INDEX. 



StokeBlej Canary Show, 40S 



Slorm of September llth, t» 



btt»vr, brick Amott'n fi»r a (frvcnboute, 



■i84: lifutiQ^; by, 4%: iroD, MCi ; 



bIiouU bttvo clitmnoyB, 4C2 



Stove (uniishinRiind tcmperaturo. 912 



Strawberries— blind. 69 ; crop of 1809. 



189: cuUurr, hints on, 73; culture 



and wat«riDff, 115; difKrinRhctMcon. 



269 ; earl^, St, 69, 69 ; furciiiK, 130, 



409, 108; in an orchard Imusc!. 462 ; 



leaves removlnii, 4S6; for a litrht 



floil, 57 : phintjiifi runnorH, G9 ; plsnt- 



inp. *.tW, H-jy. Ml: nmnprs. HO, lOS; 



in pots, ^iO',. :.'2:. ; for flucci^BHion. IK) ; 



in the iiiirlli, IKl ; Aliiiiie, dc- birdu 



eat? iy.i. IM; Ht'lect. ir.3, 172; aiid 



their I'ulturc. l"'.!; (iloi-do Porpotual 



Pino, lOM, 341: Vicomtesae Uericurt 



do Thury. iti. SS, 62. 161. 172 



Subtropical plants at Battcrsca Park, 



lis 

 Salphute of iron ns a manure, iGi 

 Sulphur, (IisH»lvinK> HO; aa a remedy 

 for mildew, 1H7 ; vapour's cfTccts on 

 plants, 424 

 Surface-s'irrintr, 170 

 Sussex chicken district, a few days 



in, 292 

 Snttons' annual dinner, 410 

 Swiss lakes, among the, 75, 103, 14S 

 SyndaU Park. 819 



Tacsonu cn-TuRr,. 214 ; Bccha- 



NjiNi, 42 : culture, 406 ; Van-VoUemi 



culture. it9 ; pruning, 2r>] 

 Tank, hcatine, bv, G9; bcalinR pita, 



348; cemented. If akiDK. 4'25 

 Tan, use of spent, 4'24 

 Tasmanian Foultrv Show, 8"2 

 Taunton Deane Horticultural Show, 



118 ; Pine Apples and Melons at, 174 

 Tecoma jasminoides not flowering, 



444 

 Temperature, sudden change of, 183, 

 Tendrils rooting, 168 1207 



Texas, gardening in, 344 

 Thickthom House. 4M 

 Thompson, Mr. Robert, 20it 

 Thorne Poultry Show, SO 

 Thnps on Azaleas. 122 

 Tigndias in pots, 444 

 Tobacco. fumipation.SSl ; water, 110 

 Tomato jam. 276 ; salad, 838 

 Tomatoes, 2S3 ; to ripen artificially 



405 ; in lUinois, mz ; unripe, 4GI 

 Tortoises in winter, 4S6 

 Town garden shmbs, itt 

 Transplanting, 394 

 Tree-pruner, 16S 



Trfdegar Poultry Show. 493 



Trees, Honnds of, .167; weatber-ln* 



Jured, St 

 TrelliBes, cllmhem for, 819 

 Trirhinitim Manglcsii culturo, 867 

 Tri( yrtis birta flowerlcss, 348 

 TrlchtallH onropn-a, 43 

 Trimming fowls, 218 

 Tritonian in puts, 444 

 Trcipii-olumH, HpfoioBnni, 1C5 ; for 



winter di'coration, 105,213; tricolo- 



rnm culture, 213 

 TniBH'H pipes and joints, 213 

 Tubt-rosc culturo, 1S2 

 Tulips -late, 4'Jl ; planting, 291; !n 



potH. 1138 

 Turf liiying.485 

 Turkeys. 73; eggs fertilising. RH ; 



ben disordered. 198 ; legs failing, 



334; rtaring, 3G; roupy, 114; ukins 



turning yellow. 42S; weight of, 854; 



with swollen heads, 873; weigltt of 



younir. 410 ; j-ounir. and netUes. 159 

 Turnips, bowing, 109; small Teltow, 



83 

 Tunwntinc v.ipour, its eCTecta on 



plants, 424 

 Turves, cost of cutting ond valoe, 263 

 Twecdia cierulea culture, 829 



Umrrella Pine, 462 

 Uttoxeter Poultry Show, 195 



VaCCIXIUM P.EFI.ETtrM, 26 

 VaUotft purpurea potting, 329 

 Vanda Denisoniana, r,ol ^496 



Variation in ci>l'>ur of pnuUrj', 487, 

 Viirietration. plants Insint: tlieir,203 

 Vegetable Marrow culture, ItfS 

 Vcitch, death of Mr., 230; memorial 



to Mr.J..298, 318. 342. 860 

 Vell07ia elegans, 43S 

 Ver blanc, 319, 377 



VerbeuaH— dusted with soot. 424: for 

 exliibition, 212 ; from seed. 257 ; list 

 of select, 258; seed, sowing, 68; 

 venosa propagation, 317 

 Vicias, 64 



Vineries— ground, 14C; arrangement, 

 284; management, 234; manage- 

 ment of ground. 812. 448; heating, 

 405; and orchard house combined, 

 419; grorind, and other plant-pro- 

 tectors, 440; air, moisture in, 607; 

 roof. 487; planting, 487; moisture 

 of air in, 517; Grapes for, 526 

 Vincrj House, Allerton. 361.880 

 Vines — borders for. 348, 443; aspect, 

 fermenting, 269; dressing, bones 

 for, 443; flue-heated, 487; forming, 



VimtB— ron/(nu rd. 

 183; mulchin/. 09; protecting. 461. 

 UYi : toi»-<tre.-tiing. 421: watering, 

 386: ftynnging and htoppinir. propa- 

 gating, 14; ThomHon's -Practical 

 Treatise '' on. 27 : liquid manure for 

 ontKloor, thinning btrriefl. planting 

 in an inside border, 32 ; manage- 

 racnt of nn-linrd house, 44; new 

 inscct-eneiny, 45 cinnpost lor, ma- 

 nagement in a ground vinery, mil- 

 dewed, 51: growing nne'iually. 

 leaves scorclicd, r>2 ; ]t:avett dis- 

 eased, rX} : two irrowtliH in a season, 

 W; Koil for, 124 : b*aves shrivelled, 

 cnlture out of doors, 132; nowly 



KIanted,153: grafting Muscat Ham- 

 urgh on Syrian, 16^; tiyrininng 

 after setting, ventilation lor, 173 ; 

 not growing, 212; leaves dii<co- 

 lonred, breaking, pota for, 213 : 

 grafiing to promote hardiness, 219; 

 trained downwardn. 233 ; dc-Btroyin« 

 mealy bug on, replanting. 234; net'- 

 lected, 268: leaves spottid, fruiting 

 inpots,2C9; late fur n vinery. !ill; 

 treatment of young. Uolden V'hnui- 



Sion 317, 857 ; Mrs. Pince's, leaves 

 lotched. 328; potted in a green- 

 house, for a co4»l Ju^u^e. 34H. S4't ; 

 pnining young, from <,-y<'8 without 

 glass, in con8ervator>-. grafting, 34;*; 

 grafting, pole-training. S5y ; pot ciil- 

 lure. 35y, S8C, 405 ; seedling, 362 : on 

 vinery back wall, leaves blotched. 

 866; culture in Ceylon, 377; prun- 

 ing in ground viiu-rv, 885; buddinc, 

 897 ; lor ftrc lianl house. 4i>4 ; in 

 ground vinery. pruning, raising from 

 seed, phiiiting border for, 405 ; mil- 

 dewed, 406; in uuheated >-inery, 421 : 

 not productive, forcing, 448; bud- 

 ding, 454 : from eyes and cuttings, 

 507: shoots, 527. A'ccalso Grapfs. 



Viola comuta, sowing, 110; Perfec- 

 tion, 242 



Violets, culture, 812; forcing, 403 

 potting, 461 



Virginian Stock for spring, 268 



Wakefield Poultry Snow, 21.'. 238 

 Walks, asphalt, :i2y ; ordering, (is 

 ■\Vi*UB. liardv climbers and plants for, I 

 21, 18H; height and trellis for, 81 ' 

 covering with Ivv, 173 ' 



Warner, C. B.. 108 



Wasps, an ; different species, 3U I 



Water, remarks and experiments on 

 its application to the ri>ots of plants \ 

 under glass, lOS ; pipes roots in, 233 ; i 



Watbb— ConfinM/f/. 

 rendered chalybeate, 821, 456 : from 

 limestone, 46i; ornamental plaiita 

 for, 486 

 Watering. 50, 67. 170. 191. 192; time for, 

 Watford Poultry Show, 511 .211 



Warning ponltrV notes, iiu 

 Wavsldf Jottings, 520 

 Waxbills. 514 

 Weedh made useful, 524 

 We.-k. work for. 11, 28. 49,66.86,108, 

 Us, V<\. ICli. IW. 210 'ai. 218. 26i, 

 2S7, yi^w, 325, H44. S6^^. 3X3. 401, 430, 

 441, 4.17. 1N2, r.n:,. ;,23 ; doings of last, 

 11.29, 5't.f.:.'-7. I'O. 12y, 151,170.191, 

 210, 2.'32, 24'J. ■:•:■>'•. ■^^>. ZiO, 326, H45, 

 I 364, 3M. 401. <JI. IIJ, 4.>. 4«. .V'5, 521 

 I Wcllmgtonia k'ik'ant<-a. 22<>. 300, 33», 

 I 412, 503; fruiting. 'J.M : removing, 



268; will it thrive hcrealter ? 168 

 I West ofEniiUnd Poultry Show. 511 

 Wethcrby P.-ultry Show, 315 

 Weymouth Fine. 4'v'. 

 Wh.at as fi"»d for poultry. 33 

 Whitby Poultry Show, 2J5; Canary 



Show. 254 

 WhiUng. Mr. J. B., EC, 125 

 ' Whitworth and Kochdale Poultry 

 Show, 174 

 ' Wtio is to blame ? " 2fi7. 22.S 243, 263 

 I Williams's Victoria Nursery, 340 

 j Wdlow, Weeping, 4si 

 , Windows, »>( engine house, 15; cvcr- 

 [ greens for. 312 

 Wine, nionofacture, 418; preBs.83 

 Winter dressing fruit trees, 444 ; 

 evening doings. £15 ; food for fowls, 

 I 450 

 Wintering plants in a room, 251 

 Wistaria, flowering twice, 1«2 ; shoots 

 ' dying, 69 



; Wonders of an amateur, 165 

 Woodcut engraving, 328 

 Woodlice in forcing pits. 443 

 Woodsome Poultry bhow, 177 

 Woodstock Poultry .Show. 272 

 Worcester Poultry Show, 176 

 Worms, expelling by lime water, 391 ; 

 destroying. 302 



York 0!nTnoLoaicAi.SociETT*s Suoi^. 



389 ; Poultry Show. 490 

 Yorkshire fruit prospects, 22 

 Yuccas, and tneir flowering, ICI ; 



planting. 401 



Zebba Waxwinos, 872 



Zinc, edge for flower beds on gra«8. 



20: labels, ink for, 329, 527; roofs. 



384 



WOODCUTS. 



PAGE. 



Apples, carbonised 104 



Bees, improved Woodbury fr&meB for d4 



„ foul brood fangt « 495 



., preventing their fasteDing bar-frames to the hive 93 



„ transferring 73 



„ travelling -box for 294 



Boiler. Foster's Patent 9 



Bottom-heat, applying 363 



Chamber-Combe 229 



Cacumber-pit and boaso 47 



Edging, walk 328 



Flower-garden Plana 8, 308, 882 



Fliiton Hall, flower garden at 806 



Hencoop, Snssex 293 



PAor. 



Hyacinths, sapporting glasses at a window 324 



Label, fruit tree 2C4 



Laying box 427 



Oncidiura Kogersii 522 



Orchard house and vinery combined 420 



Pear, Doyenne dn Comice 440 



Phylloxera vastatrix 4B 



Plant Protectors. Rendle's 146, 147 



Propagating Box, Looker's 1?4 



Saw, ancient 10.1 



Tree-pruner 168 



Vinery, an ancient . . , , 28 



„ improved groand 441 



Wise-press and rollers ^ 



