January 18, 1377. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDENEE. 



Lupinuspolyphyllus, 80 

 Lyoaste lasiojjlossa, 242 

 Lychoig, double scarlet, 127 

 Lycopersicum cerasiforme, E3G 



MADWORTS AND CULTURE, 14 



Magnolia acuminata. 462 

 Maidstone Rose Show, 10 

 Maize, watering. 152 



Malmeebnry Poultry Show. 17G 

 Mandevillasuaveolens in open air, 4"3 

 Manettia micans and culture, 460 

 Mansfield Poultry Show, 416 

 Manure, for neglected garden, 197 ; 



making, 82; applying, 291 

 Margate Poultry Show. 544 

 Marion Island flora, 51S 



Market gardens and nurseries, old of 

 London. 33, 144,288. 426 



Martyn, Professor Thomas, 76 



Martynia diandra, 36C 



Masdevallia, ionocharia, 430; poly- 

 sticta, 351 ; triarislella, 493 



Mason, Rev. W.. 348 



Meconopsis Wallichi culture, 23 



Medlars, 354 



Melons— cracking, 104 ; culture, 1G, 

 of late, 333, 334 ; failing, 220 ; flavour- 

 less, 212; in cold frames, 275; im- 

 pregnating, 89; flavourless, 275; 

 leaf spotted, 82; merits of, 848; 

 ripeniirg, 209; in Strawberry pits, 

 269; varieties, 22; Little Heath, 279 



Mesembryanthemum wittering, J05 



Mesembryanthemuins, propagating, 

 434 



Mespilus, Snowv, 462 



Metropolitan Floral Society, 400 



Mice eating Crocus bulbs, 452 ' 



Michaelmas-tide, 3 IS 



Middleton Poultry Show, 355 



Middleton-in-Teesdale Poultrv Show, 

 270 



Mignonette culture, 69 



Mildew, 400 



Milla Leichtlinii, 35 



Miller, Phillip, 76 



Milnrow Poultry Show, 132 



Miltonia cuneata, 329 



Mimulus culture, 475 



MirabiliB mnltiflora, 49S 



Momordica balsamea, 121 



Monardas and culture, 99 



Monardella macrantba, 493 



Monmouth Poultry Show, 353 



Monopyle racemosa, S5 



Montrose Poultry Show, 500 



Moor or Water HenB, 20 



Morello Cherry soil, 105 



Moricandia sonchifolia, 5S, 



Mother as a plant name, 144 



Moulting, iron during, 338 



Mulberry, 462 



Mulleins, 447 



Musa ensete, 254 



Musoari sestivale, 493 



Mushroom, beds, 268; culture, 451; 

 house, 391 



Mushrooms, large, 290, 370; protect- 

 ing from slugs, 431 



Myosotis sowing, 434 



National emelehatic plants, 254 

 Nectarine, Albert Victor, 430; Pine' 



Apple, 96 

 Neili prize, 37 

 Nertera depressa, culture, 22 ; for 



rocks and ferneries, 158 

 Newbury Poultrv Show, 200 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Horticultural 



Snow, 473 

 Newton Stewart, 74 

 Nierembergia gracilis, SO 

 Nitrate of soda. 269 

 Northallerton Poultry Show, 294 

 Northampton Pigeon Show, 835 

 North aspect, shrubs for, 392 

 Notice to leave, 452 

 Nottingham, Horticultural Show, S6; 



Poultry Show, 355 

 November aspects, 4E6 



Oae, 461 ; bleeding, 89 



Oaks, varieties of, 171 



October aspects, 887 



Odontoglossum, Hallii, 35 ; heve, 430 ' 



Oldham, Bird Show, 397; Poultry 



Show, 175 

 Oleander culture, 292 

 Oleanders, pruning, 269 

 Oncidinm stramineum. 242 

 Oncidiums, notes on, 284 

 Onions, maggots, 82, 96, 152 ; sowing, 



Orange, blossom, 560; tree obituary, 



518; trees in pots, 411 

 Orchard, house, routine, KS, 193, 519; 



a miniature, 504 ; management, 151 : 



sides of, 152 ; pruning of, 161 

 " Orchid Culture." 57 

 Orchid, culture, 78, 392 ; for November 



and December, 520 

 Orchids, at Messrs. "Veitcli's, 290, 463* 



repotting, 88; winter, 433 

 Orctiis latifolia varieties, 72 

 Osier bed, making, 392 

 Oswestry Poultry Show, 131 

 Oundle Poultry Show, 41 

 Oxalis enneaphylla, 351 



Oxford Poultry Show, 154, 314, 394, 413, 



436 

 Oxford Rose Show, 13 



PAIKT, STONE-COLOURING, 520 



Pampas Grass crystalled, 338 



Pansies,from seed, 65 ; dragon's blood 



for, 82; seedlings for bedding, 130; 



improvement or, 187 ; for bedding, 



189 : wintering seedlings, 293 



Paraffin, care in using, 516; lamp, 



heating by, 269 

 Parrakeets, green, S6; grass Beeds 



for, 41 

 Parrotia persica, 510 

 Parrot, management, 132; moulting 



delayed. 226; self-plucked, 86 

 Parsley, Fern-leaved, 466 

 Paul's, Mr. G„ nursery, 91 

 Pea, sowing, 482; supporters, 537 

 Peach— blister, 3, 21, 55, 74; leaves 

 falling, 105 ; and Nectarine trees, 

 dying of branches, 174 ; Royal 

 Ascot, 181; Desse Tardive, 396; 

 Crawford's Early, 236,321, 341, 365; 

 in greenhouse, 334 ; tree training, 

 392; trees' prnning neglected. 220; 

 insipid, on vinery wall, 245; house, 

 a lean-to, 292; house borders, 495; 

 tree management, 520; and Necta- 

 rine training. 536 ; stock for, 538 

 Peaches— Hale's Early, Early "Vic- 

 toria, 35; leaves bmwned. Plum 

 stocks, 89; in orchard house, 25*2; 

 ripening, 269; Grosse Mignonne, 

 136, 242 

 Pearson, Mr. J. R., death of, 168 

 Pear, trees diseased, 537 ; tree un- 

 healthy, 496 ; sprays cankered. 520 

 Pears, election of, 553; Jargonel un- 

 fruitful, 220; for espaliers, 29 1; 

 select, 834; storing, 371; for walls, 

 520 

 Peas— Unique, 24 ; Commander-in- 

 Chief, 89; select, 59; preserving 

 green, 86; early, 105; protection 

 or, 194 ; Dr. Maclean, 285 ; this year, 

 360 

 Pectoplume, S37 

 PeewitB in gardens, 24, 71 

 Pelargonium, Society, 143,351; Show, 



37 ; soil, insect in,61 

 Pelargoniums, for conservatory, 1, 

 473 ; Zonal for show, 104 ; Mr. Can- 

 nell's double, 127: Mr. Bull's, 127; 

 prnning Zonal. 209; repotting, 292; 

 grafting, 372; Cape, 487 

 Penninghame, 75 

 Perches for Cochins, 202 

 Perennials, select list of, 161; planting 



of, 174 

 Petroleum, heating by, 4SS 

 Pescatoria lamellosa, 53 

 Petunia cutting3, 13 J 

 Petals falling, 52u 

 Philadelphia Exhibition, 390; Fruit 



Show, 352; fruit at, 127 

 Philodendron propagation, 520 

 Phlomis, 122 ; fruticosa propagation, 



104 

 Phloxes, management of, 151 

 Phylloxera, preventing, 535 



trix,400,432,443 

 Phytolacca decandra, 334 

 Pigeon cote, 478 

 Pigeon's lungs inflamed, 156 

 Pigeons, diseases of, 177,201, 223; 

 form, influences on, 295; lungs in- 

 flamed, 15G; Powdered Owl, Ma- 

 homet, and Damascene, 8i6; Blue 

 Rock and Antwerp, 186 

 Pine Apples, black-centred, 335 ; early, 

 244; forcing, 371; plants fruitless; 

 130 ; potting, 103 ; management, 245 ; 

 starting, 588 ; suckers, 150 066 



Pine, suckers, potting, 60; Umbrella, 

 Pines for May, 495 ; decaying; 496 

 Pink, Anne Bullen, 17 

 Pinks, showing, 104; winter-flowering, 



372 

 Pinus austriaca from seed, 312 

 Piping required for heating. 17 

 Pit. constructing forcing, 392 

 Plane, 462 



Plantains on lawn, 39 

 Plant house, two-storeyed, 369 

 Plants, not flowering, i7; of the uast, 



382 ; training, 196 

 Plumbago rosea, 518; culture, 531 

 Plum, crop, 144; trees barren, 475; 

 tree suckers; for espaliers, 292: 

 late, 476 

 Plums. Frogmore Damson, 493 ; 

 Kirke's decaying, 61; ripening, 269; 

 in Servia, 96; for west wall, 61 

 Poinsettia. double, 518; pulcherrima 



culture. 527,522 

 Poland fowls. 274 

 Polygonum Bistorta, 361 

 Pomegranate, pot-culture, 105 

 Pomegranates in Battersea Park, 236 

 Pomology among the Woolhopians, 



805 

 Poplar in flower border, 412 

 Foplars, 462 



Portsmouth Poultry Show, 18, 246 ; de- 

 falcation, 154 

 Post-box, Mr. Lovel's, 194 

 Potato, culture, 463; disease, 102,510; 

 113: growing trials, 37; Show, Alex- 

 andra Palace, 802 



Potatoes— Porter's Excelsior, 45 ; rest- 

 ing Bpore3 of fungus. 52 ; maturing, 

 61; take up early, 71; sprouting, 

 180; super-tubered, 211; Early Rose, 

 229, 258; International Show, dis- 

 ease in London, 265; American 

 Breadfruit. 2G6 ; Irish crop, 277 ; 

 American Rose and Snowflake, 304: 

 haulm manure, 312; Walnut-leaved 

 Kidney, 312 : exhibiting, 332 ; stor- 

 ing, 333; after Potatoes. 354; exhi- 

 bited, disease, 406; will they wear 

 out, 450; diseased, 416; Colorado 

 beetle, 446, 51S ; for exhibition, 520 ; 

 preparing lor planting, 52S ; im- 

 ported, 532; Lapstone Kidney, 559 



Potting, 471 ; various, 243, 244 



"Poultry-keeping for Profit or Exhi- 

 bition," 177 



Poultry— farm paying? 52; news, 105, 

 S55 ; model house for, 10/ ; keeping, 

 413; extensive keeping. ICG, 226; 

 chickens feathering badly and 

 dying. 106; cross-breeding, 106; 

 run ia dry season, 152; profitable, 

 J53; washing, 202; farming, 293, 

 414, 415, 453; imported, 226; yards, 

 270; young djing, 8SS; sales, 393, in 

 Paris, 41 



Porch, evergreen creeper for, 292 



Preston Pigeon Show, 356 



Primula, culture of double, 104; some 

 species, 447 ; longifolia and culture. 

 448 



Primulas, 532 ; double, 390, from seed, 

 409; blind. 412, 434 



Pringlea antiscorbutica, 518 



Protecting plants, 433 



Pruning in winter, 530 



Prunus, 462 



Putty, making, 475 



Pyrethrum edgings, leaving, 312 



Pyrethrums from seed, 112, 412 



Pyrola rotundifolia, 191 



Pyru3,462 



Rabbits, eating theie young, £S6 



management of Lops, 562 

 Radishes, soil for, 31-2 

 Railway misdoings. 61 

 "Rain and Rivers," 73 

 Rain, Mr. G. J. SymonB's volume on, 8 

 Ramoadia pyrenaica and culture, 511 

 Ranunculus and culture, 4G0 

 Raspberries, culture, 292, 311 ; three 



red, 412 ; weevils on, 16 

 Ray, John, 512 

 Reading Poultry Show, 416 

 Recreation grounds near London, 290 

 Red spider, 399 

 Regent's Park, 283 

 Reigate Rose Show, 27 

 Reminiscences, 551 

 Repton, Humphry, 553 ; epitaph, 212 

 Retinospora obtusa gracilis aurea, 



Rhexia virginica and culture, 4 



Rhododendron forcing, 354 



Rhododendrons, at Duneevan, 43; 

 planting, 484 ; transplanting lai'ce 

 872 



Rhubarb forcing, 292 



Richmond Horticultural Show, 5 



Ripon Poultry Show, 40 



Rivers's Nurseries, 124 



Robson, Mr. J., presentation to, 305 



Rochdale Poultry Show, 198 



Rock garden near Leicester, 810 



Romneya Coulteri, 429 



Roots, descending, 353 ; storing in 

 winter, 227 



Rockery, plants for, 73 



Rosarian's Society, West of Scotland, 

 406 



Ro3e Society, National, 506, 532 



Roses— American opinion, 482; ants 

 on, S2 ; Mr. Baker's, 4 ; the best. 3G2 ; 

 John Bright, 127 ; late blooming, 

 532; on north border, 429; burying 

 in winter, 446; late campaign of, 

 136 ; for small collection. 363; select 

 crimson, 413 ; culture of in pots. 179 ; 

 Messrs. Curtis & Co.'s, 8; cuttings, 

 429; from cuttings, 28, 104; under 

 difficulties, 114; election, 36,55,188, 

 242, 257. 277, 298, 362, 365, 379, 384, 403, 

 421. 441; voteB in election, 322, 842, 

 346; nurserymen's voteB, 364, 382; 

 flowers small, 386 ; for foliage, 59 ; 

 large foliage. 145; oranae fungus, 61; 

 for town gardens, 185; in small gar- 

 dens, 447 ; how not to grow, 381 ; 

 Marie Van Houtte, 227; house for, 

 372; judging, 67; at Kensington, 72: 

 late, 42i; leaves mottled, 61; at 

 Leek, 327 ; Manetti, 293, 452 ; raising 

 Manetti stocks, 334; manuring. 423, 

 448, and planting, 464; Marechal 

 Niel, 235; failing, 16; unhealthy, 

 475 ; mildew, 83, 152, 197 ; our old, 443 ; 

 in exposed places, 251 ; list of for 

 pots, 180; planting, 412, 434; repot- 

 ting, 174 ; Reve d'Or, 475 ; Rhododen- 

 dron bed for, 269; conference, 509, 

 517, 529; of rosarians,446 ; seeds and 

 cuttings, 245; ninetv-nine select, 207 ; 

 select H.P., 372; shows, 55; dark 

 soil for, 129 ; at Southwell, 3S2 ; stan- 

 dards, 4?0j stocks for, 12, 45, 159, 259, 

 379; budding, 335; Tea-scented, 265, 

 312; cap for Tea, 405; twelve, aDy 



Roses— Continued. 

 variety, 276; transplanting, 293; 

 twelve, any variety, 2!*.l ; Paul Ver- 

 dier, 90; vigorous, 353; for cold 

 vinery, 320; at Wisbeach. 8; vear of, 

 37; York and Lancaster,' 61 



Rockery, plants for, 73 



Rosewood, 831 



Roup, remedy for, 398 



St. James's Park Cakal, 559 



Salisburia adiantifolia, 462; propa- 

 gation, 1C4 



Salsafy, forcing, 175, 476 



Saltaire Poultry Show, ICG 



Salt brine manure, 235 



Sandown Park Horticultural Show, 2G 



Sandy Flower Show, 187 



Sarracenias, winter, 426 



Saul's Nurseries at Washington, 50 



Sawdust and Mushrooms, 812 



Scale insects, 408,443 



!■ caly legs in fowls, 274 



Scarborough Lily after flowering, 220 



Sehizost_vlis coccineti, 473 



Scottish tour notes, 74, 122, £87, 345 



Scutellaria mociniana, 330 



Sea Buckthorn for shrubbery, 331 



Seacoast vegetation ,361 



Seagulls in gardens, 8 



Sea-kale forcing, 82, 353 



Seaside, evergreens, 559 : plants, 260 



Seashore trees and shrubB, 82 



Season lessons-sprmtr, 112. 135, 181, 

 230 



Sedum spectabile, 473 



Sempervivum, californieum, winter- 

 ing, 293; tabulseforme propagation, 

 61 



Senecio macroglossus, 510 



September aspects, 2S6 



Serapias papilioDaceo-lingua, 351 



Sewage at Paris, 831 



Shading plant-stove, 82 



Shrubs, for small garden, 372 stand 

 ard, 503 



Silkies roosting, 358 



Silene pendula compacta hardv, 293 



Skeletonising leaves, 220 



Sleep of plants 208 



Small fruits, tree form, 192 



Smoky district, shrubs for, 538 



Snails, excluding, 39 



Snaith Poultry Show, 62 



Snakeweeds, 361 



Solanum capsicastrum culture, 412 



Soot water, 293 ; for Vines, 105 



South London Poultry Show, 500 



Southport Flower Show, 37 



Southwell, Mr. Merryweather's nur- 

 series, 182 



Southwell Poultry Show, 396 



Specimen preserving, 42 



Spinach, culture of, 157 



Spiraea japonica, culture, 3G1: in 

 pots, 245 



Spiraeas, forcing, 402 



Stoke Park poultry-yard, 413 



" Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental 

 leaved Plants," 236 



Stove, arrangements, 519; climber, 

 red-flowered, 872; for greenhouse, 

 334; plants, management of, 173 



Stoves, mineral oil, 245 



Strawberries— culture, 12, 102, of 



Alpine, 197, extensive culture, 162 ; 



Sir J. Paxton, 33, 45, 72, 114, 367; 



to grow Hautbois, 55 ; mildewed, 60 ; 



for showing, 82 ; for light soil, 82 ; 



manuring, 105; for sandy soil, 245; 



manure for, 354; as a field crop, 



870; with Vines, 392; forcing, 392; 



for forcing, 433 ; in November, 427, 



431,446; Garibaldi, 427,431,467, 481, 



494; from seed, 434, 441 



Suburban gardening, 14, 59, 102, 150, 



195, 243, 299, 332, 370, 410, 451, 494, 586 - 



Sudbury House, succulents at, 172 



Sunflower seeds, 274; seed for fowls 



250 

 Sutton & Co., 494 

 Sutton & Sons' temperance restaurant, 



351 ; Root Show, 467 

 Swallow- worts, 470 



Swanley, flowers and fruit, 138; vege- 

 table and fruit culture at, 162 

 Swindon Poultry Show, 477 

 Syringing, 32, 54,70; beneficial effects 

 of, 157 



Table decorations, 51 



Tacsonia buds falling, 129 



Tarring trees, 519 



Tasmania, notes from, 492 



Taunton Deane Horticultural Society, 

 142 



Tea imported. 370 



Temple, Sir W., 467 



Tennis ground marking, 17 



Thompson fund, results of, 172 



Thorn decaying, 452 



Thrips 399 



Timber, of the United States, 140 

 trees, profitable, 240 



Titlark and feeding, 19 



Tobacco for fumigating, 269 



Todea superba as a room Fern, 100 



Todmorden Poultry Show, 222 



Tomatoes, culture, 102, 286; and Po- 

 tato disease, 305, 327, 845, 366, 370; 



