreen- 

 house, 184; Tea-scented in a green- 

 house, 234 ; culture of pot, 253 ; train- 

 ing against a house, 266; and other 

 florists' flowers at the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Societv'g Show, 292; bark 

 of trees eaten, 333; Tea-scented and 

 Noisette in August, 832 ; prospects 

 this year. 340, 341; insect on, 347: 

 leaves blistered, 348; not flower- 

 ing. 349 ; at Okeford Fitzpaine, 356; 

 attar of, 361; insect destroying the 

 leaves, S64 ; for list of stocks. 876; 

 on Manetti atocKs, 386 ; mildew 

 on, 388; Isabella Gray not bloom- 

 ing, for training to house, 398 ; 

 effect of frost on their pith, 405 ; 

 injured by frost, 425: retarding 

 their blooming, 432 ; at Brie-Comte- 

 Robert, 450 ; removing in July, 452 ; 

 taking up Tea-scenied in winter, 

 452; cuttings, 453 



Rubbish heaps, 101 



Rubua leucodermis, 283 



SACCHARIKE food foe FOWT.S, 172 



Saceolabium Bicranteum,262 



St. Cloud, trees before. 380 



Salt for poultry. 98, 237. 254 



Sand, granitic, for Ferns, 233 



Sarcanthus crinaceus, 211 



Sashes, double, 73 



Savoy, Feather-stemmed, 338 



Scale on Pine Apples, 283 



Scilla sibirica, 41'J 



Screen under trees, 316 



Scutellaria costaricana, 419 



Sea-kale— sal tin ur, running to seed, 



168: forcing, 182; management after 



forcing. 252 : culture, 399, 314 ; 



bitter, 364 ; leggy, SSO 

 Sedum maximum versicolor, 361 

 Selaginella denticulata variegated, 252 

 Season, mildness of, 7 

 Seaweed as manure. 397 

 Seeds, protecting, 431; sowing small, 



431 

 Seemann, Dr. return of, 429 

 Sewage— management, 53 : town, 409 

 Shading. 346 ; material, 169 

 Shows of 1867, 8 

 Shreds, substitute for. 93, 109 

 Shrubs, hardy, forcing, 151 

 Simpson, Mr^ teetimonial to, 19& 



Siphoeampylns Humboldtianus, 2U 



Silting, preventing hens, 415 



Skinnt- r, Mr. G. U.. 147 ; death of, 139 



Sloping bed, planting, S33 



Slugs— and snails, 5l3; deatroyiof; 

 348; and seeds, 378 



Snak« millipede, 332 



Snow on walks and houses, SO 



Soap-suds as a manure. 109 



Society of Arts' prizes awarded to 

 gardeners, 411 



Sola for manure, 300 



Solanum capsicastrum culture, 398 



Soot water, making, 346 



SophronitiB prandiflora, 211 



Sorghum tartaricmn, 310,327; aliat 

 cemnum, 297 



Spanish fowls— worn out, 116; cock's 

 comb black, 220 ; face treatment. 240 ; 

 cock become thin, 256 ; cockerel dia- 

 ordered, 272 ; cock's face alcer«d« 

 288 ; cock's face, 456 



Spar^xis under hand-lights, 54 



Spharogj-no lalifolia culture, 168 



Spinach, Australian, culture, S64 



Spir^a salicifolia, 169 



Spring- flowering plants, list, 266, 441 



Spring flowers. 371 



" Standard of Excellence." 415 



Stanliopea oculata culture, 300 



Stemonacanthus Pearcei, 410 



Stephanotis iloribunda in a green- 

 house, 348; cutting down, 381 



Stones, removing from soil, 152 



Stoves in plaut-houses, IZI 



Strawberries — for market, 4; plant- 

 ing. M : what is a good crop of? 82, 

 160; injured by frost, 93; forcing, 

 101; planting out forced. 168, SS3; 

 Dr. Hogg. 276; going blind, 284; 

 price of, 309 ; culture, 345 ; scapea 

 eaten, 848 ; out of doors, 879 ; pro- 

 pagating by runners from unfruit- 

 ful, 381; good crop of, 394; May 

 Queen early, 395 



Sugar-bakers' skimming, 54 



Sugar Grass, Chinese, 216 



Sulphate of lime as a manure. 233 



Sulphur— in coals. 217 ; and lime, 234 ; 

 burning in vinery, Sb3 ; quantity 

 needed for fumigation, 348 



Sunderland Bantam Show. 59 



Snper-phopphate of lime. 316 



Sussex, cottagers' fowls in, 254 



Sweet Williams removing, 453 



Sycamore grafting, 218 



Synadenium Grantii, 211 



Tacsonia ionea not ploweeino, 53 



Tallies. &c., making, 214 



Tan— old, for Ferns, 216; insects in 

 234 



Tapeinotes Carolinje, 163 



Telopea speciosissima, 448 



Temperature'*, natural, 355 



Thorne OrnithologicaJ Show, 202; 

 Poultry Show, 455 



Thuja gigantea and Lobbiana con- 

 founded, 143 



Tinnea a:thiopica, 263 



Tobacco -Pooley's ground, 377, SW; 

 dutv-frce for gardening purposes, 

 407, 423. 442 ; touch paper. 445 



Todea superba browned. ?6l 



Tomato culture in cold frames, 444 



Towerville, 25 



Town— Gardening, 189, 207, 227 ; flower 

 garden planting, O'^O 



Trees, overhanging, 1B4 



Tricvrtis hirta, 217 



Triteleia uniflora. hardy, 180, 213, 243 



Tritoma uvaria. sowing, 134 



Tritonia planting, 110 



Tropaeolum tricolorum culture, 848 



Tuberose culture, 110 



Tulip Tree of New South Wales. 448 



Tulips— under hand-lights, 54; early, 

 324; taking up. 332; siniile, ten va- 

 rieties, 410; double, five varieties, 

 410 



Turf— soil, 61; green, for soil, 95; 

 storing for potting, 132 ; burned 

 for compost, 152 



Turfing, 265 



Turkeys— fattening, 60; for breeding, 

 116 ; food for, 20-1 ; failures with, 304; 

 young, picking their feet. 456 



Turnips, 1H2; storing, 107; fly, pre- 

 venting, 396 



Tussilago farfara variegata, for bed- 

 ding, 134 



TyditJi and Achimenea, 53 



Uecbolisa aurba, si 



Vacaxt r.RorvD, 13 

 Vallota purpurea culture, 169 

 Variegation of leaves, causes of, 385 

 Varieties - what is meant ? 377 

 Vegetable Marrow culture. 199 

 Ventilating orchard-bouse, 432 

 Verbenas — cuttings, striking, 94 ; mil- 

 dewed, 109; culture, 141. 176 : cut- 

 tings, 1^; planting ont, 213; flower 

 ing in pots. 217 ; for exhibition, 81 

 tiweet-econted, cuttings, 381 



