Vl< 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 4, im 
Ensilage, 5(19 
Entada scandens, 383 
Epacrises in winter, 16, 467 
Epidendrnm rhizophorum and 
b’cornntnin, S33; viteliinnm, 
475 
Epiphyllums, 54; truncatnm, 
201; Makoyanum, 341, 362; 
species and hybrids, 349; 
culture 339 
Ericas, propendens and prin- 
ceps, 25; select, 63; and Epa¬ 
crises, 467 
Erythrinas, 159 
Essex Field Club, 277 
Eucalyptus, globulus, 159; 
hardy, 221 
Eucharists, 108; 2 5; erandi- 
flora, restored to health, 48; 
at Chilwell, 43; culture, 
successful, 72, ill; grandi- 
flora, 270. 352; twenty years 
in a pot, 335 
Eupatoriums reparium, ianthi- 
num, and atro-rubens. 215 
Eunhorbias,224 ; jacquiniajflora, 
242 
Evening no‘es, 94, 108, 172, 201, 
272, 157,352, 384, 475 
Eversley, death of Lord. 5 
Exacum macranthum, 460 
Exhibiting for certificates, 2;8 
ARM—CORN PROSPECTS, 20 : 
profitable farming, 21 ; dairy 
farming, 22,57; the dairy in 
winter, 26; auxiliary foods, 
57; arable land, 58; progres¬ 
sive improvement, 80; Colts¬ 
foot in pasture, 8'); soils and 
manures, 98; Brooke’s soap, 
98 ; spring corn, 120 ; fodder 
crops, 141, 163, 185, 208, 227; 
Stephens’s “Book of the 
Farm,” 142; Hogg and Wood’s 
seed report. 1839, 146 ; dyeing 
Clover seed, 186; manure for 
a park, 223; fodder crops and 
permanent pastures, 247 ; 
green crops, 2( 8 ; permanent 
pasture/87: kainitv.muriate 
of potash, 288 ; the farmer s 
future, 303; treatment of a 
cow, 308 ; dairy cows, live 
Grass,328; cattle feeding,343; 
all-round farming, 389, 40*; 
floors for cow hou=es—live 
stock, 410; the new “ Royal ” 
journal, 429,469; calf rearing, 
449 ; prizes for dairying, 470 ; 
manure and seed, 493 ; ensil¬ 
age, 509, 730; abortion of a 
sow, ducklings dying, 510; 
fruit, proposed exhibition of, 
502; experiments with ma¬ 
nures for pastures at Dyson’s 
Wood, 531 
Farrington House, Preston, 
419 
Fatsiafor decorative purposes, 
144 ; auxiliary crops, 868 
Fern spores (Mr. Rose’s paper), 
314 
Ferns in winter, 15; shallow 
P0t3 for, 306: from spores, 2^7; 
hybrids, 321; the sportive 
character of, 377 
Fertilisers for crops, 323 
Fertilising mess for plants, 415 
Ficus elastica, 159 
Figs, 224; forcing, 116, 180, 264, 
405; culture, 162; trees, dis¬ 
budding, 162; planting out 
of doors, 303; forcing, young 
trees, 324 ; training, 364: de¬ 
caying, 4i8; management of, 
526 
Floral decorations, 195,319; at 
Watford, 276; chmch decor¬ 
ations. 358 
Flora of the St. Petersburg 
Province, 418 
Florists’ flowers, seasonable 
hints on, 101 : seasonable 
notes on, 252, 435 
Florists’ Tulips, Dr. Hogg’s. 422 
Flower garden, plants, 158; 
insects in the, 178; seasonable 
work in, 486; insects of the, 
403,503 
Flower pots, “scientific,” 233 
Flower show, a novel, 377 
Flowers, for exhibitior, 184; 
early spring, 294 ; at Easter 
in Covent Garden Market,329; 
for sale, growing, 388; hardy, 
473 ; at Paris, 476 
Flowering plants raised for 
seed,176 
Fogs, in towns, 68; effects on 
plants, 280; injurious effects 
of, 322 
Foliage plants, hardy, 475 
Forcing and stoking, 86 
Forcing Rhubarb, Seakale and 
Asparagus, 116 
Forest department in India, 216 
Forests in Burmah, 822 
Forget*me-not9 in pots, 238,234 
Francoa ramosa, 399 
Fraxinus mouophylla, fascl- 
ated, 74 
Freesias,158,172,202,489; all the 
year round from seed, 249 
Frem-h Horticultural Society 
in London. 337 
F ri til lari as, 338; recnrv.i, 189 
Frost, effects of on vegetables, 
373, 152 ; phenomena of rime, 
280 
Fruit and flowers for hospitals, 
357 
Fruit —forcing. 15; culture, 
indifferent and successful,134; 
indifferent fruit cultnre. suc¬ 
cessful practice, Mr. Garrod’s 
fruit garden, canker and graft¬ 
ing, ringing fruit trees, 134 ; 
judging, 137, 147, 179, 192, 2l9, 
3( 2, 232, 253 ; growing, prac¬ 
tice v. theory. 157; profits on 
parer, 187; cultnre in Cali¬ 
fornia, 22ft, 422; judging col¬ 
lections of, 2<0,315 ; growing 
for Droflt, 286 ; culture for 
profit, 290; room, shelves iu 
a, 3<)7; culture for profit in 
England, 335; judging the 
quality, of 337: prospects, 
caterpillars. 4 0,411, 457; pro¬ 
spects and the weather. 472 ; 
crops, the weather influence, 
499; cultnre in Ireland, a plea 
for, 497; Tasmanian, 495 
Fruit tree*, canker in, 14, 169, 
194,273,500; manure and mois¬ 
ture for. 8; in winter, water¬ 
ing, 25 ; labels for, 32 ; 
destroying moss on, 34; ring¬ 
ing and curing canker, 154; 
grafting cnnkerel, 19% 210; 
grafting. 224; pruning after 
planting, 229, 25i. 271, 318; 
after planting, 298; canker, 
grafting, and ringing. 134; 
liquid manure for, 844; and 
vines, summer pinching, &88; 
renovating old, 370,418; super¬ 
phosphate and potash for, 
391; early cropping, cleans¬ 
ing, thinning crops, 466; sum¬ 
mer pruning, 488: insects, 
Californian methods of des¬ 
truction. 513 
Fruiterers’ Companv and the 
promotion of fruit culture, 
106 
Fruits, stone, bud dropping in, 
375; hardy, arrangement of, 
Mr. Summers’ paper. 381 
Fuchsias, 17; as window plants 
—F. splendens, 169 ; splen- 
dens and F. coccinea. 201,219; 
cuttings, striking, 297; cul¬ 
ture of, 3ll; Dorothv Fry,477; 
cultivation of the, 493 
Furze for hedges, 498 
Fumigating, 301 
GALANTHUS ELWESI, 189 J 
diseased, 230 
Galeopsis dubia (ochroleuca), 
147 
Garden allotments (Mr. J. 
Wright’s paper), 413, 435, 454, 
472, 492, 516 
Garden pottery, 39; notes in 
1838, 121; cropping a small, 
509 
Garden v. house (Mr. Hudson’s 
paper), 295, 316 
Gardener, an octogenarian, 499 
Gardeners, 108; and emplovers 
—prize essay, 12; and their 
improvement, 74: and their 
social position, 171, 198, 2:4; 
and gardening. 2'2; education 
and social posilion, 4, 131, 
159; social position, 63 ; 
recreation for, 179 : in 
America, 184; certificates, 
301; position, voting, 238; 
wages in Coffee plantations, 
247 ; qualifications, 358; suc¬ 
cessful, 384: disabilities, S99; 
position, 420; conduct and 
abilities. 445 
Gardeners and gardeners. 312 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund. 9, 92, 
172. 216, 277, 478; and Floral 
Fete at Covent Garden, 353, 
391,431 
Gardeners’ Roval Benevolent. 
Institution, 90, 298: annual 
general meeting. 73; public 
festival. 172 : legacy to the, 
194: .Jubilee Festival, 491 
G irdenias, 54 
Gardening past and present, 
81,127 ; advice on, 149 
Garlic and Shallot*. 205 
Garrya elliptica, 92; feetnin*, 
475 
Gas lime for land. 18 
Gasterias, culture of, 383 
Gentians, 477 
Geranium stnatum 478 
Geum miniatum, 480 
Gladioli. 234: smarting in pots, 
230 ; in 1888.291 ; eaHv. 441 
Gladiolus, 102 ; The Bride, 181; 
cultnre. 222 
Glasgow Horticultural Society, 
2 2 
Gloxinias. 139 
Gooseberries. 94 
Gooseberry bushes, protected, 
344 
Gorse for hedges, 498 
Gosavpium hirsutum, 519 
Grafting fruit trees. 35 ; 
cankered fruit trees, 199,210 
Grapes, notes on, 2. 39. 63, 132, 
155; notes on cropping and 
ventilating. 31; scalding. 32, 
435: Mrs. Pearson. 43: Madres- 
field Court, cracking, 67; 
colour and flavour of, 8% 13»; 
keeping. Lady Downe’s seed¬ 
ling, Frontignans. 94 : notes 
on, the colour and flivour, 
keeping, 102 ; Gros Colman, 
108: the skins of, 108; the 
D’Elboux, 173, 206; Lady 
GRAPES, c 'fiHmifirt 
Downe’s, scalding, 384: pre¬ 
venting scalding. 394 ; fertili¬ 
sation of, 432; thinning, 474 
Greenhouse plants, notes on, 
467 
Grevillea rohusta, 89 
Grinstead Gardeners’ Society, 
422 
Guano in vineries, 468 
Gymnogramma chrysophylla, 
cultare of, 429 
Marry flowers, notes on, 
100 ; in winter. 152 
Hardy Ferns, 284 
Hardy flowers, early, 356; notes, 
473 
Hardy plants, notes on, 189 
Hard wooded greenhouse plants 
at Kew. 358 
Heat, conserving, 320 
Heaths, two pretty, 25 ; select, 
63 
Heating greenhouses, methods 
of. 130 
Heckfield flower garden, 5 
Hellebores, 356 ; from seed, 877 ; 
div'dlng, 386 
Helminthosporlum echinulum, 
388 
Hemsley. Mr. W. B. s 358 
Herbaceous border, plants for, 
184; borders. 244 
Herts, notes from, 199; notes 
from a garden. 211, 515 
Henchera sanguinea, 199 
Hollies, repottinv, 56 
Hoilingworth, Ttiomas, death 
of. 66 
Holloway, notes at. 289 
Hollyhocks. 159; diseased, 79 
Ho-tdculturalj buildings, early, 
202 
Horticultural Club, annual 
dinner, 151; meetings of the, 
276. 418. 498 
Horticultural exhibitions. 154 
Horticultural societies, grants 
to, 127 
Horticultural (Tnlted) Benefit 
and Provident Socdety. 130 
Horticultural Societv ( Roval). 
217: meetings, 30; meeting of 
Fruit and Floral committees. 
43; programme and commit¬ 
tees for 1889. 64; Scientific 
Committee. 74.154. 321, 360.415, 
500; members of the Council, 
92: report of tbe Council for 
1888, 104; Fruit, and Floral 
Committees,and annual gene¬ 
ral meeting. 136; Committee 
meetings, 260. 390.341, 397. 476, 
50(9 520: medals. 269: summer 
show, 460: arrangements for 
the vear, 478 
Horticulture, progress of, 13; 
commercial in Belgium, 67; 
notes on eaHy English, 129, 
331.433; honours in. 451 
Hotbeds, preparing. 16 
Hothouses, con serving heat in, 
272 
Hot-water plp°*, emptying 
137; painting. 162r fitting, 163; 
preservation of, 209 : stooping 
leakage in, 241; leaking, 282, 
314, 352, 445 
Hot-water piping, arrangement 
of. 277 
Houses, old, for modern re¬ 
quirements. 84 
Hvacinths at Haarlem.337; and 
Tulips at Reading. 4'2 
Hyacinth us candicans as a pot 
plant, 106 
Hvbrid Cactuses, 349 
Hydrangeas, 181 ; culture of 
the. 165 
Humiria balsamifera (drift 
fruit), 107 
TCSRYA PURCHVST, 74 
Ice storm in Worce^ter-diire, 459 
Tlfracombe. climate at., 337 
Imantonhvllums, racing from 
seed, 245; John Laing. 230 ; 
(Olivias), history and origin 
of, 289 
Insects, leaf mining. 3i; in the 
flower garden, 178; of the 
flower garden, 403, 503: de¬ 
stroying on Fruit trees, Cali¬ 
fornian methods, 513 
Iris gcrmanica for forcing, 202 ; 
Rosenbachiaua, 217, 233 ; 
Japanese 68; stylosa, 189; 
early. 153 
Irises, 356: at Oxfo- d, 493 
Tsolepis gracilis, 235 
Italian plants, discovery of at 
Oxford. 519 
Ivy, treatment of, 45; yellow- 
berried, 75,157 
Ixoras, 305 
JACKSON, DEATH OF MR. 
I> 4 vid, 499 
Jacqtiinia armiliaris. 337 
.Tasnnnum nudiflomm, 24 
Jottings—a natural historv ex- 
hib t on. a noted collection of 
succulents, a riverside gar¬ 
den, 383 
Judging cottage gardens and 
allotments. 193; fruit, 232; 
Melons. 236 ; fruit. %52 
Justicla flavicoma, 345 
KALAN9HOE CX.RNEA, 29 
Kalosanthes, 383 
Kerria japonic^, 375 
Kew, list of seeds at, 195; spring 
flowers at, 401 
Kitchen gardens, winter work 
in, 16; in Februarv, 116 ; Feb¬ 
ruary work 169; routine,244 ; 
lime for a, 236; notes. 3 -5,493, 
447. 527; work in the, 437 
Knightshayes Court, Tiverton 
LABURNUM8, VARIABLE. 443 
Land, reclaimed, in the Isle of 
Wight, 499 
Lapagerias, 117, 235 ; propagat¬ 
ing, 78 
Larva* in rain tanks, 499,518 
Lax ton’s Peas, 67 
Laurels, 550 
Lea’s, Archdeacon, fruit gar¬ 
dens, 355 
Leaves and birds, 24; and leaf 
mould, 60 
Leeds Gardeners’ Friendly 
Benefit Society, 63 
Lettuces, summer, 339; notes 
on varieties, 515 
Leuoophylon Browni, propa¬ 
gating, 206 
Libonla flonbunda,254 
Lighting and ventilation—the 
Wenham lamp, 2(>2 
Lilium, 181; neilgherrense, 55, 
326; candidum, planting, 283 ; 
giganteum, 191; Harrisi. 477; 
Wallichi superbura and Mar- 
tagon album, certificated. 521 
Lily of the Valley, 8; forcing, 
163; culture at Twickenham, 
359 
Lime, fresh for compost, super¬ 
phosphate, 309 
Liaaria macedonica, 515 
Linnean Society’s meeting, 107 
Linseed oil, dangerous 317 
Liverpool Horticultural So¬ 
ciety’s annual meeting. 103 
Lidia Digbyana-Mosshu.398,429 
Lobelia cardiuaiis, 472; L. car- 
dinalis and igne i, 504 
Longleat. a visit to, 599 
Loofah, 468 
Looking forward, 1 
Loudon, biographical note on 
393 
Lough Cutra Castle, Co. Gal¬ 
way, 416 
Lunaria biennis. 445 
Lyciste Schilleriani, 390 
MADRESFIELD COURT, 278 
Magnolia conspicua, 46 
Malediction Oak, 275 
Manchester Whitsun Show. 433 
Manure and moisture for fruit 
trees, 8 
M mures, proposed trial of, 61; 
for Pansies, 428; solid, che¬ 
mical and liquid, 416 
Manuring kitchen gardens, 53 
Marantas 16» 
March weather, inundations 
and crops, 221 
M irguerite leaves, grabs ia, 207 
Marigolds, 376 
Market, Appies. Pears, and 
Tomatoes for, 19 
Market gardens at Twicken¬ 
ham, 369 
Marsh Marigolds, planting, 227 
Mar.-ton, a visit to, 5U0 
Marvel of Peru. 483 
Ma9devalUas, illustrate! mono¬ 
graph, 88 ; at Cheshunt,353 
Melbourne exhibition awards 
393 
Melons, 180, 22 : in frames, 55 ; 
forcing, liG, 436; failing, 295; 
julging, 2;6, 276 ; notes on, 
264; rules for judging, 319; 
in May, 385; in a frame, 429; 
syringing. 459 ; flowers not 
opening,439; not setting,489; 
cultural notes, 523 
Meteorological Society (Royal), 
173; meeting of, 418 
M-xico, notes of a visit to, 52* 
Mildew, oil and sulphur for 
destroying, 163,199. 217; mix¬ 
ture for, 449; on Vines, 433; 
on Strawberries, 439 
M'lla uniflora, 216 
Miltonia vexillaria purpurea, 
300 
Mistletoe, propagating. 19; 
propagating and culture, 
stiudard plants, 83 
Model garden* for exhibition, 19 
Mortar rubbish, uses of, 3-99 
Moth, the winter, destroying 
the, 74 
Moss on lawn, 296 
Mowing machines, SOS 
Murphy, Mr. W. J., 39, 07 
Mnscari botryoides, 195 
Mushrooms, failing, 183; in a 
railway tunnel, 85; culture, 
113; in summer, 297 
Mushroom bed, grubs in a, 
183 ; covering, 207 ; ridge- 
shaned, 61; conical, 333 
Mntisia Clematis, 254 
Myosotidium nobiie at Floore, 
418 
Myosotis, 475 
Myrobalan Plum for hedge?, 
U8 
Mystacium fllicorne, 251 
Narcissus. r>o; variiformis 
313; Sir Watkin. 817; nobilis* 
variiformis, and Grasse Daffo¬ 
dil, 337; minimus, 357; farm at 
Tresco Abbey, 274 ; Haworth’s 
bicolor, bicolor Empress. 378; 
bico'or grandis and Ilorse- 
fleldi,379: double, 4'-8 
Natural History Exhibition at 
Richmond. 38 J 
Nectarine, Pitmaston Orange, 
233; gumming, 287: falling* 
438 5 8 
Nepenthes, 160 
Newcastle Show, 323 
Newtown Pippin App’e, 119 
Nicotiana afllnls, variegated* 
307: hardy, 479 
Nomenclature of Orchids, 494 
Northern gardens in 1888.23 
Norton Pansy Societv, 504 
Notts’ Horticultural and Bo¬ 
tanical Society’s dinner, 113 
NowtonCourt,garden and farm* 
149 
OAK LEIGH, EAST GRINSTEAD, 
169 
Oakieigh, Sussex, 422 
Oaks, the Malediction, 275 ; of 
Milediction and Gospel, 317 
Ochna multiflora, 281 
OdontoglO’Sum Pescatorei spot¬ 
ted, 153 ; egregrum, 398; vexil- 
larinm, 474 
Oil and su'phur for destroying 
mildew, 166,199 
Oleanders, cleansing, 266 
Oiearia insignis, 44 
Onc : dium superhiens, 261; 
bifolium, 300; Jonesianumv 
353 
Onions, notes on, 211; varieties* 
weights, and sizes, 190; sow¬ 
ing soring. 204 : transplant¬ 
ing, 468 ; maggot, 439 
Orchards, historical notes on, 99- 
Orchids—Mr. L Castle’s paper 
on Cypripediums. 39 ; Pnala> 
nopsis Rothsehildiana, Vanda 
Amesiana, Cynripedinm Sa- 
vageanum, Odontoglossnm 
crispnm rubro - maculatnm 
and bickleyense, 48 ; Belgian. 
Societv of amateur orchidists* 
65 ; Macodes javaaica. 65; 
Masdevallias and Cypripe, 
diums, monographs o r , 89 7 
winter flowering, an admirer 
of Orchids, 103 : C rrhopeta- 
lum Cum>ngi,128; Calanthes* 
starting. 128; in Brussels, 15** 
493 ; flowering in February, 
174; Saccolabium cceleste, 
197; Dendrobium undula- 
tum and Plialieaopsis Maria?* 
213; Dendrobium nobiie- 
AVaillctii, a fine specimen* 
217 ; cork for, Cattleya Triame, 
Clark’s variety, Cypripedinm 
RoihshiUlianum, 238 ; at 
Bath, 251; treatment of im¬ 
ported plants, 274 ; Dendro¬ 
bium. Tierardi, 293; D. nobiie* 
294: D. euosmim leuco- 
pteruin, Miltonia vexillaria 
purpurea, Oncidium bifolium* 
Lycaste Sehilledam andCata- 
setum barbatum probosci- 
deurn, 300 ; Phalaeuopses at 
Cneslmnt, Epidend/ums rhi- 
zophorum and bicornutum* 
Zygopetalum cochleare and 
ro-'tnuum, Deadrobiun* 
nobiie He ithfieldlanum, 333: 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei 
Tliomsonianum,Cypripedinm 
nitidHsimum,Cattleya Blunti 
Oplirys Bertotoni, 342; the 
cool or Odontoglossum house, 
352; Masdevallias at Ches- 
hunt, O ici lium Jonesianum, 
plant* flowering in April* 
353 ; Lslia majalis, 382; cul¬ 
tural notes on Phala?nopse9 
an l CatGeya*, Cymbidiiim 
Devonianurn, 401; cultural 
no*es on Calanthes, 437, 493 ; 
Phaius and Oncidiums, 438* 
naming at Kew; at Blen¬ 
heim. 453 ; Odontoglossumc 
vexlarinm. Cattleya Mendeli 
flowers, Dendrobium Jamesi- 
nnuui and Bensonia?, 474; 
Dendrobium Benson ia? majus* 
493; Phala?nop3is, culture of* 
491; Masdevallias, Sobralia 
Macranthn. Vandas, 514 
Orchid houses,* 2i7; nomen¬ 
clature, 494 
Orchis foliosa, 189; maculata* 
489 
Oxylobium callistachys, 521 
Ozothamnus rosoiarinifoliuB* 
317 
PJE 9N1A OFFICINALIS LOBA.TA, 
463 
Peonies on grass, 477 
Panicum vanegatnn, 2?5 
Pansies, 478, 102 ; manures for* 
428 
Pansy, Mr. Simkins’ work on 
the, 34 J 
Pansy Society, the Norton, 504 
Taris International Hjrticul- 
tnral Coigress, 297 
Paris Exhibition phylloxera,317 
Parsley in winter, 159 
Partnips, cooking, 3 jI 
