July 3, 1883. j 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
V 
INDEX. 
-E- 
ABUMLONS, TlTOMrSONI- 
anum variejjaLuni. 10:5 
A'^ac’as—Australian,fi: lophan- 
tha,103; cu'triform s,30l; S61 
Achlniene*, 498 
Aoineta. Arta, Aerirtes. Anerte- 
oum, Ansrnloa, Anoectoclillus, 
Ansellifl. 217 
Aconite. AVinter, I7fi 
Adianrums, 115; scutum, 21); 
small. 8.U 
cldium pseudo-col amnare, 
1.50 
Aerides Fieldinei alba, 424 
A eathieas and insects, 162 
A cxandra Palace Rose Show, 
4S8 
A1 cante inarched on Foster’s 
Seedlincr. 57 
Alkaloids from Cinchona bark, 
382 
Alocasias, culture of. 54 
Aloineplants. select.529 
Alnmlnimn in plants, 43 
Amaryllises—formoslssimacnl- 
tu*-e, 3.5; number of flo -ver 
sDik#»snn,l92 : winterlng,22 j; 
at Chehea, 290.31.5 
Ameri.'Au bl ght, tar remedy 
■ for. 526 
Ammnniacal liquor, 117 
Ammonia in r.>in .544 
Ammophfla arundinacea, 240 
Amorphophallu«» Rivieri,2l3 
Anemones, blanda and fu’gen'a, 
21'); corouaria, 279; appenina 
alba, 387 
A n erajcu m S and eri an um, 30, i7o 
Ancrlo-Danish Exhibition at 
South Kensington 32o 
Annuals, culture of, 79 ; for 
cutting, 207 
An<eU1a africana nilotica,423 
Anthurium Andre*num. 54 ; 
S ’hertzerianum, 93 ; Cham- 
berlaini.280,340 ; Rolhschildi- 
snnm, 490; De Smetiaaum, 
493 
Ant-*, methods of destroying, 
522 
Aponogeton distachyon, 4'‘3 
Apples —Newton Wonder. 30 ; 
culture of th®, 77; in Febru¬ 
ary, 126 ; Prince IVismarck, 
origin of the, 188 : grafting, 
225; Old Nonpareil.331; Aus¬ 
tralian, Jonathan, 410; wear- 
i n e out, 54 4 
Apjde trees, infested, 479 
Apricots—cordon, 53 ; out of 
doors, 100; and Plums, 144; 
in orchard houses, 275; 434 
Apricot trees —pruning. 138; 
cropping, 352; branches dy¬ 
ing. 463 
Ardisia mammillata, 127 J 
Arnebia echioides, 530 
Artichokes, Globe, for exhibi¬ 
tion. 273 ; culture of. S'^S 
Artificial manures, 274; for 
plant«,S18 : 358.414 
A'pa^agus—plumosus, 5. 2^6 ; 
forciDg.56: culture, 169. 308; 
planting, 221; early cutting, 
3«2 : cutting, 453 ; Giant 
French, 467; salting and stak¬ 
ing, 496 
Aubrietias and Dwarf Irise«, 
468 
Auricula CNational) Society, 
127,317; Sh^w,238; Sou’hern 
show, 344; Show, comments 
on, 3')2 ; Northern Section, 
3'7 ; Scottish Primula and 
Auricula Society’s Show, 432 
Auriculas, Page’s Champion, 
35,158; a hint on potting fur 
beginners, 2 5; varieties cer¬ 
tificated since 1877,335; soil 
for, 352 ; 377 ; Alpine. 387 ; 
V. edged fiow-^rs, 402; in 
1887,482; “D. DoftVsr 50.5,526 
AuMralian Irrigation Colonies, 
363 
Azaleas, 139, 266; mollis not ex¬ 
panding, 2.9; at Downton 
Iiall,278; hardy,490 
HM.FOUR, PROFESSOR I. 
Uaillie, appointment in Edin¬ 
burgh University, 170 
Dnnboos. hardy, 268 
Banana culture,478 
B*rkeria, 217; Bletia, Rrassa- 
vola, Brassia, Broughtouiu, 
Bulbophyllum, Burlingtouia, 
218 
Bath Bn'b Show, 264 ; Spring 
Sh05V, 429 
Bath and West of England 
Show at Newport (3Jon- 
mouih) 49i 
Beans, Broad, 73; Kidney in 
Dot8,93; out of doors. 388 540; 
for exhibition, 378 ; Runner, 
for exhibition, 3-i7; Fertilisa¬ 
tion of the '^carlet Runner,446; 
six good, 212 
Beaumontia grandiflora,2l6,240 
Bedding-out. 68, 168,4)4 
Bedding plants, propagating, 
246 
B.^es—notes on. 18, 267. 413,4.55, 
498: the weather, 18; the pur¬ 
gatorial process, 19: Stewar- 
ton hlvc«,19,.'>5; supering.l9; 
collapsed combs, 20: practical 
he<»-keep!ng, 33,73. 94,18’, 226; 
foreign races of, 65 ; queen 
introduction, 94. 161, 182, 204, 
227.247,288 310,330..351; ripen¬ 
ing honev,94: at the Ileatlipr, 
94.140: changing their work¬ 
ing ground, 95; early activity, 
wlnteringbees.lie; odourle-s 
foul brood. 140; extracting 
honev. 160 ; deposing qiu^ens. 
1.82: improving bees and pro¬ 
fitable bee-k®eping, 2*5; Sy¬ 
rians and C>iruiolians. inspec¬ 
tion of hives, fertility of 
queens, hive« for early dis¬ 
tricts. 267 ; Hallamshire law, 
288. 392; spnng work,287; the 
consumption of stores, 3 9 ; 
bees in April, 3.50; preparing 
bees for the heather, 369; 
disease’'of bees. 370; comb or 
extracted honey. 392 ; the 
winter and. hellglasses and 
fixing foundation, 413: man¬ 
agement of swarms. 43.5, 454. 
521; swarming, fertile, work¬ 
ers, and queen-rearing, 477 ; 
empty comb’*, the Caledonian 
Apiarian Society, the Book 
of Beekeeping. 499: winter¬ 
ing, spring dwindling, man¬ 
agement of swarms. .542 
Beetles in a Tomato house, 
228 
Beetroot, S'wtng.,368 
Bemnias—tuberons, 73. .391, in 
pot-*, 253, at Fore.st Hill, 382, 
new, 493; nitida Ingram! and 
weltonieosis, 94; dorara, 
134; raising from seed, 160; 
judging, 183 ; semperflorens 
gigantea rosea, 254; LubbersI, 
5il 
Peigian Horticulturists, meet¬ 
ing of, 149 
Belgian work and ways, 333,38', 
473 ; Digging, 440 ; aa ama¬ 
teur’s garden. 495 
Bel voir Castle Gardens, 425 
Berberis hedge, a. 352 
Bignonias, 54; Tweediana, 803, 
3i2 
Birds and fruit buds, 138 
Birmingham Gardenera’ A'-so- 
clation. 72 
Birmingham Rose Show, 259; 
Spring Show, 326 
Bla<‘kmore*s Mr. R. D., garden, 
.3.52 
Blenheim Park, 409 
Blue flowered plants, 140 
Boilers, economi'^al, 352 
Boiler flue,curtailing, 394 
Bone manure, dissolved. 117,2*^8 
Books—prices of rare botanical, 
242 : reviews of: report on in- 
juriouR insects. 34.3, Baker’s 
Amarvllldea*. AlstroemerieiC, 
Agaveaj,” 5i8 
Boswell, death of Dr. J, T. 
Irvine, 84 
Botanic (Royal) Society- 
schedules and shows, 105 ; 
spring ‘•h )w.244,329: origin of 
theSociely,38l; snmmershow, 
409 ; second summer show, 
619; Jubilee prize award, 532 
Botanical drying pape*', 510 
Bottom h’at for Melons and 
Cacumbers, 2.53 
Bouquets judging and exhibit¬ 
ing, 9. 2?r7i 
Bouvardias, 413; flowering 
without artificial heat, 9); 
history of the, 187; successful 
culture, 293 
B istol Bulb Show, 307 
Broccoli —a chapter on, .3.56; 
Snow’s Wh ter Whit®. 383 ; 
culture for profit. 4i9; Perfec¬ 
tion hare Protecting, 488 
Browallia elata, 184 
Brussels International Exhibi- 
tl-'D, 170 ; 339 
Bulb mite, the, 152. 200 .220 
Bulbs in HolJand, a r>ecemher 
rl»ow at Haarlem, the trade 
in cut flowers 276 
Bulb beds at Dnneevan, 381 
Butterflies, common white, 301 
Byrkley, new glass ranges at, 
389 
C VBB V.GES FOR WINTER AND 
spring, 65; clubbing. 362 ; 
sowing and growing,518 
Cacti Society, 41 
Ciesaipinia janonIC‘>, •53'> 
CaUdinms, 94 ; spring treat¬ 
ment of, 234; at Forest tiill, 
382 
Calanthes.lt; in tanners'bnrk, 
196; cultureofdecidnous. 2''5 ; 
and Cyprlpedlums, culture 
ot. 297 ; 485 
Calanthe, Cattleya, Chvsis, 
Ccc’ogyne, Colax, Compa- 
retMa,218 
C.ilceohirlas at Reading, S2l; at 
Streaiham. Perry Hill, and 
Balham, 488 
Caledonian (Royal) Society, 306 
C illlcarpa punurea. 105 
Cambridge Botanic Gar’en, 
list of seeds. 84; new plant 
houses for, 259 
Camellia buds falling. 95: cut¬ 
ting down and renovating, 
117 ; rep'^tting, U8; from 
cuttings, 140; 1.39; a fine 
specimen, 149: Warntah. 20*; 
history of, 271; at Waltham 
Cross, 280 ; Donckelaari, 291; 
in the open air,3i6 
Cannabis gigantea, 104 
Cannas new, 92; Centsureas, 
and Chamaipences. 193 
Tantua depeaden’*,4')7 
Ciloehortus veuustus var, 
cltiinus, 536 
Carnations, hybridising, 4.5; 
t hyllis 127:and Picotees, 173; 
tree, 204 ; propagating. 242; 
Purple King and Mrs. W. H. 
G'enfell, 303 : a bed for. 372 ; 
Souvenir de la Malmaison at 
Tring Pirk, 468; at Dover 
House. 6 . 33 ; tree, 478.521 
Carnation and Picotee Society 
(National), 127; >^how.238 
Carrot crop, the first, 73; for 
exhibition, 273; main crop, 
368 
(^asuarinas. 194 
<’ata!pas, the, 43 
Caterpillars on Tea Roses, Aza¬ 
leas, and Vines, 371; clearing 
bushes of. 434 
Cartleya Blunti, 302 ; Triana), 
359 : 421; Mr. Srnee’s, 443; 
Sklnnerl at Elmer’s End, 
484 ; Wagneri superba, 492 ; 
B'nntI, 614 
Cauliflower supply.the, 70 ; six 
goA(i.i90: for exhibition, 878; 
going blind, 540 
Celery white. 2'*; culture. 101 , 
398; forexhibitloa,273; earth¬ 
ing early. 540 
Ceiosia pyramidalis c:cciuea, 
2.53 ; 477 
Cnment for vases. 239 
<’ereu.s sneciosissimus, 445 
Charcoal. 17 
Cheiranthus a’pinu«,530 
Chemical manures, 117 
Cherry house, 17,226, 275. 391 
Cherry, culture of the. mO : 
grafting, 225; out of doors. 390 
Chelsea and Coombe Wood 
Nurseries, 489 
Cheltenham Spring Show, 411 
Chimonanthus f'agrans, 191; 
from seeds and cuttings, 4 >3 
Chlonodoxaa. 2 >0 
Chiswick Gardeners' Mutual 
Improvement Association, 
104 . 298 
Chiswick and the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society, 143. itio, igg 
Choisya temata, hardy, 533 
Christmas Roses, 26,65 
“ Cihrysanthe.mum Annual,” 
Castle’s. 192 
Chryaanlhemum Society (Na¬ 
tional) mid-winter show .32 ; 
Annual Meeting, 85; 127; 
307; meeting of the, 2 /1; vivSit 
to Snefti-’<ld.433 
Chry.saLthemums, 21; ch 1- 
lenge trophies. 13, 50 : Amy 
Furze, 1 3,3 1 ; PrincessBlanehe. 
rival shows, Mr. C. Carey 
snort. 14 : dassifleat on. 
Golden Mrs. Jieale, 31 ; 
at Stoneleigh, 4i; contro- 
ver’*y, 44; showing, owners’ 
claims,50.91, 113, 137; annuhl 
dinner of the Portsmouth 
Society, Madame Paces, 
new varieties 5l ; Mr. 
ClIRYSAyTHEMUMS — con¬ 
tinued^ 
Beckett’s paper on, 52.92; 
yellow sport from Mrs, Heale, 
Golden Gem, catalogue of, 
secretaries j udging and show¬ 
ing, exhibiting, Exquisite. 70: 
proposed National Provinc'al 
Show, propagation, fmgrant 
varieties, sport from Mrs. C. 
Carey, 91; Hull Society’s 
meeting, Mdlle. Cabrol, at 
Stoneleigh, Portsmouth So- 
e’ety’s show and schedule, 
92; groups, Ralph Brockle- 
h mk, propagation, Japanese 
for exhibition, Roseum Su- 
perbnra, 11.3; Exhibition, 
Mr. Knox’s list, 114; ripened 
wood, 137; pr ze essay on the, 
138; after flowering, 140; 
show fixtures, 156. 176, 244 ; 
N.C,*^. provincial show, term 
of. 156 ; incurved and Japan¬ 
ese at the National Society’s 
Exhibitions. 178 : novel class, 
176; Princess Teck. 177, 223; 
culture, 17r; M»‘a. J. iVright, 
2 ' 1 ; single, 223; a new 
departure, 244 ; for bor¬ 
ders, 244: Princess Teck in 
spring, 265; summer-flower¬ 
ing vari‘»tie**.2'»5; Belle Paule, 
National Society’s exhibi¬ 
tions, 286. 828: a French 
election, 327 ; Japanese re¬ 
flexed, 328. 348, S67, 388 ; late 
flowers, 348; in April, 367; 
scarlet, 371; late varieties, 
ripened wood, Sheffield and 
West Riding Society, 51. 888 ; 
notes on, 621; summer treat¬ 
ment, 537 
Cineraria8-large.84,298: good, 
239 ; favour! e — Maria and 
Irene, 24.5; a fine variety, 258; 
af Reading, 321; double, 842; 
.3 9 
C'eave,death of Mr. B W., 143 
Clematises—indivisa lohata, 33 ; 
Jackmauni, 95; jiruniag, 117, 
228 
Clerodendron fallax, fragrans, 
and Halfouriamim. 3.59 
ClianthusD;>rapieri culture. 1S4 
Coal and coke, comparison of 
heating value, 311 
Coal tar and cement, 169 
Cobma scandens. 55 
Coch n China Vine, 450 
Coelogyne cristata, malformed ; 
C. er stata alba, large speci¬ 
men, 174,237 
Colonial fruit, 84 
Coloured llghtin gardening, 167 
(^)lour effects. 168 
C imports, preparing, 18 
C mdiment, a mixed, 167 
Conifers, choice for gardens, 23; 
raising from seed. 56 
(’onservatory,additional piping 
in a, 184: plants for a, 437.478 
Coryanthes macranlha 174 
(’ovent Garden Club, 259 
Covent Garden Market on M »y- 
day, 361; fete, 481; measures, 
510 
C'-assula ja mlnea, propagat¬ 
ing, 371 
Crickets and cockroaches, de¬ 
stroying, 293 
Cripps, death of Mr. Thomas, 339 
Crop-* that pay. 61,99 ; Potatoes 
and Kidney Bean-^, 129; I 61 ), 
221 ; Mint and Horseradish, 
29 4 ; Onions and Leeks, 345 ; 
419 
Croton, cultivation of the. 111 ; 
226 ; as decorative plant9,3i4; 
increasing, SaS 
C’rystul Palace Shows, 233, 403, 
.533 
Cucumbers, 17; forcing, 53, 139, 
181. 226; white 45; root di¬ 
sease, 95 ; without bottom 
heat, 183; and Tomatoes in 
the same house. 248.3'iO; bot¬ 
tom he it for. 2 3; in Ap-il, 
329 : ridge, 868 ; 391 ; at Car¬ 
diff Castle. 424; Lockle’s Per¬ 
fection, 491; for exhibition, 
48'),504 ; in June,497 ; forcing, 
541 
Cucumber hou«e. 2<)9 
“ Culture 01 Vegetables and 
Flower-,” Suttons’, 84 
Culzean Castle, hardy fruit at, 
110 
6'unonla capensis, 157 
C clamens—persicurn floribun- 
dumjcompac um.264: tringed, 
3''3; at Rjpon, 339 ; 369; persi- 
cum, the culture oL383 
Cymbidiums and Cypripe- 
dium8,236 
Cynomorium c'^ccineum,447 
Cyperus alternifoUus, 891 
Cyi'iipediums—Schomburgkfa- 
num, 24 ; Tautzianum,30,490; 
Sanderianum, 61 . S-i; Farrie- 
anum. 130; Van Houttel, 146 ; 
bellatulum. 424, 443; bellaiu- 
Inm roseum, 492; Qodefroyte, 
489 
Cyrtochllum maculatum, 132 
Cyrtopodium Saintlegerianum, 
216 
Cytisus, 3C9 
Daffodils, 260. svi ; colleot- 
ing,72; in pots, 82,112,137, 102 ; 
early, 171 ; for market, 385 
Dahlias, propagating, 115 
Dandelions, destroying, 414 
Daphne, dying, 56 
Daphniphyllum glaucescens, 
536 
Daval lias. 115 
Day, death of Mr. John, 60 
Delphiniums, new, 537 
Dendrobium9,236; nobile.5; Fal- 
conerf, 24 ; stratlotes, Q ); H llli, 
102, 130; amethystoglossum, 
126; nobile Cooksonianum 
(Heathfleldianum), 127, 2:)7, 
245; chrysodiscus, 127; splen- 
didissimuin grandiflorum, 174, 
263; cras9inode,263; porhyro- 
gastrum, 423; densiflorum, 
448; thyrsiflorum. culture of, 
444 ; clavatum, 464 
Dendrochilums, 236 
Deutzia, 267 
Dickson, death of Dr., 26 
Dic kson’s, Chester, reunion of 
flrm«>, 404 
Digging aud stirring the soil, 
482 
Digging by masters and men, 
509 
Dipteracanthns spectabilis, 134 
Disa grand I flora, 3; racemosa, 
424 ; species of and culture, 40 
Dispersion of seeds and plants, 
475 
Douglas, Mr. James, appoint¬ 
ment to the R.Ii.S. Council, 
381 
Dracrena Goldieana, 220 
Dryas oc^topetala, 462 
Dry ng flowers in their natural 
colours, 489 
Dytiscus marginalia, 117 
EALING, ACTON. AND HAN- 
well Society, 213 
K'iinburgh Spring Show, 306 
Education of gardeners, 99 
Eel worms as garden pests, 420 
Elymus arenarlus, 213 
Employers and gardeners, 135 
Employes of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society, proposed 
supper, 214 
Enfleid Horticultural Society, 
446 
Epanrises, 245 
ij.pidendriims,236; EndreM,132; 
bicomututn, 359 ; James 
i )’Brien. 424; atro-purpureum 
Randi. 534 
Ei)iphyllums,33l 
Er.inthis hyemalis, 176,191 
Ericas — odorata, 105 ; soft- 
wooded, 246; speciosa, 539 
Eritrichium nanum, 424 
Essays, prize, 375 
Eucalyptus, hardiness of, 366; 
coccJfera, 510 
Eucharis culture, 64, 101, 144, 
172. 20 J, 252 
Euchanses—not flowering. 74; 
the bulb mite, 285; at Caidiff 
Castle 320 
Euchresta Ilorsfleldi, 280 
Eugenia Jambolana, 150 
Eulalia japonica gracilllma, 
535 
Euphorbia jacquinlajfiora, pro¬ 
pagating, 894, 541 
Exacuui macranthum, 423 
Farming in Guernsey, 48.5 
Farm—our rent audit 22; the 
lambing season, profits from 
pigs, 36; lambing time, 67; 
intercropping on a fruit farm. 
76; winterfood for sheep ana 
cattle, 96; seed time, 119; per¬ 
manent pasture, 141; lessons 
by the way, 16); seed cata¬ 
logues, chem cal manure.^ for 
Potatoes, unprofttab e pas¬ 
ture grais seeds, field fencing, 
