VI 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
[ July 2, 1885, 
Kims, old, at Twickenham, 231 
Endive, 491 
Endosmose, Dutrochet’s theory, 
371 
Epacris culture, 117; starting, 
295 
Epiphyllums, 94 ; E. Kusselli- 
anum G® rtnerianum, 315 
Epping Forest, walks in, 450 
Epps, Mr. W. J., death of, 440 
Erica Banksiar.a alba, 310 ; E. 
buccin®formis, 311; Mr. Cy¬ 
pher’s specimen of E. Caveu- 
dishiana, 528 
Eremurus aurantiacus, 532 
Erodium pelargoniifolium, 331 
Erysimum pumilum, 478 
Essex Field Club, meeting of, 
372 
Essex Horticultural Show, 508 
Eucharises—317; culture of E. 
amazonica, 67, 159, 294 ; not 
flowering, 353 
Eupatoriums, 324, 455 ; E. Can- 
dollei, 176 
Euphorbias, 361; E. jacquini®- 
flora, 7; fungus on, 320 
Kncypripedium seeds, 389 
Eurybia Gnnni,484 
Evergreens, transplanting, 478 
Exochorda grandiflora, 475 
FARM—THOUGHTS FOR THE 
New Year, 21; agriculture in 
New South Wales, 22; Tare 
seed for poultry, 22; high 
farming, 44; value of land, 44 ; 
Dairy farming in winter, 57, 
80; chickens dying, 58; fowls 
for exhibition, 58; Purrion’s 
Farmers’ and Gardeners’ Al¬ 
manack, 58; silos at Bedford, 
102; the lambing season, 101 , 
121 ; Prickly Comfrey, 122 ; 
modern farming, 122 ; arti¬ 
ficial manures, 141; artificial 
manure for grass land, 142; 
price of artificial, manures, 
164 ; Kerry cows, 142 ; hard 
butter, 142; abortion, 142,204 ; 
seed time, 163, 183 ; fowls 
ailing, silos and ensilage, 
abortion in sheep, 164 ; clear¬ 
ing couch grass from clay 
land, 184; fowls not thriving, 
184 ; salt for pastures, 184; 
the breeding flock, 204; per¬ 
manent pastures, 224,244; al¬ 
ternate husbandry, good and 
had grasses, 262 ; trifles, 281 ; 
ways and means, 321, 343; 
nitrate of soda for grass, 322; 
ensilage for sheep, 322 ; store 
sheep, 344; provision for win¬ 
ter, 365 ; provision for stock 
in winter, 408 ; dairy farming, 
“Early Maturity of Live 
Stock,” “ Pastures Old and 
New,” 430 ; dairy farming in 
spring, 451, 478 ; castor oil for 
calves 474 ; the hay harvest, 
495, 517 ; land drainage, 496 ; 
Dairy cattle, 539; preserving 
butter, 539 
Fadyenia purpurea culture, 407 
Ferns-choice little, 62 ; for cut¬ 
ting. 201 ; stove, 200 ; in the 
English lake district, 289 ; 
culture of, 448 ; for rooms, 
538 
Fertilisers for crops, 384 
Fertilising by wind agency. 503 
Figs, 220; forcing, 18, 159, 277, 
318,360, 428,491 
Filbert—the Purple, 26; insect 
enemies of the, 136; piopa- 
gating, 140 
Firs, conservatory at The, 289 
Floral investments, 367 ; deco¬ 
rations at a wedding, 150, 492 
Florist flowers, 306 ; old varie¬ 
ties, 49, 75; seasonable notes 
on,149 
Flowers—packing, 54; hardy 
for exhibition in August, 100 ; 
in February, 178; at Totten¬ 
ham,272; double, 308; hardy, 
from Aldershot, 472; show 
management, 465 ; for per¬ 
fumery at Nice, 505 ; watering 
and furnishing beds, 514 
Flower garden, work in, 18, 77, 
318, 470; an interesting bor¬ 
der, 70; planting a bed, 280 
Flower and fruit houses, patent 
Venetian, 237 
Folkestone Winter Garden, 506 
Forest House, Nottingham, 152 
Forestry, grant for Edinburgh 
School ot, 249 
Forests in Tunis, 460 
Forsythia suspensa, 228 
Frame, portable. 523 
Fruit—(and vegetable) markets 
in London and Paris, 29; 
forcing, 117 ; garden, 137, 178, 
339; exhibiting, 203 ; growing 
and middlemen, 2.50 ; in¬ 
fluence of pollen on, 354 ; good 
prospect of, thinning, 382 : 
summer treatment of small 
hardy, 453 
Fruit trees—root-pruning, 12; 
winter dressing for, 83, 115; 
soil for, 101 ; hardy, 295 ; 
spring management of, in¬ 
secticides for, 409; in spring, 
458; hardy, 469 
Fuchsias—starting, 179 ; a trial 
of and awards, 526; General 
Gordon, 528 
ungus on Vines,364 
GALANTHUS El.WESI. 227 
Garden—cleaning walks, 16 ; 
blackening walls, 56 ; notes 
from my, 353 ; notes in a, 432 
Gardening in America, 51; in 
Tasmania, 111 
Gardeners—words to young 
and old, l; under, 2, 34, 63: 
and reading. 9; advice to 
young, 31, 206 : head and 
under, 147; young, 235, 252; 
288, 332; self-taught, 281; a 
hint for young, 525 
Gardeners’ Koyal Benevolent 
Institution, annual accouots, 
66 
Gardenias—treated as biennials, 
107; hardiness of, 131; culture 
of, 160, 840,868,492; buds fall¬ 
ing, 223 : at Longleat, 359 
Gaslime for gardens, 43; and 
wireworms, 152, 213 
Gaultheria procumbens, 218 
Genistas, 475 
Gladioli—culture, 213,266; how 
we have grown our seedling, 
236; planting, 308,326 
Glasgow Spring Show, 275 
Glass house, heating, 243 
Gloxinia leaves scorched, 451 
Glazing lights, 260 
G'.enstal, shrubs and conifers 
at, 528 
Gooseberries—bushes and bull¬ 
finches, 149 ; pruning bushes, 
223; rem-dies against saw-fly, 
380 : summer pruning, 499 
Grafting, 219 
Grange, the. Wallington, 462 
Draperies. Bishop St.ortford, 16 
Grapes—Muscat Hamburgh, 4, 
31, 111: Golden Hamburgh, 8; 
(and Orange) culture in New 
South Wales, 8 ; Golden 
Queen, 49 ; Gros Guillaume, 
63 88 ; culture of Gros Guil¬ 
laume, 104; Gros Maroc, 107, 
186, 208, 229 ; Duke of Buc- 
cleuch, 127,208, 225,264. 30t,324, 
350, 373 ; pruning Duke of 
Buccleuch, ill; Duke of Buc- 
cleuch splitting, 434 ; Madres- 
field Court, 120, 208 ; Mrs. 
Pinee.lSl, 172 ; late black. 162; 
notes on,208,478 ; Black Ham¬ 
burgh, 229; cracking, 225, 304, 
329.422,476; cause of cracking, 
455, 458. 498 ; keeping, 189, 
269; in February, 203; thin¬ 
ning, 245 ; treatment of late, 
297 ; Golden Champion, 345 ; 
spotting, 345 ; rusted, 364; in¬ 
jured,364; splitting, 371, 402 ; 
scalding,451; setting,494; not 
setting, 478 ; culture, 46!; 
endosmoso, 526 
Grasses, good and had, 231; 
ornamental, 362 
Grass land, lime for, 343 
Greenhouse, notes in a. 291 
Ground, trenching, 5, 28, 48,65, 
403 
Grubs, destroying in'soiI,251 
Guano, native, 270. 342 
Gynmogramma hispida, 62; 
triangularis, 62 
Gymnostachyums, culture of, 
343 
Haarlem, exhibition of 
bulbs at, 211, 248 
Halesia tetraptera, 462 
Hand lights, 442 
Hardenbergia monophylla, 280 
Hardwooded plants, 228 
Hardy plants, 353 ; at Manches¬ 
ter, 438 
Harefield Grove Gardens, 270 
Heaths, two pretty, 310 
Heating—defects of hot-water, 
225; emptying boilers, 250 ; 
and hot-water pipes, 268,289; 
saving heat in outside pipes, 
332,330 
Hebeclinium ianthinum, 289 
Heliotropes, standards, 427 
Herbaceous borders. 461, 481 
Hibberd, death of Mrs. Shirley, 
66 
Hibbertia perfoliata. 479 
Hibiscus syriacus, 228 
Hogg, l)r„ presentation to, 402 
Hollies and Aucubas not fruit¬ 
ing, 2L 
Holloway, specialties at, 290 
Holiday visitors in London, 440 
Hone, the Tam o’ Shanter, 402 
460 
Honeysuckle, the Australian, 
189 
Horn and hoof shavings as 
manure. 450 
Horseradish culture,5; injuring 
cattle, 307 
Horticulture in 1881, 70 ; teach¬ 
ing in schools, 231; the inter¬ 
est in, 3 3 ; depression, 309 
Horticuttirral (Royal) Society— 
fixtures, 8 ; meetings, 52. 314, 
334, 401, 444,488 ; committees, 
95, 129, 157, 42 i, 531 ; annual 
meeting, 134; Bulb Show, 254 ; 
election, 439; Show of Roses 
and Azaleas, 444 ; Orchid 
Show 488 
Horticultural Societies —man¬ 
agement of, 197, 229, 247, 292, 
314,332,355 ; Benefit Society’s 
Meeting, 123 ; Association of 
Yorkshire, 857 ; list of Shows, 
609 
Horticultural Club, 66 : annual 
dinner, 1.50 
Hotbeds, making, 92 
Hot-water—joints for pipes,316; 
preserving, 350 ; pipes crack¬ 
ing, 413 ; heating, 457 ; joint¬ 
ing pipes, 530 
Houses—cleaning. 61, 98; Vene¬ 
tian flower and fruit, 236 
Hyacinths—a floriferous, 231 ; 
removing, 281; in Ireland, 
350 ; at l)uneevan,350; in the 
open air, 353 
Hyacinthus amethystinus, 476 
IM 4NTOPHYLLUMS-BARONESS 
Schroder. 217 ; at Upper Hol¬ 
loway, 290 
Tmpatiens Snltani culture,340 
Insecticides, 156; Mr. Bardney's, 
235 
Insectivorous plants, 73, 87, 2'5 
Insects—Miss Ormerod’s report 
on injurious, 359; enemies of 
the Turnip, 330 ; in a dry 
spring, 372 ; enemies of the 
Cauliflower, 375 
International Inventions Exhi¬ 
bition—Railway Guide, 350 ; 
opening of the, 372 
Iris fimbriata, 169 ; I.reticulata, 
£83 ; choice Spanish, 534 
Ivies severed from their roots, 8 
JAM MCA, PUBLIC GARDENS 
at, 313; plant superstitions 
respecting, 307 
Jasnnnum nudiflorum aurenm, 
192 ; J. gracillimnni, 2l8 
Jeye’s Gardener’s Friend, 481 
KENNEDTA MARRY4TT U, 295 
Kennedy, death of Mr. James, 
192 
Kew, new rules for the Royal 
Gardens, 127; official guide to 
the Royal Gardens, 288 
Kilimanjaro, vegetation at, 328 
Kingston Chrysanthemum So¬ 
ciety, annual meeting, 8 
Kitchen garden, work in, 17, 75, 
116. 159, 200, 239, 277, 360, 404, 
448 ; notes, €9; cropping, 79 
Labels, usefdl, 407 
Laehenali Aldborough Beauty, 
217 
Ladias—winter-flowering. 68 : 
high price of white variety of 
L. aneeps, 89; 1,. superbiens, 
111; L. anceps, 158 ; varieties 
of, 196 ; L. bella, 315 
Lambs’ Lettuce, culture of. 162 
Lapagerias—in a vinery. 140; L. 
alba at Oakbrook, 269 ; un¬ 
healthy, 516 
Larch, planting, 182 
Lardizabala biternatu, 265 
Lasiandra macrantha, culture 
of, 100 
Latin, learning, 243 
Lavtrustinus, fruits of, 420 
Lawns—expelling worms from, 
120 ; forming new, 240 ; top¬ 
dressing, 260; destroyi ng moss 
in, 278 ; improving, 299 ; mow- 
ings v. Onion maggot, 469, 
600 
Lawrence, portrait of Sir Trevor 
398 
Leaf mould, 77 
Leaves, forms of, 274 
Lee and Blackheath Horticul¬ 
tural Society. 482 
Leeds Professional Gardeners’ 
Friendly Benefit Society- 
annual dinner, 67 
Leontice Alberii, 309 
Lettuces, summer, 404 ; on 
ridges, 525 
L'bonia floribunda, 21 
Lilacs, forcing, 205 ; red, 476 
Liliums—L. auratum, 17, 468 ; 
forcing L. candidum, 14L; 
stem roots of L. an rat urn, 332, 
347,433,458, 485; surface-root¬ 
ing, 357 ; at Duneevan, 483; 
abnormal growth of, 510 ; use 
of stem roots, 524,525 
Lilies. North American, 174; 
the St. Bruno’s, x76 
Lily of the Valley, German v. 
Dutch, 417 
Lime for grass land, 343 
Limes, old, at Twickenham, 231 
Lincoln Chrysanthemum So¬ 
ciety, annual meeting, 8 
Linum trigynum, 361 
Litchi, the, 167 
Liverpool Horticultural As¬ 
sociation, 30, 483; annual 
meeting, 150; Spring Show, 
272 
Llandaff House, 534 
Loam, 76 
Lobelia Deckenii,328 
London’s lesser open spaces, 
446 
Lonicera fragrantissima,I92 
Luddemanniana,notes on, 419 
Lvcaste Skiuneri, 234 ; culture 
252 
Lychnis vespertina plena, pro¬ 
pagating, 236 
Magnolia campbf.lli, 40 
Maize, variegated, 233 
Malva umbellata, 63 
Mamestra brassiere, 375 
Manchester—Horticultural Im¬ 
provement Society. 67 ; Bo¬ 
tanical and Horticultural 
Societv, 136; Sp ing Show, 
249 ; WhitsuntideShow, 436 
Manetti and mildew, 25 
Manures—77,343; for plants in 
pots, 106, 223 ; tor grass and 
fruit trees, 203 ; Mr. Kruse’s 
paper on, 373 ; blood, 450 ; 
horn and hoof shavings, 450; 
for the orchard and garden, 
483; relative value of, 530 
Marantas, 220 
Marguerites, 324 ; destroying 
maggots in, 385; prizes for, 
483 
Market gardening, 141 
Marking fruit, 343 
Martynia fragrans, 190 
Masdevallias — M. tovarensis, 
152; a specimen of M. tovar¬ 
ensis. 170; M. Shuttleworthi, 
S97 ; M. Gairiana, 632 
Maxillarias, 27; M. grandiflora, 
28 
May frosts, 402 
Meiklejolin, death of Mr. Alex¬ 
ander, 169 
Melons— 2 in, 443 ; for frames, 21; 
forcing, 76, 200, 277, 318 ; the 
Cantaloup, 140 ; frame culture 
of, 346 ; management of, 513 
Melville Castle gardens, 74 
Mentzelia bartonioides, 82 
Menyanthes triioliata, 521 
Meteorological observations, 30; 
at Worksop, 289 ; reportsfrom 
Hodsock l’riory, 132, 192, 403, 
483 
Meteorological (Royal) Societv, 
9.5, 131, 176, 231, 329, 403, 440. 530 
Microlepia hirta cristata, 449 
Mignonerte, the culture of, 232; 
tree, 427 
Mildew—sulphur and lime for, 
494 ; on Grapes, 494 
Stimulus culture in pots, 65 
Mistletoe. 43 
Montbretias, notes on, 10 
Mountain picture, a, 338 
Mushrooms—21; history of the, 
82; a novel mode of growing, 
131 ; failures and suc-cesses, 
146 ; in boxes, 152 ; enemies 
of, 203 ; growing, 228 ; in 
fields in May, 372; horse, 407; 
an abnormal, 440 ; culture of, 
448 ; successful culture in 
Y'orkshire, 459 
Mnscari lingulata, 308 
Myosotis sylvatica, 350 
Narcissi — N. palltdus 
pr®cox, 170; doubling of, in¬ 
vestigation of, 192; N. snurius 
coronatus, 334 ; Sir Watkin, 
351; varieties of, 432 
National Auricula and Carna¬ 
tion Societies, 127 
Nectarines—Lord Napier, 5, 48, 
71,146, 189, 210 ; forcing, 54 
Nepenthes,73,492; propagating, 
141; disbudding, 295 ; cultuie 
of, 435 
Nephrodium fragrans, 62 
Nerines—N. Fothergilli major, 
132 ; culture of, 171 
Newcastle - on - Tyne Flower 
Show, 326 
Newcastle Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, 289 
New Orleans International Ex¬ 
hibition awards to Messrs. 
J. Cheat & Sons, 31 
New Zealand, botanising in, 
356 ; botanical exploration in, 
353; among the ranges of, 379 
Nicotiana atflnis, 435 
Norris Green, Mr. Gladstone at, 
111 
Northamptonshire Horticul¬ 
tural Society, 482 
Notts Horticultural and Botani¬ 
cal Society, 1-55,337 
Nut Weevil, 136 
Nymphaja alba, 521 
OAKHOLME, NOTES AT, 312 
Oaks and Lithoeolletis, 420 
Odontoglossums—cool house,2; 
O. Schroederianum, 53 ; O. 
Humeanutn, 216; O, Wilcke- 
anun Godefroy®, 217; O. 
Wilckeanum album, 255 ; O. 
aspersum, 290 ; O. macula- 
tum, 347 ; O. (ierminyanum, 
O. Alexandra, O. Johnsoni- 
anum, O. elegans, O. Alicia 
and O. Brymerianum, 532 
Ginotheras, three useful, 354 ; 
G5. anisoloba,35 
Oldrteld, Bickley, 194 
Omphaiodes ve'rna, 283 
Oncidinms, 240; O. Brunlees- 
anum, 217; O. Plialamopsis, 
270 ; noteson,376; O.Marshall- 
ianum, 398 
Onions—spring sown, 199 ; 
autumn-sown, 265; growing 
large, 429 ; a preventive of 
the maggot, 469 ; lawn mow- 
ingsf«'4U4maggots,500; thin¬ 
ning, 535 
Opposition, 431 
Oranges—culture of the, 182, 
227, 302; out of doors, 247 ; 
in Algeria, 307 ; history of 
the Osage, 482 
Orangery, a Paramatta, 112 
Orchids—perils of collectors, 13 ; 
Mr. Birt’s paper on, 4, 47, 72 ; 
lecture on,32; multiplication 
of, 53; at Fernfleld, Bridge of 
Allan, 128; conference, 130,194, 
3*7; in 1885, 185 ; new, at 
Chelsea, 191; at Shirecliffe 
Hall, 193 ; amongst the, 194, 
348, 372 ; near towns, 194; 
North American, 199 ; at 
Messrs. J. Veitcli & Sons', 
Chelsea, 214 ; at Kensington, 
216 ; popularity in America, 
231; notes, 272 ; at Westbrook, 
287 ; at Upper Holloway, 290 ; 
flowers from Bridge of Allan, 
328; in flower at Oldfield, 328 ; 
Mr. Woolford’s pan,349; value 
of, 367; a review of the struc¬ 
ture and history, 368 ; at 
Downside, 372; beds of leaves 
for, 372 ; hybridisation, Mr. 
Veitch’s paper, 388 ; cultiva¬ 
tion of, Mr. O’Brien’s paper, 
392 ; temperature for, 394; cost 
of in 1846, 394; exhibition, 394; 
fruit. 400 ; cultural materials, 
flowers, 401 ; single speci¬ 
mens, 400; mysteries, 411; list 
of conference plants and 
species, 412; at Holloway,416; 
Reichenbach’s paper, 418 ; 
conference discussion, 422 ; 
manures for, 424; at Manches¬ 
ter,437; imported, 457; at the 
Grange, Wallington, 462; 
pruning, 487, 605 ; and Ferns 
m dry house. 516; Williams’ 
baskets for, 504; improving 
British, 525 
Orchises, transplanting and 
improving, 516 
Orontium aquaticum, 521 
Osiers, 280 
Owen’s patent spray engine, 116 
Oxford Union Carnation and 
l'icotee Society, 192 
PALMS, DECORATIVE, 210 
Palm oll,365 
lheonies, herbaceous, 145; choice 
varieties of, 534 
Pampas, barrenness of the, 156 
Pansies, election of, 148 ; pro¬ 
perties of good, 365 ; Scottish 
Society’s Show of, 525 
Paranaphelius unitlorus, 462 
Paris—Markets, 29 ; Interna¬ 
tional Horticultural Society, 
30; Boianical and Horticul¬ 
tural Congress at, 307 ; Inter¬ 
national Horticultural Exhi¬ 
bition at. 442 
Park for South London, 270 
Paroehastus communis, 14 
Parsley, 448 
Parsnips, 199 
l’assiflora Constance Eliott, 372 
Paxton Society’s meeting, 417 
Peaches—Hales’ Early, 5 ; 
auhides on trees, 21 ; lorcing, 
54,159 258,339.362; removing 
scale from trees, 120 : falling, 
223; culture of, 267, 234 ; and 
Neciarines, 22n, 339,469 ; early 
forced trees, 342 ; dropping, 
5L6 ; leaves skeletonised, 539 
Pears—Bergamotte Esperen.126; 
not ripening,281; preventing 
birds pecking, 450 ; de-troyed 
by grubs. 493 ; leaves blister¬ 
ed, 494 ; blister moth, 494; pro¬ 
ductive varieties, 513 ; pro¬ 
posed congress, 5oo 
Teas—for succession, 21 ; the 
white Everlasting. 236; Sweet, 
228; in trenches, 268 ; insect 
enemies of, 365; late, 404, 44s; 
early, 491 ; Veitch’s extra 
early, 504 
r eat, 76 
Pelargoniums—Zonal. 179. 182 ; 
reputting Zonal, 199; Fanny 
and Robert Hayes, 4x1 ; 
Thisby, 53?; s ented leaved, 
532 
Pentstemons—P. Wrighti. 287 ; 
culture of,307; hybrid, 378 
Pepper Plant, 460 
Petrocallis pyrenaica, 11 
Petunias, 179 
Phams grandifolius, 152; P. 
tuberculosus, 216 
Phalsenopses, 240; P. Stuartiana 
nobilis, 194 ; house at Old¬ 
field, 195 ; P. Mari®, 334 ; cul¬ 
ture ol, 345; seeds and seed¬ 
lings, 388 
Phippen, death of Mr. George, 
4 12 
Phloxes, Alpine, 82 
Phoenix sylvestr.s, 350 
Pilumna fragrans, 28 
Pine Apples, culture of, 13,138, 
177, 196, 318 ; forcing, 200 ; 
watering, 530 
