July 8, 1886. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
v, 
ABBERLEY HALL, 405 
Abbey Park, Leicester, 390 
Acacia platyptera, culture, 34 
108 
Acanthephippium bicolor, 233 
Achimenes, 261 
Adiantums, 97; cardiochlama, 
182; cuneatum for market, 
476 
AEschynanfchus, 366 
African vegetation. 25 
Agatliaea coelestis, 74 
Agricultural returns — fruit 
nurseries and market gar¬ 
dens, 465 
Allamanda neriifolia, 399 
Alderminster, 404 
Almond trees, 273 
Alocasias,culture of, 120 
Alternantlieras, propagating, 
201 
Amaryllises—Belladonnn, 142; 
culture, 261; new, 293 
Ammonia—in vineries, 311,481; 
in fruit and planthouses, 5uf>; 
520; in ferneries 520 
Anemones in spring, 252; ne- 
morosa and alba, 335 ; appe- 
nina, 404 
Annuals for bedding, 201 
Anthracite coal, 268 
Anthuriums, culture of, 120 ; 
Andreanum, large spathe of, 
354; monographic list of, 443; 
sDlendidum, 488 
Ants, destroying, 283 
Antwerp, notes at, 153 
Apples—keeping, 2, 49, 93 ; 
Bramley’s Seedling, 67; the 
Cobham, 70 ; insect enemies 
of the, 71,276,418; the Sheep’s 
Nose, 142 ; budding, 24 1 ; 
D’Arcy Spice, 273; Newland 
Sack,338; from the Antipodes, 
373; King of the Pippins and 
Golden Winter Pearmain,454; 
shoots dying, 520 
Aquarium, Westminster, shows 
at the Royal, 152 
Aquilegias, 415 
Aralias, 366 ; Chabrieri, 214 
Araucaria imbricata coning,499 
Arctic region, vegetation of the, 
293 
Aristema fimbriatum,113 
Ash, grafting a Weeping, 282 
Asparagus, culture of, 267, 415 ; 
seaweed for, planting old, 
cutting, 458 ; without beds, 
487 
Asparagus beds—and salt, 22 ; 
spring dressings for, 96 
Atherton, presentation to Mr., 
400 
Auriculas—National Society’s 
Schedules, 88,273; not grow¬ 
ing, 123; origin and history 
of (Hibberd’s paper), 806; 
show, 310; select, 314 ; im¬ 
provement and properties of 
(Horner’s paper), 308 ; at 
Kensington, 358; National 
Society’s Northern Show, 860; 
in Scotland, 878; Alpine, 424 
Australia, gardening in, 66; 
fruit, 422, 426 
Azaleas, treaiment after flower¬ 
ing, 139, 280 ; Deutsche Perle, 
171; mollis Lord Shaftes¬ 
bury, 289 J crowded, 368 
BACTERIA IN SOIL, 465 
Bagshot Horticultural Society, 
422 
Banana trade, 443 
Barometers, proposed Exhibi¬ 
tion of, 108 ; historical .-ketch 
of,232 
Baskets for Orchids, 189 
Bath and West of England 
Show, 468, 478 
Bath Spring Show, 258, 407 
Beans,sowing Broad, 11; Dwarf, 
95 
Beaumontia grandiflora, 339 
INDEX. 
Bedding out, 400, 474 
Bedding plants, propagating, 
97,180, 429 
Bees —prospective management, 
12 ; notes on, candy, honey 
presser, driving, 33; Educa¬ 
tion in bee-keeping, 55 ; 
abandoning a hive,56 : drones 
and drone comb, 54; pur¬ 
chasing stocks, 77 ; the 
weather, 77; enlarging hives, 
wax, 73; initiatory instruc¬ 
tions, 98; abandoning a hive, 
99 ; and their enemies, 99; 
the past honey season—dark 
side of bee-keeping, 121 ;super- 
ing, 120; an amateur’s experi¬ 
ence, 139; cottager’s straw 
step, 140; dividing boards, 
141 ; about, 160; feeding, man¬ 
agement of stocks, 16 1 ; tom- | 
tits, 162; Reversible frames, 
181; balloting for hives, 182; 
tomtits, 182 ; Marketing 
honey, 199 ; preventing 
swarming, difficulties, 20 ) ; 
tomtits and, 200 ; extracting 
honey, 220; honey press, 241; 
useful hives, 240 ; shows and 
judging, 241 ; useful hints, 
261 : dysentery, roofs, 262 ; 
feeding in spring, 262; initi¬ 
atory instructions,281; early 
swarming, 282 ; early appear¬ 
ance of queen wasps, 292 ; 
management of, Rutherglen 
Horticultural and Apiarian 
Society, 302 ; the effects of 
winter on, 301 ; in winter, an 
experiment 322 ; appliances 
frame hives, 323; transferring 
combs, 824 • initiatory in 
structions, No. 3, 345 ; notes 
on, 366; transferring stocks, 
366 ; position of the apiary, 
367; races of, 367; the season 
and the, 367 ; initiatory in¬ 
structions, 388 ; seasonable 
notes, 389 ; introducing 
queens, 411 ; dysentery, 413; 
placing and removing supers, 
430 ; inciting robbers, 432 ; 
hives with frames across,431; 
extending a frame hive, 431; 
queen and drone raising; 
state of hives; a day’s out¬ 
ing, 453 ; placing and r mov¬ 
ing supers, 474 ; introdu iug 
queens, 475; the way to suc¬ 
cess, 497 ; doings of the week, 
497; Stirlingshire Bee-keepers’ 
Association,498; Nutt’s hives, 
robbing, 498 ; initiatory in¬ 
structions, 518; introducing 
queens, 519; placing swarms 
into a Stewarton hive, 519 
Beet, sowing, 213; estimate of 
varieties, 289 
Begonias, winter flowering, 46, 
54; raising Tuberous, 97,19); 
octopetala, 232 ; Tuberous, 
261,429; propagation o f , 446 ; 
Messrs. Laiag & Co.’s, 487 ; 
Arthur Mallet, 515 
Belgian horticulturists, meet¬ 
ing of. 131; amateur’s garden, 
154; Horticulturists, meeting 
of the, 252, 60S 
Belvedere House, Wimbledon, 
136 
Bertolonias, 180 
Berberis vulgaris, uses of, 391 
Birmingham Gardeners’ Im¬ 
provement Society, 112; Asso¬ 
ciation, 198 
Birds and the weather, 422 
Black Lily, the, 10 
Bladder-Bloom, the White, 6 
Blackberries, American, 374, 400 
Blackbirds, numerous broods 
of, 508 
Bog garden, Mr. Paul’s paper 
on, 4 jo 
Boilers, prizes for, 156 ; the 
Rochford, 292 ; leaking, 303 ; 
conditions of (Liverpool) con¬ 
test, 395 ; saddles,412; new, 4i9 
Boiler, Mr. H., death of, l r 8 
Bone manure, making, 141; and 
bonemeal, 221 ; dissolving, 
263; using dissolved, 412 
Books—Review of “The Kili- 
ma-Niaro Expedition,” 25; 
“ Praise of Gardens,” 28 ; 
“The Golden Gate and Silver 
Steps,” 48 ; “ Permanent and 
Temporary Pastures,” 102; 
“ Report of Observations on 
Injurious Insects,” 335 ; 
“ Flowers,Fruits,and Leaves,” 
470; “How to Grow Peaches, 
Nectarines, and Apricots in 
Small Gardens,” 487 ; “ Cot¬ 
tage Gardening,” 487 ; “ Or¬ 
chids : their structure, his¬ 
tory, and culture,” 440 
Borecole, 187 
Botanic (Royal) Society’s Slmw. 
239,298,409,471 ; Evening Fete, 
487 
Bouvardia, lecture on the, 131 
British Flora, preservation of, 
273 
British plants, catalogue of, 399 
Broad Beans, notes on, 207 
Broccoli, varieties of, 186 ; Gil¬ 
bert’s Victoria, 443 
Bromeliads, the late Professor 
Morren’s, 442 
Brown, death of Mr. Win., 22 
Browallia elata, 134 
Brussels Sprouts, varieties of, 
186, 197 ; and early Broccoli, 
226; Ne Plus Ultra or Northaw 
Prize, 250 
Bulbs,statistics of the Cape, 39 ; 
growers, 34 5 ; in the London 
Parks, 355; at Kew, 355 
Burghley productions, 292 
Burn, presentation to Mr., 399 
CABBAGES—AMERICAN FARM, 
23; for spring, 53; culture, 
187 ; scarcity of plants, 273 
Cadegan Gardens, 360 
Calanthe vsratrifolia, 335 
Calceolarias—shrubby, 158, 187; 
blooms, 422 ; at Bedford Hill 
and Parkside, 464 ; culture, 493 
Calcutta, Royal Botanic Garden 
at, 89 
Calendarial notes, 201 
California, gardening in. 91 
Callus, 429 ; a crimson, 44 
Calotropis procera, 152 
Cama^sia esculenta, 422 
Camellias—not expanding, 10, 
412; and Rhododendrons, ion; 
treatment after flowering, 280; 
pinching young shoots, 412 
Campanula coronata, 51 
Canker and insects, 23: in fruit 
trees, 70, 89, 173, 2 16 , 422 
Cannas, 98 
Capsicums, culture, produce,324 
Carnations—winter - flowering. 
74; Miss Jolliffe, 82; tree or 
perpetual flowering, 103, 411; 
trom seed, 388 
Carpocapsa pomonana, 418 
Carrots, petroleum for, 79; in 
frames, 9J; eariy, 179; profit¬ 
able varieties, 289 
Caterpillars on fruit tree blos¬ 
soms, 171 
Cattleyas — Lawrenciaua, 192, 
230,295 ; culture of, 22 »; Bow- 
ringiana,397 ; Cattleya Men- 
deii, Duke of Marlborough, 
426 ; speciosissima (Fal fax 
var.), 470 ; Mossiie Arnold- 
iaua, 515 
Cauliflowers, 53, 227 ; and Broc¬ 
coli for succession, 100 ; trans¬ 
planting, 150; varieties of, 
186 
Celery—Wliite Plume, 10 ; cul¬ 
ture in Notts and Yorkshire, 
17; a “Push-up” for earth¬ 
ing, 17 ; new varieties of, 21; 
chapter on, 505 
Celosias, 496 
Centaurea9,98 
Cephalotus foliicularis, 95 
Cesspool, 368 
Challenger expedition, botani¬ 
cal results of the, 131 
Chamicpeuces, 98 
Chelsea Botanic Garden, 359 
Chemical manures, 454 
Cherry, Tobacco-leaved, 391 
Chertsey Horticultural Show, 
512 
Chicory, 428 
Chionodoxa Lucilire, 252 
Chloride of lime, 100 
Chiswick, supper to the em¬ 
ployes at, 171 
Ohoisya ternata, 100,421 
Chou de Burghley and Chou de 
Gilbert, 292, 395 
Chrysanthemums—lecture on 
the at Hull, 6 ; exhibiting, 7; 
and their culture, 9, 68.83,126, 
ICC, 191, 217, 249, ‘287, 331, 374, 
411, 438, 484, 504; in the north, 
18 ; cuttings, damoing, 2 ) ; 
judging, 21 ; late varieties, 31, 
89, 375 ; selection of varieties 
for various purposes, 38 ; 
notes on, 48; Messrs. Can- 
nell’s new, 47; number of 
plants to grow, management 
of young plants, 68; propa¬ 
gating, 77; gardeners’, 92; 
training plants for producing 
large blooms, 166 ; standards, 
167; bush and decorative 
plants, 195; Pompons for 
large blooms and bushes, 
naturally grown plants, 217 ; 
growing specimens, 231; Py¬ 
ramids, 249 ; Mr. Mawley’s 
list of incurved and Japanese, 
266 ; white for market, 282 ; 
cuttiQg down,287 ; Fair Maid 
of Guernsey, 295, 422; raiser 
of Ethel, in Guernsey, 314; 
single varieties, summer 
varieties for wails and bor¬ 
ders, 334 ; segetum, 335 ; 
arranging groups, 374; early 
buds,423; summer treatment, 
insects, diseases, and reme¬ 
dies ; fixing soorts, 438; sege¬ 
tum, Cloth of Gold, 444 ; 
placing plants outdoors, 459 ; 
first break, crown bud, 484 ; 
terminal bud, 504 
Chrysanthemum Society (Na¬ 
tional), 6; late show, 31 ; 
annual meeting of, 66, 108 ; 
annual report, 293 
Cinerarias, 77, 293, 496 ; curious, 
218, 232 ; white, 232 ; and their 
culture, 299, 319: at Forest 
Hill,377 
Clapton nurseries, the, 174 
Clematises, 240 ; indivisa iobata, 
232 
Clerodendron fallax culture, 54 
Clianthus puuiceus native 
names of, 193 
Climbing plants, hardy, 280 
Clubbing, remedy for, 132 ; in 
Codlin moth and larva, 418 
Cabbages, 189 
Ccelogyne, cristata, culture, 31 
Colchtcnui wine, 464 
Cole. Mr. William, death of, 6 
Collinsia multicolor, 74 
Colonial and Indian Exhibition 
349 ; Indian vegetable pro¬ 
ducts, 384 
Colonial floras, 349 
Columbines, 415 
Conifers, scale on, 122; history 
of some, 109 
Cordyiines, rooting the heads of 
large, 419 
Corridor, plants for a, 57 
Country, a day in the, 404 
Co vent Garden Market, fire at, 
170 
Cratasgus pyracantha not fruit¬ 
ing, 79 
Crocuses, 252 
Croxteth, 511 
Crotons for decoration, 165 r 
Newmanni, 213 
Croydon Horticultural Society’s 
fixtures. 251 
Crystal Palace—Spring Show, 
258 ; Show fixtures, 313 : 
Show, 423 
Cucumbers—forcing, 11 , 53 , 97 , 
139, 180, 220.260, l 65 ; nematoid 
worms in, 198; scorching,346 
culture, 452, 493 
Cucumber house, boiler and 
• pipes for, 13 
Current topics, thoughts on, 131,. 
216,352,411 
Custard Apple, 122 
Cyclamens (and Primulas) at 
Reading, 137; culture of, 168. 
283 ; at the Aigburth Nursery,. 
Cypripediums — culture, 160 7 
insigne,4G; cenauthum super- 
bum, 62 : leucorrhoduin, 129 ; 
spectabile culture, 222 
Cyrtopodium Samtlegerianum, 
197; punctatum var. Saint- 
legerianum, 254 
DAFFODIL NOTES, 259 ; MR. 
Wolley Dod’s paper on, 312, 
340; Sir Watkin, for pots, 314- 
Dahlia, culture, 143; Show ia 
1886, 191 
Daphne indica, 410 
Date Plum, 222 
Dav&llia fceniculacea, 4,97 
Dell, The, Egharn, 513 
Dendrobium Wardianum, 152‘; 
nobiie uot flowering, 162; 
luteolum, 174; Leechianum,. 
crass inode - Wardianum, 230; 
pruu ng nobiie, 336 ; statiotes, 
333 ; fimbriatuin oculatum 
(Paxtonl), 424 ; in May and 
June, 454 ; Wardianum 
Wrighti, 406 
Dielytra spectabilis, 449 
Difficulties and poesy, 79 
Digging in winter, 86 
Diplacus glutinosus, 443 
Dipladenias, c llture of, 342 
Doig, death of Mr. David, 151 
Dorouicunis, 449 draytonensis, 
515 
Dracaenas, propagating, 53,3Sft 
EDINBURGH, SPRING EXHIBIT 
tion at, 294 
Elders for the seaside, 30 
Emigrants, a warning to, 273 
Endive, 423 
Epacrises, culture, 139; af'.or 
flowering, 280 
Epidendrum lencochilum, 358 
Ericas, growing hard and soft- 
wooded, 139; colorans superba 
and c impanulata, 311 
Essex Fie d Club, G5 
Eucalyptus in a hall, 123; for 
timber, 119 
Eucharis, destroying mites in, 
34,100, 142 ; mite, 163,171 
Euphorbias, culture, 54 ; jacqui- 
niaefiora, 320 
Eupatoriums, 378, 459 
Evergreens for lawns, 57 
Everacrt’s, M. Jean, Garden, 154 
Exeter Horticultural Society’s 
Shows, 6; special prizes, 65 ; 
the new park at, 171 
FAIRLAWN HOUSE, CHISWICK, 
73 
Fairy rings on lawns, 52L 
Farm—pro.-pects in the Now 
Year, 14 ; the flock 57, 79 ;. 
Potatoes as mod for cows, 102 
sheep with swollen lips, 102 . 
144 ; trial of agricultural 
