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JOURNAL OP HORTICUIiTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



INDEX. 



Aberdeen Podltry Snow, 66, 89 



Acacia, armnta culture, 3 1 ; and Free- 

 masons, 7(3; for conaerratory wall, 

 85 



Accrinffton Poultry Show, 433 



Achimenea culture, 234, '281 



Aconitum hetcrophyllum, 297 



Acronvcta Aceris, 119 



A-liautuin farleyense, 220 



j^ithioneuia marmorata, 151 



AKeratum, white from seed, BSS; Im- 

 perial Blue Tom Thumb, 326, 344 



Atrricultural returns (1873), 12^ 



Air-givmg, 251 



Alcove, plants for, 246 



Alexandra Palaoe and Park, 444 



Allamandaa and their culture, 313 



Alooaeia culture, 116 



Aloe in summer, 41)6 



Alpine pl.mt'*, for spring bedding, 81 ; 

 for winter hi>ddinff, 6 



Alatrumeria chilensis and culture, 277 



AJtemantheras, amcena sowing, 208; 

 in the north, 424, 441 



Amaryllis fmm seed. lOfl 



American blight, 3^ 129. 431 ; destroy- 

 iuK. 431 ; in orchard house, 246 



Andalusian'a face and legs, character, 

 268 



Aiiemonea, in bed, 496 : culture, 296, 

 293; drying rootB, 353: from seed, 

 842 



Annuals, for croquet borders, 173; 

 culture of hardy, 224; for spring 

 flowers. 63 



Anthocharis Cardamines butterfly.StS 



Anthurium. ScherzeriMimm, .SOO; "Wil- 

 liamsii and florlbundum, 419 



Ants, destroying, 173, 335, 511; de- 

 stroying fruit, 318: in vinery, SUl), 

 SOI ; on wall trees, 451 



Aphis, destroying green, 24G 



Aponogeton distachyon, 4ti6 



Apoplexy in fowls, ■'■55 



Apples, blosaoms killed, 370; bud's 

 grub. 496; ciitical days for, blO; 

 pruning and training, 117; trees, 

 pruning pyramidal, 10; bark coming 

 off, 17 ; barked by sheep. 86; tree 

 espalier wires, 107 ; trees, surface 

 roots, 282; trees, treatment of old, 

 240; how to prune and train, 243; 

 grafting on Pears, 245; tree roois, 

 256; Lady H^nniker, 32 



Apricots, crop, 8 9 ; forcing. 451 ; not 

 setting, 263; shoots, pinching, 3'JO; 

 unfruitful. 301 



Aquarium glazing, 114 



Arahis blepbarophylla. 2'22 



Araucaria imbrioata branches dying, 

 105 



Arbutus failing, 3!)l 



Arch, a triumphal wedding, 273 



Ardisia crenulata culture, 371 



AristoIochi;is. 3S2 



Arnott. Ur. Neil. 224 



Arundel Castle, 11 



Ash, grafting Weeping, 191 



Abhesof turf, 336 

 . Asparagus, bed blanks, 410 ; forcing, 

 16 ; after forcing, 254 



Aspleniums. 359 



Aucuba japonica sowing, 353 



August, plants for yhowing in, 208 



Auriculas, II). 270. SiiH; culture. 233, 

 SQi ; in open ground. S'iO; raising 

 from seed, 378; seediintrs. 4(0, 42S; 

 Bummer-house for, 474; Mancht-st-ir 

 Show, 401 ; Alpine, 222 ; Mr. Turner's, 

 862 



Avenues, 3 



Ayr Poultry Show. 373 



Azaleas, dying, 173: after flowering, 

 5ic ; graftin;!, 226; leaven falling, 

 »71; Mr. Morse's, 49i ; moving out, 

 282; repotting, 318; in winter, 410 



Batldon Ornithologioal Suow, 43 



Eallarat Botanical Garden, 60 



Tiiilsam culture, 163, 416 



Pambiisa Ktriata. 78 



liuut»m, eiTg-bound. 21: with Creve- 



C'Leura, 48; with other fowls, 113; 



hatching, 340; Black, 113, 208, 228, 



264. va.i 

 Barrow Poultry Show, 174 

 Barton-on.Humher Show, 89G 



■Rasket fastenings bad, 18 

 Bath and West of Entjland Society's 

 Show. 462, 476, 493, 521; 1875 Show, 

 494 

 Bauhinia natalensis, 222 

 Bav. tlie Sweet, '^51 

 Reak divid>*d, 231 



Bedding-out, 4'^8; plants, culture, 316, 

 propagating, 318, in greenliouee, 282, 

 white and dark foliaged. 154, tricolor, 

 173, various, 361, and Vmes, house 

 for, 17 : hints on summer. 429. 413 

 Bedlington Poultry Show. 436. 453 

 Bees— roasted birds for, 178, 232 ; 

 cleanin? floor-boards. 178; foul 

 brood, 177, 195; Calendar, January, 

 23. February. 135. March. 213. April. 

 284. May. 874, June, 45fi ; combs, 

 broken, 3C4, insected, S '4 ; croes- 

 Btifks and G;uidec^'m't9,374 ; Crystal 

 Palace Show. 231, 218. 267, 457; de- 

 stroying dying. '8 ; dress, i!33; driv- 

 in?. 922, 339 : drones, in Mar«h. 286, 

 with swarms, 458; drone slaughter, 

 524; entrance. 376: experience with, 

 249: hovev extractor. 304: favmintr, 

 23. 4G: feetiin^.lSf;. 177, 196. modes of, 

 267. continuing. 45S, stronc. 395 ; fact 

 V soeculation. 479, 5 1; flowers f-r. 

 92; food for. 47; refusing fooil, 286; 

 attackintr hive, 458; removing hive, 

 250: examining hive's interior. 284; 

 removiog oflal from hive, 250; hives, 

 178, Maryatt's, 376, Petti-irew's, 232, 

 89f), ants in, 304, crown-openings, 

 376; forsaking hive. 5'J2; stocking 

 Neighbour's hives, 5'2. bar-frame, 

 436 ; removinij from hivea, 72 ; weak 

 in small hive, 340; what is honey? 

 23; is honey re-swallowed? 7i ; and 

 honey at shows, 91. 157 ; feeding and 

 exhibition of honey, 113; produee, 

 322; honey crv8Lallised.3ri4; Humble, 

 8; hopeful sicna. 5'23; in 1874, 71; 

 keeping in 1873. 46 : keeper's calen- 

 dar, 23; loss of, 2Gi; management, 

 158, 232. geuTal, 248, modern, 213, 

 Mr. Pettigrew's, 248; nadiring, 480; 

 noises to settle, 821; pasturage, 71 ; 

 for profit, 135. 249; ejecting pupa, 

 214: the qnp.en.3t)2. 338,357. 395,437; 

 adding Licurian queen, 304; queen 

 nursery, 501; salt for, 24; season's 

 commencement, 195; slingnr. 436; 

 weight of stock, 358; weak stock. 

 4i?ii : age of stocks, 158 ; stocks, dead, 

 232; stock blown over, 4"8; stings, 

 177; super, 178; removing super, 

 416; supers at shows. 24; supers 

 filled artificially, 136 : in supers, 158 ; 

 putting on supers. 322, and swarm- 

 ng, 358; not working in super, 396; 

 Eupering. 46, S58, 376, 502; forced 

 swarm, 5^4; swarm returning. 502: 

 early swarin, 358, 372 ; artificial 

 swarming. 339, 375, 455. 4S'J: artific al 

 and natural swarming. 501; Bon- 

 ner's method of artificial swarming, 

 r23; second artificial swarm, 416; 

 two early swarms, 4'IR; swarming, 

 416; not swarming, 521 ; preventing 

 swarming. 4S0; stock after swarm- 

 ing. 416; transferring. 114, 214, 266, 

 524 ; uniting, 178 ; plea for weak. 357 



Bc^t. culture, 318; sowing Chilian. 

 245 ; ornamental, 227 ; raising from 

 seed, 41. strinev. 301 



Belfast Canary Show. 112, 131; Poul- 

 try and Bird Show, 68 



Belgian horticulture. 79 



Bescliorneria Tonelii, 297 



Bicton House fire, 295 



Bignnnias and their culture, E44; 

 radicans culture, 353 



Bill twisted, 9i 



Birch trees, caterpiUara destroying, 

 354 



Bird diary. 126 



Birdn. seining, 262 



Birmingham Columbarian Society's 

 Show. 70 



Blackbird not singing, S?3 



Blackburn Pigeon Show, 69 



Bleaching Grasses. 196 



Bl>-nheim. Fouutaine's vinery, 293, 

 419; orchard house, 833, 341, 803; 

 House, 275 



Blood as mauure> 85 



Blossoms, protecting from spring 



frosts, 188 



Boilers, cast-iron. 203; Green's, 168; 

 Pjttent Clim.ix. 419 ; whifh to prefer, 

 347 ; and heating apparatus, 209 



Boisimmortel. 871.474 



Bone dust for fowls. 114 



Bones, bruising. 105 



Booth Mr. W. B.. 511 



Borders-flowers for, 4. 32, 99.145,200, 

 252. 277, 848. 301, 400, 469, 48?, for N. W. 

 border. 282 



Botanic (Royal) Society's Show, 255, 

 335. 402, 463, 509 



" Botany. Treasury of." lOO 



Bougainvillea spectabilis culture, 441 



Bouquet-holder, 23 



Bouquets and cut flowers, 59 



Bouvardias, a-irantiuca and others, 4 ; 

 for greenhou-^p. 41 ; tr^jhylla, 330 



Boxes on flue, ^Je 



" Brahma Fowl." 22 



Brahmts, 92; on Bantam eegs, 438; 

 broody, 113; catarrb^d, 231; cha- 

 ractenstics 114; chickens sneezing. 

 S2ii; cockerel dying suddenly, 196 ; 

 Dark's plumage. 24 ; dark-plumaged, 

 458; laving soft eggs, 2^11 ; f tttenin?, 

 231; dark feathers, 186; and Ham- 

 burgh cross, 319 ; keeping notlayimr, 

 28d; leg-weakness, 268; early liv- 

 ing, 452 ; not laying, 178. 19B; 

 rais-describe'l, 263; nests, 823; 

 plumage. 232; puHe's. 236 : time for 

 settimr, 72 : for table. 231 ; tumoared, 

 268; vent inflamed, 268; vulture- 

 hockfid. 48; weak-legged, 376 



Brfcding, age of fowls, 178; in-and-in, 

 48 



Briar hep", sowing, 83 



Brick miking, 151 



Bridgnorth Poultry Show. 131, 174 



Bristol Poultry Show, 8fi, 107, 111; re- 

 moving fowls Irom. 130 



Broccoli, culture far north, 198 ; 

 winter, 164 , 



Bromley PouHrv Show, 83, 111, 113, 

 212, 2fi5, 283; prize cards, 192, 196; 

 schedule, 18 



Brussels Flor.al Exhibition, 25G 



Rudjerigars. feeding, 214 



Bulbs, removini?. 451 



Burley-on-the-Hill. 468 



Buryincbeetlcg. 186 



Butcher's Broom propagation, 83 



Cabbage (Cow) planting, 318 



Cacti, 370 ; Mexican, 83 



Caladiums, culture, 116, 317; seed, 

 saving, 419 



Calanthe curcuUgoides, 486 



Calanthes nud culture, 100 



Calceolarias — attacked by aphides, 

 516; culture, '2^6; cuttings failing. 

 282; in pots failins. 475; a second 

 year, 496; sowing, 451 



Calico varnishing. 515 



Cambridge Botanic Garden, 295 



Camellias— buds and bloom, 3 : buds 

 failing, 245; for cool house, 16; for 

 conservatory wall, 1IJ7; culture, 

 371; dirty. 227; flowers not opening, 

 129; grafting 2'20: leaves, spotted, 

 2S2, nnhealthv, 173; mildewed, 17 ; 

 moving out, 282; placing out, 353; 

 propagating. 245 ; reootiing, 318 



Campanula coronata. 52 



Campsidium filicifi^lium, ^GG 



Canaries— going blind, 250; breeding 

 uncaged. 211: song of breeding, 

 250 ; with Bullfinch ill, 250 ; cayenne, 

 feeding. 250, 592. for young. 376, 

 cayenning, 195; high-colour feeding, 

 158 ; closeness of feather, 376 ; colour 

 of Bufl", 376; points of Crested, 158; 

 dying suddenly, 158; eggs soft- 

 shelled. 416: eyes affected, 158; 

 feedingfor colour. 810; in gas-heated 

 room. 214; Linnet mules. 502; mules 

 feeding, &c., 500 ; management, 414 ; 

 moping, ,'>24 ; moulting. 358. out of 

 season. 416, unseasonably, 602 ; 

 troubles, 3.^8 



Candle Plant. 514 



Cauna, culture, 263; planting, 301; 

 roots, wintering, 451 



Cannock Poultry Show. H 



Canvas, oiled. 439 



Carnations, potting. 246; select, 105; 



Tree not flowerinif. 105 

 Carpet-bedding, white foliage for, 203 

 Carpet beds, 153 

 Carrot sowing, 171 

 Ca'^e. heating. 263 

 Cauliflower planting. 369 

 Ceanothus dentiitus, 318 

 Cedar, plants und^r, li9 

 Cedrus atlantioa, 85 

 Celeriac culture, H4 

 Celery, culture, 281 ; guano water for, 



475 

 Cemetery planting. 312 

 Cephalotus folliculans and culture, 



827 

 Chamrerops excelsa, repotting, 2S2 

 Chfflrocampa Eipeoor, 291 

 Charcoal, for plants, 154 ; for poultry, 



302 

 Chatsworth, 125, 143 

 Cheiianthea elegans culture, 75 

 ('heimiitobia brumata, 5 6 

 Chenopodium Bonus-Henricua, 258 

 Cherries, Bigavreau. Frugmore Early, 



Noir lie Schmidt. 486 

 Chickens- excrements glutinous, 481 ; 

 feet contracted, 458; legs sprawl- 

 ing, 804: mauagement. 5'i2 ; liiking 

 from mother,4':<8 ; rearing artificially, 

 3;7; rooatin^-pUce. 4)3. 498; fcour- 

 ed 286 ; utilisinti cocks. 524; vulture- 

 hocked, 286; worms in windpipe, S40 

 Chiswick House. 38S 

 Chiswick trials of fli>wers, 199 

 Christmas Rose culture, 86 

 Chrysanthemums, leaves diseased, 

 3Fi3; after flowering, 16; potting, 18'J 

 Chymoc-icca empetroides, 85 

 Cinchona, bark colJecting 447 ; culture 



in India, 256 

 Cinr-ranas- bushy. 129, forming, 10.'.; 

 culture. 9, 78; early. 17, 388; leaves 

 curling, 151; maritima 41; propa- 

 gating, 890; raising from seed, 41, 

 801 

 CisBUS discolor culture, 274 

 Citron culture, 390 

 Classification of fowls, 434 

 Clay, burnt, as top-dressing, 15* 

 Clematis, and Geraniums mixed, 842; 

 Jackmannifor bedding, 263; Sophia, 

 S9.t 

 Cleroilendrons Balfouriauum and 



ppociofum culture. 4il 

 Climbing plants, training, II; for va- 

 rious purposes, 16 

 Clintrmia pulchella failing, -432 

 Cloth covers lor cold frames, 511 

 Club-root insects, 129 

 Club Row, 246 



Cnethocampa. 472 ; processionea, 423 

 Coal, economic consumption, 162 

 Cochins, and Brahmas, 178; Mr. Tud- 

 man's Partridge. 516; Partridge plu- 

 mage, 2J9, 268 ; Partridge and 

 Grouse, characteristics, 304 ; time 

 for setting, 72 

 Cochliostema Jacobianum culture, 342 

 Cock, crowing a nuisance? 48; hen- 

 peeked, -'31 ; inattentive, 2S;0 

 Cockerel's loot crushed, 178 

 Cocks, aristocracy ol, 376; for exhi- 

 bition, 92 ; fighting. 114 

 Cockscomb culture. 416 

 Colchicum, Parkinsoni, 297; specio- 



suni, 59 

 Coleus, in the north. 424; sowing, 



2 S 

 Collinsia multicolor, 510 

 Colorddo Potato beetle, 201 

 Colours, arrangement of, 261 

 Columbarian Society, Northern, 111 

 Combs, altering, 92 



Composts, 137; for plants, 105; turn- 

 ing heap, 105 

 Conaition, in fowls, 247; in poultry, 



191; powders, 214 

 Conservatory, glass for, 208, 226 ; 

 construction and heating, 245 ; heat- 

 ing small, 801 

 Coops, small, 497 

 Cork Poultry Show, 87 

 Corn Salad, 173 

 Cost>us lit;niperda, 854 

 Cotoneasier Simmondsii sowing, 41 ; 

 gVAtting, lOS 



