VI. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 28,1887. 
France, National Horticultural 
Society of, 9 
Francisceas, 258 
Freeaias, 160 
Fritillaries, 397, 444 
Frogmore, notes at, 508 
Frost report of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society, 250, 268 ; 396 
Frost, death of Mr. Philip, 396 
Fruit—forcing, 43,319, 427; rut¬ 
ting exhibition, 68: the cul¬ 
ture of hardy, 81, 93,133, 152 ; 
Mr. Rail lie’s address on grow¬ 
ing, 217; the weak link in the 
culture, 263 ; farming in 
America, 393 ; prospects at 
Chiswick, 396 ; from South 
Australia, 419 ; thinning 
hardy, 455: keeping, 465; pro¬ 
spects in Worcestershire, 467; 
notes ou bush, 482 ; at the 
early summer shows, 512; 
thinning, 515 
Fruit trees— protecting, 59 ; 
transplanting, 101 ; deeply 
planted, 169; old, 183; Tay¬ 
lor’s sulphur and lime mix¬ 
ture, 203 ; buds destroyed by 
birds, 220; newly planted,341, 
renovating, 352 ; spring treat¬ 
ment of, 411 
Fruit garden—work in the, 55, 
140,257,404,515 
Fuchsias—in winter, 8: propa¬ 
gating, 56; hardy. 235 : the 
earliest hvbrid, 264 ; leaves 
“ crinkled,” 322 
Fumigator, a new, 74 
GAILLARDIA VIVIAN GREY, 
532 
Gardeners’ Orphanage, 111, 131, 
148, 165, 205, 250, 265, 288, S26, 
350.396,418, 466 
Gardener, presentation to a, 832 
Gardeners* Royal Benevolent 
Institution, 68,122 
Gardenias, culture of, 258 
Gardening—appointments, 234 ; 
literature of, 248,292 
Garden Oracle, 29 
Garden, the pleasures of a, 
14 
Gas-lime as an insec icide and 
fertiliser, 459 
Gladioli—raising from seed, 6, 
26 ; in pots, 241 
Gladiolus—notes on, 210; Col- 
villi, 513 
Glasgow International Exhibi¬ 
tion, 466 
Glasgow Spring Show, 276] 
Glazed pots for Orchids, 64 
Glenny’s Illustrated ^Garden 
Almanack, 9 
Gloriosa grandiflora, 141 
Gloxinias and Cyclamens, cul¬ 
ture of, 162 
Gloxinias, 200; planted out in 
frames, 256 ; at Chelsea, 440; 
at Reading, 483J 
Gomphia decora, 16 
Gooseberry bushes —’pruning 
and cleaning, 12 ; protecting, 
404 
Gooseberries, 101 
Greenhouses, rating, in nurse¬ 
ries and market gardens, 228; 
plants at Kew, 435 
Grange, The, Wallington, 4 >8 
Grapes—without fire heat, 8; 
the fertilising and stoning of, 
12; Muscats shrivelling, 15, 
45 ; Gros Oolman, 18, 27, 48. 64, 
91, 107; Black Hamburghs, 
28, 135 ; varieties of, 29, 59; 
Ryton Muscat and General 
de la Marmora, 46 ; without 
heat for the million, 53, 105, 
129, 153; training, stopping, 
cropping, 54; thinning, 54, 
442 ; appearance v. flavour 
in, 62; shanking, 86; shrivel¬ 
ling, 88; Mrs. Pearson, 90; 
Bucklaud Sweetwater, 108, 
135 ; late, 122, 522 ; Alnwick 
Seedling, 127, 167 ; for suc¬ 
cession, 142; stoneless, 183; 
notes on, 190,255; flavour of, 
217; Muscats in April, 268 ; 
remarks on setting, 369; fail¬ 
ing, 452 ; at Frogmore, 508; 
a calamity with, 511; fumi¬ 
gating and scalding, 524 
Gravel on plant stages, 157 
Greig, death of General, 250 
Gypsophilas for decoration, 222 
HABROTIIAMNU3 elegans, 
172 
Hall hardy plants, house for, 223 
Hands worth Nurseries, 464 
Hard wooded plants, useful, 435 
Hardy officinal plants, 402,423 
Heat, loss of from hot-water 
mains, 67 
Heaths, win ter-flowering, 55 
Heatbfield House, Gateshead, 
438 
Heliotropes for winter, 524 
Helleborus niger, 424 
Heuchera sanguinea, 531 
Heyvvood, death of Mrs., 310 
Hollies, transplanting, 539 
Hollyhock—the, 153, 485; dis¬ 
ease, the, 170; history of the, 
106 
Horticulture in 1886 , 2 ; pro¬ 
gress, 522 
Horticultural (Royal)Society- 
Committee Meetings, 32, 110, 
137, 197, 218, 236, 296, 314, 835, 
380, 530; position and pro¬ 
spects of the, 103 ; annual 
general meeting, 113 ; Ken¬ 
sington arrangement, 170 ; 
memorial to the Queen, 205; 
special general meeting, 532 
Horticultural Club — Meeting 
of the, 52; and the Royal Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, 94 
Horticultural Provident and 
Benefit Society, Annual Meet¬ 
ing, 62 
Horticultural societies, 463 
Houses, damping, 244 
Hull and East Riding Chrysan¬ 
themum Society — Annual 
Meeting of the, 73; Annual 
Dinner, 211; schedule, 419 
Hyacinths—at Exeter, 211 ; at 
Bristol, 251; stems dislocated, 
322 
Hydrangeas, 159 
Hydrastis canadensis, 424 
Hvmenocallis macros teph ana 
141 
ICELAND POPPIES, 513 
Illicuim floridanum, 481 
Indian experiences, 16, 49, 290, 
311, 357, 372, 420, 525 
Insecticide distributor, Wood’s, 
461 
Insects—on Grapes, 316 ; the 
prevention and destruction, 
347; singular, 474 
Inula Helenium, 424 
Ipoimea noctiflora, 441,488 
Iris tuberosa, 231 
Isolepis gracilis, 472 
Ixias and Sparaxis, 160 
Ixora—Mr. Cox’s paper on the 
culture of the, 195,218; 333 
JACKMAN, DEATH OP MR., 440 
Japanese botanical book, the 
finest, 10 
Jubilee—the Royal, 25 ; and the 
Royal Horticultural Society, 
45,65, 84; a gardeners’ orphan¬ 
age, 11L; propositions, 165 ; 
decorations, 533 
Justicia flavicoma, 378 
KALANCHOE CARNEA, 33 
Kelway, Mr. & Son, meeting of 
employes, 30 
Kensington, South, Exhibition 
Grounds, 191 
Kew—Bulletin of Miscellaneous 
Information, 72, 191, 251, 457 ; 
list of seeds, 210; spring gar¬ 
dening at, 252 ; notes at, 435 
Kickx, death of Mr. J. J.. 2 >1 
King, Mr. G., presentation to, 
418 
Kinghorn, death of Francis R., 
513 
Kitchen, serving the, 249 
Kitchen garden—work in the, 
76. 199, 238, 277, 318, 362, 404, 
449 
Kitchen Gardeners’ Calendar, 
211 
Knott’s Green, Leyton, 490 
LABELS, WATERPROOF, 354 
Lachenalia tricolor, 235 
Lajlias anceps—Stella, Sanderi- 
ana, 33 ; virginalis, 42; varie¬ 
ties, 64; purpurata, 442 
Laing, death of Mr. R., 52 
Land — laying down to per¬ 
manent pasture, 80; neglected, 
163 ; cultivation in the High¬ 
lands, 432 
Lantanas, 56 
Lapageria alba, fine spray of, 
441 
Lapiedra gracilis, 137 
Lappa major, 424 
Larkhall, notes from, 356 
Lawns, lawu-tennis,and cricket 
grounds, 293; effects of ashes 
on. 408 
Leaves, the colours of, 294 
Leeds Professional Gardeners’ 
Friendly Benefit Society’s 
meeting, 13 
Leeds Horticultural Society- 
259 ; Show, 512,526 
Leeds Paxton Society, 235 ; an¬ 
nual dinner, 272 
Leek Auricula Show, 353 
l^eeks—early, 76,371; about, 216 
Le Jardin, 192 
Leptospermum buliatum, 465 
Leschen tultia biloba major, 
513 
Lettuces, 118; culture of, 246, 
804 ; from December to May, 
481 ’ 
Lilacs, treatment after flower¬ 
ing, 179; Marie Lequay,467 
Liliurns -Harrisi, 160; neilgher- 
ense,222 ; candidum in April, 
309, forcing, 356; bulblferum, 
532 
Lillesden, notes from, 316 
Lime, quantity of for soil, 37 ; 
origin of, 452 
Lindley library, 332 
Linnean Society, meeting of 
the, 109 
Literature of Gardening, 211 , 
248, Mr. W. Paul’s lecture. 270 
Liverpool Horticultural Asso¬ 
ciation annual meeting, 89 ; 
Show. 131,231; 191 ; 251 
L’Horticulture Internationale, 
234 
Lobelia cardinalis, 269 
Lock, presentation to Mr. G., 89 
Lodoicea seychellarum, 251 
London’s lesser open spaces— 
Lincoln’s Inn, 48 ; 252, 444 
London nurseries, April in the, 
273; Messrs. J. Veitch Sons, 
273 ; B. S. Williams, W. Cut- 
bush & Sous, 274 ; Messrs. 
Laing & Co.’s, 310 
Lo niats in London, 440 
Ludlow Horticultura Society, 
151 
Lytham, sale of plants at, 513 
MAGNOLIA UNHEALTHY, 59 
Maidenhead Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, 251 
Manchester Botanical Gardens, 
annual meeting, 90 
Manchester, Jubilee] Exhibi¬ 
tion, 151 
Manchester Whit Show, 447 
Marantas, 119 
Maryland Pink Root, 424 
Mandevilla suaveolens. 512 
Manures—concentrated, forms 
of potash, 241; artificial, 339, 
391 445 
Manuring fruit trees, 220,452 
Market gardeners exhibiting, 
24L 
Market—growing produce for, 
307 ; gardens, rating, 415 
May Apple, or American Man¬ 
drake, 424 
Me Elroy, death of Mr., 29 
MeHutcheon, John, death of, 250 
McIntyre, death of Mr., 489 
Mealy bug ou Vinss, 142 
Meteorological observations at 
Hodsock, 192, 289 
Meteorological Society, Royal, 
30. 92,110, 131,192, 251, 331, 449, 
467 
Melon Pear, 210 
Melons, 257,494 : forcing, 97,118, 
179 ; in March, 220 ; a good, 
234; plautdiseased,28l; man¬ 
agement of, 383 ; supports, 
431, 505 
Menthol, 424 
Menyanthes trifoliata, 474 
Micrococcus amylovorus, 235 
Milford, Mr. James, death of, 
234 
Moore, death of Mr. Thomas, 3 
Moore, herbarium of the late 
Mr. T., 251 
Mignonette, 56, 279; Cannell’s 
Perfection, 351 
Mos 9 and licheQ, removing from 
trees, 55 
Moss litter, German, 15 
Molyneux’s “Chrysanthe¬ 
mums and their Cultivation,” 
a critique, 156 
Mushrooms—in boxes, 65, 475 ; 
insects on, 261,390; in a Peach 
house, 345 ; in Cucumber 
frames,383; beds, late bearing, 
287, 309, 350 
Mvrobalan Plum, propagating, 
222 
NARCISSI — WILD FJRMS OF, 
in Portugal, 137 ; pseudo-Nar- 
cissus minimus, 195, 23(5 ; hy¬ 
brid, 212 ; useful. 269; cycla- 
mineus, 287, 297, 332 ; calan- 
thinus, 371 
National Chrysanthemum So¬ 
ciety, 29 
Nephrolepis rufescens tripin- 
natifida, 420 
Neumann, death of Mrs. Chas., 
354 
Newcastle Spring Show, 340 
Newcastle Jubilee Exhibition, 
401 
Newcombe House, Crediton, 30 
Nicotyl vaporiser, 470 
Nitrate of soda as a fertiliser, 
217 
Norton Pansy Society, 414 
Norwich Almanack, Jarrolds’, 
211 
Nurseries, rating, 283 
Nursery and Seed Trade Asso¬ 
ciation, annual meeting, 133 
ODONTOGLOSSUMS-RAMOS *- 
simum, 58; Cervantesi, l(7; 
W. Thompson’s variety of 
crispum, 296 ; Edwardi 415 
Oncidium monarchicum, 28 
Onions—the culture of, 3; the 
best, 74; sowing spring. 158; 
Potato,452 ; autumn-sown for 
exhibition, 518 
Ono9ma taurica, 527 
Oahrys pnmncialis or lutea, 
'416 
Orange trees, scale insects at¬ 
tacking, 170 
Orchards—sites for, 39; trees 
for, 55 
Orchids—giant. 7 ; fungus on, 
27; at Woodhatch, 28 ; peat 
for, 41.64; enemies, 42; sales, 
64 ; glazed pots for, 6i; lore, 
90,116, 136; British, HO. 131; 
in plant houses, 134; at Blen¬ 
heim, 189 ; at Cheltenham, 
189; at Westbrook .syringing, 
214; at Howick House, 213; 
preserving flowers from slugs, 
2L3; Baron Schroder’s, Cypri- 
pedium Morganianum, Den- 
drobium Wardianum, 232 ; 
a valuable Odontoglossum, 
Coelogyne cristata, at Good- 
wood, Dendrobiuin nobile, 
Zygopetalum Veitchi, 232; at 
Wyncote ; at Elm Hall, 
Wavertree, 248; Mr. Smee’s, 
249; at The Barons, Twicken¬ 
ham, 272 ; flowers, an Orchid 
Society, 292 ; Odontoglossum 
Rossi majus, 312; at Down¬ 
side, Leatherhead, 33L ; for 
bouquets and floral decora¬ 
tions, 853 ; at Cambridge 
Lodge, 375 ; sale of and prices 
at Downside, 374 ; at home, 
397; at Sheffield, 398; at Hol¬ 
loway, 398 ; Wisconsin, 398 ; 
at Messrs. J. Veitch Sons, 
415; Mr. G. F. Wilson’s, 416; 
hardy, 416, 442, 486. 515 ; at 
Kew, 412. 486 ; at The Grange, 
Wallington, 468: at Highgate, 
a bouquet of, 515 ; an ama¬ 
teur’s, 533 
Orchidaceous plants, Veitch's 
Manual of, Part 1,139 
Ornamental mound, an, 467 
Orphanage, gardeners’proposed, 
229 
Overcrowding plants, 483 
Oxford, notes at, 29J 
PJEONIES —CULTURE OF, 192 ; 
Glory of Somerset, 532 
Palafoxia Hookeriam, 531 
Pancratium*, 141 
Panic am variegatum ; 200 
Pansies, culture of, 192; election 
of, 519 
Pansy Society, Norton, 461 
Papaver nudicaule, 513 
Parsley, curled and plain, 191; 
culture of. 373 
Parsnips, 118 
Parks—maintenance of the 
London, 131, 152 ; changes in 
the management of the Lon¬ 
don, 170 
Passi flora Constance Elliott, 395 
Paul’s hardy plant nursery, 439 
Pavonia Wighti, 363 
Peaches—forcing, 34 ; buds fall¬ 
ing, 79; trees, training young, 
209; culture in the open air, 
125,140 ; culture out of doors, 
147, 176 ; trees on open walls, 
227 ; wood not ripening, 281; 
shoots, training, 452 : Alex¬ 
ander, 474; foliage injured, 
474 ; and Nectarines, loosen¬ 
ing from walls, 22 ; forcing, 
76 ; 118,341,495 ; out of doors, 
187, 209 ; under glass, 239 ; dis¬ 
budding, and thinning, 298 
Pears—trees not fruiting, 22; 97; 
new foe of the, 109 ; Glou 
Mor^eau, 293 ; grafting, 222 ; 
blight, 235 ; Marie Louise, in 
Elvaston Castle Gardens, 252; 
dessert, 269 
Pea Conference, proposed, 44 
Peas—raising under glass 76; 
early, 89,128,238 ; transplant¬ 
ing, 129; 158; selection of, 166; 
transplanting, 435 
Pelargoniums—leaves spotted, 
22 ; Zonal, 56, for winter, 183, 
Constance, 191, 359, and sum¬ 
mer, 387 ; culture of show and 
fancy, 95,196 ; Regal, 142 ; pro¬ 
pagating, 150; standard, 160; 
for pots, 173; decorative, 430 ; 
French and Fancy, 472; strik¬ 
ing, 497 
Perennials, propagating choice, 
436 
Petroleum, 58 
Petunias in pots, 518 
Phaius grandiflorus, 98; tuber- 
cnlosus var. superbus, 213 
Phaiamopsis—grandiflora, 331; 
culture of,428; hybrid, grandi¬ 
flora x violacea, 416, hybrids, 
530 ; Harrietta?, 531 
Phloxes, propagating herba¬ 
ceous, 290 ; garden, 513 
Phosphates as manure, 418 
Photographs of lightning, 457 
Phylloxera, planting maize 
with Vines,46; Vines infested 
with, 301 
Pillar plants for intermediate 
house, 59 
Piinpinella anisum, 424 
Pine Apple Charlotte Roth¬ 
schild, 49 
Pines—forcing, 20, 56, 97,140,159, 
220,278, 471 ; 494 
Pipes, loss of heat in, 29; paiot 
for hot water, 142 
Pittosporum undulatum, 109 
Plants — new of 1886, 28, 47, 73, 
93,117,157,176,198, 255, 277,340, 
426; lecture on food. 29; certi¬ 
ficated in 1886,61 ; diseases of, 
73 ; removing, 261; for shady 
borders, 300 ; vernacular 
names of, 332; hints on pot¬ 
ting, 353 ; pests in soil, 430 
PLANTS CERTIFIC ATED— 
Abies excel sa mu tab U is, 425. 
Aerides expansum Leonire, 
531. Adiantnm cuneatum 
Gordon's Tassel led, 297. Ama¬ 
ryllis Nestor, 198 ; Edith 
Wynne.Nonpareil, 296. Auri¬ 
cula Abbe Llzst, Sir W. 
Hewitt, 297 : Amanda, S. 
Barlow, J. Douglas, Sir. W. 
Hewitt. Magpie, Dulcle, Gray¬ 
ling, Rubra, E. Pohlman, 338; 
Azalea indlca Souvenir de 
Francois Vervaene, 423; 
(hardy) Beauty, Maiden’s 
Blush, Peach Blossom, Snow¬ 
flake, 425.—-Barkeria Van- 
neriana, 33. Begonia (Tube¬ 
rous) Princess Victoria, Duke 
of Edinburgh, 423 Boronla 
heterophylla, 236.-Cattleya 
Trianre Schrcederae. 296 ; C. 
labiata leucophea,531. Chrys¬ 
anthemum Mrs. H. J. Jones, 
83 ; leucanthemnm semi¬ 
duplex, 532. Cineraria Alex¬ 
ander Warwick, William 
Pratt, 297. Cyclamen Queen 
of Crim<oas, 297. Cymbidium 
Dayanum, 491. Cypripedium 
Leeanum suoerbum, 33; leu- 
corrhodum, 293: superciliare, 
531.-Delphinium Chamont, 
Br tannia, 532.-Fritillarla 
pallidiflora, 380.-Gaillardia 
Vivian Grev, 532.-Hemero- 
callis Middendorflana, 491. 
Heuchera sanguinea. 531. 
Hyacinth La Belle, 236.- 
Ixiohrion tataricurn, 491.- 
Kalanchoe carnea, 3 J. Korol- 
Kowia (Frltillaria) discolor, 
83.-Laelia anceps Stella, 
Handeriana, 33 ; purpurata 
Mrs. H. Little, 423. Lycaste 
lana Measureslana, 111.- 
limulus Carters’ Jubilee 
Queen’s Prize, 425. Mas- 
aevallia Harryana luteo- 
oculata, 491, - Narcissus 
cvclaminens, 297 ; Captain 
Nelson, 389. - Odonto¬ 
glossum crispum Leopardl- 
num, 111; triuinphans, Rose- 
fleld variety, 236 ; Pescatorei 
virginale, crispum, W. 
Thompson’s variety, 296 ; 
Pescatorei Pollett’s variety, 
425; vexillarium rad latum,491. 
-Pachystoma Thomsoni- 
ana, 111. Pieonies Uranie, 
Rinzi, Odorata Maria, Louise, 
Mouchelet, 423 ; Bauieri, Isis, 
Lactea, Zenobia, 425; Glory of 
Somerset, 532. Phahenopsis 
speciosa, 425. Pelargonium 
Henry Dawkes, 423 ; Duke of 
Clarence,491; Primula Double 
Scarlet, Rosy Queen, Gipsy 
Queen, Double Rose, Double 
Blue. 33 ; sinensis Purity, 
Brightness, Cannell’s White 
Perfect on, Snowflake, 111 ; 
Sieboldi, Ware’s variety, 389. 
Pteris tremula flaccida, 33. 
Pyrethrum Magicien, Floren¬ 
tine, Figaro, Aphrodite.Mar¬ 
garet Moore, 491.-Rhodo¬ 
dendron La Belle, 198; balsa- 
minajflorum carneum, 286 . 
Rose The Bride, 198; minnti- 
folia, Golden Fairy, The 
Puritan, 297 ; Lady Alice, 
Cleopatra, 532 ; Rauunculus 
cortusajfo lins, 425.-3y ringa 
japonica. 531. Violet 
Victoria, 297.-Zygopetalum 
Veitchi, 236. 
Plums. 97 
PodoDhyllum peltatum, 424 
Polemonium Richardsoni, 499 
Poinsettias—culture of the, 337; 
405 ; in spring, 488 
Pollen, analysis of, 218 
Polygala senega, 424 
Postal labour, Mr. Sutton’s 
statistics, 513 
Potatoes—Dr. Masters and the 
Tercentenary, 9 ; early in 
frames, 34 ; degeneration of 
the Champion,41,267; crushed 
bones for, 58 ; Mr. Fenn’s 
lecture on, 69; Scotch Cham¬ 
pion, 87 ; culture of the, 128 ; 
for Ireland, 131; cutting seed, 
154; manure (Dr. Voelcker’s), 
163; planting, 199; old and 
new. are they degenerat¬ 
ing ? 207, 464; changing seed, 
233 ; planting, 277 ; degenera¬ 
ting, change of seed, 331, 392, 
354, thoughts on, 837, 413, 419, 
and fads, 461, 512 ; growths, 
430 ; Onion, 452 ; Mr. Fenn’s 
lecture on, 4 16 ; disease, 
mulching, 465; size v. quality, 
478 
Potash on light and heavy soils, 
454 
Pots, draining, 267 
Primroses and Polyanthuses, 
386 
Primulas—at Reading, 9, varie¬ 
ties certificated, 33.44; Messrs. 
Sutton <fc Sons’ varieties, 30 ; 
Carters’ special prizes, 29, and 
Messrs, cannells’, 52; Wil¬ 
liam/ Magenta Queen, 109; 
imperialis, 170; under glass, 
221 ; sinensis, discussion on 
the,2ll; paper on, at Birming¬ 
ham, 285; fragrance of, 251 ; 
Stuarti, var. purpurea, 336 ; 
obconica, 417; 494 ; Sieboldi, 
ani its varieties, 491 
