Jnly 20, 1876. J 



JOUKNAL OF HOKHCULTUBB AND COTTAGE GAKDENEB. 



INDEX. 



ABELU rSlFLOIU FOE WALLS, 501 



Abercrcmbie, JohD, 409 



Aberdeen Canary Siiow, 21 



Abutiiou BouJe de N'ciKO, 210 



Accrineton Poaltry Show. 228, 360 



Afhiioenes, culture, 219, 333, S95, 495 



Ain&lia?a Walkeri, 272 



Albert Hall decoratione and bonqnets, 



ICS 

 Alexandra Palace Show, S68 

 Allamanda Hendertjonii culture, 12S 

 AJlamandaB, etopping. 201 

 Allium anceps. 272 

 AloDBca. linifolia culture, 249; Warc- 



sewiczii, 198 

 Alpines for potP, 79 

 Amaryllis flowers in June, 201 

 AmarylliseB, new. and culture, 163 

 Amencan blight, 97 

 Androsace eannentoaa, 33 

 Anemone sowing, 220 

 Acuatto, 471 

 Annesley HaU,2S8 



Annuals, for bedding, 179; winter- 

 blooming greenhouEB, 457; for Kose 

 houee, 179 

 Antennaria Candida, 261 

 Anthurium, Saundcrsii, 191; Scher- 



zerianum culture, 869 

 Antigonon leptopus, 285 

 Ants, 29; banishing, 858; destroying, 



201: in pots, 295 

 Aphelandra aurantiaca Roezlii, 84 ; 



from seed, 70 

 Aphis, destroying, 335 

 Apples— D'Arcy Spice, 26; Paul's Im- 

 perial Crab. 33 ; Dr. Harvey, 37 ; 

 trees, old, 49. 92, 135, cankering, ISJ ; 

 Cornish Gillifiower, ICS; hst of 

 coobirK. 139; and Apple trees, 1S9; 

 new classification of, 185; Yorkshire 

 Kobin, 214; grafting, 22'; Rinper, 

 227 ; pold medal for classitication, 

 230; seedlings on own roots, 242; 

 local named, 251 ; Hawthomden, 74, 

 91, 136, 264; Lincoln Cudlin, ;^28; 

 Alfristnu, 423; Woollaton Pippin, 

 497 

 Apprenticeship of gardeners, 119 

 Apricot, pruning, 77 ; trees decaying, 



13 

 April aepecte of Nature, 854 

 Aquarium at Westminater, 68 

 Aquarium (Royal) Flower fahow, 2S1, 



810, S:Ha, 424 

 Aquatics, planting hardy, 179 

 Aralia Veitchii elegantissinia, 408 

 Araucaria imbricata soil, 200 

 Ard isia crenulata not fruiting, 260 

 Artichoke planting, 199 

 Arnndo conspicua, 432 

 Asilus crabronilormis, 583 

 Asparagus, beds, making, 36 ; seaweed 

 for, 2f0; Connover's Cologsal, 231; 

 planting, 240; stems, 295 

 Asphalt path in conservatory, 260 

 Aepidistra lurida variegata culture, 



SG9 

 Asters, perennial, list and coltnre, 15) 

 Aubrietias, culture of, 461 

 Aucuba, berries, 396, obtaining, 230, 

 flowera setting, 139, Bowing, 157, 194, 

 330 

 August, exhibition plants for, 417 

 Aoricnl.iB, 87, 106, :;35 : cuttings, 118 

 Page's Champion, Taylor's Glory^ 

 131 ; two centuries ago, 173 1 and cul- 

 ture, 184; and their powers, 364, 

 National Show, 365; in Yorkeliire. 

 382. 414; notes on, 325, 3S5, SS3 : re- 

 potting, 395 ; after flowering, 396 

 Talisman, 468; a yellow, 285 

 Australian trees, &c , in An-an,446 

 Autumn flowers for house, 442 

 Avenue, trees for, 276 

 Azaleas, indica and culture, 225; be- 



AzALEiB— Continued. 

 fore flowering, early, 200; out of 

 doors. 248; from cuttings, 417; for 

 late flowering. 131 ; outdoor, SCO; 

 leaves scorched, 476 ; Ghent, 468 



Baildon Pigeon asd Bird Show, 42 



Balcony, climbers for. 437 



Balsam onlture. 416, 454 



Bambusa flowering, 295 



Bantam, lump in, 440; tumoured, 234 



Bantams, Booted, 418 ; Game, 120, 159 



Bath and West of England Society, 

 268 ; Meeting, 435 ; Show, 454, 457 



Barbe de Capucin, 201 



Baskets, hanping plant, 238 



Bcans^ Longpod for July,26J 



Beauties, three native, 484 



Bedding plants, 95 ; management. 12. 

 179; list of, 180 



Bedding, subtropical, 320, 317, 366 ; pe- 

 rennials, hardiness of, 883; plants, 

 arranging, 8S6; perennials, hardy 

 spring, 407 



Beds in the Parks, 104 



Bee-keepers' Society. 163 



Bees— wonders ni hive, Cheshire's 

 wax-guiding m«chine, 22 : do they 

 terrify cattle? 45; uniting Ligurians 

 to common bees, 45; closing hives' 

 entrance, 46 ; hives, best kinds of, 

 46 ; bar-frame hive, 63 ; honey ex- 

 tracted V. comb, honey wine, 64; 

 wonders of a hive, ekes versus 

 supers, 81; driving, 82 ; honey boxes, 

 101; wonders ef a hive, 102"; plura- 

 lity of queens, early queen-breeding, 

 feeding, mouldy combs, selecting 

 stocks, 122; byeway manaj^ing, 

 wonders of hive, 141 ; giving barley- 

 SDgar, queen-raising, 142 ; new, har- 

 vesting honey, liil ; hives with 

 combs, removing stocks, dysentery, 

 162; large hives, 181; district for, 

 182; reformed keeping in Scotland, 

 size of bar hives, 2&3 ; collateral 

 hive B, comb guides, 20i ; exotic, 223 ; 

 superstitions, 224; apiarian notes, 

 243 ; relative superstitions, 244 ; 

 severe season, 261 ; honev moth, 

 262; Italian v, English, 279; two 

 queens in a hive, 280 ; wonders of a 

 hive, 27s ; artificial bread, two queens 

 in hive, honey box, 298; Italian v. 

 English, 317; life in winter, 339; 

 varnishing boxes, 340 ; breeding, 

 hives, Ligurians, 801; and Rose, 

 hive with c<.imb, 362; early swarm, 

 377: Italian v. Englif,h, 879. 380; 

 utilising queen cellp, 399; obtaining 

 prize honey, driving, increasing 

 stock?, hives, 400 ; systems of ma- 

 nagement, 419 ; dying, time for 

 swarming, large hives, anta in hives, 

 420; systems uf management, 431); 

 honey extractor discovery, 440; 

 season in Scotland, 459; a fertile 

 worker. Ligurian (-.British; hivmg 

 in bar-frame hives, 46li; swanning 

 in 1876, artificial swarming, 479; 

 killed in hive, queen cast out, 480 ; 

 British Bee-keepers' Aesociation, 

 498; lost swarms, Ligurian v. black, 

 systems of management, 499 ; not 

 swanning, single-frame observatory 

 hive for exhibition, 500; artificial 

 swarm, 519; notes of. Italian, sup* 

 porting combs, 520 

 Beet, anew, 286 

 Beetles on Vines, 358 

 Begonias, tuberous-rooted. 72, 88 ; list 

 of and culture, 89 ; double-flowered, 

 108; for summer and winter, 114; 

 nitida, 210; petaloides, 169 

 Belgian Winter Garden, 147 



Belgium, notes about. 334, 463 

 Belvoir Caalle. 404, 429 

 Bird dying suddenly, 262 

 Birds' longevity. 243 

 Birds, earliest singing. 438 

 Birmingham Agricultural Society's 



Show, 337; Columbarian Show, 20 

 Bixia oreliana, 471 

 Blackberry, the Kittatinny, 3C3 

 Blackthorn aport. 168 

 Blandfordja llammea v. princeps, S3 

 Bloxholm Hall, 352 

 Boilers, slow-combustion, 158 

 Bombylius major. 288 

 Bones for manure, 189 

 Border flowers. 5, 30, 87, 112, 149,213, 



234, 256. 273. SIJ, 847. 374. 471, 4M, 503 

 Boronia megastigma, 246 

 " Botanical Names for English Kead- 



ers," 306 

 Botanic (Royal) Societv's Show. 249, 



323, 414. 487 ; Mr. Cnomber at, 253 

 Botany, lectures on. 268 

 Bouchea pseudogervao, 191 

 Bougainvulea. glabra, 485; speciosa 



flowerless, 13 

 Bournemouth Poultry Show. 159 

 Brahma's excrements clinging, 224 

 Brahma's leg-feathers, 302 

 Brambletye, 512 



Brazil abouoda witli flowers, 1(8 

 Bristol Poultry Show, 15. 37 

 Broccolis. large, 434 ; for succession, 



169. 220, 260; heeling. 179; suppW, 



123 ; Sutton's White Sprouting, 333" 

 Brogniart, M. Adolpbe, l',t7 

 Brownea, grandieeps, 197; grandi- 



flora, lis 

 Browntail Moth caterpillar, abun- 

 dance, 492 

 Brussels Centennial Horticultural 



Exhibition, 344 ; International Show, 



286, 363. 370 

 Buenos Ayres, notes of a voyage to, 



Bulfeyn, W., 373 

 Bull's Nursery. 328 

 Bnrslem Poultry bhow. 62 

 Butcher's Broom, berries, 13 ; berry- 

 ing, 220 



Cactus not flowerino, CO 



Cage birds, and their food, 161. 261; 

 management. 337 



Caladiums, starting, 139; for exhibi- 

 tion. 156 



Calceolarias, sowing. 139,220; in pots, 

 416; aphis on. 417; tenella, 432; 

 Mr. Watson's. 434 



Camellias, culture. IS; early. 200; 

 flowers dropping. 157: not flower- 

 ing, 259; white-flowered, 313; in 

 pots, 315 ; potting, 97; soil, 201; 

 syringing, 79 ; in vinery, 139 



Camphor promotes germination, S94 



Campions and culture, 317 



Canaries— breathing and cough, 2S0; 

 breeding, 440 ; cayenne and cruelty. 

 339; dying suddenly, 1:44; musical 

 education, 317; feet sore. 13'3 : and 

 Goldfinch mating, 817; ben dying, 

 362; Linnets in nest. 440; matching, 

 224; management in olden times, 

 479; management of young birds, 

 519; self-pecking. 64;" old prices, 

 419; removal of, 46 



Canker, checking. 975 



Canterbury Poultry Show, 14 



Carnations, culture, 232 ; culture of 

 Perpetual-flowering, 96,214 ; shifting 

 and propagating, 220 ; selection, 332 ; 

 select, 270; select Tree. 359 



Carpet bedding, S96. 397 



Caterpillars, cockney, 193; on Lime 

 trees, 509 



Cattleya citrina, 324 



Cauliflowers, antumn, 484 : fcaccessioD 

 ]fi9. 260; supply, 123 



Celeries, Horticultural Society'a re- 

 port on, 5> 



Celery, bolting, 260; and cnlturc. 210. 

 236; for exhibition, 37 



Celosia culttire, 455 



Cement, cracka in, 102 : for niua 

 joints, 198 ^ 



Cesspool manures, 457 



Cherry, Governor Wood, ^97 



Chicken season, S37 



Chickens, early, 277: insects on, 400 • 

 raanagemout of, 477; marking, 162 ' 



Chickweed, Golden, 3j2 



Chicon.e de Bruxellea. 67 



Chicory culture, 58 



Chiawick Keportou Floriaia* Flowers, 



Chrysanthemums, 191; culture, 143 

 17(', 200; dividing, IbO; list of, 896- 

 in pots, 416; repotting, 276; eeltct. 

 242; not thriving, 203 



Churchyards, flowers in, 286 



Cinerarias, 2ti5; blind, 119; in pota 

 417; sowing, 1S9, 220 



Citrons, time uf gathering. 515 



City of London Flower show, report 

 uf Committee, 481 



Clematis, Jackmanii, pruning, 157- 

 Jackmans' ^how, 164. 352; propa- 

 gating, 20J; pruning, 179 



Clerodendrou Balfouri and culture 

 S65 



Clibran & Pone' Nursery, S51 



Clifton Hall, 510 



Clifton Winter Garden, 324 



Climber, not flowering. 859; for 

 stove, 220; for north-west wail. 



Cockerels, last year's. 296 



Cockscomb culture, 455 



Cocoa-nut fibre rtfuse, 98; lor cut- 

 tings, 396: forFerna, 457 



Coleus, graftiug and varieties, 316 



Colenses, select, 243 ; wintering, 13 



Colours, arrangement of, 84, i04 133 

 147, 164, 22H, 246, 265, 282, 803 



Combs, dubbing, i^O 



Commelynas, culture of. 5 



Conifers, propagating, 8 



Conoclinium iantbinum culture, 304 



Conservatory, climbers, 316 ; heating 

 98 ; lighting, 79 ; plants for, 290 



Convolvulus mauritanicus, propaga- 

 tion of, 515 



Copings, of glaas, and fruit crop, 75. 

 133; for fruit trees, 217; for fmii 

 walls, 363 ; removing, i95 ; for wall. 

 276 



Cork Poultry Show, 79 



Corniab notes, 446 



Com Salad, culture of, 515 



Coryanthes speciosa and culture. 

 132 



Corydalises and cnltnre,234 



Cotton, sowing seeds of, 51.' 



Cotyledons, 411 



Country notes, 296 



Covent Garden Markc*, 22, 46, 64, Si 

 102, 122, 142, 162, 182, 204, 224. 244, £6.'. 

 280. 298, 318, S40, 862, 880. SS5, 400, 4aJ. 

 440, 460, 480, 5,0, 5*1 



Cranberry produce. 103 



Crawford, Mr., testimonial to, 4C8 



Crcve-Cn;uTfa' legs acaly, 3SD 



Crocus Weldeni, 151 



Crocuses for pots, 79 



Crop, hard, 31ft 



Crotons, at Cleveland Houre. 197; 

 culture, 143; cutting back, 157; for 

 table decoration, S6ti; picturaturo. 

 &c., 829 



Crown Imperials not flowering, S59 



Crjptomeria elegans, 9? 



