January 7, 1888. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
vii. 
PEONIES, TREE, 257, 230 
Palms -new, 13i; variegated, 
18L; hybrid, 402 
Pampas Gra*s—bleaching, 370, 
55u; drying, 392 
Pancratiums, 5 28 
Pandanns D’Hamel,132 
Panicnmvariegatum, 14G 
Pansies and Violas, propagat¬ 
ing 259 
Paris, Horticultural Congress 
at, 560 
Parks, bedding in the London, 
276 
Parsley, w nter, 76; failing, 59a 
Passiflora—training, 195 ; not 
flowering, 284 , P. Buona¬ 
parte!, 382; coerulea racemosa, 
539; viotacea, 540 
Paterson, Dr. A., testimonial to, 
539,583 
Paxton Society, Wakefield, Rev. 
F. D. Horner’s address, 354 
Peaches—culture, 11,54,192,281; 
splitting, 12: tress exhausted, 
34; causes of failures, 37 ; 
blight, 64; Hale’s Early, 70, 
116 ; best early varieties, 89 ; 
insect enemies of, 110; suc- 
cessional varieties, 113; out¬ 
doors, 130; Early, 137; Crim¬ 
son Galande, 148 ; Early 
Beatrice, 182 ; and Tomatoes, 
284; for market, 306; selec¬ 
tions of, 825 ; Lord Palmer¬ 
ston, 350; on shaded wall, 350 ; 
under glass, 368 ; outdoor 
from July to November, 397 ; 
maiden trees of, 406 ; forcing, 
458,525,570; trees diseased at 
the roots, 460; training trees, 
488; pruning, 573 
Pear (National) Conference, 
proposed, 86,155,182 ; cards for 
the. 229; meeting of Com¬ 
mittee, 293 ; at Chiswick, 366; 
report of, 384 ; statistics of 
the, 535,578 
Pears—tree slug, 241; cordon, 
262 ; not ripening, 235 ; for 
market, 267 ; in pots, 270 ; 
cracking, Triomphe de Vienne, 
314 ; varieties for different 
• purposes, 325 ; Show at Ken¬ 
sington, 345 ; the history of 
the, 358; the Hessle ; 3'J ; 
Gansei’sBergamot and Beurre 
d’Amanlis, 364; good, 417; 
Catherine, 436 ; on a west as¬ 
pect, 401; renovating old trees, 
446 ; the effect of soil on, 470, 
471; Cordon trees at Worth 
Park, 469 ; trees at Cardiff 
Castle, 49;; Trout, 506 ; Figue 
de Naples, 573 : useful, 692 
Peas—culture in summer, 65 ; 
Peas, late, 75; G. F. Wilson, 
154; the Chancellor, 158, 212; 
cultivation of, 200; new varie¬ 
ties of. 200; estimate of, 208; 
Evolution, 212 ; protecting 
and sowing, 524 
Pelargoniums — decaying, o7 ; 
Josephine de Hohenzollern 
and Paul Charbonnier, 93 ; 
cause and prevention of spot 
in, 114; double Ivy-leaved, 
153; Queen of the Belgians 
and Le Cygne, 157; F. V. ltas- 
pail, 158; In the flower garden, 
254; fine variety of Ivy-leaf, 
359; Zonal, 548 ; John Gibbons 
561 ir ,, 
Peutstemon8—Mrs. Heywood, 
109 ; cordifolius, 163; culture, 
260 
Percival, death of Mr. R. P., 561 
Peristeriaelata, 190 
Peronospora pyguuea, resting 
spores of, 64 
Phajus graudifolins, 168 
Phalrenopsis Sanderiana, 446 
Pheasants poisoned by fungi,64 
Phlox -Mrs. Downie, 109; semi- 
doable variety of Drammondi, 
560; double, 683 
Phormium t.enax variegatum 
flowering, 109 
Phylloxera Convention, 316 
Pine Apples—458; forcing, 503, 
593 ; Lady Beatrice Lambton, 
12,538 ; In wiuter, 522 
Pinks, 32; Alpine, 17, 498 ; Tom 
Thumb Scarlet, 142 ; for 
forr. ug, 229 
Pitcher Plants, 144,339; rare, 68 
Pittosporum Tobira, 109 
Plane, the, 347 
Plants Certificated— 
Aganisia ccerulea, 192; Alo- 
casia Hendersoui, 53 ; Sander - 
iaua, 141; Amaryllis Autumn 
Charm, 426; Andiosace lanu¬ 
ginosa, 19;; AngriecumLeoms, 
192; Aristolochiaelegans, 141; 
Begonias — Blanche Duval, 
141; Earl of Bessborough,348; 
Gabrielle Legros, 14L; General 
Gordon, 53; John Heal, 346 ; 
King of Crimsons, 141; Mar¬ 
chioness of Lothian, 93; Mar¬ 
quis of Stafford, 93 ; Picotee, 
Prince Henry, 93 ; Thwaitesi, 
93; Blandfordia flammea, 192; 
Caladimn Comtesse de Matlie, 
Plants certificated— continued— 
192; Calanthe Alexanderi,389; 
Cooksoni, 389; porpbyrea, 522; 
Campanula Hendersoui, 93; 
Carnation The Governor, 93 ; 
Cattleya autuumalis, 389; 
Hardyana, 141; Chysis l.-eyis 
superba, 141 ; Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, 464, 489. 542 ; Belle 
Paule, 431; Boule de Neige, 
522. Cullingfordi, 432: L’ile 
des Plaisirs, 347 ; Maiden's 
Blush, M. A. Viimorin, 426; 
Queen of Yellows, 522; Roseum 
superbum 431; Val d’Andorre, 
389; Cyalhea divergens, 141; 
C, rubidium elegans, 389 ; 
Cypripedium inslgne Wal¬ 
lace!, 426; Dahlia Bird of Pas¬ 
sage, 228, 237 ; Eclipse, 237 ; 
Faust, 237 ; Frank Pearce, 228; 
George Paui, 237 ; Germania 
nova, 192; Mrs. C. Hawkins, 
237; Mr. G. Rawlings, 228 ; 
Mr. Glasscock, 228; Mrs. G. 
Rawlings, 237 ; Mrs. John 
Walker, 192,228; Pelican, 228; 
D acsena norwoodiensis, 237 ; 
Dracoeephalnm virginicnm 
album, 93; Eucharis Mastersi, 
346 ; Euterpe plnmosa, 141; 
Gaiilardia St. Blaise, 14L; 
Gastmnema hybrida, 192 , 
Gladioli alba, Galatea. Lorna, 
Milton, 141; Andre Chenier, 
La France, Lord Carnarvon; 
237 ; Masque de Fer, 192 ; 
Number, 149; Prince Albert 
Victor, 19 f; Prince Henry, 192; 
Prince Waldemar, 237 ; Prin¬ 
cess Irene, 192 ; Princess Olga, 
192 ; Viscount Cranbrook, 192; 
Sir H. Drummond Wolff, 192 ; 
J. L. Toole, 237 ; Helenium 
pumilum, 93; Lielia elegans 
Littleana, 192 ; Sedeni, 192 ; 
Lilium anratum rubro- vitta- 
tum, 237 ; Parryi, 53; Lomari- 
opsis buxifolia. 237 ; Marigold 
Miniature Orange African, 93; 
Nepenthes Excelsior, 389; 
Odontoglossum Insleayi 
splendens. 192 ; vexiltarinm 
Measuresi, 53; Pelargonium 
Alice Cronsse, 346; Blanc Par- 
fait, 53; Josephine de Hohen- 
zollern, 93; Paul Charbonnier, 
93; peltatuin Souvenir de 
Charles Turner, 141; Rubens, 
53 ; Itenanthera Storyi, 53 ; 
Rhododendron Apollo, 346 ; 
incarnatum floribundnm, 93 ; 
Indian Yellow, 141; Minerva, 
346; Pearl, 192 ; Rose Madame 
Neruda, 53; Mrs. John Laing, 
21; Pride ol Reigate, 53; Wal¬ 
tham Climber, 237 ; Sarracenia 
Buchani, 389 ; Patersoni, 141 
Plants—plunging, 68 ; new at 
Ghent, 134 ; nomenclature, 
271 ; figured in •' Botanical 
Magazine,’' 271; forcing, 304, 
489; grouping lor effect, 449, 
469; reserve materials in re¬ 
lation to disease, 522 ; protect¬ 
ing from frost, 57L 
Plant houses, flowering plants 
for, 348 ; stove, notes on the, 
498 
Plums—proposed exhibition of, 
158; the Victoria, 241; Grand 
Duke, and Self Help, 248,271 ; 
varieties for different pur¬ 
poses, 325; the Czar, 357 ; 
Rivers’ Monarch, 584 
Pogonia pulchella, 517 
Poinsettia-, 593,506 
Polemonium Richardson!, 46 
Poppies, 51 
Portsmouth Chrysanthemum 
Society’s Meeting, 561 
Potash, how to make, 471 
Potatoes—new varieties of, 200; 
produce, 270; late, 303 ; result 
of Chiswick trial of, certifi¬ 
cated varieties, 310; large, 315, 
320; introduction into Ger¬ 
many, 316 ; International 
Show, 324 ; at the Crystal 
Palace, for exhibition and 
gardens, 331; large yield of, 
337; from seed, 339 ; the Jen- 
sentan system of culture, 357 ; 
Sharpe’s Victor, 358; origin of 
English, Messrs. Sutton’s ex¬ 
periment-, 373 ; useful, 404 ; 
crops of, 419; Reading Russet, 
443 ; keeping, 488 ; produce of 
large, Chiswick experiments, 
522 
Potentilla Menziesii, 143 ; hy- 
brid, 59 
Pot cleanser, the Simpless, 229 
Primulas-Conference, 43, 821 ; 
P. oboonica, minima, 138,570 ; 
calycina, 158,311; Aliionii, 269; 
review of the, 268 ; notes on 
species, P. auriculata, 311; 
notes on, 356, 396, 419, 466, 538, 
577; Clnsiana, 356; culture of, 
392 ; elliptica 393; Flcerkeana, 
420; involucrata, 467 ; new, 
512 ; choice varieties of, 516 ; 
japonic”*, 538 
Protecting tender plants, 468 
Protheroe, death of Mr. Alex¬ 
ander, 5 >0 
Pruning, late summer, 192 
Pteris tremula, 424,492 
Puccinia Dianthi, 270 
Pusckkinia libanotica com- 
pacta, 130 
Pyrus variolosa, 204 
RADISHES, early, 595 
Rain, waiting for, 59 
Ranunculuses, 216; culture of 
the, 543 „ , a 
Raspberry, Lord Beaconsneld, 
16L, 162, 182 ; black. 261 ; for 
Scotland, 261; for market, 266 
Reading Show, 2L2 
Regents Park, bedding in the 
276 
Retinospora ericoides, 284 
Rhapliithamnus cyauocarpus, 
511 
Rhodanthes, 76 
Rhododendrons, le if mould for, 
38; incarnatum floribundnm, 
93 ; good, 460 
Richmond Show, 9 
Rippingille’s oil stove, 423 
Rockets, double, 17 
Rockery, plants for a small, 262 
Rock gardens in the north, 4;S 
Roezl, death of Mr., 379 
Rood Ashton House, 519 
Rolle, death of Lady Louisa, 409 
Rosa rnbrifolia, 20; Margerita, 
42 ; rngosa,359 
Rose Shows—Canterbury, 6; 
Broekham, 8; Maidstone, 10 ; 
National at Kensington, 21; 
Crystal Palace, Uitchin, Rei¬ 
gate, New Brighton, 26; Car¬ 
diff, Bath, 27; Farningham, 
28; National Society, Man¬ 
chester, 43 ; Sutton and 
Hereford, 45; Shropshire, 46 ; 
Christleton, 71; Sidcup, 72; 
Oxford, 72; Birmingham, 
Bedford. Wirral, 73 
Rose Society, National, Annual 
Meeting. 558 
Roses, new varieties, 4; ancient 
and modern, 15 ; Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, 19; Mrs. John 
Laing, 21, 24 ; garden, Mr. 
Slaughter’s,41; old, pruning, 
40 ; odours of, 42 ; Pride of 
Reigate, Madame Norman 
Neruda, 53; A. K. Williams, 
63; blooms, Premier, 65; prun¬ 
ing in summer, 79; Mardehal 
Niel, 68; notes on new, 82; 
Baron de Bonstetten ant 
Mons. Boncenne, 83; not son 
shows, 87 ; notes on varieties, 
103, 144 ; Rose garden, a, 132; 
liquid manure for, 148; red 
and white, 149; Souvenir de 
la Malmaison, 134; season of 
1885, 197; in pots, 214; gar¬ 
den, plan of a, 216 ; classifica¬ 
tion of garden, 224 ; at Shef¬ 
field, 243; planting, .62; for 
towns, 243; Madame Alphonse 
Lavallfe, 243 exhibiting. 284 ; 
mildew on, 284 ;confusiug no¬ 
menclature, 289; thinning and 
pruning, 328: in Ceylon, 316; 
catalogues,333; aphis, the, 330; 
from cuttings, 348 ; in Lin¬ 
colnshire, 357; a cottager’s, 
357; Society, fixtures of the 
National, 353 ; Daubeniana, 
359 ; for yielding oito, 360 ; 
for market, 370 ; Tea, 369 ; 
Hybrid Perpetual*,369; house, 
a. 369; the coming race of. 
375; Moss, 392; tv. F. Ben¬ 
nett, 404; selections of, 412; 
Banksian, 410 ; lifting, 421; 
autumn and Christmas, 428; 
preparing beds for, 461; Ches¬ 
terfield, 450 ; cutting back in 
autumn, 506; popular varie¬ 
ties, 506 ; Marechal Niel, 
planting, 506 ; new, 533; 
Gloire de Bouchet, 584 
Rubus australis at Antwerp, 180 
SACCOLABIUM HEATHI, 293 
Sago Palm, 222 
Salisbury Show, 178 
Salpiglossis sinnata coccinea, 
255 
Sandy and District Show, 210 
Sarracenia Patersoni, 14L, 184 
181 
Sawbridgeworth in July, 113 
Saxifraga granulate flore-oleno 
139; Hirculus, 175 ; S. Cymba- 
laria and S. granulata fl.-pl , 
S. Fortunei, 176 
Schomburgkia tibicinis, 358 
Schroder’s, Baron, garden, 135 
Scottish Horticultural Society, 
338 
Sea kale, 195; forcing, 398, 537 ; 
good flavoured, 525 ; crowns, 
covering, 588 
Seaweeds, making paper from, 
359 
Seeds, saving,260; oi l and new, 
30 L 
Selaginella Kraussiana, 146 
Senecio macroglossa, 437 
September in the flower garden, 
287 
Sheffield Chrysanthemum 
Show, alteration of date, 359 
Sherborne Show, 211 
Shepperton Snow, 30 
Sherwood Lodge, 301 
Shrewsbury Show. 182 
Shrubberies, the improvement 
Of, 64 
Shruos, notes on planting, 300 
Side-saddle flowers, 181 
Silene maritima flore-pleno, 138 
SilverTree. the. 4L4 
Simpless pot cleanser, 229 
Singapore Botanic Gardens, 
316 
Singleton Abbey, 200 
Slaughter’s, Mr., Rose garden, 
41 
Slug 4 * and chopped Gorse, 316 
Smith’s, Messrs., Worcester 
Nursery, 252 
Snowdr< *ps, 449,520 
Soils and composts 174 
Soil, deep v. shallow, in dry 
weather, 114 
Solanums 304 ; Maglia, seed¬ 
lings from, 373 
Soldanellas 138 
aoaerilas, 132 
Southend Chrysanthemum So¬ 
ciety. 291 
Southampton Show, 116 
Southwell Nurseries, 322 
Spergula pilitera aurea for 
bedding, 250 
Spmacb Beet, 407 
Spiriea palmata at Kew, 66; 
jnpouica, forcing, 414 
Spring, preparing for, 290 
Stapelia gigantea, 561 
Stephanotis, potting, 121 
Stamford Snow, 87 
Stephanotis on hot-water pipes, 
85; culture, 238 
Stocks, exhibiting, 79; for 
spring, M3 
Stockbridge House, Ulverston, 
162 
Strawberry Gardens, the Roy a', 
1; culture, 11; liquid manure 
for, 13; iu pots, 11; Kingof the 
Earlies and The Captain, 20; 
soil for, i38; beds, 145; Brit¬ 
ish Queen, 154; manure for, 
204 ; plant itious, 2L9 ; in pots, 
2 57; 434, 543; for market, 245 ; 
plants in winter 531. 584 
St. John’s Nurseries, Worcester 
252 
Stephanotis and Gardenias, 324, 
336, 337, 366, 397, 428, 593 
Storm, violeut,250 
Sweet Williams from seed and 
cu'tings, 103; fungus on, 27p 
Streptocarpus Rexi biflorus, 
pauciflorus, and multiflorus, 
294 
Sunflowers as fuel, 295 
TABLE PLANTS FOR EXHI- 
bition, 414 
Tacsonia manicata, 291 
Tar in fruit houses, 536 
Tasmania, notes from, 137 
Tavistock Cottage Garden Ex¬ 
hibition, 159 
Temperatures, average, 189 
Tigridias, 392 
Tomatoes—at Swanley, 108; 
Reading Perfection, 134 ; the 
demand for, 153 ; select, 175 ; 
Nesbit’s Victoria, 204 ; in 
autumn, 230 ; select varieties 
of, 290 ; from cu tings, 298; 
ripening, 3)3 ; Carter’s Red 
Currant 316 ; heavy, 350 ; in 
America, 447 ; raising early, 
ft25 ; market, 551 
Torenia asiaroca, 457 
Tortrix Wieberiana, 110 
Trachelium cseruleum, 135 
Tradescantia fluininensis, 5 
Transpiration in planis, in¬ 
fluence of light on, 469, 512 
Trellises, preserving wood, 528 
Trees—gall-mites on, 34; in 
large trac s of particular 
species, 135; familiar, 165 ; ra¬ 
pidity of growth of, 182; noted, 
347 ; planting iQ Mexico, 403 ; 
in open spaces iu London, 
445 ; lenovatingold Pear, 446; 
grass under, 447 
Trenched ant untrenclied 
ground, 204 
Triolioglottis fasciata, 359 
Triuity College Gardens, Dub¬ 
lin, 3)3 
Tropamlums—poiypliylium, 17; 
Dean’s Lustrous, 204 ; fas- 
ciated, 350 
Trowbridge Show, 209 
Tuberoses, growing, 470,472, 537 
Tulips, early. 447 
Tunbridge Wells Show, 29 
Turf-cutting machine, Drum¬ 
mond’s, 64 
Turner—proposed memorial to 
Mr. Charles, 108,110; Memorial 
fuad, 59.134, 203,250.4 )3 
Turnips—winter, 75 ; Extra 
Early Milan, 2 )5; cult ire of> 
213; useful, 577 
Tydceas, culture of, 233 
URCEOLINA PENDULA., 259 
VALLOTA PURPUREA, 543 
Vapourer Moth, 171 
Variegation, how to produce, 20 
Vegetable Marrows, varieties of,. 
129 ; Pen-y- Byd, 204, 2L3, 333 
Vegetables, new, 190,222,424 
Vegetables, notes on, 205: esti¬ 
mates of, 397 : and the frost 
468 
Vegetable Show at Kensington r 
388 
Veitch Memorial, prizes for 1885, 
423 
Veitch & Sons’, Messrs. J., new 
plants, 578 
Verbena culture, 199 
Veronica Traversi, 423 
Venidium calendulaceum, 479 
Vinery, ventilating, 13 : for 
market, 101 ; painting a stage 
in. 148 : mealy bug in, 371; 
mealy bug in, 393 
Vine leaves withering, red 
spider on Vines, 13: in firm, 
borders, 18 : for early forcing, 
40 : culture of, 73: enfeebled, 
125 : caterpillars on, 143; 
mealy bug on, 148: Mr. Tay¬ 
lor’s system of culture, 154, 
189t leaves discoloured, 171; 
vagaries, 157, 182 : roots, lift¬ 
ing, 177; young, 216 ; un¬ 
healthy, 217; culture, 213; in¬ 
fested with thrips. 240 ; fun¬ 
gus on, 240: exhausted, 263; 
insects on, 262 ; preparing for 
forcing, 259 : borders, Ash 
roots io, 285 : early pruning, 
274, 302, 321, 358, 377, 537, 551; 
destroying mealy bag on, 288; 
at Bath and Marston, 296 ; 
layering, 302 ; grafting in 
France, 315 ; training, modi¬ 
fied extension, 320 ; border, 
bone-dastfor,351; renovating, 
393: the largest for forcing, 
411 : grafting or inarching, 
472 : forcing, 503,548; dressing 
borders, 573 : Gros Colman, 
576 
Vine gossip, 246 
Viola pyroisefolia, 155 : culture 
aud varieties, 177: bedding, 
278 
Violets, potting, 351 
Victoria Regia at Chatsworth, 
358 
Vineyards, large, in America, 
359 
WALKS, CONCRETE, 595 
AValkley Amateur Society 
210 
Walnuts, preserving. 351 
Wasps’ nests, destroying, 858 
Watercress in Ceylon, 295 
Water Lily, culture of the 
white, 4 ; hardy red, 124 
Water—economising in gardens 
247 ; dimiuut.on of supply, 
4)4 
Weather in Scotland, 158 
Weigela hortensis nivea, 43 
Weilingtonia gigantea, 49 
Weston-super-Mare Show, 190 : 
Society, 134 
White Cup 335 
Wi(berforce, Valley of the, 408, 
448 
Willow farm in Georgia 33 
Wimbledon Show, 48 
Winchester Show, 67 
Winter—Greens, 173 ; preparing 
for, 310; garden at North 
Shields, 471 
Woodlice, entrapping, 203 
Woolton Wood, 90 
Woods—in autuma, 407 : dura- 
ility, cut in spring or summer, 
539 
Worcester Nurseries 252 
Wordsley and Kinver, 272 
Worksop Manor, 343 
Wreath making, 463,516 
YARMOUTH SHOW, 182 
Yellow Rose not flowering, 53 
Yews, clipping, 34 
Yorkshire—financial results of 
Gala,66: Association oi Horti¬ 
culturists, address by Rev. 
F. i>. Horner 354 : Annual 
Meeting, 583 
Yuccas, culture and species of, 
309 
ZAMIA TONKINENSIS, 132 
