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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
v 
abutilons in small, pots, 
231; grafted, 306; culture of, 
476 
Achimenes, propagating, 332 
Adiantum ciliatum, 130 ; A. ru- 
bellum, 133; best species of, 
184; and Gyinnogrammas at 
Kew, 188; A. rhodophyllnm, 
246 : notes on species of, 278 
Abides Lawrenci*, high price 
of, 82 
Al ey rodes vaporari ornm. 403,423 
Allamandas, culture of, 312 
Allium neai-olitanum. 353 
Alocasias, notes on, 94 
Alpine and rockery plants, 89 
Amaryllises from seed, 96; 
General Graham and Ne Plus 
Ultra, 214 : at Chelspa, new 
varieties, 229 ; Col. Burnaby, 
Mrs. Shirley Hibberd, and 
Sir Red vers Buller, certifi¬ 
cated, 249; drying. 254; his¬ 
tory of. hybridising. 277 ; 
Mars, 287 : Virgo and Zitella, 
294; Adelina Patti, 304; 
Countess of Rosebery. 307 ; 
Alcyone,327 ; culture.832,419 ; 
at Holloway, 348; formosis- 
sima, 374 
Amateur, definition of, S49, 359, 
384, 399, 419 
Anemones, single, 226 ; notes 
on. 322; raisingfrom seed,334; 
stellata flore-pleno,343; notes 
on species of, 399: disease in 
garden, 505 ; coronaria, double 
varieties, 444 
Angles of roofs, determining, 
118 
Angratcum fastuosum, 326 
Anobium striatum, 455 
Anomatheca cruenta from seed, 
62 
Annuals, sowing, 313 
Antennaria tomentosa, 344 
Aphelandra anrantiaca, 24; 
Roezlii, 106 
Apple Curl Tail, 16 
Apples and cider-making, 185 
Apples, moss and iicliens on 
trees, 26 ; Norfolk Slone Pip¬ 
pin, 29; keeping, 32: Gloria 
Mundi, 54; American impor¬ 
tations of, 105; Annie Eliza¬ 
beth, 146; Mr. Nield’s paper 
on, extent of cultnre. 176: in 
sand and charcoal, 214; High 
Canons, certificated, 325; 
tree*, espalier. 437: for orna¬ 
mental purposes, 442 
Apricots, ins ets on. 413 
Aralias, species and propaga¬ 
tion of, 77 
Aristea capitata. 486 
Artichokes, lii-tory of. 381 
Asparagus—beetle, 112; spring 
treatment, 202; plumosns, 
299 ; salting beds, 334, 393 
Aspasias, 461 
Asplenium Ruta-muraria, 33; 
horridum, 406 
Astrocaryuin mexxannm, 4 
Atkins, death of Mr. James, 304 
Aubergines, 7 
Auricula, Rochdale Society’s 
meeting, 63 ; destroying aphis 
on roots,74; ton-dressing,111; 
notes on. 214; Hetty Dean,249: 
a review. 317 ; early shows of, 
National Show,327; old essay 
on, 334 : at South Kensington, 
345; Mrs. Horner, 850; So¬ 
ciety’s (National) Northern 
Show, 365 : Rochdale, 371; 
and Polyanthuses, culture, 
391; Alpineand seedlings,394; 
potting. 4-4 ; varieties.408 ; in 
Scotland, 445 ; small pots for. 
wool I y aphis. 464 ; alpine, 468 ; 
in Ireland. 515 
Australian horticulture, 484 
Azaleas,repolting, 176; restor¬ 
ing neglected, 178: potting, 
198 ; culture of. Little Beauty, 
213 : Mrs. Heaver, 214 ; choiee 
Ghent varieties, amcenaCald- 
welli,243: Van Houtt,e,certifi¬ 
cated, at Shirecliffe Hall, 290; 
treatment after tlowering,334; 
hardy, 420 
Azara inici ophylla, 208,227 
INDEX. 
- o - 
Balfour, death of Dr., 125 
Balsams, culture, 3i2 
Batemannias and cool treat¬ 
ment, 49 
Bath Shew, 406 
Bath and West of England 
Show, 450, 457 
Bauera rnbioides, 189 
Beans, Kidney, in pots, 137; 
Girfford Runner, 242 
Beaucarnea recurvata, 170 
Bedding plants from seeds and 
cuttings, 116 ; propagating, 
234 
Bees—queen battles, 18; the 
comingbee,19; practical man¬ 
agement of. 32; starting Li¬ 
gurian stock, swarming v. 
non-swarming,53; Syrian,73; 
swarming and non-swarm¬ 
ing, 116; effects of mild 
weather, 137; curing foul 
brood, 137 ; feeding, 157 ; 
seasonable notes on, 175 ; 
hives and quilts, 178 ; Ligu¬ 
rians, 197, 217; seasonable 
notes, 234: estimates of Li¬ 
gurians, what age do they 
gather honey? 253 ; season¬ 
able notes on, 272 ; transferr¬ 
ing, 273 ; American smoker 
for,275; spring feeding, 292 ; 
Ligurian and Syrian bees, 293; 
experiences in keeping, Cy¬ 
prian and Syrian, 313; sea¬ 
sonable notes on, 332 ; various 
phenomena, Syrians and Li¬ 
gurians,352; spring pro-pects, 
372; bees and flowers, Syrian 
and black bees. 373; hunger 
swarms, fertile workers, 
foreign bees, 392; vicious, 
stings, exhausting queens, 
near-sighted, Syrians v. 
Blacks. 412 ; foul brood, floors 
and ventilation, Ligurians, 
432; supering hives, vicious 
bees, fertile workers and 
queens in worker cells, 433 : 
swarming and supering, Cy¬ 
prians, Syrians, and foiil 
brood, 454; seasonable notes 
on, fertile workers, 474 : pre¬ 
paring stocks, 495 ; artificial 
swarms, lateral slides. 497 ; 
deposition of queens, Stewai- 
ton hives, 519; amateur’s 
guide to bee-keeping, 520 
Beet, history of, 50 
Begonia hybridising, 2: tuber¬ 
ous, starting, 138 ; for bedd¬ 
ing, 158: Carrieri,213; cultnre 
of, manicata, 342 ; preparing 
Tuberous for beds, 352; use¬ 
ful, 519 
Belvoir, spring gardening at, 
386 
Benevolent, Gardeners’ (Royal) 
Society and Mr. Divers, 208; 
special appeal, 324 
Bertolonias, culture of. 340 
Birds and fruit buds, 20 
Bme flowers, 407 
Bnehmeria nivea, hardiness of, G 
Bog gardens, 463 
Books—review of “ Every Day 
in the Country,” 63; review 
of “The English Flower Gar¬ 
den,” 93; for gardeners, 170; 
review of “A Guide to Me¬ 
thods of Insect Life,” 106; 
review of “ Profitable Fruit 
Farming,” 147; “Mawley’s 
Weather of 1883,” 207; “Car¬ 
ters’ PracticalGardener,”226 ; 
“ Dictionary of Gardening,” 
324; “Cassell’s Popular Gar¬ 
dening,” “ Dictionary of Gar¬ 
dening.” 363 
Borneo, Dr. Houghton’s lecture 
on. 48 
Borecole,Read’s Hearting, 82 
Botanic ( Royal) Society’s 
Spring Show, 331; Summer 
Show, 409, 493 
Bougainvillea glabra culture, 
196 
Bournemouth, notes from, 4 n 2 
Bouvardias, culture of, 61, 124 
Briars as tree-protectors, 178 
Bristol Gardens, Brentrey 
House, 71; Henbury Hill, 215 
Bristol Spring Show, 247 
Broccoli,Snow’s Winter White, 
44; I’urpie Sprouting, 301; 
cnlture and varieties of. 357 ; 
Gilbert’s Late Queen, 439 
Bromeliads at Kew. 6 
Browallia Jamesoni, 213, 285 
Brussels Sprouts, May’s Nor- 
thau.147; larger small, 240 
Bnlbocodium trigynum and 
Merendcra cancaslca, 6 
Bulbs, half hardy, 507 
CABBAGES, notes on, 47; El- 
lam’s Early, 362 
Cactaceous plant 0 , Mexican 
Cacti and Succulent house at 
Kew, 41 ; distribution and 
history of,42 ; Mamillarias,85; 
notes on cultnre and propa¬ 
gation, classification — Melo- 
cactus, 123; plants, 320, 341, 
404,420; Cereuses, 492 
Calabash Tree, 96 
Calanthes, 31: Veitchii, varie¬ 
ties of. 142; discolor, 325 ; cul¬ 
ture of, 372 
Calceolarias, 32; at London¬ 
derry, 382; at Bedford Hill 
House, 383 
California, enterprise in.Yose- 
mite Valley, 108; Coniferaj, 
487 
Caloehortus Benthanii. 451 
Oaltha purpurascens,323 
Camellias, restoring unheal tliy, 
178; potting, 198 ; leaves 
scorched,521 
Campanulas, culture, 391 
Canker in Apple trees and fun¬ 
gus, 290 
Carnation and Picotee election, 
polling, 64,90. 111. 129, 152,169, 
189; good varieties and cul¬ 
ture for winter. 9.10; winter¬ 
flowering, 47: The Queen, 63; 
C. Souvenir de laMalmaison, 
132„S53; culture«f for winter, 
good varieties of, 257; selec¬ 
tion of, 315; for winter, 380; 
cnlture, 391; exhibiting, 451, 
471 
Carnivorous plant, a, 426 
Carrot maggot, the, 378' 
Carrot, history of, 490; Early 
Nantes. 503 
Carpet bed design,456; planting 
a. 434 
Catalpa wood, 117 
Caterpillars, a plague of. 487 
Cattleva Percivaliana, 30 : Per- 
civalliana alba, 135; Trisnre 
splendidissima. 213: C. Tri- 
anaj Leeana, 249, 268 ; Skin- 
neri at Elmers, 339; culture 
of, 372: Mossiae, C. in'erme- 
dia, 461 : at Southport. 509 
Cauliflowers, summer and au¬ 
tumn, 60; German export of, 
106 
Ceanothus Veitchianus, 423 
Cedars Gardens, Lee, 16 
Celery culture in America, 42; 
fly, 113: blanching with 
leaves, 280; history of, 281; 
bleaching, 434; cultnre. 460 ; 
planting and earthing,480 
Centradcnia rosea, 288 
Cereu-es. notes on, 404 ; Mac- 
Donaldi®, 464 
Cestrum vespertinum, (82; 
aurantiacum, 488 
Ceylon Botanic Garden 0 , 83 
Cnatsworth, Mr. Thomas’s ap¬ 
pointment to.146 
Cherries, forcing temperature, 
17 ; house, work in, 89"*, 473 
Chestnut, large specimen at 
Moncreiffe, 424 
Chinese Grass, uses of, 63 
Chionodoxa Lnciliae, 206 ; in 
Ireland, 226; C. Sana and C. 
sarniensis, 284; estimate of 
species, 323 
Ch loride of potash, 345 
Chlorophyll, deoxidisation o c , 
30 
Choisya terna'a, 474 
Chon de Bnrghley,4,110,12S363; 
ateness of, 166 
Clioysia ternata, planting out, 
497 
Chrysanthemums—sport from 
Empress, 6; late, 24; altering 
names of, 48 ; origin of Lord 
Alcester, 83; prizes for at 
Kingston, 105; prizes for 
early, 110 ; late flowering, 128: 
catalogue of, 188 ; stopping 
and training, 218 ; layering, 
254; in tubs, 281; National 
Society’s schedule, 285: in 
April.289; .-Oil for, 375, 394 
Cibotium Schiedei, 105 
Cinerarias Lottie Williams and 
Great Eastern, 135; Polly 
Charming. Royal Standard, 
and Challenger, 214; Rosy 
Morn, 343 
Clematis coccinea, 508 
Clerodendrons, time for grow¬ 
ing. 117; Balfounannm,19i 
Clianthus Dampieri, 81; puni- 
ceus, 228 
Climate, observations on the 
English. 385 
Climbers for conservatory, 21; 
pruning hardy, 156; for green¬ 
house, 393 
Cockscombs, culture of, 391 
Cocoa Plum, 51 
Cocoa plant, fruiting of at Re¬ 
gent’s Park, 362 
Coburgia incarnata, 408 
Coelogyne cristatn culture, 280 
Coffea arabica at Kew, 263 
Colchicums, 6 
Conifers, heights of, 126 
Conservatory, the, 31; arrange¬ 
ments of p'ants in, 75; Mr. 
Winterburn’s prize paper on 
furnishing, a, 211; its In¬ 
mates, 308 
Controversv, 83 
Cornwall,exotic plants in, 384, 
425, 4*2, 434 
Cranston’s Nursery sick fund, 
242 ; death of Mr. T., 402 
Creosote Plant, 284 ; for Hop 
poles, 456 
Crinodendron Uookeriannm, 
287 
Crinums, notes on species of, 
172,19L 
Crocuses, species of, 114 
Crotons, Mr. Ranger’s paper on, 
23; species of, 30; culture of, 
115 
Crystal Falace, shows of the 
season at, 63,2^2 
Cucumbers—raising plants, 17; 
temperatures for, 74; in pots 
and beds, 115; culture, 196; 
forcing, 312: culture of, 372 ; 
withering, 414 ; liquid manure 
for, 434; gumming, 455 ; di¬ 
seased, 476 ; fruit disease and 
remedy, 48L 507 
Cuphea platycentra for bed¬ 
ding, 434 
Currant-bud mite. 165,184, 208 
Currants, summer pruning, 497 
Current topics, 462,504 
Cyclamen Crimson Beauty, 30 ; 
fine specimen of, 14G; Dame 
Blanche and giganteum delI- 
catum,135; Princess Ida,213; 
persicum,culture of,311 
Cypripediums—Leeannm, 3 1 ; 
venustum. 52; Spicerianum, 
temperature for, 142; villo- 
stim, 203; caudatum. 281; 
ciliolare,291; niveumculture, 
339; hybrids of tabulated,362 ; 
caudatum,fine flowers of, 444 ; 
hardy. 506 
Cyrtaiithus Mackenii,4G4 
Cytlsus Adami, 45G 
DADDY LONGLEGS IX RE- 
gent’s Park. 207 
Daffodils, similarity of species, 
259 
Dahlias, starting, 138; preserv¬ 
ing tubers of, 353; bouquet, 
893; planting single, 434 ; 
Scarlet Gem, 444 
Daisies, double, varieties of, 375 
Daphne indica, propagating,314 
Davalliahemiptera,131; Maries! 
stricta, 290 
Davenport, Mr. James, death 
of, 444 
Decaisnea insignis, 69 
Delphinium nudicaule, 62,90 
Dendrobiums, notes on, 18: 
moniliforme, 80; TIiHii. 142; 
nobile not flowering, 198 ; lu- 
teolum and Wardianum.203; 
cutting down, 204 ; Find- 
levanum giganteum. 213, 240; 
cutting down, nobile, 240; 
pruning,3 1; nobile, pruning, 
324; pruning, 339, 358; treat¬ 
ment in spring, 372 ; Devoni- 
anum, 380,461 ; Parishii, pul- 
chellum, 462 
Dendrochilums, 339 
Dentaria polyphyila, 147 
Derbyshire, a ramble in, 422 
Deutzias, propagating, 234 
Diaries for gardeners. 170 
Dieffenbaohia Jenmani, 30 
Digging-a chapter for begin¬ 
ners, 162 
Digging, method of, 184; in 
spring, 404 
Dioscorea Batatas culture. 335 
Disa grandiflora,culture of, 280, 
303 
Disocactus insignis, 404 
Dondia epipactis, 206 
Dracasnas, cultnre of, 115; 1). 
Goldieana, 132 
Dublin Show, 403 
Dundee international Show, 62 
Duueevan, notes at, 508 
Ealing horticultural so¬ 
ciety’s report, 126 
Echeveria retusa, 165,195 
Eehinocactus, culture and 
species of, 320; Visnaga, notes 
on species, 341 
Edelweiss culture, 54 
Edinburgh Spring Show, 288 
Endive,improved Batavian, 108; 
hardiness of Bstavian,146 
Euglemann, death of Dr., 207 
Epacrises Diadem and The 
Premier, 135; treatment of, 
453 
Ericas and Epacrises, pruning 
and potting. 176; culture of 
winter-flowering, 297; aus¬ 
tralis, 343; repotting, 354 
Eryngiums, notes on, 70 
Eucalyptus in Ireland, 514 
Eucliaris amazonica, 14,92,286, 
394 ; E. Sanderiann,44 
Euphorbia jacquinia'flora, cul¬ 
ture of, 432 
Fakm— retrospect of in 1883. 21 ; 
new and improved agricultu¬ 
ral machinsry.33,55; manage¬ 
ment of Alderney cows, 56 ; 
Welsh breed of cattle, 75 ; 
manures for pastures and ce¬ 
reals, 76; Welsh cattle, sow¬ 
ing seeds for pasture, 98; 
AVelsh cattle, 119 ; Grass seeds 
for permanent pasture, 139 ; 
Channel Island cattle, 140 ; 
Alderney cows, 140 ; manage¬ 
ment of cows, 140 ; seeds 
for laying down pasture, 159; 
artificial manuring, 160; 
seeds for permanent pastures 
on different, soils, 179; grass 
seeds for permanent pasture 
in light and strong soils, 199 ; 
Rye Grass, 200 ; Grass seeds 
for various soils, 219 : Grass 
seeds for alternate husban¬ 
dry, 237 ; mildew in Wheat, 
256, 275, 295; improving the 
supply of butter, 315,835,355 ; 
Gnernsey cows, 336; Shrop¬ 
shire sheep, 375, 394, 415 ; 
arable and pasture farming, 
435; Bath and West of Eng¬ 
land Society’s Show,Channel 
Island Cattle,436; arablennd 
pasture farming, 457 ; British 
Goat Society, seed ,-tands at 
Manchester, 458; arable and 
