viii JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ j a „„ar y 20, isst. 
Rhododendrons, choice varieties, 22; 
near Liverpool, 67 
Richard ias, culture,220,835 
Ricinus Duchess of Edinburgh, 343 
Ridgway’s grass-cutter, 1 IS 
Robinia Pseudo-acacia Bessoniana, 284 
Root crops, preparing for, 225 
Root-pruning, 459 
Rosa rugosa, 332 
Rosemount, Liverpool, 136 
Rose (National) Societv. report of an¬ 
nual general meeting,'548 
Rose season of 1880 , a retrospect, 299 
Roses—American notcson,373; arching 
over walks, 440; best, no; cross- 
fertilising, 1 ; culture, 220 ; damage by 
frost in Germany, 2«t; dark climbing 
for greenhouse, 510; dwarf, 68o; 
election, 344, 389 ; exuberant, 149; 
fragrant, 595; for buttonholes, 246; 
for chalk soil, 149; for garden, 172; for 
greenhouse, 133 , 402 ; for wall, 358 ; 
from cuttings, 155; fungus on, 79, 197 ; 
gleanings amongst, 204 ; hints upon, 
410 ; in pots, 17; late, 292 ; leaves blis¬ 
tered, 79; manuring, 447 ; mildew on, 
402 , 447 ; new at Cheshunt, 157; new 
French, 498 ; new varieties for exhi¬ 
bition, 512,529; notes on new, 64; old- 
fashioned garden, 180 ; planting, 288, 
488; p*ll of thirty-six varieties, 345, 
and of twenty-four varieties, 390; pre¬ 
paring ground for, 489 ; progress, 186 ; 
propagating, 34; protecting dwarf, 
511, 601; pruning climbing, 269, and 
luxuriant, 442; raising from seed in 
England, 1; selection of, 410; Staple- 
ford, 327, 356, 366, 476. Teas—for forc¬ 
ing, 424; best, 570; and luxuriant, 221. 
Bouquet d’Or, 44; Duchess of Con¬ 
naught. 96; La Duchess de IMorny, 
73; Little White Pet, 458; Madame 
Berard, 44; Madame I’lantier, 164; 
Marcchal Kiel cankering, 49o; Mrs. 
Harry Turner, 54; Mrs. Jowitt, 96; 
Pride of Waltham,34 
Rosiere, crowning the, 164 
Rotations for cropping light soils, 337, 
359, 381, 403 
Routine of bee management, 386 
Rubus odoratus, 29; R. rosa'folius co- 
ronarius, 281 
Rudbeckia Neumanni,'287 
SACITTARIA SAGITTIFOLIA FLORE- 
pleno, 213 
Salvia Bethelli, Pitcher! and splendcns, 
Bruanti, 464: S. hians, 399; S. Hoveyi, 
328; S. Pitcheri, 461, 464; and splen- 
dens Bruanti, 464 
Sarracenias, culture and species of, 432 
Sawdust for propagating plants, 500, 
556, 567 
Saxifraga muscoides var. rubra, 311 
Scabiosa pterocephala, 580 
Schizanthus in pots, 73, 233 
Sehizostylis coccinea, 552 
Scutellaria Mocciniana, 598 
Seakale, forcing, 402 
Season—and Potatoes, 310; near Inver¬ 
ness, 525; of 1880 for bees, 429 
Seeds for garden, 402 
Selaginella erytbrophylla and S. has- 
matodes, 393; S. lepidophylla, 8 
Sewage, deodorising, 196 
Sheep—an Australian station, 177; 
cross-breeding of, 197, 222; mortality 
in,406 
Shelter,"value and importance of, 475 
Shows, malicious injury at poultry, 605 
SnoWS, RETORTS OF— 
Agricultural— Clonmel Root,463. Goat. 
297. Metropolitan Dairy, 404; honey 
at, 430. Royal Agricultural Society of 
Ireland, 175. Royal Counties (Hants 
and Berks), 37, 58, 80. Smithfleld 
Club, 537 
Bees British Bee-keepers’ Association, 
108 , 129, 153. Hertfordshire Bee¬ 
keepers’ Association, 201 
Bird —Alexandra Palace, 384 
Carnation and Picotee —National So¬ 
ciety’s, Northern Section, 168; South¬ 
ern, 92 _ 
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Chrysanthemums — Birmingham, 500, 
Borough of Hackney, 479. Brixton 
and Streatham, 455. Croydon. 480. 
Kingston and Surbiton, 478. Lam¬ 
beth, 456; Liverpool, 500. Maidstone, 
480. Manchester, 507. Oxford, 503. 
Plymouth, 458. Putney and District, 
457. Richmond, 482. Southampton, 
4S1. Stoke Newington, 456. Tun¬ 
bridge Wells, 481. Walton and Her- 
slnim, 437. York Ancient Society of 
Florists, 529 
Frail —Alexandra Palace,230. Clonmel, 
463. Crystal Palace, 194. Pomological 
at Hereford, 418 
Horticultural —Alexandra Palace, 158. 
Atherstone, [232. Bexley Heath, 67. 
Brighouse, 135. Brighton, 254, 260. 
Brussels, 94. Caledonian (Royal) So¬ 
ciety, 46. Clay Cross, 161. Hartford, 
67. Derbyshire, 233. Evesham, 115. 
Farningham, 32. Gloucestershire, 
115. Handsworth, 217. Hawklnirst, 
89. Hertfordshire Country, 187. Isle 
of Thanet, 212. Kingston and Surbi¬ 
ton, 6. Lee and Blackhcath,6. Leeds, 
3; supplementary, 114. Limerick, 29. 
Liverpool, ill. Maidstone, 261. New¬ 
castle, 49, 278. Pelargonium Society. 
10. Reading Autumn, 188. Rich¬ 
mond, 27. Royal Caledonian, 255. 
Royal Horticultural Society of Ire¬ 
land, 236. Saltburn, 207. Sandy and 
District, 204. Shropshire, 181. South 
Shields and Westoe, 257. St. Ives 
(Hunts),120. Sunderland,183. Taun¬ 
ton Deane, 184. Thornton Heath, 184. 
Tunbridge Wells, 33. Western, 113. 
Western District Cottage Gardening, 
215. West Kent, 48. 
Potatoes — International at Crystal 
Palace, 288. 300, 329, 346 
Poultry — Belfast, 582. Bexley Heath, 
518. Birmingham, 514,539; notes on, 
384; roots at, 519. Canterbury, 561. 
Crewe, 248. Crystal Palace, 470, 492. 
Hull, 403. Kingston-on-Thames, 539. 
Leeds, 562. Margate, 584. Ross, 361. 
Watford, 562. Worcester, 317. York,538 
Roses —Alexandra Palace, 44. Antwerp, 
12. Brockliam, 34. Canterbury, 32. 
Galloway, 122. Horsham, 45. Maid¬ 
stone, 49. National Rose Society, 23; 
at Manchester,66. Oxford,30, Reigate, 
12. Itoval Horticultural Society, 9. 
Shrewsbury. 120. West of England,55. 
"West of Scotland, 122. Wirral, 88 
Show season, close of the, 603 
Shrub planters, a hint for, 475 
Shrubs—for planting near the sea, 333 ; 
selection of for flower garden, 857 
Silenes, 118 
Silplia quadripunctata, 371 
Slugs, destroying, 447 
Snowberry for decoration, 370 
Snowdrops,potting, 379 
Snow, effect of in October, 398 
Snowstorm destructive at Buenos 
Ayres, 385 
Soap, nicotine, 57; v. earwigs, 233 
Soil—adaptability, 316; burning, 380; 
rotations for cropping light, 337, 359, 
381, 403 
Sonerila Hendersoni, 483 
S juthill Park, 121 
Sparaxis, potting, 379 
Sparmannia afiicana, 579 
Spinach, sowing, 86,196 
Spindle Tree, uses of, 489 
Stapleford Roses, 327, 351, 366, 476 
Statices, hardy, 260 . S. profusa culture, 16 
Stelis Bruckmulleri, 399 
Stenactis speciosa, 68 
Stenomesson luteo-viride, 170 
Stephanotis culture, 16 
Sr. Fagan’s Castle, 264 
St. Ignatius Bean, 149 
Stock, lessons taught by the exhibition 
of fat, 601 
-Stocks—for spring flowering, 138, 157; 
White East Lothian, 114 
Stocks. See Bees 
Stock-taking, 687 
Stoking, 281 
Stonenouse, Reigate, 159 
Stove—heating, 197; management of, 
34, 78, 124,195, 244, 290, 334. 378, 467, 557 
Strawberries — culture, 125, 220 ; esti¬ 
mate of kinds, 22 ; farming, 51; farm¬ 
ing in Scotland, 591; forcing in pots, 
423,488, 524; late, 149; notes on, 131; 
planting, 56; potting, 119; varieties, 
66; varieties for forcing, 64; weight 
ier acre, 196. Amy Robsart, 5; Haut- 
iois, 358; Laxton’s Pioneer, 5; Pau¬ 
line, 52,66,96 
Strawberry Everlasting, 574 
Strawberry Tree, 461 
Suburban gardening, notes on, 85, 124, 
195, 244, 291, 335, 378, 401,446, 5.33, 579 
Sulphuric acid v. Plantains on lawns, 
424 
Suttons’ seed-trial grounds, 134 
Swans, 318; food of, 83 
Sweet Peas with Tropa'olum peregri- 
num, 213 
Syiuplioricarpus racemosus for decora¬ 
tion, 370 
Syrup, preserving, 430 
tabernlemontana coronaria, fl.- 
pl., 29 
Teachings of Nature in gardening, 69 
Tea plant, Indian in Japan, 373 
Tennis ground, 468 
Thalictrums, selection of 133 
Thrips, destroying, 448 
Tigridia concliiflora, and T. pavonia 
grandiflora, 236 
Tithes, extraordinary, on fruit and 
market gardens, 596' 
Tomatoes—at West Lynn, 571; culture, 
78,179,228; forcing,403 ; for cool house, 
402; growing in winter, 269; in green¬ 
house, 601; leaves curled, 149; notes 
on, 323; not fruiting, 149; producing 
early, 359; Sutton’s Conqueror, 52,233, 
257,803; The Grape, 367 
Top-dressing experiments upon grass 
land, 273 
Tuberoses, culture of, 411; double, 114 
Tortrix, the Vine, 180 
Trees—espalier cankered, 447; for plant¬ 
ing near the sea, 333; for churchyard, 
358; for screen, 380; lichens on,' 424; 
planting, 508 
Trenching, 200 
Trentham, 443 
Trinity College Botanic Gardens, Dub¬ 
lin, 283 
Tropteolum Herminc Grashoff, 52. T. 
ncregrinum with Sweet Peas, 213. 
T. speciosum,230,236,254, 30G ; at Rich¬ 
monds^ 
Truffles, 241 
Tulipa biflora and T. iliensis, 399 
Tulips, planting, 359; potting, 379 
Turnips, sowing, 85 ; Early Munich, 344 
Tweed Vineyards, 236 
Tydaas, culture and varieties, 573 
UPTON NURSERIES, 605 
VALORADIA PLUMBAGINOIDES, 367 
Valve, a new socket, 33 
Vanda cserulea, culture of, 28; V. teres, 
culture of, 28; V. tricolor at Kew, 350 
Vegetable Marrows—cooking, 528; not 
setting,197; saving seed, 511 
Vegetable roots for forcing, 498 
Vegetab)es-at Chiswick, 344, 461 ; for 
autumn sowing, 85: forcing, 532; for 
gardeners, 103; good new, 92 ; import¬ 
ance of growing for market, 460; in 
Australia, 242 ; in 1880, 251,323; select, 
692; spring, 147; winter, 147 
Vegetation-effects of electricity on, 
26.5, 282, 304, 354, 546; in Persia, 213; 
in smoky atmospheres,257; north and 
south, 149 
Veitch’s, Messrs., seed farm at Slough, 
208; portrait of Mr. Arthur, 597 
Ventnor, climate of, 460 
Veronica Audersoni variegata, 335 
Vicia sylvatica, 239 
Victoria Park, 286 
Victoria regia at Manchester, 189 
Villa gardening, notes on, 35, 124, 195, 
244, 291, 335, 378, 401, 446, 533, 579 
Vincas, culture of, 125 
Vineries— angle for, 402, 468; boilers for 
heating, 172; in autumn, 409; in 
ground, 468; large in Jersey, 460; 
mealy bug in, 63, 138, 208; red” spider 
in, 213, 232; ventilation of, 468; wire 
for, 534 
Vines—abnormal growth in, 388,413; at 
Gavston, 324; borders liming, 149; 
culture, 15,101,220,290,377,556; cutting 
in summer, 18G; damage by frost in 
Germany, 261; disbudding, 557; forc¬ 
ing, 510; for cool house, 103; for early 
forcing, 149 ; grafting, 16 ; heavily 
cropped, 329; inarching, 358 ; in low 
Situation, 293; in pots, 197,402, 468; in 
ground vinery, 468; insects on, 80, 
103; in stove, 580; leaves scorched, 
149, and withering, 314 ; lifting old, 
227,380; luxuriant,455; management 
of late, 147; mealy bug on, 103, 163; 
mildew on, 16; new pest, 372; old not 
bearing, 468; outside house.447 ; over¬ 
cropping, 402 ; overcrowded, 468 ; 
Phylloxein vastatrix on leaves and 
roots,167; planting,447; propagating, 
173; pruning, 585; pruning early,243, 
and luxuriant, 442,549 ; red spider on, 
143; removing old, 435; replanting 
old, 435 ; repotting, 511 ; scale on 
leaves,245; shoots injured,314 : start¬ 
ing, 334,423,467 ; staitingprematurely, 
293 ; stopping young, 16; temperatuie 
for, 557 ; thrips on, 57; training young, 
219; unhealthy, 150; unsatisfactory', 
36, 57 
Violets—about, 277; culture,221,446; in 
June and July, 114. V. argenteaflora 
and others, 229 
Violas—culture, 321, 335 ; propagating, 
313; striking cuttings, 313; varieties, 
321 
WASPS—destroying, 216, 240; how are 
you off for 't 185; plague of, 252; trap, 
185; v. wall fruit, 165,328 
Watering, 260 
Water Melon, culture of, 558 
Wax mite and moth, 565 
Weather—and outdoor gardening in 
Ireland, 461, 524 ; in Lancashire, 39.5; 
in Lincolnshire, 552; in north of Eng¬ 
land, 575; mildness of,552; near Shef¬ 
field, 395 
Weeds on walks, arsenic for destroy¬ 
ing, 424 
Week in Yorkshire, 240, 259,326, 434 
Week out, 43, 76, 100,139 
Weirleigh, Kent, 391 
Wellingtonia gigantca—growth of, 283, 
348 ; injury to, 366 
Wentworth Castle, 187 
Wheat—American for England, 385; 
Clover as a preparatory crop for, 535; 
in America, 152, 176; prices of from 
1641 to 1875, 177; sowing, 340; supply 
and prices, 472 
White Beam Tree, 172 
Willow, blisters on, 402 
Window gardening, 201,329 
Winter Cherry, 337 
Winter—effects of last, 158; filling beds 
for, 401; protectors, 466 
Winter-flowering plants, 276; culture 
of, 195; lifting und potting, 307 ; selec¬ 
tion of, 78 
Wintering plants, hints on, 533 
Wire for vineries, 534 
Wirewornis, 359 
Woodhatch, Reigate, 159 
Woodlicein Beach wall, 292 
Wood Vetch, 239 
Woolton Hall, 370 
Work for the week, 15, 34, 56, 77,101, 123, 
147, 170, 194, 219, 213, 267, 290, 312, 334, 
356, 377, 399, 422, 445, 466, 488, 509, 532, 
556, 578, 599 
Wormcasts on lawns, 33G 
Wormia Burbidgei, 598 
Wray Bark, Reigate, 159 
Yellow in the flower garden, 70 
ZEPIITRANTHES CANDIDA, 333 
Zygopetalums, 593 
