Januniy 18, 1872. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



INDEX. 



Adutilon Darivisii, 215; tsinterixg, 

 227 



Acacia lophantha, wintering, 206 



Accidents, 310 , . ., . 



Achimenes, failing, 207 ; select, 514; 

 BoiJ, 185 



Acorn over water, 14 



^cidium cancellatum, 471 



Agaricus procerus, 365 



Ageratuma, propagating. 136 



Agi'iculture, past and present, 195 



'•Agricultural Chemistr-y and Geo- 

 logy." 509 



Agi'otis Segetum. 507 



Airdrie Poultry Show, 456 



Aldborougli & Boroughbridge Poultry 

 Show, 132 



A'niers, Jardin d'Easai, 375 



Allamanda soil, 185 



Allerton Poultry Show, 133 ; Pigeons 

 at, 151 ; Pigeon trimming, 171 



Alocasia metalltca culLnre, 226 



Alpine plants, 61, 394 



Allernantheras— for heddmg, 13S; 

 magnifica propagation, 227 ; propa- 

 gation, 295 



AmarantliuB salicifolius, 203 



Amaryllis, cool culture, 346 ; cultui-e, 

 186 ' 



Amatungula fruit, 157 . ,..,„„ 



American blight, destroying, 109, 129, 

 84G, 483 



Ampelopsis tricuspidata, 491 



Amphipyra Tragopogonis, 145 



Ananassa sativa vanegata treatment, 

 76 



Andalusians,407 



Angle-shades moth, 357 



Annuals for autumn sowing, 179 



Anthurium Sclierzerianum, 175.450; 

 culture, 474; large-spathed,140 



Ants, on Peaches, 207 ; on lawne, 15 



Antwerp points, 136 



Aphides, 414 ; on Red Currants, 217 



Apios tuberosa, 50 



Apples— trees under glass, 1G6. prun- 

 ing wall, 119, pruning, 186, moving, 

 207, espalier, pruning. 225. exposing 

 protected, 267, continuous-flowermg, 

 280. 514, stocks, 857. scale on. 3i6, 

 select dwavf dessert, 2-16; t\YClve 

 dessert. 345; for espaliers, 514 



Arabis, dividing, 227 



Araucaria not thriving, 246 



Arbor-VitiB, browned, 226; pruning, 

 474 



Ai'is.Tma, concinnum, 53; curvatum. 



Artichokes, and ConvoUnihis, 364 ; 



Jerusalem, cutting down, 92 

 Ashford Poultry Show, 478 

 Ash and Oak leafing, 76 

 Asparagus. cultm*e, 351, 395; forcing, 



413 ; grubs. 14 ; liquid manure for, 



92 ; planting. 473 ; s eed, 267 

 Aspidistra lurida culture, 14 

 Aui-iculas in greenhouse, 245 

 Aviary, heating, 307, 458 

 Aylesbury Poultry Show, 229 

 Azaleas, culture, 21; fiowerless, 15; 



liquid manure for, 474; syringing, 



473 . 



BiliSAM CHLTtlEE, 27 



Bantams, Black Ked plumage, 452; 

 weight, 460; catarrhed, 460; Duck- 

 winged, space for, 500 ; cockerels 

 dying. Sa"*; Black, breedi-^g and ma- 

 nagement, 39 J ; with large fowls, 17, 

 29; in confinement, IS; blind, 20 ; 

 standards. 289 ; versus gardens, 247, 

 309 ; breeding Black Red, Hambureh, 

 172 ; Elack-breasted Red cock, 252 ; 

 Japanese, 330; legs of Japanese, 

 309; Sebright, 98; "Wheaten, 252; 

 ^Vheaten and Game, 283 

 Barrhead Poultry Show, 431 



f^ Barton and North Lincolnshire Poul- 



Z^ try Show. 516 



^y^ Baxter, Mr. W., 362 



bz2 Beak not clobing, 350 



Beans— for succession, 371; culture 



k r^ and value of, 107 ; Scarlet Runner, 



*-l -J 1(17 



Bedding-out plants in 1871, 27S ; pre- 

 serving, 286 



Bedding plants, in 1871, 358, 334, 412; 

 pit for wintering. 55; plants, winter- 

 inginaroem. 186; propagating, 207 ; 

 wiih white foliage, 515 



Bedford Horticultural Show, 71 ; 

 Poultry Show, 73 



Bedrooms, plants in, 423 



Beds on grass, 263 



Beccles Poultry Show, 37 



Bees— feeding. 212, 232. 370, 383, 482, 

 for honev. 272; foul brood, 19, 192, 

 231, 309, 458, Whatis ? 232 ; ferUlising 

 queens in confinement, 20; do old 

 queens leave Iheir hives? fertilis- 

 ing, 38; treatment of swarms and 

 stocks, Lisurian, hinges tobar-and- 

 frame hives. 39; swarm returning, 

 queens piping, iiniting, 40; sexes of 

 cggg, 58; queens leaving Iheir 

 hives, adapted to localities, an old 

 swarm of, 59 ; swarming, 60; suc- 

 cessTul swarms, driving, preventing 

 swarming, to find the queen, re- 

 moving from a frame, 79 ; second 

 swarm deserting hive, 80; market 

 for surplus honeycomb, maiden 

 swarm, 93; supers, 113; drone 

 slaughter, 113, llC; late swai-ming, 

 113; uniting expelled, transferring 

 from straw to Woodbury hives, 116; 

 queens leaving their hives, uniting, 

 saving population of condemned 

 stocks, 134; hives, binges to bai'- 

 and-frame, Major Munn's. 135 ; 

 queens leaving their hives, Mr. 

 "Woodbury's death, 153 ; not work- 

 ing, 154; queens leavin? hives, bee- 

 keeper's difficulties, incidents, 171 ; 

 honev dai-k green, chloroforming-, 

 172; timely feeding. 191 ; Mr. Wood- 

 bury, 192; judging honey. 211; unit- 

 ing, wintering, September swarm, 

 212 ; hiving Italian, transporting 

 hives, 231; uniting, 232; Ligurians 

 in Jersey, 251, 272; honey-harvest, 

 251; frame-support during opera- 

 tions, 271; removing, 272; hinges 

 to bar hives, 291 ; and mice, 292 ; 

 foul brood, 309 ; French supersti- 

 tions, Ligurian, removing, grubs 

 in comb, 310; introducing young 

 queens, obtaining honey, 830; leaf- 

 cutting and others. 356; stoclting 

 bar-hives, feedintr, svrup. &c., 370; 

 in New Zealand, 319 ; hunting. 888 ; 

 treacle for, 390; in 1871, "407; near 

 London, ants in hives, 408; in Chc- 

 shu'e, 459; taking supers iuNovem- 

 ber, 400; large v. small hives, win- 

 tering, 479; combs fallen, 480; 

 queens leaving their- hives, un- 

 seasonable drones, 499 ; Sea Laven- 

 der for, weak, 500 ; notfruit robbers. 

 518; Ligurians raising queens, 5'9; 

 large and small hives, wintering, 

 52) 



Belladonna Lilies, planting-out, 326 



Bcllis aucubiefolia, 285 



Berwick Orniihological Show, 473 



Bible — gums, perfumes, and resins of, 

 52 



Bicton,201, 221 



Bingley Poultry Show, 190 



Birch trees, moving large, 267 



Birds, scaring versus killing, 231 



Birminsham PhUoperisteron Socief y's 

 Show. 387 ; Poultry Show, 208, 405, 

 425.452; future, 455 



BirminghanT Rose Show, 25 



Biston hirtarius, 144 



Blackburn Poultry Show, 91 



Blood manure. 453 



Bluebottles, 143 



Boiler, not acting well, 56 : for vinery, 

 453; unmanageable, 494; level of, 

 383; heating power; oven-heated, 

 473 



Bomarea ctontalensis, 337 



Bones, for manure, 345; preparing, 

 455 



Border near Beeches, 206 



Borecole, 74 ; planting, 14 



Boston Poultry Show, 37 



Botanic garden arrangements, 266 



Botanic (Royal) Society's Show, 26 



Bottom hpat, chamber for, 453 



Bouquet defined, 54 



Bowood, 509 



Box edging failing, 55 



Brachy'sema Drummondi culture, 

 365 



Brahmas— crosses, dving. 19; breath- 

 ing inten'upted, 20; feathers of 

 Light chickens, 60 ; cock crop-bound, 

 80; hackle of Light, crossing with 

 Dorkings, feeding, crooked-breasted, 

 809 ; breast, lump on, 329 ; selecting 

 cockerel, 330; Lieht, 247, 347, 367, 

 390. 403, 454, 500; chickens, 35T ; 

 weight of, 869, SCO; darker, 460; 

 points of Light, 135; feathers, 172 ; 

 livers diseased, 192 ; hocks, 212 



Brassica oleracea, 139 



Briars, so^^'ing heps of, 424 



Brine for manure, 14 



Brisbane Botanic Garden, extracts 

 from report on, 73 



Bristol Show, fees, 454; prize list, 404, 

 405 



Broccoli, laying and culture, 393, 401 ; 

 laying down, 42 ; protecting, 453 



Brookland, Charminster, G4 



Brussels Sprouts, 74 



Budding ties, loosening, 185 



Bullfinches losing feathers, 116 



Bulbs, for March flowering, 450; 

 mulching border, 494; forcing, 513; 

 in pots for beds, 365 ; various, cul- 

 ture, 307 ; Hibbert's, 3'8 



Burnley Poultry Show, 169 



Butter produced slowly, 292 



Cabbages— CULTURE, 139, 265. 314, 365 ; 

 early, 35 ; why and how it heads, 52 ; 

 for succession, 445 ; plants blind, 92 ; 

 Sandringham, 365 



Cactuses not flowering. 36G 



Caladiums in winter, 450 



Calceolaria, culture, 204, 20G ; an ex- 

 periment, 22 



Californian Coniferte, 466 



Cambridge Poultry Show, 474 



Camellias— culture in Belgium, 157; 

 scale on, 166; flower buds, S5 ; 

 flowerless, 15 ; leaves bro\TOcd, 424 ; 

 leaves spotted, 185 



Campanula pyramidalis not flower- 

 ing. 149 



Canaries — and Groundsel roots, 330: 

 Goldfinch Mule turning light. 390: 

 with Goldfinch, eggs clear, 20; not 

 sinking, 116; mules, 136; opening of 

 show season, 171; parasites on, 249; 

 fighting, 252 



Canary show cage, 403 



Canterbuvv (New Zealand) Poultry 

 Show, 456 



Cantua buxifolia culture, 325 



Carnations, tree, temperature for, 514 



Oarron. Stenhousemuir, and Larhert 

 Poultry Show, 497 



Carrot grubs preventing, 109 



Castor-Oil plants, wintering, 129 



Caterpillars, on Cabbageworts, 246; 

 on vegetables, 265 



Cauliflowers, culture, 344 ; open-head- 

 ed, 75 ; protecting, 882 



Cedms Deodara pruning, 236 



Celery— culture, 127, 260; gmb, 108; 

 earthing-up, 184; varieties, 205; 

 leaf fungus, 245; running to seed, 

 487 ; red. 5 ' 5 ; shade for, 53 



Centaurea candidissima cuttings, 285 



Cerastium, dividing, 227 



Cereus. night-blooming, and its cul- 

 turcj 28, 67 



Cetonia aurata, 124 



Ceylon plants, extinction of, 88 



Chjerophyllum bulbosum, 51 



Cheilanthes elegans fronds falling, 

 92 



Cheltenham Poultiw Show, 209, 456; 

 error, 188 ; Canarv Show. 493 



Chepstow Poultry Show, 247 



Cherries— and Plums for walls, 307 ; 

 Early Rivers, 31; training Morello, 

 100 



Chestnut tree of Mount Etna, 51 



Chickens, dying, dwindling, SJll ; dy- 

 ing, becommg blind, 252; exhibiting, 

 98; for table, 408; milk for, fatten- 

 ing. 459; overfeeding, 292; Chriaav- 

 UilMe, 60 



Chippenham Flower Show. 255 



Chippenham Horticultural Society, 9 



Chorozema leaves eaten, 206 



*' Chrysanthemum, Culture of." 342 



Chrysanthemums- culture,43i; grow- 

 ing against a wall, 129 ; housing, 

 227, 316; in Temple Gardens, 395; 

 Forsyth's, 400, 416; potting, stop- 

 ping, and striking, 76 ; treatment 

 after flowering, cuttings, 474; se- 

 lect, 495; propagating by suckers 

 and cuttings, 515 



Cibolium Biirometz, 353 



Cinchona, culture, 199; plantations, 

 88; Bourbon, 199 



Cineraria leaves curling, 515 



Clay and lime dressing, 307 



Cleckheaton Poultry Show, 78 



Clematis, propagation, 92 ; Jackmanni 

 propagating, 207 



Clianthus Dampieri, cultm'e, 119 ; and 

 puniceus, 142 



Chmbers, for dwelling-house, ever- 

 gi-ecn for shady conservatory wall, 

 76; for house Iront, 326; for con- 

 servatory, 402 ; not thriving, 365 ; 

 for eovermg a low treUis, 92 ; for a 

 south wall, 16S 



Cochins, breeding Lemon and Cinna- 

 mon for exhibition, 116 ; discharging 

 from nostrils, 172 ; cockerel's weight 

 plumage of Cinnamon, 252 ; hackle 

 cui'ling, 500; paralysed, 460 ; Wliite, 

 vulture-hockeri, 350; white slightly 

 yellow, 211 : China, Silver-buff, 310 



Cochliostema Jacobianum culture, 

 173 



Cockerel for stock, 403 



Cocks sitting, 289 



Coleus, culture. 13 ; out of doors, 235 



Coleuses, wintering, 383 



Columhariau Societies amalgamaling, 

 404 



Columbarian Society, Northern, 

 Northern Counties, 497 



Columbarian Show, Northern, 518 



Combe Royal, 162 



Conifers, grafting, 807 ; at Wateombe, 

 125 



Conservatory, and hothouse, 403 ; 

 plants for small, 267 



Coprosma Baueriana propagation, 

 245; variegata, 423 



Cordons, diagonal for Pears, 415 

 forming, 54 



CoiTiick V. Black, 379, 397. 414 



Cosmas not flowering, 473 



Cottager, who is a ? 14 



Cottingham Poultry Show, 191 



Cotoneaster raicrophylla fruit, and 

 bu>dfolia, 166 



Cotton waste for hotbeds, 514 



Covent Garden Market. 20,40,60,80, 

 93, 116, 136,164, 172, 192.212,232,252, 

 272, 292, 310, 332, 350, 370, 390, 408, 43 2, 

 460, 480, 500, 520 



Covent Garden monopolists, 1, 23, 47, 

 6],87,1C8 



Covent Garden salesmen, 359 



Cows feeding on Cabbages, 390 



Crabs as stocks, 215 



Cranberr--, culture of the American, 

 383 



Crataeguses at Wateombe, 125 



Creve-Cwurs, colour of, 310 ; feathers, 

 20 



Crocus, autumnal-flowering, 142 



Crocuses, autumn-flowering, 164 



Crops, prospect of, 6 



Croton variegatum culture, 92 



Croydon Poultry Show, 95 ; misma- 

 nagement, 112 ; awards, 113 ; Ham- 

 burghs at, 116; arrangements, 134 



Crvstal Palace— Cat Show, 58, 479; 

 planting at, 257 ; Poultry Show, 208, 

 247, 269, 289, 287, 290, 292, 330, 869, 

 384, results, 405 ; Pigeons at, 406 

 Supplementary Rose Show, 105 



Cucullia Verbasci, 242 



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