July 7, 1881. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
v 
ABRONTA LATIFOLTA, 378 
Alratilons, culture of, 521 
Achimenes for late flowering, 
269 ; from cuttings, 328 
Actiulopteris radiata australis, 
254 
Adiantums, repotting, soil for, 
99; Bausei, 471 
Adonises, species of, 393 
Advertisement, extraordinary, 9 
HOeidium grossuiaria?, 531 
Agave l’arryi and Hunt!, 373,531 
Agra, Taj Gardens at, 511, 534 
Agriculture, primitive, 531 
Alexandra Palace Floral Exhi¬ 
bition, 418, 482 
Alexander, death of Mr. James, 
sen., 211,233 
Aloe unhealthy, 56; Lynchi, 173 
Alternanthera paronycliyoides 
aurea, 241 
Amaranth, Globe, culture, 261 
Amaryllises, John Heal, Royal 
Standard, Miss Alice Gair, 
194; Mr. Henry Little, 231; 
Storr’s Beauty, Mad. Albani, 
Empress of India, Cecilia, 254 
Amaryllis culture, 159 
Amateurs, notes on plants for, 
513 
American forests, 74 
Anemone japonica alba for pots, 
360 
Angrtecums, notes on species, 
154,189 ; A. citratum, 155 
Ansellia africana, 65 
Ants, extirpating, 386 
Antwerp International Show 
prizes, 396 
Annuals, sowing, 220 ; for exhi¬ 
bition, 302; a plea for, 330; 
distasteful to slugs, 345; for 
spring, 414 ; for bouquets, 405 
Apple — American trade, 113; 
Canadian, import of, 29; cul¬ 
ture, with corn, 1; for succes¬ 
sion, 179; King of the Pippins, 
24; Queen, 30; frozen, 78; 
Northern Spy, 495 ; crop in 
Massachusetts, „ f £0 
Apple trees, planting in fields, 
149; pruning dwarf 365 ; on 
Plum stock, 456 
Aqnilegia formosa,400; Stuartii, 
490 
Aral la Kerchoveanu, 336 
Araucaria liidwilli in Queens¬ 
land, 49 
Aristolochia Goldieana, 390; at 
Regent’s Park, 464 
Aromia moschata, the Musk 
Beetle, 271 
Asparagus—beds, forming, 343; 
Early Purple Argenteuil, 42 ; 
green v. blanched, 415; prizes 
for, 90,398 ; removing, 139; soil 
for, 56; A. tenuissimus, 336; 
beetle destroying,449; awards 
of prizes for.472 ; cutting, 475 
Asplenium Baptistii, 194; A. ci- 
cutarium, 131; A. Saundcr- 
soni, 254 
Astelma eximium, 233 
Aster argophyllus, 321 
Asters, culture of, 372; gymno- 
cephalus, 400 
Astilbe Thunbergi, 422 
Auriculas, autumn flowering, 2, 
42; v, aphis, 209, 251 ; “ D., 
Deal's,” experience, 209; v. 
frost, 135; in Yorkshire, 280; 
Mr. Horner's lecture on, 307, 
338; Southern Show of, 315; 
Northern Show of, 332; A. 
purpurea, Splendour, Mrs. 
Moore, 336 ; Mrs. Wm. Brown, 
Philip Frost, John Ball,Hilda, 
Lizzie, 375 ; classification, 
mealed centres, 399; Show, 
notes on, 382; at Sliibden 
Head, new varieties, 438; at 
Warrington (Mr. Bolton’s), 
48 L 
INDEX. 
Australian plants in India, 357 
Azaleas, seedlings, 159; Mrs. 
Gerard Leigh, 192; Roi Leo¬ 
pold alba, 254; Madeleine, 383 
BALSAM CULTURE, 327 
Bamboos in Japan, 49 
Barnet Nurseries, 289 
Bath and West of England 
Show, 471 
Beans, Broad and Kidney, new 
varieties of, 4.".; Kidney, forc¬ 
ing in boxes, 274; dwarf v. run¬ 
ners, 314 
BEES— 
The progress of bee-keeping, 
14 ; Congress at Cologne, 15, 
34; brandy for, 33, 54; As¬ 
sociation's meeting,36 ; in Ire¬ 
land, Dorset Bee-keepers’ As¬ 
sociation, 54; Ligurians in 
New Zealand 55 ; buzzing in 
winter, 50; the challenge,past 
and present, 76 ; hive en¬ 
trances, 77, 78 ; hives, which 
best for profit, 97; packing for 
long voyages, sponges in 
hives, 98; Congress at Col¬ 
ogne, foul brood, “ Handy 
Book of Bees,” 117; examining 
stocks, wooden v. straw hives, 
crude and perfect honey, 138, 
157; Stewarton liive manage¬ 
ment, 140; annual meeting of 
Bee-keepers’ Association, 
cheap bar-frame hives for 
cottagers, 157; the Stewarton 
liive, apiarian operations in 
March, 178; seasonable hints, 
197 ; expansible hires—profit¬ 
able mode of using, 197; a 
German apiary, 198 ; moulded 
combs, dead bees, 199: the 
straw liive, 217; the Heath 
and Caucasian bee, 218; ma¬ 
kers of hives, removing bees, 
placing stocks in new hives, 
220 ; British Bee-keepers’ As¬ 
sociation’s Conversazione, 
Mr. Lyon’s liive, Mr. Che¬ 
shire’s experiments on hive 
sides and temperature, 239 ; 
introduction of bees to Cey¬ 
lon, in Cyprus, 240; bees and 
snow, modes of feeding, giv¬ 
ing foundation, 242 ; Armagh 
Bee-keepers’ Association, 244; 
a retrospect, 259; “American 
Bee Journal,” fertilisation in 
confinement, 260; apiarian 
work in April, in Ceylon, im¬ 
portation of Cyprians to India, 
279; v. nut-tree pollen, fertili¬ 
sation in confinement, adul¬ 
teration of honey with glu¬ 
cose, 300; introducing queen, 
preventing swarming, Apis 
dorsata, 320; how, when, and 
where to use comb founda¬ 
tion, 343; successful shipment 
of humble bees to New Zea¬ 
land, 344; using comb founda¬ 
tion, 363 ; Indian bees. Apis 
dorsata, notes on species in 
CeyJon, 364 ; remedies for 
stings, 366; prizes at Tun¬ 
bridge Wells, 368; build¬ 
ing in the open air, 384; api¬ 
arian calendar, 385 ; removing 
stocks, arranging an apiary, 
406; Irish cottager’s hive, 407; 
cork-packed hives, feeding 
bees with honey, section 
boxes, foul brood, space in 
hives, handling bees, “ doubl¬ 
ing,” 408; artificial swarming 
before drones appear, easting, 
building drone comb, over¬ 
swarming, 427; combs between 
frame and hive, evidence of 
Bees— Continued 
queen,^extractor, and heather 
honey, 428; moths in hive, 430; 
securing straw or wild colo¬ 
nies, 447 ; queen rearing from 
nuclei, 448; fertile workers, 
clearing off combs, empty 
queen cells, expelling drones, 
abolishing an old skep, 450 ; 
notes on swarming, 473: dri¬ 
ving • in situ, 474; artificial 
swarming, 493, 494; “The 
Stewarton Hive,” (review), 
bitter honey, 494; bees poi¬ 
soned (by Digitalis, 495 ; re¬ 
moving super, uniting bees, 
496; prizes for honey at Tun¬ 
bridge Wells, 498 ; searcli for 
Apis dorsata, 514; making 
most of stock in straw hives, 
517; supers and prevention of 
swarming, 519; authorship of 
“ Modern' Bee-keeping, 538 ; 
increasing stocks, 539; melli¬ 
ferous plants, 539; removing 
sections, 541; Ipswich Api¬ 
arian Show, 542 
Bedding plants, notes on, 303 
Begonia socotrana, 48; potting 
Tuberous Begonias, 99; B. ue- 
talliea for rooms, 186; at 
Forest Hill, 520 
Bel ladonna and Guernsey Lilies 
not flowering, 261 
Benbow, death of Mr., 378 
Beetles, meal and cellar, 47; the 
Colorado in Devonshire, 142 
Biennials, raising from seed, 429 
Birch bark, new product from, 
415 
Birds, arrival of migratory,304; 
v. fruits, 350; utility of in gar¬ 
dens, 382 ; wings Of, 452 
Birmingham Spring Show, 310 
Blackbeetles, a plague of, 524 
Blood manure, making, 158 
Boilers and heating, notes on, 
172,209, 220; valves, manage¬ 
ment of, 281 
Books, review of—“Art of Gar¬ 
dening,” 236 ; “Botany for 
Elementary Students,” 70; 
“Carters’ Practical Gardener,” 
236 ; “ Cherry and Medlar,” 
Mr. Fish’s work, 397; “Fields 
of Great Britain,” 237; “ Im¬ 
proved Pruning and Training 
of Fruit Trees, or Extension 
v. Restriction,” 333; “Practical 
Fisherman,” 388 ; “ Ladies’ 
Multum in Parvo Gardening,” 
“ Epitome of Gardening,” 
“ Horticultural Buildings,” 
400; “ Rusarians’ Year Book,” 
49; “Manual of Coniferre,” 525 
“ Our Kitchen Garden,” 237 ; 
“ School Garden,” 237 
Bone meal, uses of, 281 
Border, planting ribbon, 118 
Botanic (Royal) Society’s Show 
fixtures, 70 ; first spring Show, 
251, second Spring Show, 341; 
first summer Show, 42.5 
Bougainvillea spectabilis, 300 
Bouquet, attractive, 397 
Bouvardias, notes on, 317; 
double, Alfred Neuner, 417, 528 
Box-edging, transplanting, 179 
Boxes for Dahlias and Pansies, 
365,380 
Broccoli, Ledsham’s White, 16; 
for succession, 35; v. Cauli¬ 
flowers, 302; for succession, 
322 ; in firm ground, 394 ; 
for succession, 503, 504 raising 
and planting, 523, 528 
Bnigmansias, notes on, 377 
Brussels Show schedule, 274 
Bnekland, the late Mr., proposed 
memorial to, 804 
Bulbs frozen, 28; at Duneevan, 
83.*» 
Butter Nuts, 99 
CABBAGE—plants clubbing, 139; 
Kerguelin’s, 441 
Cacali’a articulata, 16 
Cactuses, culture of, 85; hardy 
forms of, 480 
Caladium, Frederick Bause, 
875; C. candidum, C. Mitliri- 
date, C. J. R. Box, 488 
Calanthe, Saudliurstiana at 
Chelsea, 113; at Drumlanrig, 
215 
Calceolarias at Bedford Hill 
House, 420 ; at Reading, 421; 
Cloth of Hold, 422 
Caledonian (Royal) Society’s 
Spring Show, 292 
Camellias not expanding, 35, 78 ; 
raising from seed, 199; at'Wal¬ 
tham Cross, select varieties, 
270; fragrant, 487 
Campanula persicifolia alba, 442 
Canna iridiflora var. Ehemanni, 
193 
Candoliea cuneiformis, 87 
Cardiff Rose Society, 294 
Carnations for winter, 85 ; An¬ 
dalusia, 26, 64; culture of per¬ 
petual at Losgleat, 225 ; Belle 
Rose, 314; old varieties and 
properties of, 440; layering, 
449; Lady Musgrave, 488 
Carringtoii Moss, improvement 
of, 191 
Camassia esculenta, 509 
Carpet beds, references to de¬ 
signs for, 280,395, 426, 440; re¬ 
ferences to plans, 449 
Caryocar nueiferum, 99 
Casuarinas in Australia, 113 
Caterpillar (Gooseberry) and 
Currant grub, notes on, 188, 
208, 418 ; food lor rooks, 465; 
plague of in Surrey, 480; on 
Holly shoots, 518 
Cauliflower, Henderson’s Wel¬ 
lington, 43; varieties and pe¬ 
riods of sowing, 86 ; sowing 
for succession, 118 ; early, 177 ; 
and Broccolis, 334 
Celery, pithy, 48,68, 112; Cole's 
Solid Red,08 
Cereus Fendleri,' 130; flagelli- 
formis, culture, 261 
Charaeas graminis, 518 
Cheirautlius alpiuus, 441 
Chelsea, a visit to, 332 
Cherries, double-blossomed, 401; 
Morellos as standards, 404 ; 
gumming of and remedy, 475 ; 
Morello, falling, 540 
Cliionodoxa Lucilia;, 249 
Chiswick in May 352; notes 
from, 528 
Chlorophyll, 167 
Chorozema csrdatum splendcns, 
229, 274 
Chrysanthemums for country 
gardens, 44; Society, North¬ 
ampton, testimonial to Secre¬ 
tary, 70; Ethel, 130 ; potting, 
294; good summer-flowering, 
319 
Clirysomela populi, larva of, 403 
Cinchona consumption, 195 
Cinerarias, William Jennings 
Master Colvin, 114; culture 
of, 168; Mr. H. Little, 194 ; 
notes on double, 211; at Red- 
lees, 232; “ Marched Past,” 336; 
raising seedlings, 475 
Cladrastis amurensis, 400 
Clarkias, autumn-sown, 331 
Clematises—culture in pots,pro¬ 
pagation, 349 ; good varieties, 
350; ajthusaifolia var. latifolia, 
378; W. E. Gladstone, Lady 
Constance Kennedy, George 
Eiiot, 422 ; in pots, 441; mon- 
tana, 443 
Clerodendrons, culture of, 538 
Climbers for.trellis,in boxes, 98; 
liardy, pruning and planting, 
177,217 
Cockscomb culture, 209 
Cocoa-nut fibre refuse, refer¬ 
ences to uses of, 261 
Coologync erlstata alba, 254 
Coffee leaf disease, 1 58 
Coleus, Miss Simpson, C. Mrs. 
Stedall,488 
Columbines, notes on hybrids, 
502 
Comparettias, notes on, C. fal- 
eata, 107 
Compass Plant, 113 
Composts, fibreless for potting, 
287 
Communications, 56 
Conifers, transplanting, 365 ; at 
Woodstock, Kilkenny, 530 
Correa cardinal is, 127 
Cottage gardening, 30, 75,110,533 
Crassula jasminea, 443, 479 
Crawfordia luteo-viridis, 378 
Crickets, destroying, 507 
Crinum Forbesianum, 378 
Criocerus Asparagi, 310 
Crocuses, species at Chiswick, 
207 ; versicolor, 241 
Croton Lady Zetland, 375, 505; 
C. Ilawkeri, 881 
Crops, notes on rotation of, 145; 
arrangements for, 145 
Crystal Palace school of garden¬ 
ing, 272; flowers at, 312 
Crystal Palace Show, 444 
Cucumber, the Cardiff Castle, 
29,52; and Melons in houses, 
99; raising plants, 118, 180; 
extensive culture, 173; Mr. 
Whittaker's large house for, 
250, 329 ; cultural notes, 258 ; 
planting in frames, 3u0; prun¬ 
ing and management, 318; 
affixing wires for, 321 ; Howe's 
Challenger, 417; disease, re¬ 
ference to, 518 
Currants, black, renovating, 345 
profits from,358 
Cycads at Kew, 396 
Cyclamens, Reading Gem, 70; 
Lilian Cox, Charming Bride, 
194; Ruby Gem, 231, 254; cul¬ 
ture of, 233 ; Queen Victoria, 
254 
Cydoniajaponicaalba in pots, 65 
Cyperus iaxus variegalus, 375 
Cypripedium insigne for cut¬ 
ting, 48; purpuratuiii, 65; C. 
Stonei var. platytamium, high 
price of, 379; seUigeruin ma¬ 
ins, 488 
DAHLIAS—culture of and varie¬ 
ties, 185 
Dai-kou, 486 
Daisies, culture of double, 407 
Dalecluuupia ltoezliana rosea, 
34 
Daphne indica in Cornwall, 133; 
Fioniaua, 356 
Davallia elegans polydactyla, 
330 
Delphiniums, choice varieties, 
319 
Dendrobium Hilli,133; Kingia- 
num, 207 ; lituiiloruin var. 
candidum, 231; Wardianum, 
317; crassinodc, 337; D. Pic- 
rardi, D. cucullatum, D. Ben- 
sonia’, D. nodatum, 338 
Dendrocliiluin glumaeeum, 113 
Disbudding, 371 
Diphylleia cymosa, 487 
Dominy, Mr., proposed testi¬ 
monial to, 439 
Dracaena Lindeui, Rossi, Re- 
curva, 375 
Droseras, culture of and species, 
4 
Drumlanrig, in winter, 165,209 
Ducks for profit, 286 
Dundee Horticultural Society’s 
prizes, 71 
