JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



t July 20, 1876. 



Crystal Palace, bedding at, 418; Bird 

 Show, 160; Horticultural rihow, 406, 

 410 



Cuckoo heard, 337 



Cucumbers— aetting bloaaoms, 179 ; 

 culture, 395, and disease, 11; dis- 

 eased, 353, 457; frame culture, 157; 

 deformed, 37U; failing. 230. 24 i, 477 ; 

 in frames, 357 ; fangua on, 295 ; in 

 greenhouse, 336; raana£»ement of, 

 175; liquid manure for, 437 ; plants 

 dying, 477; under rough glass, 157 ; 

 not swelling, 417 ; Tender and True, 

 324 



■Cucumis sativuB r. Sikkimensis, 33 



•Cudweeds, 213 



Culverkeys. 69 



Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta viridia, 

 119 



Currants, withered Black, 398 ; shoots, 

 pinchuag, 403; report on, 230 



Curtis's nurserv, iSi 



■Cutbush, Mr. W.,S69 



Cyclamens, culture. 336 ; peraicum 

 culture, 363; after flowering, 876; 

 hardy. 146: seeds, saving, ^00; 

 species, 2, 52 ; in vinei'y, 79 



Cyperus altemifolius variegata cul- 

 ture, 260 



Cypella peruviana, 151 



■Cypripedium, pubescens and culture, 

 447; Roezli, 191 



Daddy-longlegs, 4'^5 



Daffodils. 25b' 



Dahlia and its culture, ISl 



Dahlias, select, 26S 



Dalechampia Roezliaaa rosea cul- 

 ture. 146 



Dame's Violet. 149 



Daphne, cneorum in pots. SSi ; Indica 

 culture. 79; not fl'jwering, 119; 

 rupeatris, 16S 



Datura sauguinea and culture, 370 



Deepdene, 252 



Deep trenching, 495 



Denbies, 234 



Dendrobiura fuscatum. 272 



Deodar, seed eowing. 276 



Deodorising liquid manare, 275 



DesciiampB, M. Bariltet, 29 



Deutzia gracilis forcing, 13S; culture, 

 189 



Dickson &. Sons' nurseries, 485 



Dicksonia antarctica in Tasmania, 254 



Dielytra spectabilis in pots, 330 



Dionsea mu3cipula culture. 98 



Dipladenia, Brearieyana. 26J; flowers 

 in July, 37 



Disa grandiflora culture, 221 



Don. Mr.. 128 



Dorchester Poultry Show, 81 



Dorking and tiame cross, 102: Grey 

 and Silver-Grey. 102 ; hens, 204 



Dorking Poultry Show, 243 



Doryanthes Palmeri and excelaa cul- 

 ture, 221 



DracfBuas, at Anerley Nurseix 168; 

 culture of. 462 



Driffield Poultry Show, 518 



Drina, Mr. W.. 181; poultry, 223 



Dubbing cocks, 159, '60 



Ducks, Aylesbury, 459; Carolina, 377; 

 dying sud'lenly, 244 



Dumpies, characteristics, 28) 



Dung of fowls and pigs, 241 



" Dwellers in our Gardens," 29 



EiELY Wood, poultry at, 516 

 Early writers on gardening, 469 

 Echeveria retusa, 396 

 Edelweiss in England, 462 

 Egg-eating hens. 313 

 Egg-yolks dark. 182 

 Eggs— C'lld they will endure, 397; 

 feeding hens for. 297; gariic- 

 flavoured, 340 ; hens dropping tueir, 

 244; imported, 4i, 438: keeping 

 frosted, 46 ; obtaining. 244 ; packing, 

 276, 877 ; preserving, 520 ; for sitting, 

 82; thin-shelled, 262 ; rendering un- 

 fertile, 440; weight bylaw, 377 

 Elm, its history. 113 

 Epidendrums, 351 

 Epiphyllums, 47 ; and culture, 193 

 Episcia erythropus, 191 

 Epworth Poultry Show, 378 

 Eranthemum pulchellum culture, 167 

 Erythrina, culture. 4:7 ; ruberrima 



culture, 157 

 Erythroxylon coca,25J 

 Essex Poultry Show, 467 

 Eucalyptus glohulus, 68, 179; in 



marshy places, 4 

 Eucharis amazonica, cuUure, 139; 



in greenhouse, 87 

 Euonymua, propagating, 157, varie- 

 gated. 179 

 Fnonymusea in greenhouse, 343 

 Kupatorium riparia variegata, 408 

 Eupetalum, ICO 



Euphorbia, amvgdiloidea variegata, 

 370. 408; Butcheri, 200; jacqumuu- 

 flora for a wa'l. 8 ; officinarum, 81 

 "Euphoria Litchi, 252 

 Evaporating troughs in vinery, 515 

 Evergreen leaves poisonous, 147 

 Evergreens under trees, 13 

 Exeter Rose Show, 5!J6 

 Exeter sights, 229 

 Exhibition, growing plants for, W 



Ferv, sporf.3, sowing, 260; us- 



HEALTHV. 242 ,,,,„,. i. 



Fernery, climbera for cold, 119: heat- 

 ing, 220 



" Ferns. Paradise of." 472 



Ferns, insect on, 397 ; repotting, 139 ; 

 Tree. 423 ^ ,^ 



Ferraria undulata and cuUure, 42. 



Fmuses. 3!)4 



Fife Poultry Show. 41 



Fig trees, in pots. 12, ISS, 240, 515, S7d ; 

 for standards. 139 



Figs, Dr. Ho;^e'a Black, 2j9 



Finches in aviary, 440 



Firs, plants ucder Scotch, 397 



•' Floriculture, Domestic." 94 



Flower beds, arrangement, 228; ex- 

 hibition of. 210,445; hexagon p'ant- 

 ing. all; planting circular, 133; 

 plantin-T oy*l, 148 



Flower-pot hole cover, 29 



Flower sermon. 469 .. i. , i 



Flower shows, arrangement of plants 

 at 474 



Flowers, love of, 274 ; in the north, 

 71 • hardy summer, 221 ; sweet- 

 scented. 190 . , . ,,„ 



Flowering of spring plants, iu 



Forcing, houses on marsh, 157 ; 

 shrubs for flowers. 138 



Forfar Poultry Show, 39 



Foulia. Mr. 147 ^ ^ ^. ^ ,„. 



Fowls-treatment of breeding, 12') , 

 dung, 201; dying, 440; eating 

 feathers. 520; enclosure tor, 142; 

 for exhibition, 204 ; partly fnather- 

 less 298; rouped,2'24: small space 

 for, 380; thigh swollen, 400; un- 

 healthy, 520 



Fritillary culture. 398 



Frost, plants injured by 473 



Fruit, culture, 250: bu^h. 26-; trees, 

 dwarfed, 170 ; fn,iliug into a neigb- 



. boui-'a trarden. 88; trees, training 

 young. 94, transplantuag. 119 :,Plant- 

 in<T 137: prospects, 48, 28o, 352; 

 tree pruning. 12; standard trees for 

 south wall. 79 ; trees. 428; at the 

 American Centenmal. 306 ; cuUure 

 of hardy. 123 ; notes on useful, 129 ; 

 useful, 166 



Fuchsias, border, 359 ; for conserva- 

 tory, 497; culture, 416; for exhi- 

 bition, 156 ; for early fluwermg, 37 ; 

 sowing, 220 



Fumeworta, 234 , 



Fungus, on Beech trees. 179 ; on stone 

 fruits, 97 



Funkias and culture, 434 



Furnace for gx-eenhouse, 259 



GAGE4S AKD CULTOBE, 311 



Gaillardias,471 



Game cocks, dubbing. 181. S^l. 222 



Garden, notes from my, 25, 66, 110, ISI, 



232. 326 ; labour required, 201, 239 

 Gardener, tax on, 22u 

 Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institu- 

 tion, 168 ; anniversary, 468, 5 J8 

 Gas, heating by, 23\295; tar fatal to 

 trees, 3 16 : tar warning, 147 



Geese, Toulouse, prolific, 4(8 _ 



Geraniums, for bedding, 200; pink 

 bedding, 351: coloured, 816 ; culture 

 of double, 220 : leaves browned, 276, 

 injured, 201. spotted, 139, 836; Mrs. 

 HaUbnrton. 3 3; Vesuvius, 250 



German paste. 880 



Germination, promoting, 108 



Gesnera zebrina culture, 6J 



Gesneras, 495 



Geum coecineum plenum, sii 



Gilbert. Rev. S.. 172 



Gladiatoria herba, 2 



Gladiolus disease, 259 



Gladioluses, and s'-lection, 323 



Glaqs ribbed, for vinery, 4 



Glolinfas. culture. 311. 395. 437. 418; 

 in greenhouse, 359: sowing, 295 



Gnaphaliums and cuUure, 2i3 



"Good Gardening," 433 



Gooseberries, summiir pruning of, 51o 



Gooseberry, bushes diseased, 13 ; 

 bush pruning, 146 



Goose eggs, 400. 438 



Grafting wax, 241 



Grapes-colouring. 835; not colour- 

 ing 4: light's influence on Ladv 

 Downe's, 191 ; Gros Colman, 5, 27. 

 71, 74; Kev. H. Cottingham's. 92; 

 new mode of growing, l ; keeping 

 late, 29, 105 : keeping varieties, 12 ; 

 packing, 502 ; pre-»erving._ 44*3 ; 

 scalded. 515; spotted, 293. and 

 shanked, 376 ; thinning. 294. 441 



Grass, in poultry run, 224; swing, 201; 

 on terraces, 6u . 



Gravel walk, repairing, 29.. 



Greenhouse, heating small, lo4 ; re- 

 moveable, 336; shading, plants for 

 cold, 200 ..„ 



Ground Ivy under evergreens, 3j9 



Grubs, destroying, 13 



Guano for Uucumber.-i. 497 



Guildhall decorations. 4J4 



Guinea fowls fattening, -.iS) 



HeMATOXTLON CiMPECniASCM. 49 



Hamburgh fowls. Black, 82. deaf ears, 

 142, trespassing. v8); Golden-pen- 

 cilted, poioti. -it 



Hanbury, Rev. "W., 303 



Har.lening-off, 334 



Hiirdwiek Hail flower garden, G 



Hares and rabbits, thwarting, 423, 417 



Hartbholme Hall, 192 



Headli'3, Mr. R . 328 ; florists' flowers, 



304 

 Heating surfaces, distribution of, 



312. 349; needed. 417 

 Hedychium Gardnerianum culture, 



]8i} 

 Hc-liotropp, winter-flowering. 200 

 Ilelleborus niger after flowering, 157 

 Hen, and honey bee. 317; pecked by 



cock, 262 ; with cockerel until laying, 



420 

 Hens, with cbiokens, 398; bearing 



down, 40O ; dying, 82 ; sitting. 278 

 Herbaceous plants, two hardy, 231 

 Herbs, planting, Si5 

 Hesoeris matronalis and cuUure. 149 

 Hexham Poultry Show, 41 

 Hippeastrum pardinum cuUure. 206 

 Hodson's, Mr. G, poultry-yard. 221 

 Hollies, leaves oit, 295 ; repotting, 97 ; 



transplanting, 179 

 Holly. 55; hedge, planting. 97, 210; 



berries, sowing, 119: grafting 276; 



planting. 259 ; transplanting large. 



Hollyhocks, culture, 7, 242; selection, 

 157 



Hoodia Gordoni, 431 



Hops, transplanting, 6) 



Hornbeam hedge, trimming, 179 



Horseradish culture, 91 



Horticultural Club, '^9, 324, 408 



Horticultura' exhibitions, continental, 

 128; International, 369, 403; So- 

 ciety of Ireland (Royal), 408 



Horticultural (Royal) Society, 191, 285 ; 

 Annual Meeting and Report, 1' 6, 

 124, 129: Meeting, 51. 203, 324. 347; 

 Committees, 127. 167, 173, 2fi7. 805, 

 887, 486; circular, 233; Guinea 

 Fellows, 210; its history, 111; 

 Show, 443, 453 



Hotbed, spent hops for making, 5 



Hondan's legs failing. 224 



Hull Show, Pigeons, i:c.,243 



Hyacinths, in glasses, 14 ; manage- 

 ment, 79 ; in Hyde Park, 305 : Messrs. 

 Veitch'a and Cntbush's, 237 



Hydrangea flowers, 407, 423 ; colour 

 of, 371; changing colour, 282, 327; 

 culture, 257, 315 ; blue-flowered, 308 



Hypoestes aristata, 272 



Ibeeis corhlefolia AT Regent's 



Pabk, 468 

 Idle Pigeon Show, 181 

 Importing plants, 250 

 Indian seeds, 437 



'• Insects, sketches of British," 2GS 

 Insects— chapters on. 111. 287, 489; 



for gardeners, 154, 432; destroying, 



475 ; war with, 86, 115, 145 

 Ipomopsis. 505 

 Ireland, Royal HorticuUural Society 



of, 69 

 Iridic, 370 

 Iris, culture. 27 ; beetle eotinff. 196 ; 



beetle on. 180 ; reticulata, 2, 180 

 Ivory, vegetable, 437 



Jamis,M. J. L.. 70 

 Jersey Poulti-v Show, 63 

 Jei-uaalem Artichokes, planting, 98 

 .ludgesof poultry, 376 

 .Judging, ooen. 437 

 June, cut flowers for, 119 



Kendal Poultey Show. 141 



Kent (Westl flower Show. 608 



Kew, novelties in Royal Gardens, 13d, 



238,304,372,466 ' 



Kidney Bean, culture, 409, 430; fore- 

 Kiln 'dust, 836 ; as manure, 292 ; for 



plants, 119 

 Kitchen-garden survey, 300 

 Knight, T, A., 69 



Labouk, econojiising, 232 ; needed, 

 457 



Labumnm seeds poisonous. 4j 



Lackev moth, preventing, 133 



Language of fowls, £99 



Lapageria rosea, hardy, 103, 14. ; cul- 

 ture. 157 ; stopping. 220 



Larch, raising from seed, 486 



Laurel, cuttings, 295 ; variegated, .8 



Laurels, pruning old. 437 



Laurence, Rev. J , 27iJ 



Lawn, flowers for north, 18); improv- 

 ing. 221; weedy, 2^5 



Leaves, movements of, 83; scorched, 

 376; stomata of. 357 



Leechee and culture, 252 



Leeds Pigeon Shaw, i97 



Leek for exhibition, 37 



Leeks and cuUure. 145 , ^ ^ , , 



Lettuce. Early Paris Market Cabbage, 

 446 467 , ,,. ,., 



Libonia floribunda, cuUure, 14a, 164, 

 283; not flowering, 97 



Lice on fowls, 204 



Lichen on trees, 242 



Light's influence on fl twers, 8jG 



Lilies out of doors, 139 

 Lilium, auratum culture, 157 ; hybrid- 

 ising, 403; sowing, 66; Varkmanni, 



192 

 Liliums, 446; lifting, 339 

 Lily culture. 816. and spejies, 14 

 Lily of the Valley, thinning. 396 

 Lime, its application to soils. 481; to 



gciidens. 5 4 

 Lime treee, caterpillars destroying, 



5'.9 

 Linaria cymbalaria, £64 

 Lisle, Edward, 433 

 Lithonpermum proatratum, 261 

 Lobelias, blue. 97; culture, 376; spc- 



ciosa from aeed,3S6 

 Logwood tree. 49 

 Londeaborough'a (Lord) garden at 



Norbiton, 392 

 Liindon market gardens and nurse 



ries, 239 

 Longevity of birds, 203 

 Loosestrifes and culture, 87 

 Loxford Hall garden, -jIO 

 Lycaste Skinneri culture, 859 

 Lyte'8 " Herbal," 365 

 Lythrums, 87 



Mackenzie, A„ testimonial, 29 



Magdalen College lectures, 230 



Magnolias, hardy deciduous, 870 



Maidstone Poultry Show, 99 



Manchester Flower Show, 230 



Manchester HorticuUural Show, 454 



Manufacturing districts, plants in , 

 168 



Manure, application of, 123, 168, £57 



Manures, 457 



Manuring, 158 ; surface, 190 



Maranta culture, 143 



Market gardening, S58; near Paris 

 306 



Market gardens, old London, 870 



MasdevaUia, Dasisii, 84; ephippium, 

 33 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 266 



May aspects of Nature, 453 



Mead. b4 



Mealy bug, destroying. 147 



Meabures for seed, 26j 



Melbuurne Botanic Gardens, 806 



Melbourae HaU. 34 



Welocactus and culture. 109 



Melons, greea climbing, culture. Little 

 Heath, 157; culture at Studley 

 Koyal, 403; setting, 497; crops in 

 Spain. 108 ; culture, 895, 477, 5ll; in 

 frames, 357 



Meteorology, Kent, 91 



MeiropoUtan Floral Society, 402 



Dlice, destroying, 119 



Mildew, 259; subdued, 151 



Mile Ash Nurseries, 9 



Millet, analysis of, 79 



Millipedes, destroying, 417 



MiUom Poultry Show, 4') 



Mimuluses, 112 



Mistletoe, and its culture, 23, 49 ; trees 

 it grows on, 68, lij8; culture at Ant- 

 werp. 109 



Moat Bank, 116 



Moles, d'strojing, 201 



Monkey Flower, 112 



Morelf. 4j7.4^4 ; 4^7; cooking, 372 



Morpeth Poultry Show, 333 



Mother, artificial, 82 



Moulting iiiegularly, 224 



Mulberry tree in tub, S59 



Mulberries seedless, 437 



Mushroom, beds, 436, watering, 260; 

 house and management, iO? 



Mushrooms m Cucumber-house, 37 



Musk, as a border plant, 52; so«-ing, 



MussKnda frondosa culture, 71 

 Myrsiphyllum asparagoides culture 

 257 



Nantwich Poultry Show,121 

 Narcissus poeticus for cut flowers, 



474 

 Nasturtiums, double, 267 

 National Auricula Show, 322 

 National Peristeronic Show, 103 

 Natiunal Tuliy Society's tRoyal) Show, 



4''4 

 Nectarine pruning, 77 

 Nectarines, for house, 157; Rivers s 



Orange, 432 

 Nemophila insignis and cats, 393 ; 



p ants with blue, 396 

 Nepenthes cuUure, 156 

 Nicotiana tabacum v. fruticosa, 33 

 Nierembergia gracilis, propagation of. 



Nierembergias and culture, 30 

 Nightingale heard, 887 

 Nightshades, SO 

 Nitrate of soda, manure, 93; to 



Potatoes 417: tor Vines, 179 

 Northampton Poultry >how,202,223 

 North wall, planta for, 87 

 Norwich Poultry Show, S3 



04K, HISTORY 'F THE LtTCOMBS. 151 



Odoutoglossum, Alexandrw, 117; p'fP- 

 nitens, 431; vexUianum, 446, 4')7, 



Omphalodes vcrna, 4!7 



