The Gardeners* Chronicle,] 



[Dec-ember 29, 1888. 



INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



JULY TO DECEMBER, 1888, 



Abehia caffra (Kei Apple), 159 

 Abies Douglasii, disease of, 215 ; in 



Scotland. 531, 568, 598; A. mag- 



nifica, 208 

 Abutilon vexillarium, 696 

 Acacias, 103; A. decurrens, 478 

 Acarupe dentata, 695 

 Achras saputa, 478 

 Adelaide, 215 



Adhatoda cydonia?folia, 696 

 Adiantuni Farlevense, 190; A. mun- 



dulura, 388 

 jEchmea fulgons, 474 

 ..-Eranthus Curnowianus, 210 

 jEsculus turbinata, 675 

 Africa, vegetables in, 7 

 Agapanthus umbellatus, 661 

 Agricultural lectures, 360; returns, 



695 

 Agriculture, Board of, 205; discovery 



in, 708 

 Agri-Horticultural Council, an, 61 

 Aikenhead, 66 

 Aleurites nioluccana, 67 

 Allamanda Hendersoni, 387 

 Allium narcissiflorum, 70 ; A. parei- 



florura, 236; A. pedemontanum, 70 

 Alocasias, 705 

 Alpine Garden, 13, 66 

 Alstromerias, 210 

 Aluminium in plants, 15 

 Alyssum, 709 

 Amarvllis, the, 12, 473; A. reticulata, 



360" 

 American blight on Apples, 102 

 American Florists, Society of, 188, 



636 

 American Xotes, 40 

 American Poniological Society, 44 

 Anagallis Philipsii, 445 

 Anchusa italica, 104 ; A.seinpervirens, 



104 

 Anemones, 706; Japanese, 391; A. 



nareissiflora, 39; A. sylvestris, 9; 



A. viti folia, 9 

 Anguloas, 390 



Anigosantlms breviflorus, 411 

 Ansellia africana, 629 

 Antigonon leptotus, 727 

 Apiary, the, 40, 156. 216, 297, 3">5, 



411,503,633,698, 758 

 Apple audit, an, 543 

 Apple culture, 418 

 Apple and Pear, enemies of the, 469 

 Apple, Blenheim Orange, fruitful tree 



of. 302 : Jacques Lebel, 391 ; White 



Paradise, 236 

 Apples and Pears in Jersey, 443 

 Apples and Pears, National Conference 



on. (See National Conference.) 

 Apples, certificated, at Chiswick. 577 ; 



for profit, 435 : large and showy, 



707 ; market, 736 ; Xova Scotian, 



215, 741 ; stocks for, 336 

 Aquilegias, 40 ; new hybrid, 179 

 Arachnanthe Clarkei, 567 ; A. Lowei, 



628 

 Aralia Sieboldii, 707 



Araucaria brasiliensis, 159 



Arauja albens, 302 ; A. graveolens, 271 



Arbor Day, 243 



Arbutus Andrachne at Kew, 724 



Ardgowan, 332 



Ardisia mamillata, 766 



Aristolochia Westlandi, 186 



Art at Christmastide, 755 



Arum Dracunculus, 208 



Arundina bambuso>folia, 455, C28 



Ascot Nurseries, the, 301 



Asparagus plumosus, 473 ; A. teuuissi- 



mus in flower, 301, 335 

 Asters at Chiswick, 217 ; hybrid, 515, 



545 

 Athrotaxis, 703 

 Athrotaxis selaginoides, 544 

 Auckland, horticulture at, 382 

 Auricula, the, 67, 666 

 Auriculas, autumn flowering, 261 

 Austin & Mc Asian's nurseries, 66 

 Azalea, the, 12 



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Backhouse & Soxs' nursery, 511 



Bananas in Nicaragua, 455 



Banks and slopes, treatment of, 607 



Banyan tree, the, 214 



Barlev, experiments in hvbridising, 



633 

 Barrow Point, Pinner, 416 

 Basella rubra, 303 

 Batemannia Colleyi, 236 

 Bauhinia tomentosa glabra, 631 

 Bean, Neal's Ne plus Ultra, 576, 741 

 Beans (broad), weevil-eaten, 103 ; 



runner and kidney, 418 ; preserving 



forced, 739 

 Bedding out, 242 

 Befaria glauca, 695 

 Begonia, the, as a bedder, 134 

 Begonia Clarkei, 576; B. geranioide?, 



501; B. Scharffii, 695 ; B. socotrana, 



631 ; B. Winter Gem, 758 

 Begonias, 604 ; at Laing's, 362 

 Belgium, Grape growing in, 333 ; pomo- 

 logy in, 735 

 Belton Park, Grantham, 506 

 Belvoir Castle, Pears at, 705 

 Berlin, flowers in, 479 ; horticultural 



exhibition at, 573 ; horticultural 



notes from, 16, 244 

 Bertolonia Corate de Kerchove, 542 

 Birmingham Gardeners' Association, 



272 

 Birmingham Horticultural Society, 762 

 Blackberry, the Wilson Junior, 379 

 Black canker of bulbs, 361 

 Blythewood, 233 

 Boiler, Milne's patent saddle, 161, 190 ; 



new horizontal tubular, 390 

 Boissier's herbarium, 509, 007 



Books: — Acacias (Von Mueller), 103; 

 all known Ferns (Yates), 732 ; 

 Almanacs (various), 762 ; Autour 

 de mon Jardin (Eugene de Daru), 

 134 ; Bee-keeping, Book of (W. 



B. Webster), 17 ; Begonias, the, 

 Tuberous (Ed. B. Wynne), 159,533; 

 Book of the Farm (J. Macdonald), 

 703 ; Botanical Magazine, 15. 186, 

 300, 415, 573, 670; Botanische 

 Zeitung, 15 ; British Moss Flora 

 (Braithwaite), 509; Chinese flora 

 (Forbes & Hemslev), 762; Familiar 

 Trees (Cassell), 542; Farm, Field, 

 and Fireside, 16 ; Ferns, Choice 

 British, their Varieties and Culture 

 (C. T. Druery), 103 ; Flora Orien- 

 talis, Supplement (Bnser), 509; 

 Flower Gardening for Amateurs 

 (L. Castle), 103 ; Fodder Grasses of 

 Northern India, 187 ; Forest Flora 

 of Cochin China (Pierre), 13 ; Forest 

 Flora of South Australia (Brown), 

 12; Garden Oracle (S. Hibberd), 

 761 ; Gardeners' Magazine, 761 ; 

 Genera Plantarum Index (Du- 

 rand), 330 ; Handbook of Canada, 

 509; Indian Figs (I)r. King), 357; 

 Journal of Botanv, 734 ; Kew Bul- 

 letin, 15, 102, 186, 330, 387, 605; 

 Life-lore, 16; Medizinal Pflanzen 

 (Kohler's), 509 : Naliirlichen Pflan- 

 zenfamilien, 542; New Zealand, 

 Native Flowers of (C. Hetley), 17, 

 637 ; Orchids of the Cape Penin- 

 sula (H. Bolus), 668; Origin of 

 Floral Structures through Insect 

 and other Agencies (Rev. G. Hens- 

 low), 14 ; Pansy, the ( A. Lister), 103 ; 

 Popular Educator (Cassell), 542; 

 Principles of Agricultural Practice 

 (J. Wrightson), 702 ; Producer and 

 Consumer (Samuel Rawson), 361 ; 

 Reichenbachia, 102, 509 ; Rose 

 Garden (Paul), 735 ; Rotham- 

 sted Experiments, the (W. Fream, 

 B.Sc), 104 ; Trees of Commerce 

 (W.Stevenson), 297; Tropical Agri- 

 culturist, 132 ; Tropical Products 

 (M. F. W. van Eeden), 132; Walks 

 in Holland (P. Lindley), 762 



Bordeaux, forest produce at. 10 



Borders, heated open-air, 363 ; wall 

 fruit tree, 535, 545, 578, 642, 677 



Botanic gardens, Baden-Baden, 360 ; 

 British Guiana, 387 ; Glasgow, 309 ; 

 Glasnevin, 763 ; Saharanpur and 

 Mussoorie, 514; Saint Lucia, 238; 

 Trinidad, 159 ; origin of, 243 



Botany and horticulture, 330 



Botany at the Universities, 605; for 

 gardeners, 741 



Bouvardia President Cleveland, 274 



Bouvardias, 327 



Brambles, 331 



Brassavola lineata, 150 



Brassia Keiliana trisis, 411 



British Association, 300, 361 ; Profes- 

 sor Dyer's address at, 321, 351 



British Fruit Growers' Association, 

 390, 445 



Broccoli, Gilbert's Victoria, 47. 135 



Broccoli-Cauliflower late and early, 

 160 



Bromeliads, 474, 661, 670, 735 



Broom root, Mexican fibre, 332 



Browallia elata, 179 



Brownea grandiceps. 73 



Bulb garden, the, 263, 3S8, 407, 504, 



730, 764 

 Bulb gardens of Haarlem, 7 

 Bulbs, black canker of, 361 

 Bulbs, Dutch, 133 

 Bulbophvllum Lobbii, 9 ; umbellatum, 



326 

 Bull's nursery, 92. 360 

 Bunt in Wheat, 72 

 Bunyard, G., & Co.'s, nursery, 354 

 Bupthalmum salicifolium, 209 

 Burnley, gilt of park to, 573 



Cabbage competition, a, 66 ; Chon de 



Burghlev, 333 ; new varieties, 334 

 Cabbages, '107, 135,246 

 Cassalpinia japonica, 513 

 Caladium esculentum, 615 

 Calandrinia oppositifolia, 601 

 Calceolaria, 474 

 Callidium pygmseum, 640 

 Callistemon rigidus, 661 

 Camellias dropping buds, 740 

 Canada, 509 

 Canadian plants, 734 

 Canarina campanulata, 695 

 Canker, 439, 440 ; in Apples, 008 ; in 



bulbs, black, 361 

 Cannell, H„ & Sons' Nursery, 479 

 Canterbury Bells, 72 

 Cant's (F'rank) nursery, 267 

 Cape Orchids, 668 

 Carludovica rotundifolia, 631 

 Carnation, a large, 16 ; C. germanica, 

 134 ; C. Mrs. Revnolds Hole, 215 ; C. 

 R. H. Elliott, 13 

 Carnations, 134, 135, 264, 706 

 Carnations and Picotees, 67, 103, 666, 



704 

 Carnations at Chiswick, 573 ; border 



447, 515 ; layering, 210 

 Carrot, an extraordinary, 573 

 Carter, J., & Co.'s nurseryjat St. Osyth, 



597 ; Carter's Sick Fund, 671 

 Cassebera triphylla. 501 

 Castle Wemyss, 183 

 Castor-oil, 338 

 Catalpas, 189, 217 

 Catasetum Russellianum, 326, 354 ; C. 



tabulare var. serrulata, 726 

 Cattleya Bowringiana, 475, 534 ; C. 

 Dowiana aurea, 628 ; C.exoniensis X , 

 727 ; C. Hardyana. 446 ; C. Har- 

 risonia; violacea, 235 ; C. Lawrence- 

 ana, 236; C. Loddigesii, 326; C. 

 pumila, 475 ; C. Schrodera; alba, 94 

 Cauliflower, earlv, 160 ; extra earlv, 



67 

 Celosia pyramidalis plumosa, 104 

 Centaurea aurea, 274. 338 

 Centradenia rosea, 570 

 Certificates, 16 



