The Gardeners' Chronicle,] 



INDEX 



[June 29, 1912 



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Hoy a bella, 368 



Hughes, Mr. Thomas, golden wed- 

 ding of, 319 



Humus, 373 



Hyacinth, a proliferous, 142; H 

 Paul Kruger, 181 



Hybrid trees and shrubs, 414 



Hydrangeas, blue-flowered, 422 



Hymenanthera crassifolia, 142 



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Ideal Homes Exhibition, 282 



Imperial College of Science and 

 Technology, 301 



Implements, garden, notes on the 

 history of, 371 



India, gardening in, 82 



Insects, collecting and preserving, 

 289 ; stings, remedy for, 353 



Institute of horticulture, need for a 

 national, 72, 90, 428 



Insurance Act, the, 73 ; and com- 

 mercial travellers, 415; and gar- 

 deners, 415, 430 ; and the Scottish 



fruit trade, 188 



International Exhibition, Bruges, 

 301 ; New York, 337 



International Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion, Chelsea, 14, 42, 85, 88, 139, 

 154, 172, 188, 206, 242, 282, 303, 

 320, 330, 336, 352, 379, 396, 397 ; 

 and the R.H.S., 431; Austrian 

 visitors to, 188; boy scouts 

 and eoldiers at the, 304; 

 certificates at, 318 ; conferences 

 at the, 336, 398, 408; Con- 

 tinental visitors to, 105; Dutch 

 view of the, 413; French 

 students to visit the, 66; judges' 

 luncheon at the, 357 ; list of func- 

 tions at the, 336; list of jurors 

 at the, 343; Orchids at the, 348, 

 349 ; railway facilities for reaching 

 the, 337; report of the, Supp., 

 May 25, June 1, 8; some of the 

 functions at the, Supp., June 1, 

 p. xxxii. ; the gardener and the, 

 379; the large tent, 302; visit of 

 the King and Queen, 357 ; " who's 

 who " of the, Supp., May 25, 

 p. ii. 



International Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion of 1866, reminiscences of the, 

 347 ; Orchids at the, 348 _ 



Ireland, the fruit crops in, 322 ; 

 notes from, 90, 141, 157, 173, 205, 

 414; sale of trees in, by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, 222, 225, 

 246, 322 ; the season in, 157 



Irises, notes on, 274 



Iris hybrids, some new, 274 



Iris stylosa, 60, 76 ; I. Susiana, 19 ; 

 I. tuberosa, 227, 257 



Irrigation, overhead, 264 



Italian garden, an, 315 



Italy, Poplar trees grown for wood- 

 pulp in, 242 



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Jamaica, Hippeastrums in, 224 

 Jamesia americana, 367 

 Japanese trees, cocoons on, 212 

 Johnstone, Mr. John, 378 



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Kainit and Pear trees, 125 



Kew gardens, conditions of employ- 

 ment at, 64; earlier opening of, 

 281 ; theft from, 319 ; visitors to 

 during 1911, 155 # 



Kew gardeners social evening, 41 



Kew Guild dinner, 366 



Kilburn Grange acquired for 

 public park, 24 



Kirkmaiden Manse, flowers at, 208 



Kitchen garden, the management of, 



6, 22, 38, 55, 70, 87, 103, 119, 136, 

 153, 160, 185, 200, 221, 239, 259, 

 279, 299, 317, 335, 350, 362, 375, 

 390, 410, 427 



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Label, the Saughton, 27 

 Laelia superbiens, hybrids of, 151 

 Laelio-Cattleya Aphrodite " Lord 

 Faber," 405; L.-C. Helius, 333; 



L.-C. MacBeaniana, 237; L.-C. 

 Norma, 164 



Laird, Mr. Robert, the late, 10 

 Lambert, Mr. John, 89 

 Lambourne, Mr. John, 241 

 Land purchase, State-aided, 69 

 Landscape gardeners, compliment- 

 ary dinner to, 187 



Land under cultivation in Great 

 Britain, the area of, 88 



Larch, abnormal development of 

 cone* on, 285 



Larch sawfly, the large, 205 



Larkspurs and Antirrhinums as bed- 

 ding plants, 142 



Law Notes?— Action against 

 a horticultural society, 63; Fail- 

 ure of a " French " gardener, 

 249 ; of a market gardener, 269 ; 

 of a nurseryman, 346 ; Goose- 

 berry-mildew Act, prosecution 

 under the, 401 ; Shop Hours Act, 

 prosecution under the, 433; 

 Thefts from Nurseries, 15 



Lawn sands, 182 



Lawn, the renovation of, 178 



Lawns, basic slag for, 96 



Leaf-curl of Peach trees, 139 



Leaf-spot of Celery, 172 



Leaks in pipes, simple method of re- 

 pairing, 263 



Lecanora esculenta (Manna), 366 



Lemon curing, 396 



Leonardslee, Rhododendrons at, 361 



Leptospermum bullatum, 100, 142 ; , 

 L. scoparium, 142 ; L. s. 

 Nichollii, 397 



Lettuce Petite Noire, 151 



Lewisia Howellii, 349 



Lewis, Mr. Thomas, 188 



Lightning, trees destroyed by, 257 



Lilies and sunshine, 131, 159 



Lilies, Oriental and Californian, 164 



Lilium longiflorum as a pot plant, 

 43 ; L. sulphureum, 19 ; L. sul- 

 phureum and L. Fortunei, 77 



Lily season in Scotland, prospects 



of the, 406 



Limestone as a fertiliser, 76, 143 



Lime -sulphur as a summer wash, 

 384 



Linnean medal, award of the, 281 



Lister, Arthur (A Monograph of the 

 Mycetozoa), 187 



Literature, old garden, 10 



L.C.C. parks, bulbs in the, 123; 

 committee of the, 172, 188; em- 

 ployees, 104, 140, 204, 213; gar- 

 deners, and the R.H.S. examina- 

 tion, 262; games in the, 105 



London parks department, changes 

 in the, 241 



London's open spaces, 10, 24, 204 



Longevity of seeds, 205 



Lonicera fragrantissima and L. 

 Standishii, 142 



Lorentz, Dr. H. A. [The Flora of 

 New Guinea), 275 / 



Lyne, Mr. R. N., 281 



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M'Gregor, Mr. Malcolm, 142 



M'Hattie, Mr. John W., awarded 

 the Neill prize, 394, 413 



M'Kinnon, Mr. John, fatal acci- 

 dent to, 42 



Madresfield Court gardens and the 

 Gardeners' Royal Benevolent In- 

 stitution, 319 



Magnolia salicifolia, 222, 245, 285 



Magnolias in Ireland, 205 



Maiden, J. H. [Critical Eeview of 

 the Genus Eucalyptus), 391 



Maize crop in Argentina, 224 



Malayan and Papuan Orchids, 302 



Malcolm, Mr. John, awarded the 

 " Fream " medal, 396 



"Mallow Marvels," 57 



Manchester, horticulture in, 170, 



189, 207, 226, 246, 264 

 Manna plant, the, 366 

 Manure, limestone as a, 76 

 Manures, artificial, for Potatos, 



112 ; phosphatic, 74 ; the effect of, 



on tobacco, 262 



Manuring forest trees, 395; of 

 grassland, 263 



Marasmius oreades causing Fairy- 

 rings, 263 



Market fruit garden, the, 3, 83, 148, 

 218, 294, 383 



Market gardening, 15; and the 

 Edinburgh Distress Committee, 

 42; in Belgium, 414; on the 

 Murieston Estate, Edinburgh, 107 



Market prices, 430 



Matthiola, origin of the cultivated, 

 205 



Medal of the North of England 

 Horticultural Society, 224; of 

 the International Exhibition, 337 



Medinella magnifica, 396 



Megaclinium leucorrhachis, 405 

 Melons, Cantaloupe, 370 

 Meteorological forecasts, 187 

 Mildew, American Gooseberry, 262 

 Millipedes, 276 



Missouri botanical garden, 283 

 Monographs, Cambridge agricul- 

 tural, 140 

 " Monro " concert, the, 204 

 Monstera deliciosa, 48 

 Monterey Pine, the, 13 

 Morsea sinensis, 37 

 Moraine gardening, 251, 323, 338 

 Movement in plants, 49, 75 

 Murieston estate, Edinburgh, mar- 

 ket-gardening on the, 107 

 Mushroom-growing in France, 241 

 Mushrooms, a disease of, 212; the 



culture of, in boxes, 361 

 Mutiny of the " Bounty," the, and 



the Bread Fruit tree, 302 

 Mycetozoa, monograph of the, 187 

 Myrica Gale, root nodules of, 262 

 Myrtus communis, seedlings of, 338 



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Nannorrhops Ritchieana, 66, 132 

 Narcissus Croesus, 337 ; N. Mrs. 



Ernest H. Krelage, 294; N. 



(Enone, 294 ; for forcing, 181 

 National Institute of Horticulture, 



need for a, 70, 90, 428 

 " Neill " prize, the, 394, 413 



Nematus Ericksonii, the large Larch 

 sawfly, 205 



Nepenthes, new species of, 353 

 Nesting-places, 379, 397, 415, 431 

 Newfoundland, a botanical expedi- 

 tion to, 88 



Newstead, Professor R., 155 



New York international flower 



show, 1913, 337 

 New Zealand, notes from, 98; the 



sand dunes of, 25 

 Nicotine as a spray fluid, 219 

 Nicotine extract from home-grown 



Tobacco, 260 



Nitrogen and carbon-dioxide in 



plant houses, 76 

 Nitrogen in rain-water, 141 

 Nova Scotia, state aid in, 263 

 Novelties of 1911, 1, 20 

 Nursery, fire at a, 58 



Nursery Notes: — Bull & Sons, 

 William, Chelsea, 332; Sander ft 

 Sons, St. Albans, 254; Sutton & 

 Sons, Reading, 115 



Nut flowering in December, 14 



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Oak, a curious, 26; a sleeping, 25 

 Oakbrook, Hammersmith, Pine- 

 apples at, 59 



Oakwood gardens, Crayford, Cypri- 

 pediums at, 44 



Oat and Wheat crops, the, 141 



Obituary: —Adams, Herbert J., 

 162 ; Baillie, William, 32 ; Barry, 

 William, 208; Beaton, John, 310; 



Binot, Pedro Maria, 15 ; Birch, 

 George, 46; Blacklock, James, 

 269; Bowler, John, 63; Box, 

 James, 325; Brooker, Henry, 46; 

 Brown, A. R., 32; Bruant, 

 Georges, 342 ; Burton, F. M., 358 ; 

 Carleton, William, 46; Childs, 

 Thomas, 15; Davidson, A., 310; 

 Deacon, John, 46 ; Deal, William, 

 15; Denning, C., 46; Denni- 

 son, Robert, 207; Doig, J., 32; 

 Durand, M. Theophile, 46 ; 

 Easter, John, 310 ; Ellison, C. C., 

 193; Farquharson, Mrs., 358; 

 Fenn, Robert, 208; Fyfe, W., 

 434; Galvin, Thomas, 96; Gara- 

 way, W. A., 145; Gow, William, 

 231; Grahame, Archibald, 32; 

 Hampton, George, 178; Hay, 

 Lawrence, 414; Haycraft, John, 

 433 ; Hillier, W. H., 433 ; Holmes, 

 Joseph, 401; Inch, Robert, 15; 

 Inglefield, G. A., 96; Innes, 

 Robert, 310; Jennings, William 

 John, 414; Jones, T., 310, 322; 

 Keating, John, 342; Lawlor, 

 Michael H., 269; Lister, Lord, 

 111 ; Lyall, John B., 269 ; McKay, 

 James, 193; McKenna, Patrick, 

 269; M'Kinnon, John, 42; 

 M'Lean, Alexander, 325; Mathias, 

 Hay ward, 128; Maw, George, 

 111 ; Molden, Thomas, 111 ; Mor- 

 rison, William, 325; Mortensen, 

 M. L., Ill; Muir, Thomas, 145; 

 Murphy, Michael, 63; Newrock, 

 Charles, 325; Ogg, Peter, 310; 

 Pentland, Francis, 231; Piper, 

 George Wren, 269; Purves, 

 Thomas, 63 ; Ranger, Hugh, 381 ; 

 Riddell, Andrew, 15; Robson, J. 

 M., 96; Rowan, M., 32; Ryan, 

 Martin E., 310; Seabrook, F. W., 

 342; Shingler, William, 381; Sim, 

 Thomas, 145; Smith, Charles, 

 358; Smith, Jonathan, 285; 

 Strasburger, Prof. Eduard, 414; 

 Swift, Thomas, 111 ; Thomson, 

 William, 208; Uzzell, Mrs., 46; 

 Watson, William, 46 ; Wilkinson, 

 Mrs. Thomas, 15; Wood, Elijah 

 A., 433 



O'Brien, Constance {The Guild of 



the Garden Lovers), 407 

 Odontoglossum crispum " Samuel 



Gratrix," 197; 0. hybrids, 313; 



0. jasper, 197; 0. Memoria Lily 



Neumann, 99; 0. Vulcan Craw- 



shayanum, 164 

 Oncidium anthocrene, 135 

 Ontario, Apple-growing in, 222; 



co-operat'ive fruit associations in, 

 . 354; employment in, 80; the 



Tomato industry in, 242 

 Orange, a hardy, 171 

 Oranges, seedling, 64 

 Orchid conference, R.H.S., 300 

 Orchid houses, management of the, 



7, 22, 39, 54, 71, 86, 102, 118, 137, 



152, 168, 184, 201, 221, 238, 258, 



279, 298, 316, 334, 351, 363, 374, 



390, 411, 427 

 Orchid notes and gleanings, 35, 50, 



135, 164, 197, 237, 253, 312, 405, 

 423 



Orchid show at Berlin, 204 

 Orchids, a sale of, 356; at Belsize 

 Court, Hampstead, 253; at 

 Broadlands, 35; at Glebelands, 

 South Woodford, 237; at the In- 

 ternational Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion, 206; at Westfield, Woking, 

 67; from Evershot, Dorset, 313; 

 in 1866 and 1912, 349; new, in 

 1911, 1 ; of -New Guinea, 50 ; new 

 Malayan and Papuan, 302 

 Orphan fund, Royal Gardeners', 

 154 ; festival dinner, 281, 341 ; an- 

 nual meeting, 109 



Ostrowskia magnifica, 396 



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Paisley, new public park at, 10 

 Palm, Afghan Mountain, 66, 132 

 Papaw in Queensland, the, 156 



