INDEX. 
Nursery, notes in walking through 
a, 52 
Nymphsea gigantea at Sydney, 298 
Oak, the Wallace, 1 
Oats, varieties, and harvesting, 383 
Odonthalia dcntata, 468 
(Enothera, splcndens and macro- 
carpa, 52 ; for borders, 59 ; pros¬ 
trata, 232, 444 
( Oleanders in summer, 251 ; scale, 
destroying, 372 
Onion Weed, to destroy, 452 
1 Onion culture, 65 ; grub, 248 
Oporanthus luteus, 232 
Orangeries, ancient, 95 
Orange-trees in summer, 250 ; 
in open air, 464 
j Orchard, planting, preparing soil, 
: 3 ; manuring, 4 ; improving its 
! soil, 19 ; planting, 77 , 118; ma¬ 
nagement in Kent, 266 
! Orchids at Horticultural Society, 
39; temperature they endure, 
51 ; prizes for and prices of, 97 , 
117 ; exhibited, 141 ; some har¬ 
dier, 271 ; list of, 284; sale of 
new species, 156, 214 ; in Re¬ 
gent’s Park, 182; notes on, 220 , 
• 222, 223 ; not blooming, 431 ; 
August-blooming, 482 
Orchises, culture of British, 448, 
486 
Oulton Park (Leeds), 380 
Oxalis Boweii culture, 31 ; wither¬ 
ing, 190; cernua, 232 
Oxford library and gardens, 267 
Oyster-shells for vine-border, 411 
Padina, 363 
Pansey sowing, 132; for bedding, 
140 ; in Regent’s Park, 183 
Parsnip leaves diseased, 356 
Path of Peace, 426 
Pea supporters, 14 ; sowing, 272 ; 
crop diseased, 351 ; notes on va¬ 
rieties, 376 ; the Dulce Magna, 
429 
Peach, shoots diseased, 51; and 
vine, forcing together, 69 ; forc¬ 
ing temperatures, 92 ; leaves 
blistering, 190 ; not fruiting, 
191 ; trees ill pots over-vigorous, 
250; shoots shrivelled, 431 
Peaches and Plums too close, 431 ; 
against walls, 464 
Pears cracking, to prevent, 132 ; 
barren, 251 ; Cholwell, 298 ; the 
Vicar of Wakefield, 392 ; prun¬ 
ing, 397 ; bloom unfruitful, 491 
Pelargonium echinatum and its 
varieties, treatment of, 3 ; list of 
varieties, 9 ; list of choice, 25 ; 
list of fancy, 41 ; training, 130 ; 
list of, 140 ; in Regent’s Park, 
183; notes on, 218, 222, 223, 
232; new, 238; commended, 271 ; 
new, and list of, 283, 301, 315 ; 
cuttings, 442 
Perennials, sowing, 99 
Peristeria fuscata, 157 
Petunia training, 98 
Phaloenopsis losing leaves, 13 
Pheasant, hybrid, 52 
Philesia buxifolia, 219 
Phillips’ fire annihilator, 4fi6 
Phloxes, 272 ; Drummondii cul¬ 
ture, 109; a few more, 308 ; 
Thompsonii and Macayana, 498 
Picotees, list of, 165 
Pigeon and poultry dung for liquid 
manure, 12 
Pigeons, Bald-pated Tumbler,251 ; 
Archangel, 272; diarrhoea, 311; 
Faritail cock paralysed, 312; for¬ 
saking their young, 511 ; with 
inflamed stomach, 511 
j Pigs, sale of Earl Ducie’s, 450 ; 
cropping for, 472 
Pine Apples, new kinds from East 
Indies, 117 
j Pines, produce of, 14 ; culture at 
Chatsworth, 422 
Pink, its propagation and culture, 
199, 243 ; list of, 243 
Pinks, new, 283 ; list of, 284 
Pinus, list of species, 10 ; insignis, 
411 
Pitcher plants, 314 
Planting an orchard—borders, 36 
Planting crops in summer, 183 
Planting season, 417 > rules to be 
observed, 418 
Planting shrubs, notes on, 483 
Planting on lawn, shrubs for, 
75 
Plum - tree, management of its 
laterals, 211 ; Orleans, wither¬ 
ing, 411; pruning, 492 
Podocarpus, list of species, 63 
Poeonies, propagating Tree, 211 ; 
pruning, 392 
Pollen, how to preserve, 454 
Polyanthus, growing, 14; culture, 
61 ; winter treatment and list 
of, 81 
Polysiphonia, 469 
Pompilus punctum, 356 
Pony, The Cottage Gardener’s, 50, 
169 , 308, 470 
Potatoes—murrain, 35, 117, 334, 
375, 376 , 431 ; their culture, 65 ; 
field - culture, 83 ; seed for an 
acre, 84 ; culture, 146, 320, 327, 
328, 371 ; what is a bushel, 
151 ; murrain, prevention sug¬ 
gested, 214 ; providing sets, 
248 ; its prospects, 255 ; murrain, 
Bollman on, 276 ; disease, 298 , 
331 ; taking up, 352 ; treat¬ 
ment of and disease, 406 ; flour, 
to obtain, 427 ; culture to avoid 
the murrain, 428 ; good early 
varieties, 428 ; planting, 472 ; 
near Thetford, 475 ; producing 
tubers but no stems, 475 ; 
planting experiments, 487 ; dis¬ 
ease and storing, 503 ; autumn¬ 
planting, 511 
Potentilla seedlings, 329 
Potted plants, to root, 31 
Potting, 60 
Potting and top-dressing, 421 
Potting hair-rooted plants, 443 
Poultry — shows at Taunton and 
Yeovil, 3 ; economical fountain, 
3 ; leg spasms in Shanghaes, 13 ; 
pullet egg-bound, 13; losing 
feathers, 13; Rose-combed Dor¬ 
king’s remonstrance, 13; Shang¬ 
haes, prolonged time of sitting, 
14 ; cockerel’s legs powerless, 
14; American fowl, 14; breast 
of Golden-spangled Hamburgh, 
14; Shanghaes laying three 
eggs in a day, 18; West Kent 
show, 19; beards of Polands, 
27 ; Newcastle show, 29 ; Po¬ 
lands and Hatnburghs, 30; 
Golden - spangled Polands, 30 ; 
Polands as exhibition birds, 31 ; 
Spanish hen changing colour, 
31 ; prices of, 31 ; diseased 
Shanghae cockerel, 32 ; house 
for, 32 ; amount of eggs layed, 
32; pullets eating eggs, 32 ; 
crowing hen, 32, 68; diseased 
Hamburgh, 32; eggs with irre¬ 
gular shells, 32; number of 
eggs imported, 36 ; hybrids and 
Polands, 46 ; crop-bound, 48 ; 
Dublin and Kendal shows, 48; 
cow and hen-house combined, 
51 ; weight of Bantams, 52 ; 
Nankin Bantams, 52 ; recent 
sales, 57 ; basket or pen (Gray’s), 
58; sudden deaths of Shanghaes, 
64; hints for managers of shows, 
66; sittings, setting,68; artificial 
hatching, 68; weight of Shang¬ 
hae eggs, 68 ; time aquatic birds 
sit, 68 ; cross breeding, 69 ; egg¬ 
eating hen, 69 ; Shanghae cock, 
“ Nelson,” 75; prizes for eggs, 
84 ; paralysis in a hen, 85 ; How- 
den Show, 86; Spangled «. Phea- 
santed, 87; Spangled feather, 
88; Lacing of feathers, 88; 
frost-bitten fowl, 88; Is roup 
contagious ? 89 ; white comb in 
Shanghaes, 89 ; Shanghaes as a 
cottage fowl, 91 . 107; w'eiglit of 
Dorkings, 91 ; Hybrid, 92; too 
crowded, 92 ; Shanghaes five¬ 
toed, 92; tails of Shanghaes, 
92 ; sales of, 96 ; inflammation 
of stomach, 103; poultry-yard 
report, 104 ; cross between 
Shanghae and Spanish, 105 ; 
breeding pure chickens, 106 ; 
opening the crop, 106 ; feather¬ 
less, 110; egg-eating hens, 110; 
hen losing her feathers, 110; 
bantams, 111; Rouen ducks, 
111 ; enquiry as to their origin, 
116 ; Spanish fowl’s history, 
116 ; weight of Shanghae hens, 
117; what are Spanish and Mi- 
norcas, 129; estimate of Shang¬ 
hae, 130 ; Spangled Polands, 
with laced feathers, 132 ; weight 
of Bantams, 132; crest of Golden 
Polands, 132 ; roosting place for 
Shanghaes, 132; hen laying soft 
eggs, 132; Dorkings with four 
toes, 132; Brahma Poutras, 
132; their nomenclature, 136, 
151; Holmfirth prize list, 137; 
recent sales, 147 ; industrious 
Shanghae hen, 150; rattling in 
throat, 150; gapes in chickens, 
150 ; hen twisting her neck, 150; 
nest eggs of porcelain, 150; in¬ 
digestion, 150; opacity in the 
eye, 150; Chitteprats, 151 ; pul¬ 
lets resorting to nests but not lay¬ 
ing, 151; derivation of kinds, 154; 
two chicks from one egg, 157 ; 
report of yard, 169 ; disease of 
digestive organs, 170 ; which are 
best layers, 171 ; diseased egg- 
passage, 172; Shanghae pullets 
eggs, 172 ; white comb, 172 ; 
probably derived from several 
species, 175; Shanghae early 
chickens scarce, 177 , eggs stained 
to resemble Shanghae, 177 ; roup 
contagious, 186; Cheltenham 
summer show, 189, 204; pro¬ 
lific Shanghae pullet, 190 ; white 
face on Spanish chickens, 190 ; 
roup, what treatment is best? 
191 , charge for medical treat¬ 
ment, 195 ; obstructions of the 
egg - passage, 205 ; sales of 
Shanghaes, 206 ; structure, ac¬ 
tion, and diseases of the egg 
organs, 207 ; causes of disease 
in chickens, 212; arrangement 
of, 212; numerous eggs produced 
by Shanghae pullets, 215; tur¬ 
pentine as a cure for gapes, 215 ; 
Bath and West of England 
show, 226 ; Devon and Exeter, 
227 ; West Kent, 228 ; Spanish, 
232 ; hen going to nest but not 
laying, 232 ; in small space, 232 ; 
meat for chickens, 232; Dublin 
amateur prize list, 234 ; high 
prices of Shanghaes, 236 ; gapes, 
modes of curing, 246 ; Turkey, 
duration of her impregnation, 
250 ; consumption in Golden 
Pheasant and Shanghae, 250, 
251 ; Spanish chickens, 251 ; 
combs torn in fighting, 251 ; 
Shanghae pullets’ tails, 251 ; 
eggs, large, 251 ; preserving 
eggs, 251 ; Cattell’s Shanghae 
cock, 251; yard reports, 267 , 290; 
gapes in chickens, to cure, 269 ; 
Swaffhamshow, 270, 298 ; opera¬ 
tion for crop-bound, 270, 307 ; 
roup contagious, 270 ; curious 
gallocide, 27 1 ; Glasgow show, 
272 ; Spanish chickens, 272 ; 
double-yolked eggs, 272 ; officers 
of shows exhibiting, 272 ; golden 
and silver pheasants, feeding, 
272 ; Derbyshire prize-list, 275; 
advice to exhibitors, 289 ; baskets 
for travelling, 289 ; cut straw for 
pens, 290; Bramah-poutras, 29 1, 
327,331; food for young Shang¬ 
haes, 291; Spanish eggs, weight 
of, 292 ; young Turkeys, 292 ; 
chickens half - drowned, 292 ; 
length of show, and Judges at 
Birmingham, 295 ; price of 
Shanghaes, 297 ; shanghae cock 
a brooder, 310 ; consumption in 
Shanghaes, 311; chickens poi¬ 
soned bv grubs, 311 ; two eggs a 
day, 312; at Agricultural So¬ 
ciety’s show, 324 ; duck eggs 
hatching early, 328 ; latticed 
floor for, 330 ; chickens dead in 
shell, 331; London summer show, 
345 ; Bramah Poutras, 345 ; 
Ptarmigan, 345 ; Algerian silk, 
Chamois, Jerusalem, White Po¬ 
lands with black top-knots, and 
Emu, or Silk Shanghae, 346; 
Zingati show, 348; yard report, 
350 ; Shanghae cockerels as 
nurses, 350; produce of a Shang¬ 
hae hen, 351 ; Aylesbury ducks, 
points of excellence, 352 ; breed¬ 
ing fowls pure, 352 ; value of | 
vii 
Spanish, 352 ; yolkless eggs, 
352 ; cod-liver oil for, 352 ; their 
detention at shows, 355; Brahma 
Poutras, 370 ; exhibiting in an- j 
other’s name, 372 ; Hamburgh 
cock rouped, 372 ; marking, | 
372 ; mis - statements of age, 
374 ; errors in prices at Shows, I 
375 ; prices, 375; Devon and 
Cornwall Show, 385 ; cross be¬ 
tween Shanghae and Spanish, 
387 ; Brahma Poutras, 388; 
hen cocks, and crowing hens, 
389; Exhibition Fever, 391 ; 
ducks affected with “ the 
sprawls,” 392; beak of the 
Aylesbury duck, 392; diseased, 
392 ; Brahma Poutras, their his¬ 
tory, 395 ; Dorsetshire, Corn¬ 
wall, and Malvern Exhibitions, 
396 ; return of from shows, 396 ; 
Great Yarmouth Show, 409; 
gapes, to prevent, 411 ; topknot 
of Silver Polish, 411; tail of Sil¬ 
ver-pencilled Hamburgh, 411; 
unbearded Polands, 411; feeding 
ducks, 411; which should I keep ? 
415; eggs in rice pudding, 415; 
to secure a supply of eggs, 416 ; 
frauds at shows, 417; new varie¬ 
ties, 427 ; Surrey Zoological 
show, 429 ; beauty and proli¬ 
ficacy of Shanghaes, 432 ; pullet 
paralysed, 432 ; crowing age, 
432; tail of grey Dorking, 432; 
erroneous statement of age, 436; 
monthly increase of weight, 436; 
form of entry, 437; delay in 
returning from shows, 437; Mr. 
Pott’ssale,438; BrahmaPoutras, 
448 ; Shanghae cockerel as a 
nurse, 449 i gapes in chick¬ 
ens, 449 ; sale of Earl Ducie’s 
Shanghae’s,451; diseased Shang¬ 
hae, 451; Shanghae hen broody, 
452 ; Summer exhibitions ob¬ 
jectionable, 456 ; judges should 
withhold prizes, 457; leg weak¬ 
ness, 469; Bramah Poutras, 471; 
feathers of Red Game hen, 472 ; 
Spanish fowls, 472 ; eggs musty 
flavoured, 472 ; top-knot of Silver 
Poland,472; GreyShanghaes,474, 
488; Shanghaes,their progressive 
weight, 475 ; detention at shows, 
475; lice in, 486; gapes, 487; 
Manchester and Liverpool Show, 
487 ; North Lancashire, Badger, 
and Wetherby Shows, 489; 
Bury and Ratcliffe Show, 490 ; 
consumption in, 492; breeding 
from one-year-old, 505 ; Bury 
St. Edmund’s show, 506 ; Holm¬ 
firth show, 507; ducks, keeping, 
510; white Bantam qualifica¬ 
tions, 510; cross between Dork¬ 
ing and Shanghae,510; Dorkings 
five-toed on one foot, 511; black 
dung, 511 
Preservative walls, plants for, 24 
Price’s Patent Candle manufactory 
admirably managed, 15 
Primroses (Chinese), sowing, 164 
Punctaria, 369 
Pyracantha seed, sowing, 91 
Pvrus japonica, preserving its fruit, 
352 
Quartern, 331 
Quince, the situation for, 392 ; un¬ 
productive, 411 
Rabbits, 372 
Ragged schools, gardening at, 234 
Rain, annual fall since 1815 at 
Greenwich, 148 
Ralfsia, 389 
Rampion culture, 82 
Randall (Frank), history of, 247, 
288 
Raspberries, pruning autumn¬ 
bearing, 172 
Raspberry shoots insect, 297 
Redwing, the, 105 
Renanthera coccinea, 478 
Rennet, 92 
Repenting at leisure, 44 
Rhododendron, ciliare culture, 38; 
growing, 69 ; Edgworthii, 140, 
212 ; list of best, 251; hardy, 271 ; 
pruning, 291 ; Sikkim, time for 
planting, 472 
Rhodomelas, 468 
