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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
Perry, death of Mr., 92 
Petunias at Perry Hill, 530 
Phaius tubereulosus, 394 
l’liahenopscs — 1 \ Schilleriana, 
235; at Chelsea, 113 ; notes on 
species 256; 1*. Mannii, 2.17 ; 
P. violaeea, 531 
l’hiladelphus mexieanus, 480 
Philodendron elegans, 375 
Phloxes, good varieties of, 219; 
choice, 391; notes on and se¬ 
lect varieties, 374 
Phylloxera and its eradication, 
413 
Pigeons—sale of Mr. Hudson’s, 
38; Wood, raid against, 58; 
unhealthy, Toy Pigeons, Hel¬ 
mets, 84; Cassell’s Book on, 
lid : sale of Mr. Waters’, 121; 
African Owls, 204; Homing in 
Germany, 304; instinct of,306.'; 
Homing, 285; as birds of war, 
324; Toys, proposed society 
for, 347; Ice Pigeons, 348; 
notes on, distinguishing sex 
of, 348 ; Toys, Turbiteens, 390; 
property in homing, judicial 
decision, 412; flight of Hom¬ 
ing, 452; Oriental frilled, 500 
Pine" Apple, Lord Carrington, 
295 
Pitcairnia zeifolia, 100 
plants Certificated— 
Actiniopteris radiata australis, 
254; Adiantum monoclilamys, 
290; Agave Huntiand Parryi, 
375, 531 ; Amaryllis—Storr’s 
Beauty, Empress of India, 
Cecilia,Madame Albani, 254; 
Mr. Henry Little, 231; John 
Heal, Itoyal Standard, and 
Miss Alice Gair, 194; Antliu- 
rium Andreanum,254; Aralia 
Chabrieri, 380; A. Kercliove- 
ana, 336, 375; Asparagus tenu- 
issimus, 336, 375; Asplenium 
Saundersoni,2.‘,4; A. Baptisti, 
194; Astilbe Tliunbergi, 422; 
Auricula Mrs. Win. Brown, 
Philip Frost, John Ball, 
Lizzie, Hilda, 375 ; Mabel, 316; 
Splendour, Miss Moore, 336 ; 
Azalea Madeleine, 422 ; Roi 
Leopold alba, 254. Begonia 
Davisi flore-pleno superba, 
380, 445; Mrs. R. Whyte, 445. 
CaJadium Freak. Pause, 375; 
candidum, Mitliridate, and 
J. It. Box, 489; Calceolaria 
Cloth of Gold, 422 ; Carnation 
Andalusia, 26, 64 ; Lady Mus- 
grave, 489: Cineraria Master 
Colvin, and William Jen¬ 
nings, 114 ; Mr. H. Little, 194; 
Marched Past, 236 ; Clematis 
W. E. Gladstone, Lady Con¬ 
stance Kennedy, Geo. Eliot, 
442 ; Princess Beatrice, 504; 
Coelogyne cristata alba, 254, 
296; Coleus Miss Simpson and 
Mrs. Stedall, 4o9; Croton 
Lady Zetland, 375 ; Cyclamen 
persicuji Lilian Cox, Charm¬ 
ing Bride, 394 ; Queen Vic¬ 
toria, Rubv Gem, 231, 254; 
Cyperus laxus variegatus,375; 
Cypripedium selligerum ma- 
jus, 489. Davallia elegans 
polydactyla, 336, 375; Dendro- 
bium lituiflorum candidum, 
231; Dracama Lindeni, Alex¬ 
andra, Rossi, recurva, 375; 
llioscorea retusa, 296. Echi- 
nocaetus gonacanthus, E. 
Fendleri, 489; Erythronium 
giganteum, 336. Fuchsia 
rubra, 231. Gloxinia Mrs. 
Pause, 375 ; Radiance, 380; 
Lady Marriott,Brantome, Fa- 
biola, 422. Gonioplilebium 
laclinopus, 336, 375; Gymno- 
gramma seliizophylla, 254, 
296. Hamamelis virginica 
var. arborea, 114; Haworthia 
Bolleri, 254; Hj acintli Magni- 
flccnce, Primrose Perfection, 
254; Hydrangea Mariesii, 489. 
1 man topliy Hum miniatum 
Martha Reimers, 194. Juncus 
zebrinus, 531 ; Kerria 
japonica major, 336. Lache- 
nalia Nelsoni.lll; Ladia liar- 
pophyila, 254 ; Liiiurn Wash- 
ingtonianum Scott Wilson, 
489. Mammillaria Caput-Me- 
dusic, 254; Maranta crocata, 
114 ; Megasea cordifolia pur¬ 
purea, 336; Mignonette, Miles’ 
Hybrid Spiral, 336. Narcissus 
albo-aureus,254. Odoutoglos- 
sum Alexandra} Regime, O. 
Iiuekerianum, 336; O. crispum 
grauuiliorum, 375 ; Ompha- 
lodes Krameri, 296. Pelargo¬ 
nium Eureka, 26; Anna Pfit- 
zer, 296; Mr. Henry Cox, 422 , 
445; Martial, 445 ; Charles 
Darwin, Seedling 29, 439; 
Duke of Albany, Mr. Asby, 
Aunie Hemsley, The Abbot, 
Magnet, Superb, Britomart, 
and Belle du Jour, 534; 
PLANTS CERTIFICATED— COW.; 
Phaius tubereulosus, 194; 
Phalamopsis violaeea, 531; 
Philodendron elegans, 375 ; 
l’inguicula Bakeriana (cau- 
data), 296; Polyanthus Ilo-e- 
in-Hose, 336; Primula The 
Queen, 194; Dr. Denny, 114; 
Primrose Amaranth, 296 ; 
(’loth of Gold, 389. Rliodea 
japonica aurea, 375 ; Rhodo¬ 
dendron Thomsonl, 293; Lady 
Alice Fitzwilliam, 336, 375; 
exoniense, 375; Reseda 
odorata flore-pleno prolifera 
alba, 422 ; Ribes pumilum 
aureum, 380; Rose Ferdinand 
Cliaffolte, 375 ; Rub us deli- 
ciosns, 422 . Sarracenia me- 
lanorlioda, 489 ; Saxifraga 
Fcttestonia aurea, 293 ; So- 
bralia xautlioleuca, 531; Soi- 
danella minima alba, 293. 
Trichopilia suavis alba, 422. 
Vanda lamellata Boxalli, 26 ; 
Vriesia Falkenhergi, 114, 
Yucca Peacocki, 375, 531 
Plants—flowering in Cornwall 
at Christmas, 5 ; certificated 
in 1880,6; superfluous names 
of, 48; for vinery wall, for 
table decoration, 119; green¬ 
house, winter-flowering, 158; 
for peat soil, herbaceous for 
August, 199 ; blooming with- 
outeartli,255; protecting with 
tiffany, 261; raising from 
seed, 376 ; distribution of from 
Chiswick, 420; what they use, 
468,484; useful and .select, 479; 
the constituents of, 534 
Plant pit, 340 
Plant, the Compass, 113 
Plum trees, summer pinching, 
428; for growing under glass, 
429 
Plymouth Show, 417 
Poinsettiapulcherrima culture, 
356, 481 
Polygonum sachnlinense, 378; 
multiflorum for town gardens, 
443 
Polyanthus Queen of Hose-in- 
Hose, 336 
Pomegranate, culture of, 78 
Potato, Ashleaf Kidney, valu¬ 
able crop of, 49; Beauty of He¬ 
bron, 65 ; frozen, for exhibi¬ 
tion, 78; for market, 79 ; vi¬ 
tality of frosted, best variety 
for garden, 99; early, 118; Mr. 
Hibberd’s selection of, 152,187 ; 
best late for Ireland, 148; 
planting in frames, 177; Dr. 
Voelcker’s manure for, 201; 
growing, experiments in, 222 ; 
field culture of, 246; useful va¬ 
rieties and planting, 291; 
notes on, topping growths,392; 
Exhibition, Internationa], 
prizes at, 396 
Potentillas, choice varieties, 319 
Potting, notes on, 499 
Poultry, late entries, Bantam 
Club, Cambridgeshire Show 
schedule, 18 ; poultry in 1880, 
grass in poultry runs, 19 ; 
practical scientific poultry 
breeding, 20, 59, 83, 143, 183, 
202, 284, 305, 499, 521 ; fancier’s 
incubator, 37; Christy’s, 40 ; 
Poultry Club meeting, 38; 
Aberdeen Show, 38 ; at Bir¬ 
mingham Dairy Show', 58; 
Sprat t’s food, 59; mating birds 
for breeding, 00; Onions for 
chickens,best grain for fowls, 
Kendal Show, 61 ; incubators, 
62 ; pure-bred, artificial rear¬ 
ing and hatching, 81; success¬ 
ful poultry keeping, a poultry 
village, 82 ; small yards 83; 
eggs in winter, Turkeys un¬ 
healthy, 84 ; effect of frost on, 
the Liverpool Show', famous 
yards — Gi assendale Priory, 
101 ; Yeovil Show, 102 ; profit¬ 
able Cambridge Show, 103; 
Guinea Fowls, distinguishing 
sex of 103; Eggs in winter, 121; 
experience with and profits, 
Wolverhampton Show 7 , 122 ; 
Poultry Club officers, Aseels 
at Cambridge, 124; spring 
notes, forming a strain, suc¬ 
cessful keeping, 143; farm¬ 
ing, eggs musty, egg tester, 
birds unhealthy, shell-less 
eggs, 144; fowls in garden, re¬ 
medy for, 158; work for wo¬ 
men, fowls eating feathers, 
poultry keeping profitable, 
162; the Poultry Club, rear¬ 
ing chickens without water, 
Pekin Ducks, crossing poul¬ 
try, Baris Show 7 , 163; Keith 
Show 7 , 164; food for chickens, 
183; l’oultry Club, sulphur v. 
feather-eating, gapes in chick¬ 
ens, bone meal for fowls, 184; 
sexes separately, 202; profit¬ 
able in America, Turkeys as 
hutchers.203; vermin on fowls, 
Pol'LTRY— continued — 
204; lien eating eggs, cure for, 
204; the Courte Piitte fowl, the 
modern Dorking, points of, 223, 
245, 265; notes on La Flbehe 
fowls, 245; cross-bred fowls, 
246; chickens and coops, 264; 
l’oultry Club Committee, 
“buying-in” birds at Shows, 
Leghorns and Minorcas, 266; 
cross-bred poultry, 284, 305; 
recollections of Dorkings, 284 ; 
show prizes, 304; the Dor¬ 
king, points and colour of, 
304; Buff Cochins,306 ; season¬ 
able hints, food for chickens, 
825; notes on hatching, 
Pheasants and chickens not 
hatching, 326; Dublin Show, 
347; a peculiar chicken, the 
coming show 7 season, 368; 
standards of excellence, 369; 
Poultry Club meeting, treat¬ 
ment of goslings, 370; scienti¬ 
fic breeding, 388, 411; egg eat¬ 
ing and remedies, the hatch¬ 
ing season, preserving foot 
feathers, 411; the Mottled 
Java fowl, 433; Doveridge 
Poultry Show, notes on con¬ 
ditions, 434; entries at Bir¬ 
mingham, growing chickens, 
452; scientific breeding, 453; 
Doveridge Show, 454; the 
hatching season, Coucou dc 
Malines, 477; liver for fowls 
tlie Poultry Club, 478, 544 ; 
Hamburglis sitting, 500 ; 
cross-bred fowls at Birming¬ 
ham, roup, 522 ; fanciers v. 
farmers, 543; the Musk Duck, 
543; hen crop-bound, remedy 
for, 544 
Poultry Shows, late entries at, 
18 
Press piracy, action and deci¬ 
sion on, 231; writing for the 
Press, 328 
Primulas—sinensis delicata, 64; 
Dr. Denny, 114; The Queen, 
194, 233 ; seeding at Swanley, 
211 ; culture of, 225 ; at Gar- 
brand Hall, 232; alba magui- 
flea, 233; at Perry Hill, 255 
Pritchardia grandis flowering, 
132; importation of, 152 
Propagating frame (Rippin- 
gille Y s) management, 261 
Propagating, Mr. William Tay¬ 
lor’s mode of, 220 
Pruning fruit trees, 53 
l’teris umbrosa, 192; tremula, 
350 
P\ rethrums, choice varieties, 
319; good double and single, 
479, 514 
Pyrus japonica propagating, 35 ; 
P. sylvestris, 393 ; P. Maulei 
for shrubberies, 420,436 
RABBITS V. FRUIT TREES, 159 ; 
litter for, 244 
Radish, Californian, quick 
growth of, 443 
Rainfall, at Rangemore, 8 ; at 
Drumlanrig, 9; in Sussex, 28 
Railway slopes, cultivating, 132 
Ranunculuses, notes on species, 
R. amplexicaulis, 373; repens, 
420 
Reading Horticultural Society, 
132 ; Summer Show, 416 
Red spider, destroying, 376 
Refuse, garden, uses of, 22 
Reseda odorata li. pi. prolifera 
alba, 422 
Rhododendron jasminiflorum, 
131; R. Countess of Ellesmere, 
173; grafting, 180; R. Lady 
Alice.Fitzwilliam, 336; I!, ex- 
oniense,356,375; li. Dalhousiai, 
856; caucasicum pietum, 395 
Rliodea japonica aurea, 375 
Rhodora canadensis, 377 
Rhubarb, raising from seed, 288, 
328 
Ricliardia aithiopica, modes of 
culture, 402 
Richmond Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, 93 
Robinson’s, Mr. William, un¬ 
founded charge against Dr. 
Hogg, 275 
Rooks, destroying, utility of, 58 
Roman gardens, 99 
Rondeletia speciosa major, cul¬ 
ture of, 538 
Rosa microphyila, 400 
Rose (National) Society’s Com¬ 
mittee Meeting, 44 
Rose Society, National, condi¬ 
tion of, 87 
Rose Society, East Anglian, 71 
Roses, on own roots and stocks, 
86, 146; early and late for ex¬ 
hibition, 99: growing from 
cuttings, good results of, 125 ; 
hardy varieties of, 129; show 
fixtures, 113, 132; successful 
culture of Marcclial -Niel, 146; 
international election, results 
ROSES — continued 
of, 150; Madame Lambnrd, 8; 
protecting Teas, 23; merits of 
new, 68 ; pruning, orange fun¬ 
gus,167 ; Marcclial Niel on own 
roots, 168,231; from cuttings, 
169; and the frost, hardy va¬ 
rieties, 176; “Roses in Pots,” 
review of, specimen Rose, 175 ; 
prizes for Teas, good exhibi¬ 
tion varieties, 187; Marcclial 
Niel from cuttings, fine at 
Ilooton Hall, 188; Teas for ex¬ 
hibition, 206 ; from cuttings, 
Sir. Taylor’s mode of propa¬ 
gating, 208 ; Marcclial Niel, 
large in Yorkshire, cutting 
down, 213; killed by frost, 216; 
pruning, 217; the Seven Sisters, 
2i9; a plea for dw’arfs, the 
Moss, old Cabbage, 228; early 
Teas for forcing, 236; select 
Teas for exhibiting, 237; a plea 
for standards, 248 ; new at 
South Kensington, 250; Gloire 
de Dijon dying, conditions for 
forcing, 262 ; layering, 262; 
pruning Marcclial Niel, 268, 
302; flowers exhaustive, 
Reine Marie Henriette, 268 ; 
notes on Teas, reporting com¬ 
mittee meetings, 272 ; on own 
roots, effect of winter on, 277; 
Queen Victoria, 28 ); effect of 
winter on near Manchester, 
275; amateurs, 292; prizes 
(Marquis of Bute's) for York- 
and-Lancaster, 295; at Long- 
ieat, 312 ; thorns of poisonous, 
314; show 7 fixture, 329; exhi¬ 
biting : What is an amateur ? 
333; new varieties in pots, 
354; Marcclial Niel at War¬ 
minster, 360 ; grubs on, 372, 
393; Ferdinand Cliaffolte, 375; 
at Regent’s Park, 376; destroy¬ 
ing mildew 7 on, 385; Marcclial 
Niel at Reigate, 418; growing 
in pots, failure, 429; planting 
Tea, 449; caddis fly (Lyda 
inanita), 464; in Lancashire, 
482; National Society’s cata¬ 
logue, 487; show fixtures, 508; 
utilising suckers of,509 
Royal Botanic Society’s Even¬ 
ing Fete, 529 
Rubus australis, 65; deliciosus, 
422, 445 
SALTWOOD VICARAGE, 50; 
American garden at, 51 
Sareockilus Hartmann, 207 
Hangster, death of Mr. John, 464 
Sawdust for Rhododendrons,446 
Sawfly,its mode of working, 449 
Saxifraga granulata llore-pleuo, 
43 
Schedules, framing for flower 
shows, 275, 292 
Scliizostylis coecinea, 360 
Science in horticulture,24,51,72, 
93 
Scolytus destructor, 174 
Scottish Seed Trade Association, 
71 
Sea sand v. Alternantheras, 350 
Seagulls in gardens, 179 
Seakale, planting, 139 
Sechium edule (the Ciio-Cho) 
fruits of, 192 
Seed orders, 23, 66,86 ; selection 
of and quantities for small 
gardens, 137 
Scnecio speciosus, 46 
Sericographis Ghiesbregtiana, 3 
Shading glass, formula for, 345 
Shaw, death of Mr. William, 71 
Sheffield Floral and Horticul¬ 
tural Society, 71; Spring 
Show, 291 
Shows, uses of, 455 
Sicboldi, Von, monument to, 187 
Sipliocanipylus Humboldti- 
anus, 229 
Snowdrops in pots, 172, 193 
species, at Chiswick, 207 
Snow 7 , a protector, and Box edg¬ 
ings, 56 
Sobralia xanthoieuca, 531 
Solanum capsicastrum, culture 
of, 220; S. vennstum, 358 
Southampton Horticultural So¬ 
ciety’s schedule and prizes, 48 
Spathiphyllum Patini, 64 
Spencer, Mr., death of, 31; bio¬ 
graphical notes of, 134; por¬ 
trait of, 135 
Specialities at South Kensing¬ 
ton, 479 
Spiraia Tbunbergi, 119 ; S. pru- 
nifolia flore-pleno, 441 
Spray distributor, Bentley's, 
253 
Spring flowers, notes on, 414 
Squashes, American, 65 
St. Albans, Messrs. Sander’s 
Orchids at, 481 
Stages for greenhouse plants, 
449 
Stupbylca colchica for forcing, 
186 
Statice tatarica, 130 
Strawberries, planting, "4; 
farming, 23, 74, loc, 151, 25i; 
plants per acre and cost of, 106 ; 
Early Prolific and Crimson 
Pine, 139; cultural routine, 151; 
forcing, temperature for, 156 ; 
Everlasting, 233 ; packing and 
marketing fruit, price per ton, 
252,301; forcing, 360, 375 ; Pre¬ 
sident, at Reading. 443 ; plants 
not flowering, 449; Pauline, 
486; for forcing,523 
Strelitzia parvifolia, 315 
Spring flowers at Dublin, 274 
Sulphurous vapours injurious, 
56 
Summers, flue, 52 
Sutton Coldfield Rose schedule, 
28 
Sutton, marriage of Mr. A. W., 
33o 
Sweet Nancy, 392 
Sweet Williams in pots, 352 
Sycamore growing in Labur¬ 
num, 456 
TABLE PLANTS, SELECTION OP, 
119 
Tea, piautation of in Italy, 49 
Temperaturesfallingin and out¬ 
doors, 119 
Tlmnias, uses of, 127 
Tiffany, rendering waterproof, 
261 
Tinnea a’thiopica, 94 
Tithes v. fruit culture, Mr. Inder- 
W’ick’s bill, 5 
Todman, Mr., presentation to, 
192 
Tomatos—Vick’s Criterion, 8; 
variation in fruits of, 2.5, 69; 
Vilmorin's early, 66, 108, ,14s; 
Mr. Iggulden’s manual, 152; 
under glass, 2 9 ; raising use¬ 
ful varieties, 3(J0; in winter, 
519 
Tomicus typograplms, 174 
Torenia Fouruieri, 271 
Tortoises in winter, 40 
Tradescantia virginica, 529 
Trees advocated in towns, 2 ; 
potting for orchard house, 78: 
extensive planting of, 132; 
dressing with brine and soft 
soap,179 
Tricopilia suavis alba, 422 
Tricyrtis macropoda, 378 
Trinity Coliege,Dublin, Botanic 
Gardens, 274 
Tritonia hyalina 399 
Tropaiolum Magnificent, 253; 
Uunteri, 255, 275; Ball of Fire, 
295, 314 
Tuberoses, culture and increase 
of, 179 
Tucker, Thomas, subscription, 
29 
Tulip, Mr. Hibberd’s lecture, 226; 
in Turkey and Greece, Bus- 
becq’s letters on, 252 ; in Hyde 
Park, 329; select varieties for 
beds, 335 ; in London, 379; 
Comte de Mirabeau, 397 
Turkeys, rearing, 389 
Turnip, Russian Petrowskisclie, 
66 
URCEOLINA PEXDULA, 115 ; 
notes on 116 ; U. aurea, 271 
VALERIANA Pill' VAR. AUREA, 
314 
Vallota purpurea, culture of, 191; 
watering, 241 
Varnish, making for iron, 281 
Vegetables, a plea for, 1 ; selec¬ 
tion of, 5, 30, 46; notes on 
winter, 7; new and old, 27 ; 
for exhibition, 35; at the Girt- 
ford Experimental Garden, 42, 
65; the supply of, 44, 63, 89, 106, 
167,206; prices,44; frozen, 79; 
uses of, 126 ; importance of 
for food, dearness, 147; in 
India, 159; effects ol the win¬ 
ter on, 208; and food, 250 ; best 
for winter, 268; choice and 
hardy, 502; special prizes for, 
532 
Vcitch, the late Mr. Arthur, pro¬ 
posed memorial to, 29 
Verbenas, culture of, 372 
Victoria and Paradise Nurse¬ 
ries, 94 
Villa garden notes, 53 
Villa garden notes, 259,820, 342, 
363,405 
Vines, disbudding, uncovering 
borders, inarching, 16, 79; in 
pots, fruiting, 35; forcing in 
pots, potting matured, 41, 79; 
culture of in Algeria, 49; 
dying, 56 in pots, culture of 
weak, 98; cutting down, 110; 
pruning and planting, 140; 
cutting down and training. 
