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IV. The Gardeners' Chronicle,] 



IN DUX 



[June 29, 1912 



Cones, abnormal development of, on 

 young Larch trees, 285 



Conference, on legislation in connec- 

 tion with plant diseases and pests, 

 408 ; on Orchids, forthcoming, 300 



Conifers, at Dropmore, damage to, 

 245, 264; excluded from America, 

 429 ; raising from seeds, 158 



Cook, Laurence J. (Perpetual Car- 

 nations), 251 



Coorg, the flora of, 243 



Copper sulphate for pond weeds, 243 



Corn crops, condition of the, 303, 378 



Cornus florida variety rubra, 372; 

 C. Nuttallii, 331 



Cornwall, damage by frost in, 320 



Correvon, Henry (Fleurs des champs 

 et des bois, des haies et des murs), 

 389 



Cotton breeding, 24 



Cow manure for Roses and Potatos, 



112 

 Cox, Mr. Tom, long service of, 353 

 Cranberry, the, 233 

 Crassula, M. Fritzer, 130 . 

 Creatinine, a beneficent compound 



in soils, 187 

 Crickets in Cucumber houses, 290 

 Crocuses at Hampton Court, 173 

 Crops, prospects of the, 414 

 Cross, Sir Alexander, 412 

 Crozier, Mr. J. D., 10, 26 

 Cucumber canker, 155 

 Cucumbers, carriage rates for, 377 

 Culture of Mushrooms in boxes, 361 

 Currant bud-mite, spraying to de- 

 stroy, 58, 106, 124, 142, 173 

 Curtis, Charles H. (Annuals, Hardy 



and Half -Hardy), 359 

 Cyaniding plant-houses, 101 

 Cypripedium spectabile, 18 



Cypripediums at Oakwood gardens, 

 Cray ford, 44 



Cytisus Dallimorei, 198 



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Daffodils, prizes for, 224 

 Dahlias, a conference on, 176 

 Dahlias, Collarette, 189, 296 

 Dairy-research, 154 



Dalhousie Castle Gardens, 

 Daphne indica, 245, 285 

 Darlington, H. R. (Roses), 

 Delhi, gardening at, 366 

 Dendrobium Golden Ray superbum, 



164; D. Primulinum giganteum, 



254; D. spurium, 423 

 Deutzia longifolia, 409 

 Development grant, forestry and 



the, 55 

 Devon, North, weather in, 323 

 Dianthus alpinus, 195; D. barba- 



tus, rust disease of, 44 ; D. cal- 



lizonus, 195, 227; D. glacialis, 



195; D. neglectus, 195 

 Dimorphotheca aurantiaca, 52 

 Dinner, abandonment of proposed 



gardeners' 123 ; complimentary, 



to Cumberland landscape 



deners, lff7 

 Diplosis pyrivora (Pear midge), 356 



Disas, 312 



Disease resistance of plants, 412 

 Diseases, Californian plant, 187 

 Dracaena Victoria flowering, 80 

 Dropmore, damage to Conifers at 7 



245, 264 

 Drought and tree-growth, the, 58 

 Duthie, J. F. (Flora of the Upper 



Gangetic Plain), 156 

 Dvkes. W. Rickatson (Irises), 333 



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Earle, Mrs. C. W. (Gardening for 

 the Ignorant), 389 



Echium candicans, 368 



Edinburgh, an experimental garden 

 for, 10 ; Botanic Garden, the rock- 

 garden at, 277; Botanic Garden 

 and the Edinburgh Corporation, 

 173 ; Chrysanthemum show, 142 ; 

 distress committee and market 

 gardening, 42; forestry in, 58; 



Fruit and Flower traders and the 

 Shops Act, 188; Princes Street 

 Gardens, proposed alterations to, 

 142 ; public golf links, 75 ; Spring 

 Show, receipts at the, 262; Uni- 

 versity, forestry at, 10 

 Education, a gardener's, 376, 398, 



416, 430 

 Egypt, chemical fertilisers in, 222 

 Electricity and plant culture, 8, 90 

 Elkington, W. M. (The Small 



Holder's Handbook), 389 

 Elms, British, 199, 216, 234 

 Elsholtzia Stauntonii, 21 

 Elwes, Mr. H. J., visit to Formosa, 



105 

 Equisetum arvense, horses poisoned 



by, 301 



Eremurue, the culture of, 64 

 Eschscholtzia caespitosa, 275 

 Estates, the break-up of, 74 

 Ether used in forcing, 359 

 Eucalyptus, the genus, 391 

 Eucharis grandiflora, 141 

 Evershot, Dorset, Orchids from, 313 

 Evolution of Primula obconica, 186 

 Ewing, Mr. James, 429 

 Exhibiting, hints on, 311. 328-; 



flowers in South Africa, 372 

 Exhibition, Royal International 

 Horticultural, 14, 42, 66, 85, 88, 

 105, 139, 154, 172, 188, 206, 242, 

 282, 302, 303, 304, 318, 320, 330, 

 336, 337, 343, 348, 349, 352, 357, 

 379, 396, 397, 398, 408, 413; re- 

 port of the, Sup p., May 25, June 



Exhibitions, arrangement of flowers 



at, 416^ 

 Exportation of plants, the Board of 

 Agriculture certificates for the, 

 89 



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Fagus pendula, a specimen of, 114 

 Fairchild lecture, the, 378 

 Fairchild's City Gardener, 65 

 Fairy Tings, the cause of, 263 

 Farmers, French, weather guides 



for, 74 



" Farrer " cup, 304, 318 



Fernald, M. L. (A Botanical Ex- 

 pedition to Newfoundland and 

 Southern Labrador), 88 



Fernery, the, 257 



Fern, the Lady, 257 



Fertiliser, chemical, in Egypt, 222 ; 

 sulphur as a, 392; the value of 

 limestone as a, 143 



Ficus repens fruiting, 416 



Fielder, Mr. C. R., appointed in- 

 spector of gardens, 322 



Fig trees in pots, 326 



Fiji Islands, plants of the, 107 



" Finger and toe " disease, 354 



Fir, Douglas, a new species of, 396 



Fish hatcheries in Canada, 264 



Flax fibre, new method of treat- 

 ing, 303 



Flora of Gazaland, notes on the 

 economic, 283, 296, 321, 332; of 

 Hong Kong, the, , 202 ; of New- 

 foundland and Southern Labra- 

 dor, 88 ; of New Guinea, 275 



Florists' flowers, 12. 21, 100, 117, 

 133, 234. 296, 315, 359 



Florists' grievances, 173 



Flower-garden, the management of, 



6, 23, 38, 54, 71, 86, 103, 118, 137, 

 152, 168, 184, 201, 220, 238, 258, 

 278, 298, 316, 334, 350, 362, 374, 

 390, 411, 426 



Flower-pot with perforated dome 

 for drainage, 265, 320 



Flowers, autumn, in the south-west, 

 36 ; cleistogaxnic, 105 ; exhibiting, 

 416 ; in season, 24, 123, 156, 171, 

 204, 281, 393, 429; in south-wes- 

 tern Scotland, 284; purple, with 

 white varieties, 167 ; the mode of 

 exhibiting, in South Africa, 372 ; 

 the preservation of cut, 205 



Fodder plant, a new, 172, 207 



Forcing Strawberries, 208, 226, 245, 

 250, 284, 304, 338, 367; by 

 etherisation, 359 



Foreign correspondence, 66, 132, 



150, 167, 257 

 Forest and ornamental trees in 1911, 



138 

 Forest areas in Canada, 241 

 Forest, a submerged, 263 ; trees, 



exotic^ 277, 323, 338, 367 ; trees, 

 manuring, 395 

 Forestry, 158, 277; advisory com- 

 mittee on, 134 ; and the Develop- 

 ment Grant, 55 ; at Cambridge, 

 396; at Edinburgh University, 



10 ; information for landowners, 

 303; in Edinburgh, 58; in Scot- 

 land, 263; notes, 134; report of 

 Mr. Burden's visit to America, 

 187 



Formosa, illustration of the plants 

 of, 394; Mr. Elwes's visit to, 

 105; new Rose from, 263; the 

 flora of, 8 



Forrest, Mr. George, sails for 

 China, 105 



Forsythias, 283 



Frames, cold, the protection of 

 plants in, 90 



France, Mushroom growing in, 241 



" Fream " medal, the, 396 



French flower garden, notes from 

 a, 37 



French garden, Broccoli in a, 257 



"French" gardening, 55; instruc- 

 tion in, 23, 102, 152, 185 



French International Horticultural 

 Congress, 257 



Friend or foe ! 276 



Fritillaria imperialis alba, 310 



Frost, and the fruit crops, 265, 285, 

 304, 320, 322 



Fruit associations in Ontario, co- 

 operative, 354 



Fruit buds and the birds, 227, 246, 

 265, 285 



Fruit crops, the, 323, 337, 415 ; and 

 frost, 265, 285, 304, 322; in Ire- 

 land 322 



Fruit garden, the market, 3, 83, 

 148, 218, 294, 383 



Fruit-growing in Tasmania, 353 ; re- 

 search in, 271 



Fruit trade of South Africa, 58, 

 282 



Fruit trees, a winter wash for, 130 ; 

 in grass land, 17, 44, 60, 76, 106 ; 

 protecting from hares, 24; spray- 

 ing, in summer, 290; training 

 young standard, 28 



Fruits, observations and experi- 

 ments in the pollination of, 245; 

 the artificial ripening of, 156 



Fruits under glass, the culture of, 7, 

 23, 39, 55, 70, 87, 103, 118, 136, 

 153, 168, 185, 200, 220, 238, 258, 

 279, 298, 317, 335, 350, 362, 374, 

 391, 410, 426 



Fuel, trees for, 159 

 Fumigation with cyanide, 101 

 Fungi, parasitic, the losses caused 

 by, 123 ; the nature of, 183, 198, 

 215; causing phyllody, 264 



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Galanthtjs Elwesii poculiformis, 33 

 Galls, new work on, 366 

 Games in the L.C.C. parks, 105, 124 

 Garden cities, a lecture on, 108, 127 

 Gardeners, and the Insurance Act, 

 415, 430; certificated, 60; the 

 education of, 376, 398, 416, 430; 

 wages of jobbing, 173 

 Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Insti- 

 tution, 9, 45, 56, 62, 319, 392, 432 ; 

 (Worcester Auxiliary), 42, 429 ^ 

 Gardening conditions in Australia, 



224 ; in India, 82 

 Gardening school, 42, 187, 246 

 Garden produce of 200 years ago, 356 

 Garden tools, notes on the history 



of, 371 

 Gazaland, notes on the eoonomic 



flora of, 283, 296, 321, 332 

 Geffrye's garden, London, 302 ^ 

 Genetics, Balfour professorship of, 

 171 ; Professor Bateson on, 57, 



74, 89, 104, 120, 139, 337 



Germany, horticultural education in, 



398; Potato importations into, 



204 

 Gibault, Georges, Histoire des 



Legumes, 19; honour for, 25 

 Ginsing, 212 



Gladioli, high prices for, 181 

 Glasshouses for market purposes, 



146 ; for Tomato growing, 178 



Glebelands, South Woodford, Or- 

 chids at, 237 



Golf links, the deterioration of, 186 

 Gooseberry mildew, American, 262 

 Gordon, George (Gardening Year 



Book), 123 

 Grafting, Clianthus Dampieri on 



Colutea, 356 ; Potatos used instead 



of wax in, 123 

 Gramme and Samphire, 212 

 Grape Black Frankenthal, 48 

 Grass land, fruit trees in, 17, 44, 60, 



76, 106 ; the manuring of, 263 

 Grass, the use of lawn sands on, 182 

 Greenhouse, plants for a, 16, 32 

 Grey, Lady, and the gardens at 



Rideaux Hall, Canada, 123 

 Grieve. Mr. James. 262 



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Habenaria conopsea alba, 68, 90. 

 107,167 ' 



Hafod, Cardiganshire, 214 

 Halesia tetraptera, 73 

 Hales, Mr. William, 318 

 Hales, Stephen, memorial to, 73 

 Hampton Court, Crocuses at, 173 

 Hampton, Mr. Alfred J., presenta- 

 tion to, 262 



Hardy flower border, 5, 44 

 Hardy fruit garden, operations in 

 the, 6, 23, 39, 54, 70, 87, 102, 118, 

 136, 153, 168, 184, 200, 221, 238, 

 258, 278, 299, 317, 334, 351, 362, 

 374, 391, 426 



Hares, protecting fruit trees from, 

 24 



Hayata, B. (Illustrations of the 



Plants of Formosa), 394; and J. 



Matsumura (Enumeratio Planta- 



rum Formosanarum), 8 

 Haystacks, the temperature of, 396 

 Hay, when to cut, 396 

 Heating installation at the Bank of 



England, 413 



Hedrick, U. P. (The Plums of New 



York), 167 

 Helianthi, a new fodder plant, 172, 



207 



Helianthus lenticularis, a red 

 variety of, 353 ; H. macrophyllus, 

 a new fodder plant, 172 



Heliophila scandens, 42 



Helleborus angustifolius, 5 

 Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, 5 

 Herbaceous border, the, 52 

 Herbaceous flowers at the York 



Show, 429 

 Herring boxes for seedlings, 32 



Hibiscus hybrids, 57 

 Hints on exhibiting, 328 

 Hippeastrum Hathor, 292, 322 

 Hippeastrums in Jamaica, 224 ; pot- 

 ting, 130; white-flowered, 322 

 Hoe, a handy, Supp., June 8, p. 



xlii. 

 Hole, S. Reynolds (A Book About 



Roses), 240 

 Holland House show, the, 413 

 Hollyhock rust, the, 280 

 Hollyhocks and Calceolarias, 44 

 Holyrood Palace Gardens, 413 

 Holyrood park-keepers, 378 

 Hong Kong, the flora of, 202 

 Hooker, Sir Joseph, bust of, 187; 

 estate of, 204; last published 

 work of, 9; library of, 319; the 



life of, 11, 26, 43 

 Horses poisoned by Equisetum 



arvense, 301 

 Horticultural branch of the Board 



of Agriculture, 412, 428 

 Horticultural produce in U.S.A., 



the importation of, 354 

 Horticulture, need for a national 



institute of, 72, 90, 428; State 



department for, 412 



