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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
7 . 
INDEX. 
ABBERLEY HAI.L, 318 
Aberaman House. 322 
A calypha tricolor for decora live 
purposes, 34n 
Achinienes, 282 
Adiantums, 111;cuneatum and 
Pacotti, 126 ; dolabriforme, 
225; Hegrandi, 235; regime, 
518: cuneatum, 525 
Agatbata coelestis, 516 
Agriculture, tropical, 272 
Ailantus glandulma 292 
Ailamandas, 216 , 549 ; A. Hen- 
dersoni (Wardleana), 341 
Alnwick Castle. 296 
Amaryllises, 803 ; culture of, 
193; at rest, 360 ; reticulata, 
468 
Amateur.what's an ? 4.°8 
Amateur’s rineiy in autumn, 
244 
Amberboa moschata, 516 
American plants. 124 
Anderton’s, a dinner at, 538,566 
Anemone Fannini, 337 
Annals of Botany, 116 
Annuals for spring flowering, 
Anthurium Veitehi, 560 
Antirrhinums, spotted, 360 
Antwerp, shows at in 1888,469 
Apples—spues, thinning, 42 ; 
crop in Canada, 91; Cooling’s 
Beauty, 120; tree leaves 
spotted, 128; cold storage of, 
139 ; in Yorkshire, 163; leaves 
blotched, 218; Court I’endit 
Plat, 227 ; late, 281; for or¬ 
chard, 284; selections of for 
Great Britain, 271; and Pears, 
stocks for, 309 ; Bismarck and 
Gascoigne’s Seedling, 825; 
Bear grafted on, 320; Brain- 
ley’s Seedling, 416; Notting¬ 
hamshire, 444 ; Nutmeg Pip¬ 
pin. 482 ; and Plums for 
market, 482; Potts’ Seedling, 
505; notes on the, 541 
Apple trees, scale on, 438; 
enemies, 494 
Apple and Pear Congress at 
Fdlnbnrgh, 271 
Arboricuitnral (English) So¬ 
ciety, 156 
Armstrong Park, 186 
Artichokes, Globe,2l5 
Ashton Court,, n> tes from. 468 
Ashhurne House. Sunderland, 
276 
Asparagus culture, 97, 268. 271, 
291 ; varie'ies, raising plants, 
154; transplanting, and ma¬ 
nures for, 191; thinningseed¬ 
ling, 219; notes on culture, 
223: teds, salting, 328 ; the 
cultivation of the,312 ; beds, 
372 ; forcing, 435, 548; nlu- 
mosus, 525; manuring, 64 
Aspleninma. 110 
Attlee, death of Mrs., 494 
Auriculas, descriptions of. f0; 
•descriptions of, green-edged, 
91; grey-edged, descriptions 
of, 123; descriptions of, 142; 
descriptions of seifs. 209; 
Page's Champion, 540, 561 
Auricula (National) and 
Primula Society, suggestions, 
356 
Auriculas (Scottish) Society’s 
Meeting, 494 
Autumn work, 353 
Avondale. Bath, 276 
Azaleas, 18, 808; dividing, 284 ; 
hardy, S92,425 
APMTNTOW, NOTES PROM, 383 
” >t I la-t-burnin g, 356 
Bmns'ey, Annnal Meeting of 
the Yorkshire Association n i 
Horticultural Societies at,... 
Bath, jottings from, 276 
Bath snow, 234 
Beans, Kidney,391,215; preserv¬ 
ing, 42 
Beaulieu, Mr. Gray’s garden at, 
18! 
Bedding plants—for spring, 18; 
propagating, 149 
Bedford chrysanthemum So¬ 
ciety, 336 
Bedford show, 57 
Bees—practical bee-keeping, 19 , 
79. 149. 191, 238,282, 3'6, 37.1, 415, 
458, 526, 672; apiarian notes, 
h ngle ease hives - bee-keep¬ 
ing queries, 41 : notes on 
swarming, foundation, win¬ 
tering, seutions, 64; notes on 
the weather, the heather, 
disease of bees, lioney fairs, 
102 ; notes on, 126, 261; Hants 
and Isle of Wight Bee-keepers’ 
Show, 163; Cyprian and Car- 
niolian bees, 103; a li’avy 
honey yield, 102 ; crowding 
bees in winter, 126 ; the best 
hive in creation, standard 
h ve, foreign bees, Svrian 
bees, 127 ; gathering honey 
from Wheat, 127; Cyprian 
ami other foreign varieties, 
172; at the moors, mead, 
visiting flowers, 19*> ; hints to 
beginners, 21G, 347. 550; hives, 
216; robber bees, drones, 217; 
North bf Scotland Apiarian 
Society, 217; May sickness, 
240 ; swarm ng, queens de¬ 
throned. 2*i; in a box, weather 
and honey, heather season, 
preparations for winter, sus¬ 
pend in? sect.ions, 304; ternner 
of bees, Cyprians, 305; pre¬ 
paring for next summer, 347 ; 
large swarms, 347 ; swarming 
v. non-swarming, 348 ; comb 
foundation, 348: the past 
honey season, .348; odourless 
foul brood, 371 ; term of a 
bee’s life, number of eggs laid 
by a queen. 340 ; honey 
strainer, the weather, Syrian 
bees 393; the distance bees 
fly. 303 ; Biccillns minor, 
416; in-and in breeding,4.37 ; 
dronesin November, 437; dis¬ 
tance of flying, 459; curing 
foul brood. 48<>; fertile work¬ 
ers, odourless foul brood. 481; 
wearing our. at the Heather, 
503 ; distance oF flying, re¬ 
swallowing honev, gathering 
honev, 504 ; odourless foul 
brood, 527 ; placing bees at 
the Heather, 527 ; wintering 
bees, 550 ; queen rearing 
stand and feeder, 551; dis¬ 
tance from Heather, 573 
Beetroot, storing, 345 
Begonias—tuberous, 3, 28, 101, 
216 495; at Forest Hill, 3, 228 ; 
new,32; unhealthy,42; Clari- 
bel and Ro.-a com pacta, 53; 
Edelweiss, Major Lendy, 
Shirley H bberd, 76; at Ye> 
vil, 272; ,344; John Ileal, 360 ; 
Adonis. 402, 408 
Belgian horticulturists, meet¬ 
ing, of, 81, 250. 539 
Belladonna Lilies, 273 
Benefit and I’rovident Society, 
United Horticultural,323 
Beta maritima, a substitute for 
Spinach, 333 
Bilston, new park at, 8 
Birmingham, lectures on gar¬ 
dening at, 3.36 
Blackberries, American, 805 
Black Hamburgh Grapes, late, 
259 
Blots in gardens, 177 
Bocconia cordat i, 227 
Bolbopbylluin barbigerum,6 
Bones, dissolving, 42 
Bone flour, steamed, 552 
Book, review of: Dir. A. F. 
Barron’s Vine and Vine cul¬ 
ture. 342 
Borecole, Jellico’s Hearting, 494 
Botanic(Royall Society’s Even¬ 
ing Fete. 26; dates of shows in 
1888, 517 
Bougainvillea g’abra, 216, 549; 
splendens, 241 
Bouquets, exhibiting and judg¬ 
ing, 468. 483, 545, 445, 563 
Bouvardia®, 2 50 ; President 
Cleveland, 360, 367 ; at Roe- 
ham pton. 425 ; the culture of, 
538, 558, 572 
Briars from seed and cuttings, 
350 
Brighton and Sussex Floricul- 
t.urai Society, 116 
Brighton Show, 233 
Broccoli, 548 
Bulbs how to grow, 9; the 
Dutch trade in, 54; notes on, 
60; replanting, 160; peeling 
a r ’d storing, 241 ; beds, 386 
Bullfluches and fruit trees, 
424 
Burton-in Lonsdale Floral and 
Horticultural Society, 204 
CABBAGE AND CELERY SHOW, 
25) 
Cabbages, antumn-sown, 12 5, 
259 ; blindness in, 218 
Calanthes, 30, 178. 436 ; at Ewell, 
223 ; Halli, 408; in baskets, 
496 ; at liaby, 516; sangui- 
naria. 518 
Calceolarias, raising, 65; 303, 
369. 572 
Caledonian (Royal) Society’s 
I |Show, 59 
Cal las. 260; leaves spotted. 262 1 
Camellias, 18. 303 ; in mid-win¬ 
ter, 556 ; notes on the. 551 
Canker in fruit frees, 424 
Cannas, new, 162; 525 
Oanwlck Dal), Orchids at, 381 
Cape Gooseberry culture, 196 
Cardiff and its gardens, 379 
Cardiff Castle,404 
Carnation and Picotee Shows, 
71,121 
Carnations— Alice Ayres, 76; 
tree, 101; layering, mi; Mrs. 
Reynolds Hole, 139 ; Souvenir 
de la Malmaison. 162 : 803; 
Pride of Pen^hnrst, 447, 470, 
434 ; Paul Engleheart, 470 ; 
Mrs. C. Hawtrey, 434 447 ; for 
winter, 532; 518 
Carpet bed, a Jubilee, 248 
Carter’s Provident Sick Fnud, 
425 
Castle Coch, 405; Vineyard, 427 
Oatasetnm Bungerothi. 120 
Caterpillars, destructive, 350 
Cattleya G-askelliina, 89; Ame- 
siana, 134 ; 436 ; Ltwrenci- 
ana rosea snperba, 418: and 
Lffilias, 472 ; sororia, 516; ci- 
trina, culture of. 564 
Cauliflower Dean’s Snowball, 8, 
31; 70,259; Veitch’s Autumn 
Giant, 345 
Cedar of Lebanon, 251 
Celery, earthing, 3u2; at, Kal¬ 
in agoo, 561 
Celery Sho at Kendal, 293 
CeJosias, 18. 346 
Cereus grandlflorus, 91 
Chats wort h, notes from, 4G7 
Cheadle Show, 163 
Chei la tithes odora, 174 
Chelsea, a day at 564 
Chemistry of vegetation, 286 
Cherries— Morelio, 21; Reine 
Hort^nse, 103 ; Emperor 
Francis, 120; under glass, 303; 
leaves blistered. 372 
Cherry House, 101 , 525 ; work 
in,479 
Chertsey Show, 33 
Chestnuts, Gunnersbnry, 470 
Chinchonas, introduction of to 
the Nilgiris, 339 
Chiouodoxa Lucili®, 416 
Chiswick, a critique of trials at, 
45; vegetable trials at, 161 
Chiswick Show, 58 
Chiswick Gardeners’ Mutual 
Improvement Association, 
470, 56 ) 
Carnation and Picotee Society 
(National). Northern Section, 
Christmas in Canada, 561; 
Christmas Roses (Hellebores) 
559 
Church decorating, 535 
Chrysanthemums — Madame 
T> ^granges,31.204 ; 4 j ; dwarf, 
123; eaten, 128; bug, 150; 
growers at Swahley, 164; 
notes, 288 : prospects of the 
season in the nortn, 289 ; top¬ 
ping plants, early blooms 
challenge plate at Huil,3Ll; 
L’Africaine, J. W. Cobbett, 
325 ; insects on, 328 : at the 
Inner Temple, 336 ; Finsbn y 
Park, 3:38; list of shows, 338 ; 
protection for, 34;; shows, 
certificating, at Camberwell 
and Putney, 362; Edouard 
Audigii'cr, 363 ; at Morden 
Park, the Hull challenge cup, 
314; Mrs. J. Wright and Mary 
Ouvray certificated, 367; leaf 
miner, 372-; Mr. Garnar, 381; 
Mrs. J. Wright, 384; size of 
stand for, 394 : notes — Mr. 
Mease and the Hull Challe nge 
Cup. 387; new varieties, 387; 
at Chelsea, 887 ; »t Roehamp- 
ton, Warren House, Finsbury 
Park, mid Hackney. 368 ; Mr. 
A. Salter’s varieties, 388 ; 
northern shows, 389 ; measur¬ 
ing blooms, 389; notes, at 
Swanley, 3)9; Forest Hill, 
Chllwell, 400; northern and 
southern growers, 401; the 
Hull Vase controversy, 401, 
423; early varieties, saving 
seed, 4)5 ; measuring, 448 ; 
stands for, 46»; a review of 
the past season, 464 ; chal¬ 
lenge cups, 471; sports, Mrs. 
Norm in Davis. Charles Gib¬ 
son, 47t; an old, in France, 
judging, 471 ; the scieuce of 
judging, 485 ; in America, 
49'; at Woodcote, Down ham 
and Walton Lea, equal prizes, 
Mrs. N. Davis, Amy Furze, 
Hull cap. 499 ; new, 505 ; at 
Leeds, Edinburgh, P iris, and 
Perry Ilill, 500 ; judging by 
ballot, 500; Hans Nieniind, 
5)7; Lord Everslev, 518; 
leif-mining insect (Tryptera 
artemisia>),528; Shows, Rival, 
523 ; house at Chilwell, M9 ; 
judging,524; class, a represen¬ 
tative. 622; class cards, 522; 
challenge vases, 522, 524 ; 
Eccles and Alnwick shows, 
523; Amy Furze, 523 ; at Ash¬ 
ton Hall. 523 ; new, 541; Amy 
Furze challenge vases, 546 ; 
a repre?entative Chrysanthe¬ 
mum class, 547; rival shows, 
547 ; useful varieties, 567 ; 
judging, early varieties, new 
varieties. 568; Amy Furze,568 
Chrysanthemum Shows-Corn 
Exchange London, South¬ 
ampton, ’390 ; Crystal Palace, 
4')H ; Havant, Kingston, 409; 
Highgate,4L<); Exeter, Brigh¬ 
ton. 411; National Chrysan¬ 
themum Society, 412; Croy¬ 
don, 419; Huddersfield, 426 ; 
Portsmouth, 429 ; Brixton, 
Lewisham, 430; Bath, 431 ; 
Weston-super-Mare, 432 ; As¬ 
cot, 433; Street, Newport, 
Walton, 433; Putney. Twick¬ 
enham. Sheffield, 4J4 ; Ips¬ 
wich, 435 ; Falmouth, Devizes, 
418; Wells,Clonmel, Watford, 
4)9; Winchester, Cuckfleld, 
450; Lincoln, 451; Birming¬ 
ham, 452; Kyue,Rugby,York, 
CH RYSANTHEMUM SHOWS— 
continued— 
Chiswick, Colchester, 453; 
Wimbledon, Barnsley, Salis¬ 
bury, 454; Hull,455; Beading, 
Wokingham, Sheffield, 456 ; 
Bolton, 471; Faversham, 472; 
St. Albans,473 ; Buckingham, 
Beverley, Bristol, 474 ; Bed¬ 
ford, 475; Fareham. Chiches¬ 
ter, and Pontefract, 476: Wel¬ 
lington and Liverpool, 477 
Chrysanthemum Society (Na¬ 
tional), 236, 368, 469 ; Floral 
Comrn ttee, 321, 447, 495, 336 ; 
General Committee Meeting, 
381; annual dinner, 522 
Cigars, home-made. 1.5 
Cinerarias leaves disfigured, 20 ; 
3;9 
Cladosporiumfulynm on Toma¬ 
toes. 429 
Clerodendron Balfourianutn, 
216. 549 
Clovenfords, the Grapes at, 323 
Coelogyne corrugata, 173; cris- 
Lata, 4:37 
Coffee leaf disease. 88 
Cottagers and amateurs exhi¬ 
biting. 574 
Cragside, Rothbn r y, 251 
C run urns, note-) on 397,406, 407 
Crotons, propagating, 148 
Croydon Flower Show, 9 
Crystal Palace Fruit and Dahlia 
Show, 210 ; judging at, 205, 
221, 228, 251,277 ; Fruit Show, 
317 
Cucumbers in July, 18 ; notes 
on, 28 ; plants, "clubbing at 
the roots, 42; in a cold frame, 
218; in America, 272 ; 282 ; late 
fra'ting plants, 326; in win¬ 
ter, 436, 549 
Cultivation, deep versus shal¬ 
low, 199 : deep, 389 
Cycas fruits, 128 
Cyclamens, 18, 346; insects on, 
3*2 
Cyperns altenrfolius, 471 
Cypripediuin insigne, 39’; or- 
phanurn, 120, 134 ; praes-ans, 
179; Harrisianum superbum, 
325; 515 
DAFFODILS FOR TOTS, 150; 
287 
Dahlias, Cactus and decorative, 
241; certificated, 278 
Dahlia Show (National), 211 
Dahlias, analyses of at the 
National Show, 313 
Damsons, the Farleigh, 228 
Dtvaliias, 110; tenuifolla 
Veitchiana, 111 
Delphiniums, 109 
Dendrobiums, 437, 562 ; Stra- 
tiotes, 236 ; formosum gigan- 
teurn, 517; nobile, 517 
Dendrochiium filiforme, 223 
Deutzias, 392 
Digging and drenching, 501; 
notes on. 333 
I) ip laden las, 249 
Disa graudidora, 159 
Dracaenas. 10 
Drayton Manor Gardens, 357 
Drought, the recent, 86; at 
Cardiff, 116; and its lessons; 
181; and it^ effects. 300,334 
deep v. shallow working, 311 
Dry weather, notes for, l 
Duumore Show, 165 
EAGLE HOUSE, DOWNHAM 
Grapes at, 467 
Ealing Show, 33 
Earwigs and fruit, 191 
Eastcliffe House, Orchids at, 382 
