January 18,1887. ] 
Plum trees on north walls, 103 
Pohlman, death of Mr. Edward, 
515 
Poinsettias — pnlcherrima va- 
riegata, 250, 528 
Polyanthuses, 357 
Pontederia crassip, 434 
Poppies, Shirley, 367 
Potatoes — white Early Rose, 
170 ; abnormal crops in Ire¬ 
land, 186 ; new at Christmas, 
202 ; certiSeated at Chiswick, 
249; late ,282 ; in Lincolnshire, 
295; a new, 297 ; Suttons’ 
Seedling, 818 ; price of, 339 ; 
experiments at Reading, 445 ; 
eaten by s'ugs, 487 : experi¬ 
ments, 514; Mr Fenn's lecture 
on, 535,579 ; seed tubers, 590 
Potato Society, the proposed, 
577 
Potato Tercentenary Exhibi¬ 
tion, 409, 504, 511, 521 
Preston Park, 588 
Primroses, 357 
Primulas, 54 ; Rnsbyi, 160 ; 
sinensis,cultureof,207 ; Pyrgo 
Park, sale of, 297 ; at Birming¬ 
ham, 321; Reidi, 393 ; con¬ 
ference, official report of, 539 ; 
Chelsea Blue, 585 
Pruning early Vines, 512 ; and 
nailing, 516 
RABBIT BERRIES, 65 
Radishes, early, 589 
Rainfall in South Australia, 202 
Ranunculus—Lyalli, 296; plant¬ 
ing, 426 
Raspberries—culture of, 146; in 
Hertfordshire, 340 
Reading Show, 208 
Red spider on Vines, 248 
Rein ward tia tetragyne, 26, 28 
Rhododendrons — balsamos- 
florum Rajah, 98; b. major, 
113 ; fine at Balbirnie, 187; 
jasminiflorum carminatum 
394 
Rhubarb—planting, 399; forcing 
471, 520, 536, 580 ; forcing in 
manure heaps, 491 
Rhus Cotinus, propagating, 216 
Rhyncospermum, culture of, 80 
Ribes oxyacanthoides, 297 
Richmond Show, 30 
Ridges, cropping on, 391 
Rings, fairy, on lawn, 487 
Robinia Bessoniana, 135 
Rodriguez, extinction of plants 
at, 584 
Roestellia cancel lata, 262 
Root-pruning, 80; Pear trees, 
114 
Roots, lifting and storing, 471 
Roses—orange fungus on, 9 ; 
insects on Marshal Niel, 32 ; 
for successional flowering, 
57; Grand Mogul, 51,65; gro vy¬ 
ing, Mr. Gilmour’s paper on, 
59 ; new, Florence Paul, Lady 
of the Lake, and Silver Queen, 
65 ; propagating by cuttings, 
81,530; clay for, 80; difference 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
Roses - continued — 
of growth and bloom, 103j 
thoughts on judging and 
growing, 108 ; small flowers 
of, 112 ,181, 206,226 ; notes on, 
116, 333 ; green fly on, 141: 
in August, 154; “small 
growers ” exhibiting, 156 ; 
old and new, 159, 187, 211,237 ; 
Her Majesty, 186, 202, 2S5; 
how not to grow, 200,248, 271 ; 
for market, 216,376 ; nursery¬ 
men’s delinquencies, 248 ; in 
Egypt, 251 ; Mr. Mawley’s 
analysis of exhibition, 294; 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, 295, 
303, 317 ; Mrs. Bosanquet, 295 ; 
American Beauty and the 
Bride, 314,342 ; analysis of at 
the National Show, 322; north 
and south competition, 323; 
notes on in 1886, 358 ; Marie 
Baumann, 388 ; notes on new, 
894 ; for smoky district, 399 ; 
challenge trophies for, 409 ; 
dressing ground for 420 ; cut 
back Hybrid Perpetual, 450 ; 
in November, 450: cut-back 
dwarfs, transplanting, 493, 
503; in Tasmania,494; Gloire 
de JDijon, 504; on their own 
roots, 505; the claims of the, 
533 ; Madame Chauvry, 540; 
of the year, 562 
Rose Shows—Ryde, 13; South 
Kensington (National So¬ 
ciety), 22; Crystal Palace, 24; 
Brockham, 26 ; Canterbury, 
27 ; Farningham, 28: Reigate, 
28; Birmingham (National 
Society), 66; Sutton, 67; Maid¬ 
stone, 67; Hitchin, 67; Here¬ 
ford, 67 ; Shrewsbury, 67 ; 
Eltham, 44 ; Cardiff, 45 ; Ox¬ 
ford, 45; Bath, 46 ; Moreton- 
in-Marsh, 92 ; Wirral, 92 
Rose Society (National)—Show 
nineteen years ago, 19 ; an¬ 
nual meeting, 538; jubilee 
challenge trophies, 585 
SALISBURY SHOW, 117 
Salvias, 55; as outdoor decora¬ 
tive plants, 279 
Sambucus aurea Dixoni, 317 
Sandy Show, 210 
Sargeson, funeral of Mr., 158 
Savoys, 505 
Seakale, forcing, 590 
Seed list, 541,581 
Shading and watering, 19 
Sheffield Chrysanthemum So¬ 
ciety, 88 ; notes at, 138 
Shepherdia argentea, 65 
Sherborne Show, 210 
Shortia galacifolia, 450 
Shrewsbury Rose Show, 69,180 
Shrubberies as screens, 42 
Shrubs—grouping, 10 ; hardy 
for forcing, 490 
Silene penaula compacta flore- 
pleno, 537 
Simonite’s (Mr. B.) garden, 139 
Sirex gigas, 262 
Slope, planting a, 286 
Snowstorm, severe, 584 
Soil—trenched v. untrenched, 
135 ; the management of, 545 ; 
treatment of heavy, 586 
Solanums not fruiting, 31 
Solidago, species of, 339 
Sophronitis, hybrid from, 128 
Southampton Show, 118 
Souza, Mr. Joseph, 539 
Spathogloctis Angustorum, 276; 
Kimballiana, 295 
Spinach—autumn, 143 ; winter, 
373 
Spiram callosa, 514 ; japonica, 
528 
Spring—raising and planting 
flowers, 316; bedding, 356; 
selection of plants for bed¬ 
ding, 380 
Stagnant water, 30 
Stapelia gigantea, 431 
Starch in vegetable economy 
364 
Statice Suworowi, 65 
Stephanotis fioribunda, 569 
Sternbergia lutea, 493 
Stevens, death of Mr. Z., 385 ; 
memoir, 585 
Stocks at Perry Hill, 40 
Stoke-upon-Trent Show, 21 
Strelitzia Reginas, 584 
Strawberries — hybridising, 
packing, 10,30; plants after 
forcing, 20; Noble, 21; gar¬ 
dens at Kaowle Hill, 22; 
runners, 32; not fruiting, 
31; cultivation, 35,183 ; sum¬ 
mer treatment, the second 
season, watering, securing 
fine fruits, protecting the 
fruit, gathering the fruit, 
36; grubs infesting, 56 ; win¬ 
ter treatment, duration of 
plantations, 60; surface dres¬ 
sing, ai pines, enemies, 61, 78, 
80; James Veitch, 83; Lox- 
ford Hall Seedling, 88 ; struc¬ 
tures for forcing, 133 ; forcing 
and varieties, 150,221 ; in pots, 
213, 306, 439, 528, 569; new 
plantation of, 235; Preston 
Seedling and Filbert Pine, 
226 : a heavy crop of, 295 ; 
Alpha, 339 ; culture in North 
America, 340 ; in October, 365 
Suffolk, a visit to, 179 
Sulphide of potassium, 414 
Superphosphate of lime, 17 
Surrey, a drive in, 235 
Sutton Rose Show, 67 
Swallows, protection of, 340 
Swanley Nurseries, 322 
TABLE PLANTS, 587 
Taro, 376 
Tarragon, seedling, 102 
Taunton Show, 162 
Temperatures, average, 552 
Tennis court making, 80 
Thinning crops, 106 
Thornbury, 140 
Thoughts on current topics, 64, 
108,152, 226,315, 391, 513, 577 
Thunia*, treatment of, 239 
Tobacco culture—Messrs. Car¬ 
ter’s, 154 ; in Kent, 196 ; at 
Kinver, 317 ; in Cumberland, 
339 ; growing in Scotland, 
408 ; preparing, 508 ; cultiva¬ 
tion, 612 
Tomatoes—99; culture, success¬ 
ful, 37 ; thinning and setting, 
102 ; late, 282 ; for dessert, 271 ; 
for dessert, 815; at Ileckfield, 
318 ; in America, 364 ; in a 
frame, 376 ; low prices of, in 
America, 408 ; early, 590 
“ Tourists’ Guide to the Flora 
of the Alps,” review of, 53 
Trachelium coeruleum, 520 
Tradescantia zebrina for winter 
decoration, 260 
Trees and shrubs—ornamental, 
110 ; for lawns, 388, 447 ; reno¬ 
vating, 568 ; grouping in 
parks, 61 ; planting, 335 ; 
planting in the Isle of Man, 
341 
Trenching -315, 316, 513, 549 ; 
ground, 270 ; soil, 34, 492 ; v. 
non-trenching ground, 248 ; 
Trenched v. untrenched soil, 
370, 410 
Tropseolums — variegated, 186, 
202, 223, 251 ; speciosum at 
Reading, 429 
Trowbridge Show, 183 
Tuberous plants in winter, 497 
Tulips — early, 293 ; planting, 
443; the florist’s, 559 
Turnips, autumn sown, .552 
UMBRELLA PINE AT VALKEN- 
blirg, 154 
VALE ROYAL. 320 
Vallota purpurea for rooms, 202 
Valves on hot-water pipes, 143 
Vanda Dearei, 233 
Van Geert, death of M. Auguste, 
494 ; the late Auguste, 516 
Vanila, 578 
Vegetables—for market, low 
prices of, 250; foreign compe¬ 
tition, 251 
forcing, 504 ; of 1886,557 ; good 
of 1886, 577 
Vegetarianism, 515 
Ventilation v. non-ventilation, 
370, 446, 514 
Ventilating, systems of, 404 
Vernacular names for plants,297 
Viburnum Opulus, 350 
Vinegar Plant, 16 
Vine borders—wireworms in, 
352 ; compost for, 430 
Vineries — plants in, 56; back 
walls of, 464 
Vine leaves scorched, 146 
Vines—thrips on, 31; red spider 
on, 56 ; treatment of in July, 
78 ; pruning for Grapes, 173 ; 
cleansing from red spider, 
193 ; pruning early, 212 ; long 
and close pruning, 244 • check¬ 
ing and destroying red spider 
vii. 
Vines— continued— 
on, 248; late growths, rest¬ 
ing, 255; notching roots, 262; 
rods of old, 283 ; late growths 
and resting, 290; culture, ex¬ 
tension system. 363 ; pruning. 
377 ; planting for forcing,395 ; 
forcing, 398 ; failing, 442 ; un¬ 
healthy, 441 ; trained down 
a back wall. 487 ; pruning 
early, 512; forcing, 527 ; mealy 
hug on, 534 ; losing their 
leaves, 552 ; temperature for 
start- ing, 571 
Viaeyard,the Marquis of Bute’s, 
36 i 
Violas—culture and varieties. 
9L; for bedding, 366 ; 381; 
new, 405 ; manure and lime 
for, 428 
Violets — 550; in frames, 43 ; 
in pots, culture, 76 ; for mar¬ 
ket, 97 ; in summer, 249 ; 
varieties of, 276; scorched, 331 
Violet Ivy, 352 
WAKEFIELD PAXTON SOCIETY 
515 
Walk edgiDgs, 70 
Wallflowers for spring bedding, 
356 
Walnuts, preserving, 464 
Wasps, destroying queen, 103 ; 
and earwigs, 578 
Water—maximum density and 
circulation of, 174; as an orna¬ 
mental feature, 25 
Water Lilies — 102 ; in Phila¬ 
delphia, 450 
Watering plants in winter, 439 
Watertight ashpits—hot v. cold 
water, 526, 540 
Weather —in Notts. 250 ; in 
October, 817 ; the, 539 
Weeds, destroying, 442 
Weeks’ Fireplace boiler, 546 
Well-dressing at Barlow, 236 
West of Scotland Pansy So¬ 
ciety, 96 
Weston-super-Mare Show, 163 
Wheatstone, Mr. Charles P., 
death of, 540 
Willow, insect on, 308 
Wimbledon Show, 48 
Winchester Show, 49 
Wirral Rose Show, 92,114 
Wire worms in Vine borders,352 
Worden Hall, Preston, 342 
Yeovil show, 182 
Yorkshire Association of Horti¬ 
cultural Societies, 138,515 
York Gala Exhibition — 22 ; 
funds, date of 1887 Show, 134; 
449 
York Show, 13 
Yuccas, culture of, 166 
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, 184 
