July 28, 1887. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
v. 
ABCTILONS — PRUNING, 319 ; 
vitifolium, 467 
Achimenes—in basket, 112 ,194 ; 
culture of, 258 
Aconitnm napellus, 402 
Aerides—Fieldlngi, 149 ; Law- 
renciaj, 149 ; 427 ; expansum 
Leonia?, 531 
Afghanistan, collections of 
plants from, 109 
Aldenliam Park, 16 
Allium aggregatuin, 452 
Alocasias, 119 
Alpine ramble, 439 
Alyssums — Wierzbicki, 157 ; 
saxatile, 485 
Amaryllises — 20 ; at Chelsea, 
191,273, from seed,201; Nestor, 
198 • 
Amasonia pnnicea( A.calyclna), 
173 
American blight, 55.101 
American Exhibition at West 
Kensington, 191,374 
Anemones—diseased, 408 ; pul- 
satilla, 4' 2; from seed, 474 
Angiopteris evecta, 358,390 
Anise or Aniseed, 424 
Annuals —outdoors, 171; sow¬ 
ing, 342 
Antnemis nobilis 402 
Anthracite coal, 372.892, 418 
Anthuriums - Schertzerianum, 
11,119; Veitchi, 356 
Ants, destroying, 131,147 
Antwerp, exhibition at, 441 
Aphelexis culture, 511 
Apples,popular,culinary varie¬ 
ties, 1ft; useful, 142; imports 
from America, 390; notes on 
blossoming, 480 
Apple trees, canker in. 171 
Apricot blossom, protecting, 140 
Arabises, 485 
Araucarias, renovating, 26 
Artichohes, Globe, 351 
Asclepiads, interesting, 445 
Ashpits, watertight, 44. 45, 85, 
108, 128, 247, 266,295, 329 
Asparagus, planting, lul; cul¬ 
ture,229; and Rabbits, 264,393 
Asters, China. 387 
Aubrietias, 4*6 
Aucuba japonica, monoecious, 
374 
Auricula (National) Society’s 
Meeting, 29 
Anricma aDd Primula Society, 
Scottish, 109 , 373 ; Southern 
Show, 338; Northern Show, 
381 
Auriculas—and their raisers— 
Campbell’* Green Edge, 75, 
109 , 135 ; names. 95.; failures 
in, 178; top-dressing, 202 ; 
Primulas,and Primroses, 325; 
at South Kensington, 351; 
on gin of edged varieties, 393 ; 
notes on the. 420; Mr. Bolton’s 
collection, 458: notes on cul¬ 
ture, and varieties, 459,490 
Australia, high temperature in, 
152 
Australian Herbarium, 534 
Azaleas-introduction of, and 
varieties, 303 ; mol'is, 345 ; 
origin of hardy, 477, 487 
BATLEY, DEATH OF MR.THOS., 
332 
Barkeria Vanneriana, 33 
Bath Bulb Show, 254 ; Spring 
Show, 400 
Bailee, Mr. F., and his work, 
480 
Beans, Kidney, 238; culture of 
Scarlet Runner, 330 
Bedding out, 384 
Bedding plants. 150; propaga¬ 
ting. 180 : preparing, 305 ; 
watering, 493 
Bedford Horticultural Society, 
209 
INDEX. 
- +- 
Bees—the hive of the future, 
20 ; Cyprian, 21 ; markets for 
honey, 35 ; the weatner and 
bees feeding, 36 ; foreign 
races of,57, IOO, 161, 202, 221, 
280,344,538 ; a new foal brood, 
Tunisian, 57 ; practical bee- 
keeDing, 77, 119, 141, 160, 239, 
238,298.342,428.473,517; notes 
on. 78; the apiary, Syrian, 99; 
queen introduction, dry sugar 
feeding, 120 ; Punic or Tunis¬ 
ian, 121; dying. 123; the honey 
market, 142, 162, 260; trans¬ 
ferring, 143; honey, heavy 
yield of, 16L; peculiarities in, 
188 : the honey question, 182 ; 
spring manipulation. 01 ; 
curreut discussions, British 
Honey Company, leaving 
hive, 240; “ super-body,” 241; 
apiarian notes, spring feed¬ 
ing, ventilating hives,259 ; the 
standard frame, 279; poison¬ 
ous honey, 280, 300 ; placing 
section racksupon a hive,301; 
thickness of combs, tin crates 
in Arran, 320; selling honey, 
Bee keepers’ Union, 32L; sec¬ 
tions and crates, 323; notes on, 
the weather, wintering, 363, 
406; swarming and sections, 
387; zinc floors for hives, 386 ; 
apicultural operations, causes 
of queenlessness, 385 ; scien¬ 
tific queen breeding, lan¬ 
guage of, 407,451; the season, 
frame for seciions,doings of 
the past week, 429 ; ventila¬ 
ting floors, 475 ; disease of, 
cases and coverings for 
hives, 473; artificial swarm, 
473; hiving, 473; Cyprians, 
floorboards, queens, 495 ; 
diseased,495 ; diseases of,496; 
B.B.K. Union prospectus, 49 J; 
swarming, 534 
Beet, culture of, 36 
Begonias — weltoniensis, 20 ; 
tuberous for bedding, 70; 
dividing Tuberous, 222; 472 
Bergmau, testimonial to Mr. F., 
234 
Bignouia venusta, 209, 272 
Birds and fruit buds, 220 
Birmin.ham Gardeners’ So¬ 
ciety, 32, liO, 191 289 
Birmingham-Rose Show, 191; 
visit of the Queen to, 250 ; 
spring show, 274 
Blackberries, American, 311 
Blood manure, 387,409 
Boilers—a difficulty with, 53; 
101; effects of hard water on, 
1"5,155 ; hollowed bars, 295 
Books—“ Permanent and Tem¬ 
porary Pastures,”36; new, 73 ; 
Wood’s Booke for ye Garden, 
8»; various. 162; “Garden 
Calendar,” 219; “Thomson’s 
Handy Book of the Flower 
Garden,” 42L 
Bones, burned, 281; dissolving, 
474 
Border flowers, 170 
Boronia heterophylla. 334 
Botanic (Royal) Society’s Meet¬ 
ings, 53, 492 ; Spring Show, 
317; Summer Show, 403 ; 
Evening Fere. 512 
Botanists, British field, 289 
Bouquets, 484 
Bouvardias, culture of, 18, 160 ; 
culture and varietms, 465 
Box edging, planting and cut¬ 
ting, 228; insects on, 490 
Briar cuttings, 183 
Brighton and Hove Chrysan¬ 
themum Society, 215 
Broccoli—Penzance, 85 ; eight 
months supply of, 22.5 ; 
Carter’s Mammoth Spring 
White, 354 
Brussels Sprouts—Veitch’s Pa¬ 
ragon, 68 ; for late use, 809 
Bulbophyllum barbigerum, 532 
Buh^cL powder, 171 
Bu'b mite,the, 109,129; destroy¬ 
ing the, 164 
Barchellia capensis, 401 
Burdock, 424 
Bury St. Eimunds,short walks 
from, 355 
Buxus Macowani, 191 
CABBAGE SHOW AT KELSO. 419 
Cactaceous plants in Germany, 
395 
Calceolarias—in the flower gar¬ 
den, 291 ; herbaceous, 419 ; 
472 ; at Bedford Hill House, 
467 
Caianthes — diseased, 41; fail¬ 
ing, 90 , 98; degenerating, 107 , 
134; vestita and C. Veitchi, 
culture of, 185; 428 
Californian Floral Fete, 49) 
Callas, culture of, 330 
Cambridge Botanic Garden seed 
list, 170 
Cambridge Lodge. 375 
Camellias —inarching.223 ; with 
yellow foliage, 281 ; after 
flowering, 3L5 
Campanulas — rotundifoiia 
flore-pleuo, 49, 75 
Canuas, 56 
Carnations—leaves spotted, 79 ; 
179 ; border, 232 ; tree, 278, 
450 
Carpet beds—arranging, 337 ; 
Carr, death of Mr., 312 [495 
Carrots—in frames, 34 ; 118 ; 
early Horn, 159 ; culture of 
early, 278 
Carter’s seed warehouse, 111 
Caterpillars, de-troying, 418 
Cattleyas, 98 ; potting and 
watering. 145 ; Triame Schro- 
derai, 295 ; labiata leucophaja, 
531 
Cauliflowers, 118 ; autumn, 163 
Cedrus Libani, old specimens 
O', 174 
Celery, 193 ; early, 278 ; clean, 
463 
Celsia cretica, 332 
Centropogon Lucyanus, 200, 405 
Chard, removal of Mr. J. K..89 
Cherries, 97 
Cherry house, 20 ,140,179. 273 
Chervil, tuberous-rooted, 514 
Chesterfield, death of the Earl 
of, 72 
Chiswick Gardeners’ Mutual 
ImDrovement Society, 52 
Chiswick Horticultural So¬ 
ciety’s Jubilee Challenge Cup, 
234 
Chiswick House, 327 [151 
Chiswick, trial of vegetables at, 
Chrysanthemums, notes on 
new, 5; for cutting, 19 
Chrysanthemum Conference, 
proposed, 234 
Chrysanthemum (National) 
Society’s Meeting, 29, annual, 
94,138; Midwinter Show,33; 
schedule. 259 
Chrysanthemums and their 
culture, 117, 334, 350, 419 ; a 
critique on, 132, 237, 392 ; an¬ 
swer to Mr. Garnett’s critique, 
173, 194,266 ; Mrs. H. J. Joues, 
3l; early, 50; for exhibitiou, 
67,83,326; Mdlle. Elise Dordan, 
87; prizes for, 90; late, 90; 
Ralph Brocklebunk, 92; late 
flowering, 107 : Golden 
Gem, 1<'9 ; Boule de 
Neige, 148 ; syringing, 270 ; 
Mr. Mawley’s list of varieties 
at the National Society’s 
show. 284 : Jeanne d’Arc, 
305 ; Castle* s “ Annual,” 309 ; 
aphides, antidote for, 373 ; 
audits, 379, 445 ; not thiving, 
430; fragrant, 418, 439 ; 450 ; 
Exquisite. 467 ; exhibiting, 
467; in June, 475; Leucanthe- 
mum semi-duplex, 532 
Cineraria flowers, large, 211 ; 
for exhibition, 856 ; 442 ; pro¬ 
pagating, 497 
Citrus Limetta, 425 ; japonica, 
440 
Clematis—coccmea, 231; indi¬ 
visa lobata, 251 
Clerodendron Balfourianum, 
200 
Climate of England, 171 
Climbing plauts, 298 ; in con¬ 
servatories 319 
Clydesdale fruit growers, 72 
Coelogyne cristata.90,98, li 7,134, 
148 ; at Goodwood, 232 ; ocel- 
lata maxima,272 
Coffee culture in India, 420 
Coleworts, sowing, 497 
C >lletias—spinosa, 9 ; variation 
in,151 
Colours—the arrangement of, 
269 ; of leaves and flowers, 
294 
Continental HortieulturalCom- 
pany, sale of plants, 269 
Copyright in engravings, 122 ; 
infringement of, 191 
Corbularias, Mr. Maw’s lecture 
on, 130 
Cornflowers, 518 
Committees of the Royal Horti- 
cnltural Society for 1887,7 
Crassu’as, seedling. 474 
Crocuses — karduchorum, 137 ; 
Ducks and, 211 
Crotous, 353 
Crystal Palace, schedule of ex¬ 
hibitions, 151; the future of 
the, 191 
Crystal Palace Show, 255,422 
Cucumber'—culture at Worth¬ 
ing, 6 ; forcing, 77,118,179,257; 
in March, 220 ; growing for 
market, 266 ; scorched, 281 ; 
cultivation, 286, 327, 353, 494; 
raising plants,303; in frames, 
349 ; failing, 408 
Currant bushes, pruning and 
cleaning. 12 
Currant bud mite, 391 
Current topics, thoughts on, 74, 
216 
Cyclamens—culture of the, 212, 
266 ; a feathered, 287 ; 450 ; 
essay on the, 490 
Cymbidium tigrinum,3>3 
Cypripedimns — callosum, 7 ; 
Scomburgkianum, 28 ; C. Lee- 
anum superbum,33; 93 ; Bois- 
sierianum, 90; Spicerianum, 
98 ; insigne, 189 ; Morgani- 
anum, 233 ; hirsutissimum, 
2 >2 ; Waliisi,353; Cambridge- 
anurn,376; Ernesrianum,377; 
421; superc liare, 531 
DAFFODILS, 9, 332, 452 ; RIP 
Van Winkle, 19L 
Dahlias—sowing seed outdoors, 
430; decorative,433 
Daisies ou lawns, 18 1 
Damping houses, 211 
Datura stramonium, 423 
Delphinium nutPcaule, 355 ; 
staphisagria, 423 ; Chamont 
and Britannia, 532 
Deudrobinms — Australian, 8 ; 
Schneiderianutn, 143; culture 
of 1 ). noblte, 214 ; in small 
pots, 232 ; crassinode x 
Wardianum, 312; culture of, 
416 
Dickson, Mr. G., presentation 
to, 419 
Digging.bast ird trenching, and 
trenching, cost of, 58 
Ditherington and Sc. Michael’s 
Cottage Garden Society, 
170 
Dixon, death of Mr. Edmund 
Philip, 29 
Dracamas, propagating, 34; cul¬ 
ture, 363 
EARWIGS, 523 
Ecbaliium elaterium, 423 
Edinburgh spring show. 294 
Eichler, Dr. August Wilhelm, 
death of, 211 
Endive, culture of, 246 
Epacris culture, 519 
Eragrostis abyssinica, 72 
Eranthemuins, 405 
Ericas, culture of, 289 
Essex Horticultural Society’s 
Show, 483 
Eucliaris—mite, 83,383; grandi- 
flora,193 
Euphorbia jacquiniceflora, pro¬ 
pagating, 322, 405 
Exhibitions, arrangement 0 % 
440 
FARM-A WELL-STCCKED, 23; 
Messiau fly, fowls laying in 
December, the drainage of 
meadows, 24 ; soil and its im¬ 
provement, 37 ; Mr. Sutton’s 
work on pastures, 38; soil 
lessons,60,79,102,123; tenants’ 
valuation, 80 ; land for per¬ 
manent pasture, 80; scarlet 
fever of cows; winter dietary 
of cows, 124 ; manure for pas¬ 
ture, 148 ; dairy farming, agri- 
culturalsalt, 144 ; dairy farm¬ 
ing, 163. 183; chemical ma¬ 
nures, 203 ; manure for grass 
land. 204; reform in agricul- 
t ure, 223; prudential cropping, 
28L; the root crop, 301; profits 
of grass farming, 323 ; the 
agricultural depression, 345 ; 
management of pig9,365,387; 
steamed bone flour, 366; 
Wheat, 409,431; cost and pro¬ 
fits of Wheat culture, 453 ; 
potash on light and heavy 
soils, country eggs, 454 ; 
Turkeys dying, 476 ; our 
cereal crops (barley), 475 ; 
forage crops, 519; manures 
and forage crops Mr. Sutton’s 
experiments, 540 
Fashion in floral art, 505 
Featherstone, death of Mrs. 
Annie, 151 
Fernando Noronha, expedition 
to, 53 
Ferns—in vineries, 221 ; hardy, 
298; giganticnon-arborescent, 
390; liquid manure for, 415; 
colours in exotic, 504 
Fern tiles, Booty’s, 170 
Fibre yielding plants, 251,289 
Ficus repens, venation of, 9; F. 
sycomorus, 2 >2 
Fifty years ago, reminiscences 
of, 499 
Figs—forcing, 20, 56, 97,179, 220, 
257 ; out of doors, 178, 404 ; 
failing, 345 
Filbert culture, 5 
Floral Societies, National, 151 
Floral fa9hon.44l ; decorations 
at a Royal Garden Party, 535 
Florists’ flowers —seasonable 
hints on, 139; in May, 414 
Flowers — in Covent Garden 
Market, 151,289; in America, 
152; protecting hardy from 
slugs, 194; and Gardens, Mr. 
Burbidge’s lecture, 275 ; the 
colours of, 294 ; at Nice. 375 ; 
for the shooting season, 497 ; 
o'd-fashioned,49) 
Flower garden—work in the, 
279, 49»; arranging beds for 
the, 345 ; roots for the, 361; 
notes on the, 417 ; bedding 
out, 450 
Foeuiculum capillaceum, 423 
Food reform, 382 
Forcing Plants and Bulbs, 155 ; 
pit, 365 
Forest-species of Japan, 171; 
trees, roots o f , 257 
Frames, covering for, 89 
