VI 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
[ July 8, 1886. 
Farm —c mtinued— 
machinery at Kinver, price 
of manures, 144 : permanent 
pastures, 144,303 ; artificial 
manures, 144 ; lambing, 
time, 183; Seed time, 2<>2. 
223; seed and manure drill, 
202 ; seed samples, 203 ; 
experiments in agricultural 
chemistry, 204; lame pigs. 204 
Webb’s sample case of seeds, 
224; Dickson’s book of the, 
223; frozen meat, 223 ; culture 
of Mangolds, and manure for, 
243, 264; root crops, 263 ; Kohl 
Rabl. Swedes, and White 
Tnr ni ps, cu 1 ture of, 264; C lo ve r 
and Grass, 2«3 , forage c r ops, 
325 ; a dairy scholarship. 370; 
li-'avy crops and high culture, 
392 ; Indian Wheat supply, 
414; seeds ai Edinburgh and 
Liverpool,434 ; grass manure 
456 ; condensed milk, 453 ; 
curtailment in siz** of farms, 
477 ; sowing Cabb.ges for 
cattle, 500 ; green pastures, 
521 
Fa ming, the future of, 347, 369, 
392, 413, 433. 455, 499 ; profit¬ 
able 101, 123, 143, 163 
Farmers—and gardeners, 41, 63, 
8f. 107, 203, 224 ; Sutton’s 
“Year Book,” 164; small 
handbooks for farmers, 3 4 
Ferns—history and liaMtats, 8, 
20 ; seedling. 56 ; potting, 79 ; 
notes on, 85 ; hardy from 
spores, 100 ; treatment of 
Maidenhair, 836; and Orchids, 
4 5 ; phenomena of variation, 
in, 479 
Fertilisation of plants, 422 
Ficus elastica, propagating, 94, 
123; repens yariegata, 192 
Figs—forcing, 76, 139, 180, 279, 
387,5*6; falling. 141 
Fine-foliage perennials, 4S3 
Firing, hints on, 225 
Firm oil the be^t, 450 
Fir-tree oil spray pump, 361 
Fish potash manure, 168 
Fishing, periodical on, 66 
Fittoaias, 180 
!• lorida, orange culture in. 419 
Florists flowers, seasonable 
hints on. 119; selections of 
163 
Flowers—early, 108, 217 ; eco¬ 
nomy in the use of, 118; Ever¬ 
lasting,178; Everlasting from 
seed. 302 : for weddings, 274 ; 
Show in the Scilly Is'es, 274 ; 
fresh and fading, 393; shows 
at school. 4 ’2 ; for market, 432 
Flower gardening, 383 
Forcing vegetables, 10 
Font, Mr. J. hi., presentation to, 
170 
Forestry—45; report of Com¬ 
mittee on, 10, 23 
Freesta refraeta alba, 181 
Frisby, Mr. C., death of. 108 
Fritillaria kam-cliatcensis, 10 ; 
Meleagris, 4"3 
Frost—at Chiswick, 22: in 
March. 192 ; in 1885-6, 444 
Fruit—exports of, from Tas¬ 
mania, 89 : keeping, 198 ; fresh 
from the Antipodes, 336; pro¬ 
duction in California, 422 ; 
stoning, 458, 482; crops in 
Kent, 508 
Fruit trees—planting and prun¬ 
ing young, 35; rabbits eating, 
57, 170 ; canker in, 70, 173 ; 
cu lure of, 106 ; caterpillars 
eating blossom*, 151; pro¬ 
tecting blossom,263 ; protect¬ 
ing, 321 ; watering borders, 
394; -pinching and pruning, 
413 ; management of. 432 
Fruit garden—the, «2, 76, 159 
451, 495 ; Rivers’ miniature, 
156 
Fruit, houses—tar in, 4 ; and 
plant houses, arrangement of, 
18 
Fuchsias for bedding, 56 ; for 
decoration, 243 
Fungus, edible, 172; destroying, 
521 
GALANTHUS El WES I, 88 
Gardening and gardeners, the 
future of, 16 ; mark t and pri¬ 
vate,41 ; market,63; tour, 153 ; 
principles of, 213; profitable, 
2 -5 
*' Garden Oracle.” Hibberd’s, 44 
Gardens — prizes ior produce 
from, 128; small, 129 ; produce, 
prizes for, 156, 156; enemies, 
214 
Gardeners’ relief fund, pro¬ 
posed, so; Royal Benevolent 
institution, annual meeting, 
<34 ; ( Royal; Benevolent Insti¬ 
tution, finances and grants, 
313 ; ami premiums, 342, 376, 
S97, 416. 437,439; rushing into 
print, 484 
Gardenias, 366 
Genliauas, 449 
Glauiolus brenclileyensis, 29 ; 
planting, 182 ; notes on the, 
196 
Glasgow, Shows for 1886, 192 ; 
Spring Show, 258 
Glass wjiiI cover, the Darling¬ 
ton, 137, 198; houses, con¬ 
structing, 432 ; glass for 
vineries and plant houses, 520 
Gloucestershire Rose Society, 
27.3 
Gloxinia- planted in frames, 
394 ; for autumn flowering, 
440. Ormonde. 470 
Goo eberries. pruning and pro¬ 
pagating. 34 ; and Currant, 
cuttings, 127 : branches,dying, 
142: buds, protecting, from 
sp irrows, 182 ; buds destroyed 
by sparrows, 191 
Gorse, propagating the double, 
*20 
Grafting wax, 222 
Grammatophyllum speciosum, 
355 
Grange, Orchids at the, 444 
Grapes, grafting. W; notes on, 
48; Bowood Muscat and Mus¬ 
cat of Alexandria, 48, 85. 90, 
114, 194 227 ; Gros Colman,50, 
132; Muscat of Alexandria, 
culture of the, 81 ; mid¬ 
season, 185 ; Mrs. Pearson, 282 ; 
not olouring, 346 ; stoning 
and ripen’ng, 410 
Grasses, ornamental, 178 ; seeds 
for an embankment, 282 
Greenhouse plants, useful. 337; 
*' D., Deal’s,” 395 ; heating 
small, 427 
Greeting, a New Year's, l 
Grevillea robust n 98, 452 
Gros Col man Grape, 43, 66 
Ground, preparing, lor vege¬ 
table crops, 52 
Groups of plants, 435 
Guano, native, 171 
Gymnograinraa Lathami, 40G 
Gypsum, no.es on, 17 
HABROTHAMNUS FASCICULA- 
ris. 4o8 
Harbingers of spring. 252 
Hardy fruit garden, 279, 366 
Heat, utilising the earth’s, 336 
Heating and protecting, 15 
Heaths, spring flowering, 311 
Hedge*—the treatment of, 297, 
355 ; unsatisfactory, 347 ; man¬ 
agement of, 333 ; plashing. 441 
Heliotropes for winter, 417; 
White Lady, 213, 487 
Hel.ebore petroleum mixture 
for oestroyi ng caterpi 11 ars, 282 
“Herefordshire Pomona,” pre- 
sentarion to artists of, 4 : )l 
Herbaceous plants, transplant¬ 
ing, 2b0; seed catalogue i Kew) 
273 
Herbaceous border, plants for 
the, 89 
Hereford Rose Society, 272 
Hibiscuses, 134; Denuisoni, 135; 
Rosa- inensis, 399 
Highbury, Birmingham plant 
houses at, 268 
Hippeastrums, 245 
Hirueola polytricha, 172 
Holmes, Mr. W.,proposed testi¬ 
monial to, 443 
Horticulture in the United 
Mates, 51; in 1886, 72 ; science 
in. 314 
Hoi ticuitural (Royal) Society- 
lists of Committees 26; pro¬ 
posed officers for the > ear, 43 ; 
Committee meetings,6,27,1"9, 
loG, 197, 230, 296, 338, 384, 4 5, 
469 514 ; annual meeting,114; 
annual dinner, 116; Provin¬ 
cial Snow at Liverpool, 125, 
156, l7'i, 193 225 ; privileges of 
the Fellows, 293; past an l 
future of the, 327 ; position 
of the, 353, 38 »; Show, 425 
Horticultural Club—meeting 
of, 43. 252, 4»7 ; dinner, 108; 
conversazione of rtie, 213 
Horticultural — Cougress at 
Pans, 6 ; Art Journal, 65 ; 
Benefit and Provident So¬ 
ciety, annual meeting, HO; 
and botanical literature, 
exhibition of, 212; proposed 
international exhibition for 
1887. 253 ; Shows for May and 
J une, 357 
Horseradish, 53 
Hotbeds tor propagating, 54 
Hot-water pipe joints, making, 
57 
Hoy a, repotting, 79 
Huddersfield Chrysanthemum 
Society, annual meeting, 66 ; 
Paxton Society, 13 *, 213 
Hull Chrysanthemum Society 
—lecture, 6, 444 
Huntingdon Nurseries,361,380 
Hyacinths-roots decayed, 34; 
Exhibition of at Exeter, 192 ; 
Grand Fleur, Queen of the 
Piuks 230; Mr. Poiman Mooy’s 
paper on. 247 
Hydrangeas, 442 ; pfinicul&la 
from cuttings, 162 ; spring- 
rooted, 408, 4i2; paniculate 
granaiflora, 429 
ICE HOUSES, FILLING, 6 
Impatiens episcopi, Hawkeri, 
412 
Insect enemies of the Apple, 71 
Insecticide, new, 231 
Insectivorous plants, 152 
Ireland, presentation to Mr. 
W. J., 292 
Doepsis irracilis, 429 
Ixoras, 517 
JONESIV ASOKA, 23 
Judging by committees, 28 ; at 
shows, 5o 
Justicia calytricha, 322, 452 
KALOSANTHES. 429 
Kew Gardens in winter, 26; 
catalogue of Miss North’s 
paintings, 399; guide to the 
museums at, 508 
Kitchen Ua den, work in, 219 ; 
seasonable work on the. 26o; 
work in the, 299, 344, 387 
gardening, 472 
Label, pinches’ “ acme ” 
tree,408 
Labour and wages, 2 
Laflias, pruning and varieties, 
27 ; ancep- aiba 212 
Laing, death of Mr. F. E., 66 
Laud, drainage of, 171 
Lapugerias, improving, 35 ; 
layering, 201 ; abnormal. 324 
Larch disease, ess ty on the, 292 
Lasi indra mac auth.*, 22i 
Lawns at the Liverpool Exhi¬ 
bition. 443 
Lawn tennis ground, improv¬ 
ing, 123; top-dressing, 185; 
improving, 28o ; lengthening, 
283 ; covering with cinders, 
368 
Leaf mould, 11, 
Leaves, biooin and stomata of, 
193 
Leeds Gardeners’ Benefit So¬ 
ciety, 21; Paxton Society,355 
Leek-, culture or, 53; Mussel¬ 
burgh, 289 
Leek Auricula Show, 358 
Lemon, the cultivation of the, 
39 ; trees, culture oi, 78 
Lettuces, culture of, 138 ; proflt- 
aole vunet es, 289 
Libouia tto ibuuua, culture, 222 
Lilv of the Valley,home grown, 
217 
LiLums 429 
Lime for Vine borders, 37,101; 
and salt lor mud, 131, 158, 189, 
216, 29 k, 302,3 6,3.>2 ; for lawn.-, 
185 
Liuuean Society, meeting of 
the, 293 
Linum trigynum, 51 
Linodeudrou tulipifera. 133 
Lissochilus t-auudersoni, 152 
Liverpool, Ko>ai Horticultural 
Society’s Show at, 125 ; 
schedule of ihe provincial 
Show at, 212; a gu ue to visi- 
t rs46i ; the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural society’s Provincial 
Show,486 ; viyiiors gu.de, 481, 
609 
Llysonen Gardens, Carmarthen, 
44 
Lobster-Claws Plant. 193 
Loudon, lesser open spaces in, 
173, 359 
Ludlow Horticultural Society, 
252 
MAHWAH FLOWERS, SUGAR 
in, 27 
Manor Uou*e, Thames Ditton, 
new conservatory at, 342 
Maidenhead N'urs lies, the, 75 
Manures—li; lor the Kitchen 
garden, 52; a useiul, 84; of 
the garden auu oi chard, 93, 
129,172 ; fo Ui chius, 15«', 188 ; 
a comparison of, 157 ; fi-li 
potash, 168; appi.s mg, 216 ; 
perils or. 2s9 
Murantas, culture of, 120 
Marguerite.- ui.il to > rued, 498 
Market Ga.deu -p «< u e,3 ; an 
exrensive 4i ; g oUud,263 
Market Gardening, 41, 63, 88, 
107.133.142,ie3 2 3 
Masdevudias 101 buitonholes, 
5 1 8; pol.vstieia, 375 
Men y bug. 4 »3 
Medal- 01 tue National Rose 
society, 2i3 
Melons—lorcrug. 53, I. 9, 26 ", 300, 
5i7; the best 82 13.>; varie¬ 
ties or, 148 ; cultivation of, 
180, 22 ,245,4.9 . Mr Barum y’s 
essav on, 2'/5 ; tempera' rue 
tor, 286; n <t swell ng, 4)5; 
summer tieatim-ut, 452 ; red 
spider on, 6118 , failing, 52/ 
Meteorological iRovaij :*ocietv, 
158, 19., 232, 293, 4.0, 516; 
unnuul meet.ng, 44. 7o 
Meteorologic 1 observations at 
Housock Priory, 44, n>9, 193, 
274; Mtuiumiy lor .88‘>,4t 
Metros de o ilorn>uudu,4s8 
Mignonette, 7;, 21 ; inputs, 376 
424 
Mildew 153; on 10 se tree*. 70, 
151,17i , remedies tor, 8s 
Milziliurat, ts.ee.esliuil, Sheffield, 
2. '4 
Missouri Botanical Gardens, 90 
Mo iks Muuoi, Lincoln, 397 
Montreal, Bourn.cal Gulden at, 
90 
More), the, 347 
Moreum-in the-Marsh Rose 
Show, 151 
Mmreu, death of Professor E. 
174 
Moths, book on, 122 ; catching, 
130 
Mount’s, Mr. G., Nursery, Can¬ 
terbury, 354 
Mushrooms—3t7 ; prices of, 56; 
coveriug outdoor beds, 56 ; 
heat of bed, 122 ; failing. 1 2; 
not growing, 123 ; growing 
on outside beds, 193. 273,325; 
quick production of,273 ; moss 
litter tor 324 
Myosotidium nobile, 296, 333 
NARCISSUS COMMITTEE, OF 
the Royal Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, 171 
Narcissi, select. 363 
Nepenthes Edwardsiana and 
N. villosa, 68 ; 180 
Newcastle - ou - Tyne Spring 
Show. 298 
Nc-w South Wales timbers, 44 
Nicotiana afflnis,2Gl 
Norris Green, 51 1 
Norton Pan*y Club, 514 
Nottinghamshire garden, notes 
from a, 73 
Nursery and Seed Trade Asso¬ 
ciation, meetings of the, 88 ; 
annual meeting andreport, 
103 
ODONTOGLOSSUM tripudians 
superb uni, 27; ltos.-i uiaju.*,52; 
and uattieyus, temperatures 
for, 232 ; Pescatorei, Knox’s 
variety,296 ; r. catorei, valu¬ 
able form of (yellow), 313; 
Rossii seeding, 377 ; trium- 
pliaus, 403; Dr. Duke’.* vexil- 
larium. a fine specimen, 443 ; 
vexiilanum, 469 ; Cooksoui, 
471 ; vexlllarium. 4a8, pur- 
pureo-radiatum, 515; how 
they are colieute J, 5 16 
Olive and Wattle in Australia, 
159 
Oncidium dasystyle, 78; tigri- 
nuiu, 9o; 220 
Onions, large spring, 10, 31; 
culture oi, 138 ; the Wrox ton, 
2 2; WroxLon or Howa.d,3H ; 
428 
Orange trees in pots,46; culture, 
68; and Pine Apples from St. 
Michaels, 96; trees, pruning, 
282 ; culture in Florida, 3.4, 
378 ; tree-, the age of, 419 ; 
marketing, 419 
Orchards of Illinois,90 
Orchids—Album, 6; society, pro¬ 
posed, 22.71; t he Percival col¬ 
lection of, sale p.ice*, 86; 
at Cheltenham, 106 ; the 
Percival collection or, 113; 
imported, made up specimen-, 
125 ; manure lor, lou ; at 
Hignarn Hill, 15 •; a blue, 151; 
and Gardenia flowers falling, 
162; culture, hints ou, 176; 
procuring«»rchids,established 
plants,imported plants,struc- 
tu<es for Orchids, 176; case, 
177; culture, hints on, 187; 
in vineries, 1 87 ; temperatures 
for, 188 ; Conterence, official 
report of, 192; manure, 2u8 ; 
Trepho, 2 O 8 ; potting ana 
basketing, 220 ; hints ou cul¬ 
ture. watering, resling, hygro¬ 
meter, 227 ; hints 011 the cul¬ 
ture of, cultivators' enemies, 
25 l ; at the Forest Hill 
Nursery, 253 ; selection of, 
269 ; white-flowered, 27i); for 
every moot , 270 ; 1 \o 
hundred cheap useful, 27o ; 
at Wyncote, z7y ; hyor.ds, 88 ; 
and spring flowers at Upper 
Holloway, 295 ; at -outh Ken¬ 
sington. 296 ; ultu'c, hin s 
on, 297 : out of doors, 297 ; 
hardy, 293 ; flowers, the dura¬ 
tion of, .98 ; 113 oricis, 317 ; 
at The Glen. Lewisham, 335 ; 
literal ure, 353 ; queen ol the, 
355; liquid manure lor, 378; 
at Birmingham* 386 ; Dr. 
Duke’s collection, 402 ; show 
at Birmingham, 405, at Upper 
Holtowa}’, 40 a; not succeed¬ 
ing, 455 ; Messrs. Veiicu nud 
Sou-’, 46-'; at Che ter, 4 -4; 
Mr. Hughes’ drawings of, 487 ; 
nomenclature, 5u6 ; at Upper 
Hoiloway. 6U3 ; at The Deil, 
Kghaui, 513 
Oxfordshire Hoi ticuitural So¬ 
ciety s Shows, special prizes 
at, 66 
Ozone from flowers, 378 
P.45 ONI A MOUTAN, 127 
Fajony, Heine Elizabeth, 385; 
Jit .cum, -ciaire, festive, max¬ 
ima, 47o 
Palms, useful. 40. 132 ; for in¬ 
door decoialion, 152 
Pampas Gra.*.*. 40 
Pancratium*. 20i; roots dying, 
79; fragrans, culture of, IcO 
Pansies dying, 476 
Paper cities, z-^z 
Paris, Horticultural Congress, 
at, 6 
Parks and Gardens, Royal, 212 
Park Place, Henley-on-Thames, 
94 
Parsnips, culture of, 138; best 
varieties of, 289 
Parsley. 4 *8 
Parrot s-Beak Plant, 193 
Paxton society, meeting of 
the, 65 ; Wakefield, 89 ; Hud- 
der> field, 89 
Peaches—and Nectarines, forc¬ 
ing 32, 96, 138, 219, 321, 495; 
age of, tr. es, 44 ; planting, 
179; culture of outdoors,2 8; 
blossom and pollen, 273; cul¬ 
ture, 279, 365, 428 ; setting. 314; 
falling, 432, 454 ; Early Bea¬ 
trice, 499 
Peach house constructing, 222 
Pears— Besi de Quessoy, 1; the 
Kieffer, 131; from the Cape 
of Good Hope, 213 
Peas—Bliss’s Abundance, 10 ; 
sowing early, 29 4o, 89, 134 ; 
for profit and exhibition, 45 ; 
for seed, 57 ; culture of, 62, 
84, 127 ; early, t6; sowing 
wrinkled var eties early, 108, 
153 ; for August, 162 ; notes 
on, 166, 179, 218 ; foi use, 183; 
selection of, 192 ; varieties of, 
206 ; merits of, 216; sowing 
for exhibition, 432 
Peat, 11, 188 
Pelargoniums—winter flower¬ 
ing, 46; u-e ul, 56; propa¬ 
gating, 57; Zonal, in wimer, 
76; seedling Zonal, 141 ; for 
winter, 243; Zonal and French 
varieties, 261; scented-leaved, 
429; unhealthy, 454 ; lvy-Jeaf, 
494 ; culture OJ, 496 
Penson, the late Mr. R. Kyrke, 
508 
Perennials, hardy, root propa¬ 
gation of, 169; fine-foliaged, 
483 ; choice, in flower, 508 
Petroleum for Carrot and Tur¬ 
nip maggots, 79 ; for dressing 
Vines and Peaches, 100 
Petunia Empress, 515 
Plialamopsis, 160; intermedia, 
hybrid, 193 ; intermedia, 296 ; 
Schiileriaua, a fine specimen, 
443 
Phoenix hybrida, 385 
1 liyltocacti, hybrid, 422 ; seed- 
Phylloxera aud foreign wine 
supplies, 64 
ling, 443 
Pliysianthus albens, 6, 40,65 
Pi lie Apples—forcing, 76, 160, 
199, 279 ; notes on, 474 
Pippin, wnat is a, 183 
PJantes des Alpe*, Mr. Lynch’s 
translation of, 251 
Plants certificated— 
Adonis pyrenana, 385; Ama¬ 
ryllis Crown Princess of Ger¬ 
many and Princes - of Wales, 
296 King oi the Crimsons, 
Duchess of Edinburgh, Duch¬ 
ess of Albany, 339: Her 
Majesty, 426 ; Anihuriuin 
Bcliert/.erianurn Devansaya- 
num,297; A um pakestiuuin, 
HO ; Azalea mollis Lord 
Shaitesbuiy,230. Beaumontia 
grandiflora, 339; Begonia gi- 
gautca rosea, i98: A thur 
Mallet. 515. Cattleya Triame 
Schroederiana, Trianae Er- 
nesti.lto: Lawrence 'na, 230: 
Mendeli Lendyana,359 : Men- 
deli Duke ot Marlborough, 
426 : speciosissima Fairfax 
variety, 47u ; Mossiae Amo'di- 
ana, 5 5 ; Cypr/pedium 
Wallisi, 297 : Hyeanum, 339; 
Cyrtopodlum Saintlegeria- 
niuii, i97. D.mdrobium cras- 
sinode - Waraianum, Leechi- 
aaum, 23 > : Wu diauum 
Wnghti, 406 ; Dorouicum 
draytonensla, 515. Fi itillaria 
E. d. Krelage, Corneille, Van 
Lerios 8iege of Haarlem. 339. 
Galauthus Elwesi, li"; Glox¬ 
inia Miss (Jannell, 426 : Or¬ 
monde 470 ; Gymuogratnma 
Catharine,406 HouHetiaodo- 
ratiysima antiquensis, 4J6: 
Hyacinth Grand Fleur and 
Queen of the Pinks, 230 Iris 
reticulata cyauea, 110: Vic- 
torme, 470. i.ithospe'inum 
g'Hiniii'foliULL 42ii; Lycaste 
skimieri gloriosa,296. Masde- 
vallia racemo-a, 297 ; Myoso- 
tidium nobile,296. Narcissus 
Bulbocodium c triuus, 198; 
Narci-sUs Henry Irving, 
Leedsi Duchess ot Westmin¬ 
ster, O. J. Backhouse, aud 
Nelson! aurantius,839. odon- 
toglossum tripudians su r er- 
buui, 27: Pescati»rei Vervtet- 
ianum,230: Courtald.auuiu, 
297 : Pescatorei Knox s va¬ 
riety, 296 : luteo-purpureum 
leucoglossum, 339 : vexil- 
lurium purpureo - radiatum, 
515; Oncidium undulatum, 
339. Pitoma Moutati Re.no 
j- hzabeth, 385 : ^loutan Ma¬ 
dame Luffay. 426 : Moutan 
Liiaci a,47o; PteomesEclai e, 
Festiva maxima, 470 : Queen 
Victoria, 1 riucess Beatrice, 
Princess of Wales, 515; Pelar¬ 
gonium puruureum, 426 ; Pe- 
tuuia Emp. ess, 5.5 ; Piicenix 
liyorlda, 3 5 ; Polyanthus 
Jack in the Gieeu, Crimson 
Beauty, 339; P iiniila flori- 
bunda, llo ; Pteris cierica 
H. B May, 339; Pyrethrums 
