VI 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ June 29, 1893. 
Clover and Grass seed harvest 
of 189 i, report of, 20 
Cobs, planting and training, 
69 
Ccelogvne odnratissima, 153; 
C.flaceida. 171; at The Briars, 
Reigate, 171; C. conferta, 193; 
C. Sanderaj, 31S; C. cristata, 
453 
Colorado, the climate of, 78 
Colour and quality, 30 
Conifers at Jbropmore, 311 
Corbridge and District Gar¬ 
deners' Society, 112 
Cotoneaster horlzontalls, 395 
County Council horticulture, 
815 
Crickets, destroying, 416,457 
Crocus vernus or Spring Crocus 
227 
Croydon Hortlcu tural So¬ 
ciety's Show for 1893.8 
Crystallising fruits, 198 
Crystal Palace, flower shows 
at, 133: spring Show, 260 ; 
show, 400 
Cuckoo, the, 274 
Cucumbers, early fruiting, 17 ; 
early, 81; treatment of. 163 ; 
for market, 309 ; and Melons 
at Rowledge, 436 
Currant mite, black, 151; Black, 
200 ; bush, an eccentric, 619 
Cycas revoluta flowering. 356 
Cyclamens and Cinerarias at 
Reading, 78 
Cyclamens, Messrs. Sutton’s 
strain, 135 ; at Ham Common, 
177 
Cycnoches pentadactylon, 91 
Cymbydium grandiflornm, 158 
C. Lowlanum, 876 
Cypripedium Germinyannm, 
67 ; C. John8onianum,171; C. 
Conco Pawre, 193 ; C. Pene- 
laus, 219 : C. grande, 391; X 
Charles Kichman, 517 
Cyrtodera refulgens, 395 
Cytisus Scoparlus Andreanus, 
335 
DAFFODILS, THE -WAYS OF, 
268 
Dahlias, for show, 25 ; analysis 
1883-02, 2i7; Mr. VV’illord’s 
paper, 484; the, 604 
Dahlia (National) Society, an¬ 
nual meeting, 217 
Daisies, from seed, 254 ; on 
IdVCQSy 327 
Dean, portrait of Mr. "William, 
477 
De Candolle, Alphonse, 297 
Den droblum Findley anum,193; 
D. formosum giganteum, 
193 ; D. Devoniannm, 219 ; D. 
nobile in small pots, 233; D. 
chlorostele var. Owenlanum, 
234 ; D. Bnrfordiense, 26 i; 
D. Brymerianum, 376 ; D. 
thyrsiflorum, 418 
Dendrobinms, new. 397 
Dessert table, decorating a, 885 
Deverill, Mr. Henry, death of, 
255 
Devon and Exeter Gardeners’ 
Association annual supper, 29 
Devon and Exeter Horticul¬ 
tural Society’s Exhibitions 
in 1893.9 
Dew, 275 
D ckson, Mr. G. A., 29 ; pre¬ 
sentation to, 217 
Dlonjea muscipula, 200 
Dobble & Co.’s social meeting, 
10 
Docks and poor soil,478 
Dodwell, Mr. and Mrs., testi¬ 
monial to, 275 
Dodwell Testimonial Fund, 
the. 814 
Dracaenas, repotting, 81; pro¬ 
pagating. 305; Sanderiana 
(thalioides fol. var.), 389 ; 
Sanderiana versus D. thali¬ 
oides, 418 
Dropmore, Conifers at, Sll 
Drought and fire engines, 356 
Dry springs 355 
Dry weatuer, and how it was 
met—a con.parlson, 829 
Dukeries, a day in the, 461 
EAULS’ COURT EXHIBITION, 
1893, 212, 369 ; Shows at in 
1893,873 ; Orchid Show, 420; 
floweiS and music at, 616 
Echeveria Peacocki, 45'7 
Edelweiss farm, an, 417 
Embothrium coccineum, 508 
Educatiol '^^r gar-eners, 93 
Educat on'iiPilardening, silvtr 
medal essay, y, 44; books to 
consult, 44 
Electric light and plant struc¬ 
ture, 414 
E ectro-horticultnre, 198 
E tham Rose and Horticultural 
Show date of, 60 
Erica cinerea, 479 
Ermine moth, small, 407 
Essay, silver mt-dal, 9.149 
Estate management, 230 
Eucharis, failing, 4u; a huge, 
155 
Eulalia japonica. 39 
Euouymuses, caterpillars on, 
4Ul, 407 
Eurya latifolia variegata, 239 
Exhibiting Carnations and 
other flowers, 100 
Exhibitors, crafty, 135 
Exhibitor’s produce, a delay of, 
51 
FADYENIA PROLIFERA, 490 
Farming.—The new year, 19 ; 
Work on the home, 19, 42,64, 
84, 104, 125, 146, 166, 190, 210, 
228, 246, 266, 288, 806. 828, 348, 
368,386,428,450,470,492,514,528; 
production and dii^iribution, 
41; price of Wheat, 42; the 
“ Live Stock Journal ” 
almanac for 1893, 42 ; the 
Royal Journal 63; tbe pre¬ 
vention of Potato disease, 
83; Vinton’s Agricultural 
Almanac, 84 ; basic slag. 104; 
spring cropping, 125, 14.5, 166, 
19J; bee pasturage, 126; en¬ 
largement of farms, 126; 
value of farm produce, 126; 
farmery, 146; pouilry farm¬ 
ing, 146; Potatoes, 190; 
“ Farming, ” 2u9, 265 ; 
manure for pasture, 210 ; corn 
crops, 228 ; butter, 245; green 
and rooL crops, 246; prudence 
in education and rural pro¬ 
sperity, 266 ; food for live 
stock, 287,305; Clod crushing, 
306; draining heav^ clay, 
306; live stock, selection and 
breeding, 328; pasture ready 
for grazing, 828; heavy land, 
318; fruit and vegetable 
farming, 867 ; Prickly Com- 
frey, 368 ; bottling fruit and 
vegetables, 368; crops, 386 ; 
winter Oats, 4i.8; provision 
for winter, 428 ; provision for 
summer, 45o; Dandelions in 
pasture, 450 ; a spring 
drought, 470; trade exhibits 
at agricultural shows, 47u; 
the dairy, 492; two larms—a 
contrast, 514; great drought, 
the 528 
Farmer's wife aroused, a, 211 
Ferns, culture of, 169; spores, 
sowing. 227 
Fertilisers, and soils, experi¬ 
ments with, 10; and Feeding 
Stuffs Bill, the, 499 
Figs. —Forcing, lOl, 143, 187, 
404; trees, transgre>8ing, 177; 
decaying at the base, 847 
Filberts, planting and training, 
60 
Floors Castle Grape room, 223 
Florists' flowers, seasonable 
hints on, 130, 399 
Flower garden, 6i, 121, 207, 285, 
323, 364, 406, 447; suo-tropical 
plants for, 489 
Flowering shrubs, April, 331 
Flowers, hardy, 24; seasonable, 
43; by telegram, 72; and 
plants for autumn, 192; notes 
on hardy, 388; odours of, 479,; 
double, 601 
Forestry exhibition, 216 
Forking among fruit trees, 100 
Fourcroya seLoa, 155 
Foxglove, campanulate, 468 
Freemasons, the Hortus Lodge 
of, 356 
Freeslas, some flue, 176 
French Botanical Institute, a, 
92 
Fritillarlas, 411; F. tulipifolia, 
411 
Frost in Stirlingshire, 9 
Frozen flowers at .^swlch,177 
Fruit and Potato Traders’ and 
Growers’ Benevolent Society, 
256 
Fruit—flavour and yellow flesh 
in 10; forcing, 16, 38, 60, 80, 
100, 121, 143, 162, 187, 206, 225, 
£43, 261, 284, 302, 823, 344, 364, 
382, 424, 447, 466, 610, 625; 
cultivation and Imports, 74; 
from the Cape, 71, 295 ; 
thinning, 92; growing in 
California, 92; culture in the 
Scilly Isles, 112; b ossom, 
185; blossoms, protecting, 
194; culture, practical and 
scientific teaching, 212; pro¬ 
spects, 232 ; from Australia, 
296 ; culture, aids and hind¬ 
rances in, 312, 841; labelling 
foreign, 337; crops, prospects 
of,378 ; prospects and insects, 
392, 414; bottling and pre¬ 
serving, 410,427,449 ; packing 
Australian, 454; prospects in 
Lancashire ana Cheshire, 
482 
Fruit trees — manuring, 6 ; 
canker in, 15, 47, 68, 131 616; 
winter cleansing, 16 ; remov¬ 
ing moss from, id; scale on, 
16; American blight and 
aphides on, 16; cost of manur¬ 
ing, 38; spraying, 73, 133 ; 
planting in spring, 124, 187 ; 
in bloss-om, netting 244 ; 
caterpillars on, 2(5 ; at Earl's 
Court Exhibition, 314 : spray¬ 
ing fruit trees at Evesham, 
316 ; watering and mulching, 
374; insects on, 875; insects 
on (Board of Agriculture 
recommendations;, 414 ; on 
railway embankment.s, 417 ; 
pruning young, 488 ; borders, 
moistening, 625 ; feeding,525; 
on walls, syringing, 625 
Fruiterers’ Company, banquet 
of, 93 
Fruit garden notes, and insect 
remedies, 404 
Fuchsias, culture of, 57 
Fungi in a Mushroom bed, 
385 
Fungicides, experiments with, 
172 
Fungus spoiling Mushrooms, 
103 
GARDEN, AN ELEVATED, 184 ; 
the influence of, 412 
Garden flowers, useful, 218 
Gardener, duties of, 189; a 
centenarian, 479 
Gardeners’ a-sociations and 
situations, 135, 173, 252 
Gardeners’ friends and enemies, 
51 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, 49,52, 
133 ; Royal patronage of, 30 ; 
annual meeting 117; (Royal) 
Orphan Fund, 154,835; annual 
dinner, 360 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent 
Institution, 30,113,332; annual 
general meeting,58; “ Lark 
Budding” dinner, 69 ; an 
appeal to gardeners, 85; 
assistance from Reigate, 133: 
acts of kindness, 234; annual 
dinner, 619 
Gardeners’ Saturday half holi¬ 
day, 336 
Gardenias, treatment of, 102 
Gardening and Forestry Ex¬ 
hibition at Earl’s Court, 138, 
369; opening and flower 
Show, 398 
Gardening, economical, 22 ; ap¬ 
pointments, SO ; education in, 
44; books for, 44; tasteful, 
168 
Gardening societies, national, 
44 
Garret, Mr. John, death of, 
252 
Ga^terias, culture of, 346 
Gastrolobium villosum, 79 
Gentians, 374 
Gesnera blooms falling, 60 
Ghent, Quinquennial Exhibi¬ 
tion, 294 ; Show, the, 322 ; 
English exhibits at, 336 
Gilia Brandegei, 161 
Gladiolus Colvilli The Bride, 
415 
Gloxinias, starting, 39 ; all the 
year round, 155 ; at Shrover 
Hall, 455; failing, 469; at 
Chelsea. 477 
Goodrich Court, 52 
Gooseberries, early, 374 
Gooseberry caterpillar, 274 
Gooseberry trees and soot, 177 
Gordon Boys’ Home, he, 217 
Graf ing, preparing for, 100 ; 
does the wood or the scion 
and stock unite272,343,379; 
in summer, 479 
Grapes—keeping, at Floors 
Cast'e, 31, 79, 117, 203 ; late, 
38 ; large bunch of, 29 ; in 
America, English Gros Col- 
m.an, 113; thinning, 162; 
keeping, 172 ; Chasselas 
Napoleon, 199, 229, 249, 268, 
291; at Floors Castle, 239, 
256 
Grass seed harvest of 1892, re¬ 
port of, 20 
Grimwood ti. Weils, 396 
Gy mnogramma chrysophylla 
culture, 367 
Gypsophila repens, 475 
HABERLEA BHODOPENSIS, 507 
Hamamelises, 181 
Hampton Court, spring flowers 
at, 295; Court Home Park, 
358 
Harbingers of spring, 205 
Hardy fruit gar.ien, 16, 60,100, 
142, 187, 242, 284, 323, 364, 448, 
525 
Hardy flowers—selections in¬ 
vited, 24; showing and judg¬ 
ing, 46; tubes for, 68; notes, 
103, 148, 230,290,362 ; in June, 
493 
Hawthorn blossom, early.338 
Haze -bud gall mite, 320,358 
Hazel bud and Pear mites, 
392 
Heating, experience in, 87, H8, 
132, 166 
Hedysarum multijngum, 479 
Hsl anthemumi, 35 
Hei aticas, a p ea or, 183 
Hesslewoou, 601 
Hibb.-rtia, dentata, 232 ; per- 
foUata, 363 
H eing among vegetab'e crops, 
412 
Holloway, ring owers at, 282 
Honey preauuing plants of 
Australia, 376 
Horticultural Club, 316, 358; 
annua dinner, 156; discus¬ 
sion on home aua fore'gu 
fruit, 236 
Horticultural examinations, 
254, 618 
Horticultural Exhibition at 
I'liugtm, 29; the luterna- 
tional of 1892,29 
Horticultural press,the world’s, 
8 
Horticultural progress, sixty 
years of (1760-1820), 270 
Horticultural (Royal) Soeietv 
Committees, 80, 32, 33. 65, 188, 
220, 258,298, 3.33, 380. 459, 506’, 
Council of, 49; lectures, 62 ; 
certiflcates, general distribu¬ 
tion, 1812 94 ; Journal, 135; 
annual meeting, 139; report 
of the Council for 1892, 140; 
Scieiitiflc Committee, 162, 
238, 279, 313, 362, 411, 517 : 
lecture on effects of coloured 
glass on plants. 221 ; lecture 
on “ Flowers In the Riviera,” 
259; lecture on ‘'Orchid Life 
in New Guiana,” 299; lecture 
on Alpine Flowers,” 831: lec¬ 
ture on ” How to Solve 
Chemic li Questions Concern¬ 
ing the Soil,” 381; leciu'cs on 
“Hardy Rhododendrons aad 
Azaleas,” 460 
Horticultural scholarships,60; 
instruction, SO 
Hortlcu tural Society for 
G ave.'-end, Ama gama'ed,!!! 
Horticultural (United) Benefit 
and Piovident Society, 30 
Horticulture, popular, 57 ; lec¬ 
tures in, 51; the advance of, 
167; apilmer on, 181; practical 
and scientific teaching In, 
212; la Surrey, 336; music 
aud the flue arts, 3:io; in 
the north, 417; in Russian 
schools, 501 
Hours of labour in gardens, 357 
Hurst, Mr. Benjamin, 216 
Hurst & Son, Messrs., Jubilee 
celebration, 435 
Hyacinths, double Italian, 82 
Hybridisation aud imp ove- 
ment of plants, 93 
ICE, STORING, 63 
Index Kewensis, 519 
Insects, Of the flower garden, 
107, 808, 476 ; on Camellia 
leaves, 867; wingless, 872, 
413; infesting Ra-pherries, 
International Fruit Show, the 
proposed,148 
Ireland, notes from, 56,262,340 
Irish industries, 274 
Iris, reticulata, 236 ; Saari 
nazarensis, 373; Lorteti, 485 
Isle of Wight Rose Society’s 
Show, 610 
Ixoras, treatment of, 61 
JAPANESE PLANTS AT CHI¬ 
CAGO, 8 
Jottings from memory, 217 
J iidas Tree, the, 118 ; poison, 
effects of, the nectar of, 49 
KARRI WOOD FOR PAVE¬ 
MENT, 112 
Kew arboreteum, the, 435 
Kew Bulletin, 394 
Kew Gardens, early opening of, 
164 
Kew Guild, 216 ; Journal, 409 
Kew, noteworthy objeets at, 
231 
Kingston gardeners, 93 
Kingston and Surbiton G&r- 
deners’ Association, 165, 
Klrkstall Abbey grounds, 
217 
Kitchen garden, the, 88,120,163, 
225, 262, 308, 344, 383, 428, 466, 
5U 
Kijelreuteria paniculata, 357 
labels, glass, 10; in Ken¬ 
sington gardens, 91 ; 
LEAD, 71 
Laing’s, a call at, 272 
Lselias, virens, 75; hybrida 
Maynardi, 473 
Laeiio-Cattleya X Brymeriana, 
172; L.-C. ABcaaia,35l 
Lamport Hall, flowering shrubs 
at, 418 
Land and estate decadence— 
an Impeachment, 191 
Land, testing the fertility of, 
436 
Lapagerias, unhealthy, 287 ; 
requirements of, 491 
Latch disease, the, 292, 371,415, 
433 
Lathyrus hirsutus. 395 
Lawns, moss on, 165 
Leaf-cutter bee, 463 
Leaf sponger, Atkinson’s, 205 
Lectures at the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society’s meetings 
in 1893, 52 ; in horticulture, 
SL 
Lee, Blackheath, and Lewisham 
Horticultural Soc eiy, 29 ; 
annual meeting, 6L 
Leeds Paxton Bo.lety, annual 
dinner, 134 
Leicester Chrysanthemum So¬ 
ciety annual meeting, 93 ; 
excursion, 619 
Lettuce, early, 119; Commodore 
Nut, 338; Winter Cos, 896 
Lilacs, forcing, 62 
Lilies versus Roses, 128,200 
Lilium Harrisl,335 
Lily of the Valley, culture, 113 ; 
failing, 245 
Lime, dressing manured 
ground, 83 
Lime juice, 336 
Lluaria hepatlcarfolia, 475 
Linum perenne, 395 
Liverpool Horticultural Asso¬ 
ciation, 71,93 
Lobelias, sowing, 61 
Loofah, or Vegetable Sponge, 
the, 82 
London flowers, early, 217 
London purple and Gooseberry 
caterpillars, 393 
Lj caste Baringtonlje, 94; L. 
plana, 198 
Lychnis, vespertlna flore-pleno, 
£9; chalcedonica fl.-pi, 106; 
cbaicedonica, 133 
Lyle, Mr. Peter, 423 
MACKELLAR, MR. A., ITS 
Mackey’s, the late Sir James 
Wm, business, 50 
Magtolias, conspicua, 276; de¬ 
ciduous, 316,331 
Manchester Whitsuntide Show, 
421 
Malndiff Court, G 
Mangold Wurtzel as woodlice 
traps, 185 ; plants eaten off by 
grubs, 627 
Manures, lectures on, 9,61; for 
and temperutare, 49; fruit, 
67; for roots, 102; for fruit 
trees, 111; for Orchids, 114; 
and their uses—silver medal 
essav. 149, 173, 212 
Manuring fruit trees, 6; cost of 
35,183 
Marguerite leaves, grubs in, 
145 
Market produce, 52, 616; re¬ 
ports, 63; prices, 346, 384,451, 
472 
Masdevallias, hybrid, 43 
Maxillaria Harrisonlte, 418; M. 
Sanderiana, var. xaalho- 
glossa,494 
May, the glories of, 370 
Meindoe, Mr. J. and the Royal 
Caledonian. Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, 6 
McKenzie, Alexander, death of, 
254 
Mealy bug on Vines, 66,113 
Measuring trees 189 
Melhania erythroxylon, 394 
Melons, sowing, 61 ; treatment 
of, 225; culture, practical 
hints on, 267, 29'l, 809, 430; 
plants gumming, 407 ; flowers 
not opening, 449; plants for 
cold pits, 468; culture, canker 
and Infects, 472 ; at Row- 
ledge. 486; seasonable notes 
on, 62t 
Meteorological (Royal) Society, 
89, 161, 239 : observations at 
Hodsock Priory, in De¬ 
cember, 30; observations, 64; 
at Worksop for 1892, 161; 
observations at Hodsock 
Priory, Worksop, during 
January, 113 
Mexican jumping seed, 71 
M’Uattie, Mr., proposed testi¬ 
monial to, 255; presentation 
to, 356 
Mildew, remedy for, 169 ; In 
vineries, 206,233; on Peaches, 
209 
Miltonia vexillaria, tempera¬ 
ture for, 494 
Mistletoe and the French 
Government, 395 
Morisia hypogaa, 394,475 
Moss and lichen, removing 
from fruit trees, 16; on 
lawns, 144 
Mulching, 454 
Mushrooms, and Tomatoes, 4 ; 
in the north, outdoor, 49; 
growing, 226 ; covering, 71; 
in sol , growing 86; fungus 
destroying, 102; in summer, 
145; starved, 182 ; removing 
beds, 188 ; manure for, 188; 
at Perth,335 
Myosotis alpestrls, multipe- 
talous var., 40l 
NARCISSI, FROM THE SCILLY 
Isles, 113; Exhibition at Bir¬ 
mingham, 363 
Narcissus fly and Amaryllis 
bulbs, 314 ; fly, 407 
Narcissus, Paper White, 74 ; a 
good, 2i7 ; Florence, 416 
National Amateur Gardeners’ 
Association, 9 ; annual meet- 
lug, 112 
Native guano, 93 
Nect£,rine8.forforcing,48; Lord 
Napier, fruits shrivelled and 
rusted, 52<’, 527 
Nectarine tree, dwarf, 443 
Nepenthes, repotting, 164 
Newcastle spring show, 341 
New year’s greeting, a,l 
New Zealand gar.eus and 
climate at Christmas, 110 
Nitrate of soda, in Its native 
state, 276 ; in solution, 3li5 
Norfolk and Norwich Horticul¬ 
tural Society, annual meet¬ 
ing, 93 
