January 20, 1881. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
Vll 
Lettuces—culture, 312, 441; not heart- 
ins, 70; sowing, 86, 147 , 220 ; spring, 
186 
Lichens on trees, 424 
Lilies,Belladonna and Guernsey,42t 
Liliums—culture, 57 ; in pots, 480. L. 
auratum, potting, 447; L. lancifolium 
MM’Ciosun i, propagation and outdoor 
culture of, 522,501; L. polyphyllum, 8. 
See Plants Certificated 
Lily of the valley, culture of, 33/>, 44,, 
forcing, 453 , ,.. 
Limes, The, Greenford Green, 163 
Limnocharis Hnmholdtii, 136 
Llnarias, 117,283 
l.innm trigynum, 553 
Liverpool, about, 130 
Live stock returns, 428 
Loasas, culture of, 523 , 
Lobelias—culture, 282, 835 ; varieties, 
282. L. erinus in pots, 73 ; L. “ Wliat s 
That,” 253 
Lophospermum scandens, 850 
Lucknow House, Addiscomhe, 75 
Lupins, cultivation of, 216 
Lychnis Flos-Jovis, 0 
Lygodium palmatum, 03 
MAONUM BONUM POTATO AND ITS 
raiser, 484 
Maine, cultivation and growth of, M2 
Mamodes Wendlandi, 554 
Manchester fruit and vegetable mar¬ 
kets, 442, 507 
Manchester, notes around, 73 
Mango, sowing seed of, 535 
Mangold Wurtzel—insect foes of, 29o, 
leaves blistered, 62; ravages of mag¬ 
gots on, 318; weight of, 510 . 
Manures —and pastures, 310; artificial, 
amusing definition of, 438 ; for arable 
land, 383; for grass, 339 ; horn, 344,380, 
447; pit for stable, 342 
Marica (Cypella) cairulea, 142 
Market, early produce for, 314 
Market gardeners’ grievances, report 
of meeting, 141 
Market grounds in Bedfordshire, 121, 
and in the Midlands, 373; extraordi¬ 
nary tithes on, 596 
Market prices, 535 
Mascalls, Kent,347 
Mealy bug—in vineries, 63,138, 208,264 ; 
on stove and greenhouse plants, 149; 
on Vines, 103.163 
Meat, price of, 176 
Melbourne Nursery, Svdenham, 100 
Melons—and bottom heat, 556 ; at Car¬ 
diff Castle. 372; bursting, 16; culture, 
16, 77,123,171, 220, 267, 312, 356, 508, 5m ; 
culture of Water, 558 ; leaves decay¬ 
ing. 314; not setting. 79 ; red spider 
on, 246; rough plate glass unsuitable 
for, 221; stems cankering,149: weight 
of, 94. Bellamore Hybrid, 140; Blen¬ 
heim Orange, 508 ; Conqueror of 
Europe, 116 ; Hero of Lockinge, 531; 
High Cross Hybrid, 590 ; Old v. Gil¬ 
bert's Victory of Bath, 326, 345, 376 ; 
William Tillery, 125 . 
Mentha Pulegium gibraltarica, winter¬ 
ing, 269 , , , , 
Meteorological Society—report of open¬ 
ing meeting of, 486; and of phenolo- 
gical observations for 1880,572 
Metheglin, 130 
Michaelmas Daisies, 325 
Microstylis metallica, 96 
Mignonette, culture of, 35,220, 289, 44a 
Mikania pulverulenta, 395 
Mildew, notes on, 256 
Monarda fistulosa purpurea, 189 
Mormodes Wendlandi, 554 
Mould or fungi on the Hop plant, reach 
tree, Potatoes, and Grapes, 833 
Mulching, 260 
Mushrooms, culture, 191, 509 
Myrtles—diseased, 402 ; tubs for, ..80 
Ocypus (Staphylinns) olens, 421 
Od'onloglossums, hybrid, 258; O. an- 
ccps and O. blandum, 554 ; O. odoia- 
tum, 120; O. Roezlii,413 
(Enothera bistorta Veitchii. 45 
Old Warden, Bedfordshire, 98 
Oleander Professeur Onchartre, 98 
Olcobacliia palustris, 47,96 
Oleomargarine, 40 
Olive harvest, 595 
Oncidiums at Holloway, 351 
Onions —destroying maggot, 67 ; sow¬ 
ing. 86 ; transplanting, 29 ; winter 
culture, 185,195 
Opliioglossum vulgatum var. am- 
biguum, 123 
Orchard—acreage of, 394 ; Apples for, 
Orchard house-management, 102, 1/1, 
290,357,423; trees for, 172 
Orchids—culture, 56,124,171,290,3 ji , M0; 
exhibiting,134,182; for cool house, 231, 
244 ; in flower, 393; soil for, 511;.treat¬ 
ment of imported, 222 ; vain of small 
pots for, 328; .varieties, 232; watering, 
423, 424 
Osmia leucomelana (a carpenter bee), 
27 
Osmunda regalis, 468 
Otterspool,370 ... .« 
Oxford Botanic Gardens, 432,4;.4,524, •-./- 
PiEONIES. 285 
Palm gardens of Elelie, 30.> 
Palms—leaves scorched, 195; propagat- 
Parnpas Grass, substitute for, 424 
Pansies—characteristics of a good, 12? , 
culture, 545; fancy, 435,497. 1 • David 
Malcolm, 212 
Paraffin v. ants, 79 
Parks of London, 209, 235, 286 
I’arrotia pcrsica at Ivew, 438 
Parrots falling from their perches, 4/4 
Passiflora cairulea in Cornwall, 528 
Pastures and manures, 319 
Paulownia imperialis, 314,389 
Peaches—American season, 28a ; blister, 
55 410 • blister and Potato disease, 596 ; 
culture, 34,102,148,195,243, 290,334, 378, 
445, 488, 532, 600; early in America, 
307 ; monster, 189: starting trees, 532; 
woodlice in wall, 292 ; “woolly, 79. A 
Bee, 113; Hales’ Early for forcing, 
165 ; Lord and Lady Palmerston, large, 
329 
Peach orchard, Mr. Parnell’s in Ala- 
Peach trees—fungi on, 333; gummed, 79; 
pruning, 156; red spider on, o59; stop¬ 
ping. 57; syringing, 240 
Pears—at Chiswick, 3 « • estirnate ^ of 
for succession, .521; in Cheshire, •>3(), 
in Worcestershire, 570; summer and 
autumn, 321; varieties for wall, 313. 
Auguste Jurie, 263,349; Beurre Bose, 
375 ; Beurre de 1 Assomption, 237 , 
Doyenne Boussocli, 394:l‘_ertihty, 5oo , 
Hessle, 337; Huvshe’s Prince Consort 
and Prince of Wales, 392; Princess of 
Wales and Victoria, 393; Van Mons 
Leon Lecl ere, 573 
Pear trees— extraordinary espalier, 189, 
grubs on, 173; planting, 367 ; reno¬ 
vating old, 425; varieties for walls, 
38<); which canker and which do not 
canker, 4.54 
Peas, Everlasting, 368 
Peas—in 1880, 251; sowing, 422. John 
Bull, 137,156; Marvel, 141; Minimum, 
Pelargoniums—bedding varieties, 424 , 
culture, 191,220, 835, 445, 468 ; cutting 
down, 100 , 102 ; early decorative, M, 
for winter, 16; French decorative 
Show, 93 ; Mr. Hibberd’s lecture on, 
NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUM IN TOTS, 
National Rose Society,report of Annual 
General Meeting, 548 
Nectarines—culture, 34,102,148,19a, 243, 
290, 334, 378, 445, 488, 532, 600; varieties, 
148 , , 
Nepenthes, treatment of, 447 
Nerine crispa and N. pudica, 394 
Nerium Oleander elegans, 388,4„6,486 
Newton Nurseries, 430 
New Zealand plants, hardiness of, o29 
Nicoll, Mr. John, biography and por¬ 
trait of, 441 . 
Nicotine soap, 57 ; v. earwigs, 233 
Nigella hispanica, 165 
North Pole, plants at, 221 
Nynnpliteas at Oxford, 524 ; N. pygmtea, 
525 
OAKWORTII HOUSE, YORKSHIRE, 241, 
259.326 ; winter garden at, 259 
Obituary —Breliaut, Rev. T. L., 460 , 
Hunter. Mr. John, 19, 40; Huyshe, 
Rev. John, 392 ; Johnson, Mr. Charles, 
306; Manuinglon, Mr. John, 284 ; 
Mechi, Mr. J. J., 604 ; Pringle, Mr. 
R. O., 519; Radclyffe, Rev. W. F, 52 , 
Read' Mr. John, 235; Stansfleld, Mr. 
Abraham, 187; Veitch, Mr. Arthur, 
300.327 ; portrait of, 597 
ture, 313 , 446 , 468 ; for pots, 424, for 
winter, 379, 489. Gloirc d Orleans, 96, 
G nil Ion Mangilli, 544; Lucie Lcmoiue, 
96- Madame Thibaut, 95; Margaret 
Ponton, 529 ; Mont Blanc, 96; Mrs. 
Potten, 96: tetragonnm, i>09, West 
Brighton Gem,'549 
Pellionia Daveauana, 330 
Pentstemon Murrayanum, 165 
Peperomia arifolia, 95 
Percskia aculeata, grafting, 601 
Peristeria elata, 351 
Persia, vegetation in, 213 
Petasites fragrans, 280 
Petrocoptis Lagascteana, 51 
Pettigrew’s,Mr.,challenge, j20 , ... 
Pheasants, Golden, 320; poisoning of, 564 
Phylloxera—M. Van Geert s address, 1 ; 
in Italy, 237 ; on Vine leaves and 
roots, 167 
Physalis Alkekengi, 337 
Picotees—culture, 545 ; setting-up and 
judging, 64; planting and potting, 
346 . P. Alice, 142; Clara Penson, o4, 
and Ne Plus Ultra, 142 ._ 
Pigeons—diarrhoea in, 274 , flying, lo2, 
food for, 274 ; for table, 452 ; mating, 
320 ; parting, 152. Archangel, 12/ , 
Jacobin, 248 ; Nun, 82 ; Scotch Fan- 
tail, 19; Trumpeter, 582 ; lurbit, 318 
Pillar plants, three good, 372 
Pine Apples—culture, 195, 268 , 334,10 , 
407, 532; heavy fruit of, 71, potting 
suckers, 77 
Pipes—heating with sanitary, 511; for¬ 
mula for finding, 601 
Pit for stable manure, 342; heating, 36 
Plants - at the North Pole, 221; distri¬ 
bution of, 695 ; for house decoration, 
504; herbaceous, 7; sawdust for pro¬ 
pagating, 500, 556, 567 ; three good 
pillar, 372 
PLANTS CERTIFICATED— 
Angra-cum Kotschyi, 352, „ r .] 3e . gon J?', s 
Anna Ria, 96; Annie Wilkie, Dr. 
Denny, Dr. Hogg, Henry Webb, Lizzie 
Smith, and Lucy Violet, 90; Mary 
Steele, 54 ; Mrs. Shepherd. 142 , Nellie 
Barron 96. Tuberous Begonias—A.. 
llemsley and Countess of Kingston, 
54 ; Mrs. H. Coppin, 54; Rosea grandi- 
flora, 54, 96; Bolbophyllum Beccari, 
191; Bouvardia Dazzler, 464. Cattleya 
Marstersonias, 352. Coleus Mrs. W . M. 
Shirreff, 262; C. Pompadour, 142 , C. 
Sowteri, 54. Croton B. I ranck Selliere, 
202 ; C. Cronstadti and C. Hawkeri. 
554. Cyperns laxus variegatus, 352, 
Cypripedium Fairieanum, 465; C. 
Morganianum,54. Dahlias Dr. Ranch, 
lot • Frank Rawlings, 262; Gotdfinder, 
191; James Vick, 191; Joseph Green, 
262- Lady Wimborne, 191; Mr. Comp¬ 
ton. 191 ; Mr. Harris, 262 ;'Professor 
King, Queen of Spain, and Revival, 
191 - Walter N. Williams,262 ; W illiam 
Rawlings,352. Eucryphiapinnatifolia, 
142. Gladioluses Anthony Waterer, 
191* Aquinus, 190; Calliophon, 191; 
Opiter, 190 ; l’liormis and Pilumnis, 
161 Gomplirena globosa nana com- 
pacta, 96. Hedera maderiensis, 54. 
Hvpolepis millefolium, 142. Iris 
Kaunpferi Carnation, 54; Crimson 
King, 96; Delicata, 54; Imperial 
Wonder, 54; Kosoburo San, 54 ; Mag¬ 
nificence, 96; Striata superba, 54. 
Jasminum graeillnnum, 554. Lilmm 
auratum platyphyllum and L. a. vir- 
ginale. 142; L. cauadense splendens, 
54 • L. longiflorum verum, 352; L. 1 ark- 
manni, 191; and L. speciosum glorios- 
oides. 142. Lygodium palmatum, 96. 
Microstylis metallica, 96. Mormodes 
Wendlandi, 554. Odontoglossum an- 
eeos and O. blandum, 554. Oleander 
Professeur Duchartre, 96. Oleobacliia 
palustris, 95. Pelargoniums Gloire 
d’Orleans, Lucie Leinome, Madame 
Thibaut, Mont Blanc, and Mrs. Potten, 
66 Picotees Alice, 142; Clara Penson, 
54; and Ne Plus Ultra, 142. Primulas 
sinensis Annie Hillier, Purple Gem, 
and Swanlev Red, 554. Roses Duchess 
of Connaught and Mrs. Jowitt, 93, 
Mrs. Harry Turner and Pride of \\ al- 
tliam, 54. Salvias Bethelli, litcheri, 
and splendens Bruanti, 464 
Plei ones, 461 , .. 
Plums—for succession, 48/ ; leaves dis¬ 
coloured, 197; varieties for wall, 313, 
380. Cherry, 197 
Plum tree unfruitful, 380 
Podophyllum peltatum, 380 
Poinsettias, culture of, 195. P. pulcher- 
rima major, 483 
Polyanthus—culture, 132; properties of, 
132 ; varieties, 132 
Polygonum cuspidatum, 120 
Poplars, Lombardy, killed by frost, 161 
Potatoes—about, 181, 203,234, 233, 348,3/ /, 
414 ; and Popery, 489; and the season, 
310; crop, 162; crop in Ireland, 218, 
307 ; and in west of Ireland, 133; dis¬ 
ease, 110, 131, 158, 194, 216, 258, 289, 333, 
370, 389, 410, 438; disease and Peach 
blister, 596; and rainfall, 398, 420, 4/7, 
exhibition varieties, 300; for fatten¬ 
ing cattle, 406; fungi on, 333, 3o4, 
greening seed, 232; in America, 362, 
in 1880,251 ; ill West Cornwall, 168, in 
Yorkshire, 317; lifting, 124, 351, 366, 
395 397; lifting in Cornwall,417; ma¬ 
turing, 246 ; Mr. Fitch’s experiments 
in culture, 417: Mr. Robertsons evi¬ 
dence before Parliamentary Commit¬ 
tee, 19 ; monstrosity, 307 ; notes on, 
89; pitting, 340; planting in autumn, 
368 , 416, 433; preparing seed tubers, 
433; prevention of disease, 176; propa- 
rratin"-. 504: removing haulm, 221; 
scarcity, 190 ; selection,279; show, 375; 
sound and diseased, 207, 236; spread 
of disease, 70, 101; storing, 29-, 379, 
suggestions for checking disease, 135, 
uses of, 83; varieties new and old, 443; 
weather, 189; weight per acre, 196 ; 
wintering, 269. Aslileaf, origin of, 
373; Flounder, 193; Lapstone Kidney, 
origin of,439. Magnum Bonum,28o , 
and its raiser, 484; great crop of, 261, 
307, 394; large, 461. Myatt s Ashleaf, 
origin of, 534. Peachblow, 128, 337. 
Rivers’ Royal Ashleaf Kidney, origin 
of, 439. Scotch Champion, 192, 212,261, 
262, 277; and its raiser, 440 ; diseased, 
87; in north of Scotland, 413. W orm- 
leighton’s Seedling, 336 
Potting, firm or loose, 211 
Poultry—exhibiting, 428 ; feeding, 386 , 
in gardens, 603; keeping, 386; man¬ 
agement in summer, 106; notes, 60, 
296; worms for, 320 
Poultry Club—report ot meeting of, 49 j , 
notes on, 537; of Committee meeting, 
199; and of Committee, 449 
Poultry notes—artificial incubation, 175. 
Bantams, Red Game, 226. Brahmas as 
mothers, 318. Chickens—buying exhi¬ 
bition, 271; drooping, 2 > 2 , 2 / 4 ; dying, 
542; feeding, 202 ; gapes in, 226 , not 
thriving,474; suffering from roup, 154. 
Cochins as mothers, 318. Does like 
produce like? 296. Dorkings, white, 
408. Dorking cock wheezing, 154. 
Bucks — management, 274 ; mixing, 
, _a. —. 1,1 rtflrtinnr Ot lO * 
430 ; where water is deficient, 202 ; 
Aylesbury, 128; Pekin in America, 40. 
Fags -age of for sitting, 364; preserv¬ 
ing, 152; lime for, 176; trade in Ame¬ 
rica, 272. Fowl omnibus, 297. Fowls 
—and Foxglove, 520; and the cold 
weather, 427 ; diseased, 108; dusting, 
176; effect of Henbane on, 604; fatten¬ 
ing 364; feeding, 542 ; for profit, 430; 
green food for, 200 ; growth of, 320 , 
healthy and profitable, 273 ; keeping, 
386; leg-weakness in, 386; new cross¬ 
bred table, 605; not laying, 386 ; of the 
Mediterranean, 39; roup in, 82; wash¬ 
ing, 384; with diseased livers, 342 , 
worms for, 32 ); Eymorc Black, 604 ; 
Scotch Grey, 603. Gapes, fumigation 
for, 152. Geese in Ireland,340. Goldeu 
Pheasants, 320 ; poisoning of, 564. 
Guinea Fowls, 297. Hereford Poultry 
Fair, 604. Malicious injury at shows, 
605. Pullets laying, 474. Scurf on 
head of cockerel, 364. Turkeys, breed¬ 
ing fine, 249; rearing, 153. _ 
Poultry shows—malicious injury at, 
605; payment of prizes at, 339 
Poultry yards—famous, 405; in Septem¬ 
ber, 224; small, 604 ; smalt v. large, 
560 
Press piracy, 284,306,328, 329 
Primroses —culture, 89, 148, 468; and 
Polyanthus and Oxlip, 12, 30, 33, 74, 
121 
Primulas-at Reading, 595 ; culture of 
Chinese, 446; damping off, 305. See 
Plants Certificated 
Prize money, prompt repayment ot, o64 
Propagating case, making a, 42a 
Propagating, hints on, 160 
Protectors for winter, 466 
Prunus divaricata, 376 
Puccinia malvacearum on Hollyhock, 
91 
Pullets, laying, 474 
Pumpkin, weight of, 519 
Pump, patent Simplex Garden, 109 
Pyretlirums—dividing, 424 : double, 32 , 
in borders, 54 ; varieties, 93. P. uligi- 
nosum, 307 
Pyrus Aria, 172 
QUEENSLAND, BOTANIC GARDENS,422 J 
flower garden, 311 
Quinces and their uses, 380 
RABBITS V. FRUIT TREES, 421; pre¬ 
served Australian, 540 
Radish, sowing, 86 , _ 
Rainfall, heavy, 152, 41 /; in London,236 
Ranunculus, culture, 540 
Raphidia ophiopsis : larva, pupa, and 
imago, 217 . . 
Raspberries—autumn treatment of, 16b, 
pruning, 245; traini ng, 458 
Red spider—in vineries, 213, 232; on 
Melons, 245 ; on Peach trees, 5 .9; pre¬ 
venting, 52 
Refuse, the uses of garden, 4/6,503, 5 j6, 
577 
Regent’s Park, 235 
Reigate, a day at, 159 
Resurrection Plant, 8 
REVIEWS OF BOOKS— 
“A Manual Rational of Ree-kceping, 
by G. De Ribeaucourt,” translated 
from the French by Arthur F. G. 
Leveson Gower, 320 , ... 
“Anatomical and Physiological Atlas 
of Botany,” by Dr. Arnold and Caro¬ 
lina Dodel-Port. Parts 1,2, and 3,551, 
« a New and Easy Method of Studying 
British Wild Flowers by Natural 
Analysis,” by Frederick A. Messer, 
310 
« Artificial Incubation and the Breed¬ 
ing and Rearing of Poultry, by 
H. Tomlinson, 564 
“Book about Roses,” 7th edition, by 
Rev. Canon Hole, 461 
“Cassell’s Magazine of Art, 4 .1 
« Garden Oracle for 1881,” by Mr. Slur- 
ley Hibberd, 595 
“Greenhouse Favourites, 264 
“Herefordshire Pomona, ed ted for 
the Wool hope Club by Robert Hogg, 
LL.D., F.L.S., &c. Part 3, 576 
“Letts’Popular Atlas, parts 9 and in, 
528 
“Paxton’s Flower Garden,” 244,307, 41/, 
ggg 
‘Rose Annual for 1880-81,” by Mr. W. 
Pftllli 594 
« The A. B. C. Poultry Book,” by Mrs. 
M. A. Wilson, 585 
“The Bee-keeper’s Manual, by I lie late 
Henry Taylor. Seventh edition, by 
Alfred Watts, 153 „ 
“The Practical Rabbit-keeper, by 
« Cuniculus,” 564 
Rhinacanthus communis, 151 
