VI 



Cyclamens under north wall, 215 



Cymbidium sinense, 310 



CynoBurus cristatus, 167 



Cypella crerulea, 464 



Cyperua alternifolius variegatus 



changing, 227 ; culture, 451 

 Cypripedium Schlimi'r, 464 

 Cytlsus not flowering, 469 



Dacttlis glomerata culture, 283 



Dahlia Caractacus, 227 



Daisies— on a lawn, 33 ; managing va- 

 riegated, 374 



Damson trees unfruitful, 300 



Daphne indica, leaves rusted, 433 



Daturas, pruning, 300 



Delphinium — Belladonna, 257 ; Tri- 

 omphe de Pontoise, 464 



Deodorising, 245 



Deutzia crenata, double, not flower- 

 ing, 283 



Dewsburv Ponltrv Show, 1P0, 212 



Dinn_r-table decoration, 408, 439 



Dipladcnia amabilis, 27o 



Disinfectant, 252 



Dorking Poultry Show, 240, 473 



Dorkings, 856 : the story of thy White 

 chickens, 228 ; deaf ears, 806 ; de- 

 fended, 320; not able to walk, 824; 

 lame from corns, 360; cross with 

 Cochin - China, 360 ; White, 380 ; 

 cock's spur, 400 



Double-glazing, 45 



Draccena— ferrea culture, 413; termi- 

 nalis flowering, 451 



Drainage, 370 



Driffield Poultry Show, 112 



Drighlington and Adwalton Poultry 



Show, 174 

 Drip— avoiding, 16 ; and double-glaz- 

 ing, 45 

 Dublin Poultry Show. 473 

 Ducks— profit from, 35 ; where water 

 is deficient, 38; Aylesbury, 116; 

 cost of rearing for table, 156 ; gullet 

 hanging down, 306 ; feeding, 360 

 Dumpies, 234 



Earwigs, destroying, 34, 72 



Earth closets, 469 



Eccentricities of entries, 210 



Edging plants, white, 16 



Egg plant, nse of fruit, 151 



Eggs— what forms the chick in? 56; 

 preserving, 76, 94, 116, 132, 250; not 

 hatching, 136; hatching, artificial, 

 323 ; produce of, 415, 455 ; age for Bit- 

 ting, 458 



Elm trees, diseased, 181 ; visited by 

 hornets, 226 



Entomological Society's Meetings, 8, 

 64, 163, 275, 425, 4S5 



Epping Poultry Show, 74, manage- 

 ment of, Spanish fowls at, 96 



Ericas, select list, 492 



Eriobotrya japonica, 226, 236 ; in 

 France, 443 



Eucalyptus globulus culture, 207 



Eucharis grandiflora, 21 



Eupatorium nervosum, 279 



Evaporation and rainfall, 412 



Evergreens — 'propagation of, 171 ; 

 under Oaks, 171 ; for S.W. wall, 300 ; 

 for west wall, 319; under trees, 354; 

 planting, 355 ; prnning,394 



Everlasting flowers, list of, 491 



Exhibition fowls, food for, 194 



Eyjes, Mr., garden councillor to the 

 Fellows of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, 167 



Faunwokth Poultry Show, 303, 434, 

 458 



Feet, to keep dry. *85 



Fii-nancU'sia robuStaj 127 



Fernery, shadinga hardy, 228 



Ferns— raid after, ;» ; from spores, cul- 

 ture, 23 ; drying, 92; stove, green- 

 house, hardy, and tree for exhibi- 

 tion, 130; drying, 152; Mr. Smith's 

 collection, 204; liquid manure for, 

 217; list of hardy, 265; planting 

 Bracken, 336 ; raising from spores, 

 394; honse for, 4,11 ; caterpillars on, 

 452; culture ot exotic, 459 ; Tree, of 

 New Zealand, 463 



Festuca duriuscula, 106; ovina, and 

 ovina tenuifolia. 126 



Figs, 487 : chalk for, 92 ; unfruitful, 

 110: Brown Turl:iy, -.ji-.; ; culture on 

 walls, 203; second crop on standard, 

 240 ; aspect for, 285 ; shoots, pinch- 

 ing. 276 ; planting, 414 



Filbertfe -keeping. 299 ; planting suck- 

 ers, 318 ; stubs, 451 



Fine-foliaged plants, shading, 16 



Fir trees, planting, 414 



Flower-bed, device, 34 



Flower gardens, plans, 222, 278 : men 

 required for, 245; circular-terraced, 

 300 



Flower-pots, table of sizes, 469 



Flowers, stove, for cutting, 284 ; early 

 spring, 433 



Forcing-houBe, form of early, 237 



Foreman's duties, 208 



Forest tree sowing seeds, 393 



Fowls— which to keep, 17. 34, 53.93, 

 111 ; how to fatten, 18 ; culture, suc- 

 cessful, 53; old and young, and 

 different breeds together, 92; loose 

 crop, 93; crossing, feeding, 116; 



Fowls— Continued. 

 black producing white feathers, 

 176 ; plucking feathers, 234 ; dying 

 suddenly, 270: food required bv, for 

 a farmyard, 400; and fruit trees, 

 469 



France, effects of rains, 333 



Fraser*s nursery noticed, 98 



Fritxinella from seed, 374 



Fremontia calif ornica, 127 



Fruited plants for the dinner table, 

 439 



Frniting-house slightly heated, 240 



Fruit— trees, dwarf, in America, 58; 

 synonymes of, 60 ; hints on hybrid- 

 ising. 80; thinning and shortening 

 shoots, winter pruning, 63; raising 

 from seed, 100: pruning 111: and 

 fruits, 208; preserving fruit for 

 winter, 252: arr^nGine-, 277; plant- 

 ting, 281, 352; overgrowing a wall, 

 320; pinching shoots, 4G2 



Fuchsias— insects on, 72: new, 83; 

 oorymbiflora and fulgens culture. 

 130 ; flower-buds dropping, 188 ; 

 large. 217; insects on leaves, 265; 

 in cold frame, 818 ; in a room, 820; 

 resting, 469 



Fuel, 336 



Fumigation, 296 



Furze-seed sowing, 836 



Game Fowls. 18, 414,434, 436, 476, 492 • 

 points in, 230: characteristics, 246, 

 415 ; cock's bill broken, 252 ; Dark 

 Greys, Dark Birchens, Red and 

 Blue Duns, 267 ; classified, 321 : with 

 swollen head. S24; different va- 

 rieties, 356, 876, 390; tails and 

 breasts, 360 

 Gapes - worm, extracting, 75, 94 ; in 



chickens, treatment for, 134 

 Garden — labour required for, 188 ; 

 and fruit trees near the sea. 2t.S; 

 making on a gravelly soil, 820; 

 planting, 391 

 1 1 .i n 1 eners — and market gardeners, 14 ; 

 eccentrio bills of, 203 ; education, 

 818; giving and exchanging plants, 

 40*; selling plants, 451 

 Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Insti- 

 tution, 78 ; anniversary, 5, 27 

 Gardening— liberality in, 13; notes, 



123 

 Garston Vinevard,402 

 Gas tar, plants injured bv its fumes, 



83 

 Gas, beating by, 418 

 Gazania splendens, propagation of, 



148 

 Geraniums defined, 91; pratense and 

 Hvlvaticum, 202; wild, 274 ; hybridis- 

 ing, 275. .See Pelargonium, 

 i. ii inn's •• Pigeon Fancver,"878 

 Gladioli— at the Crystal Palace, 252; 

 list of, 288, 440; management of [ 

 seedlings, 299 : for pots, 300 ; Milton, 

 869 ; in I860, culture, 419 

 Glass, rough plate,300 

 Glazed garden structures, S19 

 Glazing —double, 240; without lop- 

 ping, 355 

 Gloxinias from leaves, 45 

 Glyph?ea Monteiroi, 369 

 Glyptostrobus pendulus. 276 

 Gnaphaliuru lanatum culture, 44 

 Gold fish in frozen pond, 451 

 Goodyera discolor culture, 4G9 

 Goole Poultry Show, 133 

 Gooseberries — prize at North wieh. 

 102; National, Show, 120; pruning, 

 151 : of good flavour, 312 ; lists of, 

 347, 354 ; protecting bushes, 432 

 Gordius aquatious, 266 

 Gourd, large, St79 

 Grain, &c., poisoned, 82 

 Grapes— spotted, 16, 51; Black Ali- 

 cante, 92 ; shanking, cracldng, and 

 spotting, 110. 253, 300, 354,361 : scald- 

 ing. Ill: not colouring, 130, 300: 

 outdoor in New Zealand, 161; mil- 

 dewed, 184, 272 ; small, 189; rnd 

 Peaches growing in one house, 2ul : 

 Caterpillar eating ripe, 207; not 

 ripening, 265; Fraukenthal; 282 ; 

 uncoloured and spotted, 300 ; on 

 lined wall, 818; growing for profit, 

 354 ; without seeds, 385 ; wine from, 

 214, 324, 3*6 ; keeping, 393, 413 ; drop- 

 ping, 898; forcing for market, 421; 

 not keeping, 483 

 Grass edgings, 354 

 (irass.s for lawns, 106, 126, 167,204, 



260, 296, 315 

 Greenfinch mule breeding, 194. 252 

 Greenhouse plants out of doors, 33 ; 



spindled, 227 

 Greenhouse — with a northern as- 

 pect, 110; plants for a London, 

 180) heating. 245,-800,374; from a sit- 

 ting-room, 332; ntilising an adjoin- 

 ing room, 332; heating bv a stove, 

 336 ; for wintering plants, 394 

 Grounds and lawns, forming, 179 

 Guano, old, 16; water preparation, 92 

 Guildford Poultry Show, 474 

 Guildhall Horticultural Show, 387 



Halifax ant* Calder Vale Pocltbv 

 Show. 174, 211 



Hamburghs, 438 ; wandering, 74 ; non- 

 ornamental, 375 ; catarrh in, 400 /" 



Hanley Poultry Show, 471 



Harvest, times of, 184 



Hastings Poultry Show, 191; cups at, 



Hatching — failures, 17 ; artificially, 



398 

 Hay, rnarso, 418 

 Hays's constant stove, 412, 425 

 Heat saved v. heat used, 21 

 Heating— by hot water, 265; hypo- 

 caust, 361 ; ventilating, and shading, 

 423 

 Hedges, plant for low, 393 : cutting, 



374 

 IK licouia humilis, 464 

 Helipterum cotula, 276 

 Henderson, Mr. Joseph, 429 

 Hens, masculine, 53 ; disordered, 38 : 



crowing, 496 

 Hepatica, propagating, 470 

 Herbaceous plants to flower in July, 



469 

 Hibiscus rosa-sinonsis, 469; Cooperi 



wintering, 469 

 High breeding, its utility, 338 

 Hoe, an adjustable, h6 

 Hog cholera, coal as a euro for, 156 

 Hollyhocks, list of, 387 

 Home growths, Mr. Fenn's, 386 

 Honey, clarifying and keeping, 806 - 

 Hops, propagating, what they are, 245 

 Horticultural (Royal) Society— EoBe 

 Show, 4; Committees, &c., 23, 61, 

 83, 122. 162, 198, 239, 275. 312, 315, 866, 

 405, 444 ; weekly shows, 24, 41, 62, 

 106, 123. 163, 138, 275, 293, 312, 332, 

 348, 367, 387, 406, 425, 445, 465 ; pro- 

 posed country meeting, 167 ; garden 

 at Chiswick. Is2 ; at Kensington, 

 185, 261 ; medal awarded to, 223 ; ex- 

 hibitions in 1807, 241 ; one annual 

 show, 279; exhibition at Bury, 333, 

 Sol, 369, 409, 429, 447,467; examina- 

 tion of gardeners, 351, 369, 487 ; sal- 

 mon in the garden, 369 ; first country 

 exhibition, 384 

 Horticultural (Royal) Society of Ire- 

 land, 239 

 Horticulture on the Continent, 121, 



163, 259, 443 

 Hot water, heating by, 265 

 Houdan fowls, 438 

 Hoya carnosa neglected, 1*1 

 Hungary, horticulture in, 81 

 Hullett, Mr.S65 

 Humea elegans, 800 

 Huntleya cerina. 221 

 Hyacinths— list of and culture, 177 ; 

 arranging in beds, 319; pots, 854; 

 plunging, 354 

 Hydrangeas, hortensis for out-door 

 decoration, 8; as hardy shrubs, 77 



Ice-houses, constructing, 427 



Mir Poultry Show, 154 



Hex latifolia, 221 



Incubation artificial, "98 



Incubators. 134. 154,323, 377, 418,456; 

 Schmder's, 457 



International Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion, a foreigner's opinion of, 121 



Ipswich Poultry Show. 250, 377, 418, 

 438 



Ir.'smr Herbstii, 195, 369, 106 ; as a 

 bedder, 325 



Ivy— remarks on its uses and manage- 

 ment. 138 ; on trees, 238; varieties 

 of, 2S4 



Jasmine. Catatonias, 91 

 Johnstone Poultry Show, 73 



Kembferia Rosr.''j.,\-; \, 221 



Kale. Scotch, sowing and mode of 

 using, 149 



Kalmia— bed, in pots, 393 



Kalosanthes cocoinea in a window, 

 72 



Kedghley Poultry Show, 211 



Keteleeria Fortunei, 467 



Keynes's Nursery, Salisbury, 294 



KhlJi-an mode of heating, 220 



Kidney Beans, protecting, 334; forc- 

 ing, 430 



Kingswood Poultry Show, 17" 



Kitch en-garden produce, exhibiting, 

 201 



Kitchen range, hot air from, 463 



Kleinia fulgens, 127 



LabURNTM SEEDS POISONOUS. 171 

 La]KiL'rria msea, putting, 2'J5 



Laurels— Colcliicah, 34; under trees 

 dying, 1S9 



Lawns— management of. 00; grasses, 

 106, 126, 1'67, 20*260, 296..815; relay- 

 ing, 171; injured by coal ashes, 188 ; 

 machining, mowing, and weeding, 

 282 : manuring, 295 ; renovating, 394 ; 

 sweeping during fro.it, 451 ; weeds 

 on, 469 



Laying, promoting, 400 



Leaves, their functions, 369 ; collect- 

 ing for heating. 372 



Leeds Ponltrv Show, 472, 493 



Leicester Poultry Show, 303 



Libocedrus chilensisin Yorkshire, 131 



Lilacs in pots. 171 



Lilium auratum, 257; culture, 183, 

 222, longiflorum done flowering, 354 



Lily of the Valley in pots, 374 



Lime-trees, avenue of, planting, 354 



Lime as a manure, 393 



Linnean Society, 33 



Linnet, taming, 176 



Littlecote, 486 



Liquid manure, 451 



Lobelia— nicotianaefolia, 27; prolong- 



ingblooming, 71; Snowflake, 92, 164, 



203, 221, 254 ; Progress, 464 

 Lolium perenne tenue, 260 

 Lomaria fluviatihs culture, 245 

 Long Sutton Poultry Show, 134, 304 

 Loquat, 226 

 Lycaste gigantea, 464 



Magnolia, transplanting, 207; 



grandiflora propagation, 354 

 Maidstone Gardeners' Association 



256 

 Maize, variegated, 126, 144 

 Malays, 397; characteristics, 267 ; and 



'• Y. B. A. Z.,-452 

 Manchester Botanic Garden and 1867 



Show, 237 

 Manchester Poultry prize schedule, 



250; Poultry Show, 396, 475 

 Mandevilla suavcolens culture, 394 

 Mangold Wurtzel for seed, 336 

 Manure— application of, 87; to beds 



and borders. 354 

 Many things on a small scale, 65 

 Marsden, Kev. C, his garden at Gar- 

 grave, 105 

 Mealworms, breeding, 116 

 Meconopsis nepalensis, 27 

 Medjnilfa magnifica culture, 181 

 MedlarB, storing, 394 ; Japan, in 



France, 443 

 Meigle Poultry Show, 19ft 

 Melons — distinguishing ripe, 84 ; 

 seeds, sprouting. 91 ; not setting, 92 ; 

 cracking, 110, 172; destroying red 

 spider oh, 151 ; culture, 165, 206, 451 ; 

 varieties, 166, 171; Boil for, 227; 

 leaves dying prematurelv. 337 ; with 

 . Vines, 451; the Banket, 461; Queen 

 Anne's Pocket, 255, 297, 319, 85-1, 373, 

 412, 450: culture of, 327, 866, 4(11; 

 preserving, 424, 476 

 Mice, 490 



Microscopical Club, 223 

 Microscopes, 373 



Middleton Poultry Show, 247, 263, 985 

 Mignonette— cultnre, 66 ; seed saving, 



189 ; for spring flowering, 288 

 Mitchell's Nurseries, 220 

 Moore, John, a little more light on, 



286 

 Morley Poultry Show, 24ft 

 Mottram Poultry Show, 175 

 Moss for protection, 392 

 Moulting, 18, 52 

 Mulberry, renovating, 189; Black, is 



it a species? 443 

 Mushrooms— beds, 295, 449, 492; in- 

 fested by slugs, 15; in orchard- 

 house soil, 16; to make spawn, 

 ISO, 243; culture. 109, 186, 263, 834; 

 detecting poisonous, 259; troubles, 

 828 ; in the open air, 355 ; forcing, 

 372 ; house management, 489 

 Mussehia Wollastoni, 276 

 Myriophyllnm spicatum planting, 92 

 Myrtles, thrips on, 354 



Nailing wall trees, 3'il 



Nantwich Poultry Show prize list, 155, 



475, 495 

 "' Nature's Guides for Gardeners," 121 

 Nectar nes— for spah-roofed hou-se, 



171; fur S.E. aspect, 189; Victoria, 



*_".n; 



Nets, tanning, -1?." 



Neville, Lady Dorothy, tropical fruits, 



184 

 New Jersey, notes from, 78 

 Neu market races, 338 

 Newport Poultry Show, 494 

 New Sboreham Poultry Show, 397, 



4:17, 493 

 New Y'ork, variations of temperature 



in. 121 

 New Zealand— a day in the Domain, 



48; sending birds and eggs thither; 



56 ; gossip about Canterbury. 07 ; 



out-door Grapes in, 167 

 Nieremb'ergia Veitchii. 221; rivula- 



ris, 369 

 Northampton Poultry Show. 249 

 North British Columbarian Show, 



495 

 Notes on the way to the Holy Sepul- 

 chre. 4R, 106 

 Notice, 365 



Nottingham Floral Fete, 161 

 Notylia bicolor, 369 

 Nuneham Park Gardens, 255 

 Nuphar lutea, sowing, 92 

 Nurserymen's catalogues, 480 



Oak leaf, scales on, 244 



Oakham Poultry Show, 436 



Oenotheras, 72 



Oils, mineral, as fuel, 851 



Oleanders— repotting, 171 ; watering, 

 393 



Onions— Potato, 44, 79; storing, 243; 

 fair, 279: pickling, 418 



Orange trees— unfruitful, 16; flower- 

 ing, 72 



Orchard-houses, a wor^ifor small, 6 : 

 trees in pots, 30 ; in America, 68 ; 

 culture, 87, SO, 1W, m, 937 ; fruit, 99; 



