CONTENTS OF VOL. XV. 



Conference on Asters and Perennial Sunflowers : — page 



Opening Address. By Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S., F.R.H.S 1 



The Genus Aster. By Professor G. L. Goodale 4 



The Michaelmas Daisy as a Garden Plant. By the Rev. 



C. Wolley Dod, M.A., F.R.H.S 13 



Perennial Sunflowers. By Mr. D. Dewar 26 



The Culture of Sunflowers. By Mr. E. H. Jenkins, F.R.H.S. 39 



Autumnal Tints. By Mr. Harry J. Veitch, F.L.S., F.R.H.S 46 



The Utilisation of Railway Embankments. By the Rev. 



W. W. Tyler, B.D 57 



Fruit Pamphlet. — Fruits for Cottagers (Scotland) 61 



Scheme of Affiliation 70 



List of Affiliated Societies 71 



Winter Vegetables. By Mr. W. Iggulden, F.R.H.S 73 



Plants for House Decoration. By Mr. John Wills, F.R.H.S. 84 



Cultivation of the Melon. By Mr. C. Ross, F.R.H.S 88 



Something More or Less about Daffodils. By the Rev. G. P. 



Haydon, F.R.H.S 92 



The Florist's Tulip. By the Rev. Francis D. Horner, M.A.... 99 

 Summer Pruning and Training of Fruit-trees. By Mr. A. 



Young, F.R.H.S Ill 



Hardy Climbing and Trailing Plants. By Mr. W. C. Leach, 



F.R.H.S 123 



Orchids for a Cool House. By the Rev. E. Handley, M.A., 



F.R.H.S 128 



Insect-eating Plants. By Mr. A. J. Manda, F.R.H.S 135 



The Fuchsia: its History and Cultivation. By Mr. Geo. Fry 143 



Begonia Conference : — 



Opening Address. By Mr. Harry J. Veitch, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. 153 

 The Cultivated Species of Begonia. By Mr. W. Watson, 



F.R.H.S 165 



Tuberous Begonias. By Mr. John Laing, F.R.H.S. 185 



Winter-flowering and Evergreen Begonias. By Mr. H. 



Cannell, F.R.H.S 194 



