Lonicera Stiindihhii, 34"2 

 Loquiit, ;M0; culture. 850 

 Lyoaste HaniuKtoniie r. t'rundillora, 



MaOSOLIA TRANftPI.ANTlNO.28R 



M)Uden-h«iv Fi-rn— cuUutl^ 'J-IU, 3^1 ; 

 fronds lU-stroyptl, 412 



Maiden trf«'8, futtinir back, 348 



aiult iluflt lor lowlH, SH 



Miint'ht?Bter Horticultural Rxhihition, 

 notes on, 4'21 ; Sliow in IMiW. 421 



Jilandovillu suavrolens, pnininj,', 52 



ManBold Wurtgcl lor fowls. IM 



Mannrt' — fora (irv soil, 11*; artificial, 

 fur lto\VLM-b».-ds.20it 



Many tlilnsM and little about them, 137 



Marcli, plants lilonniinff in. 27« 



Mcdinilla magnillea. 300 



Melons-Hoil lor, 80; hardy Rldpe, 

 101; solect, llH; plantiac. 220; cul- 

 ture. 315. 346. S4S. 387. 3113. 410 ; mode 

 of ftrowinR in a house, 326; turoine; 

 yellow and dro]tpintr, 365; leaves 

 scorched, stoppnis. -113 



Melrose Poultry Show, 177 



Meteoroloffy or 1867 at Lintou Park, 



*^ 



Mitfnonette — eiiltnrc of tree, 42: of 

 standard, 24r» 



Mislhtoe. 187; in Franee. 23, 4:.. 49, 

 (iH. 91, '220; in Turkey and America, 

 !U : onttie Oak and Poplar, 133 



Mopiiifi pullet, 196 



Mo88— drying arcen, Z7>; on walls, 

 preventing. 1.^8 



Moulting, to hasten. 432 



Mulchinj,' fruit trees, 15R 



Musn Cavendishii culture, 821 : COC- 

 cinea culture, 118 ; sncker of, 157 



Mnshroonis— bed duup, 12; preparinp 

 beds, 13 ; growing in a pit. 101 : bed, 

 in potting shed, 142 : culture, 1.">1, 172, 

 184. 200. 379 ; beds for, 172 ; destroy- 

 ing slugs and BnailB, 173; too thick. 

 880 ; diseased, 388 



Myosotia azorica, 263 



Napthalise v. insects, 336 

 Narcissus uniflorus. 453 

 Nash, testimonial to Mr., 11 

 Nectarines — trees out of doors. 271 ; 



thinning fruit. 39.'i ; leaves blistered. 



412: watering. 413; fruit cracking, 



444; forcing. 410 

 Nemophila insignis. 371 

 Nenthead Poulti v Show, S:. 

 Nepenthes ampullitcea culture, 79 

 Nepcta— nepetos for bedding. 220; 



teucriifoliafor bedding, 203. 291,300; 



nepetclla cuUure. 258; from seed, 



2t)2; for bedding. 323 

 Nerinm culture, 412 

 Newark Poultry Show, 85 

 Neweliurch Poultry Show, S51 

 New plant— what is a, 445 

 New Zealand gardening, progi'ess of, 



343 

 Night soil manure, 228 

 Norman forefathers, among the first 



traces of our. 436 

 North ot EnglandOmithologicalShoW) 



18 

 Notice to leave. 14 

 November meteorology. 8 

 Nuneham Park, spring flowers at, 387 



ODONTOOLOSSCM — ORA?,-DB, PODS OV, 



10!i; Alexandrte. var. Trianie, 170; 

 Alexandra, vav. guttatum, 239 



Oiling trees. '220 



Oldham Poultry Show, 104 



Oncidium — calanthimi. 296; ruculla- 

 tum J', nubigenum.andmacnmthum 

 hastiferum. 812 



Onions— Nuneham Park, 13G; Tree, 

 158 ; culture. 20S. 209 ; tinning soil 

 for. 228; maggot in, 414 



Ophelia alata. 71 



Ophrys insectifera aranifej-a,42S 



Orange — culture of Mandarin. 32: 

 Oiaheite, leatless, 228 ; tree losing 

 its leaves, 4G1 



Orchard house — management, 189 : 

 journal. 201, 219. 255, 341, 453 : venti- 

 lation. 32 ; successful culture, 66; 

 manaf?ement. 76.298,364,378; trees, 

 unfruitful, r>4 : prunine. 262 ; potting, 

 418; red spidtr on, 300; routine, 329; 

 doings. 393 



Orchids — for a cool house. 33: from 

 seed. 7S; Mr. Bateman's prize for, 

 ll-i; corapo.st lor. 141; seed sowing, 

 219; wa'ering, 243: value of, 259: 

 KCf-'lectcd hardy, 420: sale of ill-. J. 

 A. Tunier's,424 ; snails on. 4fU 



• Orehidgrowt-r's Manual," 205 



OniameiiiaMoliaged plants. Bowing 

 seeds of. 210 



Ornithological Association, a na- 

 tional li-k 



Oliorhynchua vastator, 70 



Paduans, 432 



Painting a gi'cenhouse, 54 



Paisley Ornithological Show, 30 ; 



Poultry Show, til 

 Paui-iefi-in winter, 15; propagating, 



vi':!; vuriegatedj 300; Imperial Blue, 



Paris Poultry Show.88R 

 Parrut-BoU-plucked, 216, 8M ; with 



tumour. 2Ii2 ; subjoct to tits. 370 

 Parsnips - storing. 76; boiled lor 



lowls, 106; eulture. 207 

 Pashiifbira - *|u;tdningularia culture, 

 lui ; liflhitt. I'ottiiig, 158; racemosa 

 purjiurea, 'J4:i ; edulis seed wowing, 

 282 ; manicata culture, 441 

 Paul's (W.) nhow of plants, 2".7 

 Pni supports, 244 



Pearlies— forcing. 100, 139; trees m 

 pots, 14^i ; lor H»Muh wall, ir.7 ; prun- 

 ing. 158, 174; for foreing, 210; trees 

 injured, 243 ; thinning buds, 262 ; out 

 of doors,271 : double-blossomed fruit- 

 ful. 276; brown aphis on. 283, 348; 

 cordons, 335 ; leaves blighted, 348 ; 

 scale and aphis. 365: raising seed- 

 ling, 376; tliinii.g llcwers of. 3.8; 

 falling in onimid houhc. white 

 blotch on. 395 ; fientroying scale, mil- 

 dewed, 428; watering, 413; loaves 

 blistered, 444, 461 ; heading-back, 

 ^61 .„ , ^ 



Pears— have patience with. 2 ; have 

 mercy on, 42; scale on, 54; suckers, 

 80; protecting blossoms of i>yramid, 

 174: Ufting p-vraniidal, 282; injured 

 bv dressmg, 283: on Whitethorn. 

 283; blossoms. 283 ; insects on, and 

 leaves wrinkled, 316 ; blossoms not 

 setting, 380; uniruitiul. 348; leaves 

 injured. S48; destioye.l by iiisetts. 

 SSi:,; budding, blaekmed and drop- 

 ping. 460; Acnan, Ad;!m. Alexandre 

 bivort, and Alexandre Luinlire, U : 

 Adele Lancelot, Ad.U- de St I'.-nis. 

 \h' mon Dieu, and .Mnantline de 

 itouen. 134 : Althorp Crasanne. 

 Amadotte. Amande d'Ete. 29; Am- 

 brosia. vVinelieLeClerc. 326; Chau- 

 iHontelin Jersey, 78; Josephine do 

 Malines. 67 . 



Peas - prulectmg, 172 : sowing. 138, 

 172,174: dwart, 174: staking. 328; 

 preserving from mice and birds, 

 359 ; leav.-s eaten. 366 ; early, 395 : 

 early ; Sutton's Ringleader, 420 ; pre- 

 serving, 432 

 Peat. 118; eharccal, 14,94 

 Pelargoniums— propagating, 2. 2.-; at 

 Mr. W. Paul's, 8; ornamental-foli- 

 aged. 24: spots on tricolored, 32; 

 cuttings, 46; mildewed in a pit, 101; 

 wintered in a cellar, 142 ; Emperor, 

 Rob Roy, 170: forwarding seedling 

 Zonal, 192 ; temperature tor euttingfi, 

 1'I3 • hung in a room, 'JUt; Andrew 

 Henderson, 239 ; .•rotL-etiug bedding, 

 261 ; notes on some. 270 ; repottmg. 

 317: compost for Zonal, drying 

 leaves, 33o ; select list. 831 ; reticu- 

 latum, 376; standard Nosegay for 

 winter blooming, 385: cuttings of 

 Golden Chain, 395; culture and 

 propagation, 401 ; grafting, 412 : seed 

 sowing, 413; Variegated Zonal at 

 Royal Horticultural Society's Show, 

 419, 454, 460; Star of India, 423; 

 leaves diseased, 428; budding and 

 gi-afting. 451 : and Geranium detined. 

 cultiue, sowing seed, 460 

 ' "Pelargoniums— Historyof Variegated 

 Zona^," 223 

 Perennials, propagatinir, 412 

 Pereskia aculeaia grafting. 15 

 Pergula odoratissima culture, 403 

 Penlla— and other seedlings, for edg- 

 ing, 263 ; nankinensis for flower 

 garden decoration, 360 

 Peru, Isle ol, 106 



Phalienopsis Sehilleriana— propaga- 

 tion, 156; at Mr. Warner's, 240 

 Philoperisteron Society. S8, 104 

 Philoperisteron and National Coluiii- 

 barian Societies' amalganuition, 

 213,247 

 Hiloxes, removing, 192 

 1 Pioea piuMapo for an avenue, 300 

 *' Pigeons ; '^ Pouters at Calne, 62 

 Pigeons— mating with mealy, 86, 161 ; 

 roup in. 86, lfi3, 14.'), 162, 176, 180, 195, 

 214, 398; with incased l«:athcrs. 88 ; 

 mealv. 103; diseases, 120; Mealy 

 Pouters, matching colours, 121 : 

 breeding Yellow Pouters, 161; 

 Tumbler, 178; space required for, 

 floor of house, hen not laying, 

 laying imperfect eggs, ISO ; number 

 of crosses. 194; Sturling.196 ; breed- 

 ing Pouters, 214, 266; del'cctive-plu- 

 maged Pouters, &c., 248 ; laying age, 

 252 ; fleas on, 2,12 ; The Canier, 265 ; 

 defective Pouters, 285; deterioration 

 of fancy, 303 : Almond Tumblers, 

 SOS: remarks on Bomo varieties, 

 S51 : the Pouter controversy. Al- 

 mond Tumblers, 352; judging, the 

 Horseman and Dragoon, 414; SJiort- 

 faced Tinnbler diseased, unsettled. 

 416; not fitting, 432: judges, Aut- 

 werps, Dragoons, 448; long sitting, 

 450; entry fees and prizes tor at 

 shows, 465 

 Pimelea Hendersoni compost 228 

 Pine Apples— in a small house, Mnnt- 

 Bcrrat andlilack Jamaica, 243 ; fruit- 

 ing, 300 1830 

 Pine pit— erecting. 392, S81 ; heating, 

 Pits— cost of, 100 : for Cucumbers and 

 Llclons, creeling, 212 



Plane, propagating the Oriental, 158 

 Plant-iianiini: in public gardens, 45<; 



Plantain culture, 321 

 Plants— Bfmie old, 108; trees, and 

 Bhmba, 140: not thriving, 117; 

 old-fashioned, 166; in flower in May, 

 419 

 Pleroma elegans culture, 182 



Plumbago eapensis, starting, 228 



PluniH — grafting. 80; tri-es, unfruitftil, 

 101 ; eulture, I.'m ; tr<-es not blossom- 

 ing, 210 : in orchard house, 229 ; 

 setting bloom, 229 ; in orchard 

 house attacked by insects. 365 ; bud- 

 ding. 395 ; leaves whitened, 445 



Poinciaiia Gilliesii eulture, 445 



Poinsettia pulcherrima culture, 102 



Polish fowls. 162 



Pollen, dispersion <»f. 226 



Polyanthuses, 323 ; bird-injured, 282 ; 

 double, 881; culture, 374; cross- 

 breeding. 422 



Potatoes— produce, influence of seta, 

 47; select, 68, 78; for exhibition, 100; 

 descriptive list, 108 ; for clayey soil. 

 117: early and second early. Jl8 ; 

 weight of'a sack. 119 ; produce, 125; 

 Paterson's Victoria. 1.S5. 149. 203; 

 Milky White, 149, 163; disease, 149; 

 cutting ofl" haulm, 163 ; annual pro- 

 duce, 166: estimate of some va- 

 rieties, 182, for clay soil, 191 ; Car- 

 ter'sAsh-top Fluke, 223 ; dl-yiug sets, 

 229; disease, 233; planting. 241; 

 artificial manure for, 243 ; digging 

 up, 262 ; for light stiil, 300 



Pots, painting garden, 418 



Potting, in frenh leaf mould. 118 



Poultry— judging, 17, 20; yard, 84; 

 year's account, 83 ; varieties in one 

 run. 88 : keeping for exhibition, food 

 needed, lv2 : profitable, 210 ; times 

 for exhibitions, 264; exhibitions in 

 general, 284 ; rearing profitably, 301. 

 303.306; feeding, 354; shows, com- 

 mittees, rules, 382 ; Secretary ex- 

 hibiting at Shows, 397 ; in confine- 

 ment. 416; entries in "variety" 

 class. 429; culture, 446 



Primroses, changing colour of, 300 



Privet propagation, 101 



Prizes lor poultry, 17 



Protecting fruit borders. OH: plants, 

 261; bedding plants, 229; to wall 

 trees. 229 



Pruning. 157 : principles of, 380 



Prunus — nmritima as a stock, 46; si- 

 nensis, propagating, 3C6 



Pullets' laying age, 252 



Puppy distempered, 196 



Pyramidal training. 198 



Primula— culture, 157; flowers, ferti- 

 lising, 262: propagating, 263 



Quickset hedge, forming, lift 

 Quince stocks, raising, 283 



RARBITS — PROTECTING TREES I'R'^ai. 



at the Hanley Show, 86 : breeding 

 long-eared. 146; excluding, 189: 

 points of Himalayan. S.^^: Show. 

 "Woolwich, 304: Hare, 306; judging, 

 383; feeding, 400 



Radish culture, 348 



Railway charges, 103, 14;".. 176, 194, 212. 

 230 



Eaphisterama ciliatum, 296 



Raspberries — planting. 76 ; in damp 

 soil, 263 



Red spider— its yvinter quarters, 184 ; 

 on Cucumbers. 413 ; desti'oying, 440, 

 459 



Rhododendrons— in pots, 32 : for bedc. 

 80; propagation. 101; fonning bed. 

 117; cutting down, 244; tieatment 

 of after flowei-ing, 380; and their 

 eulture, 409.455 



Rhubarb— forcing, 13. 68,98: for me- 

 dicine, 190; wine-making. 466 



Ribbon border, Pelargoniums and 

 Viola cornuta.224 



Rice as food tor poultry, 309 



lliviiia ia;vis, 380 



Itoekets, various, 108 



Rnof uf wood, to render waterproof, 

 381 



RookeiT- evergreens lor. 191 



Rooks— a Hu ring. 301 ; scaring, 36G 



Rootery — climbers, iIcc, for, 24o ; 

 plants for, 283 



Rose Apple, fniiting, 873, 419,4.-3 



Rose, Mr. H.. 70 



Roses— working on Manetti, 3 ; at Mr. 

 W. Paul's, 8. 858 ; pnming, for N. 

 wall, notes on some, 14 ; cutting off 

 blooms and pruning, 24 : gi-afting, to 

 bloom in winter. 55 : Moss de 

 Mcaux. in pols. Triomphe do Ren- 

 nep. Ac, 78; pruning on Blanetti ; 

 mulching, 100 ; repotting, 101 : un- 

 covering, 109; covering, 136; prun- 

 ing, manure for, 141 ; Marechal Niel, 

 J41, 142; pruning. 142 : grafting on 

 Manetti, 157 ; raising from seed. 107 : 

 lips and downs of one, 168; mulch- 

 ing and manuring, pruning Ayr- 

 shire, 174; pruning dw.arf Hybrid- 

 Perpctnal and Moss. 191 : select 'I'ea- 

 scented, l'.:3: pruning Tea-scented, 

 21:;. 2S3; supporting petals, 245: ;i::- 



RosEH" Continued, 

 phiiig guano, ■*62 ; torcni mildewed, 

 budding Manetti. \M'.i: iutt>.l<il bv 

 ajdiis, iilH); standard in liglit H»i\. 

 313 : gi eeii fly on, 317 ; watering with 

 HoapHinls, 880; new, ;;58 ; inonstrnus 

 growth on, 879: cuttings, 880; bnd- 

 iling in .June, 891, 895; fowls' dung 

 f.'r. 394; blighted, 394; with pen- 

 dulim^i l^ranehes. 395; green fly on. 

 mild.w "11 potted. 412 ; Mademoiselle 

 M;uie Laipin and l^a France, 418; 

 Duke: of Edinburgh, 423; manage- 

 ment of Manetti stocks, Itudding in 

 June, 427 ; flowering seldom, striking 

 cuttings. 428; at Paris: large fra- 

 grant lor pots. 445 ; budding Marshal 

 Niet on Gloire de Dijon, 453; at Ihw 

 Crystal Palace 454 



Roup, sanitary measures, 820 



Salt— I'oR manttre, 117 ; roR fowls, 

 252 ; as a manure, 316 



Saltwood, 420 



Salvias— two, 108; on the Col de 

 Tenda, 68. 100 



Sainiisnn's Nursery, Yeovil, 390 



Saponaria calabrica — sowing, 80; 

 edging. 263 



Sa^\ dust for plunging pots in, 192 



Saxifrage- for edging, 283; soysing, 

 46 J 



Sea ■ insect, 245 ; on Currant trees, 

 100 destroyed by paraffin, 278 



Scarlet flowers scentless. 457 



Scions, keeping for graftmg, 117 



Sea-kale-forcing, 13, 98,241: blanch- 

 ing, 226 : culture, 298, 328. 393 



Sednms as edging plants. 452 



Seeds— sown g, 227 ; saving, 327 



Selaginella olfsets. treatment, 33 



Selkirk Poultrv Show, 58 



Sermim, The Flower, 387 



Sewage, 141 ; dtrodorising, 427 



Shading^ 227. 4.59; a gi-eenhouse, 263: 

 by whitening glass, 460 



Sheffield Fancy Rabbit Show, 38,429 



Sheds, value of warm, 208 



Shrubs— ornamental and flowering, 

 m, 165, 187,205, 239,295; removing, 

 428 



Shutting-up stoves, &c , 282 



Sieve of Apples, 80 



Silk fowls. 820 



Silkworm rearing in England, 2iJ 37, 

 179. 251. 305. 353. 399, 431, 256 



Simplicities, a trio of, 371 



Slugs— check to, 184, 238; in fernery, 

 330 



Snakes and adders, 277 



Snipes, rearing, 354 



Solanum caprieastrum, 69; culture, 

 317 



Soldiers' gardens, 52 



Somerset Poultry Show. S3 



Sonerila margaritacoa culture, 79 



Soot as a manure, 118 



Spanish fowls — trimming faces, 83; 

 pullet's face reddish ; cock's comb, 

 106; puUefs comb slirivelling, 122; 

 cock's comb falling over and purple. 

 180: cock's eyelids enlarged, 268; 

 cockerel's comb dropping, 320 : hen 

 diseased, 354 



Spring-flowering plants, 348; propa- 

 gating. 428 



Squirrels, 146. 252 ; food for, 384 



Stapelia Plantii, 170 



Statice Holfordi culture, 182 



Steam, heating by. 192 



Stephanotis floribunda, 141,380 



Stobrea sphjerocephala, 423 



Stocks— East Lothian Intermediate, 

 6 ; culture of. 219 



Stoned and their utility in a soil, 402 



Stove plants — chmbing, S3; culture, 

 54 ; seiect, 461 



Stoves- flues, heating by, 14, 90 



Strawberry- forcing. 55, 99, 100. 229. 

 260,379; culture. 76, 155, 189,281; list 

 of, 78 : leaves spotted. 100 ; house sew- 

 age for. 174 ; unproductive, 244: in 

 pots. SIC; forced, 364; baiTen, 365; 

 removing inmncrs. 366 ; fruiting 

 from previous year's runners, 385; 

 watering with liquid manure, 380: 

 flowers scorched, 418 ; from previous 

 year's rimners, 420 ; gatheiing, 426 : 

 plants baiTen, 428; perfection of 

 type in, 434; beds, replanting, 460: 

 IJuke of Edinburgh, Early Perfec- 

 tion, Mndame Gloede. a variegated- 

 leaved. Pandora. Sir Robert Napier, 

 The Sultan, 434 



Strelitzia ovata. 141 



Strophanlhus capensis, 428 



Sub-tropical plants, select, 209 



Sulphate of ammonia. 229 



Sulplnn— burning to destroy insects, 

 14 : Inmigating. SI 



SuI]>hurouB acid among plants, 77 



Sunderland Poultry Show, 35 



"Synopsis Filicum." S4.'j 



Syringing, 411 



Tacsonia Van-Voi.xkmi. 31G 

 Tagetes. protecting from 8lng6,348 

 Tamarind, sowing wild, 101 

 , Tanks—healing one, not heating,S2; 

 eUar.ili.T, C;:; 



