December 27, 1894 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
vii, 
ORCHIDS—con^tnwed. 
Hhaius maculaius, 227 ; ever¬ 
green Calanlhes, 244 : Mil- 
lonla spectabllis, 244; Vanda 
Hookenana, 2t4; (Jattleya 
gigas Countess of Derby, 
253, 274; C. Gaskelliana 
albens odorata, 253; Cypripe- 
dium Meteor, 253; C. Nandi, 
253; La:lia Dayana delicata, 
253; L. Parthenia, 263 ; Re- 
nautbera cocciuea, 253 ; 
Cattleya velntlna, 29U ; Laslia 
crispa, 290 ; Dendrobium 
chrysanthum, 290; O icl- 
dinm Forbesi, 290; Mas- 
devallla ootbodes, 290 ; 
Sopbro-Cattleya eximia, 52i; 
cultural notes, 821; wbite- 
flowered Orcbids, 330 ; 
Dendrobium Pbaiaenopsis 
Scbtbderianum, 837; Ouonto- 
glossum erispum, 337 ; 
Cattleya bybnda Browni, 
344; C. labiata Foleyana, 3i4; 
C, labiata Cuuniess Fitz- 
■willlam, 344; C. Wendlandi, 
844; Cypripedium Bookerl, 
344 ; C.Memoria Moensi, 314; 
Dendrobium paipebre, 344; 
D. Pbalamopsis Bcbtdaerte 
alba, 344; D. album, 491; 
Miltonia spectabllis More- 
liana atro-purpurea, 345; 
notes on Sopbronltea, 36u; 
Stanbopea Randi, 421; S. 
nigripe*!, 421; pleiones, 444 ; 
Angraicum eburneum, 476; 
Caltieya speciosisslma, 476; 
Odontogloisnm erispum 
Franz Massreel, 4S7 ; Vanda 
Amesiana, 491; at tbe Bristol 
8bow, 491; Pbaio-Calanthe 
Sedenlana, 612 ; leaves 
spotted, 512; Cypripedium 
Meteor 635; Mr. R. i. Mea¬ 
sures’ book on Cyprlpediums, 
535; Daelia anceps, 635 ; 
Cypripedium x William 
Lloyd, 557 ; Dendrobium 
Parish i, 657 ; at The Firs, 
Warwick, 557 : carnivorous 
plants in Orchid houses, 558; 
Schomburghkia Sanderiana, 
579; Masdevaliia tovareusis, 
679; Orchids in a plant 
case, 679; Orchids for yvinter 
flowering, 569 
Orobus hirsutus, 47 
Osmaston Manor, 300 
Ox-eye Daisies,539 
PACKING FRDIT AT THE 
Crystal Palace Show, 898 
Pteonies, 126; at Long Ditton, 
14 
Palms and Water Lilies at 
Kew, 97 
Pansies, in Canada, 33; notes 
on, 193; hints on, 442 
Papaw tree, the, 129, 163, 178, 
196 
Paradise, a floral, 246 
Parsley lor winter, 873 
Pasture, rough, 875 
Peaches and Nectarines, cleans¬ 
ing, 44 ; preparing for forcing, 
187.550 ;earUest forced houses, 
258; outdoors, 85o; under 
glass, 350 
Peaches, chlorosis or yellows 
in, 100 ; analysis of Peach 
branches, loo; and wet 
weather, I 27 ; in houses, 211; 
colour of, 405 ; early, 424; a 
large, 470 
Peach shoots, thinning, 289 
Peach stones splitting, 22 
Peach trees, insects on, 70; 
chlorosis or yellows in, 72 ; 
unsatisfactory, 164; lifting 
and improving, 265 ; infested 
with maggots, 306 
Pears, attacked by Cecidomyia 
(Diplosis; pyrivora, 59; crop 
of, 105; at Hook, 12J; early, 
gathering, 210 ; storing, 336; 
The Achan, 363; the abnormal 
crop, 1894, 367 ; irregularly 
swelled; 416; Seckle, 417; for 
November and Decemuer, 
460; growths ihorny, Cras- 
sane, 484 ; CatiUac, 64l; dis¬ 
eased, 519 
Pear tree slug, 116 
Pea-rot fungus, 116 
Peas, dwarf, 82 ; late, 189; 
diflerence between Marrow 
and other Peas, 140; Tabers’ 
Duke of York, 127; select, 
173; notes on, 222 , 360 ; 
among the Wem, 323 ; Nov¬ 
ember, 426 
Pelargoniums, zonal, 259 
Pentstemons in beds and 
borders, 315 
Peppermint in America, 201 
Perennials, sowing. 141 
Petroleum as luei, 248 
Pnaio-Caanthe Sedeuiaua,612 
Phenyle and carbolic acid for 
club in Cucumbers, 70; for 
destroying eelwurms in soil, 
117 
Phormium Hookerl, 105 
Physaiis Alkekeugi, 426; P, 
Aikekengi Franchetti,313 
Pigeons and catapults, 540 
Pine Apple growing inFiorida, 
153 
Pines, culture of, 211; attention 
to,258 
Pink (National) Society, Mid¬ 
land Section show, 64 
Pinks, at Handswortb, Bir¬ 
mingham, 169; border, 173; 
at ahirley, 178 ; Mrs.Lakin, 
200; Margaret, 247 
Piptanthus uepalensts, 330 
Pits, forming brick, for early 
vegetables, 71 
Plantains on lawns, 164 
Plant houses, 69, 351, 551, 573 
PLANTS, FRUITS, AND VEGE¬ 
TABLES CERTIFIOaTED BY 
THE ROYAL HORTIs'UL- 
TDRAL SOCIETY— 
Acer purpnrascens Nizette,3')3; 
Adlantnm Hensleyana, 151; * 
A, plumosum, 151; Anthu- 
rlum Scherzerianum rotundi- 
flora sanguines, 198; Aster 
Kynsford Yellow, 253.- 
Bean, Veitch’s Climbing 
French, 303; Begonia L' rd 
Diinraven, 35; B. Laing's 
Fringed White, 35; B. Neat¬ 
ness, 35 ; B. Lady Tyler, 78 ; 
B. Beauty of Eynsford, 78; 
B. Kajah, 151; B. margarit- 
acea, 383 ; B. Sanders’ Winter 
Queen, 492; Bertolonia Tri- 
omphe de TExpo-ition, 79; 
B. margaiitaoea snperba, 79; 
Bougainvillea glabra Coker 
Court variety, 35.-Cala- 
dium Chelsea Gem, 79; C. 
Duke of York, 79; C Duchess 
of York, 79; C. T. W. Moore, 
79; C. Papuer, 79; C. Tri- 
omphe de oomte, 79; C. Ita- 
poca, 79 ; C, Gurupa, 198; 
Calanthe Harold, 492; Calo- 
chortUB venustus Vesta, 35; 
C. venustus purpurascens,35; 
C. Plummer®, 79; Carina 
celebri, 79; Carnation Wini¬ 
fred, 35; C. Eudoxla, 79; C. 
The Burn, 79 ; G. Lady Henry 
Grosvenor, 79 ; C. Mrs. Eric 
Hambro, 79; C. Miss Ellen 
Terry, 151; C. Waterwitch, 
151; C. Paradox, 151; Cata- 
setum Lindeni, 448 ; C. Bun- 
gerothi aurantiacum, 448 ; C. 
O’Brienanum, 448; Cattleya 
Gaskelliiana Nellie, 35; C. 
granulosa superba, 79; C. 
Mendeli H. O. Tracy, 79; C. 
Hardyana, 79 ; C. Hardyana 
laversiuense, 79; C. Ashton- 
lana, 151; C. hybrida Kienas- 
tiana, 198; C. Hardyana, Sel- 
wood variety, 198; C. gigas 
Countess of Derby, 253; C. 
Gaskeiiiana aibens odorata, 
253; C. albanese, 333; C. bi- 
color cmrulea, 303; C. hybrids 
Browni, 344; C. labiata Fo¬ 
leyana, 344; C. labiata Coun¬ 
tess Fitzwilliam, 344; C. 
Wendlandi, 844; C. x Clonia, 
383; C. Fabia, 448 ; C. iabiata 
autumnalis, 448; C. labiata 
elegans, 448 ; C. labiata, 
Peters’variety ,492 ; C. guttata 
Prinzi, 549 ; Chrysanthemum 
maximum Maurice Prichard, 
35; C. Lady Fitzwigram, 253; 
C. Mias Dorothy Frarikland, 
C. Rose Weils,303; C. Madame 
Charles Molin, t44; O. Mrs. 
E. G. Hill, 344; C. Madaine 
Edouard Rey,344 ; C.souvenir 
de Petite Amle, 344 ; C. Frank 
WeliS, 844; C. Mons. Charles 
Molin, 3831 C. Louise, 383; 
C. Prdfet Robert, 383; C. M. 
Aug. de Lacvivier, 383; C. 
Hairy Wonder,383; C.owen's 
Perfection, 448; C. J. Biden- 
cope,448; 0. John Lightioot, 
448 ; C. Maggie Bieukiron, 
448; C. Sir E. T. Smith, 448; 
C, Miss Dulcie Schrbeter,448; 
C. Mrs. W. J. Godfrey, 448; 
C, Garnet, 448 ; C. Mrs. Dr. 
Ward, 443 ; C. Purity, 448 ; 
C. Alice Seward, 848; C Mrs. 
R. Filkins, 4(8; C. Princess 
Ena, 448 ; c. Duchess of York, 
492; C. Madame Carnot, 492; 
C. Owen’s Crimson, 492; C. 
Mons Meg, 492 ; C Black 
Prince, 492 ; C. Bellem, 549; 
King of the Plumes, 549; 
Clematis Lady Asbcombe, 35; 
Cosmos bipannatus g andi- 
florns, 448 ; Crocosma aurea 
imperialls, 253; Croton M. E. 
Fournier,l98; Cucumber liux- 
ley’s Seedling (Bleudworin 
Perfection), 303; Cymbldium 
cyperifollum, 448 ; Cypri¬ 
pedium leucochitum var. 
aureum, Dl; C. tesselatum 
porphyriitn, 151; C, Gode- 
iroy® var. Cambridge Lodge, 
151; C. supei bieus Elliot- 
lauum,15l; C. Excel-ior, 151; 
C. 'The Pard, 198; C. Meteor, 
253; C. Nandi, 253 ; C. 
Arnoldia;, 303; C tiookeri, 
344 ; C. Memoria Moen?i 344 ; 
C. Insigue Erueoti, 448 ; C. 
Cyris, 4.9; C. Luciauum 
superoum, 492 ; C. 111 - 
signe Sanderiana, 492; C. 
triuninhans, 492; C Wil¬ 
liam Lloyd, 649; C Swin- 
burnei luagniflca, 649.- 
Dahlia Crawley Gem, 151; 
D. Cannell’s Velvet, 263; 
PLANTS, &C, CERTIFICATED — 
Continued. 
D. Mrs. Gordon Shaw, 253; 
D. Mrs. Francis Fell, 303 ; 
D. Ci8Sie,303; D. The Bishop, 
338 : D. Earl of Pemb oke, 
303 ; D. Harmony, 303 ; D. 
Miss Hornimau, 303 ; D. John 
Welch, 303; D. Novelty,3u3; 
D. Shotesham Hero, 303 ; D, 
Mrs.Turner,303 ; Delphinium 
Sarali, l5l; Dendrobium pai¬ 
pebre. 344 ; D. Phalienopsis 
Sch Oder® alba, 344; D. 
Phalmnopsis Highburyensis, 
449 -Epilmlia Hardyana, 
449 ; Eriocnema Sander®, 304. 
— E’uchsia Ballet Girl, 79. — 
Qalendra lagmnsis, 79; Gladi¬ 
olus J. H. Krelage, 79; G. 
Kenneth Kelway, 151; G, 
Xenia, 151; Q. Vigilant, 151; 
G. Utopia, 161; G. Dodo, 
151; G. Little Dorrit, 3o4; 
G. Muriel, 304; G. Cygnet, 
304; G. Leonora, 844 ; G. 
grandis,345; G. Casilda, 345; 
-Habenana carnea nivosa, 
79 ; H. Susann®, 198; Holly 
Lawsoniana, 3o4.-L®lia 
elegans pr®-itans, Ingram’s 
variety, 151; L. elegans dulca- 
tense, 151; L. Oweni®, 198; 
L. elegans nobiiis. 198; L. 
Dayana delicata, ’263; L. 
Parthenia, 253 ; L. Buturpe, 
549; L®llo-CatUeya Timora, 
35; L.-C. Zephyra. 79; L.-C. 
hybrida broomfleldense, 151; 
L.-C. Nysa plcia, 304; L-C. 
Nysa superba, 304; L.-C. 
Nysa purpurea, 304; L.-C. 
Decia. 492; Lilium Thunberg- 
lanum Horsmani, 35; Lycaste 
Schronbrunnensis, 79. - 
Melou, Fairiawn Empress of 
India, 198; Earl’s Favourite 
(Ward ),882 ; Miltoniaspecta- 
biiis Moreliana atropurpurea, 
345; Miltoniopsis Bleuiana 
rosea, 383. - Nepenthes 
mixta sanguinea, 253.- 
Odontoglossum citrosmum 
sulphuieum, 79; O. asper- 
sum roseum, 253 ; O. Wattl- 
anum superbum, 383; O. 
aspersum lulvidum, 383; O. 
erispum E'rantz Masereel, 
449 ; O. insleyayi splendens 
aurea,492; Oncidium orniiho- 
rhynchum album, 343; O. 
Wheatleyanum, 449. - 
Pea, Veitchs Main r^rop, 78; 
Peach Late Devonian, 3o3; 
Pentstemon Jean Mace, 35; 
Phaio - ualanthe Sedeniana, 
492 ; Phlox Iris, 151; Physaiis 
Aikekengi Frauchetti, 345; 
Picotee President Carnot, 79; 
P. Ladas, 79; Piatycodon 
Maries! album, 151 ; Plum- 
ieria alba, 79; Plum Rivers' 
Monarch, 303 ; P. Rivers’ Late 
382; Potato, Hill’s Superb, 
303; P. Boston Bountiful, 
303 ; P. Daniels’ Special, 303 ; 
P. Field King, 803; P. Poor 
Man’s Friend, 303 ; Primula 
capitata, Loxwood var., 493; 
Pteris biaurata argentea, i5l ; 
P. gracilis muiticeps, I5l; 
P. cretlca crlstala Forvan^i, 
441. - RelnwardLia tetra- 
gyne, 493; Renauthera cooci- 
nea, 253; Retiuoopoia squar- 
rosa su phnrea, 79; Rose 
Madame Pierre Cochet, 79; 
R. Queen Mab,253; R. Mamau 
Cocnet, 3o4; Ruous japonicus 
tricolor, 35 ; R, ph®u.icolosius, 
151. Rue.lia macrantha, 493. 
-Saccoiaoium coe este su¬ 
perbum, 198 ; sainipaulia 
ionaulha, 383; Schomburgbia 
rhinodora Kimballiana, .549; 
Selagiuella virioangula, 79 ; 
S. Lyalii, 79 ; Sobralia Veitchl, 
79; ooneriia Mrs. H. Walter, 
35 ; 3. Madame Van Lrngen- 
hool, 79; o. Francis Mar- 
chand, 79; S. Souvenir de 
Madame Van Huutce, 79; 
Sophro-Cattleya ecimia, 304; 
Strawberry Laxion's Latest 
01 All, 78; Sweet Briar D.aua 
Vernon. 79; oweet Pea, Coun¬ 
tess of Powis, 35 ; Sweet Pea, 
Salopian, 35. - Tomato, 
Golden Nugget, 150; T. Red 
Dessert, 150 ; Trigidia lilace^ 
79. — Veronica lycopodi- 
oides, 314; V. cupressoides, 
804; V. Salic jrno.des. 304 ; 
Viola Iona, 79.-Ziphyr- 
anthes carinata, 3o4. 
Plants, for bedding, hardy, 121; 
contracillity ot, 152 ; Kaflra- 
riaii, 199 ; loss of chioroph. Ii, 
215 ; new, introducing, 247 ; 
how plants grow. 247 ; iiitiug 
from flower gardens, 273 ; for 
beds and borders, 3i5; for 
growing under g,ass, 317 ; on 
banks anu shady places, 338; 
pea for haruy, 4i2; and 
shruos, lorciug, 487 
Plelone.s, 444 
Piumoago capensis, 223 
Plums, ripening, 21o; crop, 
223 
Point wor.h considering, a, 3.<1 
Poisoned fruit borders 419 
Poly podium schneiderl, 79 
Pomegranate fruiting, 540 
Population and gardening, 199 
Portraits—Mr. H. VY. Adnltt, 
243 : Mr. W. W. Nannton, 
243 ; Mr. George Steel and 
Dr. Stuart, 542 
Potatoes, disease In the Isle of 
Wight, 80 ; and Onion disease 
in Isle of Wight, 106 ; disease 
(Phytophthora infestans), 
remedies for, 131; fungus, 
the, 151; in Jersey, 223, 240 ; 
a National Potato show, 240 ; 
the Warminster Potato ex¬ 
periments, 241; Potatoes at 
Sulhampstead, 241; proposed 
National show, new varieties 
at Chiswick, 274; disease and 
scab, 293; Potato top col¬ 
lapse, 298 ; how diseases may 
be distinguished, 296; fungi¬ 
cides as preventives of the 
disease, 297 ; coloured, 294; 
American crop, 295 ; disease, 
317; Improvement of, 422 ; 
“ new,” 426; sewage grown, 
540; boxes for seed,54o ; well 
cooked, 561 
Primulas, double, 471 
Privet hedge, forming a, 330 
Progress in gardening, 397, 
422 
Pruning, spur, 350 ; root, 350 
Prunus Pissardi, 471 
RADISH SEEDS, 341 
Rainfall recorders, 162 
Ranunculus Lyaiii, 199 
Raspberries, Kent, 199 
Reading Horciculiural Show, 
228 
Recreation grounds in London, 
199 
Renanihera cocclnea, 253 
Rhododendron Sclillppenbachi, 
246; Fordi, 318 
Ripened wood, 50, 160, 179, 195, 
228, 291, 32r, 336, 358, 381, 401, 
421, 422, 414, 463, 468 
Riviera, the flower trade of the, 
129 
Roath Park, Cardiff, 225 
Roche Abbey, 112 
Root action, its effect on vege¬ 
tation, 163 
Roots, nu.ritlon of and manur¬ 
ing, 2,51,74, 100 , 120, 168, 219, 
273, 297,360, 391, 403 ; pruning, 
294 
Rose-chafer, 217 
Rose (National) Society, an¬ 
nual meeting, 567 ; the South¬ 
ern provincial meeting in 
1895, 685 
Roses Hedges of, at Bath, 6 ; 
at Westminster, Windsor 
show notes, 7 ; Congress at 
Antwerp, 27; rev,ew of 
Croydon show, 27; N.R.S. 
show at Crystal Palace, 28; 
the N.R.S. trophy classes 
and mnltiplicity ot exhibits, 
54, 82, 108, 125, 148, 197 ; 
at Hitchin, 55; at Wsod- 
bridge show, 55 ; at Gateford 
Hill, 109; at the Halifax 
meeting, 109; at Bedale, 109; 
notes on Roses, 125; W. A. 
Richardson, 126; standard 
Roses, 149; challenge trophy 
competition from 1881 to 1892, 
149, 4l2; the amateur trophy 
question, 174, 289, 299, 320, 
318,388,892, 423; Niphetos, 175; 
Tea and cniua Ro-ies in Scot¬ 
land, 175; autumn pruning, 
194,412; China Rose Laurette 
Messimy, 197; the National 
Rose SOd ety and its mem¬ 
bers, 250, 289 ; Queen Mab, 
223 ; cutting.-, 261 ; the 
fashion in Roses — garden 
varieties, 26.“, 299, 320, 338, 
868 ; Rose analysis, 1886-1894, 
833,368, 392, 412, 423, 445, 466, 
490, 517, 536; exhibition and 
garden Roses, 338, 389 ; date 
of annual meeting of N.R S. 
and shows in 1895, 368; re¬ 
tirement of the Rev. F. R. 
Burnside, 368 ; Captain Hay¬ 
ward, 4i2 ; season, of i894, 
423 ; late flowering, 491; 
judging, 517 ; Mr. LindselTs 
motion, 536; Hybrid Briar 
Roses, 536; planting, 536 ; 
The Book of the Rose,” 
666 ; Mr. Grace’s letter 
on Regnia ion H, 566 ; the 
Rose analysis, 566; Rev. F. R. 
Burnside, 566; landom notes 
—tedious shooting, 566 ; the 
humble amateur, 566 ; teach¬ 
ing grandmother, 686; echoes 
from the rosarians meeting, 
567 ; Dean Hole in America, 
515; the N.R.S. southern 
provincial show in 1836. 585 
Rose show.-—Eithain, Suiton, 
16 ; Canteroury, Wood Green, 
Brotknam, 17; Bagsliot, 18; 
Lee, Buckhea'h, and Lewis¬ 
ham, 19 ; Reigate, 19 ; Croy¬ 
don, 20; N.R.S. Crystal 
Palace, 35; Faruingham, 39; 
D.ss, 39. Ip-wtctt, 4i; Tun¬ 
bridge Wells, 40; Norwich, 
40; Faruham, 41; Chertsey, 
Walton, and Weybridge, 41; 
Dublin, 41; Bedford, 42; 
ROSE SIIOW8— Continued, 
Hereford and West of Eng¬ 
land, 42; Wolverhampton, 43 ; 
Hitchin, 44 ; Woodbridge, 55; 
North Lonsdale, 64; Royal 
Caledonian, Edinburgh, 65; 
Worksop, 65 ; Bath, 67 ; New 
Brighton, 65; the N.R.S. at 
Halifax, 83; a review of 
Halifax show, 86 ; Man¬ 
chester, 87 
Riibus japonicus tricolor, 60; 
dellciosus, 127; phoenicola- 
slus, 210 
SACCO LABIUM CCELESTE SU- 
PERBUM, 198 
Sandbeck Park Gardens, 111 
Saponaria ooymoides, 246 ; S. 
Boissieri, 421 
Sap, the ascent of, 539 
Sauromatums, about, 247 
Sawbridgeworth, fruit at, 
220 
Scale, destroyers, 484 
Scenes of childhood revisited, 
130 
Schlzostylis coccinea, 539 
Sohomburgkias, 12; s. Sander¬ 
iana, 579 
Scotland, autumn flowers in, 
216 
Scuticaria Keyseriana, 194 
Seypanthus volubills, 353 
Seakale, forcing. 627 
Seeds, 552; germination of 
•• mummy,” 319 
Senecio laxifoLus, 385; S. pul- 
cher, 589 
Shrewsbury, a tour at, 324 
Shirley Gardeners’ and Ama¬ 
teurs’ Mutual Improyement 
Society, 199 
Showing, growing, and judg¬ 
ing, 5x4 
Shows—Pershore, 88; Trent- 
ham, 83 ; Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
89; Natioual Pink Society 
(Northern Section), 90; Na¬ 
tional Carnation and Picotee 
Society (Southern section), 
91 ; Caterham, 113; Rain- 
hill, 114; Prescot, ll4; Mid¬ 
land Counties Carnation, 
134; Liverpool, 134; South¬ 
ampton, 134; Beddington 
and Carshalcon, 137 ; North¬ 
ampton, 137; Wells, 157 ; 
Taunton Deane, 157 ; Welsh¬ 
pool, 158; Sevenoaks, 182 ; 
Wilts (Salisbury), 183 ; 
Cardiff, 184 ; Faringdou, 185; 
National Co-operalive(Cry»tal 
Palace), 185; National Car¬ 
nation Society (northern sec¬ 
tion), 186 ; Kings wood, 2U2 ; 
Troworidge, 202 ; Shrews¬ 
bury, 204; Brighton, 208; 
Reading, 2.9; Veutnor and 
Underchfle, 230; Bath, 23l ; 
Sandy, 262; Royal Uxlord- 
shire, 232 ; Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society of Ireland, 
233; Royal Aquarium, 233 ; 
Glasgow, 254; Wirral ana 
Birkenhead, 256 ; Natioual 
Dahlia Show, 956; at the 
Royal Aquarium, 349 
Shropshire Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, history of, 242 
Shrubs for flower beds, 553 
Sobralia Veiteni, 98 
soils, improving, 350 
Soianums, potting, 259 
Some choice plants, 226 
Soot water, 47 
Sophro-Caitleya exim'a, 321 
Sophronltes, notes on, 360 
Southport and Birkdale Gar¬ 
deners’ Friendly Society, 
341 
Souvenir de Louis Spath Lilac, 
ISO 
Spider, the bite of, 301 
Spirieas, compacta mnltiflora, 
9 : herbaceous, 132 ; S. ari®- 
folia, 128 
Spraying machine, 13, 391 
spring Bank, serern Stoke, 
371 
Stanbopea Randi, 421; S« 
nigripes, 421 
Stepuanotis forcing, 434 ; S. 
floribunda, 351 
Sternbergia macrantha, 449 
Strawberries—Laxion’s varie- 
tie.i, 7: propagating, 2o; 
crop ot 1894, 29, 98, 159, 171; 
in pots, 82,259, 893 ; Royal 
Sovereign, 32; consignments 
from Hampshire, 32 ; pickers, 
life amongst, 128 ; Sir Joseph 
Paxton, 129; bens, cleaning, 
210 ; a note on, 223 ; preparing 
plants for forcing, 241; Siii- 
lon’s Alpine, 270; autumn, 
340 
Streptocarpus culture, 117 
Strophauthus Pstersiauiis, 154 
Sulpliur aud lime, boiliug, 70 
Sunderland Gardeners’ Society, 
405 
Suashine at Greenwich 1893-4, 
292 ; in Regent s Park, 
January to October, 1893 and 
1894, 524 
Swanley College, the, 158 
Sydney Botanical Gardens, 
332 
Syringa pekinensis, 841 
