July 28, 1887. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTaGE GARDENER. 
Yll, 
Prizes, Messrs. Carters’, t® 
gardeners, 29 
Pruning, late, 220 
Pteris tremula flaccida, 83 
Pyrethrums, dividing, 202 
Rabbits-protecting trees 
from, 305 
Radishes, early, 118 
Rain v. insects, 467 
Rangemore Gardens, 188 
Ranunculus cortus£cfoiius, 425, 
437 
Raspberries — protecting, 101 ; 
341; not succeeding, 474 ; 
thinniDg growths, 518 
Rating greenhouses in [nur¬ 
series and market gardens, 
228; the Greenwich case, 309 
Reading and writing, 4 
Reading Show, 470 
Reminiscences of fifty years 
ago, 499 
Rhizoglyphus echinopus, 83 
Rhodanihes, 279 
Rhododendrons, 122, 142 ; La 
Belle, 198 ; culture of, 283 ; 
Cunningham’s White, 288, 
308; in pots, 288 ; Veitchia- 
num, 289, 395 ; caucasicum 
album, 308, 354: white, 345 ; 
Countess of Haddington, 374 ; 
balsamina?florum album, 440; 
at Duneevan, 489 
Rhubarb—exhibiting, 22; forc¬ 
ing, 32,40 
Rhynchospermum jasminoides, 
56 
Richardias — cethiopica, 160 ; 
from Christmas to Easter, 448 
Richmond Show, 535 
Robins’ nests, 467 
Rockery—plants for a green¬ 
house, 203; Mr. G. Paul’s, 439 
Romney a Conlteri, 78 
Root-pruning, 65 
Rosarians’ Year Book, 30 
Rose growing for beginners, 10 , 
63, 84, 104.147, 167, 186, 212, 226, 
244, 265, 306, 333, 359, 369, 412, 
456, 502 
Roses—The Bride and Grand 
Mogul, 16, 27, 198; the best, 
41; preparation of the soil, 
63; buying plants, bow to 
plant, 84 ; whento plant, 85; 
Marechal Niel, 101 ; trans¬ 
planting, distance apart, 
winter treatment, where to 
plant 104; Hybrid Tea, 112, 
137; Archduchess Maria lm- 
maculata, 131; varieties to 
grow, 147; planting with 
Vines, 163 ; pruning, 167, 212 ; 
Roses— continued— 
deepening the colours of, 183; 
short pruning, long pruning, 
187; Marechal Niel and Vines, 
222 ; Mrs. House, 211; disbud¬ 
ding, 212 ; gross shoots, reno¬ 
vating an old plant, grafting, 
226 ; sporting, 241; notes on, 
249, 269 ; stocks for, 244, 290 ; 
Scotch, 267; Princess Beatrice, 
269 ; top-dressing tor, 2S1 ; 
own-root Roses, layering, 265; 
The Puritan, 296,412: mulch¬ 
ing, 298, 365 ; budding, 306; 
seedling Briars, 309 : new 
varieties, 313; buds failing, 
345 ; American Beauty, 354 ; 
in pots, 359, 413,494 ; at Ascot, 
353 ; in Peach houses, 355 ; 
pale Marechal Niel, 365 ; new 
Tea varieties, 348; culture of 
Tea, 369; Earl of Dufferin, 
874 ; and Mignonette, 374 ; 
forcing, 412 ; at Cheshunt, 
441; exhibiting, 456 ; liquid 
manure, lime manures, 502; 
old, 521; Lady Alice and Cleo¬ 
patra, 532 ; beetles on, 539 ; 
the coming struggle, 534 
Rose Shows—in 1887, 170, 191, 
248; fixtures, 331; postponing, 
462 ; prospects, 462 
Royal Gardens, the, 507; Frog- 
more, 508 ; Windsor, Buck¬ 
ingham Palace, Osborne, and 
Balmoral, 510 
Royal warrants to tradesmen, 
170 
SABAL BLACKBURNIANA, 70 
Salads and Salad culture, 246, 
267 ; for exhibiting, 323 
Sal ammoniac for pipe joints, 
78 
Salt—quantity for soil, 37 ; in 
soil, 409 
Salvias, 450 
Sansevierias, the (Bowstring 
Hemp), 379 
Scutellaria Mocciniana, 405 
Seakale—from roots and seeds, 
22; planting, 425 
Seed—list cf from the Jardin 
des Plantes, 89; an hour in a 
warehouse, ill ; effects of 
changing, 439 
Selaginella coesia, 200 
Sericographis Ghiesbreghtiana, 
138 
Sewage for crops, 322 
Sheffield—Chrysanthemum So¬ 
ciety’s annual dinner, 52 ; en¬ 
largement of Botanic Garden, 
72 ; Floral and Horticultural 
Society, 89 
Shady borders, plants for, 300 
Shrubs, preparing for removal, 
185 
Silica in soil, 293, 339,445 
Sinclair, death cf Mr. Archi¬ 
bald, 109 
Slag as a manure, 288 
Slugs—preserving flowers from, 
213; destroying, 281 
Smet, death of Charles Louis 
de, 250 
Snow and vegetation, 22 
Soda, nitrate of, 22 
Soils—for plants, 20 ; lessons, 
102; notes on, 172, 255 ; im¬ 
provement of clay, 310; silica 
in, 293, 339, 391, 445 ; Lettuces 
on dry, 436 
Solanum albidum Poortmani, 
72 
Southampton (Royal) Horticul¬ 
tural Society, annual report, 
152 
Sphajrogyne latifolia, 258 
Spigelia marilandica, 424 
Spinach, 479 
Spiraea japonica, culture of, 169; 
S. confusa, 464 
Spring—shows, 243 ; signs of, 
246 ; flowers, 485 
Springtails, 400 
Stachys affinis, 534 
Statice Suwarowi, 279 
Stevens, death of Mrs., 109 
Stockdoves, vagaries of, 382 
Stocks — East Lothian, 92 ; 
planting, 479 
Stopping and disbudding fruit 
trees, 404 
Strawberries — new and old 
varieties, 4 ; time in forcing, 
37 ; in pots, 97, 179, 278, 405 ; 
dying, 260 ; spring treatment 
of plants, 24'.); King of the 
Earlies, 289,355 ; new planta¬ 
tions, selection of varieties, 
297 ; culture of, 300 ; early, 
309; late, 341; Princess Frede¬ 
rick William (Princess of 
Prussia), 329 ; in Florida, 355; 
for market, 452 ; at Frogmore, 
508 ; gossip, 503; Fete at Chis¬ 
wick, 512 
Sulphur and lime mixture for 
fruit trees, 203 
Summer, planting in, 501 
Swanley flowers, 350 
Syringa japonica, 531 
TABERNJEMONTANAS, 258 
Table decorating, 116 
Table plants, 42 
Tank for tepid water in hot 
house, 59 
Tapeinantlius humilis (La- 
piedra gracilis), 137 
Teff, Eragrostis abyssinlca, 72 
Tenants’ valuation, 80 
Tennis Court, making a, 101 
Thanatophore, the, 74,95 
Thoughts on current topics, 74, 
216 
Thunias, 98 *, Marshall!, 398 
Thyrsacanthus rutilans, 128,405 
Tobacco culture—in England, 
152, 190; Carter’s experiments 
in, 170; home-grown, 269; 354 
Tomatoes, 118 ; under glass, 
170; early, in vinery, 307 ; on 
walls, 365; dying, 386; Webb’s 
Sensation, 440; ;in the open 
air,457 
Tomato house, constructing a, 
202 
Trees and shrubs—damage to, 
9,52 
Trees— planting,101; nailing on 
walls, 128 ; measurement, 
150; grafting, 162; on walls, 
disbudding and stopping, 471; 
at Whittinghame, 482 
Trellis plants, 539 
Trichnocantrum alba-purpu- 
reum, 27 
Trichopilias,353 
Tuberose, culture, 59 
Tulip Society, Royal, 469 
Tulip—the Florist, 40, 149; Mr. 
Barlow’s species of, 433 ; at 
Haarlem, 440 ; Mr. Polmaa 
Mooy’s lecture on, 514,528 
Turner memorial prizes, 30 
Turnips, culture of, 287 
Tydaeas, 200 
USTIL1GO ON FIGS AND 
Dates, 219 
VAIR, DEATH OF MR. JAMES, 
170 
Valeriana officinalis, 434 
Valves in pipes, 222 
Vanda teres, varieties of, 134; 
Sauderiana, 134 
Van Geert, death of Madame, 
512 
Vegetables—prizes for, 29; good 
of 1886, 42. 126, 146 ; Sutton’s 
work on, 289 
Vegetable Marrows, culture of, 
277 
Veitch memorial prizes, 30 
Veratrum album, 421 
Victoria regia at Chats worth, 
12 ; in the open air, 27 
Vine borders—manure for a, 79 ; 
outside, 434; Clay’s fertiliser 
for, 474; 526 
Vine leaves, warts on, 365 
Vine rods, depressing, 122 
Vinery, seasonable notes in, 348 
Vines—dressing, 22,497; forcing, 
19, 55, 98, 140, 159, 199, 239, 297, 
362 ; pruning and top-dress¬ 
ing, 27 ; grafting, 59; prema¬ 
turely destroyed, 59 ; shoots 
fasciated, 58, 886 ; for a cool 
house, 79 ; mealy bug on, 142, 
162; and Ferns, 154 ; planting 
with Roses, 163; grafting and 
inarching, 162; out of doors, 
178,471 ; not breaking, water¬ 
ing, 280; breaking irregularly, 
301; dying, 301; insects at¬ 
tacking, 316; leaves scorched, 
387,430; unorthodox pruning, 
389; jottings, 413; the largest, 
490; mildew on, 539 ; barren 
flowers on, 534 
Violas and Pansies, 430 
Violets — in winter, 127. 169 ; 
Lady Eslington, 237 ; Wellsi- 
ana, 289 ; Mrs. Rawson, 350 ; 
single and double, 386 
WAKEFIELD PAXTON So¬ 
ciety, 89, 250, 490 
Wall covers, glazed, 196 
Wales, mildness of climate in 
north, 332 
Warwick Castle, 174 
Watercress culture, 425 
Water, warm, for plants and 
flowers, 368 
Watertight ashpits, 69 
Weather—the, 30; in South and 
West Perthshire, 52 ; at Hod- 
sock Priory, 53; land and 
crops, 205, 211 ; severe, 234 ; 
in the north—effects on vege¬ 
tables, 269; in Notts, 533 
West, death of Mr. J.F., 89 
Wilder, death of Marshall P., 73 
Wilts Horticultural Society, 
meeting of, 152 
Wire worms, destroying, 518 
Wirral Rose Show, 89 
Wisdom, the beginning of, 81 
Worsley Hall Gardens, 416 
YEAR, THE NEW, 1 
York Florists, Aucient Society 
of, 72, 96 
York Gala—prizes at the, 109 
505 
Zygopetalum Veitchi, 232 
