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CONTENTS. 
[September 11, 1SSC. 
Clieadle Floral and Horticultural, 
S29 ; Chiswick Horticultural, 74!); 
Clay Cross Horticultural, 797; 
Crockham Hill Gardeners’ Mutual 
Improvement, 413; Crystal Palace, 
29,93,172,021,493; Derby, 45; Eccles 
andPatricroft Linnean Botanical, 30; 
Gloucester and Cheltenham Royal 
Horticultural, 733; Grantham Hor¬ 
ticultural, 705 ; Hampton Hill 
Horticultural, 749 ; Hastings, St. 
Leonards and East Sussex, S12; 
Highgate Horticultural, 734; Hud¬ 
dersfield Paxton, 305 ; Lewisham 
and District Floral, 365, 54S ; Lich¬ 
field Horticultural, 700 ; Liverpool 
Horticultural Association, 461, 477; 
Manchester Botanical and Horticul¬ 
tural, 205, 349, 401, 609; Manchester 
Horticultural Improvement, 237, 
381, 413, 445; Matlock Bath Floral, 
796 ; National Auricula, 542 ; Na¬ 
tional Carnation & Picotee, 764, S27; 
National Chrysanthemum, 110, 142, 
173, 195, 211, 233, 244,317, 3S1, 413; 
National Rose, 717 ; Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne Horticultural, 749; 
North of Scotland Horticultural 
Association, 11S ; Nottingham 
Horticultural and Botanical, 021, 
733 ; Penwortham Floral, 79S ; 
Preston and District, 7S1; Preston 
and Fulwood Horticultural, 430, 
477,58S, 054; Reading Horticultural, 
653; Royal Aquarium, 493; Royal 
Botanic, 477, 525, 605, 653; Royal 
Caledonian, 46, 206, 222, 259, 509; 
Royal Horticultural, 29, 109, 141, 
174, 237, 317, 3S1, 445, 470, 525, 557, 
5SS, 021, 653, 0S4, 732, 764, 796, S27; 
Royal Horticultural of Ireland, A 206; 
Royal Southampton Horticultural, 
15S, ISO ; Sandy and District, 13 ; 
Scottish Horticultural Association, 
215, 294, 375, 423, 504, 70S; Scottish 
Pansy, OSS; Sheffield and Hallam- 
shire Mutual Improvement, 542; 
Slrepperton Horticultural, 717; 
Shropshire Horticultural, 509, Sll; 
Shropshire Rose, 750 ; St. Andrew's 
(Eccles) Floral, S30; St. Annswell 
Road, Nottingham Horticultural, 
3S2; St. Neott’s Horticultural, 244, 
797 ; St. Peter’s, Hammersmith, 
7S2; Stirling Horticultural Associa¬ 
tion, 365; Taunton Deane Horti¬ 
cultural, SI3 ; Trowbridge Horti¬ 
cultural, 179, S2S; Walkley Amateur 
Horticultural,526; WalthamAbbey 
Horticultural, 765; West Grinstead 
Horticultural, 14; Weston-Super- 
Mare Horticultural, S12; Wilts 
Horticultural, 7S1; Wirral Rose, 
734; Woodside Horticultural, 79S 
Societies, local, on the management 
of, 147 
Soils, stiff clayey, on working, 04S 
Solomon’s Seal. 60 
Soot and the Onion Maggot, 444, 455, 
490, 506, 522, 539, 555, 5S6, 603 
Snow, under, in January, 307 
Snow, after twelve weeks of, 475 
Snow storm in May, 6S0 
Snow, Treasures of the, 340 
Spade, the, 4S5 
Spcrgula, the golden, 107 
Spinach and its substitutes, 552 
Spinea japonica, 362, 491, 522; fili- 
pendula Here pleno, 740 
Spixworth Hall, notable trees at, 410 
Sponge, a hanging garden of, 199 
Spotted Gloxinias, 8 
Spring, the, 4S5 ; indications of, 356; 
at length, 46S ; preparing for, 2S9 
Spring-flowering plants among grass, 
74 
Spruce, a new Californian, 253 
Spyers, the late Mr. J. C., 061 
St. John’s Nurseries, Worcester, 450 
St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, 73 
Stages, charcoal “Nuts” for cover¬ 
ing, 571 
Stirling Gardeners’ Association, 101 
Stephanotis floribunda fruiting, 179, 
202, 21S, 235, 267, 2S4 
Stewed Pears, 138 
Strawberry Barnes’ Prolific, 20; Cam¬ 
brian Prince, 0S3; Grove End Scar¬ 
let, 051; Keen's Seedling, 539 ; 
571 ; Keen’s Seedling and Black 
Prince, 555 ; Mareclial MacMahon, 
77S; Yicomtesse Hericartde Thury, 
067 
Stigmaphyllum ciliatum, 650 
Stimulants for plants, 403 
Stobo Castle, Peebles, S7 
Stock and scion, 442 
Stock growing for spring flowers, 
791 
Stocks for exhibition, 484; Ten- 
weeks, Messrs. Carter’s, 724 
Stoke Newington Chrysanthemum 
Society, 291 
Stratlifieldsaye, Tuberoses at, 202 
Strawberries, alpine, 207; autumn, 
107 ; and Blackberries, 1S1; early 
forced, 474 ; on forcing, 437, 459 ; 
notes on, 5 ; in October, 106 ; lay¬ 
ering, 759 ; on planting, 74; in 
pots, protecting in winter, 29S, 
320, 410, 443, 459, 475, 201 ; setting 
the fruits of, 410, 443, 459 
Strawberry runners for forcing, 663 
Strawberry lore, 077 
Streptosolen Jameson!, 491 
Suburban garden, plans for a, 24, 24S 
Suburban gardens, 24S 
Sulphate of Ammonia, value of, as 
manure, 20 
Sulphide of Potassium, the new 
remedy for Mildew and Red Spider, 
110, 340, 7S7 
Sun, What has become of the, 532 
Sunflowers, an exhibition of, 19 
Sunflower seeds for Poultry feeding, 
1 4 
Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide, 270 
Swan Orchid, the, 12 
Swan, Mr. W., 259 
Swanley Nursery, 470, 457 ; Christmas 
flowers at, '201; foreign visitors 
at, 739 
Swanmore Park, ISO 
Sweet-scented flowers, 392 
Sweet Williams, Auricula-eyed, 771 
Sycamore, Kershaw’s Crimson, 607 
Syringing Orchids, 20S 
Syringing stand, a new, 010 
T 
Taberkiemontana coronaria, 507; 
coronaria flore pleno, 459 
Table, window, and indoor plants, 
380, 390, 436, 45S, 490, 618 
Table decorations, 712, 731 
Tagetes signata pumila, 69 
Tea, flowers for perfuming, 299 
Telegraphic addresses, registered, 
S3, 99, 116 
Telegraphic code, a trade, 217 
Temple Chrysanthemums, the, S4 
“ Thanatophore,” the, 66S 
The Deli, Egham, the gardens at, 2S1 
Thomson’s Vine and Plant Manure, 
612 
Thoresby and Clumber, 16S 
Thrashing Walnuts, 13S 
Tlirips, note on, 195 
Thujopsis borealis lutea, 6S4 
Tliunbergia fragrans, 43 
Thunia Veitcliiana, 6S4 
Thurstan, Mr. James, at home, 744 
Thyrsacanthus rutilans, 363 
Tigridia pavonia, 540,555, 5S6, 603, CIS 
Tillage operations of the garden, 028, 
64S 
Tillandsia Lindenii, 315 
Tiima-a ethiopiea, 360 
Tithes, Extraordinary, 324 
Tobacco cultivation in England, 531, 
499 ; as a field crop, S04 
Tobacco Vaporizer, a, 60S 
Todd, Mr. R,, 276 
Todea barbara, 600: grandipinnula, 
i 64 
Tomato, Carter’s Dedham Favourite, 
S7 
Tomato culture, 502 ; in the open 
air, 77S, 635 
Tomatos, Messrs. Upton’s, 75; at 
Messrs. Sutton’s, So 
Tottenham, hardy plants from, 392 
Towns, shrubs in, 360 
Tradescantia zebriua, 340 
Tratford Park, 1S4 
Training, garden. 355 
Transplanting boxes, 4 
Transplanting large trees, 102 
Tree digger, a cheap, 52 
Tree fruits and the gale in Sep¬ 
tember, 40 
Tree pruner, a new, 572 
Trees and shrubs, on layering, 397 ; 
on planting, 102, 214; ornamental 
foliage, 692; large, oil trans¬ 
planting, 102 
Trees, notable, at Whittinghame, 37; 
at Spixworth Hall, 410; of the 
United States, 254 
Trichomanes radicans, 427 
Trifolium seeds, adulterated, 4 
Trollius, or Globe Flower, 034 
Tropseolum Ball of Fire, 133 
Tropa'-oluiii speciosum at Harrow 
School, SS 
Tropscolums as decorative plants, 
the, 123 
Tropical Forest, a, 230, 771 
Trumpet Daffodils, 152 
Tuberoses at Stratlifieldsaye, 202 
Tubers ami bulbs, on wintering, 134 
Tulipa Greigi, 004 
Tulip bed, Mr. Tlmfstan’s, 745, 757 
Tulips, ancient and modern, 376, 440 
Tulips of the florists’ class, 56 
Tulip Society, the Royal National, 
651 
Turnbull, the late Mr. Andrew, 574 
Turner Memorial, the, 19, 74, 372, 
3SS, 430 
Turnips, early, 603 
Tussilago, the variegated, 43 
Tweed Vineyard, the, 57, 310; grapes 
from the, 123 
Tyniughame gardens, 120, 136 
u 
United Horticultural Benefit and 
Provident Society, 3S0, 4S4 
Upton & Son’s Nursery at Main, 59 
Utricularias, 714 
V 
Valotta purpurea, 6; purpurea mag- 
nifica, 117 
Vanda ccerulea, 125; ecerulescens 
var. vesta, 621; Hookeriana, 109; 
Sanderiana, 77, 164 
Vandas, winter treatment of, 10S 
Vanilla, the, 715 
Vanilla culture, 710 
Vegetable culture; over-production, 
315 
Vegetables, the cultivation of, 345; at 
Port Elizabeth, 154 
Vegetable garden, the, 743 
Vegetables, early, 297 ; on judging, 
330 ; market, 211; notes on, 54 ; 
on planting, 43S ; preserved, 430; 
scarcity of, 455; some reliable, 
420; sowing, 775 ; on starting 
early, 340 
Vegetable refuse, &e., SO 
Veitch Memorial Prizes, 155 
Veitcli’s, Messrs., Nursery, 197 
Ventilator, a useful, 430 
Veronica satureoides, 27 
Viburnum Opulus, SS 
Vicar’s garden, the, 09 
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, tlie, 
404 ; spring flowers at the, 4S7 
Vidal's Bell Flower, 430 
Villa gardens, Apples for, 120 ; Fears 
for, 100 , Plums for, 392 
Vine borders, wire worm in, 0S3 
Vine culture, hints on, 730 
Vine culture, extension system of, 
123 
Vine, largest in Hie world, 132 
Vines bleeding, 2S4, 29S, 330, 379, 
395, 427 
Vines, the forcing of, 375, 395 ; on 
pruning, 203 
Vineries at Barassie, 42, S7 
Vines at Glenhurst, the, S25 
Vine roots, 246 
Vineyard, the Tweed, 57, 310 
Viola Greavci and peat, 715; Snow¬ 
drop, 747 
Violas, cultural notes on, 775 ; bed¬ 
ding, 743; notes on, 61, 703, 7SS; 
on propagating; for bedding, 20 ; 
Violet, the African, 360 
Violet, the Dog's-tooth, 444 
Violets, Marie Louise, 164 
Violets, 571; how to grow, 267; 
propagating, 427 ; for winter, 56; 
in winter, 1S6 ; culture of, for 
. winter blooming, 200 
Yitis heteropliylla, 422 
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Waddox House, Croydon, 742 
Wall-covers, glass, 392 
Wall Peach culture. 24 
Walls, old, 693 
Wallflowers in pots, 475, 491 
Walnuts, thrashing. 13S 
Walnut tree, traditional origin of 
the, 22S 
Warnliam Court Gardens, 373 
Wasps, to keep out of fruit bouses, 42 
Watering, on. 079 
Water pot, a handy, 590 
Wax Climber, Microloma. 106, 143 
Weather and the crops, 439 
Weather, severe, in January, 324, 343 
Weeds, 659, 789 
Weevil, tlie Bean. 11S 
Weevils in Orchids, 524 
Welbeck Abbey, 10S 
Welsh Gardens, two, 677 
Westbrook, Sheffield, Orchids, 
flowering at, 45 
Wet-rot in Potatos, 30 
Wigandia caracassana, 103 
"Whittinghame, 473, 490; notable 
trees at, 37 
Wild flowers, 467; the study of, as a 
pastime, 610 
“ Wild Gardens,” flowers in, 522 
Wimbledon House gardens, 713 
Wind, the, 670 
Window gardening, Lord Iddesleigli 
on, 742; Mr. Murpliy on, 597 
Winter Aconite, the, 138, 315 
Winter berries, 27S 
Winter’s dearth, 243 
Winter, tlie coming, 227 
Winter decoration, berried Plants 
for, 125,133 
Winter gardening, 291 
Winter salads, Chicory for, 74 
Winter work in gardens, 328 
Wintering bulbs and tubers, 134 
Wireworm in a vine border. 007, 683 
Wisley, spring flowers at, 520 
Wistaria sinensis. 650 
Woods, tlie, in autumn, 229 
Woods, durability of, 5 
Woodlands, Tlie, Stieatliam, 728 
Wood Sorrels, two good, 475 
Woodwardia radicans, 40, 105 
Y 
Year, the new, 275 
Yews, The, AYithington, 152 
Yorkshire Association of Horticul¬ 
tural Societies, 755 
York Florists, the Ancient Society 
of, 202 
York Gala, The, 7t>7 
z 
Zauchneria Californica, 44 
Zygopetalum Maclcayii, 219, 252 ; 
Mackayii lnacrantliuin, 108. 
