INDEX. 



Cacnmbers — bpdft, 34«; bitter. 5fl; 

 cnlturc uml »tnicttircii, 4". W. 270 ; 

 diseased, 172; tor early and main 

 crop, CO; for a lr^IUs.»6l : gumminp. 

 367; hou^e bciitinp. 2ol : in 1>.H». 

 W-, ii*}; jnrtpiDc.VT; leaves di»oasi^l, 

 3W; 00 nd;;es. 2* fi : under banil- 

 elaaaet^. '2fW; an'' intheopcncrounJ, 

 20H ; twin, K2 : uuftruitful, 52* : 

 winter culture, SS6 



Culver-ke>!','i3 ^. _„ 



CopreBBuw, toruloea propagation, ^1 , 

 Tant'-'attd, »5 



Cnrrantfi— trees, pyramidal. 15, tor 

 veIIs. it-i 



CyancpLj Uum magnificam treatment, 



Cyclamen, cullurc, 234 ; seed sowing, 



Cypnctg, fecdine, 114 

 Cyperup leaves browninp. £51 

 Cypripedmm Parisliii, 247 

 Cj-U9ti8, variationa of, 23 



DiULIAS- FOE KXItlBITICK, 313; 



flowering, C8: praftingt 400; loaves 

 performed, 52; selection of, 462; 

 for a tmall garrien, 433; utakuig. 

 211: sTorinz tubers, 867; impe- 

 rialie, 2S1. 390. 456 ; imperialie flower- 

 incrin pots, 419 

 Damp, to be avoided, 45S; tinder, 



glass. M"' 

 Damson, the Palrjmple, 325 

 Dandepratt.198 - j *,, 



Dari com, 3S4 : s<< yonlto" food, ?1 

 Darlington Oi nitliological Show, 390 

 Dftvenliani Goo.-eb'Try Show, 167 

 DeanePoallrySLnw, 175 

 Dear's (ianie Ch^^nu'ion Cur, S5i 

 Dendrobiom deiisiHomm albo-hiteum, 



2G 

 Derby Poultry Show, 253 

 Deetoniainea srinoBa, planfcng, 1«S ; 



om.imtDial,4H0 

 Pewsbur\- Poultry Show, 155 

 Dianfhus neplcctusand alpinas, SW 

 Digitalisl utea, 172 

 Dinner-tiiLledecoralions, 19 

 Dipladenia boliviensis, 27 

 Dogs, fonil for. 514 

 Dorking Poultry Show, 490 

 DorkingB— cockerel decUnin?, 3i4; ; 

 crossing with Brahmas, 194; cross, 

 ing, SriR: fatteninir, two nails on one ] 

 tni-. 372: net lajing. 354; at the j 

 "Wbitwortb end Kochdalo Show, 195 : 

 with Pencilled Humburghs, 92 ; yard | 

 tor, 514 I 



Dorstenia argentata. 947 i 



Dover Fancy P. ibbit Show, 287 [ 



roves, 19S I 



Draca?na leaves browned, 14 

 Drainage, 412 

 Dnghlington and Adwalton Poultry 



Show. 2iFi 

 DrfsophyJlmn Insitamcom, SOS 

 Dublin "Exhibition Palace Poultrj' 



Sh-.w, 409 

 Dublin Socielt's Ponllry Show. 491 

 DacLs— cramped, 54: fattening, food 

 for. 470; for one drake, 514: head, 

 hce on, 496; iteeping, 114; weak- 

 legged. 92 ; while nionlting, 19S : 

 Avlosburv, weight of, IS; eggs mi- 

 lert Ic. RP-* ; Black East Indian, at; 

 Call, weight of, 354 : White Mascovj-, 

 ■ISO: Wtite Music IS 

 Durham Poultry Show, 530 



ESCHEVEEIA. Cm-TUEE, 74; aiETXL- 



LICA crtTTEEfSSS 

 Echlnn %T:Isare, *"4 

 Edcin»s— for kitchen garden walks, 



328 : of I'rick for w.-Uks. 379. 419 

 Edinburtzh Pf nltry Shuw, 113 

 Egtrs— linpr.-duciivf. IS; nc: hatch- 

 ing, 72: consumption M in United 

 States, y,ib; nest to prevent hens 

 eating, 427; destroyinir vitiiUty of, 

 372, 407: fowls for producing. 496; 

 preserving in lime, 514 ; preserving 

 for Bitting. 538 

 Elde rwine not fermentmg. S.2. S92 

 Electrical nlamm for gardeners, 477 

 Endive cnltnre, SG4 

 Entomological Society's Mectngs, 'i«>. 



8a. 437, 456, 502 

 Eriavestita. 503 



EucalTptiis glohulns and others, Sl2 

 Eucodnnijpsi3 ncpgelioi'i ei" culture. 74 

 EvergTPt-ns, cutting hack, 15, 18-2 : for 

 wall. 404; for shelier, 401; lor a 

 house front, 443 

 Exhibiting borrowed fowls, 813 

 Exhibition, feeding fowls (or, S92; 



preparing fowls for. 92 

 Exhibition .where is the? 155 

 Exhibition e.inflacnce of on garden- 

 ing, 121 



FAtETRS POUI-TUT Snow, 581 



Famworth Ponltry Sb ow, 'jM 

 Feathers, preparing, 5-1; a bnneh of, 



366; not escaping from their case, 



872 

 Fem-cagc ventilation. 252 

 Fernery, and greenhouse, heatmg 



from one boiler.lSSC; rockwork. put- 



tmg soda on, 4bC 



Fcrai— nritiah. 92 : climbinc. 523 : ex 

 hihitinK, 52; ixhibiuug with tinr^ 

 loliaged pUuitn. 26? ; for wimiow 

 ruse, Sll; inaected. 123; packing. 

 32H; to nrnamcnt n Bcrecn.4.:4; vifi- 

 piironn British. 516 



Kemv CombeM of North Devon, 22H 



FiK»*-burntint.'.4'>5; p*>l-cnlturf of, 93; 

 propaRulitin. 5ft7 : rcuiovinff. 251 ; 

 trecH unfruitful, 359; varieties of. 

 31W: waterint:. 'JeH; Col di Signora 

 blanca panachce, 37 



Findeme flowers, h% 125 



Finsbury Park. ItS. 145 



FlagginR in cuttiniis and plants, 12 



Flax refuse as a manure, and for Or- 

 chid composts, 234 



FlixtonHah, 30C 



Floral criticism, prize for essay on, 

 419 



Flowering, rotariing, 132 



Flower sliowB, 302 



Flower supports, 477 



Flues, heatmir, 456, 4M, 486.487; pipes 

 for. 5IH ; cunstruction of 519 



Flycatcher, lood for, 198 



Food needed bv fowls, 316, 514 



Foot-and-mouth disease andfowU,372 



Forcing house, galvanised iron for, 

 174 



Forcing, plants, 239, 301, S43, 136, 481, 

 498; vegetables, 812 



Fonntaino'a new method of growmg 

 fruit, 323 



Fowl-pie. old. 283 



Fowls— catarrh, suffering from, 213: 

 crops swelled. r.l4: for confined 

 space, 238, 256, 430; snflerinc from 

 diarrhoea, 238 ; dj-ing. 372 ; killed hy 

 hedcehops. 892; egg-eating, 354; 

 feather-eating, 53, 54. 17fl ; leedmg 

 l'J5 : feeding to increase laying, •i^.S: 

 food for. 18, ISR. 155, 194. 198, 354. 4?6 ; 

 not laying. 334 ; mutilation of, 53 : 

 scaliness of legs, 54 : suburban a cen- 

 tury and a half ago, 287 ; roosting 

 over an oven, 21«; trimming, 218; 

 curing vertigo, 238; waiting for 

 shipment, 450 



Fox. death of Mr. J. J^ 369 



French fowls, prizes for, 370, 5S8, 500 



Frost, effects of, 365 



Froth insect, 14 . „ 



" Fruit, The New Method of Growing, 



I Fruit— concreting borders for, 291: 



1 growing at Mr. DancerS. 163 ; grow- 

 ing for profit. 260; crowing in Franre 

 and England. 412, 471 : milueiues 

 over their keeping aualities ^"^: 



I in Kent. 64 ; mo^inc miniaturf . SI" ; 



I planting, 349, 507 : prospects in Yo;k- 

 shire, 22. 6*; protecting, 405 ; prun- 

 ing intiuenced by soil. &c., 97 ; pi un- 



\ incbush andp}Tamid.l93;pjTamids. 



I 290: removingjSGS: lessee removing, 



I retarding orchard house, 14S; se- 

 lection lor a garden, 462 ; stocks for. 

 162, 163. 16C ; wall trees protecting, 

 32 



■ FnchsiaH — exhibitintr, 233; leaves 

 falling. 251 ; Mr. CanneU's. 290 ; not 

 flowering, 131, 234: raising from 



! sped. 368 ; -wintering, 461 

 Fulford Ponltrv Show, 113 



; Fungi, edible and poisonous, as food, 



FnnguB— the foul brood, 494; retro- 

 spect of season, 516 



f -,- ■' Tfrs not expanding, 15 ; 



. :tl9 

 .nt,136,2?6 

 i i*fler (nii'in J.KfS : bott- 



Uii ; i;r.. r:. : 6 ; for exliibi ion. 1*2. 

 £f.tf ; and l.lrap«' tart, in ; LuDcafiihir--. 

 IS2; larg.- varieties, 251; pyramidal, 

 15; selftion and planting, £31; 

 wtigot of prize, 167 

 Goote-grass, H9 

 G.mrdH ^.^■alnit walls, 4H7 

 Grafting —various modes, 119 : nonble, 

 138, 105; Dot to be hurried, 311; 

 causes of failure, 417 

 Gravel, laving, 4t*5 



Grapes— colour of, 290: not colouring, 

 443: colouring without swelling. 

 l'.>3; cracking, 132; cLissifying, 453 : 

 ciiiiure out «'f doors. 41^; saving 

 from damp. ■■>'■(> ; decaying. 69 : e^Tect 

 on Muscat Hamburgh «'f grafting on 

 Syri.-.n, ir,9; forcing in pots, 472: 

 growmg fnr profit. 812; growing in 

 Scotland, 355 ; in the open air. 474 ; 

 late, .319; red and acid, 4n5: ripen- 

 ing, 1S2 ; time of ripening, 507 ; rust 

 on, 161; rusted, 51: scalding. 9.:-; 

 best soil for, m, 145; for sandy soil, 

 52; spott.d. 51, 110, 460; specks on 

 "talk, 110; not stoning, 110: scalded, 

 173; swelling irrfffularly, 153; 

 shrinkinp. 251; Bpotting, 290; in- 

 fluence of stock, 258; small and 

 seedless. S(l>; sowing seed, 405: 

 thinning. 52; for c<ol vinery, 110; 

 protecting from wasps, 220; with- 

 out fire heat, 4.'6: kccpine Black 

 Hamburgh, S16; Clflrks%-ille. 119; 

 Frontignan shankinc. 269: Golden 

 Champion. 243. '29S. 8*7 ; Groe Gail- 

 laume, 349; Lady Down e's spotted, 

 153; Marchioness of Hastings, 212; 

 Muscat shanking. .'1 : Muscat Tro- 

 veren, 4%7; setting Eoval \meyard, 

 477 ; Thomson's White Lady 

 Downe's. 45.S. .SV'- alsi Vines. 

 Green-Uammerton PouUry Show. 196 

 Greenhouse— erecting. 173; erectmg 

 cheaplv, 504; heating. 173. 269: 

 heating a small. 31. 131. 194, 3b6; 

 heating with a 6tov,\ forcing pit, 

 and vinerv. 173 ; heating by a stove, 

 234: heating f*-om a grMte's fine, 444; 

 plants for back wall, S29 ; for basket. 

 93; vcLtilatinn. H9. 173; warm and 

 cool, decorative plants tor. 461 

 Grovillca propflgatJ.m,251 

 Griflinia dryades,12-> 

 Gmos, 326 :destroyingCabbaj?e plants, 



2y7, 307. 310 

 Guemsev. a hurricane in. 261 

 Guildford Poultry Show. 531 

 Guinea fowl^. 17^. 427; crossed with 

 Dr.rkinffs. 450; feeding young, 22 -J 

 Giimea Pi??s killed by hedgehogs, 392 

 Gunnera seabra culture, 52 

 GTninostach\-nmR, cul'.nr^. S3.% S58; 



'Pearcei and Versch^.tTelti. 319. 858 

 G'vmnoKramma Lauchej\na. chryso- 

 phvlhi aurea, and pulcbella culture, 

 357 



Game Fowls, 529; eyes swollen, 450: 

 points. 256; puUot, proline, 313; 

 Black-breabted Red, 133; prizes lor, 

 90; Indian. 15. 54; Piles' Icets, 450; 

 Silver Duckwinc, points of, 316 



Gander, to distinguish, 016 



Gapes in chickens. 114 



Gardeners' examinations, results of, 

 10,208.311 , . , ^. 



Gardeners' Eoyal Benevolent Inatitu- 



Garden, cottage, arrangement oi, &2, 



old neglected, 131 

 Gardenia llorida not flowerinir. 349 

 Gardening, advantages and difficulties 



of [jraaJl. H73 

 Gas— heating by. 69,404 

 Gas tar, pit paint^-d inside with, 40a 

 Gasteria Croncheri, 504 

 Geese, broedinn aud management of, 



198 ; weight of, 354 ; White Spanish, 



18 

 Gentiana vcma culture. 52 

 Gconoma Ohietibrcchtiana, 27 

 German paste, 538 

 Gcsnera, loaves curled, 424 ; exoniensis 



tulture, 452; zebrina compost, 507 

 GUdiolnses-to bloom in June, 291 ; 



bulbs, taking up. 291 : cruentus, 504 ; 



culture, 297; flowers. 6-^: fnr small 



gardens. 415; after flowering, 367; 



names changed, 357: select, 251; 



Souchet's. 199, 241; at South Ken- 



siogton. 144 

 Glamia Castle. 414, 4T8, 519 

 Glasgow Pigeon Show. 5^^ 

 aUss-^for frames, 587; house, a com- 

 posite. 329; protection for fruit 



trees, 118 .,.■*, 



Olonoester Omithologioal Soaety s 



Show, 428 



HaKFA PROPiGiTIN-O. 251 



Hamburg, gardens and gardenmg 

 round, 531 „ - .. . 



Hamburg International Horticultural 

 Exhibition. 4!i. 10?, liS. 203. 226 



Hambiirghs-Bl.iok, plumace of. 114: 

 cockerel's pvc. 514; comparative 

 hardiness of. 49(1; detecUve. 2.^6: 

 feeding' frr show. 430,450: G<>lden- 

 pencilird mi'nsgement. 511; Suver- 

 nencill'^d.410; i^ilve^-spa^uled dark- 

 combed. 17S; car-lobe, 470; lacing 

 of t'ock. 4in ; points in cock, 92 



Hasiingdrn Ponltr;- Show. lU 



Hawkins plants in pois.14 



Hawthorn berries sowing. SI3 



Heating— plant houses. 4fjS ; by gas, 

 HA: mod.s of, 421; froci a kit- 

 chen boiler, 425 



Heckmondwike Poultry Show. :81 



HeUebor as fcptidu-, 52R : culuire, 4,^ 



Hens— fever. 195: kiUmc old. 19«. 

 leg ulcerated. 273: consennences of 

 associating varieties, 426,463, 4.J6, 

 egg-eating. 427, 430 



Herbaceous plants. 525: hardy. 43. 

 notes on fome native. tU: flow€nng 

 from August to .Tune. 104 



nerbnria. Mestroying insects in. 1.4 



Herb planning, 311 



He-islc I'oii'trvShow. 91 



Hexham Pnu try Show, 157 



Hipperl.ohr.e Poultry Show. -,i 

 Holly berrips s winj:. 31S 



Hollyhock improvempnt '^. IW; pro- 

 pagation and culture. 163. i72, 214; 

 staking, 211; siems' excrescences. 



as5 



Hooker.Dr. .T.D..400 

 HcmetB'no«'t.dcstTOriny.291 

 Horse Chestnut trees. &!ze M, t-I,*" 

 Horseradish, eradicaiing, 386 

 Horticnltural (Royal) ^^ocietr. ar- 

 rancoments for 1870,106; combined 

 exhibitions, 264 ; Committee^. Ac.. 

 24. 105, 143. 206.22-2. 244. 2ffi. 283. 3^. 

 S98. 416, 502; Col. Scott's prize, 4fti: 

 country- niectin:--^. m: Exhibition 

 of Fubgi. 2P3; .Tanuarv.Show of 

 forced plants, 455; and King of the 



HoRTicnLTcriiLSociKTv r .". v '•■f. 

 Belglana. 43J ; Man< 

 49.58,78,80; v niton- 

 sort's t'inhday. lyo . 



265, 875. 4i7; prUen -i v^* - • 



RobcShow. S. 21 



Horticulture, national promotion of, 

 413 



Horticultural (United) SocietT. 8*1 



H.jlbed. dung for. 405 



Hut-water. heatinR by, 824 



Hi>ud.ans— co.'k at Birmingham, pric^ 

 at. 496; giddy and paralysed, 89t; 

 pluckine each other, 54; plumage, 

 £t'J; prizes for, 330; spine injured, 

 4:tO: at Southampton, cup ^r. 813; 

 wing injured, 450; awordfoT,270 



Hoya camosa flowem falling, 15 



Humea elcgans, SWI . - ^ 



llvacinths— to flower at Christmas, 

 ■i.11; compost for. Sll: culture in 

 the open ground. 35i6; in glasses, 

 367; in pots. .*1S8: list o'. 251: to 

 bloom in March. 3^: grow.ngin a 

 pit, 214; somethmtr about, 82* 



Hybridisation, prospects of. 99 



Hygrometers. 517 



Hypocaust heating. 4SG 



Ice-pit iiASAOEsrevr. 4S« 



Indian Cum, cooking, 216; for fowls, 



372 

 Imlianibber plant f ruitmg, 32 ; cuttin; 



dow-n.36S; shoots dvint;. 445 

 Industrial Emplo>-mfcnt Ass-JCiation, 



S97 

 Insects, and popular prejudice. 171 



deetroyinc jn herbaria, 174 ; checked 



bv low night temperature, 38S 

 International Exhibitions, Annual, 



107 

 Ipomxa seedling culture. 843 

 Ipswich Puulirv Show. 32 

 Iresine Htrbstii.SSO, S2l 

 Irises, in pot«, 291 : pavonia cuUare 



867 ; nudicaulu, 438 

 Island, plants for an. 233 

 Isle of Wight reminiscences, 113 

 Iver*-'s Nursery. k2 

 Ivy, to cover a wall with, 173 



jASiiisr;. PECNiso White, SiiJ; pacx- 



UiCu 461 

 Jersev, hurricane at. 241 

 Jersev Ponltrv Show. 5:J2 

 Johnstone Poultry hhow, 449 

 .Tottinffs. wayside, 137. 323 

 Jii<ii:inc. more time for, 508 

 Julv. plants flowering in, IfiS 

 June, pliints flowerine in. 26 

 Justicia speciosa culture,^ 



Kales. AsPAiAors. 290; notes ok, 



Ealmia latifolis not flowering. 173 

 Kalosanthes after flowering. 131 

 Keighley Poultry Show, 17a 

 Kent gardens, 245 



Kettering Poultry Show, 33 



Kilmarnock Poultry. Pigeon, and Ca- 

 nary Sh'iw. 467. 493 



Kitchen garden. »ite and cropping oi, 

 29 ; sui'ply from. 125. 182 



Knaresborough Poultry Show, i*o 



Labels roB rariT trees, 2b4 

 Laburnum, The Scotch 107 

 Lachenalias in pots, 444 , ,« 



Lady birds, 1:64: abundance of, 171: 

 exterminators of ap-udes, 3tB , 

 rearing, 359 

 La Fleche cock lame. 410 

 Lake dwellings, lOS 

 Lancashire, fruits for. 233 

 Lancaster Poultry Show. 273 

 Lautana propaization. 132 

 Lapai?eria rosea shoots eaten, isi 

 Laurels, dyin^' back, 2S3 ; cutting 



down old. 4S5 

 Lavender culture, 211 

 Lawns, destroying weeds on, isa. 

 dressing. Sll: expelUng worms 

 frum.:i91; weedy. 461 

 Leather jackets, destroyinc. 234 

 Leaves, rooting, 168 ; for hotbeds, 4W 

 Leeds PouUry Show, 466 

 Legs of fowls scftiy. 91. 334 

 Leicester Picton and Bird Show, 92 

 Leicestershire Agricultural bocietys 



Poultrv Show. 214 

 Leich Poultry Show.2S6 

 Leptopteri:^ superba <^^^\^^^'^^,^„ 

 Lettuces-large White Cos. ^: grow- 

 ing large. 51; for winter. 151 



Leucojum vemum. sowing. !(•- 



Libonm floribunda, 341 ; to flower n 



winter. 291 

 Lice on poultry. IS. 136 .«„„ 



Lilmms-aiirAtum. culture. l'>3;f»rKe, 

 1C8, 144; after flowtniia. -J3. =ot 

 flowering, 435; lancifohum ?»»"»; 

 445: in pots. 329; poiung. 445.527, 

 repotting. 251 . 



Lily of the Valley forcing, 49;? 

 Ume trees, crafting. 110 

 Limnantbes Douiflasu f^ spnng. 268 

 Lincoln Poultry Show. 113 

 Lincolnshire i arsonagc, avjat to, iJa 

 Linnaea borealid, 117 



