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The Gardeners' Chronicle,] 



INDEX 



[June 29, 1912 



Parasites, flowering plants as, 73 

 Parasitic fungi causing phyllody, 

 264; the losses caused by, 123; 

 the nature of, 183, 198, 215 

 Paris spring show, 9 

 Park presented to Chesterfield, 263 ; 



new, at Paisley, 10 

 Park Superintendents, American 



Association of, 242 

 Parks, children in the royal, 281 ; 

 cost of the royal, 223 ; games in 

 public, 124 ; school classes in the 

 London, 241; the L.C.C., 104, 

 105, 172, 188, 204, 241, 353; the 

 management of public, 137, 299; 

 the teaching of school children in 

 the L.C.C., 10; the valuation of 

 public, in Scotland, 10 

 Pasteur, Louis, memorial to, 73 

 Pastures, the renovation of, 25 

 Paulownia imperialis, 431 

 Payne, Mr. C. Harman, 58 

 Peach tree, bud-dropping in, 292 

 Pear Avocado, in California, 150 

 Pear midge, the, 356 

 Pear tree, a prolific, 199 

 Pear trees, at Balcombe House Gar- 

 dens, 301 ; and kainit, 125 

 Peas and Beans, thrips on, 397 

 Peas, culinary, high prices for 123 ; 



green, preserving, 382 

 Perkins, Dr. R. C. L., awarded the 



Linnean Medal, 281 



Pests, plant, the vacuum cleaner as 

 a destroyer of, 74 



Philadelphus microphyllus in Scot- 

 land, 225 



Phloxes, herbaceous, 233, 285 



Phosphate nutrition of plants, the, 



140 

 Phosphatic manures, 74 

 Phyllody caused by a fungus, 264 

 Pickering, Spencer U., and the 

 Duke of Bedford (Thirteenth 

 Report of the Woburn Experi- 

 mented Fruit Farm, 17 

 Pictures at the Royal Academy, 

 331; at the Royal Institute Gal- 

 leries, 27 

 Pigeon manure as a fertiliser, 346 

 Pigments, plant and animal, 172 

 Pineapples at Oakbrook, 59 

 Pinguicula gypsicola, 58 

 Pinks, the four great Alpine, 195 

 Pinus radiata, 13 

 Pipes, a simple method of repairing 



leaks in, 263 

 Plant and animal pigments, 172 

 Plant collecting, perils in, 262 

 Plant culture, electricity and, 90 

 Plant diseases and pests, legislation 

 in connection with, a conference 



on, 408 

 Plant label, the Saughton, 27 

 Plant-names, pronunciation of, 77 



Plant notes, 42, 292 

 Plant novelties of 1911, 20 



Plant Portraits : — Agave 



protuberans, 241 ; Begonia dich- 

 roa, 9 ; Berberis Wilson©, 9 ; 

 Brachy chiton acerifolius, 394 ; 

 Brunfelsia undulata, 187 ; Calceo- 

 laria cana, 10; 0. Forgetii, 319; 

 Campanula arvatica, 241; Cereus 

 Silvestrii, 187; Corokia coton- 

 easter, 187; Crassula Barklyi, 

 105 ; Daphne retusa, 241 ; Dayidia 

 involucrata variety Vilmoriniana, 

 319; Disa lugens, 9; Dombeya 

 calantha, 187 ; Elliottia racemosa, 

 9 ; Hypocalymma robustum, 

 319; Iris chrysographes, 319,; 

 txora lutea, 394; L.eptospermum 

 sooparium variety Nichollii, 105 ; 

 Lycium pallidum, 394; Magnolia 

 Kobus, 241; Olearia chathamica, 

 105 ; Perovskia atriplicifolia, 394 ; 

 Rupicola Sprengelioides, 394 ; 

 Saxifraga lingulata, 319 ; Schom- 

 burgkia Lueddemanii, 241 ; Stan- 

 hopia peruviana, 105; Syringa 

 Juliana?. 187; Stranvaesia undu- 

 lata, 105 

 Plants, and the production of 

 alcohol, 300 ; carbon-assimilation 

 by, 263 ; conditions regulating 

 the exportation of, 89 ; disease 



resistance of, 412; for a cold 

 greenhouse, 32; for a dry border, 

 159 ; for growing under trees, 204, 

 257; movement in, 49; new, in 

 U.S.A., 25; parasites amongst 

 flow r ering, 73 ; toxic excreta of, 

 124; the cultivation of, under 

 ;lass, 7, 22, 38, 54, 70, 80, 86, 

 .02, 119, 136, 152, 160, 184, 200, 

 220, 239, 258, 278, 298, 316, 335, 

 351, 363, 375, 391, 410, 426 



Plants, New or Noteworthy: — 



Calceolaria virgata, 50; Coton- 

 easter amoena, 2; C. Harroviana, 

 3 ; Cotyledon racemosa, 344 ; 

 Cupressus formosensis, 132; Epi- 

 dendrum Stallforthianum, 114 ; 

 Iris tenuissima, 18 ; Laelio-Cattleya 

 Mossemiliana, 18 ; Lilium Brownii 

 leucanthum, 404; L. myriophyl- 

 lum, 272; L. Sargentiae, 385; 

 Mesembryanthemum decorum, 

 403; Nannorrhops Ritchieana, 66; 

 Rehmannias, hybrid, 218 ; Rhodo- 

 dendron adenopodum, 252; R. 

 Delavayi album, 252; R. Far- 



gesii, 252 ; Ulmus Plotii, 35 

 Plasmodiophora brassicae, cure for, 



354 

 Plum, Count Althann's Gage, 189 

 Plum rust (Puccinia Pruni) on 



Anemone, 263 

 Poisoning with Virginian Creeper 



berries, 204 

 Poisons in the soil, 154 

 Pollination of hardy fruits 245 

 Polygonum Baldscnuanicum, 431 

 Pond weeds destroyed by copper 



sulphate, 242, 382 

 Pope, Mr. Samuel, 155 

 Poplar, wood-pulp from, 242 

 Portland cement, the uses of, 172 

 Potash, the world's supply of, 120 

 Potassium in plants, 157 

 Potato and floral sterility, 13, 28 ; 

 growing, grant for experiments in, 

 142; in Western Australia, 89 

 Potatos, artificial manures for, 112; 

 cow manure for, 112; drying, in 

 Germany, 224; importation of, 

 into Germany, 204; select varie- 

 ties of, 134; used instead of 

 grafting wax, 123; wart-disease 



of, the present distribution of, 104 



Pottery, visit to a, 206 



Pragnell, Sir George, 412 



Prain, Sir David, 412 



Preservation of cut flowers, the, 205 



Primrose, colour of, 264 



Primula amoena, 98 ; P. a. (acaulis 

 rubra), 33 ; P. Forrestii in China, 

 240 ; P. Juliee, 293 ; P. Knuthiana, 

 366 ; P. obconica, the evolution of, 

 186; P. pinnatifida in China, 

 320; P. rosea, seeding of, 246, 

 265 ? 323 ; P. secundiflora, 281 ; P. 

 uniflora, 407; P. vincseflora and 



P. Wattij, 286 

 Pronunciation of plant names, the, 



77 

 Pruning fruit trees in summer, 



219 ; Roses, 196 § 

 Pseudotsuga sinensis, 396 

 Puccinia malvacearum (Hollyhock 



rust), 280; P. pruni on Anemone 



coronaria, 263 

 Purdom. Mr. W.. 188. 262 



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Queensland, the Papaw in, 156 

 Quercus rubra, a dormant tree of, 25 



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Railway grievances, 244 

 Railwavs in Canada, 263 

 Rainf ail in N. Wales, 246 ; in 1911, 



the, 58 

 Rain-water, nitrogen in, 141 

 Ranunculus, the, 117; R. asiaticus, 



281 ; R. Lyallii, 428 



Rat-catching, a theory of, 28, 44, 59 



Rattans and Rotangs, the, 273 



Red spider on vines, 256, 304 



Rehmannia angulata, 246 



Rehmannias, hybrid, 218 



Rhaphiolepis japonic*, 431 



Rhododendron Broughtonii auretrm, 

 53 ; R. Falconeri, 367 ; R. Vaseyi, 

 313 ; R. Victorianum, 406 ; R. 

 Yodogawa, 241 



Rhododendrons, at Leonardslee, 361 ; 



at the Botanic Gardens, Regent's 

 Park, 377; in China, 291; sheep 

 poisoned by, 112 



Rhubarb damaged in transit, 105 



Rideau Hall, Ottawa, 123 



Rock-garden at Edinburgh, 277 



Rock-gardens, the development in, 

 since 1866, 355 



Rosa, new Chinese species of, 123 ; 

 R. gigantea, 314; the, as a 

 flowering shrub, 324, 340, 369 



Rosary, the, 5, 25, 34, 50, 68, 99, 



116, 151, 196, 214, 236, 293, 360, 

 387 



Rose, a new, from Formosa, 263 



Rose garden, work in the, 5, 99, 151, 

 214, 293, 360 



Roses : Caroline Testout and its 

 sports, 236; Frau Karl Druschki, 

 some seedling varieties of, 34; 

 Irish Elegance, 123 ; Mme. Hector 

 Leuilliot, 59, 245; The Orleans, 

 214; William Allen Richardson, 

 26, 44 



Roses, American forcing, 85; 

 Chinese, 204 ; cow manure for, 

 112 ; fragrant, 25 ; introduced in 

 1909, 116; new, of the N.R.S. 

 catalogue, 50, 68, 99, 116 ; random 

 thoughts on pruning, 197 ; some 

 early, 423 ; trials of, at Baga- 

 telle, 51 



Rothamsted experiment station, 157 



R.H.S. and the International Horti- 

 cultural Exhibition, the, 431; 

 Daffodil show, 139 ; examination 

 and the L.C.C. gardeners, 262; 

 examination of public parks em- 

 ployes, 155 ; Gardens Club, 396 



Rubber pest, a, 157 



Rubbish heaps and bonfires, 392 



Rubus, Chinese species of, 123, 147, 

 165 



Russia, importation of cut flowers 



in, 263 

 Ruthin Castle, Ash tree at, 4 



8 

 St. Fagan's Castle, Cardiff, 179 



Sale of nursery stock by the Irish 

 Department of Agriculture, 222, 



225, 246, 322 

 Salt as a manure for Sugar Beet, 



262 

 Sand dunes of New Zealand, 25 



Sander, Mr. F., 9 

 Sanguinaria canadensis, 284 

 Sankey & Son's pottery, 206 

 Sargent, C. S. (Plantce Wilsoni- 



ance), 69 

 Sarracenias out-of-doors, 198 

 Saussurea gossypiphora and S. leu- 

 coma, 85 

 Saw-fly, the large Larch, 205 

 Saxifraga, a hybrid, 367 ; S. X 

 kewensis, 247 ; S. lantoscana and 

 S. cochlearis, 174 ; S. Probynii, 379 

 Scabious, the culture of, 12 

 Schizocodon soldanelloides, 348 

 Schlecter, Dr. Rudolf {Die Orchida- 

 ceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea, 50 

 School classes in the London parks, 



241 ; popularity of, 223 

 School gardening, 42 

 School-gardens, number of, 187, 246 

 Science, Imperial College of, 301 ; 

 horticultural, 364 



Scientific Committee -.—Acorns 



with two or three radicles, 45 ; 

 Afzelia cuanzensis, fruits of, 400 ; 

 Amygdalus x praeoox, 175 ; Ar- 

 senica in drainage water, 323; Ar- 

 tocarpus, fruit of, 323 ; Aster liki- 

 angensis, 400; Athyrium with 



bulbiferous sori, 208 ; Beans 

 beetles in, 208 ; Botanical certifi- 

 cates, awards of, 400 ; Ccclogyne 

 venusta, 143 ; Camellia Tuckiana, 

 208 ; Carpentaria californica at- 

 tacked with Cladosporium her- 

 barum, 286 ; Catasetum Randii, 

 108; Cattleya, an abnormal, 108; 

 Chrysophlyctis endobiotica, 108 ; 

 Cladosporium herbarum attacking 

 Carpentaria, 286 ; Clivia miniata 

 with foliose bract, 247 ; Cypripe- 

 dium, a malformed, 45 ; Daphne 

 odora, 45 ; Disa sagittalis, 174 ; 

 Draba rupestris, 247 ; Dracaena 

 Goldieana, 45 ; Elseagnus sp. fruit- 

 ing, 247 ; Fumigation w T ith hydro- 

 cyanic acid gas, 143 ; Galanthus 

 Elwesii variety poculiformis, 93; 

 Galls on Oak, 174; Gooseberry, 

 racemose form, 286 ; Grapes killed 

 by fog, 174; Hyacinth, a bi- 

 coloured, 286; a double, 175; 

 Hippeastrum Forgetii, 108 ; Hy- 

 drocyanic acid gas, fumigation 

 with, 143; Irises, uncommon, 324; 

 Jack-fruit, the 323 ; Lilium can- 

 didum affected with Uromyces, 

 286; Malformed Narcissus, 175; 

 Malformed Orchids, 208 ; Nandina 

 domestica, fruits of, 93 ; Nar- 

 cissus, a malformed, 175, 247; N. 

 Calanthinus, hybrids of, 175, 

 208; seedlings of, 174; sport- 

 ing of, 247; Oak, galls on, 

 174; Odontioda " Carmen," 

 400; 0. " Firminii," 45; Oncoba 

 Routledgei, 143 ; Orange, a new 

 hardy, 143; "Navel," 45; with 

 yellow stripe, 323 ; Orchid, a hy- 

 brid, 368; O. mascula, albino form 

 of, 323; Orchids, malformed, 

 208 ; Tasmanian, 286 ; Osyris alba 

 parasitic on vine roots, 208 ; 

 Petrea volubilis, dried in- 

 florescence of, 286, 368; Potato 

 canker, Chrysophlyctis endo- 

 biotica, 108 ; Primrose, a 

 double-flowered, 324 ; Primula 

 Knuthiana, 175; Primulas, rare, 

 368 ; Pyronia X , 143 ; Ranunculus 

 Ficaria, abnormal flowers of, 286 ; 

 Raspberry canes attacked with 

 Hendersonia rubi, 93 ; Ruscus acu- 

 leatus, variation in, 92 ; Saxifraga 

 majuscula, 400 ; Saxifragas, 

 hybrid, 323; Scelochilus variega- 

 tus, 45; Schomburgkia Luedde- 

 manii, 247; Scilla hispanica with 

 long bracts, 323 ; Senecio Lyallii, 

 400; Snowdrops, drawings of, 

 208 ; Stachys palustris, 286 ; Sweet 

 Peas, variation in, 400; with 

 leafy tendrils, 400; Tulip, " Par- 

 rot/' a new break in, 324; dis- 

 eased, 143, 174; with displaced 

 perianth segment, 323; with fim- 

 briated edges, 368 ; Vine roots, 

 Osvris alba parasitic on, 208; 

 Violets, with branched peduncles, 

 143 ; Wallflowers, rogue, 286 

 Scotland, early flowers in, 227; 

 flowers in south-west, 284; fores- 

 try in, 263; notes from, 10, 26, 

 42, 58, 75, 107, 142, 158, 173, 188, 

 225, 244, 322, 338, 378, 397, 415 ; 

 Lily season in, 406 

 Scottish fruit trade and the Insur- 

 ance Act, 188; manse garden, in 

 a, 208 ; prison allotments, 322 

 Searle, Alfred B. (The Natural His- 

 tory of Clay), 133 

 Seeds, the longevity of, 205 

 Senecio glastif olius var. Twickel, 393 

 Septoria petroselini on Celery, 172 

 Sewage sickness in soil, 170 

 Shade, plants for, 204, 257 

 Shadwell, new park at, 10, 204 

 Sheep poisoned by Rhododendron, 



112 _ .. 



Shirley Horticultural Society, fail- 

 ure of the, 187, 227 



Shops Act and the Edinburgh fruit 

 and flower traders, 188 



Shrubs, hardy, to flower during 

 July, August, and September, 

 112; hybrid, 414; seaside, in Ir* 

 land, 157, 205 



