The Gardeners* Chronicle,] 



INDEX. 



[December 29, 18»S. Vll 



609; Rumex crispus, gyno-monce- 

 cious, 600; Satyrium,supertuberated, 

 708 ; spiral torsion in Mint, 19 ; 

 Stachys tuberifera, analysis of the 

 tubers, 70S ; stag beetles, 136 ; 

 Strawberry, the Plymouth, 136 ; 

 Strawberries dicecieous, 74 ; Tomato 

 disease, 74 ; weevils on Rhododen- 

 drons, 18 



Scotland, 45, 66, 137, 183, 277, 308, 

 480, 639, 678, 710, 739 ; Douglas 

 Fir in, 531, 568, 598 



Scottish Primula Society, 702 



Scottish Horticultural Association, 387 



Season, the, 701,702, 735 



Sechium edule, 602 



Seeger & Tropp's nursery, 179 



Seed and nursery trade, and non-war- 

 ranty, 45 



Seed crops, Dutch, 383 ; harvest of 

 1888, 417 ; trade, the, 327, 383 



Seeds, longevity ol coniferous. 18fi ; 

 non-warranty of, 45, 73, 106 



Shell dust, 739 



Shows in bygone days, 780 



Shrewsbury and neighbourhood, 503 



Shrnbland Park, 328 



Shrubs for seaside, 671 



Silene pendula ruberrima, 104 



Skeletonising leaves, 680 



Skimmia Foremanni, 735 



Slopes and banks, treatment of, 607 



Smut in Wheat, 72 



Sobralia leucoxantha, 179 



Societies: — Ban burr, 643; Basing- 

 stoke, 276; Bath, 276, 391, 549, 

 579 ; Birmingham and Midland, 

 614; Birmingham Hardeners, 420, 

 485, 609; Bishops Stortford, 273; 

 Bishops Waltham, 136 ; Bolton, 

 637 ; Braintree and Bocking, 49; 

 Brighton, 336, 580; Bristol, 611; 

 British Fruit Growers', 581 ; Brom- 

 ley, 607; Buckingham, 607; Burnley, 

 243 ; Cambridge, 607 ; Chertsey, 

 74 ; Cheshunt, 613 ; Chiswick, 75, 

 612; Chorley, 637 ; Clonmel, 609 ; 

 Colnbrook, 607 ; Cryptogamic of 

 Scotland, 337 ; Crystal Palace, 396, 

 420, 579 ; Derby, 614 ; Devizes, 581 ; 

 Devon and Exeter, 220, 614 ; Devon 

 Roseries, 19 ; Devonshire Pomolo- 

 gieal, 516 ; Ealing and Acton, 75, 61(1; 

 Edinburgh Chrvsanthemum, 642 ; 

 Edinburgh Botanical, 77, 608,739; 

 English Arboriculturai, 392 ; Finch- 

 ley, 50; Fleetwood, 272 ; Gardeners' 

 Rival Benevolent (Anniversary), 19; 

 Glasgow and West of Scotland, 76, 

 308; Grantham, 337; Habergham, 

 301 ; Hammersmith, 607 ; Harpen- 

 den, 274 ; Hartlepool, 638 ; Harant, 

 549; Hitchin,580; Ipswich, 74, 612 ; 

 Isle of Thanet, (544 ; Kent, 610 ; 

 Kingston, 548 ; Ledbury, 549; Leeds, 

 644; Linnean,578, 709. 762; Liver- 

 pool Horticultural, 164 ; Lostock, 

 272 ; Maidenhead, 218 ; Manchester, 

 516, 542 ; Market Harborough, 610 ; 

 Molesey, 580 ; National Carnation 

 and Picotee, 108; National Chrysan- 

 themum, 273, 307, 420, 454, 485, 546, 

 613, 637, 677, 734 ; National Dahlia, 

 304, 732 ; National Fruit Growers' 

 League, 420 ; National Rose, 47 ; 

 (Provincial), 109; Newcastle, 220; 

 Newport, 337 ; Newtownards, 308 ; 

 Northamptonshire, 136 ; North of 



Scotland Apiarian, 309 ; North of 

 Scotland, 364, 710 ; Orchidienne, 

 301, 360, 445, 637; Oxford Car- 

 nation Union, 193 ; Pembroke, 

 613 ; Penzance, 637 ; Portsmouth, 

 578; Reading, 218, 611; Rich- 

 mond, 19 ; Royal (of Canada), 76 ; 

 Royal Caledonian, 275; Royal Hor- 

 ticultural, 18, 48, 70, 74, 107, 135, 

 192, 246, 304, 363, 419 ; (the Fruit 

 Conference), 435, 484, 578, 609, 709 ; 

 Royal Horticultural of Aberdeen, 

 249, 480, 542, 710 ; Royal Horticul- 

 tural of Ireland, 249 ; Royal Scottish 

 Arboriculturai, 137, 165, 193; Rvde, 

 244; St. Albans, 244; St. Neots 

 Horticultural, 161 ; Scottish Horti- 

 cultural Association, 46, 166, 273. 

 388, 549, 678 ; Sevenoaks, 249 ; 

 Siiropshire, 220, 243 ; Skipton, 301 ; 

 Smithfield Club, 701 ; Southampton, 

 163, 548; Taunton, 219; Tedding- 

 ton, 574; Tiverton, 612; Torquay, 

 609; Trentham, 194; Trowbridge, 

 248 ; Truro, 574 ; Tunbridge Wells, 

 75; Twickenham, 50, 580; Watford, 

 611 ; Weston-super-Mare, 611 ; 

 Wigtonshire, 272 : Wilts, 612, 249 ; 

 Winchester, 76, 610 : Woodbridge, 

 50; Yeovil, 643; York Florists, 

 609, 741 ; Yorkshire Naturalists, 420 



Socket-rings for pipes, 161 



Socotra, botany of, 159 



Soils, the fertility of, 476 



Solandra grandiflora, 455, 695 



Sophronitis cernua, 628 



Spain, the cork industry in, 583, 702 



Sparrows, 162 



Spathoglottis aurea, 92 



Spring Grove House, Isleworth, 478 



Springwood, Dartford, 634 



Spiriea japonica. 661 



Stachys tuberifera, 476, 509, 608, 677, 

 7D1, 706, 707, 740,766 



Stanhopea, the genus, 4S0; S, platy- 

 ceras, 211 ; S. saccata, 545 



Staphylinus, 217 



Stenactis speciosa, 209 



Stenoglottis fimbriata, 210 



Stephanotis floribunda, 68 



Stenogastra coccinea var. multinora, 

 631 



Stock-taking, monthly, July, 186 ; 

 August, 387 ; September, 509 ; Oc- 

 tober, 637 ; November, 762 



Stocks, bicolors in, 72 ; white and 

 double, 18 



Stocks for Apples, 336 



Stoke Court, Slough, hardy fruits at, 

 363 



Storm in Lincolnshire, 47 



Stapelia gigantea. 728 



Strawberry crop, the, 72 ; Captain, 68, 

 .".'.12; Hautbois, 107; plants for 

 forcing, IS ; proliferous, 191 



Strawberries, 334 ; late, 447 ; barren, 

 18,42; barren and mildew, 72 



Strelitzia Nicolai, 695 



Strophanthus, 8 



Stuartia pseudo-Camellia, 188 



Styrax obassia, 133 



Subsoil-borer, 736 



Sudeley's (Lord) fruit farm, 293 



Sugar-cane, seedlings of, 702 



Sutherlandia frutescens, 102 



Sutton & Sons' nursery, 323 



Sweden, a mycological excursion in, 

 407 



Symphyandra Hoffmanni, 760 



Tabeen.emontana coronaria flore- 



plena, 37 

 Table decorations, 71 

 Table plants, (iOS, 641 

 Tar for insects, 546 

 Taro, 615 



Taxodium distichum, 607 

 Tea, Ceylon, 238 

 Teas, China, depreciation of, 231 

 Theropogon pallidus, 212 

 Tnunbergia laurifolia, 661 

 Tigridia pavonia, 764 

 Tillandsia Lindeniana, 705 

 Tobacco, British, 133; colonial, 596 ; 



paper, medicated, 418 

 Tomato and Potato diseases, 332 

 Tomatos at Chiswick, 66, 159 ; cul- 

 ture of, in pots, 72 ; diseased, 44 , 



332 ; recovering, 484 ; on south 



walls, 274 

 Torreya myristica, 631 

 Tortrix funebrana, 763 

 ToxicophUca spectabile, 37 

 Trachymene cterulea, 36 

 Trade census, a, 250 

 Trade memoranda (a false customer), 



712 

 Tradescantia virginica rosea, 9 

 Tradescantias, 577, 608 

 Transit and distribution of fruit, 130, 



358 

 Transplanting large Irish Yew, 335 

 Tree guards in sheep runs, 71 

 Trees and shrubs, 8, 133,208, 297, 327, 



481,576,666,703 

 Trees, annual ring in, 711 ; death of, 



335; dving oil', 418; re-erection of, 



163 

 Trevesia palmata. 186 

 Trichopilia tortilis, 600 

 Trinidad, 302 

 Tritoma Uvaria, 334 

 Tropical fruits, 509 

 Tulipa sylvestris droppers, 211 

 Tulip, the florist's, 180 

 Tulips, 332 



Tulips at Paris Exhibition, 701 

 Tunisian Dates and cork forests, 767 

 Turner's, C, nurseries, 544 

 Tussilago fragrans, 546 

 Type-writers, 606 



Un'ited Horticultural Benefit and 

 Provident Society, 42, 360, 444, 605 



I'rsinia pulchra, 355 



Uva grass (Gynerium saccharoides), 

 416 



Vaxda crerulea, 505, 607 ; V. lamel- 



lata Boxalli, 235 

 Vegetable pathology, 355 ; products in 



Central Africa, 7 

 Vegetable, the new. (See Stachys 



tuberifera). 

 Vegetables, 67, 160, 191, 215, 576, 



674 ; and fruit in Jersev, 33 ; in 



Hainan, 678; in Vera Cruz, 208; 



exhibiting, 274 ; new, 418 



Vegetation, chemistry of. (See Che- 

 mistry.) 



Veitch, J., & Son's nurseries, 11, 93, 

 128, 245, 380, 544, 566 



Vera Cruz, vegetable products in, 208 



Veratrum nigrum, 210 



Veronica formosa, IS 



Victoria Park, 331 



Victoria regia in the open air, 380 



Vine, an old Muscat of Alexandria, 

 419 ; culture in England, early his- 

 tory of, 563 ; mildew ( Peronospora), 

 15 ; ringing the, 102 ; roots, diseased, 

 740 



Vinery, the Chiswick. 514 



Vines in bad soil. 338 



Violas. 183,728; as be.U,-rs, 546, 607 : 

 old and new bedding. 611 



Violets, 327 



Vitis pterophora, 661 



Wallflowers, 327 



Walnut, as a timber tree. 298 



Walnut, new, a, 384 



Walnuts of 1888, 641, 708 



Watering, 642 



Watering-pot, " High Level," 245 



Weather, the, 218, 296, 386 



Weather in Natal, 237 : in Scotland 



416 ; in Wales, 676 ; in Yorkshire, 



676 

 Weather plant, the, .",35, 606 

 Weed-eradicator, 2 15 

 Weigela amabilis, 41 

 Wemyss Bay, horticulture at, 183 

 Wheat crop of 1838, 538 

 Wheat, smut in, 72 

 Wickerwork vases. 303 

 Wilson, G. V. Mr., 70) 

 Winchester, judging at, li 12. 677 

 Wood & Ingram's nursery, 324 

 Worms, eel, 636 

 Wounds of fruit trees, 250 

 Wreaths, funeral, 71 



Xanthosoma robustum, 611 



Year, work of the, 760 



Yew, giant Irish, 362, 484 ; transplan- 

 tation, 335 ; yellow berried, 576, 707 



York Gala, retirement of Mr. Wilson, 

 215; his successor, 360 



Zexobia pulverulenta, 8 

 Zinnia Haageana, 677 

 Zygopetalum brachypetalum, 354; Z. 

 citrinum, 94 ; Z. stapelioides, 94 



