July 5, 188S. J 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
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PEACHES— continued. 
413; renovating trees, 416; 
ripening wood of, 523 ; repot¬ 
ting trees, 524 ; on walls at 
Hawkhurst, 533 ; sewage for, 
546 ; leaves eaten, 550 
Pears — Passe Crasanne, 5 ; 
Easter Beurre and Beurre 
Ranee, 11, 21,48, 50,70 ; Jose¬ 
phine de Malines, 13 ; ripen¬ 
ing and preseiving, tuugus 
germs, 43: renovating old 
trees, 17; Easter Beurre vari¬ 
able, 111; in the north, 114; 
on the Continent, winter Bon 
Chretien, 107; fruitful varie¬ 
ties in Kent, 538 
Pear caterpillar, Hybenaria de- 
foliaria, 458 
Peas, sowing early, 14 ; Duke of 
Albany, 22; history of, 132; 
Adnitt’s protectors for, 134; 
value of protectors, 172; 
Hooper’s prizes for, 175 ; Ame¬ 
rican Wonder, 540 
Pelargoniums, new varieties,46; 
potting and culture, 163; cul¬ 
ture and varieties for winter, 
259; Zonal, for winter, 300 ; 
culture of Show decorative, 
336; Guillon Hangilli, 342; 
cross between Showy and 
Fancy varieties, 491; Dr. 
Masters, Fanny Hayes, Gari¬ 
baldi, formosum, certificated, 
498; Chelsea Gem, 533 
Pelargonium Society, 27 
Peristeria elata, 185 
Peseatorea Lehmannii certifi¬ 
cated, 220 
Petrea volubilis, 404 
Petroleum as an insecticide, 119 
Petunias, culture of double, 62; 
for exhibition, 267; in pots, 
456 
Phaltenopsis Yeitchiana, 11; 
leuchorrhoda, 136; leucor- 
rhoda var. and Esmeralda,218; 
Sanderiana, certificated, 384 
Philadelphus mexicanus, 435 
Phloxes for late flowering, 160 ; 
good varieties, 164 
Photographs of flowers, Stevens’ 
92 
Phylloxera and the French 
vineyards, 320 
Picotees, new, 29 
Pictures, Miss North’s, 140 
Pigeons, parasites on, 86 
Pilea serpylifolia, 444 
Pimelea elegans, 531 
Pines for fruiting, 17; culture, 
89 ; fruit discoloured, 101 
Pinguicula caudata, 279 
Pinks, mule, 83 ; choice garden, 
539,550 ; propagating, 548 
Pinus insignis in shallow soils, 
4 
Piptanthes nepalensis, 413 
Pit, cheap span-roofed, 438,526 
Pitch Pines and enemy, Re- 
tinia frustraua, 471 
Plant houses, cleansing, 15 
Plants, climbingfora porch,17; 
covering herbaceous,30; new 
and certificated in 1882, 30 ; 
Messrs. Cannell’s new and cer¬ 
tificated, 45 ; Mr. Bull’s new 
and certificated, 74; for a dark 
conservatory, 131; dividing 
herbaceous, 142; watering, 152; 
repotting fiue-foliaged, 203; 
choice hardy in flower, 215; 
and weather changes, 258; 
moisture-loving, 274 ; for 
shady positions, 320; insec¬ 
tivorous, 532; in New Zea¬ 
land, 540 
Pleroma elegans, 455 
Plowman, presentation to Mr., 
440 
Plum gall mite, Phytoptus 
l’runi, 482 
Poinsettias, propagating, 501 
Polyanthuses, degeneration of, 
401 
Polygonatums, 435 
Polygonums sachalinense and 
aipinum, 539 
Polystichum acrosticliioides 
grandiceps, 498 
Poplars destroyed by frost, 71 
Potash, silicate of and its uses, 
482 
Potatoes, experiments with, 35; 
a trial of, 67; extent of Ameri¬ 
can importation, 72; number 
and weight for' planting an 
acre, 82; as a fixed crop, cost 
and profits of culture, 125; 
disease, 112 ; Magnum Bonum 
for market, 113; Foster’s 
Seedling, 114 ; election of for 
table and market, 129; Inter¬ 
national Exhibition fixture, 
134 ; for table and market, 153; 
disease and “sclerotia,” 221, 
251, 261; requirements of dif¬ 
ferent varieties, 227 ; effects of 
manure on,238 ; timetoplant, 
247 ; Californian species, 261 ; 
strong-growing and soil-ex¬ 
haustion, 270 ; applying ma¬ 
nures, 287; profitable grow- 
POTATOES— continued, 
ing, 295 ; planting on surface, 
299; growing profitably, pro¬ 
posed prizes for and raising 
seedlings, 334 : for table and 
market in Cheshire and Corn¬ 
wall, 172 ; in Cumberland,Der¬ 
by shire, Devonshire,and Dur¬ 
ham, 173 ; in Essex, 174 ; in 
Gloucestershire and Hamp¬ 
shire, 191; in Herefordshire, 
Hertfordshire. Huntingdon¬ 
shire, and Kent, 192; in Kent, 
Lancashire, and Lincolnshire, 
213; in Middlesex, Monmouth¬ 
shire, and Norfolk, 214 ; in 
Nottinghamshire, 215 ; in 
Northamptonshire, 231; in 
Northumberland, Notts, Ox¬ 
ford, Rutlandshire, Shrop¬ 
shire, and Somersetshire, 232; 
in Staffordshire, Suffolk, and 
Surrey, 233 ; in Sussex, 253 ; 
in Warwickshire, Wiltshire, 
and Worcestershire, 254 ; in 
Yorkshire, 255: in Wales,275; 
in Scotland, 302; in Ireland, 
347,367 ; at the Antipodes, 383; 
prospects of crop in Ireland, 
533; disease in Wales, 537; and 
sclerotia, 545 
Pothos aurea, 516 
Potting sheds, notes on, 65 
Poultry, challenge cups, 19; 
fowl crop-bound, 20 ; in 1882, 
42 ; gapes in fowls, leg-weak¬ 
ness, 42 ; points of Silver-laced 
Bantams, 64 ; Dorking chal¬ 
lenge cup, feeding chickens, 
85; lime water for, suffering 
from cramp, 86; notes on 
Dorking challenge cup, 105; 
illustrations of birds, Aber¬ 
deen and Belfast Shows, 106; 
scaly legs and remedy, 106 ; 
Cuckoo fowls, 126; in France, 
effects of wet weather inju¬ 
rious, roup and a remedy, 148; 
eggs and the hatching season, 
168; a new paper, English 
and French poultry-keepers, 
188; the Dorking challenge 
cup, “TablePoultry,” 208; the 
egg, 228 ; foreign egg supply, 
290 
Poultry Club meeting, election 
of officers, 86 
Pratia angulata, 545 
Primulas, obconica, 10; cross¬ 
breeding of, 169; raising seed¬ 
lings, 243; packets of seed, 
319; sinensis, varieties of, 826; 
P. scotica,337,412 
Pritchardia grandis, 545 
Pteris serrulata eristata lace- 
rata, 31; serrulata Cowani, 
certificated, 253 
Pyrethrums, propagating 
double, 504 
PLANTS CERTIFICATED— 
Acantliophippium Curtisi, 413; 
Acer polymorphum variega- 
tum, A. crataigifolium varie- 
gatum, 497 ; Adiantum nova;- 
caledoniic. 498; Amaryllis Acis 
and Achilles, 136; George 
Gordon, A. F. Barron, and Dr. 
Hogg, 220; Lady of the Lake, 
Wordsworth, Byron, and Ten¬ 
nyson, 281; Adolphus Kent, 
344; Angnecnm articulatum, 
261; Anthurium ferriereme, 
261; Auriculas—Dr. Denny, 
A. Lloyd, Rob Roy, Roysterer, 
resplendens, Homer,385; deli- 
cata, 386; William Coomber, 
Richard Gorton, Ouida. 413; 
Azalea Antigone, 344; Baron 
N.de Rothschild, 384 ; Duch¬ 
ess of Albany, 34; Deutsche 
Perle, 220; Souvenir de Prince 
Napoleon, 381; Princess 
Louise, Comte de Cham- 
bord, 385 ; Madame Van 
Hontte, 413 ; Dr. Hermann 
Wiegel, 435 ; Begonia gogo- 
ensis,413; Little Gem, Canary 
Gem, Prince of Wales, Queen 
of Doubles, Sir Garnet, Cla- 
rinda, 413 ; Black Douglas, 
Mrs. Morgan, Queen of Scots, 
425 ; Dr. Duke, 435; Orange 
Giant,Prince Albert, Zenobia, 
545 ; Caladium Luddemanni- 
anum, C. cardinale, C. Verdi, 
413; C.ornatum,425; Calanthe 
Regnieri, 136; Cattleya Gas- 
kelliana,344; C. tricolor, 413; 
C. nobilior, 435 ; Carnation 
Field Marshall, 435; Cinera¬ 
rias Captain Edwards and 
Colonel Clarke, 220 ; Princess 
of Wales, Mr. Herrin, and 
Duke of Edinburgh, 261; 
Victory, 136 ; Clematis 
John Brown, 344; Colax ju- 
gosus punctata, 385; Coleus 
Canary Bird, 413 ; Columnea 
Kalbreyeri, 384 ; Cycas ele- 
gantissima, 498; Cymbidium 
Devonianum, 384 ; Cypripe- 
dium recurvipetalum, 413 ; 
Davallia brachycarpa, 413; 
PLANTS CERTIFICATED—COU. 
Delphinium Dick Sand, 545; 
Dendrobium leucophytum, 
413; 1). Dearei.435; D. nobile 
nobilius, 220; D. Wardianum 
Waddellianum, 220 ; Epiden- 
drum Frederici (,ulielmi,413 ; 
Fuchsia Mrs. Rnndell, 220 ; 
Heliotrope Swanley Giant. 
385; Hyacinth Pink Perfection 
and Souvenir de ,T. H. Veen, 
261; Hydi'angea rosea, 497; 
Impatiens Suftani, 425 ; iberis 
gibraltarica hybrida, 435 ; 
Leucothoe Davisise, 545; 
Lilium longiflorum of Ber¬ 
muda, 498; Lycaste Harrisoni 
alba, 344 ;MasdevalliaSclilimi, 
304; M. xantlioeorys, 384; M. 
rosea, 385 ; Maxillaria luteo- 
alba,413; Mimulus mosehatus 
grand iflorus, Hose-in-Hose, 
moscliatus rubra, 386; radi- 
cans, 497; Narcissus iucom- 
parabilis pallidus Princess 
Mary, 344 ; Nephrodium Rodi- 
gasianum, 384; Ochna multi- 
flora, 413 ; Odontoglossum 
madrense var. giganteum, 34 ; 
O. Scottii and O. crispum 
aureum magnificum, 136; O. 
polyxanthum grandiflorum, 
344; O. vexillarium albicans, 
384 ; O. elegans, 385; Pelar¬ 
gonium Dresden China, 425; 
Dr. Masters, 497 ; Garibaldi, 
Fanny, formosum, 498; Pesca- 
torea Lehmanni, 220; Phalse- 
nopsis lencorrlioda alba, 136 ; 
P. Sanderiana, 884 ; Poly¬ 
stichum acrostichioides gran¬ 
diceps, 498; Pratia angulata, 
545 ; Pritchardia grandis, 545; 
Prunus Pichardi, 413; Rhodo¬ 
dendron Princess Christian 
and Baroness Schroder, 136; 
triumphans, 261; Scarlet 
Crown, 384; Greavesii, 413; 
Diadem. 545; Rose Mignonette 
and W. Francis Bennett, 261; 
R. Merveille de Lyon, White 
Baroness, 344; Princess of 
Wales, 497 ; Henry Schultheis, 
Mrs. George Dickson, Violette 
Bouyer, 545 ; SarcoDOdium 
Dearii, 497; Scuticaria Dodg- 
soni, 344 ; Tropseolnm Lus¬ 
trous, 498 ; Verbena Delicata, 
Mabel, Miss Maynard, Fan¬ 
tastic, 542; Viola Queen of 
Whites, 422; Wormia Bur- 
bid gei, 384 ; Zygopetalum 
crinitum giganteum, 220 
QUASSIA WATER, MAKING', 164, 
165 
RABBITS, FENCING AGAINST, 
305 
Rainfall and sunshine, 481 
Rainfall, returns of. 72; at Eccle- 
fechan, 113 ; in Cheshire and 
Ireland, 134 ; heavy, recerd of 
at Glenlee, 157 
Ranunculus aquatilis, 545 
Raspberries, good varieties, 82 ; 
pruning, 330 
Reading, an hour at, 77 
Red spider, destroying, 245 
Retinosporas, sporting, 221 
Rhodoehiton volubile, 2.38 
Rhododendrons, cutting down, 
123 ; Princess Christian and 
Baroness Schroder, 136; tri¬ 
umphans certificated, 261; 
Nuttalli, 341 ; Nuttalli at 
Croydon, 363; Scarlet Crown, 
certificated, 384 ; Dalhousiie, 
403; Sikkim at Regent’s Park, 
404 ; a trio of new, 465; at 
Kew, 470; Diadem, 545 
Rhubarb, historical notes on, 
282; Buck’s Scarlet, 393 ; va¬ 
rieties of, 404 
Rhynchospermum jasminoides 
culture, 80 
Ribes speciosum, 89 
Ricliardia aithiopica, culture of, 
12 ; easy culture of, 57 : sum¬ 
mer culture of, 452 
Rivulet, a pretty, 518 
Roller, “ universal” garden, 340 
Rookery, undergrowth for, 72 
Root-extension v. restriction, 
252 
Rose shows, 324 
Roses and Camellias, pruning 
Marechal Niel, 416 
Roses—MarCehal Niel, 28 ; at 
Dunkeld, 32; for beds, list of, 
15; Marechal Niel on Briar 
stocks, 68; my box of twenty- 
four, 95; planting, 101; prnning 
climbing, 121 ; forcing, 121; 
notes on certificated varieties, 
127 ; for house and garden, 
for smoky district, 145; show 
fixtures, 156; planting, 165; se- 
ROses— continued. 
lectclimbers, pruning, 203.238, 
256; calyx Liliaceous. 225; Lady 
Mary Fitzwilllam, 256; Migno¬ 
nette and W. F. V.ennett certi¬ 
ficated. 261 ; notes on pruning, 
287 ; Charles Darwin, 280 ; 
William Allen Richardson, 
284 ; failures of Marechal Niel, 
287 ; early or late pruning, 
298. 318 ; effects of frost on, 
spring, v. autumn planting. 
299 ; from cuttings, 301 ; oxide 
of iron for, 308 ; on stocks 
v. own roots, 338 ; White 
Baroness, Merveille de Lyon, 
844 ; Messrs. W. Paul & Son’s, 
at Regent’s Park, 362; Yellow 
Afghan, 303 ; cuttings v. 
stocks, 379 ; Souvenir d’un 
Ami, 381 ; striking cuttings, 
421; Reine Marie Antoinette, 
426 ; too-much-alike, 430, 444 ; 
boxes for showing, 438; show¬ 
ing in trebles, 444 ; unpruned 
for early blooms, 445 ; special 
prizes for at Darlington, 450 ; 
on their own roots, 457 ; the 
outlook, 476 ; destroying 
orange fungus on, 481 ; raising 
stocks on budding, 493 ; Prin¬ 
cess of Wales, (certificated), 
497 ; prizes for bouquets, 504 ; 
from cuttings, 509; introduc¬ 
tion of Moss, 526 ; from cut¬ 
tings, results, 534; disbud¬ 
ding, 547; Violette Bouyer, 
Henrich Schultheis, and Mrs. 
George Dickson, certificated, 
545 
SADLElt, MR., BOTANICAL 
ramble with, 55 ; proposed 
memorial to late, 234 ; fund 
for family of late, 360 
Salvias for winter, 371 
Sawbridgeworth nursery sick 
fund, 52 
Sawdust, uses of in gardens.102 
Saxifraga Stracheyi, 284; cym¬ 
bal aria, 3 i3 
Scale, methods of destroying, 
386 
Schlumbergia Morreniana, 362 
Science in cultivation, 487, 419 
Scilla biflora and varieties, 215 
Scott, Major-General, death of, 
319 
Seakale, historical notes on, 282; 
planting, 335 
Seeds, collections of, 7, 110,157; 
disappointment with, 114; re¬ 
port of, 167 
Selaginella grandis, 431 
Selborne Gardens, 477 
Senecio pulcher, propagating, 
109 
Shade and shading, 507 
Shading greenhouses, modes 
of, 287 
Shallots, notes on, 128 
Shetland, flower culture in, 50 
SHOWS—Bath, 400; Bath and 
West of England Society’s 
Show, 474 ; Bristol Spring, 
236; National Society’s South¬ 
ern (Auricula), 339 ; Crystal 
Palace, 425 ; Dublin Spring, 
341 ; Edinburgh Spring, 296 ; 
Ghent International, 314 ; 
Liverpool Spring, 252 ; Man¬ 
chester (Auricula), 366 ; Man¬ 
chester, 408 ; Manchester 
(Tulip), 478 ; Reading, 421 ; 
Rochdale (Auricula), 389 ; 
York Floral Face, 520 ; Chert- 
sey District, 536 ; Leeds, 543; 
Pelargonium Society, 545 
Shrubberies, thinning and ar¬ 
ranging, 58 
Shrubs and Conifers, pruning, 
183 
Shrubs, moving large, 231 
Sisyrinchium grandiflorum, 215 
Snails,entrapping and evading, 
307 
Snelling, death of Mr., 156 
Soils, aeration of, 238 
Solanums — Heudersonii, 55 ; 
capsicastrum culture, 174; 
tuberous, in California, 201 
Southampton Horticultural So¬ 
ciety-report, 72 ; prosperity 
of, 298 
Spinach Monstrueuse, certi¬ 
ficated, 384 
Spyers, Mr. J. C., death of, 319 
Staphylea coichica, 303 
Steptmnotis floribund.*., culture 
ot, 7; culture of, 52 ; propaga¬ 
tion and culture of, 101 
Stigmaphyllon eiliatum, 361 
St. John’s Worts, notes on, 76 
Stirling, notes about, 239 
Stonework, cleaning, 185 
Stove plants, repotting, 162 
St. Petersburgh International 
Exhibition, postponement of, 
278 
S t ra wberry-eati ii g beet le,cat cli- 
ing, 511 
Strawberries—banks, 32; cul¬ 
ture in pots, 37,99 ; La Gros-e 
Sucree for forcing, 276 ; VI- 
comtesse Hericart de Thury, 
323 ; Stirling Castle, 324 ; La 
Grosse Sucree, 858 ; weight 
of Vicomtesse Hericart de 
Thury, 402 ; crystallising, 415 ; 
preparing for forcing, 492; 
King of Earlies,497 ; watering 
and mulching, 515 ; gardens 
at Chertsey, novel method of 
selling fruit at, 537; layering, 
546 
Sulphate of ammonia and Pota¬ 
toes, 351 
Sulphate of ammonia for vege¬ 
tables, 441 
Sulphuric r. carbolic acid and 
weeds, 337 
Sulphur water, 4 )6 ; making, 
513 
Sunflowers, culture of in fields, 
248 
Sutlon & Sons,prizes offered by, 
72 
Sweet Briars for hedges, 93 
Sweet William, spiral torsion 
in, 545 
Sycamore, the Golden, 468 
TABERN.EMONTANA, FLOW- 
ers falling, 101 ; propagating, 
162 
Table plants at Wimbledon, 366 
Tacsonia manicata, 301; exo- 
niensis, 351 
Temperature, high in winter, 8; 
low at night beneficial, 492 
Thyrsacanthus rutilans propa¬ 
gation, 351, 534 
Tillandsia, miniature, at Glas- 
nevin,93 
Tithes, extraordinary, project 
for abolition, 176 
Toads, hybernation and uses of, 
422 
Tomatoes, varieties and cul¬ 
ture, 222, 378. 422 
Tree moving, light machine for, 
174 
Trees, planting on waste lands, 
50; for the seaside, 145 ; for 
moist soil, 185; planting in 
Ireland, 197; growth of, 237; 
in wet weather, 197 ; “an 
angry,” 319; protecting stems, 
372 
Trees and shrubs injured by 
rabbits, 326 
Trichopilia lepida, 322 
Tropaiolum Lustrous, 498; Her- 
m ine Grashoff at Lil lesden,532 
Tudgev, Mr., and future ex¬ 
hibiting, 50 
Tulbaghia \ iolacea, 489 
Tulipa Clusiana in Persia, 221 
Turf cutting and laying, 13 
Turf pots, 318 
Turnip, Extra Early Milan (cer¬ 
tificated), 497 
Tussilago fragrans, 23 
VALVE, MESSENGER’S, 164 ; 
new Reliance Rotary, 475 
Vanda teres Andersoni, fine 
specimen of, 530 
Vegetables, select vareities of, 
25; historical notes on, 84, 
133, 446, 520; importation of, 
197 ; useful, 359; profits of 
new and costly, 532 
Vegetation, early in Perthshire, 
92 
Veitch’s, Messrs., novelties, 10; 
purchase of nursery, 51 
Ventilation, notes on, 22, 88,258, 
318, 380, 510 ; growing plants 
without, 482 
Verbenas, propagating and 
growing, 539; Delicata, bliss 
Slaynard, Mabel, and Fan¬ 
tastic, certificated, 545 
Villa gardens, Mr. Mawley's 
516 
Vinegar and yeast plants, 351 
Vinery, growing Peaches and 
Figs in, 40 
Vines and phylloxera in France, 
13o . 
Vines—planting, 9 ; inarching, 
17; writers on, 56 ; renovating 
old, 62; raising in turf, young 
wood, 71; fertilising blossoms, 
starting cut-backs, 80; graft¬ 
ing, 82 ; on greenhouse 
wall, T02 ; fruiting in pots, 
pruning Gros Guillaume, 103; 
management of early, 120 ; 
pruning inarched, raising in 
turves, pigmy, 123; in lime 
rubbish, 161; too luxuriant, 
165 ; grafting, 181; bleeding, 
disbudding, 185 ; planting, 
uncovering, 180; lifting in 
March, 189, 237,253; stopping 
bleeding with alum, 195 ; 
temporary, 204; In pots, shift- 
