•• Cottajre Plans," 144 



Covent Garden Market, 13. 33. 50,69, 

 S7, 111, 130, 141, 166. ISl, 198, 2H, 223. 

 •247, 261, 280, 297, S14, 329, 346. 361, 379, 

 396, 415. 430 



Cowa— winter feed for, 59; early food 

 for, 350 



C'rt-ve-Coeurs, 91, S34 ; as layers, 22 



Crewe Poultry Show, 91, 115 



Crocuses— taking up, 131 ; Orphanidis. 

 410 



Crops, valuinp parden,397 



Crotalaria Cnhninghamii, 342 



Croton coltore, 248 



Crvstal Palace Bird Show. 134, 151; 

 Flower Show, 324, 339, 388; Roae 

 Show, 423 



Ciicumbera— Carter's Champion, 79 ; 

 culture. 4, 63, 68, 164, 212, 230, 201, 281, 

 :^03,313,328,427 ; disease. 313; injured 

 by dung Bteam. 263; failing, 397; fer- 

 tilising, 247, 280; forcing, 164, 313; 

 frames, 183; for greenhouse, 70; 

 house, 166 ; leaves yellow, mther- 

 ing, 431: mildewed, 32; Snake, 230; 

 plants from seeds and cuttings. 347 ; 

 not setting, 315; not swelling. 397; 

 trellis for, 229 ; ulcered, 397 



(^urrants. Black, on sandstone, 299 



< nstard Apple culture. 32 



Cuthush'8 spring flowers, 175 



CuLtings, propagating by, and cases 

 lor raising, 129 



Cvanophyllum roagnificum culture. 

 199 



Cyathea dealbata cultnre.SlS 



Cycas revoluta flowering. 385 



Cyclamens— atVicanum, 127; persicum 

 not growing, 88 : leafless. 149 : seed 

 sowing, 229 ; culture, 325 ; treatment 

 of seedling. 363 ; after flowering, 415 



Cytisuses done flowering, 262 



DADDT-L0NGLEG3, DESTBOTING GRUBS 



OF, 898 

 Dahlia— cuttings, 213; in pots. 167; 



select list, 298 ; tubers, planting, 316 

 Daisies eradicating, 298 

 Damping-ofl", 32 

 Damson tree decayed, 69 

 Ijaphnes— -jompostfor, 150; cneorum, 



manuring, 167 

 Dark room, plants for, 415 

 Deals, 131 

 December, plants flowering in. 27; 



rainfall in, 27 

 Delostoma dentata, 127 

 Dendrobium — erassinodc. 292 ; spcci- 



osum at Penllergare, 144 

 Deslontainia spinosa culture, 199 

 Doutzia done flowering, 262 

 Dibbling, 378 



Dicksonia antarctica culture, 383 

 Dieffenbachia management, 217 

 Dilkc, Sia- C. W., 327 

 Diou.Ta muscipula culture, 247 

 Dogs. My, 264, 364 

 Dorkings. 79; chickens cramped, 384; 



hen with Cochin-China cock, 138; 



unable to stand, 154; White, 58, 91 ; 



Silver-Grey, 138 

 Dovecote, an ancient, 485; stocking, 



284 

 Dracsena— culture, 24S; terminalis 



flowering. 149 

 Draining. 4S, 85 ; a kitchen garden, 70 

 Dublin Poultry Show, 282 

 Ducks—basin for, 91; eggs, 22; large 



egg. 364 ; and fowls together, 366 ; 



laying. 36t ; rearing young, 170 ; 



Aylesbury's bills, 138, 167, 302 ; Man- 

 darin, 154 

 Dumfries and Maxwellton Ornitholo- 

 gical Show, 19 



Eatiwigs. trappikg, 144 



East Indian wild poultry, 200, 232, 248, 

 316. 416 



■■ Echoes," 224 



Edgings for flower beds, 297 



Edwai'dsia microphvlhi. 182 



Eg'„'3, 155 ; blood in, 233 : deficiency of. 

 154; double, 284: too dry, 318; from 

 l ranee, 250: fowls for producing, 

 154; not hatching. 233,231; ben eat- 

 ing, 186; ill-flavoui-ed, 76, 118; pre- 

 serving, 58. 202, 302; producing. 91, 

 249, 282, 300, 332, 436; soft, 218, 234; 

 thin-shelled, 186, 334 



Elm roots, 370 



Entomological Society's Meeting, 9, 

 S4, 160, 259, 309, 373 



Entry fees, 266 



Epac'rises — culture of, 131 : select, 

 362; shifting, 361 



Epiphyllum— truncatum culture, S, Gl, 

 125; grafting, 60 



Epworth Poultry Show, 832 



Eranthemum Andersoni, 342 



Ericas to bloom in May and June, 362 



Eriocnemamai-moratum culture. UfO 



Eutharis amazonica culture 131; not 

 flowering, 158; flowering, 199 



Evergreens— grass round, 112; for 

 S.W. aspect, 167 



Exhibitions (HorticuUurnl) — Roval 

 Botanic Society's. 193. 291,342; Crys- 

 tal Palace, 324, 339, 388, 423; Hoval 

 Horticultural Society's, 191, 211,222, 

 'J72, 322, 356, 371, 390,1 ii 



Feathers— ERECT, 118 ; fowls eat- 

 ing, 218, 249, 417 



February— plants flowering in, 174, 

 196 



Fernery— fine-foliaged plants for, 112; 

 forming of a conservatory, 415 



Ferns— cocoa-nut tibre refuse for, 230 ; 

 drying. 150: exhibiting, 432; fronds 

 browned, 132; under a greenhouse 

 stage, 262; culture of Haresfoot, 

 229: notes on a few, 79; so\ving 

 spores, 150; requiring stove heat, 

 182 



Fife and Kinross Ornithological So- 

 ciety's Show. 88 



Figs for out-door culture, 292; prun- 

 ing standard, 347 



Filbert trees bv water, 131 ; planting, 

 2S1 



Finches, rearing young, 334 



Fires, management of, 257 



Fleche fowls as layers, 22 



Floors of brick or wood bad for fowls, 

 202 



Florists' flowers, soil for, 147 



Flowers— sizes of pots. 175; pots for 

 exhibiting in, 308 ; shows. 305. 323 ; 

 arrangement of cut. 359. 404, 420 



Flue— cleaning, 347 ; heating a green- 

 house, 14 



Foods for jjoultry, 299 



Forcing, night temperaturcH during, 

 351 



Forking between crops, 377 



Fowls— for confined space, 76. 170; 

 food for, overfed, 170; feather-eat- 

 ing. 231, 282. 398 ; for a cold district, 

 266 ; plucking each other, breathing 

 with difficulty, 284 ; and Ducks to- 

 gether, 36tj ; dving suddenly, 400 



Francis. Mr. E. P., 47 



Fraser, Mr. James, 244 



Frost and ice, 86; late, 356; in May, 

 376 



Fruit— growing for market at Little 

 Sutton, 156; for market, 416: pack- 

 ing, 142, 160 ; prospects. 205, 285, SIO. 

 414: in Norfolk, 321. 388. Trees— 

 culture of hardy, 203; dying, 248; 

 garden planting, 235 : grafting, 142 ; 

 heading do^vn, 85, 262, 336; mossy, 

 167: neglected, 431; newly planted, 

 85,336; pinching terminals, 347; 

 protecting. 51. 149. 150, 199: How 

 shall we prune'.* 139; shoots de- 

 ficient in buds, 81; sfocks for, 46; 

 summer stopping, 847, 367,403,422; 

 unfruitful, 215 



" Fruits a cultiver."82 



Fuchsias— failing, 346 ; fulgens not 

 flowering, 346 : guano water for, 315 : 

 large, 322: leaves discoloured, 363 ; 

 propagation and culture, 147 ; Ric- 

 cartoni in New Zealand, 286 



Fumigating 229 



Fumitjator. a new, 425 



Fungi, parasitical in hotbeds. 111 



Game fowls, 72; breeding, 95; cha- 

 racteristics. 170; preparing for ex- 

 hibition, 76; Wlute, Japanese, 

 284 



Gardeners' Benevolent Society's din- 

 ner. 195 



G ardener, how to become a, 826 



Gardenia culture, 112 



Gardening in the West, 10. 47, 66, 103, 

 177 



Gas— heating a small greenhouse. 

 431 ; lighted corridor, plants for, 

 215 



Gas lime, 229 



Geese, Toulouse. 400 



Genetyllis tulipifera straggling, 83 



Gentians, and theii* culture, 176 



Gesnera — exoniensis. 102 ; Donkclaarii 

 praning, 381 : refulgens culture, 182 ; 

 zebrina not flowering, 151 



Ginger culture, 14, 121 



Gishurst Compound,'83 



Gladiolus— bulbs, 397; taking up, 33; 

 cruentus, 410; early-flowering, 51; 

 International Show of, 206; seed- 

 saving. 231. 



Glass— Hartley's rough plate, 166; 

 double walls, 270 



Glazing, 131 ; laps too wide, 14 



Gloxinias — culture, 213, 416; in a 

 f^eenbouse, 184 ; leggy, 331 ; potting, 

 »8; syringing, 229 



Golden Pheasants' eggs, 413 



GoIdfinches.lS ; violent in his cage, 76 : 

 Mule breeding, 154 ; rearing young, 

 834 ; white-legged, 3,S4 



Gold fish- dying, 94; feeding, 302; 

 changing theii- water and feeding, 

 400 



Gomphrena culture, 320 



Gooseberry trees — catei-piHar, de- 

 stroying, 397 ; aphis, 362 ; pj-i-amidal, 

 253 



Gourds for out-doors, 231 



Gra*'tiug, 194; fruit trees, 142; wax, 

 215 



Grapes — bunches decayed, 431 ; partly 

 shrivelled, 880; becoming tendrils, 

 260: cracking, 397; decaying Espi- 

 ran, 43.415: Lady Do^vne's of last 

 year, 426; Mrs. Pmce, 431; Mr. Me- 

 rediili's, U5 ; Muscat, 83 ; ripening 



Grapes— coh^'k "^'(7, 



at Nuneham, 25; Hamburgh and 



Muscat, gl5 ; out-doorculture.5, 9, 29. 



43, 65, 81, 299. 374, 409 ; setting, 237, 



274,287,851; shrivelling. 316; Tokay 



Frontignan, 167 ; Trentham Black, 



27 See also Vines. 

 Grass— edging, 51 ; sowing, 188; under 



Filbert trees, 88 

 Greenhouse- angle of roof. 149, 281: 



constructing, 111; heating, 71, 183; 



painting, 182, 331; plants to bloom 



from November to March, 398; 



rafters. 88 : select plants for, 150,151 ; 



stage for, 166 

 Greens— throughout the year, 347 ; for 



spring use, 415 

 Grubs in the soil, 379 

 Guano— liquid. 330: water,397 

 Guildford Poultry Show, 20 

 Guinea fowls laying and chicks, 436 

 Gumming, 144 



Hamburg International Horticul- 



TCRAL EXHIBITinN, H4, 193, 294 



Hambnrghs, 400; Black, .53; not hatch- 

 ing, and points, 436: for exhibition, 

 284: hens losing leathers, 436 ; Gold- 

 en-pencilled, 284 : Golden-spangled. 

 118 ; pullet's liver diseased, 40 ; 

 Silver-pencilled characteristics, 76: 

 disordered. 118 



Hand-Iights, 146 



Hanley Poultry Show. 55 



Hants and Berks Poultry Show, 432 



Hare's-foot Fern culture, 70 



Hares, protecting trees from, ISO, 213 



Heat accumulated, its eff'ects, 140 



Heath- borders. 258; culture of, 131, 

 411: cuttings, 331 



Heating— a house for bedding plants. 

 363 ; a propagating house, 50 ; cheap, 

 248 ; vinery and conservatory, 

 281 



Hedge plant for a town garden, 151 



Hedvchium. treatment of, 281 



Hclleborus fcetidus for vases in win- 

 ter. 2S5; niger culture, 199 



Hens- leathers brittle, 366 ; insects in 

 crop, 284 ; leaving tlieir nests, 233, 

 234 ; nesting but not lajing, 202 ; 

 not laying, 58. 284; sitting over- 

 time. 418; sitting perversely, "218 



Herbaceous plant's. 30 



Hewitt testimonial. 118 



Holly hedge, planting. 280 



Horseradish, eradicating and plant- 

 ing. 230 



Horticultural (Royal) Society's Annual 

 Meeting and report, 62, 97 ; Com- 

 iniitees and General Meetings, 46, 

 123, 159, 193, 239. 273, 308, 340, 358, 371, 

 406; Committee prizes, 84, 226, 894 ; 

 Cucumber prizes, 226; Exhibitions, 

 Spring. 191. 272; Great Summer, 

 371, 890; Manchester. 211, 222, 422; 

 Pot Roses. &c., 822: Special Prize 

 and pplargonium Show, 356 ; gar- 

 deners' examinations, 44 ; Journal, 

 226; MeetinL' of Council and Ex- 

 hibitors, 308 ; Variegated Pelargo- 

 nium Essays, 858: Vice-Presidents, 

 145 



Hotbeds— dead spray for, 110; tem- 

 porary, 297 



Hot-water heating, 431 



Houdans, 234, 284; shortening spurs, 

 802 : cock's tail. 202 



Hull Poultry Show, 263, 348. 364 



Hyacinths — Dutch, prizes for, 121: 

 after flowering, 131, al5 ; Feathered, 

 815 ; forcing. 110 ; in glasses, 131 ; 

 spikes dying, 315 ; with two spikes, 

 131 



Iberidella rotundifolia, 63 



Ice house, 32 



Indian-corn meal for pigs, 138 



Indiarubber plant's leaves falling. 132 



Insects and their enemies, 207 ; de- 

 stroying, 360,397 



Ipswich PouUr:i' Show, 399 



Iris-from Egypt, 262 ; atylosa, 342 



Ivy fence, 223 



Ixia culture, 363 



Ixora coccineacultiu'e, leaves scorch- 

 ed. 88 



.Tackman, Mb. George, 145 

 -Tanuury. plants flowering in, 105 

 .Tapanese seeds, 262 

 Jusniinum gi-andiflorum flowers not 



opening, 347 

 Judas Tree propagation, li,2 



K.EMPFERLi PABISHH, 207 



Kalmias, potting for forcing, 406 



Kalosanthes compost, 88 



Kendal Poultry Show, 1?. 



Kennedyas, compost for, 331 



Kent and Surrey Poultry Show, 169, 



200 

 Kidney Beans, late sowing. 416 

 King s Lynn Poultry Show, 168 



Kirkcaldy Poultry Show. 38 



Kitchen garden crops, 256; seeds, list 



of, 103; vegetables, a few good, 62 

 Emmiuat, 192 



Labels not received in time, 18G 



Lackey moth's eggs, 33 



Lactometer, 418 



Ladybirds, gardeners* friends, 21C 



Lane's shuw of spring flowers, 250 



Langholm Poultry Show, 18 



Lapageria rosea, compost, 199 ; hardi- 

 ness, 131; propagating. 51 



Larks— distinguishing sex, 254, 264 , 

 management of caged, 300 



Laurel, the Colchian, 89 



Laurustinus, to cut back, 2SI 



Lawn — browning in summer, 51; 

 coarse grass on, 280, 3£0 ; fungus on, 

 33; mossy, 149 ; sowing grass seeds 

 on, 32 ; weedy and bare, 50, 70. 112 



Laying, pullet dying alter. 202 



Leaves— autumnal colours of, 405; 

 blighted, 416; blistered and mil- 

 dewed, 144 



Leeds Gardeners' Benefit Society, 28 



Lemons, grafting seedlings, 150 



Lice on Spanish fowls. 138 



Lichens on trees, 41, 108 



Ligustrum japonicum culture, 199 



Lilacs— forcing white, 167; renovat- 

 ing old, 315 



Lilies— compost for Belladonna and 

 Jacobffia, 898; repotting, 51 



Lilium auratum — culture, 14,270 ; com- 

 post, 33 ; sowing. 132, 431 ; longi- 

 norum culture, 298 



Lime as a manure. 131 



Linden's Nursery at Brussels, 161 



Liquid manure, 262, 299 



Livers of fowls diseased, 113 



Logania fioribunda, compost for, 88S 



Lomaria gibba, 167 



Lycopodiums — repotting, 131 ; for 

 gi'eenhouse, 182 



Madresfield Court, 392 



Maggots in pots, 151 



Magnolia unhealthy, 231 



Maidenhair Fern, 62 



Maidstone Gardeners' Improvemeiit 



.\^ssociation, 311 

 Maize as a garden esculent, 155, 207i 



244 

 Manchester Poultry Show, 21 

 Manchester— to the front! 175 

 Mandevilla suaveolens— compost, 331 ; 



culture, 197 ; seedlings, 298 

 Mange, pointer suflering from, 170 

 Mango in Australia. 126 

 Mangold Wurtzel, insect on, 481 

 Manley Hall, 6, SO 



Manure water for air-moistening, 239 

 Maxanta zebrina culture, 150; leaves 



yellow, 247 

 Marble statuary, to clean, 281 

 March, plants in flower. 255 

 Market gardening about London and 



Paris, •^. 145, 286 

 May, plants flowering in, 393 

 Mealworms, breedmg, 400 

 Mealy bug, 199 

 Melon — culture, fS, 199, 298, 547 : 



frame, 112, 183; in a flue-heated pit. 



229; for out-door culture, 167: ridgo 



growing, 337, 407 ; for show, 167 

 Melrose Poultry Show, 153 

 Mesembi*j-anthemuma, wintering, 33 

 Meteorological notes, at Linton, 44; 



table, 149 

 Meteorology of 1868, Saffron "Walden, 



79 

 Metropolitan plant decoration, 887 

 Mcyenia erecta culture. 182 

 Mezereon, its merits, 1H7 

 Mice, trappiu','. 2r)H ; and rats. 413 

 Middlesbrou-^h Canary Show, 20 

 Mignonette, compost for, 298 

 Mibtletoe culture, 125; on the Peach 



and Ash. 280 

 Monochietum multifiorum Jpropaga- 



tiou, 230 

 Monstera deliciosa, 61 : fnut, 33 

 Moss in flower pots, 199 

 Mountain Ash, sowing and planting, 



397 

 Mowing slopes, 362 

 Mulberry blossom, 897 

 Mulching fruit trees. 182 

 Mules, and Mule breeding, 40, 57, 



76 

 Musa Cavendishn in conservatory, 



t^: fruit ripening, 346 

 Mushrooms— in winter in the open air, 



7 ; simple mode of growing, 26 ; cul- 

 ture. 68. 126, 261. 286 ; structures, 126 

 "Mushrooms, How to Grow," 257 

 Mysore Agri-Horticultural Socictv, 



272 



Nantwich Poultry Show, 114 

 Narcissuses rooting outside pots, 51 

 Ncctanne shoots diseased, 321 

 Newark Poultry Show, 54 

 Newchurch Poultry Show, 317 

 Now \ear, a few words on the, 1 



