NiNoiiEB Mmrs-K, 114 

 Nasi'iiiii imiu'tfttn, 44 

 "Naiuniliurt* Nolo Hook," (112 

 Nectiiriii.- 11. w. ia3. ICft; AlliortVictor, 



IIW, '^IW; littt of itnil cnllurL'. 201 ; 



gT<)wuii;. "'► ; liiiviH unhciilthy, 2»8 

 Newnmrket roiiUry Show, 33 

 Newport Poultry Show. 473 

 Now ZfidBDd Biirliiu'fioworB, 261 

 NkTcm^orjria jrrafilis cuUiirc, 198 

 Nortlmllertoii l'..uUry Shnw,'2S4 

 North Brititth Colnmbarian Society's 



Show. 85. 470 

 North Oniubhv Canary Show. 35n 

 North limb crhmd OmitholoKical Show. 



41» 

 Northwicb OooFf^bcrry Show, 73 

 NoUcL- to quit, ai-i . , .„ 



November, plants flowertng in, 4S8 



Oakham Pnrr.Tnv Show, 480, 448, SO? 

 Oula— kTouuil. for poultry, lUG, 474; 



crushfd. for fowls, 414 

 Otrtohcr. plants l.lonininff in, 839 

 Oilonlok'loNsuio coDBtriotum. 264 

 Okefonl Fitzpoiiu^ lu the autui<ni,244 

 OkUiitiu r.'ultry Show, 195 

 OU-a fratfraiiB calf uio, 282 ^_ , 



Olcnmiors — cuttint.'-in, 13; trontinen* 

 after llowcriDK. 4't; cnltiim' hack, 49, 

 174; llowcriiig twice. 100; culturo, 

 218, 417 ; Bcale on. 411 ; not flower- 

 ing. 42ti 

 Ouciciinm — Miirshallianuni, 114 ; ma- 



craiithiini.lll 

 OuiiiD, cuimrt- of Potnto, 486 

 Oranut! tree-management, 137, 270; 

 repottin-r,'. WiT ; scale on, 3G8, 880; 

 leaves siioHid.Shit: Tanfricrme.40tJ ; 

 pninmtr. 410; culture iu Florida, 4-21 

 Orchard house3-work in 11, '2S7 ; con- | 

 structiDK. Si. 828; culture, 109: snc- ; 

 ccsbfiil. i:'.2 ; trees. 259, iiSS : railway 

 for, 204; plantinjT trees. 212; during 

 the past Rummer, 166; Messrs. 

 Rivers'. 160 ; converting into a 

 pround ^inrry, 174; trees in pots. 

 S6fl; arranfieuient. 505 

 Orchard, noies on a Kentish, 164 

 Orchids, list of hardy exotic, 49 

 Omameutal-foliaged plants in au- 

 tumn. S3 5 

 Onndie Poultry Show, SI 

 OutinfT. A lew hours', 2 

 Oven, Shrewbbnrj's portable gas, 275 



P.r.OXIA F.SIODI, 44 



Palms, and their culture, 115; tlicir 



cost, 127. 174 : for rooms. 166. 223 , 



Pansies— for June floweiing, IS; bst 



of. sy, 154 ; plantjig, 153; cuttings, 



486 • 



Paraffin oil, for mealy bug, 846; on 



fruit buds.8S8 

 P.irrolia persica. 441 

 Parrots, 106: sell-plucked, 474 

 I'iirtrifij^es, rearing young, 218 

 Passitlora cUicinnata, Sbl 

 Pasi-ion-fio%\ers. keeping open, 137 

 Paxton memorial. 6, 24 

 •■ Paxton's Botanical Dictionary," 63 

 Peaches— culture. 18', 201. 220, 206, 239, 

 801, 404, 442 ; early, 28, 145 : of 186-8. 

 3711; flavourless. IDO, if.4; loreing to 

 fruit in May, 288; fruit tailing, 327, 

 410 : glands of leaves. 410 ; glazing 

 wall. 231: graftinr. 207, 212; house 

 heating, 81: for jmi?^, 425; leaves 

 falling, 327; mildewtd, 32.100; new, 

 2ft, 114, 133, 169; in pots. 194, 212; 

 pruning «ud training, 266, 301. 404, 

 426,442; as standards, 154; unfruit- 

 ful, 100, 807 : protecting from wasps, 

 119; winter dressinji, 306; wire for. 

 411: wau-rint,'. 11«. 194: Alexandra 

 or Alexandra Noblesse. 171: Exqui- 

 Bite, 172; Nectarine, 208; Saiway, 

 S26; Susquehanna, 172,207 

 " Pcach-nruner, The Moaera," 155 

 Pea fowls, distinguishing sex of, 374 

 Pearce. Mr. R.. Ib4 



PearH— branch split. 425; as bushes 

 and cor't<'«B. 416: partly dead, 

 466; in D(Von.48(J; harsh-flavoured, 

 288; fungus on leaves. 212: leaves 

 bhghtcd, I'jj; mealy, 82S; mildewed 

 orchard bouse, 270 : preservind, 

 384; pyramid, 2S9, 306, 416, 466; 

 Btorinp, 194.410; for walls, 239, 317 ; 

 Anairal, 114; Ananas. 114; Beurre 

 du Cercle. 324 ; Beurre Claireeau, 

 324; Charles Van Mons, 247; Deux 

 SoeuTB, 234 ; Doyenne Bonssoch, 

 208 ; Doyenne du Cornice. 406 ; Little 

 Muscat, 2iil ; Madame Treyve, 227 ; 

 Summer Beurre d'Aremberg, 171 

 Pearson's Nurseries at Chilwell, 109 

 Peas— trial of at Chiswick. 22: in hot 

 dry seasons. 32; stoppin?. 183; dwarf. 

 306; keeping mice from, 410; height 

 and Bucccsbion of. 426 : as poultry 

 food. 514 ; DickBon's First and Best, 

 The Prince. 2C4 

 Peat charcoal. 251 



PehtrL'oninms— compost for, 119; cut- 

 tine?. 174, 193, 306, 846; double whito 

 flfid yellow. 231; leaves curled, 193 ; 

 seed, ripeness of, 31, sowing, 306; 

 86lf sown. SOI: seenling manaee- 

 mcnt, 193, 446 unhealthy, 119 ; water- 



PFLAnnoxirMB— Continued ; 

 int.', 411 ; wintering, 467 : for winter 

 hloominfi. 485. Bedding, 4; at 

 Camden Lod^e. 921 ; i-H-iniateR and 

 selections of, lOH, 143, 182, 2i'5. 927, 

 437; in a hotseafiou.'Jl ; and froKt, 

 316; potting, 198; wintering, 252, 

 :i<'7, 825, 467. Fancv, French, and 

 Show, 108. 119, 15:.. C.uM and Bronze, 

 212,321; points of, 127. 821, ^.IH. Ciold- 

 edged. 322. Silver-edged 290. h22. 

 835. Tricolor. 296, 335 ; brealiiiic, 

 281; cut down. 806: exhibiting, i:4 ; 

 freiikH. 307; removing flowerw, -iHe. 

 Varienated. Idri : compost for, 213. 

 447 ; proi)ak'ating. 227 : winterinc, 

 806. Zonal, 4; What are? 39, s-2; 

 select. 108, 143, 182. 295, 327, 437 ; pot^ 

 ting, 193,8(17.327 

 Pen of fowlfl, what is a ? 200 

 Peristeronic Societv. National, 811 

 PorMinimon tree. 402 

 Peterhorouirh Poultry Show. 51 

 '* Peter Parley's Annual," 4r»8 

 Petersburg Intern a t ional Horticul- 

 tural Exhibition, 482 

 Pettmias— new, C; appcarinff tmsown, 



857 

 PharhitiH nil, vor. limbata, 44 

 Phaseolus eiiritcalla culture, 252 

 Pheasants-Silver. 36; Golden, roupy, 



142; Golden, on la\vn, 200 

 Phloxes raising from seed, 271 

 Physiauthus albens ripening fruit, 



251 

 Phytolacca decandra, 807; out of 



doors, 247. 206 

 Picotee pipings failintT. 231 

 Pigeons-at Birmingham Show, 450 ; 

 liisqualifled at Birmingham, 478; 

 buying unseen, 434; canker in, 103, 

 452 ; diseased. 374 ; exhibitors' arti- 

 fices. 451 ; and Judges. 318 ; fanciers' 

 Societies. 311 ; absence of feathers. 

 162; food for, 452: flvinK match, 6S: 

 beat for, 452; homing. 314; jndfrmg, 

 KM. 121, 158, 197, 235, 348 ; at Birming- 

 ham. 474 ; lost at a Show. 414 ; place 

 for keeping, 474; manatrement, fa; 

 at Newcastle-on-T>Tie Show, 422 ; 

 notes on. 292; in the olden tinie, 

 203; showing pairs, 215; a pair of, 

 256; peas for, 514; prizes for, 34S; 

 roupy, 256; sitting in wintf-r. 514; 

 yearl"ing, 510; varieties, remarkson, 

 121: Antwerps, 16. 52. 84, 197, 235; 

 their poinU and tramintr. 140 : Bah'- 

 heads and Beards, 874, 432 : Can-iers 

 not hatching, "0 ; Dragoons. 16, 52, 

 84, 152. 197: Fancy, notes on, 422; 

 Jacobins' eyes, 142 ; Knnts, keeping, 

 276 ; Tumblers. 891, 474.492, in gene- 

 ral, 330 : Turbit characteristics, 434 

 Pine Apple— culture. 175. 289 ; a large 

 Cayenne, 343 ; pit for, 212 ; for frmt- 

 ing, pit and Cucumber house com- 

 bined, 138 

 Pink— pipings failing, 231; autumn- 



flowerine white, 242 

 Pipes, joints of hot-water leaking, 



505 

 Pits, turf— 4S, 137 : flue-heated for bed- 

 ding plants, 119; cold, 237; for 

 plants, 271 : heatintr, 271 ; earth, 286 

 Plan disquaUfied, 212 

 Plane tree, plants under, 486 

 Pantations f< r ornament ani shelter, 



307 

 Plant houses, constructing economic- 



ally, 208 

 Planting. 250,364. 366; early, H 

 Plantsof prey.l 



Plants— growing when inverted. 137 ; 

 given by Government, 247 ; select 

 lists. 388 

 Plalyloma flcxnosum. 888 

 i Pleroma macranthum, 114 

 j Plums, 184; standard, for dinner-fable 

 decoration, 154; Kentish orchard. 

 ' 164; a new, 171; imfruiifnl, S07 ; 

 I Cherrv, 296, 860: Late Bluek Or- 

 leans,* 301; the Mirabelle, 359; San- 

 dalls, 247 

 Plymouth Poultry Show, 490 

 Poinsettiapulcberrima, leaves falling, 



827 ; poisonous, 479 

 Polands — white-created Black cock, 

 88: cockerel with crooked tail, 142; 

 plucking each other, 494 

 Pomegranates. 301: ripeninir unpro- 

 tected, 243 : ripening on a standard, 

 861 ; in the open air, 479 

 Pomological gleanings. 171, 190, 207, 



247, 301. 323, e42. 360, 405, 441, 479 

 Pomoloidcal Society, rules of the 



American. 205: American, 248 

 Pontefract Poultry Show, 84 

 Portulaca Thellu8oni.l27 

 Postage stamps, paying wiih. 272 

 Potatoes- trial of at Chiswick, 22; 

 Veitch's Early A.shleaf. 48; snpertn- 

 ^ boratint:, estimate of varieties, 74, 

 239: disease, 115: culture of, 146; 

 acres of in Great Britain. 288; super- 

 tuberating, \i20: crop, saving seed, 

 257, 268 ; two crops of, 824 ; at Wood- 

 stock Show, 225 : for early crops, 466 

 Potted plants, treatment, 466 

 Poultry Club. 236 



Poultry— prolit able, 32; culture, -facts 

 coneeming, 49 ; for table and laying, 

 70; for u Be, 88; judges, 162, 389; 

 judging, 253; co&t of food, 256; tres- 



Poi'LTiiY— Continued : 

 passing, 276; at the yeor*8 decline. 

 289; diseased, 29^1; commencing to 

 keep, 294; .at the approaeh of 

 winter, 3fl8 ; fancier's sonftWB. 30H; 

 show detailH. :^2!^. 370, 448 ; market in 

 Kdward I.'rt reign, 848 ; show frauds, 

 869: secretary exhibiting, 389 ; show 

 management,' 412; food, 468; on a 

 farm, i^-i ; fntteninfc'. 514 



Prr-btoe. Mr,, death of. 885 



Primulas— Knibrt dtstrojing, 281 ; fari- 

 uosa in border. 251 



Prionium Palniita, 114 



Privet, propayatint:, 288 



Prizes, awarded withheld, 187; post- 

 in c lists of awarded, 102, 120 



Protector for tree, 501 



PrunuH mvrohalana, 29G 



Pulleiiie, Rev. R.. death of, 40C 



Puya Whytei, 201 



Pyrethruui, propagating Golden, 194, 

 410 



QtnXCES, 252 J THE POETUGAL, 82 



Rabbits — i.EKOTtiE^fiNO eaus, 200 ; 

 diseases, 294; Eel^ian, 414; attack- 

 ing Firs, 466; lop-eared, a cannibal 

 doe.494 ; judginir at Leeds, keeping 

 not in hutches, 512 



Rain, absfnce ot, 33 



Ranunculuses — not sncceeding, 346; 

 protecting, 447 



EaphanuB caudatus, cooking, 138 



Raspbemes— planting'. 174, 213, 347 ; 

 Belle de Fontenay, 299 ; digging be- 

 tween. 410 ; pruning. 446 



Rating garden stnicturee, 82 



Rats— in gardens, destroying, 297; in 

 Pigeon house. 514 



Red spider— en Vines, C6. 100; on 

 Peach, Pear, and Apple trees, C6 ; 

 on Plum trees, 100; destroying, 193 



Rendle's tank heating, 231 



Rhipidopteris peltata culture, 12 



Rhododendrons— select, 112, 213; cul- 

 ture, 150; budding. 191; injured by 

 193 ; for a town garden, after forcing' 

 388; grafting, 407 



Rhubarb forcinc, 232, 445 



Ricinus seeds, 307 



Ridging, 44* 



Ringing to induce roots, 479 



Rivers' Nui'series, Sawbridgeworth, 

 169, 240 



Rochea falcata not flowering. 270 



Rockwork arch, jilants for, 12 



Bollisson & Sons' Nursery, 480 



Rooks and crows. 403 



Root-pruninc,229. 305, 422 



Rope, to make pliable, 834 



Rose lore, 397 



Roses— at Birmingham show, 23 ; 

 budding, 48, 92, 387 ; influence of 

 charcoal on colour; 119; forming a 

 collection, 137 : compost for potted, 

 48; culture, 325. 367, 484; cuttings, 

 48, 288, 410 ; sadden decay, 368 ; for 

 exhibition, 346: forcing in cold pits, 

 288: fungi, 460; galvanised wire 

 arches for, 138; gross shoots, 466; 

 wrubs 466; at Jlr. Keynes's nursery, 

 11*8: for London, 137; manures for, 

 119. 270, 327. 446; for market, 2.'d ; 

 merits of, 78. 119, 327 ; mildew, 154, 

 806: mulching. 410: new, 110, 127, 

 151, 227, 278 ; notes on, 92 ; at Oke- 

 ford Fitzpaine. Ill; over luxuriant, 

 81; paleness. CH; pegging down, 12, 

 288.326; preparing ground for, 425; 

 planting. 327; in pots. 48, 213, 425, 

 426; protecting, 368. 466: prunine, 

 466: in unfavourable soil and cli- 

 mate. 219; removing, 174, 193,368; 

 at Salisbury. Ill ; seed and seed- 

 hngs, 499; prospects of, 438; sow- 

 ing, 828; select. 48, 66, 101, 288,316, 

 326, 409, 425; shoots, 368; soil for, 

 137 ; stocks, 2, 119, 145. 388. 446 ; Ma- 

 nelti, 48, 155, 174, 193, 213, 270 ; black 

 spot on leaves. 19 ; on east wall, 

 367; Alfred Colomb, 298; Blairii 

 No. 2 not flowering, 138 : old Cab- 

 bage. 86S; Cai-dinal Patrizzi. 81 ; 

 climbing, 174.252; Gioire de Dijon 

 culture, 138, 270; Hybrid Perpetual, 

 dark and pink, 81; white. 17 J; La 

 France. 114; MadameAlice Durean. 

 261: Madame FiUion, 280; Marechal 

 Niel, 138, 155, 2.38,291; Narcibse cul- 

 tnre, 138; Reine du Portngal, 181; 

 yellow, 66; leaves dj-ing, 367 



Rotation of crops, 444 



Roup, 814 



SACCOLABrUM AMPCLLACECM EOSECM, 

 44 



Safl'ron Finch, what is it? 142 

 Saco Palm, 75 



Salvia argentea seed sowing, 101 

 Sanchezia nobilia variegata, soil for, 



467 

 Sarcocaalon Bumianni. 207 

 Scale, plants infested with white, 4.s6 

 Scarlet Runners, storing roots v. seed 



sowing. 175 

 Seaford Grange, 376 

 Sea-kale— manure for, planting, 198 ; 



forcing, 408. 445 



Benson— the, In Korf-Ik, 76; cn- 

 coiinteriiiK its dryne«H, 'jP ; leKgf.nK 

 from the paht. 191 ; mildio-N ..'. 49i 



Sedum califomicuni prtipat-aM. n, 62 

 Seeds — failing, 64 ; adult^rrauon of, 

 281, 824 ; of trees, sowing, 503 



S-fUm P.irk, 42 



September, plants in flower In, 282 



Shading bv whitening the^'lasB. 81 



Shelheld Colnmbarian Society's Show, 

 370 



Shepton Mallet Show fchodnle, 155 



Shrubbery, ir.-es, Ac, f<.r. HW 



Shrubs— omaiiiental mid ll'iv.ering, 

 96,112,150; tranhphuiled lat/ in the 

 season. 108; tor a town garden, 271 ; 

 arrangingfand planting, 881', 489; 

 as standards, 435 



Silkworms— cocoons, 18 ; rearing In 

 Kngland, .''.8,87, 123 



Skipton Poultry Show, 179 



SluvH. excluding, 488 



Snaith Poultry Show, 84 



Soil, culture of cohl stiff, 883 



Solanum capsicaHtrnm. 447 



Southampton I''iultr> Show, 891 



Southporl PcKiltrv Show, 195 



Spalding Poultry Show, 10 



Spanish fowls— weitrht. 18; crossing 

 Black, 124: and Minorcas, White, 

 200 ; cock blind, 2SG 



Spirrea palmata. 206 



Spring, flowers, 477; gardening, notes 

 on. It) 



Staehys lanata propagation, 327 



Statice, Holfordi, propagating, 40 : 

 latifolia, 126 



Staveley Poultry Show, 14, 8C, 67, 

 290 



Steam condensed in a vinerj'j 81 



StcphaiioUs floribimda in u warm 

 greenhouse, 66 



Stirring the soil deeply, C5 



Stocks— cultare of, 41; sowing for 

 spring flowering, 118; transplanting, 

 889; Intermediate, culture, 32C 



Stocks— for pome fruits, 447 ; lor graft- 

 ing, planting. 505 



StocKwood Park, 2 



Stoke Newington Chrysanthemum 

 Show. S57 



Stoke-on-Trent Poultry* Show, 214 



Stonehouse Poultry Show, 15 



Stove— heating a small, 101; flucless, 

 194 



Stii\vmarket Poultry Show, ."il 



Strawberries— for light soil, 12: an'!" 

 culture, 37, 154, 175 ; list for ^lU'r-- 

 sion. 48: notes on various, 5*">: f r 

 show. 6G; beds, old. 32; Tdat.tir.j.-, 

 K-O; rambles m England, 107 ; cul- 

 ture at Okeford Fitzpaine. Ill : torn- 

 ing, 126. i:'.7, 11:2, 2SS. 3C:.. ^^■^4 : form- 

 ing beds. 174: potting, 211: ir.'i'r:;-- 

 ing witli seaweed, 2r,2 ; f'^jr. 

 cold pits, 288; too deeply t 

 280: Cockscomb, 155. 174, : it : 1 

 do MalakofT, 96, 166. 204; Du!:c vi 

 Edinhnrgh. 107; Early Prolific. K7; 

 I Frogmore Late Pine. 4*^; SuU;'.!;, 

 107 ; William James Nicholson, 107 

 i Subtropical Hardening, 357; in the 

 ! north, 398, 408 



Sulphur, .ipplj-ing to Vines, S46 



Suluhuring hot-water pipes. 400 

 , Summer— effeet 3 this year, $'22 ; rty 

 suits of tlie past, 342 ; consequences 

 of last, 438 



Summers of ia^5 and l&CS, 413 

 ! Sunday work. 129. 231 



Sunderland Bird >how, 492 

 Sunderland Working Men's PonUry 

 Show, 510 



Sunflower seed saving, 82 



Surface-stirrinc, 152 



Sweeping the floor, S34 



Sweet ■Williams, transplanting, 389 



Tacsotha Vax-Volsbmt, PRr?tTNr. 174 ; 



not flowering, 231 ; bmls failing, 252 ; 



mollissima not flowering, 485 

 Tails of fowls awry. 494 

 Tan hotbed, making, 12 

 T.ank heating. 389 

 Tea plant management, 81 

 Thinning, 10 



Thistles, cutting down, 45 

 Thuiiidou, Mr. D., 284; preseniat.on 



to. 358 

 Thorns dying after budding, 2S8 

 Thripa ori Cinerarias, 101 

 Tobacco — powder, 32; effects, 11; 



growing, 101; dr>ing, 213' 

 Tomatoeft— in a greenhouse. CC; cul- 

 ture, 165, 206, 271; proservhig, 218: 



jam, 236; Common Red. -JTO: The 



Orangefield, 200, 270; the TtVher:k- 



berrj\ 205 

 Trachelium crcnilemn, 128 

 Training wall trees, 4;il 

 Transplanting trees, 464; time for, 



213 

 Tredegar Poultry Show, 330, 473 

 Trees— overshado\\Tng a neighhoar's 



garden. 230; right lo remove, 270, 



306; in pots. 447 

 Trenching, 3S6. 444 

 Triehomanes radicans culture, 4SC 

 Trimming, poultry, 412; and other 



artifices at shows, 487. 4S8; (o-rI.; 



for exhibition, protest rtsahst, UH, 



508 



