Jaly 19, 1877. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



Orchids— Contioaed. 



raent of. 393 ; 8ale of, 192 ; at Messrs. 



Voitoh"8, 192, 402 

 Oriole, Golden, in 'Wiltflhire, 391 

 Orleans Clab Flower Show, 40G 

 Ormson.Mr. H., 156 

 Ornamental-foliage plants, 83 

 Ornamental ground planting, 297 

 Orobanche major, 213 

 Oven, heating by, 221 

 Oxalis verBicolor not flowering, 12S 



P.EONiEB, Tree, 174 



Palm a 254 



FansicB. 213; exhibition. 93, 134, 178, 

 195.227; from seeds, 819; show va- 

 rieties of, S53 



Paper Bemi-transparent, 107 



Paraffin oil, on plants, 182; to trees, 

 201 



Parrots, feeding, 394 



Peach— aphis on, 54; blister, 484; on 

 border fence, 54; forcing, 171. 217; 

 crimson - flowered, 2C8 ; crop on 

 walla, 437; in house, 449: Grosse 

 Miemonne, 3GC; not setting:, 2S1; 

 trees, deatroyiuK insects on, 354- 

 forcing, 53, ni unintr, 338, in shade, 819 



Peaches ami Vines, house for. 88 



Peaches— Belle Imperla)e, 256: early 

 ripening in orchard house, 887, 805 ; 

 exhibited, 62 ; failure on open walls, 

 380 : thinning fruits, 377 



Pea sowing, 69. 145 ; for exhibition, 83 



Pear, Souvenir du Congr&a,97 



Pear tree and other blossom, protect- 

 ing, 239, 241 



Pears, Amiral Cecile and Beurre de 

 JoDghe. 408: effect of frost on, 413; 

 large, 174; Marechal de Cour, 32; 

 two crops, 34 



Peas, in Covent Garden Market, 

 charter concerning, 402 : obtaining 



314 



Pelargonium Show, 461 



Pelargoniums, flowering in winter, 

 16; stage, 293; tricolored fading;, 

 45'); propagating tricolor, iOJ: va- 

 rieties, 188; Society. 191; Zonal for 

 winter, 201 ; zonal for exhibition, SS 



Peristeria clata, S73 



PersimmoD, 5 



Petunia culture, 17S ; double fim- 

 briated, 179; scented, 491 



Petunias from seed, 217 



Phlox cuttings, 163 



Phoenix rupicola. 868 



Phylloxera, 63; Irom America, 268 



pjcotees, number of petals. 44^ 



Pigeons, salad (or, 20 ; National Peris- 

 teronic Show, 21; wing diseased, 

 an; notes on, 322; history, :6'3; 

 diseased, 262; garden enemies, 262; 

 markine. 319; tbe Barb, 854; colour 

 of eyes of English Owls, 358, 414 



Pine Apple, culture, 4. 51. 52 ; forcing, 

 87; stems shrivelling, 77 



Pine Apple Nursery. 19j 



Pine Apples from Madeira, 247 



Pink for forcing. 3' 8 



Pinks, Mule, for borders, 250; fron 



seed. 21)4 

 PinuB tubercalata, 137 

 Pipes, jointing hot-water, 70 

 Pit in Iront of greenbouae, 260 

 Plants, preserving, 491 

 Plum trees pruning, 207 



Polands, characteristics of Black, 451 



Polyantbus-Narcisaus, new, 250 



Polyanthuses, double, 4Si; qualities 

 of, 353: raisinf,' from seed, liG; Bow- 

 ing. 299 



Portland cement on ir'ass, 161 



Portsmouth Poultry 6bow Committee 

 sued. 145 



Potatoes— sets for an acre. 854; new 

 American. 208; Colorado beetle, 

 212; culture, 21; cultiog, 283; die- 

 eased, 164; disease, preventive, 191; 

 early, H'Jl ; oatimiitt; of sorts. 60; 

 forcmg. 36. 75 ; manure for, 279. 285 ; 

 plaoting. 9t ; preparing lor plant- 

 ing, 83; planting' early, 43, 269; 

 sprouting for planting. 1S9; seed, 

 S54 ; from 1 lb. of seed. 145 ; BowiQg, 

 164; storing. 491; International 

 Show. 124, 289 



Pot plants, compost for, 274 



Potting, 16i 



Poultry and Pigeon Club, 261 



Poultry club, united. IHi 



Poultry, keeping, 55; news. 36; ma- 

 liciously injured, 108 ; preparing for 

 market, 109; sale, South London, 

 145 



Primroses, Chinese for cuttings, 3G ; 

 Evening, 160 



Primula am(i_-nn,298,830; cortusoidcB, 

 !t9; culture, 187; ttinenaii* culture, 

 123; decora. Si; double, 125; inte- 

 grifolia, 140; intermedia, 269; mar- 

 ginata. 231; verticillata, 328; vil- 

 luaa, 48 



Primulas, 189; double, 174, 219; mi- 

 nima, 193; sowing seed ot, 411 

 Propagating house, 221 

 Pruning or non-pmning, 24G 

 Psidiam pyriferum, 484 

 Pyrethrum (Golden) for bedding, 221 



QCISCE TREES, SIS 



Belgian hare, 73, 90. 92 ; the Dutch, 

 472; Himalayan. 433: Patagonian, 

 183 ; Polish, 260 ; Siberian, 82 ) ; 

 Silver Cream, 874 

 Radish culture, 107 

 Railway companies' liability, 183 

 Railway embankment, evergreens for, 

 18 



442 



Raspberries, culture, 67, 93 ; planting, 

 87 ; selection, 107 



Raspberry, McLaren's, 154 



Rats in poultry house, 130 



Reading Bird Show, 129 



Reading Flower Show, 401 



Recreation ground, 86 



Red-leading seeds. 176 



Red spider, 285. 298 ; destroying, S38 



Reeves, Mr, J. R., death of. 351 



Rendle's glazed houses, 478 



Restrepia antennifera, 407 



Rhododendrons— forced at Chelsea, 

 346; at Duneevan,443; greenhouse, 

 182 ; new varieties of for a green- 

 house, 849; EarlvGem,155; list of, 

 18; layers, 18; Nuttalli, 235; Prin- 

 cess of "Wales, 118 ; and 



Rhubarb, forcing, 35; not growing, 



221 

 Ribbon border, 114 ; border plantmg, 



107 

 Richmond Horticultural Society, 481 

 Ricinus Gibsoni, culture of, 351 

 Riddings House, 424 

 Ridging, 16 

 Ridpeth, Mr.irs 



Rockwork, plants suitable for in 

 shade, 391 



RoUisson'a Nursery, 190 



Romford Horticultural Show, 480 



Rondeletia Backhouaii, 408 



Koot-prunins, 199 



Rose-Uampion, 456 



Rose garden, a miniature, £89 



Roses, 359; New Year, 8; in small 

 gardens. 6; under unfavourable cir- 

 cumstances. 8 ; on poor soil, 25 ; now 

 blooming, 84 ; climbing, 41.77 : new, 

 48 ; monstrosiiv. 46 ; National So- 

 ciety. 47, 124. 173, 211. 239. 267, 3 19, 442, 

 482; leaves falling, 53; transplanting 

 and Briars. 54; Tea-scented. 58; 

 G*oire de Dijon. 60: in Yorkshire, 

 81; for exhibition. 88; a good old, 

 85; old-fashioned. 95. 96 : Tea-ecented 

 at Leek, 119; Galloway Society, 124 ; 

 against brick wall, 145; new, 153; 

 Tea, 160; seedling, 163; under glass, 

 on Manetti. 164; Leek Show, 174; 

 pruning, 176: for low wall, 182; 

 damping, 201 ; Beauty of Glazen- 

 wood, 209.228,265,289.296; pruning, 

 and Onions, Marechal Niel, 242 ; 

 Su3Bes Association, 250; "Journal 

 des," 255; rendered black, 268; Tea- 

 acented, Eob; button-hole. 808; re- 

 novating Marechal Niel, 329; prun- 

 ing Princess Louise Victoria, 838; 

 in England, number of varietiep, 

 344; watering in spring. 850; old 

 varieties of. 350; exhibiting, 353; 

 dealer and amateur, 3.i8 ; in pots, 

 ; Marechal Niel for Christmas, 



450, 



aterij 



exhibiting, S9i}; a chat about, 395: 

 deteriorating, 596; hardinebs of 

 Teas. 896; Triomphe de France. 400 ; 

 in potB. 400; new varieties of, 400; 

 d>-ing, 411 ; not opening, 4U ; bbfrbt- 

 cd, 411; old, 417; under gliisw, IIH; 

 destroying aphides on, 418; late- 

 ness of. 4i0; attar of in Bulgaria, 

 422; deteriorating, 436; manure for, 

 437; in Hants, 439. 463; estimate of 

 some, 445 ; leaves black, 450 ; t ungua 



45« ; mildew and red spider on. 471 ; 

 judging, 478; election. 481; culture, 

 483 ; pruning, 486; manures for, 

 487; in height, 490; aphis on, 491; 

 La France, 491 ; about Roses, 476 



Rosaendale Poultry Show, 354 



Russian gardening. 174 



Ruat on Grapes, 189 



Sage. Mr. T , 45 ; bdbbcrii'TION, 212 



Salading forcing, 85, 2S3 



Salt, for manure, 299; and Boot ma- 



Saxifraga ligulata forced, 80 

 Scale, destroying, 105 

 Scarecrows, 125 

 Scarlet Runner, 273 

 Schaueria calicotricha, 156 

 Schizostylis 



111 



Sea sand for plants. 45) 



Seasonable hints. 471 



Season and calendars, 177 



Season's mildness, 125, 156 



Sedums, spectabile, 198. 207 ; specta- 

 bile and azoricum variegatum, 270 



Seeds, changing. l;7S, 283; old and 

 new, 256, 296; early v. late sowing, 

 863; hygroscopic, 213; mode of sell- 

 ing, 105 ; obtaining unadulterated, 8 ; 

 selection of, 42 



Shaded border plants, 319 



Shobdon Court, 481 



Shows, defaulting, 202; special, 187 



Shrubs, in small gardens, 1C5; hardy 

 in London, 885 



Silkworms' eggs exported, 46 



Simonite, Mr. B., 463 



Slime, green, in water. 221 



Slough, Royal Nurseries at, 371 



Smee. Mr.A., 46 



Smith, Sir J. E., 120 



Snowdrops, sowing seed of, 430 



Societies, horticultural and cottage 

 garden, 78 



Rulunum acanthodes, 277 



Solanums for decoration, 47 



Solomon's Seal forced, 85 



South Kensington Show, 450 



Sowing, 305 ; in wet weather. 143 



Spanish hen, Mr. Powell's, !6S 



Sparmannia africana, 108, 338 



Specimens, collecting, 18 



Sphagnum for Orchids, 128 



Spirfea japonica, 338 ; culture, 214, 433 



SpiTfcas, forcing. 201 



Spring, backwardness of, 366 : flowers, 

 planting, 53; gardens, plants in, 4i(6 



Sprinkling hothouses, 457, 483 



Squirrels, 202. 289; as depredators, 

 139 ; eating fruit, 403 



Standish memorial, 13)i 



Statice, Holfordi, culture of, 411; 

 pruning. 221 



Stigmaphyllon ciliatum, culture ot,S43 



Stocks, 457; double, 373; Lothian, cul- 

 ture, 75 ; influence of scion upon, 

 422; Ten-week in pots, 88 



Stoves, portable, their use, 54 



Stranraer Poultry Show, 38 



Strawberries— aphis on, 201 ; British 

 Queen in cool greenhouse, 487 ; cul- 

 ture. 317, 818, 417; forcing. 18. 54, 

 417, shelves for, 329; Garibaldi, 122; 

 Sir Harry, 406; mulching. 391; in 

 pots. 125; planting, 70, 87, 20D; 

 plants blind, 412 ; removing run- 

 ners from. 412; selection, 201; La 

 Grosse Sucree early, 250 



Strawberry bed, grubs in, 54 



Suburban gardening, 16, 52, 86, 143, 

 180, 219, ■i78, 317, 336. 851, 389, 428, 469 



Summer flowers, early, 475 



Summer work in the flower garden, 

 455 



Surfaces rough and fine, 305 



Sutton, Mr. M.H., 156 



Swampy ground planting. 201 



Swans, number of eggs of and inculia- 

 tion, 358; sex of, hatching eggs, 8TG 



Swede Turnip, 182 



TABLE-DECOEiTlON, 33 ;' PLANTS FOB, 



4';8 

 Table plants, 259 

 Tacsonia insignis blichted, 18J 

 Tan for manure, 242, 269 

 Tavistock Poultry bhow, 413 

 Tea culture in India, 105 

 Telfairia occidentalis, 117 

 Temple Gardens, London, 462 

 Thorne Poultry Show, 492 

 Thrips on Cucumbera.SlO 

 Thyrsacanthus rutilans culture, 175 

 Tiilandsta argentea culture, 299 

 Toads, 82; eating bees, 3U0 

 Tomatoes in winter, 164 

 Tom King's garden. 13 

 Tomtits, 310. 328. 833 

 Training fruit trees, 126 

 Tree, oldest, 288 



Trees, favourite, 212; hardy in Lon- 

 don, 835: metropolitan, 427 ; custom 



of planting in Switzerland, 421, 421 ; 



longevity of, 883; in towns, 46; 



water in, 189 

 Trellis, West's patent adjustable, 97 

 Trenching wet soil, 85 

 Trifles— giving air, 879 ; consequencea 



of, 899 

 Trimming poultry, 242 

 Triteleia unitlora, bed, 288; culture, 



266 

 Tropffiolum specioaum culture, 201 

 Tulip Society's Show, 467 

 Tulips, in beds, 259; Greigii, 288; 



shading, 298 ; late planting of, 8:i8 ; 



new blue variety, 846 ; protection 



of, 3.^8; malformed, 411 

 Tupistra macroutigma, 25G 

 Turkeys, 491 ; bronze, rearing, 413 

 Turlti-tnn flora, 25) 



Ulveeston BiED Show, 55 



Vallota purpurea, cdltdee, 860; 



Vegetables, for small gardens, 2, 28 ; 

 for under ga'deners, 853 ; small sup- 

 ply of, 866 ; succession of, 208 



Vegetation in Madagascar, 881 



Venidium calendulaceum, 445 



Verandah, climber for, 201 



Verbena venosa culture, 259 



Vertigo, 150 



Victoria Colony, 156 



Villa gardening, 16, 52, 86, 143, 180, 219, 

 278, 317, 836, 851. 889, 428, 469 



Vine bleeding, 128 ; border, bones for, 

 242, management, 69, soil, 450, turf 

 for, 259 



Vineries, blue glass for, 353 



Vinery, amateur's, 137; failure, 201; 

 ily in, 280 : heating a lean-to, 88 



Vines, grafting, 14 ; pruning, 16, 76, 

 8:17 : milew on, 18 ; training, 26 : ma- 

 nagement, 83; border soil, 45; in 

 conservatory, 53 ; in pots failing, 

 51; insects on, 70; in greenhouse, 

 in pots, 88 ; cuttings, 86 ; inarching, 

 107; in pots, 144, 201, 258; forcing, 

 145, 201 ; leaves spotted, 182 ; cultu- 

 ral experiments, 236 ; thinning, 2^3 ; 

 tailui'e of early-started, 271; leaves, 

 279; management, 285; training; 

 Bhoots curled, 299 ; pruning outdoor, 

 319; air roots, 819; culture, 3i9; 

 leaves scorched, 3i9; insect in 

 vinery, 319; unhealthy, 345. 863, 379; 

 treatment of, 315 ; shoots scalded, 

 353; over-luxuriant, 853; untruitfal. 

 858; mildew, 369; management of 

 borders, 379; thinning fruit of, 377; 

 covering borders, 391 ; bones for 

 border, 391; management of, 397; 

 disbudding, 897; washing of foliage. 

 897; on walls, 410; colouring of 

 fruit, 410; inarching. 410; foliage 

 scorched, 41i ; destroying scale on, 

 412 : leaves many-lobed, 491 ; nerial 

 roots on,491 ; stopping, 450 



Violet, culture, 182; odoratissima, 240, 

 250 



Violets, blighted, 163; Neapolitan, 213 



■• MATEETAL FOB 



Walk; 



Wallflower, Belvoir Yellow/ 441 

 Wall plants, for covering in vinery, 



391 : select, 172 

 Walpole, Horace, 252 

 Wansbeck Poultry Show, 303 

 Wasps. 466 

 Waterfowl, 491 

 Water (hard) for plants, 393 

 Watering, 18 ; can, ladieb', 44 ; plants, 



4i7 

 Weather, 8. 14. 86; sudden change of, 



422; results, 62 ; in Yorkshire, 171 

 Weeds, destroying on walks, 854; in 



wheat field, S54 ; on gravel walks, 



471 

 Weekg, doings of last and present, 17, 



85, 52, 69. 87, 115, 126, 143, 16^ 181, 199, 



21?, 211, 258, 278, 297, 817, 337, 352, 371, 



389. 19, 429, 449, 470. 489 

 Weigela8,486 

 Wellingtonia, height of, 85 

 Wellingtonias, 27; in England, 63; 



large, 482 ; the original. 63 

 Westminster Aquarium Poultry Show, 



221 

 Wharfedale Poultry Show, 873 

 Wheat from North Pole, 125 

 Wheelbarrow, 309 

 Whitney family, 136 

 Wilkma's, Mr., plant sale, 240 

 Williams's Nuraeries, 124 

 Wilson, Mr., 884 



Wimbledon House Gardeners' So- 

 ciety, 289 

 Window-box, plants for, 280 

 Window boxes, 852 

 •• Window Gardener," 315 

 Winter Cherry, 145 

 Wire fencing standard , 209 

 Wireworm, 221; in Vine border, 201, 



212 

 Witloof blanching, 51 

 Wolverhampton Poultry Show, 89 

 Woodlawn gardens, 419 

 Woodlice,de3troying, 212 

 Worms, destroying, 161, 4.'3; driving 



from pots, 201 

 Wortley Hall, 140 

 Wylde, Mrs. J., 319 



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