Yll 



Nectarines- flowers falling, 192; in 

 pots, 199; unfruitful, 397 ; shrivelled, 



Nenthead Poultry Show, 75 

 Kepeta violacea culture, 45» 



v, ning, preserving, 249 



Nettles, extirpating, 327 



Newark Poultry Show, 75 



Newcastle Ornithological Snow, 54 



New-year's gifts, 1 



Night soil, applying, 113; for gardens, 



Nitrate of soda for Vines, 381 

 Noblemen at work, 445 , . 



North British Coluinbanan Society 8 



Show, 118 

 Northampton Poultry Show, 235 

 Notice to quit service, 30 



Oak AT BEAUT>E8ERT,447 

 Oats, ground, for chickens, 400 

 Odontoglossums, 63 

 (Enothera marginata. 204 

 (danders, pruning, 50 ., 



Oncidium vancsuni r. Rogersn, 100 

 Onions, culture oi, 101 : grubs in, 429 ; 



manuring for, 192 ; for pickling, 325 ; 



Bowing, 114 

 Opbrys Speculum. 424 

 Oi-ni' T e trees, leaves blaek-mildewed, 



19 ■• as dinner-table plants, 387; 



O&SfhSSStfo. 239, 274,303,310; 



management, 345, 402, 427; con- 

 struction. 442; heating, 50; venti- 

 lation, 152; worms, in puts, 2*2 i; 

 trees, 260, 406; blossoms imperfect, 

 b"7 ; Peach and Nectarine, 199 



Orchids, for a conservatory, 233; 

 winter-flowering, 10, 63, 143,274, 319 



Orthosiphon stamineus, 358 



(rshrv making, 464 



0\alis. leaves not falling, 31 ; tropreo- 

 loides culture. 91 



Oyster Plant, 327, 362 ; culture, 272, 29o 



Paint, for a greenhouse, 381 ; in- 

 jurious to plants, 21-2 

 Paisley Ornithological Show, 17 

 Palms from seed, 113 

 Panicumvaric-atum culture, 319 

 Pun-ies- classes, 200; in a green- 

 house, 290; at the Koyal Horiicul- 

 tnral Society's Shov.-, 9o0: seed not 

 germinating, 345 ; select Show ana 

 Fancy, 397 

 Paradise sb.eks. raising, 92 

 p; ; r.inepheliusumrlorU3,4b, 202 

 Paris flowers in, 306; notes from, 424 

 " Parks, Open Spaces and Thorough- 

 fares of London," 88 

 Panoquets, breeding, 3S, 121,153 

 Parrot 8elf-plnck-d. Hi', ^86 _ 

 Partridge and Bantam, crossing, 1(8 

 Pasture, manure for, 91 

 l\i;hwav. wooden, in greenhouse, 4..0 

 Pauls Show of spring flowering 



plants, 204; Roses. 341, 389 

 Peaches - branches leafless, 327 ; 

 bads falling, 233; buds thinning, 

 192; culture, 21: in Craven, 43/; 

 early, 375 ; failures, 454 ; as a flower- 

 ing plant. 287 ; for house, culture, 

 134- from layers, 150: falling, 192; 

 leaves diseased, 397; removing 

 leaves, 272; recently planted, 233; 

 in pots, 119, 191, 192; potting, 50; 

 protecting. 170; pruning. 233; ueed- 

 Jing fruiting, 71; spotted, 429; un- 

 fruitful, 344; scale on, 192; un- 

 healthy, 32; upright training, 62; 

 against low walls. 150 

 Pea-fowl management, 816 

 Pears-not blooming, 345; fly, 228; in 

 France and England. 12d; fruit fall- 

 ing 233; fruiting irregularly, 406; 

 fruiting seedling, 70; insects, 22*. 

 339, 392; late for standards, 92 ; 

 leaves blistered and diseased, 344, 

 346, 3*1, 450; in pots, 293; scale on, 

 150; select, 30; for Yorkshire, 32; 

 Beedling fruiting, 1Q; shortening 

 spurB, 345; training. 212; Doyenne 

 du Cornice, 83; Easter Beurre, 27, 

 60 101,1-7 : Pitmaston Duchess, 11, 

 41 ■ Uvedale's St. Germains, 169 

 Peas— culture of, 181, 396; dwarf for 

 April sowing, 296; gathering, 44S ; 

 Hundredfold, 140; Laxton's cross- 

 bred, 83, 66, 102; late. 449 ; for light 

 soil, 397; Marrow, 345; Mint for, 

 325; preserving green, 254; red- 

 leading, 364; row from a quart, 212; 

 for succession, 90, 134 ; sowing, 14s, 

 209; supports, 362: tested, 3 

 Peat soil. Keeping, 390 ; value of, 364 

 Pelargoniums— bedding, 301. 322,320, 

 370; list of Bicolor, 240: buds not 

 opening, 267: classes. 266; altered 

 coloration, 32n -, cuttings, 138, 190, 

 233; cut flowers, 328; black fungus 

 on, 312 ; golden-leaved, 90 ; guano 

 for, 253; hybridising, 206; leaves 

 rusted, spotted, withering, 49, 233, 

 364, 881; liquid manure for, 328; 

 mildewed. 327; notes on, 334; pa- 

 rentage, 151; potting, 326; protec- 

 tion in a border, 231; Scarlet, 320; 

 from seed, 192; select, 266; obtain- 

 ing shrubby, 449; flowering EtroDg- 



gl OW Illg, ■41.1 , J. I 1COLO[ , It,', HOJl,"i, 



potting, 150; variegated, 1S3, 370; 

 as wall plants, 9; white-bedding, 

 206; white-edged. 90; for a window, 

 192; winter-flowering, 183. 170; 

 Zonal, 273; new double, 8; list of, 

 467; management. 39H ; for winter 

 flowering, 199. IT": Ihtvard, 3s*. 40* ; 

 I7Elegante,222; Mrs. Pollock chang- 

 ing colour, 397. compost for, 381; 

 Thomas Speed, 449 



Penrith Poultrv s how, 134 



Pens, exhibition, 32 ; and their ar- 

 rangement, 152; for poultry, 172; for 



Perennials— dividing, 827: for early 



flowers, 302; for Rprintf-Uouining. >1 

 Peristeronic Society's Show, 137 

 Petunia cuttings, 212 

 I'hienoconia prolifera potting, 71 

 Phalaena pedaria. 392 

 Phakvnopses, 10; I'arishii. 44 

 Pheasants, cover for, 70; hatching 



eggs, Versicolor and bar-tailed, 21* ; 



pinioning Silver, 352 ; Silver, lame, 



472 

 Phigalia pilosaria, 392 

 Plidodendron Linden ia mini culture, 



Phlox Drummondi. 



Phvsalis eduhs culture. 283 

 Pie'otee, Tree, Prince of Orange. 200 

 Pigeons— Antwerp. 78, sn, 120, 13s. 195. 

 216. 21*. 23*. 352 . Parbs. 17* ; Boards 

 long-faced Him', 3* ; Tumblers. 2*0 ; 

 Birmioghain Rollers, 77.96, 122, 195, 

 214.230,313, 329, 31*. 416; too old to 

 breed, 352: buying, 122; Carrier 

 English. 26*; ('rook's plagiary, 213 ; 

 for "culinary use, 20; dying, 254; 

 dariseedasa food for. 12 J ; Dragoon, 

 80, 215. 2*5. 296, 299; standard Dra- 

 goon, 316; eggs unproductive, 434; 

 Fantails, 20, 96, dying. 286, putting 

 wings through tail. 122 : flights hung. 

 95: Glasgow Show, 118; Jacobins, 

 Mottled, 98; keeping, 196; Maltese, 

 2:'.M; mating, 23*; mice in h>ft, 3;i2, 

 399; millet seed, as food for, 122; 

 nests, 218; Owls, colour of African, 

 434; points of, 156; Pouter?, 18, 36, 

 174 479, classitication, 118; at Glas- 

 gow. 55; Pock, Blue. SH : Roll 



feathered. 140; Runts, 122; Scottish 

 Coluinbarian Society, 7*; Smerlcs 

 Belgian, 12''; Swift, Egyptian. 23*; 

 for table, 238: at Taunton Show, 

 431; trespassing, 400; Trumpeters. 

 77, 119. 175, 235. 2*5, eyes of, 20; 

 Tumblers. 17s, living. 77, 90. 2H, 254, 

 31:1, 9.29. 31*, Skv,l9, 56, 159, 195,230. 

 367; Turbits. 21*. 2*6: washing, 452; 

 water in crop, 472; wing damaged, 

 30s, ^:i4; wing disease, 156. 280; 

 stifl-wmged, 17*; at Wolverhamp- 

 ton. 154, 175. 214 

 Pimelea speetabilis culture, 363 

 Pine-Apples— culture, 3. 83. 123, 219; 

 size of pots, 219; for profit, 179; 

 gills, &c.,_8_61 ; losing 



Piping, for hot water, 234; required 



for a vinery, 49 

 Pistachio Nut, 112 

 Pitching tubs, 50 

 Pit. constructing. 413; size of a cold, 



381; and frames, managing, 16*; 



of earth, 281; heating, 152; turf or 



earth, 294 

 Planting, 111: trees and shrubs, 191, 



248 

 Plants, diffusion of. 226 : mimetic. 394 ; 



names of. 243 ; undeservedly neglect- 

 ed, 435 : pot 



blossoms defective, 233; bushes 

 from cuttings. 70; dving. 32*: se- 

 lect, 30 ; stocks for, 250 ; for York 

 shire, 32 



Pomscttia puleherrima, culture, 27, 

 91 ; leafless, 212 



Polands, 92. 98, 194,316; points of 

 Golden and Silver-spangled, 121; 

 native place, 218 



Polemonium cseruleum vanegatum 

 culture, 181 



Polyanthuses, 428 



Pomegranate not flowering, 344 



Pooley's tobacco powder. 937 



Portsmouth Poultry, Pigeon, and 

 Bird Show, 116, 137 



Potato, Sweet, 327 



Potatoes — in Cornwall. 221; crop, 

 average, 25"; dibble, 339; digging 

 between, 39*; early. 26, preparing 

 for. 163; earthing. 427; in England, 

 70: forcing, 90: ground prepar — 



143: hop-manured, 201; 

 drills. 143 ; manuring, 26o, om, v±v , 

 New York crop, 429; notes on, 164, 

 334; perforated, 90; planting. 344; 

 ridge and trench growing, 57, 112, 

 1*5, select, 5*. 1*0 ; lor sets. 41, sets 

 cut, 143; premature shoots, 32; 

 Earlv Frame, 421; Patterson's, 192 : 

 poxal Ashleaf, 124,15*; Sultan Pink 

 Kidney, 165; Yeiteh's Ashleaf, 421 



Poultry— annals, 233, 296, 347, 431 ; of 

 last year, 14 ; and Pigeon compe- 

 titions, 29*: feeding, 150. 3*4; floor 

 of house, 156; food when without 

 vegetables, 156; houses, arranging, 

 80; keeping extensively, 27o, keep- 

 ing rational. 32*. 365, 414.45': labels 

 for, 252; near London, 416; loss 

 from, 116 : profitable, 74, 93, 114. 140, 

 152, 172, 270; shows, deceptions at, 

 and reforms, 72, 115, gambling, 2*1. 

 objects of, 172 ; judging at, 251 ; 

 staggering and dying, 56 : weighing, 

 2;;* ; yard arrangement, 9* 

 Pouter classification, 118 

 Primroses changing colour, 421 

 Primulas, culture. 151, 963; in cold 



frame, 211 ; Chinese, culture, 425 

 Prizes, paying, 38 

 Propagating, case and management, 



tion, 65; with litter, s9 ; unpatented. 

 441 



Pruning, newly-planted trees, I02 ; or- 

 namental trees and shrubs, 401, 436 



Psilonbyton prineeps, 438 



Pteris erotica culture, 91 



Public parks, 110 



Pullets, dropping their eggs, 178; for 

 laving, 3s, 156; drooping, 156; feed- 



Puppv weak-legged, 140 

 Putty making, £0., 364 



Pyrethrum Golden Feather, 205 ; cut- 

 ting down, 133 



Qt-f.kvsi.and Acclimatisation So- 

 ciety, 305 

 Quince stocks, 413 ; raising, 92 



Grew 218 ; hutches. 3J6 ; irrsus trees, 



&£., 303, 353 

 Railway, eh ap tickets to shows, 7 ; 



delavs, 72,74 

 Rape, summer, 316 

 Pa spberries, pruning autumn-bearing, 



14 

 Rats, and chickens, 400; destroying, 



Red lead, applying to seeds, 50, 209, 460 

 Ped spider, 328 

 Kendle's plant protectors. 85 

 Resurrection Plant, 171,229, 267 

 Rhododendrons— Edg wort hii culture. 

 249; Mr. A. Wateivr's Show, 4ns, 

 428; grafting. 413; seedlings, 266,; 



Rhubarb, forcing, 230; wine, spark- 

 ling, 332 



Rhviieho^permum jasminoides prun- 

 ing, 113 



Rhynchotechmn ellipticum, 353 

 Ricnardia aethiopica, 459 



Rockeries, 334 



PorUwork for a eon-ervatory, 91 

 Roosting, house, 316; time for, 3S4 

 Roses— aphis on standard, 428: bed- 

 ding plants with, 115; beds of, 133, 

 345; plants in. 91 ; budding, 70, 132, 

 171; cutting back. 327; dwarf Hy- 

 brid Perpetual. 144; exhibiting, 71; 

 Why exhibited on Moss V 402: not 

 expanding. 362 : forcing, 398, graft- 

 ing on Manetti. 112. guano for, 244 ; 

 leaves black-surfaced, 3*1, destroyed 

 by caterpillars, 466, scolloped, 344 : 

 liquid manure for, 170; Manetti 

 stock, 144. budding on, 70, 132,171; 

 to bloom in March, 30; pruning, 211 ; 

 mildew preventing. 4:;*, on Tea, 45n ; 

 new, 211; notes on, 23, 331. 4:91; Mr. 

 W. Paul's exhibition of, 341, 3*9 ; 

 pot, 133, 429; prim rose-colon red, 

 304- pruning. 211. 219, 220, 292. 232; 

 reason of 1869, 26; Select. 49. 71, 429, 

 465; for August, 296, for E.S.E. 

 aspect. 14; shading for, 71; soot 

 for. 398; stock for, 445; syringing, 

 3n 344; Tea-scented. 91 ; What is a 

 truss of? 3ii; the weevil. 244; Cab- 

 bage, 150: Climbing r>evnnien*is, 

 213; Cloth of Gobi. 213: Gloire de 

 Dijon, 445 ; Louis Van Houtte, 25; 

 Marechal Niel, 445, and others, 2.(2 ; 

 Princess Christian, 44 

 Rubus arcticus, 70 

 Rules for raisers and exhibitors of 



poultry, 252 

 RuntB, 122 



Sailing, 249 



Salads, winter and spring, 345 



Salsaly culture, 170, 449 



Salvia Soucheti losing its leaves, 315 



Sand, Bilver versus river, 295 



Sashe«, repairing, 149 . 



Scouts, prizes for colonial-raised, 67 



Scorzonera culture. 170, 449 



Scotland, stone fruit in, 364 



Seacoast, shrubs and trees for. 293, 



214, 20H, 291.971. 409: shrubs for, 836 

 Sea-kale - blanching, 411 ; culture, 



2*0; forcing, 23i*: flower head-. 361 

 Season's peculiarities, 440; prospects, 



Seeds, Bowing, 264 : given out to a 



gardener, 151 ; moisture for, 861 

 SelagineUas, lepidophylla, 267; for 



conservatory rockwork, 249 

 Selkirk Poultry Show, 135 

 Sempervivum arboreum and tabulte- 



forme propagation, 429 

 Sex m plants, laws regulating, 66 

 Shading, S25 ; a conservatory, 152; a 



house, 212, 213 

 Shelter, shrubs for, 311 

 Silkies, breeding, 9.x; points of, 41 

 Silkworms, 383 

 Sion, sale of plants at, 394 

 Sitters and non-sitters, crossing, 229 

 Sitting, time occupied in, 198 

 Skeletonising leaves ami flowers, 20S 

 Sloping ground, 191 

 Smerles, Belgian, 120 

 Snowberry, 14 

 Soil, fresh, 310 

 Solanum, treatment. 295; Capsieas- 



trum, berries of, 50 ; culture, 232 ; 



Sowing in dry weather, 427 



Spalding Cottagers' show, 375; Poul- 

 try Show, 469 



Spanish fowls, 218; cock catarrhed. 

 270; cock's wattle enlarged, 332; 

 face diseased, 286,, 300 ; head swell- 

 ing, 20; irregularities. 332; rose- 

 combed, 254 : for profit, 238 



Sparaxis potting, 212 



Sparrows not destructive to garden 

 crops, 43 



Spring is coming, 171; signs of, 25 



Stains, Mr. R, 456 



Starling food, 368 



Stephanotis tioribunda fruiting, 397 

 grafting, 112 



Stipa penuata treatment. 190 



Stocks, manuring for, 397 



Stove, plants, a few choice, 419; shad- 

 ing, 71 



Strawberries— bearing in December, 

 14;blos8oniB, 414; for Covent Gar- 

 den Market, 393; culture, 244, 427: 

 forced, 294, 364, 371; in the open 

 ground, 343. 380: planting, 456; in 

 pots, 170, 191, 209, 326; select, re- 

 moving runners, 129; soil for, 303; 

 Garibaldi, 213 



Streptoearpus biflorus culture, 467 



Stylophorum japonicnm, 358 



Succulent culture, 151 



Sugar, home-made, 384 



Sulphuring pipes, !"~~ 



Sundew, the Daddy-longlegs trapper. 



decorations, 27*; 

 tal Palace, 461 

 1 laterals, stopping, 2 



Tagetes signata pumila culture. 192 



Tan:p. ring with show birds, 314 



Tank-heating, 49 



Tanks for bottom heat, 124, 163; ce- 

 mented water, 211 



Tar, removing from tree trunks, 250 



Taunton Show, four hours at, 430 



Tea-le.,ves for manure, 234 



Temple Gardens, 444 



Tenant's right to remove a green- 

 house, &c, 48 



Thermometers, discordant, 90; cor- 

 rection of, 126 



Thomson's styptic, 164 



Thome Poultrv Show, 451 



ThirBk Canary Show, 118, 139 



Thrush's song, 176 



Thunbergia Hanisii flowers falling, 

 92 



Tigridia conchiflora culture, 134 



Tillandsia Lindeniana, 358 



Timber, rendering durable, 18G 



Tinea Clerckella, 339 



Toads are vampires, 433 



Tobacco juice, diluting, 233 



Torquay Poultry Snow, 94, 172 

 stained feathers at, 214 



Tortoise keeping. 38 



Town garden, plants for, 192 



effects, 456 



"Trees and Shrubs for English Plant- 

 ations," 307 



Trees, our, 127 



Trenching, 858 



Trimming. 192.231.250,284 



Trimming and making up poultry, 50, 

 267 



Trumpeters, points of, 119 



Tuberose culture, to tiower in Novem- 

 ber, 192 



Tulip Tree in America, 340 



Tulips, after flowering, 363; not root- 

 ing, 170 



Tumblers, Sky, 119 



Tumours, on fowl's face, 384 ; under 

 chickens' tongues, 434;. under a 

 hen's eye, 198 ; on fowls' heads, 254 



