IV The Gardeners' Chronicle,] 



INDEX. 



[December 29, 1888. 



Chambre Syndicate of Ghent, 300, 331, 

 478, 605, 734 



Cheilanthes, 630 



Chemistry of vegetation in reference to 

 the growth of the Potato, 89, 128, 

 150, 184, 207, 325, 481, 631, 697 



Cherries, ancient record of, 606 



Chironia peduncularis, 324 



Chiswick, 536, 574, 607, 707 ; Apples 

 certificated at, 577 ; Carnations at, 

 473; future of, 510; Gardeners' 

 Mutual Improvement Association, 

 332, 510 ; Jensenian system of 

 moulding Potatos at, 630 



Chiswick Horticultural Society, 761 



Christmastide, art at, 755 



Chrysanthemum, the, 12, 540, 544, 569, 

 595, 661; centenary, the, 573, 606 

 (Edinburgh), 734 ; Conference, 606 

 grafting, 740 ; papers read at, 672 

 culture, 672 ; C. hsematoma, 36 ; C. 

 Juliette Dordan, 574 



Chrysanthemums, annual, 391 ; at 

 Chiswick, 606; at Ghent, 734; at 

 Moor Park, Rickmansworth, 573 ; 

 influence of wood-ripening on the 

 buds and blooms of, 674 ; new, 703, 

 734 ; single, 608 ; on walls, 707 



Cinchona in India, 238 



Cineraria, 474 



Cistus, the gum, 352 



Clematis balearica, 8; C. Jackmanni 

 alba, 152, 190 ; flowers, leafy, 17 ; 

 at Huntingdon, 324 



Clerodendron nutans, 702 



Clethra arborea, 570 



Climate at Rothesay, 331 



Clivea miniata, 661 ; hardiness of, 72 



Clovers, foreign, 327 



Coal, anthracite, 766 



Cockscombs as bedding plants, 40, 72 



Cocoa-nut refuse, 762 



Ccelogyne Gardneriana, 694 ; C. ocel- 

 lata, 600 ; C. Massangeaua, 694 



Cold storage of fruit, 215, 244, 331 



Cologne Exhibition, 44 



Colonial notes, 194, 237, 382, 741 



Colour in Apple blossom, deficiency 

 of, 36 



Cone fruit of Assyrian monuments, 

 243 



Conference, National, on Apples and 

 Pears (see National Conference) 



Conference of fruit growers, 15, 242, 

 261, 289 



Conicybe pallida on Vines, 740 



Coniferse, measurements of, 208 



Conifers, 327 ; exotic, at great alti- 

 tudes, 47S ; growth of, 215 ; hybrid, 

 243 ; secretions of, 215 



Convolvulus tenuissimus, 300 



Coombe Wood, 666 



Copenhagen fungus exhibition, 379 



Copley Medal, the, 606 



Coreopsis lanceolata, 238 



Cork industry in Spain, 583, 702 



Corydalis lutea, 210 



Cosmos bipinnatus, 701 



Costus speciosus, 236 



Cratajgus mexicana var. Carrierii, 736 



Creeper on a house, 46 



Crewe, the, at Kenilworth, 10 



Crinum Powelli, 483 



Crocosma aurea, 304, 327 ; var. macu- 

 lata, 565 



Crocus, 334, 730 



Crops in Cornwall, 187 



Crucifers, a few alpine, 709 



Cryptochilus sanguinea, 36 



Cucumber, Bibby's Seedling, 361 ; 

 Thorburn's Everlasting, 362 



Cucumbers, long-lived, 335, 447, 484, 

 545 



Cultural memoranda, 68, 104, 133, 179, 

 210, 238, 267, 327, 352, 384, 570, 

 661, 705, 727 



Cycas revoluta, 162 



Cychnoches chlorochilon, 326 



Cyclamens, 475 ; fringed, 542 



Cycniums, 384 



Cydonia japonica Moerloosei, 066 

 Cypher's, Orchids at, 323 

 Cyphomandra betacea, 411 

 Cypresses, large deciduous, 273 

 Cypripedium Amesianum, 235 ; C. 

 Eitchianum,600; C.bellatulum,215 ; 



C. Miteauanum, 326; C. insigne 



Sanderas, 606 ; C. Parishii, 150 ; C. 



Stonei, 162 

 Cypripediums, high-priced, 510 ; at 



Low's, 739 

 Cyrtopodium Saintlegerianum, 180 

 Cytisus racemosus, 63, 163 



Daffodils, 159 ; and manures, 335 ; 

 lifting and replanting, 11, 35, 63, 

 135, 1S9, 263, 303, 362, 504 



Dahlia, the, 181 ; D. imperialis, 156 



Dahlias, change of colour in, 363; 

 changing colour, 392 ; from Kothe- 

 say, 543 



Damping off of seedlings, 272 



Daphne Mezereon autumnalis, 666 



Decorations, new horticultural, 756 



Delphinium Zalil, 63 



Delphiniums, 133, 159; newer va- 

 rieties of, 134 



Dendrobium Ccelogyne, 663 ; D. macro- 

 phyllum, 235 ; D. primulinum, 727 ; 

 D. sphegidoglossum, 179 ; D. Ward- 

 ianum, a large piece of, 8 



Devil's coach-horse, 216 



Devizes Castle, 243 ; sale of, 215 



Devonhurst, Chiswick, 726 



Devon Rosery Gardeners' Relief Fund, 

 700 



Devonshire gardens, 765 



Dianthus Seguieri, 576 



Dickson & Son's nursery, 512 



Dickson's, H., nursery, 5i2 



Dicksons (Limited), 244 



Dietamnus fraxinella, 352 



Dielytra spectabilis, 727 



Diospyros virginiana, 504 



Dipladenia Brearleyana, 134 



Disa culture, 693 



Disa graminifolia, 215 ; D. (grandi- 

 flora) uniflora, 695 ; D. lacera and 

 D. 1. var. multifida, 664, 701, 707 



Disbudding Roses, aprotest against, 38 



Disease of Abies Douglasii, 215; of 

 Apples, 470 ; of bulbs, 361 ; of 

 Hellebores, 16 ; of Lilies, 184, 577 ; 

 of Mangels, 274; of Ornithogalum, 

 104, 135 ; of Potatos and Mangels, 

 274 ; of Tomato and Potato, 330 ; 

 of Vine roots, 740; of Wheat, 72 



Dobbie & Co.'s nursery, 640 



Doodias, 710 



Doronicum plantagineum excelsum, 

 570 



Douglas Eir, disease of, 215 ; in Scot- 

 land, 531, 568, 598 



Draba, 710 



Dracama fragrans var. Lindeni, 662 



Dragon trees in Maderia, 444 



Droppers of Tulipa sylvestris, 241 



Ducouran, P. L., 605 



Dyer's, Professor, address at the British 

 Association, 321, 351 



Ealing, Royal visit to, 734 

 Echeveria retusa, 741 

 Echinocactus Haselberghii, 186 

 Edge Hall, notes from, 160 

 Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and the 



Scottish Horticultural Association, 



137 

 Eel-worms, 636 

 Eichornia paniculata, 36 ; E. tricolor, 



236 

 Embothrium coccineum, 8 ; raising of, 



from seed, 133 

 Emigrants' information, 415 

 English Apple and Eruit-growing 



Company, Limited, 361 

 English gardening, early, 121, 177, 



377 

 Enkianthus himalaicus, 16 

 Epidendrum nemorale, 150; E. tam- 



pense, 150; E. verrucosum, 150 

 Epilobium angustifolium, 180 



Epiphyllum salmoneum, 210 



Erigeron alpinus, 209 



Escallonia macrantha, 703 



Eucalyptus globulus flowering, 133 ; 

 E. (lemon-scented), 478 ; E. vimi- 

 nalis, 596 



Eucharis amazonica, 274, 762 



Eupatoriums, 327 



Eurycles, 212 ; E. australasica, 727 



Exhibitions, early summer, 38 ; inter- 

 national, 707 



EAnruaiOM grande, 570 



Felixstowe, gardening at, 239 



Perns at the Royal Horticultural 



Society, 484 

 Picus Roxburghii in Calcutta, 698 

 Field crops, our, 214 

 Figs in the open air, 766 

 Finsbury Park, Chrysanthemums at, 



544 

 Fir, the Douglas, disease of, 215 

 Fir, the Douglas, in Scotland, 531, 



568, 598 

 Fish, Mr. D. T., 542 

 Floral Design, 671 

 Flora of Madagascar, 361 

 Florists' flowers, 12, 67, 134, 180, 264, 



446, 473, 666, 767 

 Flower garden, 41, 69, 94, 129, 157, 



169, 213, 241, 299, 334, 385, 413, 



475, 510, 539, 603, 667, 731, 758 

 Flower holder, Cheal's, 334 

 Flower trade, the, 606 

 Flowers and insects, 413 

 Flowers for the working classes, 416 

 Flowers, why and what they are, 14 

 Fog, effect of, on flowers, 739 

 Forage plant, a new, 387 

 Forbidden fruit, the, 732 

 Foreign correspondence, 39, 244, 273, 



479, 675, 709, 741 

 Foreign grasses and clovers, 327 

 Forest management in Germany, 243 ; 



produce at Bordeaux, 10 

 Forestry, 40, 99, 185, 216, 240, 298, 



356, 510, 634, 730 ; in Guiana, 156 

 Forsteronia gracilis, 387 

 Foxgloves, 104 ; cup-shaped, 18 

 France, Pine forests of western, 551 

 Freesias from seed, 104, 407 

 Fremontia californica, 298 

 Frost, the late, 418 

 Fruit and vegetables in Jersey, 33 

 Fruit, cold storage of, 215, 244, 331 

 Fruit conference at Dunkeld, 277 

 Fruit Conference, the National (see 



National Conference) 

 Fruit crops of 1888, 100 ; remarks on, 



122 ; at Worksop, 190 ; report on 



the condition of (tabulated), 95 

 Fruit culture, 270, 300; in Ireland, 



445; for profit, 289; for profit in 



the open air in England, 436 

 Fruit distribution, 294 

 Fruit farming (Mr. Punch's), 575 

 Fruit farm, Lord Sudeley's, 293 

 Fruit Growers' Association, 334; 



Conference, 15, 242, 261, 289, 735 

 Fruit in New South Wales, 514 

 Fruit, Nova Scotian, 741 

 Fruit notes, 302 

 Fruit packing, 291 



Fruit production and distribution, 467 

 Fruit register, 68, 161, 211, 236, 505, 



535, 601, 705 

 Fruit, transit of, 130, 358 

 Fruit trees and moisture, 447; firm 



soil for, 707 ; hardy, 303 ; insects on, 



766 ; transplanting, 418 ; wounds of, 



250 

 Fruits under glass, 13, 41, 69, 129, 



185, 216, 241, 269, 299, 329, 357, 



385, 413, 454, 475, 507, 539, 571, 



603, 635, 667, 699, 731, 759 

 Fruits, dried, 727 

 Fulham Palace, 5 

 Fuuchal, Madeira, the public garden 



at, 386 

 Fungus exhibition, Copenhagen, 379 

 FuDgus foray in Sweden, 407 ; the 



Hampshire, 482; the Woolhope, 

 480 ; the Yorkshire naturalists, 302, 

 420 



Fuchsia Countess of Aberdeen, 641 



Funkias, 152 



Gaillaedias, 267 



Gardeners' Orphan Fund, 15, 17 (first 

 election), 102, 132, 215, 272, 362, 

 479, 508, 606, 669, 700 



Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Insti- 

 tution, 272, 606, 638 



Gardeners, vitality of, 735 



Gardening and philanthropy, 509 



Gardening, early English, 121, 177, 

 377 



Gentiana acaulis, 325 ; G. asclepiadea, 

 245, 274 



Gishurstine, 515 



Gladiolus recurvus, 661 



Gloriosa superba, 38 



Gloxinias, named, 64 



Goniophlebium subauriculatum, 388 



Grafting, improving orchards, by, 293 



Grape Muscat Hamburgh, 363 



Grape growing in Belgium, 333 



Grapes, colour of, 380 ; in bad con- 

 dition, 217, 245 



Grapes, Damascus cracking of, 334 



Grass experiments, 236 



Grasses, foreign, 327 



Grasses, the fruit of, 243 



Gray, Asa, the late Dr., 604 



Greya Sutherlandi, 383 



Gynerium saccharoides, 416 



Gypsophila paniculata, 352 



Haaelem, bulb gardens of, 7 



Hasmanthus Baurii, 661 



Hainan, useful plants in, 678 



Hampton Court Gardens, 691, 737 



Hardy annuals as exhibition plants, 

 296 



Hardy flowers, florists', 666 ; from Hol- 

 land, 151, 238 ; in December, 670 



Hardy fruit garden, 13, 69, 105, 157, 

 213, 241, 299, 329, 385,448, 507, 571, 

 603, 635, 667, 669, 731, 759 



Hardy fruit trees, 161, 190 



Hardy fruits at Stoke Court, Slough, 

 363 



Hardy plants, 9, 408 



Harpalium rigidum semi-plenum and 

 Helianthus ketifiorus, 391, 417. 483, 

 515 



Havana, economic plants in, 39 



Hay crop, 483 



Hedgehog's cry, the, 189, 217, 246, 336 



Helianthus atrorubens, 362 



Helianthus laitiflorus (see Harpalium 

 rigidum) 



Helionopsis japonica, 36 



Hellebores, 736; disease of, 16 



Helminthosporium pvrorum on Pears, 

 338 



Herbaceous border, 39, 238, 634, 677, 

 710, 757, 766 



Herbaceous plant, what is an, 73, 107, 

 162, 246 



Heuchera sanguinea, 18, 122 



Hibiscus rosa sinensis, 570; H. sura- 

 tensis, 695 



Hieracium aurantiacum, 9 



Hillia longiflora, 474 



Hippeastrum, reticulatum, 477 ; topsy- 

 turvy, 34 



Holland, hardy flowers from, 151, 238 



Hollies, 358 



Hollyhocks, 182 



Holly tree with two crops, 190 



Holmes', W., nurseries, 544 



Homeria collina, 161 



Honey harvest in Scotland, 739 



Hong Kong, 243 



Horticultural Club, 445, 509, 605, 734 



Horticultural decorations, new, 756 



