INDEX. 
iv 
Petroleum, emulsion of, as an insec¬ 
ticide, 80. 
Petunia, Yeitch’s superb striped, 48. 
Phacelia campanularia (pi. 695), 145 ; 
P. viscida, 145 ; P. Whitlavia, 145. 
Phalaenopsis leucorrhoda alba, 42 ; 
P. Sanderiana, 108; P. speciosa, 
11; P. s. Christiana, 11; P. s. 
imperatrix, 11. 
Philadelphus rosseflorus plenus, 42. 
Philodendron Mamei, 185. 
Phyllocactus amoenus, 79. 
Phylloxera, destruction of, 30. 
Picotees, new, 12, 140, 171. 
Pine, Chili, dimensions of, 63. 
Pine-apple Lady Beatrice Lambton,30. 
Pitcher-plants, Messrs. Veitch’s col¬ 
lection of, 47. 
Plagiolirion Horsmanni, 157. 
Plants, new, 10, 27, 41, 57, 75, 92, 
107, 139, 157,169, 185. 
Plant Life. Masters’, noticed, 111. 
Plantes Potageres noticed, 34. 
Pleuropetalum costaricense, 42. 
Plum Monarch (pi. 580), 25. 
Polyanthus, new fancy, 44 ; new 
gold-laced, 86 ; new hose-in-hose, 
44, 76. 
Polyanthus, gold-laced, wintering of, 
168, 182 ; treatment of, before 
flowering, 181 ; time for potting, 
182 ; varieties exhibited, 86, 88,89. 
Polypodium vulgare trichomanoides, 
144 ; P. v. cornubiense Fowleri, 
144. 
Polystichum vestitum grandidens, 11. 
Portulacas, 25. 
Potatos, new, 12, 28, 44, 171, 187. 
Potato, discovery of, in a wild state, 
32; old Ash-leaf, 117. 
Potato disease, 63. 
Potato Show, International, at Crys¬ 
tal Palace, 156. 
Primroses, new, 76; Mr. Llewelyn’s, 
81 ; Mr. E. J. Lowe’s, 128; varie¬ 
ties exhibited, 86, 88. 
Primula cortusoides, new varieties 
of, 44 ; P. floribunda, 42 ; P. Sie- 
boldii, seedlings of, 88 ; P. suffru- 
tescens, 157. 
Primula sinensis hedersefolia, 27 ; 
new varieties of, 28. 
Primulas, Indian, 16. 
Pritchardia pericularum. 93; P. Vuyls- 
tekeana, 93. 
Prizes, Veitch Memorial, 15. 
Publications, new, 13, 28, 45 60, 77, 
94, 109, 126, 140, 158, 172, 186. 
Rake, new garden, 78. 
Raspberry, new, 140. 
Red-spider, easy way to kill, 32. 
Reed-workers, malady of, 79. 
Renanthera Lowii, 144, 159, 188. 
Revue de l’Horticulture Beige et 
Etrangere, subjects figured in, 14, 
46, 62, 95, 111, 141, 159, 173. 
Revue Horticole, subjects figured in, 
30, 46, 62, 78, 95, 111, 141,159,173. 
Rhododendron (jasm.) balsaminse- 
florum (pi. 587), 81 ; R. (hardy) 
Cetywayo (pi. 585), 65; R. Cur- 
tisii, 185; It. Dalhousise Victoria- 
num, 108. 
Rhododendrons, why are they not 
more commonly planted ? 67 ; select 
list of frost-withstanding, 68; 
good sorts, but which are inj ured 
by frost, 68 ; early, or free-flower¬ 
ing, 68. 
Rhododendrons, new hardy, 65, 94. 
Rhododendrons, new greenhouse hy¬ 
brid (jasminiflorum type), 44,76,81, 
94, 108, 126, 171. 
Rochford, Michael, death of, 48. 
Rogersia podophylla, 93. 
Rosa polyantha, double-flowered, 75. 
Rose, Marechal Niel, 84 ; Queen of 
Queens (pi. 593), 129 ; William 
Allen Richardson (pi. 577), 3. 
Roses, Bennett’s Pedigree, 76, 144; 
new h.p., 94, 126 ; new polyantha, 
76 ; new tea, 108. 
Rose, the best wall, 74. 
Roses, best time to plant, 3 ; protect¬ 
ing, 124. 
Roses, tea, growing, in large pots or 
tubs, 165. 
Rose Shows, fragments from, 164. 
Rosery at Eridge Castle, 146. 
Sadler, John, death of, 16. 
St. Petersburg International Horti¬ 
cultural Exhibition, 47; postpone¬ 
ment of, 64. 
Salvia boliviana, 170. 
Sarcodes sanguinea, 174. 
Sarcopodium Dearei, 108. 
Sargent,Henry Winthrop, death of,16. 
Scabious as a winter flower, 35; 
dwarf German, for cutting, 106. 
Schlumbergera Morreniana, 75. 
Scilla bifolia, 47 ; S. b. maxima, 47 ; 
S. sibirica, 47, 64; S. taurica, 47. 
Scott, Major-General H. Y. D., C.B., 
death of, 80. 
Seeds, action of lime on germinating, 
112 . 
Seed Farms, Messrs. Carter’s, 114. 
Selaginella canaliculata, 58 ; S. cau- 
data, 58. 
Senecio concolor, 139; S. macrophyl- 
lus, 175. 
Sherwood, Mrs. Emma, death of, 80. 
Siemens, Sir W., death of, 188. 
Sinningia concinna, 112. 
Slug, black, a pest of cool orchids, 
48. 
Smith, George, death of, 64. 
Smith, Herbert, death of, 80. 
Snelling, Thomas, death of, 48. 
Snow-plant, manner of growth of, 
174. 
Societies :— 
American Pomological, 96. 
Durham, Northumberland, and 
Newcastle-on-Tyne Horticultu¬ 
ral, 89. 
National Auricula (N.), 87. 
National Auricula (S.), 84. 
National Carnation and Picotee 
(N.), 129, 132. 
National Carnation and Picotee 
(S.), 129. 
National Carnation and Picotee 
(suppl. show), at Slough, 47,131. 
National Rose, 117. 
Pelargonium, 124. 
Rochdale, 88; Rochdale Auricula, 
exhibition of, 64. 
Royal Botanic, dates of shows of, 
in 1884, 188. 
Royal Botanical and Horticultural, 
of Manchester, 96. 
Royal Horticultural, annual meet¬ 
ing of, 35. 
Royal Horticultural, of Ireland, 
88, 99. 
Royal National Tulip, 97. 
Wakefield Amateur Tulip, 99. 
Solanum Ohrondi, 187. 
Solomon’s Seal for forcing, 40. 
Soot as a liquid manure, 112. 
Sparmannia africana flore-pleno, 144. 
Spathiphyllum hybridiun, 93. 
Spathoglottis paeifica, 58. 
Spiraea bullata, 11; S. palmata alba, 
lo9. 
Spiranthes colorata maculata, 42. 
Spyers, Joseph C., death of, 80. 
Stakes, Bomer’s patent galvanised 
iron, 143. 
Steel, to protect from rust, 112, 
Stenogastra concinna, 112. 
Stenorhynchus speciosus, 43. 
Stock, Dyson’s, 148. 
Stocks for apples and pears, 31. 
Stove and Greenhouse Flowering 
Plants, Williams’, noticed, 63, 175. 
Stove ornaments, new floral designs 
for, 78. 
Strawberry, Roden’s Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh, 31 ; Duchess of Edinburgh, 
140 ; Laxton’s new: King of the 
Earlies (pi. 594, fig. 1), 137 ; The 
Captain (pi. 594, fig. 2), 137. 
Strawberry planting, 115. 
Sweet Peas, new, 140, 171; trial of, 
at Chiswick, 175. 
Sweet William, dwarf double crim¬ 
son, 144 ; origin of the name, 144. 
Thrips, easy way to kill, 32. 
Thunias, culture of, 54. 
Tobacco vapour as an insecticide, 65. 
Todea superba. 175. 
Tomatos, new, 44,140, 172 ; cropping 
and feeding, 167 ; culture of, 31 ; 
should not be closely pinched, 79. 
Torenia Bailloni, 55,139 ;T. flava, 139. 
Town Gardening, Routledge’s, no¬ 
ticed, 15. 
Tradescantia erecta, 31. 
Trichomanes Hartii, 11. 
Tropaeolum compactum, new, 109. 
Tulips at Manchester, 97 ; in Ireland, 
99 ; at Wakefield, 99 ; choice, 103 ; 
Mr. Barlow’s, 123. 
Turf, how to lay, in hot weather, 128. 
Turnip, new, 172. 
Tydaeas, new, 171. 
Valve, new patent Reliance Rotary, 
109. 
Vanda Lowii, 144, 159, 188 ; V. 
Sanderiana, 170 ; V. suavis Schro- 
deriana, 157. 
Vaporiser, Landry’s, 122. 
Vegetables, new, 12, 28, 44, 140, 171 ; 
for amateurs, 38 ; American canned, 
143 ; medicinal value of, 176. 
Vegetable marrows, new, 28, 44. 
Veitchia Johannis, 93. 
Verbenas, new, 126, 171; cross¬ 
breeding, 149. 
Viburnum macrocephalum, 73. 
Vine, Black Alicante, at Dublin, 175 ; 
large Black Hamburgh, at Dublin, 
175; remarkable, at Roche-sur- 
Yon, 56. 
Vines, distance of training, from 
glass, 79. 
Vines and Vine-culture: Planting, 
22 ; General Management, 36. 
Vines and Vine-culture, Barron’s, 
noticed, 39. 
Vine borders, 165. 
Vine-culture in California, 80. 
Vine mildew, American, 18. 
Vine pest, new, 16. 
Violas, new beddmg, 60. 
Violet Comte de Brazza’s Neapolitan 
White, 186. 
Vrieseabellula, 158; V. Falkenbergii, 
158; V. heliconioides, 158; V. 
psittacina Morreniana, 11; V.Rodi* 
gasiana, 11. 
Wailes, George, death of, 16. 
Wallflower Cranford Beauty, 112. 
Walnut, propagation of the, 175. 
Ward, William, death of, 32. 
Warder, Dr. J. A., death of, 160. 
Watercress, to grow, in the open bor¬ 
der, 128. 
Water-lily, tiny, 144. 
Weatherill, Richard, death of, 80 
Whalley, Thomas, death of, 16.' 
Wolkenstein, P., appointment of, 96. 
Wrench, Robert, death of, 32. 
Yucca recurvifolia variegata, 27. 
Zygopetalum Burkei, 185. 
