The Gardeners' Chronicle,] 



INDEX. 



[Dwember 29, 1888. 



Horticultural excursions, 331 

 Horticultural lectures at Edinbugh, 



039 ; shows in bygone days, 700 

 Horticulture, education in, 387 

 Houllettia Brocklehurstiana, 335 

 Houstonia cucrulea alba, 66 

 Huntley, Mr. James, testimonial to, 



243 " 

 Hybrid characters, dissociation of, 



159 

 Hyde Park, The Dell in, 12 

 Hydrangea paniculata, 384 

 Hymenanthera crassifolia. 660 

 Hypocaust garden, the, 291 



Impatiens Episcopi, 212 ; I. glanduli- 

 fera, 352; I. Hawkeri, 603; I. 

 Hookeriana, 695 



India, landscape gardening in, 300 



Indiarubber, 838,387 ; at Mozambique, 

 478 



Insect life, 416 



Insect preventives, 515, 546 



Insects, 67 



Insecticides, 574 



Inventions, 245, 334, 390, 639, 736 



Ionopsis paniculata, 8 



Ipomcea ccerulea, 677 ; I. ternata, 631 



Ireland, 512, 763 



Iris, a particoloured, 44 



Iris liarnumi, 182; I. cypriana, 182; 

 I. dichotoma, 263; I. Korolkowi, 

 30; I. pabularia ( = oxypetala) as a 

 forage plant. 387 ; I. reticulata, 331 ; 

 I. Robinsoni, 263 



Irises, 182 



Italian exhibition, 16 



Ivy column, an, .Mil' 



Ixora maerothyrsa, 212 



Ixtle fibre, 332 



Jacaranda (Blue Tree), 696 



Jackson & Son's nurseries, sale of, 127 



Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 334 ; new 



Palm-stove in, 637 

 Jamaica, 237 

 Jensenian system of Potato growing 



at Chiswick, 030 

 Jersey, vegetables and fruit in, 33 

 Judging at shows, code of, 387 

 Juglans mandschurica, 384, 543 



Kalmias, striking, 133 



Kei Apple, the, 159 



Kelly House, 183 



Ker, R. P., & Son's nurseries, 506 



Kew Gardens, 103 ; specimen trees in, 



504, 602, 693, 724, 764 

 Kew, plants in flower at, 631, 661, 670, 



695, 728 

 Kitchen garden, 69, 106, 157, 216, 241, 



269, 322, 357, 413. 448, 507, 539, 



571, 639, 699. 731, 759 

 Knightshayes, 723 

 Kniphofias, 215 

 Krakatoa, 186 



Labels, a lacquer for, 671 



Lachenalias for baskets, 642 



Ltslia anceps, 535; L. autumnalis, 

 monstrous, 726; L. Crawshavana, 

 726 ; L. elegans at The Woodlands, 

 Streatham, 210 ; L. Perrini alba, 

 446; L. puipurata, 411; L. Rus- 

 selliana, 505 



LagerstriJmia indica, 263 



Laing & Sons' nuisery, 92, 362 



Lamp, protector : afety, 478 



Land tenure. 292 

 Lastreas, 262 



Law : — Clark ». Praschkauer & Co. 

 (quality of seeds), 079; Sander r. 

 Duchess of Montrose (Orchids), 614 ; 

 Witherdon v. Allen (seed), 338 



Local Government Bill, the, 242 

 Leaf cuttings of Sanseviera guineen- 



sis rooting, 72 

 Leaves of trees, 8 

 Lee, C, & Son's nursery, 381 

 Leptotes bicolor, 505 

 Lettuces, 47 ; at Reading, 323 

 Liatris, 710 

 Licuala grandis, 631 

 Liquorice culture in Russia, 71 ; root, 



338, 47* 

 Ligustruin MassaloDghiauum, 666 

 Lilacs, 179 

 Lilium auratum, a large, 72, 102 ; L. 



candidum, 333; for forcing, 764; 



L. longiflorum Harrisii, 73 ; L. 



nepalense, 412 ; L. nilgherrense, 



661, 740; L. speciosum, 215 

 Lily disease, 184, 577 ; season, notes 



cm the, 288 

 Lily of the Valley poisonous to fowls, 



37, 661 

 Lilies and Poppies, 272 ; at Mr. Bull's, 



360 ; repotting, 18 

 Lincolnshire, Potato crop in, 274 

 Linnean Society, 360, 47* 

 Lissochilus giganteus, 353 

 Lisianthus Russellianus, 239. 352 

 Lithospermum gramintfolium, 236 

 Lobelia cardinalis, 388, 642 

 Low, H. & Co.'s nursery, 10, 739 

 Luculia gratissima, 661 

 Lvcium barbarnm as a seaside plant, 



'701 



M 



Macwarriehalli (a source of india- 

 rubber), report on, 387 



Magnolia grandiflora, (566; M. hypo- 

 leuca, 298 ; M. parviflora, 40 ; early 

 blooming, 40 



Malva moschata alba, 515 



Manure, chemical, for plants, "08 



Market gardening, 10 ; round New 

 York, 630 



Markets, our, 418 



Masdevallia Harrvana decora, 236 ; 

 M. macrura 007 ; M. platyrhachis, 

 628 



Maxillaria fuscata, 576 ; M. grandi- 

 flora, 726 ; picta, 629, 696 



Melbourne herbarium, the, 211 



Melon growing, 46 



Melons, preserving, 545 



Mexican Broom root fibre, 332 ; new 

 use for, 701 



Mexico, a naturlist's notes in, 002 



Michaelmas Asters, 384 



Microloma umbellata, 388 



Midge, the Pear, 45 



Mignonette for winter and spring 104 



Miltonia Moreliana, 206 



Mimulus, the, 180 



Mina lobata, 542, 577, 641 ; as a con- 

 tervatory plant, 217 



Mitcham, Peppermint and Lavender 

 crops at, 502 



Mogador, vegetable products of, 68 



Monstera deliciosa, 728 



Montbretia crocosmiflora, 239 



Moor Park, Rickmansworth, Chrsysan- 

 themums at, 573 



Morels, culture of, 103 



Mote Park, 349 



Mushroom beds, soiling down, 676 



Mushrooms, 7 



Mussaenda borbonica, 543 



Mutinus banibusinus, 331 



Nasct, gardens at, 273 



Narcissus Johnstoni, 186 ; N. poeticus, 



(See 



blind, 47, 73, 333; liftii 

 Daffodils.) 



Natal, cold weather in, 237 ; plants, 

 238, 383, 741 



National Auricula and Carnation 

 Society, 440, 477, 542, 576, 669, 701, 

 740 



National Chrysanthemum Society 415, 

 509, 670 



National Conference on Apples and 

 Pears, 360, 386, 387, 414, 444 ; the 

 exhibition, 449, 407, 499, 476, 515, 

 543 ; papers read at the, 435 ; the 

 discussion at, 448, 453, 471 



National Co-operative show, 214 



National Footpath Preservation So- 

 ciety, 273 



National Fruit Growers' League, 387 



Nectarines and evolution, 351 



Nectarines in succession, 106 



Xeill Prize, the, 273 



Nematoid worms, 608, 740 



Nepenthes, Dicksoniana X, 543; X. 

 rufescensx, OHO 



New South Wales, fruit in, 514 



New York market, gardening round, 

 030 



New Zealand, horticulture in, 383 



Non-warranty clause, 45, 73, 106 



Northern Field-Clubs Conference, 70 



Novelties in plants, 273, 328 



November in the garden, 659 



Nymphrea Voalefoka, 236 



Garwood, notes from, 91 

 Oat plant, prolific, 363 



Ouitdary: — Cannaert Castle, R., 711 ; 

 Cope, Caleb, 50; Court, W„ 338; 

 Crawford, W. H„ 485; Dickson, F., 

 392; Gosse, P. H., F.R.S., 250; 

 Hamale, d', 543; Henderson, Thos., 

 455 ; Johnson, R , 455 ; Leirens, 

 Ch., 300 ; Lindsay, A., 421 ; Mark- 

 ham, C, 278 ; Pitman, Charles, 78 ; 

 Roger, Alexander, 166; Wooster, 

 D., 393 



Odontoglossum Cervantesi morada, 

 030 ; O. vexillarium roseum, 411 



Odontoglossums, a group of, 570 



Oenothera Youngii, 210 



Oncidium bifolium, 505 ; O. inter- 

 medium, 411 ; O. splendidum, 94 



Onion crop, the, 447 ; culture, 191 



Onion seed crop, 392 



Onions, show of, 571 



Onosmas, 267 



Opuntia fruits, 328 



Orange culture in America, 302 



Orchard-house, 94 



< Irchard planting, compen-sation for, 

 499 



Orchards, improving by grafting, 293 ; 

 renovation of, in the West Mid- 

 lands, 441 ; shelter for, 391 



Orchidienne, 1', 301, 360, 445, 637 



Orchid collecting, 64 ; flower-holder, 

 639 



Orchid notes and gleanings, 8, 35, 94, 

 150, 179, 210, 266, 326, 353, 390, 

 410, 446, 474, 505, 534, 567, 600, 

 628, 663, 694, 726 



Orchid sale in America, 543 



Orchids at Allerton Beeches, 410 ; 

 Bocking Place, 35 ; Bull's, 92 ; Bur- 

 ford Lodge, Dorking, 663 ; Cam- 

 bridge Lodge, Camberwell, 266 ; the 

 Cape, 668 ; Castle Hill, Englefield 

 Green, 663 ; Cypher's, 323 ; hybrid, 

 at The Dell, Egham, 600 ; The" Firs, 

 Sydenham, ~<t\^; Iringilla, Liver- 

 pool, 629; Ghyllbank, St. Helen's, 

 534 ; The Grange, Hackbridge, 663 ; 

 Kew, 662 ; Low's, 10, 739 ; Oakwood, 

 266 ; Seeger & Tropp's, 179 ; Sum- 

 merfield House (Sillem's, Mr.), 474 ; 

 Veitch& Sons', 380; Woolton Wood, 

 Liverpool, 568 



Orchids in the open air in Scotland, 

 664 ; miniature, 727 ; proliferous, 

 676 ; seedling hybrids, 266 



Ornithochilus fuscus, 210 



Ornithogalum disease, 104. 135 

 Ostrowskia maguilicj, flowering of 



16, 64 

 Owen's, R., nursery, 382, 544 

 Oxalis Bowiei, 501, 570 



Packing, 40 

 Palm, a new, 408 

 Pancratium carribseum, 238 

 Pandanus ceramicus, 631 ; P. furcatus, 



671 

 Paris exhibition of 1889, 637 

 Paris Industrial Exhibition of 1888, 



606, 780, 701 

 Passiflora Constance Elliott, 362 ; P. 



edulis, 106; P. Woodhatch hybrid x 



Pea Chelsea Gem, 46 ; earliest, which 

 is the, 135, 162, 211 : Latest of All, 

 416; Mummy, 71; Royal Jubilee, 

 190 ; Veitch's Perfection, 385 



Peas, early, 03 ; early market, 70S 

 green, 329 ; wrinkled, 335 



Peach Alexander, 274, 211 ; Chancel- 

 lor, 500: Golden Eagle, 535 ; Grosse 

 Mignonne, 419 ; Rivers' Early, 211 ; 

 transplanting in June, 18 ; growing 

 in Stirlingshire, 040 



Peaches Alexander and Hale's Early, 

 246, 303 



Pear Beurre Henri Courcelle, 602 ; B 

 Superieure, 676 ; Clapp's Favourite, 

 379, 505 ; Knight's Monarch, 677 ; 

 Le Lecher, 334 ; Madame Treyve, 

 535 ; Pitmaston Duchess, 608 ; 

 Triomphe de Vienne, 535 ; Williams' 

 Bon Chretien, 738 



Pear midge, the, 45 



Pears, 607, 641, 675, 706, 740; a few 

 good, 506 ; and Apple, enemies of the, 

 469 ; at Belvoir in 1888, 705 ; dessert, 

 437 ; injured by Helminthosporium 

 pyrorum, 338 ; some good, 535 



Pelargonium, the, 569 ; P. sport, 391; 

 P. Rev. F. M. Atkinson, 391 



Pelargoniums, 12; bedding, 448 



Penang, 159 



Pentapera sicula, 334 



Pentas carnea, 758 



Peronospora effusa on Mangels, 271 

 P. elliptica, 184; P.fiearia-, 16 



Persimmon, the, 504 



Petunias, double flowered, 301 



Phaius bicolor, 411 ; P. callosus, 600 



Phacelia campanulata, 210 



Phalamopsis amethystina, 574 ; P. an- 

 tennifera, 507 ; P. intermedia Portei, 

 727; proliferous spike of, 417, 515 ; 

 Stuartiana proliferous, 389 ; at Kew. 

 266 



Philadelphia, small parks for, 244 



Phillyrea decora, 672 



Phlox Drummondi, 418 



Phloxes herbaceous, 238 



Phcenix dactylifera, 543 



Phylloxera, conventions, relaxation of, 

 478 ; in France, 478 ; in Russia, 701 



Picea obovata, 479 



Pimelea Hendersoni. 475 



Pink, the, 264 



Pink, Lord Lyon, 474, 514, 577 



Pinks, white, 46 



Pine, Calabrian, 267 ; edible, 21 

 forests of Western France, 551 



Pines at Ravenna. 639 



Pinus canadensis, 39 ; P. Coulteri at 

 Kew, 764 ; P. Laricio at Kew, 693 ; 

 P. pinea at Kew, 603, 030; V. 

 pyrenaica (vera), 207; P. Sabini- 

 ana, 44 



Pitcairnea hybrid. 189 



PlagianthusLyallii, 208 



Planchon, statue to M., 102 



Plant collections, 410 



Plant life, 321, 351 



Plant names 10O0 years ago, 502 



Plant Portraits : — Acalypha trium- 

 phans, 390 ; Acidanthera bicolor, 

 728 ; Au'ridesquinquevulnerum,569 ; 

 yEsculus turbinata, 60S; Alocasia. 



