INDEX. 



CnprcBsas LawBoniana fi^m euttinjrE, 

 161 



Currant— bad f( of Black Hwollon. 13; 

 calture. '^i;, 193 ; lUuck. bud insi-ct, 74, 

 880 ; pruiiiiik' iind proimnalintr Blm-k, 

 8C; trpc culture, I'.lS; insi^ot preyiuK 

 on the Black. 2KH ; fruitless, 3S7 ; 

 Bommer-pruninR, 453 



Curcumft auatnilaHica, 29 



Cntbnsh'B Bpriiig flower ehow, 227 



CatliuKB, hotbed tor, 94 



CyclamenB— frosted, 134; cuUnrr, 225, 

 260 : persicum culture, 321 ; not 

 tiowennp, 34y 



Cygneta, feeding, 402 



Daiilus fob exhibition, 169 



DaiBiee, erudi eating. 168 



Daisy. Aocuba-Ieav-^d for edging, 432 



Dalechampia Roezliana. 360 



Dandelion for fowls, 98 



Daphne odora buds falling, 73: in* 

 dica potting, 300; cueorom, propa* 

 gating, 398 



Daturas, plantinjf, 348 



Delphiniums— select. Ill : formosum, 

 SC4 



Denbios. 143 



Dendrobium macrophyllum Veitchi- 

 anum. 410 



Deodorising, 3^7 ; night soil, 199 



Depredators, deterring, 345 



Dew-point, 31'i 



Dianthuses. removing, 453 



Diarrha'a in chickens, 420, 456 



Dick, Mr. Robert. 130 



Dictyopsis Thunberirii, 263 



Dipladenia startiog. 54 



Disa grandiflora. 1U5; culture, 348 



Dobson, Mr. J., 344 



Dombeya Mastersii, 2G3 



Dorkings, 80: Grey and Brahma 

 Pootras, 140: hens stjurred, 188: 

 hens pickinij featherH, 204; points 

 in White, 240 ; hen's coniba, 3S4. 399 ; 

 399; cock paralvsed, 4U2; chickens 

 crooked-breasted, 453 



Draining a clayt-y sml. 413 



Drip from room of stove, 151 



Drunhennefis, 390 



Dubbing-scissors. 116, 402 



Ducklings and artificial mother, 834; 

 dying in tlie shell. 420 



Ducks — Rouen, for fsxhibition, 40; 

 lame, 150 ; nninber for a drake, 172 ; 

 snails for, 352; eggs soft, 256; rear- 

 ing Call. 3'34 

 Dumfries Ornithological Show, 38 

 Dyckia rariflora hardy, 1G5 



EnorNOS for wauib, 61. 100. 143. 223 



Edinburgh Working Men's Flower 

 Show, 441 



Egg-pro due in q" fowls, 116 



EggH—production of. 20: nt Birming- 

 ham Show, uo ; eprinkling whilo 

 hatching, 40; detecting lertile, num- 

 ber a hen lavg, packing for travel- 

 ling, 80; ill-flaTonred, 156; from 

 frallet, 156 ; removing as soon as 

 aid^ 188 ; imported, fowls for pro- 

 ducing, 204 : good producers of, 240 ; 

 packing, 256: chilled, 304: preserv- 

 ing, 304; in line sawdust. 320; pur- 

 chased, unproductive, 350 ; weight 

 of, 352 ; poultry yard for wholesale 

 production of, 382; guaranteeing 

 high-priced, 415; no hatching, 420 ; 

 vitality rttained in chilled, 435; un- 

 j)rodnctivenefls of l)ij;h-priced.454 



Elaeocarrns reticalutus culture, 218 



Embothrium coecineum culture, 4^2 



Entomological Society's Meetinga, 8, 

 87. IIJX 180, 202, 826. 393 



Epidendrum ebumeuni, 9, 360 



Epime-liunis, 'J83 



Epworth Poulti y Show. 334 



Eranthemum rubroveninm culture, 284 



Eriostemon Smithii culture, 218 



Essences, fruit, 283 



Encharis amazonica culture. 364 



Evergrtjens— for a blind, 32 ; not gene- 

 rally known, 158 : pruning, 217 



Everlasting flowers. 13 



Example, a worthy. 311 



Exhibited fowls injured, 34 



Exhibitions, horticultural, in June, 

 3»5 



PaRPDGIUU GRANDE, HARDINESB OF, 

 142 



Feather-eating fowls, 420, 43.1 

 February, h.irdy fiowtrs in. 177 

 Fernery— constructing. 94; charcoal 



fire in. 217; slugs and woodlice in, 



tempt- rature, 2S4 

 Ferns— for a fernery, 13* : losing their 



fronds, 218; temperature for. 252; 



enlture of Filmy, 305; Golden u^c 



thriving, 316 : accIimatiBalion of 



New Zealand tree, 391 ; blackened, 



and woodlice on, 398 

 Ferrets, 884 

 Figs— the Channel Islands, 44 ; trees, 



entting back, 163 ; out of doors, 879 

 Fir and Pine, 73 

 Fitt«iua argyroneura, 360 



Fleas in ponltry-hone^, 204 

 Florists' fljwers at the Koyal Horti- 

 cultural Suciety'w Show, 222 

 Flowt-r gardening, jottings about, 442 

 Flowers — and tbtir associations, 175; 

 beds, size and separation of geome- 

 trical, '^10; planting, 252, 253; de- 

 stroyed, 267; and their litnesa, 294; 

 pots, cleaning, 348; preserving 

 colour of dried, 393 

 Flues, lime cement for, 253 

 Foliaged plants, ornamental, 421 

 Forcing-houBe temperatures, 110 



Forcing (lowers, art of, 246 



Foreman's management of fires, 144 



Fowls— exhibiting borrowed, 34; mu- 

 tilating a competiioi's, 55; tor a 

 cottager, 55; throats dinordereii, 80 ; 

 lungs, abscess in, 93; dung as a ma- 

 nure, 111; food reqn-rca for, 116; 

 breathing with dimculty. 116; ca- 

 tarrh in, 204; dung for liquid ma- 

 nure, 217; disordered, useful, 220; 

 trespassing, 234; cottag- rs', in Sus- 

 sex, salt for, 254; eating feathers, 

 272: desirable kind, 27':i; laiiurea 

 with, 81-14 



Frame, uses of, 74 



I-'rames, &c.,215 



French varieties of fowls, 220 



French Lavender, 233 



Frosts— excluding. 52; of Mar. 376, 

 378,423: of January and May, 386 



"Fruit Garden, The Miniature." 104 



Fruit, essences of, 288 ; artificially 

 flavoured, 429 



Fruit-trees, shoots, pinching, 84; 

 transplanlin;:,' lar^e, 117, llj2 ; pinch- 

 ing shoots ol dwarf, 251: ho UP o for 

 growing, S17: prufipeota. 372,876 



Fuchsias —potting, 167; for exhibi- 

 tion, 169 ; hst of hardy, 453 



Fuel, economising, Itir " 



Fumigating, plants injured by, 74 



Fungi, parasitical. 71 



Furnaces, management of, 133 



Furze, cutting down, 284 



Game fowls, 20, 418 ; cooks noirriNG, 

 20 ; points in, S3 ; breeding Duck- 

 wing and dai'k blood Pile, size of 

 cocks, 60: breeding, 75, 153, 170, 185, 

 201, 237, 2k3 ; with diff^-rent legs, food 

 for,80: characteristics, 95, 131; co- 

 lour of yellow Birchen hen, 172; 

 what trees and shrubs are not in- 

 jured by, 148, 175, 210 : not laying, 

 240- origin of, 334 ; hen's comb. 3HH ; 

 cock's beak damaged, 384 ; cockerels, 

 2''i6; crossing for colour, 2ti8; va- 

 rieties of colour, 302; breeding this 

 year, 4*3 

 Gapes, 304; in chickens, 415, 430; ad- 



ministoringcamphor for,4:j8 

 Gardenia fragraus not flowering, 217 

 Garden— of one acre, labour needed, 

 33; of two acres, men needed for, 

 94 ; expense of, 169 ; with north as- 

 pect, 218 ; management, 347 

 Gardeners— examinalion for honours, 

 43, 60, 843; Improvement Societies, 

 43 ; Benevolent Institution, 301, 377 

 Garston vineyard. 62, 261. 338 

 Gauze for fruit protecting, 265 

 Geese ^vith projecting feathers, 80 

 Genista — not flowering, 234 ; done 



flowering, 398 

 Gentiana acaulis sowing, 199 

 Gesneras- zebrina epleudens, leaves 

 curhn?, 34- cul'ure, 110; not thriv- 

 ing, 333; Ohromatella, Cymosn, 

 Liudleyona, Kosea punctatissima, 

 360 

 Gishurat Compound, 444 

 Gladioluses— in poor soil, 25; ImiH-ra- 

 trice Engtnie. Reine Victoria, and 

 John Waterer, 163; cocoa-nut libre 

 refuse for, 252; at Fontainebleuu, 

 422 

 Glass— ground, fo increase light, 11; 



substitute for, 315 

 Glazing a small span-roofed house, 



332 

 Gloxinias — culture, 110, 421 ; list of, 



348 

 Glue as niannre, 252 

 Goldfinch mule with indurated skin, 



40 

 Gold fish— curing fungi on, 140 ; in an 

 aquarium, 172; disappearing, 288; 

 with trout, 836 

 Gomphia Thcophrasta, 360 

 Gooseberries- t^vo Belect, 4S3; Bum- 



mer-pnining, 453 

 Grafting-wax, 109 

 Graft's influence on the stock, 426 

 Grapes— Mrs. Pince's Black Muscat 

 11,74; in a cool house for market' 

 26; cracking, 109; bunches becum' 

 ing tendrils. 101*: Royal Ascot, 164. 

 Muscats shanking, 16S; Muscat' 

 spotting find shanking. 184 ; rusted' 

 184,301; time required for ripening' 

 195,276; shanking, 216: stalks shank' 

 intr, 332; Archertield Early Muscat' 

 348 : dark coloured. 364 ; spotted, 380 ' 

 preventing shanking, 398; failuresj 

 451 

 Grave, flowers for, 414 

 Gravel of drive, tuminff, 2C7 



Greenhouse— constmcting, 33; heat- 

 ing a small. 185 ; not completed, 217 ; 

 heating, fruits in, 235; (■limber for 

 back wall. SuO : heating anl con- 

 structing small, 318 ; plants lor 

 flowering in Julv, 848 ; constructing 

 a small, 433 ; stages, 452 



Gritts cauliflora, 28 



Griflinia hyacinthina maxima, 360 



Guano liquid manure, 284 



Guinea fowls, to distinguish sex, SOI 



GuzBiannia picta culture, 283 



Gypsum as a fertiliser, 443 



Hamfax Poultry Snow, 113 



Hall of Arts and Sciences, laying 



loun-Iation by the Queen, 344 

 Hamburghs — comb, 20 ; Silver-span- 

 gled cock's tail, 77; tail of GoUlen- 

 pencilled eoc!;, 140; cockerels d>ing. 

 156; distini;uishing age of, ITi; 

 II. Brahma Pootras, 254; varieties, 

 256 ; merits of. 454 

 Hardiness of shrubs, 284 

 Hamoi^B-room stove, 60 

 Hatcbing, artificial, 367 

 Hays's Constant Stove, 184. 253 

 Haythovn, Mr. John, death of, 195 

 Heat— danger from accujnulated, 81 ; 

 accumulated 108, 223; radiating 

 from pipes, to prevent, 152 

 Heaths, cutting down, 333 

 Heating-modes of. 41: failure in, 53 : 

 small plant-houses. 184,439: by hot 

 ■water, regulating, 167 ; pipes parti- 

 ally hot, 163 

 Hec!anondwike Poultry Show, 13 

 Hedge, evergreen, 74 

 Helianthemum ocvmoides, 28 

 Heliotrope unhealthy. 234 

 Hens-abduiaen swollen, 80; propor- 

 tion of cocks to, 140 : feathered, 18S; 

 eating eggs. 272. 304, 368: induc- 

 ing brooniness, 366; not laying, SS4 ; 

 witn inflamed vent, 420 

 Herbitry maua-^iement, 298 

 Hoe, a scuflSe. 360 

 Hoeincr, its influence. 354 

 Hollies — crafting and budding, 3.?, 

 109 ; transplanting, sowing, 283; 

 watering ns^wly-plnnted, 316 

 Hooper's Nursery, 433 

 Hop— drving, 41 ; for Strawberry-beds, 



315 

 Hornbeam. rropfifraMng, 74 

 Horticultural Exhibitions, conflicting, 



82 

 Horticultural (Royal) Soeiety, Annual 

 General Mi'eting, and Report of 

 Council, and Chiswick Board. 90, 

 103, 120; becoming a Fellow. 332; 

 Botanical Lectures, 181, 215, 26^, 

 278, 2'J4. 309; Bury Show Special 

 Prizes, 47. 90,195; Committees and 

 General Meetings, 66. 145. 177. 209, 

 245, 279. 825,357, 373.390, 424: CapC. 

 Coekerell's resignation. 130 ; and 

 Commissioners of International 

 Horticultural Exhibition, 145 ; First 

 Spring Show, 20-^.222; Mr. W. Paul's 

 Show of Spring Fliwers and Lec- 

 tures. 22t, 216 ; Second Spring Show, 

 278; Special Prize Show. 325; Floral 

 Fete. 344, 357 ; Tricolor Pelargonium 

 Show. 857, 373; June Show. 377, 

 389, en-ors in prize list of. 410, at- 

 tendance at, 411; WeeklyShowH. 4, 

 325, 314, 357. 373, 391, 424, 443; trar- 

 deners' esaminarions. 3i3, prizes 

 awarrfed. 411; Journal, 69; Vice- 

 lYesidents. 181 

 Horticultural Shows in July, 4.'^0 

 Hospital for hoart diseases. 413 

 Hotbeds— heatinc, 54: mtiking. 198; 

 for cuttings and seeds, 205; for 

 raising seedlintrs, 2i3: making a 

 slight. 299: temporary, 3S2 

 Hot water— heating by, 54: pipes for 



bottom heat, covering, 364 

 Houdan fowls, 301. 331 ; confined, 80; 



characteristics. 204 

 House-of-all-work. heating, &c., 259 

 Humeas- dying, 316; elegans culture, 



403 

 Hyacinths — Tho Roman, 67; in a 

 room, 13; Early Roman, 84; dime 

 blooming, 151, 167 ; effect ol tlteir 

 perfume. ; in Inner Temple Gar- 

 dens. 219 

 Hydrangea paniculata, var. grsmdi- 



flora, 3C0 

 Hygrometers, 7 



Ice— EKEPiNO. 7, 106 ; PTiEREnvrxo, SO : 

 ceUars, 47: stack. 53 : collecting and 

 Btorin-r. 64 ; amusements on. 91 



'■ Icounm Bofinicarum Index," 51 



Inipatiens laHfo'.ia, 163 



Incubators. 1''., 187; management, 38. 

 416; V. ntilating. 98; and tempera- 

 tures. 188: a new, 171, 219; batch- 

 ing bv, 238, 269, 456 ; xiviU, b67 ; regu- 

 lator, 4 2. 438 



Indian Com growing, 199 



Inspcte. lianishing, 218 



*■ Instantaneoue Reference for Poul- 

 try, PiL'Gons. and Ratibits," 139 



International Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion of 1866,391 



Ireland (South), Poultry Show, 116, 



Ircsine Herbatii. 258; in N»rlh Ame- 

 rica, 159; aureo-reticulata, 252; pro- 

 pagating, 817 

 Ins- KiTmpferi. 216, 234 ; a small, 381 

 Iron, oxide of, in water, 8,s0 

 Inmene amancfPS culture. 364 

 Isolated plants in flower gardens, 889 

 Ivy— for feraery, 151 ; pruning, 168 ; 



variegated, 421 

 Ixias under hand-lights. 51 

 Ixora coccinea leaves browned, 234 



Javuap.t. nAUDY Fi.owEns in, 85, 17? 

 Jasmines shedding their flowers. 



349 

 Jedburgh Poultry Show, 113 

 Juniperus rccurva, 112 



KenBAL POIJLTBT SHOW, 77 



Kidd, W., 51 



Kirkcaldy Poultry Show. 57 



Ivitchen— range, hot air from, 5; fire, 



hot air Irom, 74; boHer, heating 



from, 217 

 Kumquat, 147 



Labels for kruit tkees, 4 



Ladder, the .American, 248 



Lalia— albida var.roaea, 2G3 ; majalis, 

 425 



La Fleche fowls, 834 



Langholm Poultry Show, 37 



Lapageria rosea— seeds sowing, 152: 

 propagation, 300 



Lapwmg8,2S9. 240 



Latania seed sowing, 74 



liHunceston Poultry Show, 400 



Laurels- leaves for fumigating, 31 ; 

 on a bank, 233 



Lawn — worms in. 252; r'"novating, 

 2^3; covered with lichen. 284; im- 

 proving, 316 ; destroying fuugus on, 

 432 



Laying, promoting, 80 



Leaf mould making, 414 



Leaves- bleached, mauagemcnt, 83 : 

 skeletonising, 51 ; collecting, 132 



Le Brest fowls. 456 



Leeds Poultry Show, 34 



Leg weakness- in fowls, 20 ; in chick- 

 ens, 334 



Leigh Park, 404 



Liability for loss, 210 



Lilac-tide. 372 



Lilacs— forcing, 151; leggy. 163 



Lilium— lancifolium culture. 103; an- 

 ratum. aud tenuifolium suwir.g, 134 ; 

 hiematochroum, 163; auraium cul- 

 ture, 185, 257; management of off- 

 Fets. 252; seedlinss. 343 ; bulbs, 310 



Lily of the Va'ley, forcins. 234 : alter 

 flowering, 316; bulbs from Japan, 

 848 



Lime- with animal manure, 32; and 

 salt, applying, 167; for fowls, 220; 

 cement, 253: ru'ibish, grasd on,2C7: 

 water, making. 846 



Lindky Libmry, S91 



Linum flavum, 234 



Liquid manure in a stove, 151 



LobeiiaP. tall. 343 



Long Finn again, 171 



Lonji Sutton Poultry Show, 413 



Loquat. 199 



Lui.'U HoriionlturalSh«w,12C 



Lycaste Skinneri calture, 94 



Madagascar, i^oumes pitoM, 291 



Magnolia Lennei, 410 



Maiden-hair fronds decaying, 1C8 



Maize. Japanese, 364 



Malt comus tor Strawberry-beds, 315 



Manchester Poultry Show, 16; Na- 

 tional Horticultural Exhibition, 375. 

 406 



Mantrold Wurtzel for poultry, 153 



Mantraps illegal, 109 



Manettia micans, 81 



Maranta illustris, 410; roseo-picta. 

 361 



Masters, Dr.. lectures by, 181, 245, 262. 

 278, 294, 399 



Mathiola bicomis, 28 



May, flower« blooming in, 334 



Mead or motheglin, SSti; v. honey 

 beer. 437 



Mealybug. 317 



Melons— for Julr, 94; p'* constmet- 

 in'-'. 169 ; for exhibition, 199 ; to ripen 

 in August, 234; plants killed, 251; 

 pit healing, ii&\; in a cold frame, 

 413 ; dving off. diseased. 414 



Melrose Poultry Show, 233 



Men for iin acre, 13 



M..sospinidium sanguineum. 1G3 



Meteorology of 1866 at Linlon, I'ifl 



" Meteorologj', Handy Rook of." Cll 



Mignonet'.e, tree, alter flowering. 

 364 



Millet as poultry food. 381 



Mimulus cupreus. sowing in heat, 

 lij4; maculu^UB oultitro, 331 



