VI 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ January 18,1887, 
Draining, importance of, 392 
Durham, 95; Show, 258 
Fuchsias — Madame Thlbaut, 
114; hardy, 236; old, 315,318; 
from seed, 571 
Funeral, a gardener’s, 158 
EALING SHOW, 48 
Easton Lodge, 232 
Earth heat, 392 
Edinburgh—International Ex¬ 
hibition, notes at the, 201; 
(Caledonian) Show, 256 ; 
Chrysanthemum Show, 540 
Eltham Rose Show, 44 
Endive, 461 
Epinliyllums, culture of, 467 
Erdmgton Horticultural Ex¬ 
hibition, 134 
Erica Lambertiana rosea. 352 
Essex Field Club,296,585 ; Cryp- 
togamic Meeting, 340 
Eucalyptus, cutting down, 146 
Eucharis mite, 420 
Eucomis punctata as a sacred 
plant, 540 
Evergreens, 565 
Exacum affine, 450 
Exeter Fruit Show, 391 
FALKIRK SHOW, 202 
Farington House. Preston, 341 
Farm—lessons of the seasons, 
17; haymaking, 18; the hay 
crop, 32; green crops for 
spnng, 58; clean soil, 81: im¬ 
provement of farm land, 82; 
farmed out, 104 ; harvest 
prospects, manures for Man¬ 
golds, 126 ; the flock, 148 ; 
notes on crops, 171; the Hes¬ 
sian fly, 172; new fine Wheat, 
194; among the crops, 194, 
217, 241; new Wheats at Perry 
Hill, 195 ; foreign goods and 
English railways, 218; work 
after harvest, 263, 287; igno¬ 
rant farmers, 809; cheap land, 
331; cost of corn growing, 
IndianWheat and rupees, 832 ; 
Michaelmas plans, 354 ; sheep 
folding, 378, 399. 421 ; small 
holdings, 400. 466 ; feeding 
dairy cows, 443, 465 ; small 
holdings, Flax Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, 444 ; the stock herd, 
488 : home farm dairy, 509 ; 
Weob’s stand at Birming¬ 
ham, 510; sound practice.53l; 
Smithfleld Club Show,532; a 
well-stocked home-stead, 563, 
572, 593 ; a cow with a cold, 
554 ; hens not laying, Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks, 572; reat audit 
at Nowton, 594 
Fermenting materials, 512 
Fern bank, Preston, 342 
Ferns in a vinery, 353 
Fig9—30,283; failing, 103; sum¬ 
mer treatment, 143; manage¬ 
ment of, 190 ; forcing, 505,550, 
528; on walls, 584 
Filberts, pruning, 465 
Fire bars, 559 
Fir tree oil, 442 
Floors Castle Gardens, 159 
Flora of the British possessions, 
361 
Florists, advice to, 297 
Florists’ flowers, hints on, 426 
Flowers—for the million, 89 ; 
changes in, 119 ; for shaded 
borders, 193 ; continental, 364; 
common for cutting, 382,425, 
469 ; in winter, 498 ; selection 
of seeds, 522; easily forced, 
548; at Christmas, 565; Ever¬ 
lasting for Christmas, 568 
Flower beds, mixed, 197; attrac¬ 
tive, 250 
Flower garden — propagating 
? lants for the, 214; work in 
he, 283 ; in winter, 416 ; 46i 
Flower Shows—in South Lam¬ 
beth, 40 ; and amateurs* 87 ; 
National Co-operative, 113 
Foliage in America, 571 
Fraxinus Ornus, 341 
Freaks of taste, 305 
French National Horticultural 
Society, 363 
Frost in August, 155; the, 5 6 
Fruit—thinning the crops, 84 ; 
its value as food, 90; crops in 
Scotland, 113; crops in York¬ 
shire, 154; for market, 175,315, 
336 ; 'selections of, 349 ; Cana¬ 
dian, 364 ; and Potatoes, judg¬ 
ing, 386 ; select varieties of, 
396 ; and vegetables, prices of, 
386 ; ripening process of. 408 ; 
hardy British, 429 ; jettings 
from Kent, 468 ; and plant 
houses, 476 ; constructing 
a fruit room, 531 
Fruit trees—buds forming in 
winter, thoughts on pruning 
and wood ripening, 12, 153; 
garden, 30; planting, 30; in¬ 
sects on, 33; formation of 
buds, 110, 153, 227; pruning, 
201; fruit v. wood buds, 2i>4 ; 
autumn treatment of, 223; 
an amateur’s, 249; “U” sys¬ 
tem of training, 252 ; late 
growths on, 255; root pruning, 
259; pruning, 571; renovating, 
281; extension v. restriction, 
319; for north walls, 342; trees 
for a wall, 852 
Fruit garden, the, 212, 527, 349, 
568 
Fumes from varnish on pipes, 
m 
GAILLARDIA CUTTINGS, 146 
Galtonia candicans, 135 
Gardenia buds falling,353 ; galls 
on roots of. 593 
Gardeners leaving, 262 ; ball, 
gait. 561, 584 ; Royal Benevo¬ 
lent Institution,450; Improve¬ 
ment Societies, 587 
Gardening—profttable, 41; occu¬ 
pation of, 324 ; past season’s, 
424 541,555; early writers on, 
571 
Gardens—irrigation.40; proving 
novelties, 128; about Preston, 
341; screen for a, 552 ; about 
Preston, 587 
Gilmour’s(Mr. D.) garden, 139 
Ginger Beer plant, 16 
Gladioli—Lady Macfarren. Lord 
Ashbourne,Empress of India, 
Lord Salisbury, Prince Ed¬ 
ward, und Voltaire certifi¬ 
cated, 189 ; at the Crystal 
Palace, 232; the Mikado, 
Cantab, Ormonde, and Duch¬ 
ess of Westminster certifi¬ 
cated, 255 ; seedling, 291 ; 
preserving, 426 ; notes on, 
470; new, case for packing, 
from seed, 571 
Glass for greenhouses 421 
Glossocomia ovata, 136 
Gogerddan, Cardiganshire, 548 
Goldfish in pond, 31 
Glasgow Show, 257 
Gooseberries — National Show 
of, 155; for confined space, 376 
Gorse, propagating the double, 
309 
Grapes—ripening, 15 ; scalded, 
32, 56, 80 ; late, 30, 373, 517 ; 
Madrestield Court cracking, 
62, 131, 107,151.193,276 ; shank¬ 
ing,81 ; for late supplies. 106; 
Duke of Buccleuch at Drum- 
lanrig, 186; late at summer 
show, 206 ; keeping late, 213 ; 
Josling’s St. Albans (Chasse- 
las M usque), 216; colouring, 
232; at South Kensington, 234; 
ripening and keeping, 259 ; 
at Edinburgh, 267 ; Muscat 
of Alexandria decaying and 
shrivelling, 286 ; review of at 
South Kensington, 291; Duke 
of Buccleuch, 296 ; insects on, 
308 ; keeping Black Ham¬ 
burgh, 309; without fire heal 
at Chiswick, early varieties, 
319 ; review of, 346, 365, 388, 
425; withering, 353 ; grub in¬ 
festing, 353 ; for a wall, 376; 
variation of Gros Maroc, 3s6 ; 
for mixed vinery, 399; Gros 
Maroc without fire heat, 408 ; 
the Syrian, 430 ; shrivelling, 
330, 379, 492, 527, 545, 564 ; 
shading at Mount Melville, 
493 ; at Elvaston Castle, 515 ; 
Gros Colman at Chiswick, 541, 
567 ; Christmas, 558; not set¬ 
ting, 571; without heat for 
the million, 581; unsatisfac¬ 
tory, loose bunches, 593 
Green, death of Mr. Charles, 494 
Greens, winter, 143 
Greenhouse, heating a, 308 ; 
heating from a sitting room, 
508 
Greetings, 573 
Ground, cropping, 216 
Group of plants,583 
Grubs—infesting Strawberries, 
57; in soil, 508 
HABENARIA MILITAR1S, 564 
Hammersmith, proposed park 
for, 364 
Hampton Court, bedding at, 297 
Hance, death of Dr. H. F., 135 
*' Handbook of Mosses,” review 
Of, 52 
Hard water and boilers, 524 
Hardy herbaceous plants—Mr. 
Upcher’s lecture on, 177 ; 
arrangement of, 265 
Heating—Mr. Bardney’s papers 
on, 174, 220, 246, 312 ; by hot- 
water—arrangement of pipes, 
204 ; bottom heat pipes, dips 
in the pipes, quantity of pip¬ 
ing required, packing the 
pipes, 205 : 269, 292 ; water¬ 
tight ashpits, 338, 387 
Heckfleid, 270 
Hedychiums, 319 
He'enium Douglasi, 431 
Hellebores, 569 
Herbaceous border, plants for 
and arranging, 262 
Hereford Rose Show, 68 
Highgate Show, 418 
History of plants, 304 
Hitchin Rose Show, 68 
Hogg’s (Dr.) garden, 10 
Holmes, presentation to Mr. W., 
494,516 
Hollies, 561 
Hollyhocks—history and revi¬ 
val of, 149; at Forest Hill, 
186; derivation of name of, 
187; diseased,216 
Horseradish culture in America, 
340 
Horticultural Society (Royal)— 
Committee Meetings, 50, 98, 
137, 188, 238, 278, 347, 393, 432, 
524; meetings for 1887, 472 
Horticultural Society (Royal)— 
Shows, Provincial (report), 1; 
plan of g r ound, 5; plan of 
marquee, 8 ; Fruit, 50, 347 ; 
137 ; Cottagers’, 188 ; Chry¬ 
santhemum and Vegetable, 
394 ; distribution of plants, 158 
Horticultural Club—excursion 
of the. 140 ; meeting of, 539 
Horticultural Palace projec*, 
318 
Hotbeds—505,589 
Howick House, Preston, 542 
Hull Show, 73; Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Show for 1887,540 
Hyacinths, early Roman, 293, 
540 
Hybrids, bigeneric, 128 
H yd rangea paniculata, pruning, 
487 
IBERIS CORIFOLIA, 357 
Ice houses—construction of, 31, 
38 ; cheap and good, 56) 
Imantophyl turns, 439 
Impatieos Hawkeri, 51, 92; Sul- 
tani,370 
Indian experiences, 403, 431, 475, 
589 
Indiarubber plants, propa¬ 
gating, 530 
Insect enemies of the Plum, 544 
Irises, German, 10; double 
English, 21 
Ixoras — culture of, 20, 590 ; 
Griffithi, 77 
JACARANDA MIMOSiEFOLIA, 
124 
Jeffrey, the late Mr. Charles, 
542 
Jeyes’ sanitary compounds, 134 
Jodrell Hall, Cheshire, 537 
Johnson, death of Mr. G. W., 
401 ; narrative of, 402, 424 
Jubilee flower cups, 566 
Judging fruit and Potatoes 
386 ; “equal ” awards, 393 
J usticia flavicoma, 528 
KEW—WHAT IS IT ABOUT ? 
152 
Kingston Chrysanthemum So¬ 
ciety Annual Meeting, 494 
Kingswood Warren, 235 
Kitchen Garden notes, 14, 189, 
237 ; work in the, 53, 372; 
cropping a, 552 
Knight, Mr. G., death of, 386 
LABURNUM IN OCTOBER, 339 
Lselia — Batemanniana, 202 ; 
anceps. resting, 239 
Lapagerias, culture of, 55,420; 
at Drumlanrig, 296 
Laurustinus for forcing, 350; 
growiug on chalk, 515 
Lavatera arborea variegata, 
371,414 
Law ns-manure for, 216 ; reno¬ 
vating a, 286 ; plants for, 495; 
trees, and shrubs for, 447 
Leaves, photographing, 552 
Lee Show, 48 
Leeds Paxton Society, 202,567 
Leek Auricula Society, annual 
meeting, 472; Rose Society, 
495 
Leicester Show, 141 
Lescheuaultia biloba major, 21 
Lettuces—and Endive, 100 ; for 
winter and spring, 105 ; early 
590 
Leucophyton Browni, propa¬ 
gating, 487 
Lichfield Horticultural Show, 88 
Lilacs attacked by moths, 341 ; 
374 
Liliums, 213; fine specimen of 
auratum,223 
Lily of the Valley—not flower¬ 
ing, 487 ; forcing, 508,529 
Liquid manure, using and 
making, 170 
Liverpool Show-additional re¬ 
port, committees, implements, 
29; holier contest, 30; horti¬ 
cultural and botanical litera¬ 
ture, art, 30; awards at, 419 
Lock, Mr. G., proposed presen¬ 
tation to,539 
London Corn Exchange Chrys¬ 
anthemum Show, 417 
London lesser open spaces, 43, 
281) 
Loquat, fruiting the, 28G 
Luton Show, 94 
Madresfield court Grape 
cracking, 131, 200 
Maidstone Rose Show, 67 
Manures—relative value of,250 ; 
for fruit trees, 508 ; from rub¬ 
bish. 589 
Marguerites — 449 ; culture of, 
557 
Masdevallia ro?ea, 73; tovare n- 
sis. 578 
Maxillaria Sanderiana, 338 
Mayweed, new double. 113 
Mealy bug, destroying, 377 
Melons—100, 28) ; forcing, 53, 
574, 590 ; setting, 146 ; gum¬ 
ming, bitter, 170; culture of 
the, 346, 373 ; the Favourite, 
38o ; pit, heating a, 508 
Meteorological observations— 
449 ; at Worksop, 589 
Me eorological Society (Royal), 
474, 515, 685 
Methylated spirits v. insects, 
414 
Michaelmas Daisies, 469 
Midland Seed Farm, 302 
Mignonette, self-sown, 40 
Mildew on Onion9, 146 ; on 
Clematis, 593 
Mixed flower be4s, 197 
Montbretia crocosmaiflora, 249, 
571 
Moreton - in- the-Marsh Rose 
Show, 92 
Morina longifolia, 184 
Mos9 litter as manure, 193 
Mulching, 37, 53 ; the value of, 
134 
Musa Cavendish!, 473 
Muscat Grapes shrivelling, 470 
Mushrooms—146,504; decaying, 
80; in a pasture, 377 ; growiug 
made easy, 408; bed unpro- 
ductive, 420 ; poisonous, 449 
Mustard and Cress—414 ; for 
market, 344 
Myosotis dissitiflora, 357 
Myrrh, 81 
Names, hard and easy, 251 
Narcissus, early, 294 
Nectarine, the Stanwick, 216 
Nepenthes, culture of, 556 
Nerlnes, 341 
Neumann, death of Mr. C. W„ 
584 
Newcastle, proposed Industrial 
Exhibition, 154; Shows for 
1837,540 
Newport and County Show, 94 
Nou-ventilating system, 312,379, 
446, 492 
Norris Green, 63 
Norwich Chrysanthemum 
Show, 552 
Notts Show, 73 
OAKBROOK, 140 
Oak tree decorations, 560 
Odontoglos9um blepharacan- 
thum, 391; Alexandra Ste- 
ven9i, 564 
Omphalodes Luciliai, 275 
Oncidium stelligerum Emesti, 
98 
Onions-long keeping, 134; mil¬ 
dew on, 146; for spring, 189 ; 
harvesting. 282; the Banbury, 
322 ; growing at Culzean 
Castle, 365 ; improving, 392 ; 
in America, 408 ; flat, 513 
Onosma tauricum, 275 
Orange tree gumming, 216; 
Osage, 454 
Orchids—nomenclature, 35, 65, 
107 ; notes on British, 151 ; 
and Kew, 152; growing cool, 
154, 203 ; what cool Orchids 
want, 243 ; spotted, 287 ; in 
September, 271; sale of Dr. 
Paterson’s, 296 ; fertilising 
British, 319 ; at Chelsea, 49 >; 
classification of family, 518 ; 
in plaut houses, 535 ; flowers 
from Cheltenham, 539 ; at 
Sheffield, 54L; of Ceylon, 549 ; 
official report of nomencla¬ 
ture conference, 539 ; notes, 
564 
Orchis maculata superba, 151 
Overhauling, 311 
Oxfordshire Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, 22 
PALMS IN B0XE3, 32 
Pansy Society, VVest of Scot¬ 
land, 96 
Papaver Rhteas variety, 367 
Parisian blinds, 473 
Parsley—late, 99; variegated,*193 
Peach, Rev. C. P., the late, 290 
Peaches—thinning growths of, 
16 ; failing, 102 ; succession in 
one house, 134; late, a mis¬ 
take, 314; for July and 
August, 330; Salwey aud Sea 
Eagle, 339 ; late, 530, 359 ; 
Goshawk, 491 ; aud Necta¬ 
rines, 30, 100,143, 282, 350. 485; 
for succession, making bor¬ 
ders for, 167 ; preparing for 
forcing, 238 ; selecting and 
planting, 450; forcing, 505 ; 
forcing, 590 ; time of ripening, 
578 
Peach flowers, 514 
Peach house, form and dimen¬ 
sions of, 262 
Peach trees, young growths 
dying, 146 ; pruning, 216 
Pears—early tor market, 175 ; 
the Windsor, 19) ; culture of 
at Cardiff Castle, 219, 271 ; 
fungus on leaves, 262 ; for 
market, 298 ; for pyramids, 
Pears— continued — 
330; Lax ton’s Bergamot, 339; 
fine, 355 ; for a confined space, 
376 ; Beurre Capiaumont for 
shelter. .92; selection of, 404, 
424 ; Uvedale’s St. Germain, 
485; for winter, 464 ; for cor¬ 
dons, 508,553 ; Mr. T. Francis 
Rivers’ lecture on, 575 
Peas—new, certificated, 87; sow¬ 
ing, 461; in November, 494 
Pelargoniums — Ivy Leaf, 
Madame Tliibaut, 40 ; Ivy- 
leaved, Robert Owen, 108 ; 
treatment of, 306 ; Zonal, 886 , 
for winter, 567 
Penllergare, 75 
Perennials, choice, 77,93 
Peristeria elata, culture of, 472 
Petroleum mixture, 352 
Petunias, wintering, 441 
Phaias Humbloti.51, 119 
PhilippineForest departments 
Phlox amcena, 526 
Photographing leaves, 17, 552 
Phrynium jucundum, 233 
Physalis edulis. culture of, 286 
Pine Apples—fine fruit of, 187; 
potting and arrangingplants, 
190 ; forcing, 350 ; in winter, 
469 
Pines —forcing, 306, 439, 590 ; 
culture of, 528 
Pi nk, Tom Welsh, 494 
Pi pes, coating, 216 
PI antains, destroying on lawns.- 
2 40 
Planting—trees and shrubs,335; 
high aud deep, 448, 473,474,545 
Plants—hardy for borders, 263 ; 
past history of, 325; for winter 
flowering, 374 ; in flower out 
of doors. 495 ; diseases of, 494 
PLANTS CERTIFICATED— 
Adiantum cuneatum Phil- 
lipsi, 138; imbricatum, 348. 
Amaryllis Lady Mayoress, 
434. Angracum avicularium, 
434 . Aplielaudra chrysops,51. 
Aster Roae Dark Scarlet, 138 
-Begonia Imperial, 138: 
Mrs. Piuukett, 348; M. Paul 
de Vicq, 348. Biguonia Cham- 
berlayni, 393. - Carnation 
Terra Cotta, 98 : General 
Stewart, 96. Cattleya gigas, 
Hill’s variety, 98; Eldorado 
virgiualis, 393. Cespedezia 
discolor. 279. Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Mrs. Burrell, 138 ; Wil¬ 
liam Holmes, 348; William 
Stevens, Flambeau Toulou- 
saiue, Elise Durdau, 393 ; 
Buttercup, 394; Coquette de 
Castille, Gluriosum, 434 ; 
White Ceres, Phoebus, La 
France. Eynsford Gem, Ad¬ 
miral T. Symonds, 434; Mrs. 
J. Wright, Elsie, Miss Can- 
nell, Ciucinati, Jane, La Mar¬ 
guerite, 436 ; Carew Under¬ 
wood, 524 ; Mrs. Norman 
Davis, 525 ; Amy Furze, 
Moonlight,Mr. Ralph Brockle- 
bank, 437. Clerodendrou nu¬ 
tans, 434 . Crataegus Lalindei, 
279; tatarica, 394. Cypri- 
pedium Sanderianum, 279 ; 
callosum, 525. Cyrtanthus 
hy bridus roseus, 279.-Dah¬ 
lias, 138, L89 , 231, 234, 279, 348. 
D ivallia retusa, 234 ; solida 
major. 279. Dianthuschinen- 
sis Black Prince, 138. Den- 
drobium Williamsianum, 61. 
-Fuchsia tnphylla, 138. 
- Gladiolus, 13), 189. — 
Hollyhocks, 138. - Impa- 
tieus rawkeri, 51.-Lailia 
anceps vn gma'is, 525.-Ma¬ 
tricaria inooora grandillora 
leu a, 92. Miltonia specta- 
ilis oicolor, 13s. - Nar¬ 
cissus monwphyllus, 525.- 
Odomoglos'U'ii crispum O. 
Dorman, Uru'iyanum, 51 ;ble- 
pharaoanthuiu, 394. Oncidi- 
um macrauthuin, Southgate’s 
variety, 51; stelligerum Er- 
nesti, 98. Oruithogalum au- 
reum, 51. - Papaver nudi- 
caule miniatum, 51. Pelar¬ 
gonium Eden Marche, 51. 
Phaius Hum »loti, 51. Phry¬ 
nium juounium, 233. Pico- 
tees, Agaes Chambers, Annie 
Dougl is, 26 ; Duchess, Al¬ 
mira, 138; Pollie Brazil, 93. 
Pontederia crassipes coerulea, 
434 . Primula Reidi,393 ; Capi¬ 
ta ta major, 43 *. Pteris serru- 
lata, Na lor’s Crested* 51.- 
Rhododen iron bulsamaeAo¬ 
min itajab, 93 ; Queen of Yel¬ 
lows, Rose I’eriection, 279; 
Amabile, luteo-roseum, 348; 
Jasminidoruin carminatum, 
394. Ros-; Grand Mogul, 51. 
Selaginella tessellata, 279; 
gracilis, 279. &tock, Snow¬ 
flake, 51.-Todea grandi- 
piunula, 98. Ulmus Piteuri 
peulula, 279.-Zinnia ele- 
gaus flore p eno, 138. 
Plumbago Lai penra. 318 ; ca- 
Deusis to flower in August 552 
Plumeria bicolor, 22 
Plums — uuilins Golden, for 
market, 227 ; Pond’s Seedling 
aud Fonthill Damascene, 249; 
gummed, 262 ; iu London 
—Foreign Lult aud railway 
charges, 278; for market, 298; 
abuudauce of, 297 ; insect 
enemies of the, 544 ; and 
Peaches, 9 
