July 2, 1885. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
vn 
Pipes—painting, 182 ; packing 
for joints of, 2G6 ; hot-water, 
403 
Pisonia Brnnoniana, 30 
Pitcher Plants, honey glands 
on, 39 
Plagiarism, 479 
Planting out vegetables, 491 
Plants—cleaning, 163 ; bedding, 
198 ; potting, 263 ; supersti¬ 
tions in Jamaica, 307; certifi¬ 
cated,44.5; preparing for winter 
flowering, 454 ; continuous 
flowering, 459; in flower at 
Kew, 465; Van Geert’s shade 
for, 487 ; lecture on alpine, 
497 for rooms, 538 
PLANTS CERTIFICATED— 
Acineta chrysantha, 130 ; 
Aerides Ballantineana, 489; 
Wilsoniana, 445; Allium ko- 
ratavicnse, 446; Amaryllises 
Comte de Germiny, 53; Para¬ 
gon, 255 ; Lady Howard de 
Walden, 315; Niobe,255; The 
Queen, 255; Anemone Pon¬ 
ceau, 402 ; A. thalictroides 
plenum, 402; AnguloaRuckeri 
532 ; Auriculas Mrs. Moore, 
315 ; Miss Mollie, 402 ; W. 
Brockbank,330; Azaleas Elise 
Lieber, 315; Illuminator, 255; 
Prince Baudouin, 402; Prin¬ 
cess Victoria, 402; Barkeria 
elegans, 53; Begonias (Tuber¬ 
ous) Formosa, Lady Hulse, 
Sir Peter Lumsden, 444; Mar¬ 
quis of Stafford, Lillie, 4s9 ; 
Billbergia nobilis, 489 ; Ca- 
lanthe Sanderiana, 255; Cal¬ 
ceolaria Yellow Plush, 444 ; 
Candytuft Empress, 532; Ca¬ 
mellia Commendatore Betti, 
255; Carnations A. H. Ken¬ 
nedy, 315; Pride of Penshurst, 
446; T.AV. Girdlestone, Colonel 
Cox, 446 ; Cattleyas Blunti, 
401; maxima peruviana, 402; 
Schofleldiana, 445 ; speeio- 
sissima Schrbderiana, 401; 
Triana; Massangeana, 130; 
Wagneriana, 401; Centropo- 
gon Lucyanus, 53; Chionan- 
thusretusus,489; Chionodoxa 
sardensis, 269; Clematis Sir 
Joseph Hooker, 446; Crocus 
King of the Blues, 217; Cy¬ 
clamens Albert Victor, 53; 
Miss Nightingale, 269; The 
Major, 269 ; Cymbidium 
Parishii, 532 ; Cypripedtums 
Godefroyae, 402; Sedeni candi- 
dibulum, 217 : Daphne 
Gwenka, 217; Dendrobiums 
endocharis,2l7; heterocarpum 
album, 130 ; macrophyllum 
Burkei, 315 ; Dodecatheon 
splendidum, 445; Epiphyllum 
Russellianum Gajrtnerianum, 
315; Eremurus aurantiacus, 
532 ; Fuchsias, 527 ; Gloxinias 
Flambeau, 446; Marchioness 
of Abergavenny, 489 ; Helio¬ 
trope Roi des Noirs, 445; Hy¬ 
drangea mandshuricus, 446; 
Imantophyilum Baroness 
Schroder, 217 ; Lachenalia 
Aldborough Beauty, 217; 
Lajlias anceps Hilli,130; Bella, 
315; Canhamiana, 489; Lilac 
Marie Legrange, 446; Lobelia 
superba, 445 ; Luddemannia 
Lehmanni, 402; Masdevallias 
Gairiana, 532 ; Harryana 
lateritia, 402; Maxillaria San¬ 
deriana, 402; Narcissus Barri 
conspicuus, 269; N. pallidus 
pracox, 269; N. spurius coro- 
natus,334; Nepenthes cincta, 
130 ; N. Mastersiana, 444; 
Odontoglossums Alexandra 
Johnsonianum, 532; Ander- 
sonianum pictum, 316; Bry- 
merianum, 532; crispum lila- 
cinum, 445; crispum roseum 
unctatissimum,445; crispum 
anderianum, 402 ; crispum 
Veitchianum, 402 ; elegans 
Aliciaj, 532 ; excelians, 402 ; 
Hrubyanum,130; hystrix mag- 
niticum, 130; mulus Germiny- 
Plants certificated— continued — 
anum, 532 ; Ruckerianum 
punctatissimum, 402; Schrce- 
derianum, 53 ; Wilckeanum 
album, 255 ; Wilckeanum 
Godefroyas, 217 ; Olearia 
Gunni, 446 ; O. macrodonta, 
632; Oncidium Brunleesanum, 
217 ; Paeony Snowball, 489; 
Pelargoniums Thisby, 532 ; 
Vanity, 489 ; Volonte Na- 
tionale Album, 402, 439, 444 ; 
Phahenopsis Marite, 334 ; 
Phyllanthns Chantrieri, 446 ; 
Polemonium Richardsoni, 445; 
Polyanthus Red Rover, 335 ; 
Primula White Perfection, 
130 ; Rhododendrons cardi- 
nale,217; Manglesi,489; mili- 
tare, 130 ; Teysmanni, 255 ; 
Roses Alphonse Soupert, 402 ; 
Etoile de Lyon, 402; General 
Gordon, 255 ; Princess Bea¬ 
trice, 532; Ye Primrose Dame, 
255; Saccolabium bellinum, 
130; Schizophragma hydran- 
geoides, 446; Styrax japonicus, 
532 ; Thunia Veitcni, 532; 
Tulip John Hart, 467; Tulipa 
Oculis-solis Merveana, 334; 
Verbenas Distinction, Fairy 
Queen, 489 ; Vriesia janeir- 
ense variegata, 130 
Plas, Dinas Mawddwy, 468 
Platylobinms, 217 
Plenty in gardens, 519 
Plumbago capensis out of doors, 
158,213; P. rosea, 351 
Plum trees—pruning, 100; not 
bearing, 478 ; silvery leaves 
494 
Poinsettias,361; P. pulcherrima 
424 
Polyanthuses—culture, 285 ; 
Hose-in-Hose, 325 ; Red 
Rover, 336 
Polygonatum multiflorum fi.-pl. 
462 
Polystichum proliferum, 449 
Pontederias at Oxford, 464 ; P. 
crassipes, flowering of, 464 
Pope & Sons’ Nursery, King’s 
Norton, 352 
Potatoes—insect enemies of, 34 ; 
in poor soil, 56; red spotted, 
53 ; sclerotioids in, 53 ; ad¬ 
vancement of, 86 ; Interna¬ 
tional Exhibition, 89; trials 
of in 1884, 108 ; kidney, 167; 
influence of soil on, 211; cook¬ 
ing, 299 ; and potash, 459 
Pots, draining flower, 282 
Potting plants, 263 ; methods 
Of, 508 
Powderham Castle, 236 
Primroses—at South Kensing¬ 
ton, 270; double, 326, 432 ; and 
Polyanthuses, 351, 432 
Primulas—Princess of Wales, 
89; at Welharn Hall, 150; 
seedling, 203; P. floribunda, 
218: at Perry Hill, 212 ; double 
and single, 105, 252, 258, 261 ; 
nomenclature of, 375 ; culture 
of P. sinensis, 385 ; P. ob- 
conica, 479 
Pruning, the philosophy of, 165 
Puccinia on plants, 420 
Pusehkinia scilloiaes, 308 
Puya, the, 338 
Puzzle-monkeys, a forest of, 338 
Pyrola rotundifolia, 381 
QUASSIA WATER FOR ROSE 
aphides, 494 
RAINFALL IN WINTER AND 
summer, 321 
Rain gauge, 219,276,295 
Ranunculuses, 306, 525 ; R. ane- 
monoides, 272 ; R. millefolia- 
tus, 432 
Raspberries, culture of, 296 
Rating nurserymen’s green¬ 
houses, 516 
Red spider, preventing, 260 
Rhipidopteris peltata,63 
Rhodendrons—late, 56 ; Coun¬ 
tess of Haddington, 111; sow¬ 
ing seed, 2U3; R. cardinale, 
217; R.Teysmanni, 255 ; choice 
varieties of, 299; R. Jacksoni, 
372 ; greenhouse, 4L6 ; Mr. 
Major’s Indian, 439; at Dun- 
eevan, 483 ; a choice selection 
of, 526 ; soil for, 140 
Ribes albidum, 38 
Richardias—double-spathed, 150 
261; aithiopica, 454 
Rochdale Auricula Society, 378 
Rockery, the, 124 
“ Rosarians’ Year Book,” 32 
Roses—306 ; exhibition, 15 ; Teas 
under glass, 13; pruning, 13, 
211, 251,267; mildew, 25, 39. 49 ; 
Hybrid Perpetuals in pots, 
37 ; renovating, 41; Tea varie¬ 
ties, 48; in America, the 
Bennett and Her Majesty, 67 ; 
exhibiting, 72 ; Perle des 
Jardins, 90; judging, 93; ex¬ 
hibiting Teas, 108; gypsum 
for mildew, 128 ; especially 
Teas, 147, 176, 191 ; forcing 
Hybrid Perpetuals in pots, 168, 
187, 213; aphides and mildew, 
174; climbing, 179; manuring, 
251, 267; Ye Primrose Dame, 
General Gordon, 255; Show 
fixtures, 270 ; box for exhi¬ 
biting, 331 ; Mr. Bardney’s 
insecticide, 328. 372; National 
Society’s schedule, 417 ; Teas 
in summer, 422; fish manure 
for, 451; culture of miniature, 
480, 524; cuttings, 476 ; thin- 
ningand cleansing, 514; shows 
of and prospects, 504; Bank- 
gian buds dropping, 505 ; 
scorching, an experiment, 
524 ; Princess Beatrice, 532; 
in pots, 536 
Rotation of crops, 73 
SACCOLABIUM BELLINUM, 147 ; 
S. calceolare 216 
Sagittarius, 521 
Salvias, 324 
Sarracenias, 74 
Saxifragas—S. marglnata, 218; 
a trio of pretty, 270 ; S. Mac- 
nabiana, 511 
Scarborough Lily, 270 
Scarecrows, 447 
Schizanthus, culture of, 233 
Schizostylis coccinea, 455 
Schomburgkias, 530 
Scilla 8iberica, 376 
Scone Palace, 90,132 
Season 1884,23 
Seeds—list of, from Jardin des 
Plantes, 48 ; germination of, 
85, 110, 151, 275 
Selaginella Kraussiana, 449 
Semeearpus anacardium, 343 
Sensitive Plant, culture of, 233 
Sericographis Ghiesbreghtiana, 
361 
Shading for a greenhouse, 182 
Sheffield Floral and Horticul¬ 
tural Society, 67 ; proposed 
Chrysanthemum Society, 231 
Shreds for wall trees, 478 
Shropshire Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, 328 
Shrubs—pruning evergreen, 
180 ; transplanting, 321 ; 
flowering, 475 
Slugs—the shelled, 308; de¬ 
stroying, 407 
Snowdrops, 226; species and 
varieties, 250 
Snow Glory, 308 
Society—Royal Horticultural, 
arrangements of, 191; meeting 
of, 216; Royal Meteorological, 
255 
Societies’ schedules—Liverpool, 
Croydon, Sutton Amateur 
Rose, Crystal Palace, Hull, 
Glasgow, Bawtry, Lambeth, 
212 ; Hull, Wimbledon, Lin¬ 
coln, 231 
Solanums, 179, 324, 455, 538 
Sollya linearis, 157 
Solomon’s Seal, the double, 462 
Soot water, 403 
Species, rapid change in the 
history of, 96 
Special exhibitions of spring 
flowers, 270 
Spergula, the Golden, for bed¬ 
ding, 351 
Sphagnum, 77 
Spiraa palmata and japonica, 
culture, 15,384, 454 
Spray engine, 451; Owen’s pa¬ 
tent, 116 
Sprekelia formosissima, 320 
Spring flowers, 283 
St. John’s House, AVakefield, 
358 
Stephanotis, notes on, 335 ; S. 
floribunda culture, 492 
Stevenson, death of Mr. John, 
111 
Stokesia cyanea, 236 
Stove plants, culture of, 183 
Stain, Calley’s wood, 528 
Strawberries—in pots, 55, 340 ; 
attacked by millipedes, 120 ; 
notes on forcing, 123,269; beds, 
138,459 ; value of in America, 
307 ; house for forcing, 343; 
Eclipse, 350 ; packing, 407 ; 
autumn, 418 
Stylidium amoetram, 246 
Styrax japonica, 533 
Sulphur and lime for mildew, 
494 
Superphosphate of lime, mak¬ 
ing, 384 
Sutton, Mr. L. Goodhart, 504 
Swanley in winter, 92 
Sycamore, Queen Mary’s, at 
Scone, 90 
TABLE DECORATIONS, 121 
Tea from Jamaica, 532 
Teas, especially, 130, 147, 176.191 
Tecophylaja cyanoerocus, 369 
Thalictrum anemonoides, 20" 
Thoughts on current topics, 371, 
403, 499, 524 
Thunbergia alata, culture of 
173 
Tiger Fiowers, 71 
Tigridias, 71 
Tipula olera.cea, destroying, 359 
Titanic Flower, 338 
Tomatoes, 491; in a greenhouse, 
243; in the open air, 369 ; in¬ 
sect enemies of, 503; canned 
in America, 505 
Torenias, culture of, 191 
Trees—pruning and training, 
54; destroying stumps with 
dynamite, 57 ; in Epping 
Forest, 466 ; ages of, 469; wash 
for, 56 
Trenching ground, 84, 104, 126 
144, 166, 187, 208, 233, 246, 266, 
309,323, 416, 466; for Broccoli, 
353; at Burghley, 371 
Trichopilia suavis, fine speci¬ 
men, 254 
Triphame pronuba, 375 
Tuberose not flowering, 299 
Tulips—failing, 43: early, 162; 
Mr. Barlow’s, 460 ; Royal 
Natioual Society’s Show, 466 ; 
retroflexa, 476 
Tulipa Oculis-solis Merveana, 
334 ; T. Greigii. 432 
Turner, death of Mr. Charles, 
401 
Turnip, insect enemies of the, 
172, 238 
Tyda;a, Madame Heine, 294 
VACCINIUM ERYTIIR1NUM, 127 
Vailota purpurea, 270 
Valves for pipes, best foims of, 
266 
Vanda Lowii, 53; culture of V. 
coerulea, 193; V.unduluta,400; 
V. Cathcarti, 457 
Vegetables— for m irket, 57 ; the 
best, 45; list of, 65, 16; are 
they improving ? 143 ; notes 
on, 207; new, 210, 230 ; culture 
of, 318 ; thinning, 448 ; ex¬ 
hibiting, 493 
Veitch, Messrs. J. & Sons ap¬ 
pointed Nurserymen and 
Florists to the Queen, 66; 
death of Mr. R. T. Veitch, 66 ; 
memorial prizes, 149 
Veratrums. 502 
Verbenas, 138 
Victoria, climatic viscissitudes 
of, 460 
Vineries—113 ; construction of, 
24; heating, 87, 149, 167 
Vineries, Vine borders, and 
Vines, 46, 231, 256 
Vines—roots, casting bark, 43; 
culture of, 40 ; unhealthy, 56 ; 
culture of, 76,311; and plants, 
79 ; forcing, 138, 178, 239, 448 
491; pruning, 162; root-prun¬ 
ing and lifting, 169, 5.36 ; the 
weevil, 203; disbudding, 223, 
321, 500; watering, 280 ; early, 
295 ; scorched, 364,428 ; killing 
with oil, 417 ; inarching, 412; 
bunches shrivelling, 428 ; 
house for, 451; roots decayed, 
473 ; leaves failing, 516; re¬ 
storing enfeebled, divided 
roots, 517; a new pest, 505 ; 
for early forcing, planting 
out v. in pots, 528 
Vine borders—60; draining, 43 ; 
refuse fish for, 78 ; extending, 
223 ; top-dressing, 2s0; at Dal¬ 
keith, 502 
Vintage, the French, 67 
Violets, 361 ; culture of, 143 ; 
growing, 170 ; Comte de 
Brazza, 189 ; under glass and 
out of doors, 370 
AVAKEFIELD PAXTON SOCIETY 
357 
AValkley Amateur Society, 317 
AValls—protecting, 56 ; climbers 
and shrubs for, 75 
AVallflowers, 36t 
AA r altham Abbey Show, 4S0 
AVarhurst, Mr., removal of, 403 
AVatering plants, 301 ; vege¬ 
tables, 521 
Water spreader, Mr. Bates’, 350 
AVater spring in cellar, 321 
AVaterprootiug tiffany, 141 
AVax. grafting, 243 
AA’eather of 1884 Mr. Mawley’s 
work on the, 293 ; extraordi¬ 
nary, 418 
AVedding, floral decorations at 
a, 402 
AA’eeds, destroying, 260 
AVeigelas, 475 
Westerham Show, 270 
AVillersley Castle, Matlock 
AVillows. useful, 281 
AVimbledon Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, 150 
AVindow gardening, 328 
AVinter-flowering plants, 324 
AVinter Garden at Folkestone, 
289 
AVireworms, gas-lime for, 152, 
213 
AA’itloof, 405 
AVoodlice, Bantam fowls and, 
243 ; destroying, 299 
YAM, CULTURE OF CHINESE, 
260 
Yews, patriarchal, 349; pruning 
242 
York Show, 533 
ZYGOPETALUMS, CULTURE OF, 
261; culLure of Z. Mackayi 79 
