January^, 1878. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



Pears, the Peach, 162; for north of 

 England, 181; gathering, 240 ; in 

 the north, 303; Bon Chretien, SIS; 

 Beurre Goubault, 287 ; tree, re- 

 moving, 333; Desire Cornelia, 344, 

 848; removing, 352; for north-west 

 wall, 463 



Pea sowing, 388 



Peas, preserving green, 61 ; Sweet, 321 ; 

 Criterion, 425 ; comparative merits, 

 471 



Peat soil draining, 428 



Pelargoninm sports, 76, 479 



Pelargoniums, management of, 122 ; 

 zonal in pots, 91 ; management, 219 ; 

 cutting back, 220 ; zonal at Putney, 

 233 ; cuttings, 389 ; 



Pelargonium Society's Show, 497 



Penninghame Castle, 325 



Pentillie Castle, 846 



Pentstemon cyananthus, 156 



PerennialB, propagating hardy her- 

 baceous, 890 ; choice hardy, 424 



Peterborough House Garden, 426 



Petroleum, to Beet, 8 ; v. mice, 69 



Phalrenopsis Luddemanniana, 292 



Philodendron pertusum fruiting, 72 



Phlox culture, 321, 824; Drummondii 

 Beed-sowing, 183 



Phloxes, propagating, 295 



Phylloxera on English Vines, 142 



Picea nobilis seedlings, 450, 460, 488 



Picotee culture, 379 



Picotees, 49 ; in beds, 419 



Pigeons, 356 ; Mr. H. M. Maynard's, 48, 

 61 ; lice on, 106 ; fancy at British 

 Museum, 145; noteB. 167 ; the FaDCy, 

 316 ; shooting, 279 ; the Magpie, 412 



Pig management, 466 



Pine Apple, culture, 202, 276, 389; 

 houses, 851 ; propagating, 81 ; start- 

 ing, 499 



Pine-Apple Nursery promenade, 8 



Pines, management of, 122 



Pinks for forcing, 122 



Pitcairnia flavescens. 290 



Pit, heating small, 428 



Plantains on lawn, 277 



PlumB deformed, 42 ; for market, 890 



Poinsettia culture, 332 



Po'ands crooked-breaBted, 876 



Polyanthus seed-sowing, 186; seed- 

 lings, 479 



Poplar, American, 96 



Poplars for screen, 890 



Poppyworts, 495 



Portsmouth Ornithological Society, 

 874 



Posts, preBcrviDg, 33 ; 292 



Potato disease speculations, 415, im- 

 ported, 426 



Potato Show, International, 268, 290, 



"Potato Disease," 461, 4S6 



Potatoes, Porter's Excelsior, 8; va- 

 rieties, disease at Chiswick, 72 : 

 sets, 73; sets, 89; in Scotland, 109; 

 taking np and storing, 112 ; disease 

 in Scotland, 116; abnormal growth 

 of, 123; taking up and storing, 138; 

 a show vegetable, 142 ; disease, 154, 

 165, 172, 177, 183 ; lime for, 176 ; taking 

 np, 180, 185 ; Snowflake, 177 ; stor- 

 ing, 165; the disease, 191, 248: pro- 

 Bpect of crops, 195; on light soil, 

 2(9; errors in management, 225; 

 the crop, 236; International Show, 

 255; storing, 269, 300, 331; disease, 

 287, 821; imported, 325; tops fur 

 manure, 825; notes on, 842; in 

 America, 364; disease speculations, 

 599, 378; new varieties, 380; Potato 

 crop, 398, 899 ; early, 410; planting 

 and cooking, 452 



Potting, 60, 276 



Poultry, and bird news, 21 ; farm, 44; 

 vermin on, 45 ; show schedules, 142 ; 

 shows, cottagers', 166 ; reports, local, 

 186; for profit, 394; Club, proposed 

 new, 409; auctions, 409; Poultry 

 Club, 481 ; prizs, 501 



Primula seealings, 82 



Primula sowing, 186; culture of, 257; 

 villoBa nivea, 288; intermedia, 368 ; 



Primulas, double, 499 



Privet pruning, 463 



Prize cards, 409 



Protection of forced plants, 311 ; in 

 winter, 461 



Protector, heating, 277 



Pyracantha, pruning, 352 



Pyrethrum aureum laciniatum, 154 



Pyrus aucuparia, 213 



Rabbit, feeding, 501; house, 465; 

 hutches, indoor, 893, outdoor, 834; 

 troughs, 428; skins, dressing. 64, 298 



Rabbits— A ngola, 44 ; feeding, 501 ; 

 Lop-eared, 144 ; management of, 124, 

 large, 187, small, 296; in Italy, 355; 

 plants they avoid, 201 ; keeping, 188 ; 

 price of, 484 ; Silver-Grey, 165 



Radish culture, 92 



Radishes in winter, 277 



Railway embankments for fruit-grow- 

 ing, 134 



Rainfall, 479 ; at Ticehurst, 440 



Raspberries, select, 166 



Rating horticultural structures, 82 



Ravensworth Castle, 882 



Reading Horticultural Show, 479 



Rector's widow removing plants, 428 



Red-berried shrub, 286 



Red spider, 201 



Rhodanthe Manglebii, 201 



Rhododendron pruning, 378 



Rhododendrons, cutting down, 314; 

 not flowering, 833 ; foreonseivatory, 

 488 ; loam for, 498 



Rhubarb, forcing, 441, 4S0 ; wine, 106 



Rhus cotinus, propagating, 142 



Rice meal for fowls, 484 



Richardia lethiopica. 27, 57 ; hardy, 15 



Richmond Horticultural Show, 14 



Ripon Poultry Show, 500 



Rivers, Mr. T.. 327,342 



Rochdale Poultry Show, 186 



Rockery, 271 ; artificial, 84 



Romneya Coulterii, 180 



Root, pruning, 48D, 312; storing, 812 



Roots and leaves, 431 



•'Rosarian's Year Book," 455 



Rosemnndy House, 476 



Rose, Mr. J. 416,436 



Rose, gardens, French, 183, 198 : 

 Shows, 434; Aquarium, 69; Leek, 71; 

 \VeEt of England, a9; National, 32, 

 34, 87; year, 86; two-days, 40; 

 Torquay Club, 10; Society, National, 

 453 



Roses— shows, 2, 233, 418 ; exhibition, 

 3; Peach-scented, 8; at Rev. W. F. 

 Radclyffe'fl, 9; propagating. 11 : 

 this year, 16; their enemies, 17; 

 ants on, 17; old, 19; boxes for 

 showing, 20, 21 ; climbers under 

 glass, 25; degeneration of, 26; 

 commercial value of, 28 ; Burghley 

 Yellow, 30; in pots 31: election, 32, 

 97, 150, 171, 264. 281. 300.840,450; at 

 Woodlands, 89 : disbudding, 47 ; in 

 South Wales, 49; Tea election, 56; 

 Eugenie Verdier and Marie Finger, 

 57 ; Burghley Yellow, in Hants, 59 ; 

 applying aphis mixture to, 61 ; 

 garden list, 67 ; Double Y'ellow, 

 Beseie Johnson, "Book About," 71; 

 cuttings, 72; cutting for showing, 

 73; two-days shows, fixtures, 76; 

 Marie Finger, 77; Banksian not 

 flowering, leaves blotched, mil- 

 dewed, budding Manetti, 88; show 

 reminiscences, 87; in pots, 90; 

 Marie Finger, 92; green, 94 ; neg- 

 lected, 100 ; grubs on, for town 

 garden, grub-eaten, from cuttings, 

 103 ; variorum notes on, cutting in 

 sun, 108; for garden and drawing- 

 room, 110; in Scotland, 111 ; for 

 market, 120; insects on, 123; au- 

 tumn, 127; gossip, 129, 142; moss, 

 130; stocks, 131; at Ferric-res, 132 ; 

 Society, attar ol, 134; the year 

 Scotch shows, 185 ; from cuttinea, 

 136; disappointed exhibitors, 147; 

 artificial manures for, 156 ; select, 

 166; history, 172; notes on, 174; 

 new, 176 ; mildew on, 191; in North 

 Wales, 192 ; Provins, 201 ; of Gold, 

 orange fungus on, climbing Devoni- 

 ensis, stopping budded. Marechal 

 Niel cuttings, 2C8 ; autumn flower- 

 ing, planting, 20S ; Cheshunt Hybrid, 

 217; autumn shows, 218 ; difficulties, 

 226; planting, 248 ; in Turkey, attar 

 of, i254; Gloire de Dijon, 848, not 

 flowering, bone dust for, 277; re- 

 moving cuttings, 278; royal, 286; 

 ?lanting, 295 ; 1877 season, 299, 303 ; 

 ea, 320; hardy Tea NarcisBe, 823; 

 transplanting tree, 383 ; culture, 

 851 ; nurserymen's election, 858 ; 

 new, 362; "Annual for 1877-8," 364; 

 at Worcester, 869; in pots, 373; 

 which to buy, 378;;cuttings, 882, 428; 

 Devoniensis, 887 ; what is a new ? 

 support, 390; shows not paying, 395 ; 

 in November, 401 ; Marechal Niel 

 not flowering, culture, pruning, for 

 light soil, 408; jottings about, 414; 

 wnich to buy, 421 j transplanting, 

 Moss de Meaux; insects on; De- 

 voniensis not growing, 428 ; on 

 chalk soil, 428; Teas in pots, 442; 



old, 451; judging, 455, 469; names, 



463 ; selection, 471 ; remarks about, 



472; removing, 480; exhibition, 490; 



National Society's Shows, 496; 



Btems fasciated, 497; attar of, 498; 



forcing, 500 

 Ross-shire tradition, 316 

 Rowan Tree, 213 

 " Royal Parks " 161 

 Ruby-tailed flies, 166 

 Rufford Abbey. 233 

 Rugby Pigeon Show, 23 

 Rushes, strewing, 165 

 Ryhope Poultry Show, 124 



Salads, autumn, 91 



Salsafy culture, 338 



Salvia Schimperi, 100 



Sambucus racemosa, Sr7 



Sanguinaria canadensis, 421 



Sanilas, 490 



Sap, experiments on flow of, 70, 112 



Savoy Golden Ball, 479 



Sawdust as manure, 295 



Scale. 313; on Apple tree, 442; on Co* 



ronilla, S90 

 Schedules of poultry shows, 42 

 SchizostyliB coccinea, 441 



Scion and stock influences, 287 



Scottish Horticultural Association, 

 401, 455 



Seakale forcing, 871. 441 



Sea sand for garden, 278 



Sea-side, ISO ; Bhrubs, 402; trees, 242, 

 418 



Seaweed manure, 390 



Season, mild, 440 



Sedums, wintering, 463 



Seed-dyeing, 479 



SeedB, adulteration Act, 461 ; vitality 

 of, 15. 154 



Service, Mr. J., testimonial, 94 



Service fruit for jam, 142 



Shaftesbury Park, 291 



Shelter in winter, 295 



Shows, company, 339; special, 1; 

 touting, 314 



Shrubbery flowers in autumn, 177, 213 



Shrubs pruning, 373 



Silene pendula, culture of, U5 



Skipton Poultry Show, 204 



Slough. Carnations at, 114 



Slugs, 221 ; in heavy soil, 186 



Snaith Poultry Show, 63 



Soap for worm-destroying, 232 



Soil, improving, 220 ; texture ot, 257 



Solanum Capsicastrum berries, 373 



South Australian Botanic Garden, 72 



South London Poultry Show, 501 



Southwell Poultry Show, 375 



Spirrea, ari#folia, 94 ; Filipendula 

 pleDa, 150 ; japonica planting, 314 



Spring gardening, 472 



Staffordshire Poultry Show, 222 



StanBtead and Rutland Park Nurse- 

 ries, 159 



Stanwix and Harraby Nurseries, 194 



Stenospermatium WaHisii, 478 



Stephanotis flonbunda fruiting, 242 



Stove, climbers, 368; plants, arrang- 

 ing house for, 61 ; v. flue, 416; in 

 plant house, 480 



Strawberries, 290, 303; at New York, 

 32 ; layering, 41 ; in London markets, 

 54; growing for market, 61; Black 

 Prince, 71; culture, 80, 82, 88, 152; 

 and slugs, 82 ; forcing, 103, 141 ; for 

 light soil, 1(9 ; estimate of sorts, 110, 

 122, 148; pamphlet on, 115; for light 

 soil, 130; leaves cut off, 142 ; select, 

 165; on light soil, 170 ; in pots, 185, 

 313; Black Prince and KeenB' Seed- 

 ling, 195; on light soil. 195 ; Ex- 

 quisite and Traveller, 202; and cul- 

 ture, 216: soil, sorts, 246; new, 265 ; 

 large cultivator, 807; liquid manure 

 for, 463 



Strawberry, culture, 383 ; planting, 

 890 ; (Indian) in Cornwall, 478 



Suburban gardening, 40, 80, 191, 140, 

 163, 1S4, 2l8, 255,203,312,350,388,441, 

 461, 498 



SucculentB, 72 



Suggestions, 247 



Summer flowers, early, 3 



Surface, dressing, 276 ; stirring, 135 



Sutton's annuals, 54 



Swans on the Thames, 448 



Symphytum officinale variegatum,33 



Tacsonia buds falling, 374 

 Taunton Deane Horticultural Show, 



151 

 Terra cotta stove, 292 

 Tbalictrums for bouquets, 79 

 Thompson, Robert, 54 

 Thrips, destroying, 443 

 Thuja occidentals, management, 247 

 Tigridia lutea, 80 

 TiUandsia usneoides, 161 

 Timber trees, 441 

 Tobacco paper, medicated, 364 

 Todea africana, 825 

 Todmorden Poultry Show, 205 

 Tomatoes, 93, 269, 384 ; in lean-t o , 4:8 ; 



report on, 180 

 Tonbridge Poultry Show, 296 

 Top-dressing, 276 

 Tovaria oleracea, 275 

 Training, 499 

 Transplanting trees, 149; and shrubs, 



350, 428 

 Tree blown down, 408 

 TreeB, cutting limbs of old, S73; and 



flowers, 77 ; removing, 433 ; singular, 



Tregothnan, 269, 288 



Trellis plants, 332 



Trenching, 293, 372 ; for trees, 325 



Trigonidium obtusum, 174 



Triteleia uniflora culture, 352 



Tropajolum, speciosum in Scotland 



and England, 128 ; Jarratti culture, 



149 ; speciosum culture, 173 

 TuberoseB after flowering, 257 

 Tulipa, orphanidea, 275 ; pulchella, 



100; undulatifolia, 161 

 Tulip, forcing, 298; planting, 408; 



Tree, 82, 96 

 Turkey blind, 1C6 

 Turkeys, live and dead weight, 855 

 Turner's Nursery, 177 

 Tydaea culture, 277 



Upton children's flower show, 153 



Vallota purpurea in winter, 408 



Vanda cserulescens var. Boxallii, 401 



Vanillin, 364 



Variegated plants, 408 



Vegetable forcing, 442 



Vegetable Marrow preserve, 462 



Vegetable Marrows, culture of in 

 market gardens, 115,142; stagnant, 

 82 



Vegetables, jottings about, 381 ; notes 

 on, 896 



Veitch, the memorial, 370; memoria 

 prizes, 428,460 



Vetches, digging-in, 220 



Verbena cuttings, 164 



Venus's Flytrap, 838, 378 



Victoria Park, 175 ; Chrysanthemums, 

 406 



Victoria regia flowering, 72 



Villa garden. Mr. Clifton's. 94 



Villa and suburban gardening, 40, 80, 

 121, 140, 163, 184, 218, 255, 291, 293, 312, 

 350,388,441,461,498 



Vine, borders, 281, 322, 333, 495, making, 

 242, inside, 481, renewing, 277; forc- 

 ing, 185; leaves, scale on, 220; re- 

 novation, 284 ; unfruitful, 42 



Vinery, air-tight, 27, 66, 82; heating 

 and planting, 82 ; altering, 333 ; 

 building span-roofed and plant 

 house, 220; heat in, 499; planting, 

 443 



Vines, in pots, 10; thrips on, 20; on 

 walls, 81 ; applying liquid manure 

 to, 83 ; phylloxera on, 103 ; close 

 planting and alternate cropping of, 

 fungus in border, 107; Gros Guil- 

 laume. 108 ; open air culture of, 115 ; 

 inarchiDg, 127; pruning, 131; car- 

 rion for, 142; cutting down, 149; 

 thrips on 165 ; border for, 201 ; 

 treatment of young, on wall, 203 : 

 renovating old, 220; on wall, 240; 

 in pots, 241 autumn notes on, 245 ; 

 Golden Champion at Fulmer, 255 : 

 forcing in pots, 2561; ripening wood 

 of, renewing border, sorts forlatu 

 house, fruit bursting, 257; mil- 

 dewed, 813. 382; transplanting, 872; 

 planting, 373; management, border, 

 in pots, 390; to replace Golden 

 Champion, 408; notes on, 418; for 

 cool vinery, grafting, phylloxeraoD, 

 pruning, 428; clenn&ing, 481 ; forc- 

 ing, 442 ; selection, 431 ; for cool 

 house, cropping, 499 



Vineyard, Marquis of Bute's, 158 



Violets, forcing, 27; every month, 290; 

 select, 443 



Wallflowers, &c„ overluxubiant, 

 82 



Walls, green on, 283 



Walnut trees, large, 233; far north 

 441 



Wardie House, 158 



Warminster Poultry Show, 205 



Wasps, 56,430 



Water, 26 



Watercress, culture, 269, 443 ; manur- 

 ing, 61 



Water Lily, fungus on, 277 : planting, 

 103; tank and management, 213 



Water Lilies, planting, 203 



Watford Poultry Show, 464 



Wayfaring Tree, ISO 



Weather, 82, 154, 201, 23, 218. 269 ; con- 

 sequences, 8(5; in South WaleB, 497 



Webb's Root Show, 292, 426 



Webb, Mr. Richard, death of, 120 



Weeding poultry stock, 83 



Weeds and their seeds, 135 



Weeks & Co's., fire at, 497 



Weeks, doings of laBt and present, 19, 

 41, 60, 81, 102, 122, 141, 364, 184,202, 

 219, 240, 256, 275, 293, 812, 381, 851, 872, 

 889, 407, 427, 442, 462, 479, 498 



WelwitBchia mirabilis,497 



West Kent Horticultural Show, 8, 83 



West Scotland Rose Show, 57 



Westminster Aquarium, Bird Show, 

 893; Pigeon Show, 278; Poultry 

 Show, 258; schedule, 204 



Weymouth Poultry Show, 258 



Whitchurch Poultry Show, lt5 



Wild flowers for decoration, 173 



Wilson, dinner to Mr., 82 



Wimbledon Horticultural Show, 40 



Window gardening, 273 



Windsor Castle, 213 



Wireworms, 1(3; destroying, 142 



Wiring, fruit walls, 390 ; Peach wall 

 832 



Wistaria propagation, 220 



Witloof, 242 



Wood, Mr. 54 



Wooden fence painting, 203 



Worcester Nursery, S69, 898, 417 



Worms, 42; in soil, 2(8 



XANTHOHRHCEA MINOR, 89 



Year's lessons, 485 



Yew clipping, 165 



Yew, hedge management, 373; its 



value, 497 

 Yews, large, 72 



Valisneria spiralis, 346 



Zinc labels 92, 440 



