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chrysanthsmcm; shows— 
Continued. 
430; Watford, 430; Leeds Pax¬ 
ton, 431; Putney, 431; North- 
ampton, 432 ; Qutl and 
East Kiding, 447 ; Grimsby 
and District, 447 ; Liverpool, 
447 ; Weils, 418; Torquay. 448; 
Cirencester, 443 ; Kidder¬ 
minster, 450; Hornsey, 450 ; 
Bath, 450; Bonruemouth, 450; 
Weybrliige, 450 Weston- 
super-Mare 451; Birkenhead 
and Wlrral, 452; Gloucester, 
452 ; Leather aead, 45] ; 
Hitchin, 453; Windsor, 453 ; 
Exeter, 453 ; Tadcaster Pax¬ 
ton, 451 ; Bradford and 
District, 454 : Pontefract, 454 ; 
Leicester, 455 ; Godaiming, 
454 ; Ipswich, 455 ; Twicken¬ 
ham, 455 ; Croydon, 453 ; 
Plymouth,458; Devizes, 4'6 ; 
Hull, 474; Birmingham, 473; 
Kngby, 473; Sou'h Shields, 
474; Bristol, 474 ; Winchester, 
475; Park3toue,475 ; Hereford, 
475 ; York. 475; Cudieigh, 476; 
Melton Mowbray, 476 : Lin¬ 
coln, 477 ; Shepton Mallet, 
477; Dublin, 477 ; Edinburgh, 
477; Sheffield, 478 ; Bolton, 
478: Huyton and Roby, 478; 
Chester Paxton Society, 497 ; 
Sutton Goldfield,498; Barford, 
498; Eccles and Patricroft, 
498; Grassendale and Aig- 
burth, 4»9 
Church decorations at Christ¬ 
mas, 547 
Cider refuse as manure, 254 
CImicifuga serpentaria, 188 
Cirrhopetalum Brienianum, 49; 
ornatissimum, 400 , 528 
City gardens, past and present, 
526 550; acreage of, 575 
Clematis failing. 298 
Clerodendrons, fallax, 125; tri- 
chotomum, 246 
Clubbing in winter greens, 151 
Clumber, 284 
Coboea scandens, a white, 266 ; 
alba, 300 
Cocoa Palm weevil, the, 334 
Coeiogvnes, borneensis, 49; 
tenuis, 119 
Codonopsis (Glossocomia) 
ovata, 273 
Coleus Distinction, 55 
Conifers, some fine, at Fel- 
bridga PI tee, 354 
Convo'vulns, cneornm, 89; 
dwarf, 101 
Cooke’s, Dr., retirement, 75 
Coombe Court, 107 
Copper (sulphate) and Paris 
green mixtures, 142 
Copperas in plant manures, 
220 
Coreopsis monstrosa, 108 
Corlett, Mr. H., 3Sl 
Cotton plant, wonders of. 290 
Country charms, our, 468 
Covent Garden Market, trade 
in, 100; fruit, 266 ; 130 years 
ago, 276; supplies, 355 
Crabs, Siberian, for ornament, 
125 
Cratsegus azarolns, 413 
Crinum capense, 66, 344 
Crocus hyemalis var. Foxi, 549 
Crops in South Wales, 4 
Croton Russelli, 492 
Crystal Palace September fruit 
show, 608,580, 655, 575 
Cucumbers, Peerless, 147 ; for 
winter, 207, 417; gummed, 
345; piant diseased, 366; root 
disease, preventing, 566 
Cunila Mariana, 459 
Curious spelling of names, 611 
Currant shoots (Black) dis¬ 
eased, 11 
Currants, crop in Greece, 288 
Cyclamen roots destroyed, 481 
Cyclobothra amoena, 261 
Cydonia j aponica fruiting, 312 
Cypripediums, new. volontea- 
nura giganteum, 27; Massai- 
anum and Stonei Cannarte, 
30; Winnianum, 71; oeno- 
superbiens and Thayeria- 
num, 131; Sander-super- 
biens, 215 ; ceno-superbiens, 
269; Charlesworthi, 297, 307 ; 
Clonius, 395; Stattenanum. 
417 ; insigne var. illnstre, 573 
CV2r0Ml 
DAFFODILS, THE SCILLT 
ISLKS 4l9 
Dahlia (Natlonai) Show, 225 
Dahlias—at Rowledge, 198 ; 
Octavia, Mrs, Morgan, Cap¬ 
tain Boyton,Miranda, Beauty 
of Watford, Edith Turner, 
Florence Woodland, Mrs. 
Peart, Cherub, Grand Duke 
Alexis, Norma, Duchess of 
York, Ceres, Sovereign, 297 ; 
at Salisbury, 341; Brilliant, 
" 480 
Dalkeith, 316 
Datura cornucopia, 298 
Davis, Mr. M., 167 
Dendrobinms, Hookerlanum, 
49; in autumn, 288; 
Dessert table competition, 519, 
531. 662 
Dianthns callizonus, 126 
Digging competition, 7 
Dinner, competition, 115 ; con¬ 
test at Carshalton, 14S; table 
decoration (Mr. Dunkin’s 
paper). 398 
Dlsas, Kewensls, 3; lacera, 237 ; 
the blue, 269 
D ion, death of Mr. Isaac, 492 
Dobson, Mr. Tnomas, death of, 
193 
D.odwell, death of Mr. E. 8,513 
D’Ombrain, Rev. H. H, daugh¬ 
ter, death of, 54 
Dracaena indivisa aurea varie- 
gata,30 
Drainage, philosophy of, 123 
Draper, Mr. W. Y., death of, 
355 
Drongit, lessons of the,l; and 
caterpillar life, the, 174; in 
France, 219; effects, 219 
Dublin, jottings from; 574 
Dutch flower garden, a walk 
through, 363 
EARL’S COURT EXHIBITION, 
297. 510 
Earwigs, 402; white, 491, 511 
Eastbourne, flowers at, 76 
East Lothian Garden in 1893, 
559 
Eel worms in Cucumber and 
Tomato roots, 501 
Echeveria retusa, 89 
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, 
2'0, 491 
Ensilage, 161 
Enthusiastic veteran, an, 236 
Epidendrum pnmilum, 120 
Epilobium obcordatum, 179 
Eria albiflora, 119 
Krythrlnas, culture of, 300 
Euphorbia j acquininiseflora, 
55.5 ; E. pulcherrima, 555 
Evening Primrose as a vege¬ 
table, 246 
Ewell Horticultural Society, 123 
Exeter Gardeners’ Society an¬ 
nual outing, 54 
Exhibiting, curiosities in class¬ 
ing and judging, 222 
Eynsford sho w, 149 
FARM-VACANT FARMS, 21,46, 
67, (clauses from a lease), 89; 
the drought and its probable 
consequences, 68 ; farm 
orchards, 118,197 ; farming at 
home and abroad, 114; the 
first pockets of Hops, 114 ; 
barren orchards, fleld voles 
and enemies, 138; autumn 
tillage, ensilage, 161; fodder 
for winter, ensilage, 185; 
work on the home, 186, 216, 
253, 280, 346, 868, 390. 436, 
48-2, 602, 635, 668, 584 ; the 
dairy, fodder crops, 209 ; 
brewers’ grains for cows, 210; 
a butter destroying weed, 
283; farm homesteads, 253; 
poor milk, 280; Royal Com¬ 
mission on Agriculture, 280; 
mixed farming, 301; agri¬ 
cultural commission, 802; a 
Wheat straw, 323 ; New 
Zealand, a warning to 
farmers, 324 ; acorn poison¬ 
ing, 824; the Board of Agricul¬ 
ture, Middlesex Agricultural 
Society, Lord Tredegar's 
Agricultural Shows, 346; 
liberty for farmers, 337 ; 
Irish agriculture, 368; winter¬ 
ing catde, 890 ; profits, 414; 
profitable live stock, 436,460, 
482,502,232,667 ; extraordinary 
weight of Swedes, 502 ; root 
and seed stands at I-lington, 
514; Wheat for cows. 524: 
thin pasture, 524; profitable 
live stock (lessons of the 
Cattle Show), 646; Spratts 
almanac, 568; live stock 
handbooks, 568 ; " Live Stock 
Journal " almanac, 568; soms 
lessons of the year, 583 
Feeding trees and plants, and 
enriching the soil in the 
autumn, 349, 416,466 
Fenn, Mr. Robert, a day with, 
233 
Ferns, transplanting Tree, 232; 
houses at Inwood, 266 
Fertilisers, and County Coun¬ 
cils, 147; and feeding stuffs 
bill, 242 
Field voles, 198 
Figs, seasonable work amongst, 
183 ; forcing, 411, 499 
Finsbury Park, bedding at, 241 
Floral nomenclature, 356, 883, 
439, 536; spelling at shows, 
399; curious spelling of 
names, 463,493 
Floral hketcu Book, the, 420 
Florists’ flowers, noies on, 213 ; 
seasonable hints on, 551 
Flower b rsket at Halton, 512 
Flower garden, 65,343 ; plants, 
propagating, 135; Insects, 
mites, 393 
Flowers, for market, 2; at the 
Royal wedding, 10; hardy 
autumn, 282; hardy, note 4 
on, 326; autumn and winter, 
610; perfume of, 653 
F ower shows,judging at, 176 
Forestry Exhibition, prizes at, 
492, 419, 444 
Foxglove, campanulate, 44 
Francoas, culture of, 4i9 
Fraser, Mr. Robert, death of, 
491 
Fritillaria armena, 107; bre- 
vicauiis, 441 
Fruit culture, remarks bearing 
on, 573 
Fruit, forcing, 42, 64, 83, IIS, 
182, 207, 252, 276, 319, 342, 334, 
383,432, 479, 499. 519, 543, 564 ; 
culture at Wfghtwick Mauor, 
54 ; prospects in Bads, 122; 
unripe and decayed, dangers 
of, 124; painted, 148; St, 
Petersburg International 
Exhibitlou, 147; at Lowfleld, 
217 ; in Fij i, 221; in Australia, 
221; improviug the quality 
of, 244; storing, 278 ; high 
cultivation of, iSl; at Earl's 
Court, 297 ; pruning trees, 
298, 285; culture, soil and 
climatic conditions, 392; 
artificially coloured, 400 ; 
planting, 410; growing, 447 ; 
keeping question, 508, 627, 
548 ; machinery, 534; canned 
fruit in California and 
Australia, .534 
Fruit garden hardy, 342 
Fruiterers’ Company dinner, 
354 
Fruit trees, evils of crowding, 
141; management on wails, 
150; trees, digging amongst, 
174; bones and kainit tor, 
278 ; exuberant young, 36J; 
the treatment of overcropped, 
870; insects on, 4i5; pruning 
and nailing, 499 ; surface 
dressing, 499; sulphate of 
iron for, 553 
Fuchsias from seed, 434 
Fuchsia show, a, 198 
Fuller, Rev. T. M , death of— 
in memorlam, 169 
Fungicides, 142,165 
GALANTHUS OCTQBRESSIS (?) 
from Albania, 5i8; G. corcy- 
rensis, 649; G. Kaohelie, 549 
Garden produce and August 
heat, 163 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent 
Institution, the (an appeal 
to gardeners in Ireland), 525 
Gardeners, the Worshipful 
Company of, annual banquet, 
55 ; and gardening, 580 
Garden guns, 289 
Gardening and Forestry Exhi¬ 
bition, prizes at, 419, 444 ; 
medals at, 421 
Garden, the romance of a, 249 
Gas lime, a caution, 9; and 
maggots, S3 
Gateford Hill, 284 
Gladioli, new varieties, certifi¬ 
cated, 131; g owing, 552 ; a 
note about, o80 
Gienharst, Esher, 489 
Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena 
globosa), 99 
Gioriosa superba, 345 
Gloxinias, a fine, 75; diseases 
of, 245 
Gooseberry, history of Whin- 
ham’s Industry, 102 ; Show 
(Ripley), 157 
Gourds, large, 420 
Grafting, herbaceous, 512 
Grape-room,constructing, 45 
Grapes scalded, 45; Gros Col- 
man, 66; Lady Downe’s 
scalded, 67; heaviest hunch 
of, 88 ; colouring late, 91; 
strains of, 123; seasonable 
notes on, 134; Berdiausk, 
173; keeping late, 18t; out¬ 
doors. Black Hamburgh, i9l; 
shanking after ripening, 2U8; 
an experiment with snank- 
Ing, 238 , 262, 292 ; cheao 
Muscats, 244; rusted and 
shrivelled, 254 ; In America, 
288 ; causes of shanking in, 
315; shanking, on an ex- 
nenmeut With, 310; prices of, 
Ml; culture or, 618; two 
crops in on» season, 534; Lady 
Hutt and Apple.. Towers, 554 
Greenhouse wiuter flower.-, 467 
Greenwich, temperatures at, 
163 
Grimston Park, Tadcaster, 56 
Grounds and orchards.arrange- 
mentof, 112 
Guiliot, Jean Baotiste, death 
of, 272 
Gustavia pterocarpa, 400 
HABENARIA9, CISNABARINA, 
96 ; H. caruea, 288 
Hail and beat, 33 
Halton, 199; flower basket at, 
512 
Hammerwood, Sussex, 264 
Hampton Court Paiace, bed¬ 
ding at, 260 
Hardy flowers, notes on. 117, 
188, 238,548 ; In masses, 127 
Hardy fruit garden, 42, 109, 206, 
252,457, 499, 543, 581 
Hardy perennials for cutting, 
118 
Heating, steam versui hot 
water, 222; the principles of, 
328, 360 
Hedges for shady places, 5i; 
clipping, 92 
Heiiopsis scabra major, 297, 371 
Heliotropes propagating, 136 
Herbaceous plants, 303 
Heuchera sanguinea, 7 
Hiopeastrnm procerum, 102 
Hodsock Priory, 284 
Holland, death of Mr., 32 
Holland, reclaimed land In, 267 
Holly tree, a large, 85l 
Horticultural Club, 356 
Horticultural literature, a gold 
medal and £400 prize, 354 
Horticultural (Royal) Society, 
Chiswick Show and Com¬ 
mittee meetings, 80; four- 
days Shows, 34 ; Show at 
the Agricultural Hall, 54,191; 
Flowers at Chiswick, 75; 
Committee meetings, 78. 130, 
247, 298, 337, 377, 441, 495, 538, 
cartlflcates and awards of 
merit, 78, 195, 243, 333, 378, 442, 
495, 639; lecture on alpine 
houses, 78; Scientific Com¬ 
mittee, 99, 170,351,399,469, 517 ; 
lecture on Onions, 378; and 
the Imperial Institute, 492; 
and South Kensington, 509 ; 
meetings for 1894 ; 553 
Horticultural (Royal) Society 
of Ireland, 534 
Horticultural Society, a general 
266 
Horticulture in South Africa, 
170 
Hotbeds, present use of, 232 
House for fruit and Chrysan¬ 
themums, 545 
Hull notes, 12 
Hybrid Briar, autumnal 
analysis, 1886-1893, 396 
Hybridisation and cross-fertili¬ 
sation, 356 
Hyde Park, 215 
Index kewensis, 219, 553 ; 
translation of Latin, 574 
Insects, eradication of, 4; flower 
garden, 24, 93, 189, 269 ; pests 
on fruit trees, 415, 554 
Inwo )d House Gardens, Bland- 
ford, 311 
Ireland, notes from, 94; an ap¬ 
peal to gardeners in, 525 
Irises, Pacific Coast, 55 4 
Isle of Wight, holiday in, 168 
Ivy on trees, 66 
JAM SHARPERS, 148 
.Japanese gardening. 55 
Japanese plants at Kew,77 
Japanese trees at the World’s 
Fair, 126 
Jasmine harvest, the, 314 
Judges) udged—verdict: guilty, 
503, 5l9 
Judges and judging — a new 
catechism, 558 ; at Edin¬ 
burgh, 579 
Judgments, curious, 193 
» Kew BULLETIN,” the, 76 ; 
appeadix 1894, 533 
Kineton flower show, 149 
King-wood Flower Show, 174 
Kitchen garden, 87,183, 277,329, 
387. 480, 433, 520, 565 
Knighton Horticultural So- 
cletv, 172 
Knowsley Hall, 145 
Kola, 32 
LADYBIRDS AND THEIR 
LARVA!, 579 
Laelias, majalis and purpu- 
rata, 3; tenebrosa and No¬ 
velty, 131; tenebrosa, Wal¬ 
ton Grange var., 150; mono- 
phylla, 189; elegans 'Turneri, 
Ingram’s var, 297 ; grandis 
tenebrosa, 351; anceos Ames- 
laua, 505: Ltelia Flnckeniana, 
549 ; L. anceps resting, 566 
Laello-Cattleya, Pisandra, 394, 
407 ; Statteriana, 462 
Langley Nurseries, Messrs. 
Veitch * Sons, 359 
Latham, death of Mrs., 283 
Lavender, uses of, 126 
Laxtou, death of Mr., 123; 
record of wsrk, 151 
Leaves, the movements of, 522 
Leek cult ire. successful, 371 
Leilneria fioridana, 221 
Lessons, from the past, 235 ; of 
the dry season,351 
L-ttuce, Daniel’s Continuity, 
124; root insects, 136; sum¬ 
mer, 191 
Ligustrum ibota, 376 
Liiiacese from Tropical Africa, 
new, 77 
Lilies, eastern, 93: Belladonna, 
at Grimston Park, 355 
Lilies of the Valley, planting, 
254 
Lily of the Valiev, foreing, 413 ; 
early force 1,568 
Littonia modesta, 249 
Liliuma — Alexandrae, Lowi, 
Ukeyuri (Alexandrae), 30,56; 
Lowi, 79 ; L. japonicum var. 
Alexandrae, 79,265; and bac¬ 
teria, 160 ; lanciiolium and 
varieties, 202 ; L. Henryi, 191; 
at Chelsea, 197; notes on, 292 
Limewashing vinery wall, 566 
Liquorice, 267 
Liverpool Horticultural Asso¬ 
ciation, 533 
Llewelyn, Mr. W. D., fatal 
accident to, 196 
Lloyd, death of Miss, 288 
Loam for Peach and Vine bor¬ 
ders, 322 
London City gardens, past and 
present, 626, 650 ; acreage of, 
575 
London Parks, changes in, 511 
London trees, 294,318 
Low, Mr. Hugh, death of, 265 
Lubinia atropurpurea, 672 
Luisia Amesiaua, 96 
Lycaste Imschootiana,549 
Lyclum europaeum, 366 
Lyons, Exhibition at, 366 
MACHIN.Mr. H. V., 58 
Madame Patti’s lov e of flowers, 
318 
Maize maturing in Wales, 467 
Manning, retirement of Mr., 
219 ; ttistimonlal to, 288 
Manures, artificial, as a sub¬ 
stitute for natural, 32 1 ; 
chemical, 366 
Maples, Japanese, 533 
Marchant, death of Mr, 219 
Marguerite cuttings, rooting, 
434 
Marigolds, 400 
'■ Martin ” flower rack, the 318 
Masdevallia Gelengiana, 119 
Mealy bug, extirpating from 
vineries, 137 
Meconop-is Wallichl, 67 
Meehan, presentation to Mr.,l25 
Medlar, grafting, 413 
Melon leaves, bacterial disease 
in, 112 
Melons — Hero of Isleworth, 
Royal Pr nee, and County 
Councillor, 131; bad at shows, 
140; Blenheim Orange, 171; 
a novelty, 2 8,266 
Melville Ca>tie, S 16 
Me.eorological iR jyal) Societ •, 
466; November storm, 576 
Mexican plants at Kew, 77 
Michaelmas Daisies at Chis¬ 
wick, 348,377 
Microbes on roots, 239 
Microscope for examining bac¬ 
teria, 545 
Mignonette, varieties and cu - 
ture, 120 
MlUonia Joioeyana, 131 
Mina lobata, 366 
Missouri Botanical Garden, 533 
Montbrella crocosm»flora 
plena, 143, 172 ; Ingestre 
Hybrid, 148 
Morina longifolia, 183 
Mori,la hypogaaa, 184 
Mulberries,spirits from. 257 
Mushrooms, preparing for, 19 ; 
and Tomatoes, 125; at In¬ 
wood House, Blandford, 311; 
property in, 420 
NARCISSI, EXHIBITION OF, N 
Birmingham, 75 
Narcissus Show, a,lor Birming¬ 
ham, 554 
National Co-operative Festival, 
163 
Nature’s help to gardeners, 
(Syrphus fly), 383, 335 ; the 
laced-winged fly, 517 ; lady¬ 
birds, 579 
Nectarines, Early Rivers, 51: 
shrivelling, 2u8 
Nelumbium speclosnm nuc!- 
ferum, 148 
Nemesla sirumosa SuttonI, 193 
Nepenthes mixta, 297, 315 ; at 
Chelsea, 340 
Nerlne elcgans alba, 349 
NeWbattle Abbey, 316 
Newnham Faddox, 263 
New Zealand, Karmahi tree, 
265 ; fruit culture In, 267 ; 
flora, 443 
Nlcotiana colossea variegati, 
30 
Nitrogen, value of for plant.-, 
132 
Not-s by the way, 96,167, 19), 
264, 489 
Nothing pays—a wail, 49 3 
Notospartinm Carmichaeli, 481 
Nymphma Trickeri, 511 
OAKLEIGH, NOTES ABOUT, 9 
Oaks, species of, 245; galls, 316 
Oats, fine, SI 
Odontogios^ums, 215; planted 
cut, 279; crispum, 628 
