VI 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 7, 1881. 
ECHEV ERIAS, MANAGEMENT 
of. .",40 
Echinocactus gonacanthus, 488; 
E. Fendleri, 481) 
Edinburgh, proposed Interna¬ 
tional Show at, 20.3 
Edmonds, Mr., death of, 28 
Electricity and vegetation, 46, 
88,128,148, 270, 330, 403, .710 
Electricity and the Vine, 300 
Emigration, 411 
Epacrises at Chiswick, 207 ; se¬ 
lect varieties, 289 
Epidendrum bicornutum, 3.7.8 
Ericas, varieties for succession, 
22o; primuloides,289; Caven- 
dishiana, origin of, 479 
Erinus alpinus, 487 
Eriobotrya japonica, 297 
Erythrina crista-galli, culture, 
261 
Erythroxylon Coca, flowering 
in London, consumption of in 
America, 255 
Erythronium giganteum, 336 
Espalier fence, forming, height 
of, 281 
Essex (South) Flower Show,504 
Encharis amazonica, renovat- 
ting unhealthy, 345 
Euphorbia jacquiniasflora pro- 
pagation and culture. 356 
Exhibitions, fixtures of. 361 
Exhibitions, French v. English, 
129 
Exhibitors’ grievances, sche¬ 
dule, 334 
Exochorda grandiflora, 464 
FARM— a retrospect, 1880 ,16; re¬ 
tention of soluble matters by 
soils, 17; salicylic acid v. foot 
and mouth disease, 18,37,59; 
extinction of pleuro-pneu- 
monia, Wheat-meal bread, 
18; implements and ma¬ 
chinery. 35, 57, 79 • the Mechi 
fund, 37, 81: solubility of ma¬ 
nures, oleo-margarine, sheep 
v. Lupins, 37 ; cropping arable 
land, seeds for pasture, 40; 
spring seeding, 57 ; food for 
ewes and lambs, Mangold 
Wurtzel fly, 58; milk selling, 
impoverishing soil, the butter 
product, fluke in calves, 59; 
guano for Potatoes, feeding 
calves, 80; spurious butter, 
vegetable farming, 81; weeds, 
how to destroy them, 99, 119; 
chalk for land, roots for 
horses, 100; Birmingham 
Dairv Show, selecting stock, 
“Irish Farmers’ Gazette,” 
101; malt for livestock, 120 ; 
food products, American, 121; 
floods, cause of, 121; fattening 
bullocks and sheep, compara¬ 
tive advantages of, 140, 159 : 
estimated cost of feeding, 141; 
agricultural prospects, 142; 
preparing for spring corn, 
stable management, dairy 
cows. 161 ; the Mechi fund and 
Mr. Gladstone, cereals in In¬ 
dia, Birmingham Agricul¬ 
tural Exhibition Society, pre¬ 
sentation to Mr. Lythall, 162 ; 
salt for pasture. Prickly Com- 
frey, 164; Pasture lands, ma¬ 
nuring and improving, 180, 
200, 220 ; Mr. Lawes’ experi¬ 
ments, 181, 200: milk, test for 
water in ; Cabbages v. frost, 
Cart-horse Society, 182 ; Mus¬ 
tard and Cress, seed per acre, 
184 ; fattening power of foods, 
200; stabling horses, lambs 
scoured, remedy for, 201; 
farming in north of England, 
202; feeding horses, 221; 
feeding calves, 222 ; manage¬ 
ment of machinery, 222 ; uti¬ 
lisation of waste land,242,262; 
Strawberry culture and yield, 
248; sowing Mangolds, feed¬ 
ing bullocks, Italian cheese, 
244 ; Potato culture, 246 ; 
mode, cost, and profit of tim¬ 
ber growing, 263; American 
cheese, crops in Italy," British 
Agriculture in 1880”’ 264; lin¬ 
seed cake for cows, 266; utili¬ 
sation of waste land. 281, 302 ; 
timber growing, Robinias, 
value of, 281 ; seed for three 
years’ lea, 282 ; adulteration 
of dairy produce,constituents 
of oleomargarine, uses of 
Maize, 283 ; warping, 303; 
sowing Barley and pasturage 
crops, decorticated cake, 
Strawberry farming, 3C4 ; 
Gourds for cattle, culture of, 
322; agriculture in Ireland,re¬ 
duction of rents, 324; ploughs, 
sowing Turnips, 346; imple¬ 
ments and machinery, 345,366, 
387, 476, 496, 519 ; time for sow¬ 
ing Mangolds, Turnips, and 
Swedes, and manures for, 367; 
Farm —coni timed 
malt sprouts, ;;s8; agrieul tural 
depression, Cork butter at Mel¬ 
bourne, 388; Channel Island 
cattle, 409 ; an estimate of 
agriculture, dairy farming 
project, 411; cross breeding of 
cattle, 430, 45»; rot in sheep, 
Mr. McIntosh’s shorthorns, 
432 ; feeding stock, 452 ; flies 
and horses, 497 ; haymaking, 
experiments at Woburn, 498 ; 
extraordinary tithes. Ameri¬ 
can Wheat production and 
transportation, 499; bran and 
meal for stock,520 ; American 
Wheat deficiency, Birming¬ 
ham Dairy Show, 521; agree¬ 
ment for cutting hay, 522; 
diseases of sheep and lambs, 
541; rapid growth of grass, 
542 ; art and science of agri¬ 
culture, 542; pure seed, 542; 
Goat Societv, 543 
Ferns, raising from spores, 35; 
cutting down, 241; potting, 
259 ; on blocks, 442 
Ficus stipulata and its dimor¬ 
phous character, 276; repens 
minima, 508 
Fig trees, pruning,3; not swell¬ 
ing, 78; in central Africa, 530 
Flax, Kcw Zealand, raising 
from seed, 302 
Florists’ flowers, notes on,'9 
Florists’ Societies (Noithern) 
meeting. 71 
Flower gatherers, 171; florists’ 
and popular flowers, season¬ 
able notes on, 91 ; spring 
flowers in Ireland, 170 ; ex¬ 
tensive use of flowers, 379 ; 
pretty flowers for spring, 381; 
double flowers, 391, 437,482,484 
Folk lore, provincial, 353 
Fourcroya cubensis var. iner- 
mis, 378 
Frames, uses of in summer, 465 
Freesia refracta alba, 171 
Frost, severity of, 50, 71; dura¬ 
tion and intensity of. 92; at 
Thornton Hall, Suffolk, 92; 
the great, 107; effects in Lei¬ 
cestershire, 112 ; extent of in 
January over the British 
Isles, 148; effects of in the Isle 
of Wight, 149 ; in June, injury 
from. 481,486,487 
Fruit trees, root-pruning and 
summer-pinching, 12 ; in Bo¬ 
hemia, 152; dressing against 
sheep, 153; protecting, 170, 
241; plantingin Cornwall,228; 
Mr. Simpson’s book on, 333; at 
Chiswick, stocks, 352; pro¬ 
spects. 359; “Nature’s plan,” 
372 ; blossoms setting, 378 ; 
pinching and summer prun¬ 
ing, 386; blossom injured,396 ; 
blossom in Wilts, root-prun¬ 
ing, 436; pinching and root- 
pruning, 475 
Fruits, growing for market, 308 ; 
anew Australian, 313; small 
profits of, 333; in Kent. Mr. 
Whitehead’s essay on, 398 ; 
prospects in Essex, 465; in 
Surrey, glass structures for, 
480; prospects of in Ireland, 
512 ; unheated houses for, 513 
Fuchsia rubra, 231 
Fulham Nurseries, Arc at, 28 
GAGEA LUTEA, 360 
Galvanised wire and fruit trees, 
2,21; sulphate of zinc, 21 
Gardeners’ (Royal) Benevolent 
Society, proposed augmen¬ 
tation fund, 875: objects of, 407 
Garden party, first in Belgium, 
397 
Garden hose, 34; walls, refer¬ 
ences, 34; crops in Cornwall, 
72; arrangements, notes on, 
512; tents, 514 
Garden, my, notes from in 1880, 
68, 309 
Gardenia citriodora, 31 
Gardeners, duties of young, 262 
Gardenias, culture of, 105 
Gardening, future of, 1, 63; pro¬ 
gress and taste in, school, 435 
Garry a elliptica, propagating,48 
Gas lime for gardens, 56 
Gillenia trifoliata, 520 
Gishurst.ine, 8,65 
Gladioli, culture of, 149 ; “ D., 
Deal’s ” experiences with, 166 ; 
notes on,211; good varieties,212 
Glass broken in transit, claims 
for damages, 99 
Glass structures and Vines for 
amateurs, 248 
Glazed flower pots, 93,509 
Glazing, Fletcher's putty sub¬ 
stitute, 169; without "putty, 
118,150 
Gloriosa superba, culture of,130; 
Gloxinias, culture of, 228, 241 ; 
Mrs. Bause, 375; Lady Mar¬ 
riott, 422 
Goniopklebium lachnopus, 336 
Gooseberry bushes, pruning, 25; 
caterpillar, particulars of, 188 , 
208; for early green fruit, 
495 
Gooseberry and Currant fly, 442 
fungus, 531 
Gorric, Mr., death of, 32 
Grape oil, 9 
Grapes, weight of at Charleville, 
12; in Peach house, 15; weight 
of at Arkleton, 241; keeping 
at Longleat, 274 ; Australian, 
441 ; low temperature for, 475; 
Duke of Buccleuch, 508; low 
temperatures for setting, 509 
Gum liquid for flowers, 495 
Gvmnogramma schizophylla, 
254,274 
Gymuostnchyums, culture of, 
322 
IIABROTIIAMNUS El,EGANS, 
361 
Halesia tetraptera, 464 
Ilnltica nemorum, 311 
Hamamelis virginiea var. ar- 
boren, 114 
Haworthia Bolleri, 254 
Heating buildings, 12 
Heating with paraffin stoves, 
78; glass structures, 186; 
Weeks’s hydro caloric coil, 
213 
Hebeclinum ianthinum, 312 
Hellebore Tea, 321; suggested 
remedy for phylloxera, 332 
Hellebores in pots,361; colchi- 
cus, 402 
Herbaceous plants in Kensing¬ 
ton Gardens, 291 
Hewitt’s, Mr., nursery at Soli¬ 
hull, 67 
Hibbertias, notes on, 312 
Hibiscus sinensis culture, 321 
Hippeastrum pardinum, 132 
Holly berries, deficiency of in 
Ireland, 8: hedge,pruning, 158; 
notes on planting, 294 
Hollyhocks, culture of, 133 
Honeysuckle, propagating, 261 
Horn, dissolving. 56 
Horticultural Club, annual 
meeting, 70 
Horticultural exhibitions,prizes 
at, 10 
Horticulture, results of, 128; 
plea and suggestion for, 489 
Horticultural (General) Com¬ 
pany’s annual meeting, 92 
Horticultural (Royal) Society’s 
annual meeting, 108; Com¬ 
mittees, 26,114,193,231, 295,335, 
379. 394, 421, 488, 534; Great 
Summer Show, 457; Spring 
Show, 230; number of visitors, 
464; Her Majesty’s Commis¬ 
sioners, close of action, 487 ; 
results of litigation, 501; Mr. 
Justice Fry’s judgment, 502 ; 
meetings, 530 ; Rose Show, 
Evening Fete, 534 
Horticulturists, English, in 
America, 153 
Hotbeds, making, 137,180 
Hot-water pipes, blacking, 50 
House, Foster & Pearson’s ten¬ 
ant right, 462 
Housetop gaideniug, 344 
Iloustonia, dimorphic flowers 
in, 155 
Hoya bella,147 
Hyacinths, Blue Roman, 92, 106, 
170,191; after’flowering, in¬ 
creasing, 179; floriferous, 187; 
proliferous, 208; Magnificence, 
Primrose Perfection, 254; pro¬ 
pagation and culture in Hol¬ 
land, 247; in Hyde Park, 329; 
Grape, notes on species, 351; 
wild for forcing, 481 
Hylands Park Gardens, 403 
Hypocalymma robustum, 289 
IGGULDEN, MR., TESTIMONIAL 
to, 92 
Imantophyllum miniatum, 06, 
397 ; concinnum, 95,112; Mar¬ 
tha Reimers, 194 
Incubator, fancier’s, 37 
Indiarubbcr plants from seed, 
365 
Bisect haunts,'12; for garden¬ 
ers, 47, 111, 174, 271, 311,402, 438; 
536; Miss Ormerod’s observa¬ 
tions on, 172 
Insects—beetles, meal and cel¬ 
lar, 47 ; the Colorado beetle in 
Devonshire, 142; Lepismasac¬ 
charins, (Fish Scale), 439 ; 
Orgyia antiqua (Vapourer 
Moth), 374: Scolytus destruc¬ 
tor, 174; Tomicus typogra- 
plms, 174 
Ionopsidium acaule, 844 
Irises, choice German, 319 
Ixias and Sparaxis in gardens, 
402; culture of in the open 
air, 420 
JAMAICA PUBLIC GARDENS, 357 
Jasmiuum. Sambac, culture of, 
220 
Judd, Mr., testimonial to, 92 
Juncus zebrinns, 531 
KERRIA JAPONICA MAJOR, 330 
Kitchen garden, seasonable 
work in, 278 
Label for plants, prize 
for, 92 
Laclienalias, Nelsoni, 114; at 
Gunnersbury, 2,32; tricolor,271 
Ladybird, larva of, 403 
Ladias in winter, notes on, 10 ; 
L. anceps Barkeriana, 11; L. 
harpophylla, 254 
Lavatera arborea variegata, 475 
Lawn Edge-clipper, Adie's, 151 ; 
Lawn sand, Watson’s, 429 ; 
mower, the Excelsior, 397 
Lawns, destroying Daisies and 
Plantains in, 510 
Leaves, movements in, 9 
Ledum palustre, 437 
Lepisma saccliurina (Fish 
scale), 439 
Lettuces, spotted varieties of, 
119 ; early and successional, 
177 
“Letts’s Atlas,” 397 
Liberian coffee, pamphlet on, 
400 
Libonia penrliosiensis, 191 
Lichens on fruit trees, 37.5 
Liege Royal Horticultural So¬ 
ciety’s Show schedule, 42 J 
Lilacs flowering, 378 
Liliums from seed, 120 
Lllium Washingtonianum var, 
Scott Wilson, 489; I„ moua- 
delphum andL.szovitsianum, 
540 
Lily of the Valley, planting, 475 
Lime, superphosphate of, uses, 
495 
Literary hash, 449 
Liverpool Horticultural Asso¬ 
ciation, 152 
Loam, nature of, deep rich de¬ 
ceptive, 350 
Lorn aria. L’Herminieri, 442 
Longleat, gardening at, 225 
Loquat, fruit ol, 297 
Lutt'a aigyptica, 314 
Lycaste Skinneri, 273 
MAHWAII—collecting crop of, 
356 
Mammillaria Caput-Medusa:, 
2.34 
Manchester International Show 
schedule, 71 ; Spring Show, 
283 ; Summer Show, 468 
Manettias, notes on, G9 
Manure, formula for artificial, 
288; elements and action of, 
510 
Maranta crocata, 114 
Marcgravia paradoxa, 442 
Marigolds, culture of,372 
Martynias, 13 
McOwan, Professor, appoint¬ 
ment. of, 29 
Mechi fund, 347 
Megasea cordifolia purpurea, 336 
Melons,culture of in cold frames, 
205; cultural notes on, 258; 
temperature for, management, 
318 ; culture in America, 357; 
and Cucumbers, culture of in 
frames, 465; stopping and 
pruning, 450 
Meteorological Society, Mr. Sv- 
mons’ lecture, 67; Society’s 
Meeting, 148 
Meteorology, 269 
Metrosideros floribunda, 456 
Mexican Potatoes, 28 
Meyenia erecta, 25 
Mice, trapping, 16 
Mignonette, Miles’ Hybrid 
Spiral, 336 
Millettia inegasperma, 378 
Mosses, lecture.on,29; mulching 
in America, 397 
Moth Orchids, notes on, 234,250 
Mulching fruit trees, best time 
for, 252 
Mulching, value of, 429 
Muscari, description of species, 
M. Szovitsianum, 351 
Mushrooms in gardens, salt for. 
growing in sawdust, 45; in 
the Mammoth Cave of Ken¬ 
tucky, 530 
“Musk Tree,” 321 
Mussamda frondosa, 89 
Myosotis dissitiflora, 4H2; var. 
spiendens, 420; azorica, 509 
NARCISSUS ALBO-Al REUS, 254 
Nepenthes compacta, 355; N. 
ampullacea, 527 
Nerine filicifolia, 378 
Nesfield, death of Mr., 192 
Newcastle-on-Tyne Horticul¬ 
tural Society, report of, 275 ; 
Spring Show, 290 ; good gar¬ 
dens near, 486 
Nightingales near London, 568 
Norwich Prolific Nut, 356 
Nursery, the Pine Apple, 118 
Nymphaia tuberosn, 130 
OBITUARY—Benbow, Mr., 378 ; 
Edmonds, Mr., 28; Nesfield, 
Mr., 192 ; Parsons. Mr. An¬ 
thony, 8; Sangster, Mr. John, 
464; "Shaw, Mr. William, 71 ; 
Spencer, Mr., 31,134 
Odd corners uses of, 476 
Odontoglossum Lehmanni, 231 ; 
©.Alexandra: Regina:,O. Ruek- 
erianum, 336 : O. crispum 
grandifiorum, 875 
Oleomargarine, 202 
Omphalodes verna, culture of, 
402 
Oncidinm cucullatum, 173 
Onions, new and good, 65 ; cul¬ 
ture for pickling, 366 
Opuntia Rafinesquinna, EG 
Oranges, grafting, 139 
Orchards, decay of in Devon, 191 
Orchids, notes on certificated. 6; 
Mr. Day’s, 251; prices of. 274, 
314; sale of, 379 ; Mr. Iiey- 
wood’s 269 ; at Ivew, 380; at 
Wimbledon, 396; Ml'. Bull’s 
exhibition of, 420 
Orgyia antiqua (Vapourer 
Moth), 374 
Oval beds, forming, references, 
34 
Oxlips, results of sowing seed 
of, 354 
Oyster shells as manure, 429 
P-EONIES—choice varieties, 319 
Pansies, fancy, notes on, select, 
varieties, 251, 272; for exhibi¬ 
tion, propagating, 429 ; advice 
to purchase's of, 529 
Paraffin, dressing seeds with, 119 
Paraffin tubs, preparing for 
plants, 1.58, 168,190 
Parrot eating feathers, 144 
Parsley, Fool’s, poisonous, 132 
Peach trees—removing, 16; cut¬ 
ting down, 110 ; buds drop¬ 
ping, 14'i; disbudding, 269 ; 
modes of cultivating under 
glass, the “extension” sys¬ 
tem, 327 ; extension training 
Of, 354, 374. 382, 393, 395, 4'.'4 ; 
setting blossoms, 360 ; slop¬ 
ping shoot- of, flowers drop¬ 
ping, S05; Noblesse for forcing, 
budding, 376; rendering trees 
fruitful, 402 
Peaches, boxes for packing, 280 
at Cardiff Castle, 437 ; leaves 
scorched,449 
Peacocks, Lord Beaconsfield’s, 
410 
Pears Gansel’s Bergamot, 7; 
branches dying, keeping 
fruit, 16; Borgamotte Hert- 
rieh, 43 ; Durondeau, 73 ; Sol- 
dat Laboureur, 111; unpruned 
at Wimbledon, 396 ; for grow¬ 
ing under glass, 429 ; blister 
motli, destroying, 475 
Peasant proprietorships, 84 
Peas—protecting from mice, for 
succession, 16, 35; early, for¬ 
warding, 29; new and good, 65; 
“Earliest of All,” 132; Au¬ 
vergne. 159 ; early, modes of 
culture of, 85 ; sowing choice, 
118; protecting from birds, 119, 
126; mixed rows of, 186; hardi¬ 
ness of, autumn sowing, 228 ; 
insuring a succession of, 302 ; 
for August, 318 
Peat for potting, its constitu¬ 
ents, 219 
Pelargoniums — Guidon Man- 
gilli, 43, 73, 314 ; for winter, 73; 
for winter, Charles Schwind, 
150; good Zonals, 179 ; Charles 
Smith, 192 ; Zonals for winter, 
210; select varieties, 219 ; cool 
greenhouse, zonals for winter, 
288; new show varieties, 309; 
Crimson Vesuvius, 345 ; for 
winter, 356; pink Zonals, 373 ; 
as cut flowers, good varieties, 
379; Mrs. Pollock, origin of 
408; Henry Jacoby, 424; Mr. 
Henslow’s lecture on, 422; 
good bedding varieties, 484; 
Chas. Darwin, Seedling 29,489; 
tricolor, 528 ; Society’s Show, 
533 ; Pelargonium Duke of 
Albany, Mr. Ashby, Annie 
Hemsley. The Abbott, Magnet, 
Superb, Britomart, and Belle 
du Jour, 534 
Pelham pillar, 132 
Perfumery in America, 357 
Peristeronio Society’s Show, 40 
