J »iuary 10 , mo. J 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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PLANTS CERTIFICATED— con¬ 
tinued 
Albany, Victoria, 196; Mi¬ 
kado, 244; Agnes, Mand, John 
Cooper, Juliette, Vivid, Ad¬ 
miration, Lothafr, Isabel, 
Little Darkie, Matt hew Camp¬ 
bell, Panthea, Honoria, 292. 
Delphinium, Prince of Naples 
and Ustane, 27; Horus, 196. 
Dianthns splendens, 244. 
Disa lacera, 196; gramini- 
folia, 244.-Eremurns Olgai, 
244. Escallonia philippiana, 
27.—Gladiolus, Bullion, Cebes, 
Mago, Magus, Nicon, 193; 
Castro,244. Gaillardia splendi- 
dissima plenissitna, 196. Gym- 
nogramma Pearcei robusta, 
27.-Harpalinm rigidum 
semiplenum, 292. - Iris 
Krempferi, Enterprise, and 
Kaiser Wi helm, 77. - 
La?lia Amesiana, 77 ; Ltelia 
monophylla, 244 ; Lari fa por- 
phyrites. 335; Lselia Vic¬ 
toria, 447. Lastrea montana 
ramo-coronans, 77. Lilium 
nepalense, 244; L lium Wal- 
lichianum, 2J2.-Nepenthes 
Dicksoniana, 335. Nerine 
excellens, 292. Nothochlfena 
Muelleri, 77.— Odontoglos- 
sum Karwinski, 196. On- 
cidium ornithorhynchum 
album, 244; Oncidium 
Mantini, 389. Orecome Can- 
dollei, 77. Ostrowskya mag¬ 
nificat 27. —Papaver orien- 
tale Blush Queen, 148. 
Primula Swanlev Pink, 530. 
Prunus domestica variegata, 
27. Pteris tremula elegans, 
27.— Rhododendron Sou¬ 
venir de J. H. Mangles, 27; 
Purity, 77. Yellow Per¬ 
fection, 389. Rose Duchess of 
Albany, 77; Rose Paul’s 
Cheshunt Scarlet. 77. Rom¬ 
ney a Coulteri, 244.-Sacco- 
labium cceleste, 77. Scolo- 
endrium cristulatum, 77. 
kimmia Foreinanni, 536. 
Stuartia pseudo-Camellia, 77. 
—-Trichocentrum Ella, 196. 
Tritonia aurea crimson 
spotted. 244. 
Planting and transplanting, 486 
Plant notes, seasonable, 124,347; 
for edging, 301; variation in, 
352 ; flowering in November, 
516 ; for shaded border, 573 
Pleasure ground, work in the, 
570 
Plums—American, 195; early, 
203 ; the Mirabelle and Green 
Gage, 216 ; the Pershore and 
Gisborne’s, 246; the Czar, 266 ; 
Gloucestershire Vio'et, 285 ; 
origin of the Victoria, 289 ; 
the Pershore. 291; selection 
of, 456; and their preservation, 
519; fungi. « red rust,” 531 
Plum trees losing their leaves 
in July, 48J; premature de¬ 
foliation Of, 505 
Plumbago rosea, 435 
Plumierias, 440 ; bicolor, 404 ; 
culture of, 484 
Poinsettia pulcherrima, culture 
of, 515 ; after flowering, 594 
Poppy, the prickly-headed, 123 
Popular prices of admission at 
shows, 48 
Portmadoc Show, 180 
Portsmouth Show, large at¬ 
tendance at, 48, 49 
Potatoes — early for seed, 36; 
E rly Puritan, 48; disease, 
notes on, 89, 306, 332, 424; 
remedy for, 194; disease in 
the Isle of Wight, 122 ; lift¬ 
ing and storing early, 180; 
at Chiswick, 186; crop in 
Kent, 193 ; Early Puritan, 198 ; 
specks on, 260; Cole’s Favour¬ 
ite, 246 ; discoloured, 255; in 
1888, 27u; lifting and storing, 
275 ; 291; lifting, 289; and 
Peas in 1888,406; the Jensen 
system of moulding, 442; and 
Asparagus in frames, forcing, 
57 2 
Potentlllas, raising, 91 
Potting sheds, 329 
Pratt, presentation to Mr. W., 
147 
Prizes, value of, 183 
Prize groups, 42 
Primulas,369: rotundifolia, 28; 
crossing, 134; alpine, 210; 
grubs destroying. 415 ; double 
and single. 456 ; Rusbyi, 539; 
Bwauley Pink, 536 
Pruning, late, 274 ; Mr. Shirley 
Hibberd's paper, 860 ; in win¬ 
ter and spring.595 
Pyrethrum nliginosum, 365 
Pyrus Aria, 83 
QUASSIA WATER FOR ORCHIDS 
207 
Quinces for ornament, 7 
R AINFALL—UNUSUALLY 
heavy, 121; registering, 207 ; 
in November, 539 
Ranunculus, 121 ; qualities of 
the species, 189; seed sowing, 
325 ; culture, 562 
Raspberries,culture of, 12 ; Su¬ 
perlative. 103; and Blackberry 
hybrid, 4?7 
Reading Show, 177 
Red spider on Vines, 217 
Review of Book,“ The Practice 
of Forestry,” 568 
Ro Jkwork, raising seed for, from 
plants, 572 
Rholodendron — Purity, 77 ; 
Colkttiaonm,77; cul ure, 102 , 
123; Yellow Perfection, 389 ; 
Fortunei, 490,514 
Rhubarb, early, 10 ; house for 
forcing, 15; for early forcing 
S18 ; forcing, 478 
Richardson, death of Mr. J., 
223 
Richmond, White Lodge Gar¬ 
dens, Show at, 11 
Rockery, a nook in the Kew, 
137; plants for, making 
water basin for, 55o 
Roger, death of Mr. Alexander, 
147 
Rouineya Coulteri, 244 
Root pruning, 508 
Rote, National Society’s meet¬ 
ing, 449, 534 
Ro^es — amateurs and trading, 
4; for buttonholes, 14; cater¬ 
pillars on, 14; at Gunnersbury 
Park,30; seed ling Briar stocks, 
the Persian Yellow, in winter, 
the Bauksian Rose as a stock 
for Marechal Niel, 30; bud¬ 
ding, 38; Niphecos, plague of 
earwigs, propagating 49; in 
winter, 50; growths, 62; in 
winter, 70; at Birmingham, 
71; in wet weather, in a inter, 
95; a journey to Wirral, sport, 
Her Majesty, 119. 121; leaves, 
insects on, 134; stocks for, 158; 
the results of rain; Her Ma¬ 
jesty; in winter. 142; sports, 
166 ; The Bride, Sunset, Pride 
of Reigate, Lady Alice, and 
Souvenir de A. Prince, 167; 
Autumn, 190; Clare Carnot; 
6ports, 19L; Sports, the season, 
eels in beds, 216; sports, in 
winter, planted out and in 
pots, 242; the Manetti stock, 
262, 287, 311, 366; sports, Ma- 
nettis at Newtownards, Roses 
in winter, 262 ; notes on 
judging, 286; restoring un- 
nealthy, houses, 288 ; new'- 
varieties, 311: at the Na¬ 
tional Society's Metropolian 
Shows (air. Mawley’s analy¬ 
sis), 329; sports, the Bride, 
dressing, Rosebank, stocks, 
342 ; a twin, 343; Royal pat¬ 
ronage, 866; Mardchal Neil, 
371; Briar and Manetti, Mr. 
Bone’s prize paper, 369; graft- 
R O SES— conti n ned— 
ing, 892; culture, 401; notes 
on planting, 40 ; stocks, 401; 
Rose season of 188-t, 422 ; Hy¬ 
brid Perpetual, in pots for 
forcing, 4*2; deep planting, 
443; caterpillars and maggots 
in bed of, 458; planting, 466; 
houses, 487; reminiscences of 
the shows, 511 ; on their 
own roots, 525; selections for 
planting. 526; Madame Falcot, 
568: “Cultural Directions,” 
by John Cranston, 561; in the 
flower garden, 570 
Rose Shows—Kettering, Brock- 
ham, 4; Ryde, 5 ; Reigate and 
Croydon,6; Rose Society (Na¬ 
tional) at the Crystal Palace, 
19; Diss, 30 ; Woodbridge, 
Dursley, Bath, Brentwood, 3L; 
Canterbury, Farninghaui, 32; 
Hitchin, Maidstone, 33; Sut¬ 
ton and Hereford,34; Wimble¬ 
don, 35; Winchester, 50; Carl¬ 
ton-in-Lindrick, Gloucester¬ 
shire, and Bedford, 61; El tham, 
71; Walter Ctristleton,72; Ips¬ 
wich, 73; Darlington, 74; Tib- 
shelf, 95; Louth and Wake¬ 
field, 96 
Royal Horticultural Society, 
special meeting of, 47 
Rudbeckia Newmanni in 
masses, 445; purpurea 339,382 
Rubbish heaps, 162 
Ryde, Isle of Wight, 200 
SACCOLABIUM CCELESTE, 77 
Sad case, a, 195 
Salad, preparing a, 580 
Saladiug in winter, 580 
Salisbury Show, 201 
Salvia leucantha, 582 
Sandbeck Hall Gardens, 116 
Sarcochilus Hartmanni, 127 
Satyrium carneum, 399 
Savoy, Gilbert’s Universal, 458; 
Tom Thumb, 47 
Scale, destroying on Peach 
trees, 528 
Schieichera trijuga, 552 
Schomburghkias, 290 
Seakale, forcing, 458,526 
Season, the, 41 
Seed-sowing, the romance of, 
126,153, 216, 264 
Seeds and plants, dispersion of, 
99 
Senecio maeroglossa, 43G 
Shauklin Show, 196,267 
Shows — Brail ing, 224; Sher- 
bourne, 225 ; Harpendeu, 
Sandy. 226; Crystal Palace, 
247 ; Rugby and Bat h, 251 
Shrewsbury Show, 197 
Shrubs for seaside planting, 18; 
for shaded border, 573 
Simplicities. 439 
Sk'inmia Foremanni,58> ,536 
8neyd, death of the Rev. Walter, 
25 
Sobralia leucoxantha, 93 
Societies, National Auricula 
and National Carnation and 
Picetee (southern sections), 
446 
Soil and weather, 418 
Soils, mixing, 302 
Sonerilas, 157 
Sophronitis grandiflora, 400 
Southampton Show, 130 
Spathaglottis Vieillardi. 221 
Spearmint and Peppermint, 352 
Spinach, winter, 147 
Spiranthes cernua and gracilis, 
187 
St. Albans Show, 178 
Stachys tuberifera, analysis of 
tubers, 562, 567 
Stanhopea tigrina,332 
Statice profusa culture, 90 
Steuactis speciosa, 290 
Stephanotis floribunda, 299; 
culture of, 576 
Sternbergia hi tea, 582 
Stone Pine, 222 
Strawberries, early, 12; In pots, 
13; insects on, 14 ;atCbiswick, 
27; plants, increasing, 18; for 
forcing, single crowns, 42; 
notes on, layering, and pre¬ 
paring ground, 69; fovforcing, 
74; the heaviest, 75; weights 
of, 9.); the Plymouth, 103; 
the heaviest, 114; ruuners, 
203 ; planting and transplant¬ 
ing, 262 ; mildew on, 210 ; iu 
Dots, 322 ; culture in America, 
583 
Stuartias,293; pseudo-Camellia, 
77 
Subsoils, improving land, 161 
Sugar Cane, seedlings, in Bar¬ 
bados, 584 
Sulphate of copper and chalk 
for the Potato disease, 194 
Sun, amount and deficiency of, 
247 
Sunflowers, note3 on, 352 
Sutton Show, 179 
Swaumore Park, 92 
Sweet Peas, Eek ford’s, 246 
Sycamore, variegated, 277 
TABLE DECORATIONS, VARI¬ 
OUS styles of, 18 
Tacsonias, 434 
Tanks for rain water, 414 
Taunton Show, 174 
Tavistock Show, 179 
Temperatures, fixed, 355 
Thyrsacanthus rutilaus, 157 
Tithe iu kind, when establishe l, 
255 
Tobacco, British-grown, 83 
Tomatoes—temperature for, 14; 
artificial manure for, 14 ; dis¬ 
eased, 38,56,140 ; at Chiswick, 
48,436; forexhibition, 55 ; for 
profit, 116 ; culture out of 
doors, 147; failure, 140; plants 
flagging, 183; in winter, 212, 
258,593; in the open, 322; late, 
868; notes on varieties, 383; 
Ham Green Favourite dis¬ 
eased, 392; in pits, 406; at 
Marston, 425; house, venti¬ 
lating, 458; useful, 583; rais¬ 
ing early, 550; and Roses, 529 
Torreya myristica, 492 
Tradescantias, 413 
Trees, measuring,3; and shrubs, 
ornamental, 86 ; for a small 
orchard. 87; for screen on sea- 
coast, 3 >2; and shrubs for 
chalk banks, 371 
Trenching and digging, 473 
Trichocentrum Ella, 195 
Tridax bicolor rosea, 443 
Tritomas, 317, 328 
Tritonia aurea, 244 
Tropajolnm speciosum, 833 
Trowbridge Show, 197 
Tulip, revival of the florists’, 
Mr. Barber’s collection, 26> 
Twickenham Show, 28 
URSINTA ANTHEM0IDS9 AND 
pulchra, 133,250 
VANDA BATEMANNI, 8 
Vauxhall Pa k,553 
Vallota purpurea, 317 
Vegetable, a new, 567 
Vegetables, comparing. 38; for 
exhibition, 55,66,91,128; sur- 
plus,59; selection for summer 
shows, 63; staging, 91 ; notes 
on, 118; at Christmas, 577 ; 
winter supply of, 478; young, 
in frames, 478 
Vegetarian Conference, 195 
Veronica Travers!, 75 
Viburnum Opulus, 359 
Vienna, Fruit Esliibitioa at, 7 
Vine border, dressing a, 158; 
renewal of, 353; narrow, 382, 
421,445, 469; firm and narrow* 
545; making, 548 
Vine outside greenhouse, 505; 
spurs, 86 
Vines, roots on stems, 14; iu 
July,36 ; under glass in July, 
84; aerial roots, 114; phyl¬ 
loxera on, 135 ; late, 181; iu 
pots* 185; in narrow borders,. 
213; destroying red spider on* 
217; pruning early,227; small 
borders for, 259; forcing, 275, 
322, S24, 325, 503; unsatisfac¬ 
tory, 278; lifting and replant¬ 
ing old, 305 ; queries, 324, 325 ; 
fixed temperatures for, 343 ; 
pruning, 458, 579; cleaning* 
579; planting, 480 
Vinery, notes in a, l; south¬ 
east wall for a. 134; in winter* 
483, 507 
Vineries in August, 132 
Violet Wellsiana, 365 
Violets in hot weather, 156 ; 
Marie Louise, 816; in winter, 
572 
Vio'as, 113,171; for wet seasons > 
138 
Wakefield Paxton so¬ 
ciety’s meeting, 147. 194, 492 
Walkley Amateur Floral So¬ 
ciety, 194 
Wanderings, a week’s, 119; iu 
the Is e of Wight. 141 
Warwickshire Horticultural 
Show, 147 
Water, softening hard, 535 
Watering plants, hints on, 565 
Weather, the, 48; in July and 
Augu8t,l21; and garden crops, 
Reports on—In Cheshire, 149 ; 
Hampshire, Lancashire, Lei¬ 
cestershire, 150; Norfolk, 
Nottinghamshire, Rutland¬ 
shire, and Sussex, 151; West- 
morelandshire, Wiltshire, 
Worcestershire, and York¬ 
shire, 152; Ayrshire, Bedford¬ 
shire. Buckinghamshire, Den¬ 
bighshire, 167 ; Derbyshire i 
Hunts, Kent, Lincoln, North¬ 
umberland, Staffs. Surrey, 
Yorkshire, 169; Berkshire, 
Cheshire, Derbyshire, Devon¬ 
shire, Dumfriesshire, East 
Lothian, 191; Glamorganshire, 
Gloucestershire, Herts, Mont¬ 
gomeryshire, Nottingham¬ 
shire, 192 ; Surrey, Warwick¬ 
shire, 193, 223; records, sum¬ 
mary of, 209 
Weather and soils, 418 
Weather, notes on cold, 337 ; 
mildness in November, 517, 
539; unseasonableness of. 544 
Weed killer, a dangerous, 556 
Weedy walks, 156 
Wells Show, 177 
Weston-super-Mare Show, 176 
Wet weather flowers, Viola9> 
138 
Whitbourn, death of M-. F., 75 
White Beam tree, 86 
Wimbledon Show, 25, 35 
Winter-flowering plants, 157 
Winter—preparing for, 327 ; 
8alading, 580 
Wireworms, extirpating, 341 
Wooster, death of Mr. D., 336 
Work for the week, 478 
XIPHIUM VULGARE, 22 
YEAR, REVIEW OF THE, 575 
York Gala, retirement of Mr. 
Wilson, 170 
York Florists’ Society, annual 
dinner, 566 
Yorkshire Associat : ou of Horti¬ 
cultural Societies, 48 
