CCXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Aster hispidus, 60 
host of Comandra, 489 
' J. S. Baker,' A.M., clxxviii 
kansuensis, 58 
' King of the Belgians,' A.M., 
clxxviii 
limitaneus, 59, 330 
mildew, 22 
oreophilus, 58 
pulchellus, cxxvii 
sikuensis, 60 
sp. in Yunnan, 44 
Thomsoni, 61 
Thunbergi, 60 
turbinellus, 60 
Astilbe chinensis var. Davidii, 35 
Davidii, 35, 61 
' Gloria,' A.M., clxix 
grandis, 35 
Astragalus monspessulanus, 276 
stipulatus, cxxxv 
Atragene sp., 61 
Atropa Belladonna, 134-8, 191, 475, 
490 
Aubergine, its cooking, 254, 258 
lace-bug, 191 
Aucuba japonica, 189 
Auricula ' Edith,' A.M., clvi 
Bacillus amylovorus, 476, 479, 491 
azobacter, 481 
bulgaricum, 481 
cereus, 515 
Cypripedii, 17 
Dianthi, 481 
Farnetianus, 17 
fluorescens, 481, 498 
megatherium, 515 
melonis, 492 
mycoides, 515 
Polacii, 17 
radicicola, 480 
subtilis, 481 
tracheiphilus, 489 
Bacteria attacking turnips, 318 
life cycles, 480 
Bacterium Cattleyae, 17 
Krameriani, 17 
lachrymans, 488 
Pruni, 517 
tumefaciens, 487 
Bacterized peat experiments, 349 
Bags, protection against mice, 188 
Bailey, L. H., " Standard Cyclopaedia 
of Horticulture," 174, 467 
Balance Sheet, 1915, xiv 
Balsa wood, xlvi 
Bamboos, 245 
Bambusa auricoma, 246, 247, 249 
cultivation, 246 
disticha, 246 
Fortunei, 246, 247, 249 
aurea, 249 
variegata, 249 
viridis, 250 
humilis, 250 
japonica, 246, 250 
Metake, 246, 250 
palmata, 246, 248-50 
Bambusa Ragamowski, 246, 250 
tessellata, 246, 250 
Veitchii, 246, 250 
Banana cultivation, 481 
Bauhinia Faberi, 61 
Bean disease, 14, 481 
Tepary, see Phaseolus acuti- 
folius 
Beans, Dutch brown, 433 
their cooking, 254 
Beet, curly top, 481 
disease, 484 
mildew, 200 
scab, 481 
Begonia ' Mrs. C. F. Langdon,' A.M., 
clxv, clxix 
' Norbury White,' A.M., liii 
pollinated by thrips, 207 
Belladonna, see Atropa Belladonna 
Berberis aggregata, 35, 189 
angulosa, 353 
Bealei, A.M., lvi 
brevipaniculata, 189 
centifolia, 40 
concinna, 189, 353 
Coryi, 189 
diaphana, 353 
dictyophylla, 353 
Jamesiana, 45 
japonica hyemalis, A.M., lv 
kumaonensis, 353 
leptoclada, 45 
leucocarpa, 45 
macrosepala, 353 
minutiflora, 353 
Potaninii, 61 
Prattii, 189 
rubrostilla, F.C.C., 353, clxxxi 
Sargentiana, F.C.C., 35, 189, 
clxxxi 
sibirica, 353 
sp. in China, 42, 61, 62 
Stapfiana, 35, 189 
verruculosa, 35, 189 
vulgaris, 189 
Wilsonae, 35, 189 
yunnanensis, 353 
Berries, trees and shrubs useful for, 189 
Betula Bhojpattra, 62, 107 
nigra, host of Comandra, 487 
sp. in China, 45, 62 
Bidens Beckii, 188 
Bifrenaria Harrisoniae, clxxxvi 
Birds, the economic status of wild, 1, 
496 
Blandfordia princeps, cxxviii 
Blepyrus marsdeni, 188 
Blue flag, cultivation, 191 
Boea hygrometrica, 62 
Bomarea sp. exhibited, cxxvii 
Boneset, see Eupatorium perfoliatum 
" Book of Garden Plans," by S. J. 
Hamblin, reviewed, 468 ^ 
" Book of Old Sundials and their 
Mottoes," by W. Hogg, reviewed, 167 
Book Reviews, 167, 450 \ 
Books added to Library,~443 
Boots, to preserve soles, 482 
Botanic beer, 13G 
