January 16, 1573. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 





Mats for frames. 441 



Maze, plans of, 352 



Mead, 142 



Mealy bug, destroying, 239 



MelonB, cracking, 239, 256; on dead 

 plants, 275 ; house for, 523 ; keeping, 

 177; signs of ripening, 101; not 

 ripening. 256; not setting, 85 : with 

 scarlet and green-fleshed fruit, 217; 

 Empress Eugenie, 465 



Mesembryanthemum propagation, 238 



Metropolitan Floral Show. 135, 150 



Mezereon, and the poets. 39 



Mice, destroying bulbs, 431; pests, 124 



Middles borough Ornithological Show, 

 354 



Middleton Poultry Show, 257 



Mignonette, liquid manure for, 256 



Mission ary work, new, 95 



Monanthes muralis, 272 



Monochastum ensiferom culture, 22 



Myrtle cuttings, compoBt, 197 



Munt'ngia Calabura, 168 



Mushroom, bed failing. 85; culture, 

 431, 447, 474, 491; in tho north, 367; 

 house management, 368; in a cellar, 

 370 ; power, 289 



Narcissus foe pots, 238 

 National Peristeronic Show, 527 

 Neath Poultry Show, 122 

 Neatness, 175 

 Nectarines, early, 432; for a cool 



house, 335 

 Neottopteris nidus, 207, 2C8 

 Nepeta salviseflora culture, 294 

 Nerine coruscanot flowering. 177 

 Nerium Oleander culture, 237 

 Nertera depressa, 878 

 Nettles, eradicating, 217 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne Park, 272 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne Poultry Show, 393 

 New York Poultry Society's prize 



essay, 50 

 Norfolk Island Pine, 495 

 Nor h British Coluinbarian Show, 527 

 Northampton Poultry Show, 259 ; 



Bird Show, 387 

 Northern Counties Pigeon Show, 435 

 Norton Poultry Show, 122 

 Norwich Poultry Show, 499. 524 

 Notes of a wanderer, 90, 369, 264 

 Notice to quit tenancy, 176 

 Nunnery, The, 96 

 Nut, Ground or Earth, 197 

 Nuts, exporting, 177 



Oakham Poultry Show, 457 



Oaks, leaf spangles, E69; size for 

 planting, 352 



Oats, ground, S20 



Odontoglossum (crispum) Bluntii cul- 

 ture, 1; pardinum, 47J 



Odours, producing vegetable, 51 



Oleander losing its leaves. 352 



Oncidinm, macranthum, 90; sarcodes, 

 7 



Onions, 82; large. 186, 226: maggot, 

 314; to promote bulbing, 20; for au- 

 tumn Bowing, 67 



Oolitic limestone and Tulips, 12 J 



Opium culture, 84 



Orange, orchard at Parramatta, 471 : 

 tree bark split, 101 



Oranges and LemooB imported, SS2 



Orchard house, 285 ; in 1872, 261 ; 

 borderd, 67; Apples, 245; construct- 

 ing, 370; and greenhouse, 453; ma- 

 nagement, 20. 54,101.137,390; stove 

 for, 391 ; trees fur, 391 ; uses, 369 : 

 watering, 157 



Orchard trees, 390 



Orchids, sales, 76, 262, 314, 377, of Rev 

 W. Ellis's, 98 



Ormskirk Poultry Show, 13S 



Osmanthus ilicifolius, hardiness of. 

 487 



Oswestry Poultry Show. 278 



Oundle Poultry Show, 6S 



Over and Winsford Poultry Show, 

 526 



Oxford Poultry and Pigeon Show, 371, 

 374 



Packing plants for exportation, 



Paint, preventing its sm^lL 28 

 Palafoxia Hookeriana, 404 

 Palms for greenhouse, 432 

 Pampas Grass, manure for. 276 

 Pancratium illyricum not growing, 217 

 Paraquets, nests for Australian Grass, 



484 

 Parentage, its relative influence in 



flowering plants, 32 

 Parham's glass walls, 147 

 Parrot, feather-eating, 221; unwell, 



Parsons, Mr. G., 194 " 



Passifloras for greenhouse. 335 



Paullinia thalictrifolia. 385 



Pavements, wooden, 135 



Peaches— buds falling, 85; for a cool 

 chmate,261; effect of coping-boards 

 in protecting, 1; for early forcing 

 339; earwig-eaten, 196; gumming, 

 176; house heating, 352; manage- 

 ment of orchard house, 101: pro- 

 Im* 111 ^ 591 . 1 , Brn »™g. 334, early, 

 432; red-spidered, 294; scale on 



Peacues— Continued. 

 trees. '352; on south wall, 294; on 

 walls ortrellis, 274; wiring wall for, 

 314; for a wall out-doors, 352 ; Flat 

 China, 390 ; Earlv Gresse Mig- 

 nonne, &c, 192; the Salway, 225, 

 263 



Pears— black-rusted, 313 ; bush not 

 succeeding, 276; cracked and de- 

 formed. 138; cracked and scabbv, 

 370; gathering, 176; leaves black, 

 294; over- luxuriant, 314; in Jersev, 

 382; prize, 332; pruning. 197; for 

 pyramids, &c, 176; on north wall, 

 not ripening, 314; for south wall, 

 417, 475; sowing pips, 238; stocks 

 for, 412 : storing, 275 ; tree training, 

 452. thrice blooming. 496, unfruitful, 

 239; for west wall, 335; weights of, 

 412; Chaumontel not succeeding, 

 476; Knight's Monarch not ripening, 

 476; Winter Nelis and Josephine de 

 Malines, 498 



Peas— for August sowing, 101 ; com- 

 plete list of, 450 : two crops in same 

 rows, 383: earliest and largest, 364; 

 failing, 256: gathering, 20; latest 

 dish of, 432: mildewed, 65; report 

 on garden, 378, 400 ; roots, warts on, 

 352 ; Dr. Hogg, 55, 82 ; Emerald Gem, 

 496 



Peckham Pigeon Show, 481 



Pelargoniums — best bedding, 176 : 

 compoBt, 256; double, 227; double 

 white, 272; for exhibiting, 109; 

 leaves spotted, 22 ; old plants versus 

 cuttings, 176 ; treatment after flower- 

 ing, 40; repotting, 308; Jewel, 227 ; 

 oblongatum, 470 ; Tricolor, 294 ; 

 prizes for Zonal, 312 ; propagating 

 Zonal, 215 »***-*. * 



Perennials, select hardy, 19G 



Peristeronic (National) Society's 

 •Show, 437 



Peristeria elata, 291 



Peritymbia Vitisana, 74, 271 



Petunias, sowing, 21 



Phajus grandifolins retarding, 476 



Phlox and its culture, 161 



Phorminm tenax. 235 



Phylloxera vastatrix, 74. 253. 271; 

 Government papers on, 491, 518 



Piecework. 136 



Pigeons— for exhibition, 394; laving 

 soft e»gs. 124; tarring house, *124; 

 in poultry house, 160 ; water for, 102, 

 260; foster parents, 280; cup for 

 points, 295, 337, 354 ; classes at the 

 Crystal Palace, 297; wasting awav, 

 300; linseed cake, 338; Bick, 70; 

 young dying, 70; at Birmingham 

 Summer Show, 49; exhibiting one 

 broken-legged, 52: tumbling, 87; a 

 fancier's second viBit to Birming- 

 ham, 481 ; at Birmingham. 506; food 

 for common, 506; feeding, 528; 

 feather rot, 528; Archangels' eves, 

 838; Barbs plumage, 70; Carriers 

 Eore-eyed, 282; Dragoons' bars of 

 silver, 27, 50; Fantails, 484, manag- 

 mg, 260; JacobinB at Shows, 282; 

 points of Blue and Black Pouters, 

 460 : Pouters at Birmingham Sum- 

 mer Show, 88: Rouk, 481; Trum- 

 peters, 282, Black Mott'.ed, 282; 

 Scotch and Air Tumblers. 26, 220, 

 279; Tumblers not tumbling, 140, 

 181 ; ground colour and markings of 

 Almond Tumblers, 418 ; Almond 

 Tumblers' wing disease, 438 



Pinching Peach shoots, 113 ; and fore- 

 shortening fruit-tree shoots, 156 

 onn A PP les > large-crowned, 275, 359, 

 399 ; for succession,-314 



Pink points in 1756, 292 



Pipes, painted smelling, 452 : venti- 

 lating and vaporising, 309 



Pitfour, 115, 132 



Pit. constructing, 432; economically 

 dividing, 267;. hearing. 157; por- 

 table, 84; for wintering cuttings, 21 



Plane, Oriental, 291, 292; Western, 108 



Plantains, on lawn, 342; on lawn, de- 

 stroying, 377 



Planting and transplanting, 411 



Planting monotony, 493 



Plants, influence of parentage in flow- 

 enng, 11; and fruit in one house. 17 ■ 

 hardy, 71; for winter flowerirg, 72 



Platanus occidentals, 108 



Platycerium alcicorne, 206, 207 



Plums, leaves eaten, 239; for east 

 wall,. 217; Muscle, for stocks, 177* 

 pruning, 334: removing old tree, 432 



Pocklington Poultrv Show, 220 



Poinsettia culture, 65; pulcherrima 

 culture, 224 



Poles, 14 



Polyanthus culture. Go 



Polygala Dalmaisiana after flowering. 



Pomegranate culture, 412 



Poplars, Leyton, 6 



Potatoes-at Bedfont and elsewhere 

 loi, loo; changing, 499 ; culture and 

 management, 376 ; disease, 305. 306, 

 521, 324. 341; diseased. 21S, 244, 491 

 and nndiseased, 249, 2S6, 305. S32, 34.* ■ 

 experiences, 493 ; in Holland, 271 •' 

 imported, 307, 332; in Lincolnshire! 

 £bd; tor market gardens, 46; plank 

 ing early and late, 462; planting in 

 autumn, 468; planting earlv, |»3- 



Potatoes— Co ntinued. 



productive. 408; blug-eaten, 263; 



storing, 21; tan v. disease, 470; 



early well-flavoured, 342; Suttons' 



Rac t horse, 120 

 Pots, moss-surfacing, 275 

 Potting soil, 157 

 Poultry, experience purchased, 217 ; 



yard defects, 202; keeping, 230, 4S4 ; 



injured by railway officials, 121; 



unsuccessful, 484; feeding. 52. 484; 



shows, notes at great, 476 ; run, 



shrubs for, 499 ; life, miseries of, 354 ; 



packing and unpacking at shows, 



413 ; value of fancy, 27 ; manure, 



its value, 50; showB. forthcoming, 



68; show management, 315 

 Primulas, japoniea, from seed, 496, 



seeds germinating, 176, sowing, 84; 



sinensis fimbriata in spring. 294 ; 



sowing for Christmas flowering, 22 

 Pruning, fruit trees, 369; utility of, 



345, 387 

 Pteris tricolor culture, 452 

 Pullets, breathing defective, 360; 



early-breeding, 222 ; precocious, 396 

 l Punnet, 476 

 Pyrus japoniea pruning, 432 



Rabbits— Andalusiax. eye discharg- 

 ing, 229; at Crystal Palace Show, 

 355 ; water for, 124 ; young, dying, 88 



Radishes, numerous kinds, 272 



Railway companies, liability of, 102 



Rainfall, 459, 521 



Ramsay, Mr., 82 



Ramsey Poultry Show, 240 



Ranunculuses, "culture, 432; Turban, 

 286 



Rape, summer and winter. 216 



Raspberry, canes, shortening, 476; 

 culture, 196. 398, 402; autumn not 

 ripening. 391 



Rats, in Vine borders, 74, 113; as 

 robbers of hen-roosts, 88; trap, 110 



Red-leading seeds, 137 



Refuse, heaps for manure, 451 



Reigate Agricultural Society's Poultry 

 Show, 501 



Renfrew Leek and Onion Show. 341 



Rhubarb, forcing, 68, 523 ; gathering 

 late, 67 ; propagation, 46 



Richardson's glasshouses, 147 



Robinias, evergreen, 271 



Rochdale Poultrv Show, 178 



Rockery, the, 2C4, 252, 883 ; plants for, 

 S48 



Rockwork shaded, plants for, 499 



Root Shows, Sntton's,424; Carter's,425 



"Rose Garden," 389 



Roses— more about, 338 ; for autumn 

 show, 370; bed making, 391: for 

 beds, 370; at Birmingham, 10; bud- 

 ding, 22; buda withering, 21; bnsh, 

 100; Briars for stocks, 21; colour 

 classification, 440, 466; admitting 

 into conservatory, 499 ; cut ings. 

 striking, 46. 100. 138, 177 ; election of, 

 F44, 461. 485. 508: exhibiting. 120; 

 green, 132, 214, 255 ; forming garden 

 of, 420. 422 : iron supports for, 217 ; 

 leaves cut in circles, 235; at Ken- 

 Bington, 10; leaves injured, mil- 

 dewed, and Ecorched, 21, 120, 157; 

 manuring. 335. liquid-manuring, 224 ; 

 to flower in May, 85 : merits of, 16 ; 

 merits of new, 131 : black mildew on, 

 177; new. 391: notes on S3, 91, 162, 

 225, 283, 304, 399 ; orange fungus on, 

 110. 120, 130 ; in pots, 85. 203, 294 ; 

 potting, 391; protecting, 453; prun- 

 ing, 391, pruning for forcing, 499. 

 red-spidered. 85 ; removing, 217 ; 



' season of 1872, 91 ; for sandy soil, 

 67 ; select, 47, 100, 314, 352 ; shorie^ 

 ing shoots, 100; stopping snoots, 

 217; for S.W. and S. walls, 412; 

 stocks, Manetti. 452, budding. 67, 

 strong, 476: Manetti- stocked mil- 

 dewed, 85, for sandy soil, 47; dis- 

 tances of standard. 197. duration of 

 standard, 210. 404; Tea election, 129 ; 

 What are Tea-scented? 39; trans- 

 planting, 84, 334; tying down to a 

 hoop 21; wall, 67, 217: Celine 

 Fores tier, 413 ; Gloire de Dijon, 227, 

 513; Madame de Sombreuil, 235; 

 Marechal Niel. pruning, 196. 294 ; 

 Perle de Lyon, 272 ; Persian. 512 



Rouen drake, lame, 484 



Rye, hern ed. 263 



Ryhope Poultry Show, 2C0 



Salads, 474; or vegetables? 85 

 St. Leonards, mildness o.VS&9 

 Salvia taraxacifolia, 272 

 Sandhurst (Hawkhurst), wild flowers 



in April and May, 42 

 Sandy soil, manure for, 238 

 Sarracenia culture, 238 

 Saw-fliea on the Birch. 349 

 Saxifraga Strnchevi, 71 

 Scale insects, 74 ; destroying, 309 

 Scarborough Bird Show, 279, 280. 2 C 4 



459 

 Scarlet Runners, staking, 20 

 Schizostylis coccinea, 404 

 Scilla precox culture, 370 

 Scolymus hispanicus, 349 

 Scottish Metropolitan Cat and Rabbit 



ohow, 4S, 69 



Scott, the poet of Amwell, ana the 

 Mezereon, 39 



Screen of Conifers. 335 



Sea-kale, forcing, S53, 401, 523 ; strin"v 

 499 a * ' 



Secretaries, to all negligent, 370, 392 



Sedgefield Pigeon Show, 24) 



Sedum acre, killirg, 137 



Seedsmen's assistants, 343 



Selling price, mistake in, 102 



Sempervivum californicum hardy 

 176,197 •** 



Sensation in plants, 165 



Sewage, house, 20 



Shading, SO 



Show, returning fowls from, 335 



Shrubs, for bedding, 410 ; for an island. 

 21 ; spring-flowering, S53 



Shrubberies, hints on their formation 

 and arrangement, 77 



Shugborough Hall. 172 



Sieve measures, 334 



Silene, virginica, 302 : Elizabeths, 71 



Silkies, 320; skin, 124 



Silkworms, 160; disease, 483; prevent- 

 mg, 4Si ; keeping, 484 



Sisyrinchium grandiflorumandmultj- 

 florum, 93 



Slugs, destroying. 217,335, 858. 475 



Smoking at Ipswich Flower Show. 42 



Snaith Agricultural Society's Poultrv 

 Show, 49 



Sneezing in poultry. 300 



Society of Arts' examinations. 332 



Soils, dressing and ridging heavy, 217 : 

 storing, 464 



Solan nm CapBicas' rum berries poison- 

 ous? 305 : culture, 343, 399 ; Wars- 

 cewiczii, 62 



Sophora, weeping, 410 



Spalding Poultry Show, 1 2 



Spanish, fowls, exhibiting. 320 ; cock's 

 comb shrivelled,356 ; losing feathers, 

 269 ; pullet precocious. 160 



Spanish Oyster Plant, 349 



Sparaxis pulcherrima, 93. 129 



Sparmannia africana culture, 256 



Sphinx ocellatus, 44 



Spider, red, plants infested, on Roses, 

 destroying, 85 



Spigelia splendens culture, 130 



Spiraea palmata, 878 



Stanninglev Poultry Show, 180 



Stapelias, their culture and peculiari- 

 ties, 61 



Stephanotis floribunda, 275: winter- 

 ing, 275 : shoots pruning, 370 



Stock of fowlB, 282 



Stocks, East Lothian, 314 



Stocks preventing disease, 4^9, 426 



Stoneleigh Abbey, 347, 365 



Stopping fruit tree shoots, 196 



Stove, plant, bottom-heating, 22 



Stoves, hentingby, 21,276; forheatin^ 

 greenhouses, &c , 214, 335, 523; slow 

 combustion, 458 



Strawberries — adaptation, 508; cul- 

 ture, 493; election of. 263, 312, 397. 

 441; Lanarkshire, 409; merits and 

 culture, 204. 305: on a heavy soil. 

 204 ; on a light soil. 108. 144, K.2 ; 

 planting. 67. S70 ; in 1872, 54; runners 

 from unfruitful plants, 22; storing, 

 489 ; this year's crop, 91 



Succulents for greenhouse, 476 



Sugar in vegetables, 120 



Sulphozone, a substitute for sulphur, 

 31 



Sulphur on hot>wa'er pipes. 196 



Summer, effeds of last. 272; house in 

 the Bois de Yincennes,37 



Sunflower culture, 235 



Swan become blin l, 123 



Sweet Briar, propagating, 84 



Sweet Williams, double, 84^ " 



.Swiss fruit trade, 332 



^to- ^/' 3? C0LD conservatory. 



A6d ; Van-Volxemi planting, 275. 352 ■ 



in winter, 239 

 Tagua nuts, 470 

 Tan, uses of, 335 

 Taunton Deane Flower Show, 131 



334 ma J aBminoides not flowering. 



Thames embankment trees 35 



Thinning-out shrubs, 342 



Thistle, Scotch, a friend, £21 



Tillandsia culture, 334 



Thorne Poultry Show, 24 



Todea Wilkesiana, 81 



Todmorden Poultry Show, 219 



Tomato sweetbreads. 242 

 10? aDd Dn<Uey Hil . 1 Pou l tr y Show, 



Toxicophlasa spectabilis. 511 



Transplanting shrobs, 119 



Treculia africana, 169 



Tredegar Poultry Show, 525 



Trees, form in garden, park, and plea- 

 sure ground scenery, 12, 59 ; over- 

 hanging a kitchen garden, 22; mov- 

 ing large, 323, 411; the world's 

 loitiest, 367; tenant removing, 369: 

 weeping, 410 



Trenching and double-digging, 432 



Tricyrtis hirta after flowering, 370 



TroeMlum tipuliforme, 431 



Tropaaolums, culture of greenhouse, 



Tuberoses not flowering, 335, 352 



