INDEX. 



Abbott's Castle, cou.egtion of 

 I'l.ANTS tuehk. '24H 



Aliutilouft —repotting', 486; vexilla- 

 riuiit, U 



Aciicijisnot hiirily. -ISfi 



Acnuttniii vir^'iiiii'iuii. VIA 



Ai-oriis for iiuiiUi.v lunl i'it,'s. GCl 



A(rri(Iociir]iua iinIiinliUH, .HNl 



A(lv<rtisri's f,Tirviiin>'. Wi 



Acrittos tiiitnitiini, '2liT 



Amiliiivlii staiiin.ii. 441 



A^'tiiuinUnia uiiilii-llutiis culture, 27, 

 1(69 



Asave (lasylirioidort. 44 



A^e, murks of in fowls, 200 



Air--'iviii(,' iu winter, 424 



,U<llMiroiiirIi 1111(1 Borouf^hbriilgo Toul- 

 trv Show. 14(1 



AllcVti.ii I'miUry Show, 120 



Altcriiitiitlicni a mccn a— propagation, 

 it:.; forlKadiiKi, S4t; 



AUniicImm Poultry Show, 255 



AnuuaiitUus discolor. 32 



A'li.trvUisea— sowing seed, 48: water- 

 ing'," l:t 



Amateur? who is an, 06 



American bli^'ht,46ii 



A.ndalnbian's faci-, SC. 



Aii'lromeda floribunda, calyculata, &.C. 

 77 



Annuals— new, 6; for Bpring flower- 

 in ir. 271 



Antipodes, sprins flowers at the, 261 



AntH. 32; destroying, S>, 22i). 328 



Aplidandra — Jjeopoldi leggy, 460; 

 niteuB, 381 



Apples— Bunvard's seedling, 190; for 

 poultrv, 2(Ht; Gunter's tart. 21S; for 

 an orchard. 231; from Tasmania, 

 247; American, 301; btat required 

 to ripen, SOI ; dwarf, 302 ; Paul's 

 Beedling. 342; list of 845; keeping 

 from frost, 401; 8tor;nj.'.410 ; in an 

 orchard house, 441 ; stocks for, 447 ; 

 forming pvramidHi, 4t>G ; Karly Non- 

 pareil. 264, 323; Mtlon. unfruitful, 

 .S28, 485; Hivers's Eailv Nonpareil, 

 284; Smalls Admirable, S23; Stir- 

 ling Castle. 247, 823 



Apricots. 184 : their merits. 57 ; stewed, 

 88; for south wall. 251 ; Japanese, 

 405: castini: fruil, 4tiO 



AQuarinni tnuibles, 255 



Aquatics for stove, 326 



Araha japonica culture, 283 

 Arancaria partly brown, 486 



Arbor-Vitn?-managemcnt of seedling, 

 118; prupauiiliun, 174,288; pruning, 

 213; from cuttings, 231; seed, 389 

 Arctostaphylos uva-urai, 77 

 Ardisiaa, scale on, 410 

 Areca Baueri, 2C4 



Arranging and planting shrubs, 277 

 Artichoke seed, sowing, 154 

 Ashford Poultry Show, 472 

 Aaparai,'us — thinning seedling, 154 : 

 manure for, VJ'i; culture in Eugluud 

 and France. 4SG 

 Aftplenium trichomanos culture, SOI 

 Asters for exhibition, 13 

 Aucvibas, from cuttings, 327 ; berries, 



487 

 August, plants in flower. 184 

 Auricula— John Waterston, 44; raising 



from seed, 506 

 Australian — paroquets, 70 ; Boeils, 



Bowing, 425 

 Aylesbury Poultry Show, 254 

 Azaleas, 77 ; Sir K. Napier and Lizzie, 

 44; list of, 213; scale on. S(l6; soil 

 for, 847 ; repotting, 8S8, 425, 447 ; cul- 

 ture, 411; leaves falUug, 4-17; lorc- 

 ing, 604 



Bachelor noisEnoLD, my, 217 

 Badminton Poultry Show, 139 

 Bailey, H.f de;Uh of. 204 

 Balm, variegated, planting, 194 

 Bantams— dubbing Game, SG; Japan- 

 ese, 67, 83, 124; legs of Game, 124; 

 Red Game, 218; other than Game, 

 232; hfttchmg. 236; grey and tufted, 

 23fi ; Game, 334 ; black and white, 

 852 ; Black and Game, 494 

 Barbarea vulgaris variegata, 485 ; for 

 winter, 417 ; as a decorative plant, 

 Ci 440 



^— ^ Barnstaple Poultry Show, 84 

 askcta— plants for hanj;' 

 windows, plimts for. 41u 

 ' Bath and West of England and South- 

 k ^ eru Couutit;^ Atibuciutiuu, 175 



Biittersea Park. 131. 167, 298; subtro- 



pieal plants at, 321 

 Bedding' plants— Ilm-lieiited pit for, 

 llil; frame for prui.ctiiic. i;t8 ; pro- 

 pagating, 230 ; trciitiiiciii of cuttingB, 

 2liH; tcnip< ratiire for, 327 | 



Bedding -out plants, cuttings of, 



287 

 Bedding without wintering under 



gliiss, 495 

 Bees— in America, 142; Asiatic, 86; 

 from Cape of Good Hope, ^51, 392; 

 Mexican native, 331 ; Aic they car- 

 nivorous V 197 ; comb fallen, 142 ; 

 comb broken in bar-hive, 218; in a 

 cask, 1)9 ; in a house roof, 218; in a 

 wall, 25G; supposed Christmas phe- 

 nomenon, 514; Darmstadt, meeting 

 of apiarians, 452; decamping. 236; 

 destroying, 142 ; disaster, 17; drone- 

 slaughter early, 17 ; Do they hunt 

 bv scent or sight? 334; exhibiting, 

 236 ; changing floor - boards, 7U ; 

 glasses. 17, Gil: invasions of, 69; 

 irregularities, 104, 216 ; keeping pro- 

 fitably, 70 commencing, 276; Koeh- 

 ler's secret revealed, 141; lecture 

 on, 200; Pettitt's gratings, 180; re- 

 moving, 124, 352: restless in %vinter, 

 515 ; robber. 352 : Southcme on, 

 454: not thriving, 293 ; transferring, 

 352, 871; at Woodstock Show, 225; 

 at Clogheen, 276; in Lanarkshire, 

 275; near a manufacturing town, 

 B14; in a rosery. 276; in Somerset- 

 shire. 313; in Wicklow, 276; waxen 

 sheets for, 161. 192, 217, 89.% 474. 

 Drivings^, 106, 124, 162, 198, 292. 

 F(:vrf(;i(7-256; in winter, 894. Foul- 

 brood-35, 53, 276, 434, 514; Baron 

 von Bcrlcpsch on. 86, HI4 ; micro- 

 scopical investigation into its nature 

 and origin. 311, 372, 494 ; Schieberle's 

 method of curing, 493. Hivrs— 

 two to one super 18; communica- 

 tions with supers too small, 124; 

 Berkshire, 293, 351, 293 ; large, 123, 

 833, 394, 414, 451. .513 ; moveable comb, 

 514; moving, 256; Nutt's, 106; Petti- 

 grew's, 314; queenless, 372; Stew* 

 arton, 314: storitied, 215; straw, 

 bulging. 36; Woodbury, 161. Honey— 

 crystallised, 162; depriving of, 180; 

 the German centrifugal honey-ex- 

 ti'ucting machine, 36, 123; harvest, 

 236, 351 : in Hants, 256; in Lanark- 

 shire, 294; larKC, 123; from one 

 hive, 293 ; in the north, 141 ; im- 

 ported, 162; sale of, 70, 162. Liffu- 

 riaus — 53; new mode of propagating. 

 141 ; cheap queens, 180 ; raising, 255 ; 

 as htiney-patberers, 331 ; introduc- 

 ing queens, 893 ; Lignrianising an 

 apiary, 180.2^6. Queens— tv/o in one 

 hive,18; cheap Litiurian, 18j unpro- 

 lific, 372; introducing Lipunan, 893. 

 Sicarm*!— causing second and third, 

 36; not sent forth. SG ; uniting se- 

 cond, lOG ; eccentric, 41 ; from su- 

 f^ered hivo, 200 ; friim infected eo- 

 oniea, 434 ; fightinp, 494. Suprrs— 

 preventing breeding in. 161, 180: 

 iToiid in, 215 ; their miinagement of, 

 434, 474; their uses, 2)G; communi- 

 cations with hives too small, 124; 

 glass, 36, 69. Uniting— 124, 198, 2y2, 

 334; failures in, 216; autumnal, 255 

 Bee-mnth, 105. 106 



Beet, Dell's, as an ornamental plant, 

 110; as a beddcr, 323, 356, 398; in- 

 sects on leaves, 860: storing, 426 

 Begonia manicata culture, 868 

 Bellord Canary Show, 449 

 Belladonna Lilies — culture, 251; not 



flowering, 327 

 Benyalies, red-collared, management, 



162 

 Bentley Priory, 133, 186. 361 

 Berbens nepaienaiB, propagating, 410 ; 



the common, 380, 41)6 

 Beverley Poultry Show, 14 

 Bideford Poultry Show, 84 

 Bingley Poultry Show, 178; Pigeons 



at, 195 

 Birmingham Rose Show, 23 

 Birmingham PhiloperisteronSociety'a 



Show, 370 

 Birmints'ham Poultry Show, 253, 870, 

 427. 448. 450, 451 ; meeting of poultry 

 exhibitors, 507 

 Blandfordia Cunninghomii, 264 

 Boiler— cost of heating, &c., S60; heat- 

 ing without a, 481 



Bones — dissolving, 270; potash for 

 dissolWng, 828; boiled or unboiled 

 for manure. 426 

 Borecole, culture of, 175; variegated, 



223 

 Boronia serrulafa, scale on, 12 

 Botanic diuviil) Society's Sln.w,G, 40 

 Bottom heat, 4iim ; Imw to olitain for 

 forwai'ding and propagating, 119; 

 failures in, 283 

 Boueainvillea glabra and Bpccioaa, 

 culture, 271 ; lateritia to flower in 

 .Tune, 447 

 Bow^nan. Mr. D., 172 

 Box edging. 605 



Brahma Pootras- vuUure-hockcd, 18. 

 218, SG9, 432 ; for exhibition. 70 ; 

 Dark cockerel, 88; points in, twist- 

 ed-winged, 106; Light, at Hasling- 

 den. 142; for exhibition, 180: self- 

 plucking, 200; legs paralysed, 218; 

 colour of legs, 218: marking. 256; 

 not roosting, 314; licht-coloured,848; 

 Combs, &c.. 412; trimming vulture- 

 hocked, 432; eharacteriaticB, 494; 

 colour of eggs, 494 

 Breda fowls, .54 



Brewers' grains for chickens, 236 

 Briars, planting. 389 

 Bridlington Poultry Show. 102 

 Britrhouse Poultry Show, 83 

 Brisbane Botanic Gardens, 321 

 Bristol and Clifton Poultry Show, 348, 



510 

 British Ferns, prizes for, 175 

 Broodiness, subduing, 308 

 BryanthuB ereetus, 78 

 Buclrw'heat for fowls. 200 

 Buddintr, 191: experiments, 92 

 Bude Haven Poultry Show. 67 

 Eulb<uis plants, wintering 288 

 Bulbs, tiip-dressing beds. 410 

 BullfincheB, teaching to pipe, 70 

 Burnley Poultry Show, 157 

 Bush fruit trees, heavy crop from, 284 

 Butter in sacks, 833 



Garbage- SEED saving, 66, 91 ; blight, 

 889 



Caladiums, w^nteri^g, 889 



Calcareous loam, 230 



Calceolarias— seed sowing, 47; seed 

 savintr, 99: cuttings, 409: cuttings, 

 failing, 346; disease, 878; culture, 

 484 



Califomian Eden, 75 



Callas. wintering, 307 



Camellias— value of, 174 transplant- 

 ing and pottine, 251 ; list of, 306 ; 

 buds dropping 327; repottintr. 425, 

 447; forcing, 504; for standards, 

 505; culture, 466 



Campanula— pyramidalis culture, 368, 

 406 ; isophylla, 441 



Canaries— wintering and breeding, 35 ; 

 queries about, gas in their aviary, 

 62, 86; prolific. 88; young, d>'ing, 

 106: laving soft eggs, 121; plucking 

 each other, 142 ; dying, 142; rearing 

 young, 160, 180; marked and varie- 

 gated, 160; young and old together, 

 200 ; parasites on, 294 ; black legged, 

 and beaked, 294; groafS for, 294; 

 feathers bent, 814; food for exhibi- 

 tion, 314; varieties of, 351; disorder- 

 ed breathing. 351; asthma in, 371; 

 Norwich and Yorkshire, at York, 

 371 : Goldfinch Mule. 892, 493 ; colour- 

 ing ; breeding from weak-eyed, 494 ; 

 management, 514 



Canary aviary, gas stove in, 52 



Carbolic acid among plants, 847 



Carnations— seedling, 48; seed-sow- 

 ing, 101 ; pipings failing, 231 ; layers, 

 potting, 252; tree, for winter, 411 



Caasiope tetragona. 78 



Cauliflowers, protecting, 304 



Cedar, Deodara, 280 



Cedar of Lebanon, 280 



Celery— blanching, 183, 249; culture, 

 210. 343 : Dwarf ^Vhite Incompa- 

 rable. 229 ; good white, 486; San- 

 dringham White, 602 



Celosia aurea pyramidalis culture, 

 419 



Centaurea candidissiraa culture. 366 



CentranthuB macrosiphon in a hot 

 season, 97 



Cerastium tomentoBum, planting, 194 



Chalk, ground, 199 



Chamieledon procumbcns, 78 



Charcoal making and using, 401 



Chelmsford Poultry Show,15, 290 

 Cherries— for cxliibition, 66 ; and 

 birds, 72; Bigarrcau not stoning. 

 100; Bigarrcau apparently dying, 

 138; miniature trees, 843; aa pyra- 

 mids, 425 ; utocks. 447; covfering, 505 

 Chchhirc J'.Miitrv Show, 255 

 Chester I'oiiltrv Show, 850 

 Chieken-fcidiiii,' fold, Crook's, 52 

 Chickens— hatched in June, 30 ; droop- 

 ing suddenly, 54; feathering, 70; 

 April-hatched, 88; and the weather, 

 139 ; separating different breeds, 142 ; 

 their feathers, IHO 

 Chicory culture, 344 

 Chippenham Poultry Show, 431 

 Chnstchurch Poultry Show (New Zea- 

 land), 291 

 ChriBtma8,475 



Chrysanthemums- exhibiting, 347 ; Ja- 

 panese, 368, 498 ; Salter's. 381 : losing 

 Jeaves, 388 ; Mr. Forsyth's, 401 ; 

 Temple Gardens, 402 ; mildewed, im- 

 perfect, 410; propagating, not quite 

 hardy, 411 ; in the orchard houiie» 

 419; notes on, 498 

 Cider, sweet, 334 

 Cinerarias — leaves curling, 46S, 502 ; 



thrips on, 446 

 Clarke's inacct-destroying powder, 



859 

 Claw, loss of a fowl's, 294 

 CieaniuK-up, 504 



Clematis— Jackmanni naked, 252; not 

 flowering, 252; John Gould Veitch, 

 44 

 Clerodcndron culture, 326 

 Clethra arborea, 411 

 Clifton Horticultural Show, 326 

 Climbers— for a London garden, 137; 

 for summer house under trees, 138; 

 for W. and N.W. waUs, 175 

 Clitheroe Poultry Show, 177 

 Cliveden, bedding-out at, 284 

 cioudben-y, 411 



Club root. 847 ; in Cabbages, 327 

 Clumps of trees, planting, 446 

 Cochiu-China — cockerel, weight of, 

 814; management of Bufl", 3.^2; hen 

 not laying, 894; Grouse, 414; vui- 

 ture-hocked, 463; cock's comb, 494 

 Cockatoo self-plucked, 18 

 Cocki'oaches, dcstrojing, 368 

 Cocoa-nut sowing, 486 

 Coleuses— the hybrid, 440; GoldeD 

 varieties. 385, 462; wintering, 346, 

 466: seed sowing. 505 

 Commelina eailestis, wintering, 251 

 Conifers for Queensland, 138 

 Conservatory— arranginp, 231 ; climb- 

 era for, plants for with Vines, 271 ; 

 heating, 426 

 Convolvulus mauritanicus, 146; in a 



hot season, 97 

 Cordons — training, 154 ; tightening 

 wires for, 252; vertical v. lateral 

 for Apple trees, 840 ; vertical Plum 

 and Pear tree, 457 

 •'Cottage Gardeners' Dictionary Sup- 

 plement," 76 

 Cottingham Poultry Show, 179 

 Couve tronchuda cooking, 314, 374 

 Covent Garden Market,l2, 31,47, 66,81, 

 100, 118, 137, 153, 178. 193, 212, 23(J, 251, 

 269, 287, 306, 325, 345, 367, 387, 409, 425, 

 446, 465, 484, 504 ; its measures and 

 weights, 100 

 Cow, feeding in winter, 374 

 Craven Poultry Show, 179, 194 

 Creve-Cceurs— White, 36; points in, 



256 

 Crickets, destroying, 868 

 Cripps's Nurseries, Tnnbridge Wells, 



95 

 Crocus — seeds, sowing, 100; filling 



holders, 232 

 Crook Poultry Show, 235 

 CrvptococcuB alveans, 311 

 Crjstal Pal ace Show, 148 

 Cucumber troubles, 75 

 Cucumbers— for winter, 32, 288: depth 

 of soil for bed, 137; bitter, 100; cul- 

 ture, 100, 466, 467,496; soil for, 154; 

 uses of house for, 271; after Potatoes, 

 846; good varieties, 378; leaves in- 

 jured, 888; out of doors, 411; ear- 

 liest, 447 : forcing, 488, 486 

 CupresBUB macrocarpa/ protecting, 



446 

 Currants— second crop of, 284 ; prun- 

 ing, 806, 346 : a new red, 323 ; Black, 

 346 ; trees, moss on, 426 

 Custard Apple seedlings, 154 





