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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
Vll 
PI.ANT8 CERTIFICATED— C071. 
421; Cypripedtums calurnm, 
617; Schroder®, .516; Dahlias 
Beudlng Gem, Negress, Mid¬ 
get, 189 ; Duchess of Con¬ 
naught, Mrs. Bowman, Mrs, 
Hurst, 212 ; Cetewayo, Mrs. 
W. E. Gladstone, Duchess of 
Westminster, Dr. Moffat, 232; 
Lady of the Lake, 232 ; Da- 
valliabrachycarpa.36; Eucha- 
ris Sanderi, 324 ; Gladioluses 
Duke of Teck, 142; Andre Le¬ 
roy, Her Majesty, Grand 
Rouge, 142; Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh, Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
189; Mr. Gladstone, Duke of 
Buccleuch, Duchess of Teck, 
Sir Stafford Northcote, T. 
Moore, 212 : Gloxinia Alabas¬ 
ter, 189; Ficus elastica varie- 
gata, 77; Nerine formosa, 422 ; 
Ilex lanrifolia aurea margi- 
nata, .516; Liliums Bloomeria- 
num ocellatnm, 36 ; pardali- 
num, 77; Szovitzianum palli¬ 
dum, 36 ' r Wallacei, 142 ; Lo¬ 
belias Prima Donna,36; Swan- 
ley Bine, 36; Medinella Cur- 
tisi, 324; Milla biflora, 36; 
Miltonia bicolor, 232; Nemo- 
phila atomaria atro-c®rulea, 
36 ; Nepenthes Northiana, 
324 ; Notospartium Carmi- 
chaeliae, 36; Odontoglossum 
eugenes, 77; Oncidium nigra- 
tmn, 36 ; Pelargoniums Abel 
Carriiire, 36 ; Erl King, 616 ; 
E eltatum, Jeanne d’Arc, 142; 
»r. Orton, 189; White Perfec¬ 
tion, 89; Pentstemons Cerise 
Queen, Purple Queen, 232 ; 
l’icotee Mrs. Webb, 99; Primu¬ 
las Swaniey Purple, Julian 
Lee, Queen of the Whites, 516; 
Khododendrons Brilliant,232; 
Curtisi, 421 ; Sarracenias 
Swaniana, Wilsoniana, 421; 
Selaginella canaliculata, 233; 
Spir®a palmata alba, 77 ; 
Sweet Peas Blue Edge,Orange 
Prince, Invincible Carmine, 
Invincible Striped, New Car¬ 
mine Rose, 189; Carmine Rose, 
142 ; Triehosma sttavis, 422 ; 
Tydeas jEsculap, Harlequin, 
Podalyre, Robert le Diable, 
Venosa, 189; Vandas insiguis 
Schrcederiana, 232; Sanderi- 
ana, 324 ; Verbenas Beetho¬ 
ven, Faust, Marion Baker, 
K. F. Schule, Swaniey Gem, 
189; Viola Comte Brazzi, 422 ; 
Zygnpetalums Bnrkei, 421 ; 
maxillare, 189 
Plants, packing for Tasmania, 
62 ; hardy, at Tedmore, 81 ; 
useful hardy, 177; fine-foliage, 
list of, 229; watering, 439,460; 
poisonous and medicinal, 441; 
select tor table, 644 
Pleiones,378; culture of, 417 
Pleromas, culture of, 182 
Plumbago coccinea superba, 
613 
Plum, the Cherry, 284 
Poinsettias, 260 
Poinsettias and Plumbagos,538 
Poisonous plants, lecture on, 
94 ; lecture on, 508 
Polemounun cceruleum varie- 
gatum, 137 
Polyanthus Narcissi, 182 
Polygonum affine, 239; notes 
on, 437 
Polystichum proliferum, 104 
Poppies, double, 150 
Potash for Vi nes, 150; its sources 
and uses, 153 
Potassium, cyanide for wasps’ 
nests, 204 
Potatoes—International Show 
of, 183; certificated at Chis¬ 
wick—Welford Park Kidney, 
Beauty of Eydon, Midsummer 
Kidney, Snowdrop, Clarke’s 
Maincrop, and Desideratum, 
208; new and old, 2b7 ; abun¬ 
dance and cheapness .of, 270; 
Wilson’s Early Ashleaf, 7; 
manures for top-dressing, 18 ; 
award of prizes for early, 
77 ; Cosmopolitan, 97 ; merits 
of seedlings tabulated at 
Northampton, 125 ; White 
Elephant, large, 137; lifting, 
147 ; disease, 150; notes on, 
296,312, 331; White Elephant, 
291,340; Sharpe’s Victor, 371; 
storing, 388; in Lincolnshire, 
Warburton’s Potato-digger, 
390; best soil for, 394 ; from 
POTATOES— continued. 
seed, American Early, 438 ; 
disease, lecture on, 462 ; White 
Elephant, 465; the White 
Elephant 509 ; for forcing, 520, 
537; new form of disease, 71; 
records of, 240; early history 
of, 243 ; disappointment in 
growing new, 250 ; certificated 
varieties, 256; Mr. Murray’s 
lecture on, 487; the Jensenian 
system of culture, 534 
Potentilla fruticosa, 489, 537 
Potentillas, good doubles, 116 ; 
notes on, 512 
Pottery at Weston-super-Mare, 
230 
Primula floribunda, 251 
Primula sinensis,culture of, 182 
Primulas dying, 366 ; 384 ; P. 
obconica, 4<i8, 516 ; Swaniey 
Purple, Queen of Whites, 
Julian Lee, 516 
Propagating, notes on, 96 
Prunella vulgaris, 106 
Puccinia arundinacea, 36 
Pyrethrums uliginosum 289; 
for forcing, 302 
RADISHES FOR WINTER, 147 
Railway embankments, plant¬ 
ing, 172 
Ram, hydraulic, 272 
Ranunculuses—in pots, 268,455 
Raspberries, training luxu¬ 
riant, 106; Lord Beaconstield 
certificated, 141 ; culture of, 
202 ; autumn-bearing, 401; 
training,480 536,544 ; notes on 
culture, 544 
Rats, extirpating, 416 
Red Rose Vineries, 235 
Refuse, vegetable, 384 
lteidia glaucescens, propagat¬ 
ing, 446 
Reuantliera Lowi at Ferrieres, 
314 
Re-tubbing large plants, 492 
Rhododendron edinense, 11 ; 
Brilliant, 232; for pots, 300 ; 
early, 408 ; R. Curtisi, 421 ; 
varieties for greenhouse, 432 
Rhubarb aud Seakaie forcing, 
442 
Riddings House gardens, 406 
Robberies at flower shows. 251 
Rockery—plants in flower at 
Orton Hall, 9; at Kew, 271; 
plants for, 498 
Roman Hyacinths, culture of, 
148 
Root-pruning, effects of, 221; 
large trees, 268 
Roots, storing, 257 
Rosa alpina and R. sericea, 69; 
rugosa, 183 
Rose Chafer in America, 28 
Rose showing, dishonest at 
Sheffield, 73 
Roses—Marechal Niel, fine tree 
at Edinburgh, 7; Teas in De¬ 
cember, 18; culture of, 37 ; 
selection of for budding, 38; 
unhealthy, 40; Mdlle.Eugenie 
Verdier, 45 ; Her Majesty, 51; 
Election, proposed, 57 ; propa¬ 
gating, 83 ; at Berkbamp- 
stead, 114 ; quick growth 
from cuttings, 142 ; beds of 
Teas at Dorking, 156 ; repot¬ 
ting for forcing, l l| 4; for a 
wall, 210 ; in clay soil, 262 ; 
Tea, in winter, 295 ; cul¬ 
ture in pots, 30j; election- 
results of polling, 308; de¬ 
stroying mildew on, 326 ; 
Etendard de Jeanne d’Arc, 
335 ; election of garden varie¬ 
ties, polling, 340; in clay soil, 
845 ; culture of in pots, 353; 
Moss Little Gem,358; autumn 
propagation of, 310; notes on 
election, 368; temples for Cal¬ 
cutta, 294 ; notes on the past 
season, 369; MerveilledeLyon, 
Her Majesty, Lord F. Caven¬ 
dish, and Lady Mary Fitz- 
william,370; Souvenir d’Elise, 
372 ; planting on seedling 
Briars,373; in Savannah, 376; 
autumn propagation of, 379; 
The Green, 3s2 ; Isabella 
Sprunt and Madame Falcot, 
387 : Hybrid Perpetual for 
forcing, 387 ; autumn propa¬ 
gation of, 394 ; at Victoria, 
399 ; single, Madame Falcot, 
401 ; Souvenir de la Mal- 
maison, 405; hardy Teas, Ni- 
RO SES — coni i ntied. 
phetos, 417; notes on, cut¬ 
tings,420 ; Secretaire J. Nicho¬ 
las, 441; cuttings,443 ; Niphe- 
tos, 446 ; garden, a new, per¬ 
fection in eight months, 
pyramids, 501; ( National) So¬ 
ciety’s Annual Meeting, 512; 
from cuttings, 485 ; plant¬ 
ing an 1 protecting, 496; Wil¬ 
liam Bennett, 530; flowering 
in Scotland, 531 ; National 
Society’s Shows in 1884, 
fragrant H.P.’s, 549 
Rose shows — Southampton 
(National), 4; Canterbury, 
11; Maidstone, 12; South 
Kensington (National), 13; 
Reigate, 15; Cardiff, Bath, 32; 
Sutton and Royal Aquarium, 
33 ; Crystal Palace, Brock- 
ham, Hitchin, 34 ; National 
Society’s, Sheffield, 46 ; Farn- 
in"ham, 49; Warminster, 53 
Wirral, 55; West of England, 
58; New Brighton, 70; Dar¬ 
lington, 73; Leek, 76 
Rose Show, Notes at the Na¬ 
tional, 26 
Rudbeckia hirta, 271 
SABBATHS, notes on, S. cam- 
pestris, 269 
Salvias — Grahami purpurea, 
160 ; notes on, 534 
Satading, 452 
Sarracenias. sale of hybrid, 293; 
S. Swaniana, 421; S. Wilson¬ 
iana, 422 ; S. purpurea, 499; 
hardy, 508 
“ Science Monthly,” 376, 462 
Sclerotia in Potato leaves, 422 
Scotch garden, notes from a, 382 
Scuticaria Dodgsoni, 97 
Seyphauthus volubilis, 371 
Seakaie aud Rhubarb forcing, 
415 
Seakaie planting, 485 
Sea water, constituents of, 
520 
Selaginella canaliculata, 232 
Selaginellas and Orange Tree t, 
476 
Seeds, selection of, ordering, 
548 
Senecio pulcher, 233, 541, 507; 
S. concolor, 272 
Sewage water, 261 
Shading Cucumbers,5 
Shallots decaying, 871 
Shows— Manchester Apple, 375 ; 
Astwood Hank, 137; Bath 
Floral Fete, 225; Brighton, 
233 ; Caledonian (Royal) 
Horticultural Society’s, 56 ; 
National Carnation Society, 
78; Slough,99; Crystal Palace 
Fruit, 205; Dublin Flower, 
235; Ealing, 5L ; Eastbourne, 
101, 161; Edinburgh, 258; 
National Gooseberry, 143 ; 
Glamorganshire, 159 ; Glas¬ 
gow Autumn. 230; Hereford 
Apple and Pear, 383, 398 ; 
Liverpool, 120; Long Ashton, 
183; National Dahlias, 211; 
Newcastle, 95; Newport, 12.5 ; 
N ortham p tonsh i re, 125; Inter¬ 
national Potato, 183; Reading, 
164; Sandy Horticultural, 214; 
Shrewsbury, 165; Richmond, 
6; Bromley. 8; Croydon, 9; 
Tunbridge Wells, 24; Chis¬ 
wick, 24 ; Kingston, 30 ; 
Wimbledon, 34 ; Highgate 
and Teddington, 35; South¬ 
ampton, 123 ; Stoke Bishop, 
57 ; Taunton Deane, 168 ; 
Trowbridge, 191 ; Weston- 
super-Mare Show, 169 
Shrubs, planting, 410 ; trans¬ 
planting, 545 
Sibthorpia europ®a variegata, 
398 
Silene acaulis, 106 ; S. Schafta, 
160 
Single flowers, 435 
Sirex juvencus, 262 
Soil, analysis of by crops, 195 ; 
improving, 242 ; preparation 
and management of, 413; dig¬ 
ging frozen,521 
Solanuui capsicastrum culture, 
300 
Soot-water making, 284 
Sorghum saccharatum. 508 
Sparmannia africana, 498 
Spices, cultivation of, 229 
Spir®a palmata alba (certifi¬ 
cated), 77 
Staking, notes on, 393 
Stapelia De Smetiana. 251 
Stephanotis floribunda culture, 
82 
Stokesia cyanea, 289 
Stoking, economy in, 370, 414, 
482,526; notes bn, 479; chalk 
for, 527 
Stonework, cleaning, 66; chlor¬ 
ide of lime for cleaning, 136 
Strawberries—James Veitch. 9; 
King of the Earlies and The 
Captain, 12; for forcing, 22; 
in London fifty years ago, 32; 
culture for amateurs, 43 ; 
enemies Of, 24, 50, 68, 341,425; 
Amateur, 51 ; in pots, 60, 111, 
147, 384 ; in light soil, 72; 
Duchess of Edinburgh (certi¬ 
ficated), 77 ; planting select 
varieties, 82; culture of Per¬ 
petual, 96 ; planting, 126 ; for 
market, 150; notes on varie¬ 
ties, 157; good varieties, 364 ; 
wintering in pots, 420 ; forcing 
and varieties, 457; forcing,496, 
535 
Storm, injuries to crops, 207 ; 
effects of a, 225 
Subsoil examining, 239 
Suburban gardens, effective 
plants in, 188 
Suttons’ seed-trial grounds, 1G7 
Swainsonia Osborni, 118 
Swaniey, notes at, 380 
Sycamore fungus, 196 
TARO PLANT, 117 
Taylor, Mr. W., retirement from 
Longleat, 50; presentation to, 
250 
Tea plant tions, employment 
in, 345 
Tedmore, hardy plants at, 81 
Temperature, high m Loudon 
in Juty, 137 
Thermometers, the best, 476 
Thunbergia alata, 51 
Tobacco culture in Germany, 
208 
Tomato, Bowerman’s Prolific 
(certificated), 77 ; disease, 40; 
culture, 88, 118, 156; Phillips’ 
Perfection, 137; Mr. Thom¬ 
son’s compost for, 138 ; com¬ 
post tor, 156 ; Chiswick Red 
and Improved Large Orange, 
218 
Toinmasinia verticlllaris, 259 
Tradescantia marginsta varie¬ 
gata, 126 
Tree-planting in Mexico, 161; 
profits of, 441; cutting down 
and killing, 562 
Trees and shrubs, ornamental 
varieties, 28, 94; newly 
planted, 148 
Triehosma suavis, 422 
Trinity College Botanic Gar¬ 
dens, Dublin, 278 
Tritoma Uvaria glaucescens,289 
Trop®olums, culture of tuber¬ 
ous, 300 
Tuberose culture, 305 
Tulipa Kolpakowskyana, 272 
Tulips for forcing, 239; selec¬ 
tion of, 385 
Turnips for winter, 59; 
autumn, 147; Early Purple- 
top Mun ch, 461; history of, 
465; Early Munich, 482; va¬ 
rieties aud culture, 550 
Tydieas certificated — Venosa, 
Robert le Diable, Harlequin, 
Podalyre, -Esculap, 189 
UVULARIAS, NOTES ON, 492 
VALLOTAS, DIVIDING, 345 ; 
dividing, 345; purpurea, cul¬ 
ture of, 455 
Vancouvers Island, gardens in, 
899 
Vanda teres at Dulwich, 71; 
insignis var. Schroederiana, 
228 ; a new, 375 ; V. c®rulea 
at Penllergare, 419 
Vanilla in Florida. 488 
Variations in Nature, 334 
Vegetable products, proposed 
International Exhibition of, 
247, 298 
Vegetable Marrow, Mr. Sechl- 
ari’s, 552 
Vegetables, historical jottings 
on — the Cabbage, 98 ; the 
Onion, 189; the Garlic and 
Leek, 279; medical properties 
of, 419 
Veitch Memorial prizes, 529, 
548 
Ventilation, notes on, 23,479 
Verbena culture, seasonable 
hints on, 66; good bedders, 
116 
Verschaffeltia spiendida, 445 
Village show, a, 234 
Vinery, at Chiswick, 338; six 
months in, 330, 360, 372, 483, 
615,550; starting and tempe¬ 
rature, 360; renovating bor¬ 
ders, starting early, in pots, 
368; temperature and venti¬ 
lation for startinsr, mealy bug 
in, 372 ; Mr. Chaffin’s, 494 
Vines—liquid manure for, *9; 
injured by fumigating, 93; 
growths shrivelling, 136; in 
inexpensive border, 164; 
scales on, 172 ; in inexpensive 
border at Sisters House. 181; 
lifting, 194; the large at 
Hampton Court, 207; pruning 
and top-dressing, 238; stop¬ 
ping cut laterals, 284; reno¬ 
vating, 287; America and the 
phylloxera, 292, 313 ; early in 
pots, 502 ; warts on leaves, 
flagging, growths crooked, 
304 ; American and the phyl¬ 
loxera, 313; manure for, 326; 
cropping unsatisfactorily,346 ; 
wood, ripening, 3.55; a won¬ 
derful American, 376 ; stored- 
up sap in, 396, 468; pruning 
on the Continent, 410 ; tying 
the laterals, 416 ; forcing in 
pots, 430; stored-up sap in, 
465 ; starting for early crops, 
474 ; planting, 477 ; etored-up 
sap in, 490, 506, 528, 5.54 ; won¬ 
derful growth of in narrow 
border, 512; pruning and 
dressing, 523, 540 ; starch 
granules in wood of, 529 ; fail¬ 
ing, 537; roots cankered, 541; 
colour of leaves of, 549 ; im¬ 
portance of early thinning, 
550 ; destroying insects on, 
the tar remedy, 557 ; pruning 
and dressing, 558 ; forcing.559 
Violas, Ardwell Gem, 185; select 
varieties, 112, 312; Comte 
Brazzi, 422; origin of Blue¬ 
bell and Perfection, 491 
Violets, Marie Louise, 398. 551; 
Comte Brazil, 486; New York, 
551 
Voles, 128 
WALL, CONSTRUCTING FOR 
garden, 107 
Wallflowers for spring bloom, 
ing, 37 
Warwick Castle, 356 
Wasps' nests, destroying easily, 
156; destroying with turpen¬ 
tine, 186; prizes for queens at 
Warminster, 137 ; attacking 
Pears, 259, 269 
Water Lilies, uses of, 62 
Weather and crops in Scotland, 
251; inSeptember.314 ; in No¬ 
vember at Hodsock, 508 
White Pine in the United 
States, 314 
Wild garden at Kew, 334 
Winter’s Bark. 240 
Woodlawn, effective plants at, 
299 
Woodlice, destroying, 124,19G 
Wood, metallisation of 376 
Wool waste as a manure, 218 
Worms in walks, 333 
Wright, presentation to Dr. 
Perceval, 508 
YELLOW FEVER FUNGUS, 314 
ZAUSCHNERIA CALIFORNICA, 
301 
Zephyranthes Treati®, 49 
Zygopetalum maxillare, 189 421 
