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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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INDEX. 
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ABUTILONS. 228; YITIFOLIUM, 
165; planted oat, 481 
Acacia Klceana, 484 
Acantholimons. 210 
Achimenes gloxlnlxflora, 290 
Acme weed-killer, 195 
Adam’s Needle, 62 
Adiantnm cuneatum for cuf- 
tina, 13,526; versalllense, 196; 
Waltoni diffa9nm, A. larlry- 
ense from spores, S35; mun- 
dulum, 406 
yKschynant buses, 479 
African Qronndsel, 436 
Agapanthas umbellatus albns, 
290; dividing, 505 
Agricultural College and Mer¬ 
cers' Company, 386 
Allamandas, 85; repotting. 549 
Allium Moly, 22 ; pedemont- 
anum, 27 
Alpine plants, select, 2; notes 
on, 210; rookeries, 317 
Alternanthera failures, 231 
Alocasias, 479 ; metallica, cul¬ 
ture of, 207 
Amaryllises, 157 
Amasonlacalycina, 478 
American seedsmen and 
humour, 224 
Ammonia for Vines, ill 
Anemones, 156; culture of in 
pots, 505; single, 539 
Annuals, sowing for spring, 108, 
Anthurinm Schertzeriannm, 
479 ’ 
Antirrhinums, 145 
Ants in meadowland, 206 
Aphelandra aarantiaca Roezli, 
479 
Aphis, new facts abont, 537 
Aponogeton distachyon, 568 
Apples—Bess Pool, 123; Pear- 
shaped, 261 ; Grand Sultan, 
265; cultivation, 270; the 
oldest, 277; for profit, Mr. 
Bunvard's paper, 857; cert ifl- 
cated at Chiswick,374; grafted 
on Pears, 385; storing, 412; 
and Pears in Wales, 440 ; 
selection of, 455 ; importation 
of American, 564 
Apple crops, prospects of the, 26 
Apple trees, canker in, 428 
Apple and Pear Conference, 97: 
at Chiswick, 316,356 
Apple and Fruit Growing Com¬ 
pany, 267 
Apricots out of doom, 274 • 
under glass, £77; selection of, 
456 
Aqjatles for table decoration, 
568 
^J*aucaria—imbricata coning, 
S16; nnbea thy, 371 
Arboricultural Society (Eng¬ 
lish), meeting of the, 171,492; 
visit to Chilllngham Cast e, 
314 
Arnebia echioides, 210 
Artichokes, Globe, 478 
Artificial manures, 54 
Asclepias tuberosa, £37 
A 5 M tre€8 ’ raising from seed, 
Asparagus stem, a fasciated, 
122 ; plantations,368; forcing, 
526; sowing and planting, 528; 
and Potatoes, forcing in 
frames, 572 ; neglected, 59.5 
Asphalt, 325; walks, making, 
Asters, 124; at Chiswick, 244 ; 
Townsendl, 292; Comet 588 
Anbnetias, 3 
Auriculas, 156 
Auricula and Carnation So¬ 
cieties (National), 390, 469, 546, 
657 
Australia, the big trees of, 665 
Autumn, 395 
Azaleas, 181; manure for, S3: 
Ghent, 337 * * 
BARLERIAS, 117 
Battersea Park, 1(14 
Basingstoke Show, ?T0 
Bawtry Show, a disputed cup, 
172 
Beans, Kidney, 323 
Bedding plants—propagating, 
228; keeping, 570 
Bees—hopes for the harvest 13 ; 
the weather, 37, 61; raising 
Queens, 37, 133; the Heather 
harvest, 38,157. 206, 457 ; glass 
sections, 38, 205, 438, 458. 527; 
general management., fil, 133 ; 
the best hive, best site, doub’e 
cased hives, 61; work for the 
month, 85; queen substitu¬ 
tion, 109; Caledonian Society’s 
Show,109; price of honev, 157; 
lessons of the ypar, 182; at the 
Heather, 2«>4, 870; changing 
queens, 205 ; preparing for 
winter prospec s. 229,369,870; 
paint and tar for hives, 230; 
erroneous advice on, 253 ; re¬ 
moving from a building, 254 ; 
the closing season, 276; notes 
on,299,571 ; combination hive, 
300, 370; introducing queen®, 
301; how to begin, 323; notes 
on bad seasons, 347; Carnio- 
lian queens. 348; supers. 370, 
5 f| 4; and their enemies, birds 
eating, 391; sections, 418; as 
educators, 414; feeding. 435; 
the " long idea” hive, 456,4 0; 
which way do they naturallv 
build their combs? 456; in 
what part of the hive do 
they store their honev ? which 
race is best, are Cvprians 
spiteful? Pond’s alias Sim- 
min’s system of queen intro¬ 
duction, 457; the peculiarities 
of the season, ” A Lanark¬ 
shire Beekeeper’s hive, st ng- 
ing, imported queens, 480 ; 
signs of the times. 603; how 
long do queens lay ? 504: 
wintering.527: supering, 549; 
at Christmas, 593 
Beetroot, storing, 368 
Beet, Carter's turnip-rooted, 
290 
Begonias—C. Showed. 148: for 
winter-flowering, 156; General 
Chichester and Mrs. Stark, 
335; Seharffi,539; (Tuberou*) 
289; new. 196; at Maidstone, 
222; wintering. 230 4 '5 : at 
Forest Hill t and Swanl y, 
31m 
Berkelev Castle. S07 
Berlin exhibition, 516 
Bertolonias. 156 
Birch, pnrple-leaved. 417 
Birds and caterpillars, 39") 
Birds, notes on, 4 n 9 
Birmingham Chrysanthemum 
Society’s dinner, 583 
Birmingham gardeners at Read¬ 
ing, 218 
Bocconia cordafa, 299 
Bollea Wendlandiana, 76 
Bolton Hall, 518 
Book, review of — Dnrnrv’s 
“ Choice British Ferns.” 67; 
"Cultivation of Bulb®,” 97: 
"Cultivation of the Pansy/' 
222 ; M The Rose Garden,” 
547 
Books on botany. 594 
Botanic (Royal; Society’s Fete, 
26 
Botanic Society (Roval) ar¬ 
rangements for 18 Q 9. 561 
Botanical objects (Correan) at 
Kew, 517 
Botany—the stndv of. 247; pro¬ 
gress of, 296, 344. 352 : geogra¬ 
phical classification,30*; Dar¬ 
winian theory, 344 
Bougainvilleas. 85 
Bouquets at exhibitions, 18 
Bonvardias, 228; for cutting, 13', 
at Bristol, 517 
Box, use of the wood of, 99 
Brentwood Hhow, 297 
Brighton Show, 272 
British Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, 363 
Broccolis dying, 135 
Brookfield Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, 122 
B'Ugmansias, 158 
Brussels Sprouts, culture for 
profit, 22 
Bulbs—planting, 299; rationa’e 
of potting and planting, 
Bunyard’s nursery, notes on, 
444 
Bnttercuns, poisoned by, 189 
Buttonhole holder, 504 
CABBAGES AT CHISWICK, 26; 
and Onions for early use, 33; 
competition. 49: for spring, 
90. Ii7, 138. 186. 478 ; clubbing, 
111; Express. 123; white 
hearted, 134; a critique, 163, 
218; old,180; at Chiswick, 18<s; 
Kllam’s Early and Early 
York, 242 ; planting, 275 ; 424 
Cactuses, notes on, 115.172 
Cfesalpinia japonica, 9 
Caladinm. *5 
Cal an the Veitchi, 406 
Calantnes in winter, £81 
Calceolarias. 133,276; m°xicana, 
138: and Cinerarias, notes on, 
456; fading. 573 
Calendula pluviaiis, 138,196 
California, fruit culture in, 
590 
Calopogon pulchellus, 1*7 
Camellias. 46, 181, 276; potting 
and managing, 158; buds fall¬ 
ing, 532 
Campanula isopbylla alba, 191 
Cannas, 456 ; new, 196, *93; 
Ulrich Brunner, 335 
Canker in fruit trees, 398, 478 
544,555; Mr. Tonks’paper, 376; 
its can«e and cure, M-. 
Douglas’s paper, 407 
Carludovica palmata 321 
Carnation and Picotee Society’s 
Show (National^, 77 
Carnation (National) Society’s 
meeting, 390 
Carnations, notes on, 47 ; Comte 
de Chambord, 93; layering, 
1< 8; and Picotees, 121; tree, 
124; Mrs. Reynolds Hole, 147 ; 
R. U. Elliott, 148; border, 211; 
Edwin Molyneux, 219; 
Madame riarle,244; good bor¬ 
der. 277 ; Mrs. Reynolds Hole 
and Jimes Fitzpatrick. 243 
Carpenteria californica. 27 
Carrot, the Guerande, 48; stor¬ 
ing,413 
Carya albc.137 
Castle, death of Mr. R..539 
Oasnar na muricata,321 
Caterham Gardeners’ Society, 
423 
CaterpiTars—a plague of, 8, 72 
66 ; some conspicuous 68; 
wood burrowing, 278; in 1883, 
343 
Cattleya Harrisi, 388: C. Lam- 
berhurst Hvbrid, 389 
Cauliflowers,413; plants,young, 
275 
Celery, 181; earthing up. 275 ; 
clean, 305; decaying, 392; fly, 
459 
Celosias. 133 
Cent ran thus ruber, 98 
Cercis siliquastrnm, 22 
Cereus grandifloras Maynardi, 
172; seedling, 173 
Cheltenham Show. 273 
Cherry trees under glass, 37 
Cherry house, the, 322, *12 
Cherries, selection of, 456 ; forc¬ 
ing, 548 
Ch’chester Gardeners’ Mutual. 
Improvement. Societv,si7 
rhicory, the Asparagus, 536 
Chillingham Castle 3 4 
Chhweil, notes at,419 
Chiswick Gardeners’ Miffnal 
Improvement Association, 
406 
Chiswick Apple and Pear Con¬ 
ference, 143 
Chiswick Show, 53: trials of 
vegetables and flowers, 18» 
Chiswick Conference rcso!*- 
tions at the 373 
Chiswick Gardens and experi¬ 
ments, 351 
Hioisya ternata, 103 
Christia 'r >m man! 11a hemp.562 
Christmas possibilities, 553; 
vegetables. 577 
Ch-ysanthemnms — and the 
weather, 75; In Angnst, 124; 
multican’e. 122 ; seasonable 
work, 146 ; Mrs. H. Hawkins, 
244; summer varieties, 244 ; 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS — con¬ 
tinued 
seasonable notes, 264; secur¬ 
ing branches of, wood ripen¬ 
ing, watering and stimulants, 
insect enemies, mildew, de¬ 
corative plants, 264; annual 
for wet weather, 266; at F ire- 
ham, 295; at Dover House, 
Roehamptou, 318; at Win¬ 
chester, at Putney, 362; at 
Cimberwel 1,387; atChiiwell, 
Morden Park, and Warren* 
House, 3s8; in Ireland, at 
Southwark Park, Forest Hdl, 
Richmond, and Twickenham, 
4 ^ 3 ; at Teddington, 404; at 
Froyle Park, Alton, 459; at 
Perry Hill,469; new varietie-', 
295 ; Show in Cincinnati, 
Doree, early flowering varie¬ 
ties,318 ; exhibition Japanese, 
injured by frost, Harland’s 
Tube Fixer, 3 $3 ; Elsie,335 ; in 
the metropolis, ladie's chal¬ 
lenge cup, Mrs. Burrell, 362; 
preparing for exhibiting, in 
Ireland, Lindsay’s tubes, 3^7; 
Sunflower, Lincolns Inn, 
Magicienne certificated), 3*9; 
Lady Selbome, Soeur Me anie, 
temperature for developing 
blooms, 403; Che campaign, 
417; new, 426: Stanstead Sir- 
prise, 427; Wm. Holmes, at 
Maidenhead, useful varieties, 
428; centenary of, 448; Aval¬ 
anche. 449; Princess of vvales, 
449, 489 ; what c mses blooms 
to damp off ? 450 ; Amy 
Furze 4>8; Mr. TuuninKto.j’s 
paper, 463; Mr. Molynenx’s 
piper, 465; the season, 489 ; 
early varieties, 490, 543, 670; 
improved prize cards, 513; 
Fabian de Mediana, 513, 543; 
blooms damping, 513, 542; 
varieties from America, varie¬ 
ties for vases, 514; a ta k 
abont, 5'4 ; stakes for, New 
American, a wad of, M. A. 
De Lean, 543; exhibitors at 
Sheffield, 544 ; culture. Mr. 
Pear.-on’s piper, 659; review 
of the past season, 586 ; iu 
America, discussion at Shef¬ 
field, 586 
Chrysanthemum Society, (Na¬ 
tional) : meetings, 146.2 9.333, 
362 402.490. 513 ; excursion to 
Baron Scbrdvier’s garden, 194; 
catalogue of, 295; Conference 
and Show at Sheffield, 463; 
annual dinner, 558 
Chrysanthemum Shows — 
Havant, 430; Southampton, 
4H; Surrey and Kingston, 
432; National Society, 433,451 ; 
Bath, Portsmouth, 452; Cry¬ 
stal Palace, 453; Street(3omer- 
set). 454; Hitehin.4*>4; Putney, 
454 ; Twickenham, 454 ; Kent 
County, 455, 473 ; Truro, 470; 
Devizes, 47i; Brighton, 473; 
Winchester, 474; Weston- 
super-Mare, 474 ; Birkenhead 
and Wirral,475; Bedford, 475; 
Bournemouth, 475 ; Wurce - 
ter, 476; Wimbledon, 4*6; 
Taunton, 476; Brixt.on, 476; 
Salisbury, 477 ; Chiswick,477 ; 
Huddersfield, 477; De by, 478; 
Bolton, Bacup, Hessle, 4:)1; 
Hlonme’, 492 ; Hampstead, 
Faversham, Market Har- 
norough, 493; York, Read¬ 
ing, 491; Gosport, 495; 
Monmouth, Berahain-ted, 
Cuckfleld, Liverpool, 496 ; 
Leeds, 497; Lincoln, Yeovil, 
Croydon, 498 ; Kugby, Bir¬ 
mingham, 499: Bristol, 5oo ; 
Nottingham, Hu l, 501; Pon¬ 
tefract, Hyde, 502 : Margate, 
Wokiugham, 521; Ryde.Mtn- 
chester, Alnwick, 522; Ecc es, 
523 
Cider and cider orchards in the 
olden time, 588 
Cider, gold medal for, 516 
Cinerarias, 132 369; dying, 302; 
mildew on, 371 
Tissus discolor, 479 
Clematis Sir Garnet Wolseley, 
21; indivisa, 435 
Clerodendron Balfoun’anum: 
85 » 
Clethra arborea, 428 
Clove Carnations in pots, 268 
Clovelly Court, Bideford, 483 
Coelogyne cristara, 58 i 
Cochineal, 255 
Cold frames, 4 *4 
Colchicum autumuale album, 
546 
Co.'dwells, portrait of Mr. AL- 
derman, 141 
Coleuses, 4i3 
Cologne, International Horti¬ 
cultural Exhibition at, 25, 57, 
140 
Colutea arborescens and halep* 
pica,137 
Comparettias, 309 
Concrete, making for borders, 
343 
Conference of fruit growers, 25 
Conifers, propagation of, 67 
Conservatory, arranging, 277 ; 
ventilatihg,3C2 
Corallorhiza, 187 
Corea, botanical objects from 
the, 582 
Coreopsis Drummondi, 290 
Coriander, 550 
Cornflowers, perennial, 56 
Cottage gardens, judging*. 
120 
Court, death of Mr. W., 289 
Covent Garden Market at 
Christmas, 576 
Cucnmbers, forcing, 593 
Cricket ground, improving, 
393 
Crops that nay — Brussels* 
Spr nts, 22; Tomatoes, 116 
Crotons, 6-); Aigburth Gem, 
148; at Liverpool, 290 
Croydon show, 25 
Crystal Palace Show, 247 
Crvstal Palace Hardy Fruit 
Show, 364 
Cuckfleld Cottagers’ Society, 
180 
Cuckoo spit insects. 123 
Cucumbers in summer, 36, 203; 
red spider on, b8 ; dying, 62 ; 
for winter, 283; in winter,434, 
561; winter, 513; forcing, 
525; culture of the, 353 
Cup, a disputed, 158 
Currant bushes, trained, 35;- 
trees unfruitful, 4 5 
Cyclamens, 201. 571; at B>s- 
bo ough Court, Cork, 4; 
hardy, 655 
Cvcnoclies chlorochilon, 462 
Cyperus distans, 253 
Cypripedium Measuresianum, 
47; pubescens, l«7; tessel- 
latum porphyreum, 382 
Elliottianum, 400 ; highly- 
priced, 420 ; Fitchiauum, 
4t2 
DAFFODILS, PLANTING, 282 
Dahlias—new, 196, 261 , 292; for 
decoration, 210; Mikado. 244;, 
Show (National), 249, 557 
Degeneration of fruit and 
vegetables, 91, 82,165 
Deuarobiums—and Cattleyas, 
278; Wardianutn, 463; nobile 
in winter, 581 
Deutzias—gracilis in the shrub¬ 
bery, 22; pruning, 550 
Devonshire Pomological So¬ 
ciety, 410 
Dianthu—alpinus, 210; s x -lea¬ 
dens, 244; glacialis, 557 
Dicentra canadensis. 519 
Dicksons, Limited, Chester, 25 
Dickson*Sons’nurseries, New- 
townards, 251 
Dickson, death of Mr. F. 
3L7 
Dimorphotlieci pluviaiis, 138 
Dipladenias, 213; seedlings, 38 
Disappointments, 461 
Disas, 220,221 j blue, 164; Iacera, 
196 ; graudifiora, 244 ; race- 
mosa, 855 
Dollond’8 thermometer, 54 > 
Dover House, Roehamptou, 313 
Dracama—rutilans, 13; Goldie* 
ana, 60; Cooperi, *5 
Duranta Plumierl, 194 
