The Gardening World.) 
CONTENTS 
[September 11, 1886. V 
Matricaria inodora llore plena, 1.10, 
170, 746; inodora grandiflora plena, 
764 
Maurandya Barclayana, 52 
Maxillaria Sanderiana, 652 
May flowers for indoors, 6S1 
Meeonopsisaculeata, 150; liepalensis, 
150; cambrica, 150; Wailichii, 150 
Megaseas, 492; on the culture of, 
217 
Melon, Carter’s Blenheim Orange, 410; 
Penrhyn Seedling. 107 
Melon, the best scarlet-fleshed ? 294 
Melon culture, notes on, 3S ; at Hare- 
field Grove, 35 
Melons, on setting, 572 ; the new, 
317 
Menyanthes trifoliate, 21S 
Mertensia virginica, 21S 
Mesembryanthemunl pomeridianum, 
739 
Mespilus, the Snowy, 603 
M'Lean, Mr. John, presentation to, 
631 
Microlepia liirta cristata, 104 
Microloma or Wax Climber, S5, 106, 
14S 
Microloma lineare, 14S 
Middle Men and Fruit Growers, 42 
Middleton Hall, Hyacinths at 566 
Mignonette, 474: for early spring 
flowering, 26 
Mignonette culture, 791 
Mignonette, pyramidal,ISO; varieties 
of 26; “ Matchet," 60; Matcliet and 
Parson’s Giant White 74 
Mildew, a new remedy for, 116 
Mildew, M. Prillieux’s experiments 
with, 150 
Miles, Mr. G. T., presentation to, 5S 
Miltonia spectabile bicolor, 796 
Mint, disease of, 213 
Misarden Park, Orchids at, 236 
Moon Flower, the, 334 
Monarda didyma, 218 
Mount Roraima, 75 
Mulching, 663 
Musamda frondosa, 374 
Mushroom beds outdoors, 11 
Mushroom culture, 1S6 
Mushrooms, eatable or poisonous, 11 
Mutisia decurrens, 01, 21, 42 
Murphy, Mr. W. J , 1S2 
“ My Garden,” 628 
Myrmecodia Beccari, 723 
Myosotis Imperatrice Elizabeth, 6S2 
Myosotidium nobile, 539, 523 
N 
Narcissus, early, 373 
Narcissus bulbocodium, 376; bulbo- 
codium citrinus, 445 ; monophyllus, 
443 ; pallida praecox, 475 ; Poly¬ 
anthus var. gloriosa. 395 
Narcissi, replanting from pots, 491 
Narcissus Committee, 404, 525 
National Chrysanthemum Society, 83 
National Chrysanthemum Society’s 
Medals, 67 
National Rose Society, 259 
Nectarine, the Advance, 92; Pine 
Apple, 155 
Nepenthes excelsior, 141 ; Findlayana, 
665 ; Rajah, 200 ; Mastersiana, 201 
New South Wales, 631 
Newtownard’s Nursery, the, 90 
Newstead Abbey, Eucharis Amazonica 
at, 2S3 
New Zealand Forget-me-not, the, 539 
New Zealand, a gardener’s experience 
in, 580 
Nicotiana aflinis, 11, 60 
Nigella Damascene, 11 
Nonsuch Park, Cheam, 794 
North’s, Miss, Orchid pictures, 276 
November, garden operations in, 1S2 
Nursery and Seed Trade Association, 
The, 349 
Nurseries, Messrs. Clibran’s, 1C9; 
Messrs. Daniels’, 44 ; Mr. Cypher’s, 
3S9 
Nurseryman, an octogenarian, 35 
Nurseryman, the, 778 
o 
Oakbrook, Slleilieki, tile gardens at, 
88 
Oak Dene, Holmwood, 743 
flaks. The Sherwood, 168 
Obituary :—Boissier, M. Edmund, 
126; Brown, Mr. Samuel, 126; 
Brown, Mr. W., 318; Bull, Dr., 
148 ; Casey. Mrs. F., 4; Chapman, 
Mr. Tom, 70S ) Cole, Mr. W., 302 ; 
Cutts, Mr. T. B., 403 ; Davies, Mr. 
S.. S14; Delaux, M. Guillaume, 
866 ; Doig, Mr. D., 397 ; Edwards, 
Mr.Thomas,55S ; Findlay.Mrs. A,, 
126; Frisby, Mr. C, 3S2 ; Hance, 
Dr., 7SS ; Kemp, Mr. W., 302 ; Ker, 
Mr. R. P., 446 ; King, Mr. M., S14 ; 
Laing, Mr. F. E., 334; Laing, Mr. 
James, 719 ; Lord, Mr. Robert, S30 ; 
Morren, M. Ed., 420 ; Murkland, 
Mr. J., 814; Parry, Mr. D.. 302 ; 
Percival, Mr. R. P.,254; Protheroe, 
Mr. A., 270; Robson, Mr. J., 366; 
Roezl, Mr. Benedict, 126; Sar- 
gesson, Mr. W., 719 ; Scott, Mr. 
John, 306; Simonite, Mr. John, 
493 ; Squibbs, Mrs. 446 ; Thomson, 
Mr. Janies. 190 ; Thornton, Mr. R., 
142 ; Turnbull, Mr. A., 557 ; Vander 
Swaelmen, Mr. J., 270 ; Van Hulle, 
Madame, 99 ; Yerscliaffelt, Mr. A., 
596 ; Walters, Mr. S., 190 
Odontoglossum Alexandra’, 299, 316, 
331, a high-priced, 540 ; Bic- 
toneuse with foliaceous bracts, 
308; crispum, 348, 3S1, 020, 652; 
crispum, new blotched variety, 
429 ; crispum var. Mrs. C. Dorman, 
733; crispum Hrubyanum, 723; 
elegans, Mr. Pollett's var., 216; 
Halli magiiiflcum, 110; Krameri, 
2S; luteo-purpureum leucoglossum, 
557; mulus Courtauldianum, 525; 
odoratum albidum, 509; Pescatorei, 
the new yellow var., 524, 525 ; 
another yellow var., 604 ; Pesca¬ 
torei Vervaetianum, 476; pul- 
chellum majus, 460 : Rossii majus, 
316; tripudiaiis superbum, 317; 
vexillarium, 684 ; vcxillaiium var. 
Sunrise, 621 ; Vuylstekianum, 652 
Odontoglossum hybrids, 331 
Odontoglossums, collecting, 631 
Odontoglossums at The Woodlands, 
635 
Odontoglossums, Mr. Buchanan’s, 125 
October, Strawberries in, 106 
Oil, manufacture of, from wood, S07 
Oldfield Nurseries, the, 169 
O n c i d i u m Brunleesianum, 412 ; 
Forbesii Bothellianum, 141; Jones- 
ianum, 62; macranthum, 140. 701 ; 
macranthum, Southgate’s var, 732; 
Marshallianum, 509; stelligerum 
Ernestii, 764 ; undulatum. 557 
Onion Fly, the, 443 
Onion culture, 492 
Onion in literature, the, 726 
Onions for sowing in September, 11 
Onion Maggot, soot and the, 444, 455, 
490, 506, 522, 523, 539, 555, 5S6, 603 
Ophiopogon Jaburan foliis variegatis, 
276 
Oranges in pots, dwarf, 334 
Oregon, fruit culture in, 215 
Orchards of Great Britain, the, 212 
Orchard trees, on pruning, 436 
Orchid Society, an, 292, 30S, 325, 339, 
3o i 
Orchid Grower’s Calendar, December, 
252; February. 364,3S0; March,460; 
April, 492; May, 556, 572, 603 ; 
June, 635, 60S; July, 701, 716; 
August, 779, S10. 
Orchids, Mr. E. H. Adcocks, 139; 
Mr. Buchanan’s, 299 635; Mr. 
Bull's, 564; Mr. Cypher’s, 125; 
Messrs. Laing’s, 572; Mr. R. II. 
Measures’, 171 ; The Late Mr. 
Percival’s, 324 ; Mr. Pollett’s, 380 ; 
Mr. B. S. Williams', 5S1 
Onhhi Allium, 292 
Orchid Grower’s Manual, the, 24S 
Orchid, a new hybrid, 7S7 
Orchid Conference, 46S ; nomen¬ 
clature, 556 ; nomenclature con¬ 
ference, 692 
Orchid culture in America, the 
progress of, 636 
Orchid flowers, on preserving. 571 
Orchid houses, shading and heating, 
75 
Orchid houses, a new method of 
fumigating, 509, 556 
Orchid Peat, 636 
Orchid pictures, Miss North’s, 276 
Orchids abroad, 230 ; Christmas, 260; 
on collecting and packing. 156,171, 
203 ; cool, on potting, 315, 34S; 
cool management of, 2S5 : Mr. 
Swan on, 541 ; on the fertilisation 
of, 644, 667 ; on growing, resting, 
and watering, 156, 171 ; glazed 
pots for, 652; manures for, 748; 
new, 429 ; portraits of, 652, 716 ; 
potting and potting materials, 219; 
on pruning, 316, 691; pruning and 
syringing, 365 ; on syringing, 20S, 
2S4 ; 300, 316, 332, 34S; settling 
down for the winter, 93; sweet- 
scented, 300 ; warm or cold water 
for, 604,619; watering in summer, 
684 
Orchids at Broomliall Field, 476; at 
“The Colinderies," 619; Mr. 
Cypher’s, 1S7; at Elmers Lodge, 
604; at the Handsworth Nurseries, 
171 ; at Lake House, 156; the 
Lovatt collection, 556; at Man¬ 
chester, 668 ; at Misarden Park, 
236, 509; at Priorwood, 299 ; at 
Salisbury Green, 269 ; in Scotland, 
331, 365 ; in South Africa, 518 ; at 
Westbrook, Sheffield, 45; at Wood- 
hatch, 396 
Orchid pi ices, 5S0 
Oioliid sales, 179, 493; Mrs. Morgan's, 
ISO 
Orchid shows, Birmingham, 211, 579; 
Mr. Bull’s, 701 
Orchids, weevils in, 524 
Ornaments, horticultural, 244 
Ornitliogaluin aurettm, 723 
Ouviraiulras, notes on, 862 
P 
PachypiiYTtoi bracteoslim, 107 
Families, new, 5SS 
Piconies, 636; Moutan, Madame Laf- 
fay. 621 
“ Palmetto Vcrrier.” the. 6S 
Palms for table ornament, 245 
Palms, on potting. 29S 
Pampas Grass, the, 101 
Pancratium caribaeum, 70S 
Pamlanus graminifolius, 26S ; javani- 
cus variegatus and P. Yeitchii, 268 
Panieum variegatum, 29S 
Pansies, 731 ; diseased, 42; exhibit¬ 
ing, 731; in beds, 306; from seed, 
86, 420 ; more about, 629; notes 
on, 613; properties of show and 
fancy, 279 
Pansies and Violas, 669 
Pansy, Geo. Rudd, 2S3 
Parkhall, fruit growing at, 118. 134 
Parsley and Onions, 358, 375, 393, 426 
Parsnip,the, 501 
Paterson Testimonial, the, 244 
Peach, the Arasden, 77S, 795 ; 
Gregory's Late 155; the Royal 
George, 60, 107 ; the Thames Bank, 
1S6 
Peach and Pear blister, 132 
Peaches and Nectarines, good, 86 
Peach crop at Montreuil, 819 
Peach culture on walls, 24 
Peaches, early, S10 ; a good set of. 
523 ; mildew on, 635 ; notes on, 162 ; 
out-door, 361 
Peach trees, gumming in, 747; on 
lifting the roots of, 69; lifting 
and root pruning, 107 
Pear Beun'e de Capiaumont, 74 ; the 
Keiffer, 186 
Pears at Croxby House, notes on, 69 ; 
from the Cape, 500 
Pear Congress at Chiswick, 35. 115, 
140, 125, 202, 267; varieties ex¬ 
hibited at the, 250 
Pears for Villa Gardens, 100; notes 
on, 104; stewed, 13S 
Pears V. Peaches for a south wall, 341 
Peas, Early Kenilworth and William 
the Conqueror, S10 ; Omega, 107 
Pea, Sweet, Invincible Carmine, 13S 
Peas, Birds and, 522; early, 21S, 
715; everlasting, 500; for exhi¬ 
bition, 330 ; a failure with, S10, 
S23; forwarding early crops of, 
347 ; green, in November, 268 ; the 
new, 330, 731 ; notes on new, S10 ; 
new, certificated, 755 ; notes on, 
443, 132; not germinating, 556, 
570, 582, 01S; 795 
Pelargoniums, bedding, on propa¬ 
gating, 502 
Pelargoniums, Cape, 474 
Pelargonium Duchess of Albany, 723 ; 
Henri Jacoby, 13S ; La Cygne, 21S ; 
Volunte Nationale alba, 138 
Pelargoniums, Ivy-leaved, 341, 779 ; 
Alice Crousse, 99, 109; Furstiu 
Joseph von Hohenzollern, 110; 
Hoff. Gartner Eichler, 110; Mad. 
Thibaut. 110; Souvenir de Charles 
Turner, 116 
Pelargoniums, double-flowered Ivy¬ 
leaved, 667 
Pelargonium, the show, 504 ; the 
zonal to the fore again, 07 
Pelargoniums, zonal, culture of, 196 
Pentstemons, 61 
Pepinia aphelandraflora, 330 
Perennials, select hardy, 9, 21, 53, 
6S, 149, 217 
Pergularia odoratissima, GS 
Peristeria pendula, 141 
Persian Ranunculus, 517 
Petunias, Carter’s Emperor, 263; 
double and single, 392 ; grown as 
standards, 615 
Phacelia eampanularis, 132 
Phaius grandifolius, 476; Humbloti, 
732 
Phalaenopsis Maris, 701; Stuartiana 
Lendyana, 412 
Phalienopsis and /Brides, 539 
Phahenopsis at Oldfield, 364 
Philanthropy, flowers and, 229 
Phlox Druinmondii, 459, 4S9; General 
Raditzsky, 315 
Phloxes, herbaceous, 232, 341, 362; 
on propagating, -51S 
Phoenix liybrida, 58S ; rupicola, 245 
Phoenix Park, Dublin, the, 61 
Pliormium tenax variegatum, 34S; 
hardiness of, 362, 37S 
Picea Breweriana, 253 ; nobilis, 35 
Picotee, Liddington’s Favourite, 77 
Pillar plants, useful, 503 
Pilumna laxa, 2S5 
Pine Apple, Black Prince, 475 
Pine Apple culture, 10 
Pine Apples, the largest field of, 203 
Pink. Rose Perfection, 740 
Pink Pipings, 760 
Pinks, Indian, 453 
Plagiarism in the Seed Trade, 027 
Plant collectors, the qalllifications 
of, 56S 
Planting and pruning, 222 
Planting, preparing the ground for, 
102 ; thick and thin, 102 
Planting trees and shrubs, 102, 407 
Plant organs, Prof. Henslow on the 
movement of, 117 
Plants, berried, for winter deco¬ 
ration, 125, 133 
Plants, how to send abroad, 612 
Plants going blind, 810 
Plants, carnivorous, 412 
Plants, Mr. Hyde on the classification 
of, 237 
Plant cultivation, 170 
Plants, useful decorative, 276; the 
defences of, 637 ; exotic, in the Isle 
of Wight, 60 ; for forcing, 37, SS ; 
hardy, for forcing, 108; choice 
hardy, 506; select hardy, 616; 
hardy bedding, 107; hardy flower¬ 
ing, 294 ; • hardy, in flower, 617, 
666, 6S2, 695, 761, 763; hardy, from 
Tottenham, 392; herbaceous and 
alpine, 664 ; influence of light on, 
22S; hints on purchasing, 102; 
the potting of, 555 ; select, for a 
rockery border, 43S, 454 ; spring- 
flowering, among grass! 74 ;"summer 
culture of, 552; for table orna¬ 
ment, 281, 26S ; for winter flower¬ 
ing, 567 
Plant parasites, 201 
Plant stimulants, 403 
Pleione lagenaria, and P. maculata, 
125 
Plums, White Magnum Eouum and 
Coe’s Golden Drop, 61 
Plums for Villa Gardens, 392 
Poinsettia pulcherriina, 229, 251, 555, 
200, 347, 363 
Poinsettia, on the cultivation of the, 
536; for Christinas decorations, 
266; now to obtain dwarf plants, 
411; on planting out, 298, 315, 
348; at Seaham Hall, 362, 378; 
Polyanthuses, Gold-laced, 549, 5SS, 
605 
Polyanthus Narcissi, 632 
Polygonatuin multifloruin, 60 
Polystachya pubeseens, 51S 
Port Elizabeth, vegetable culture at, 
154 
Portsmouth Chrysanthemum Society, 
244 
Potato disease, the, 819, S25 
Potato exhibition, the, 36 
Potato Show, tlie International, 93, 
99 
Potatos in Ireland, acreage of, 4 
Potato, a large palmate, produce of, 
228 
Potato experiments at Chiswick, 22S, 
295 
Potato culture in frames, 212; in 
Scotland, 6; in Jersey, 22S 
Potatos and flavour, 2S1 
Potatos, purple, 40S ; red, 438 ; red- 
spotted, 630; white, 470 
Potato, Chancellor, 267; Interna¬ 
tional Kidney, 235; Lord Rosebery, 
459 ; Reading Russet, 26 ; Sandy's 
Seedling, 42, 75 ; Welford Park 
Kidney, 139 
Potatos cracking, 42; for exhibi- 
bition, 330; in Germany, 67 ; crop 
in 1SS5, 41; harvest, the, 771 ; 
new varieties of, 345 ; notes on, 
26, 155 ; notes on, at Bingley Hall, 
235 ; planting, 50S ; seedling, 61S ; 
on storing, 296; trial of, 294; 
useful late, 500 ; wet-rot in, 36 
Potentillas, double hybrid, 730 
Powder distributors, a, 636 
Powerscourt. the gardens at, 72 
Practice with Science, 563 
Preserved vegetables, 436 
Preston, amateur gardening at, 755 
P r i m u 1 a Auricula, 27 ; Herrin’s 
blood-red, 363 ; floribunda, 3S1, 
40S, 443; nivalis, 532; obconica, 
472, 491, 523; the old double 
white, 427 ; rosea and P. obconica, 
571 ; Sutton's Gipsy Queen, 410 
Primulas and Auriculas, 531 
Primula, improvement of the genus, 
53S, 550 
Primula Conference, the, S4, 507, 
515, 533 
Primulacere, on the root structure 
of, 570, 014 
Primulas, Chinese, 200, 21S, 2S3; 
double Chinese, 246 ; how to pro¬ 
pagate, 42S 
Primula, a double blue, 376 
Primulas, semi-double, 635; the most 
hardy, 550, 566, 5S3, 602 
Primrose Alice Wilson, 523, 555 ; 
Haibinger, 26S, 491 
Primrose garden, a, 62S 
Priory, Warwick, fatal accident at 
tlie, 372 
Prizes, special, 324, 341 . 
Prizes for young gardeners, 452 
Propagating bedding plants 27 
Propagating by cuttings, 517 
Propagating house, tlie, 329, 344 
Prospects, the season's, 547 
Provincial shows, 549 
Pruning, on, 245 
Pruning orchard trees, 436 
Primus Pissardi, 259 ; sinensis alba ,SS 
Pteris cretica var. II. B. May, 557 ; 
scalierula, 100, serrulate, Naylor’s 
Crested var., 723, tremula, 90 
Pulmonaria saccliaratagrandiflora, 018 
Pump, Hughes’ Spray, 556 
Purdyburn, Disa graudiflora at, 62 
Pynaei't, M. Ed., proposed presenta¬ 
tion to, 739 
Pyramidal Mignonette, ISO 
Pyrethrums and Pansies, 660 
Pyrethrum Golden Feather, 396 
Pyrethrums, 678 ; double white, 746 ; 
double and single-flowered, 714 
Q 
Queen’s Road Nursery, Cheltenham, 
Orchid growing at, 187 
Queer names, 39 
R 
Radish, tlie common, 651 
Rainfall in East Norfolk, 30S ; heavy- 
in Shropshire, 508; at Kingston 
Hall, Derby, 340; at Liverpool, 
292, 474 
Railway embankments, flowery, 714 
Ramondia pyrenaica, 6S3 
Ranunculus aeonitifolius flore pleno, 
746 ; Segnieri, 27 
Ranunculuses, Persian, 517 
Raspberry, Baumforth’s Seedling, 34S 
Raspberries, 455 
Reading Chrysanthemum Society, 324 
Red Lead and “ Clubbing,” 600 
Redleaf, the gardens at, 860 
Red Spider, a new remedy for, 1X6 
Reinwardtia, tetragyne, 777 
Renanthera coccinea, 13 
Rliapis flabbelliformis, 243 
Rhizoctonia violacea, 213 
Rhododendron javauicum, S2-3 ; 
niveum, 54S 
Rhododendrons greenhouse, Minerva, 
109 ; Apollo, 109; balsamimeflorum, 
Rajah, 764 
Rhododendrons, greenhouse, 519; at 
the Handsworth Nurseries, 170; 
hybrid, notes on, 117; dwarf, 
666; for forcing, 88; liardv, 421; 
hardy, lists of select, 458 ; the 
hardiest, 603 
Rhubarb, Paragon, 667 
Rhubarb, early, 507 
Rhubarb, on forcing, 234 
Rhus cotinus, 267, 284, 317, 330 
Richardia aethiopica, 618 
Rivina humilis, 134 
Roezl, Mr. Benedict, death of, 126 
Rosa rugosa, 43 
Rockeries and rockery borders, ISO, 
422, 438, 455 
Rookery, Tlie, Eccles, 216 
Rose, the, 72 
Rose culture in pots, 309, 373; in 
towns, 660 
Rose insects, 034 
Rose, Fortune's Yellow, 523 ; Her 
Majesty, 195; Mareclial Niel, 344, 
395, 411, 472,507 ; Tea, Sunset, 330; 
a new white, 164 
Rose season, tlie, 755 
Rose Show at Birmingham, 747 ; in 
Frognai Park, 726 
Rose Society, The National, 259, 717 
Roses and Rose growing, 773 
Roses, a dozen select, 8; Apricot 
coloured, 747 ; Bennett’s new, 771; 
on budding, 756; cut, on packing, 
244 ; garden, 712 ; good, for a cold 
house, 523; ill June, 6S0; notes 
on, 262, 14S; own root, 731 ; 
pruning, 539 ; prospects, 667, 644 ; 
Mr. S. Ryder’s hook on, 116; single, 
concerning, 600; in winter, 42; 
for winter flowering, GO; yellow, 
715 
Royal Horticultural Society, the, 
30S, 325, 340, 35S, 371 
Royal Horticultural Society's 
Schedules, 474 
Royal Horticultural Society, List of 
tlie Committees, 301 
Royal Horticultural Society, the, 
and its Committees, 326 
Royal Horticultural Society's Pro¬ 
vincial Show at Liverpool, 452, 4CS, 
612, 660, 666, 675, 6S0, 696, 723 
Ryde, flower show at, 6 
s 
Saccolaeiuji Heathii, 62 
Salads, 603; for winter, 825 ; 
Chicory for, 74 
Sales, autumn, trade, 19 
Salpiglossis, notes on, 596 
Salvia Heeri, 330 
Salvias, note on, 7 
Sambucus C ilifornica, 796 ; nigra 
aurea, 20 
Sargesou, tlie late Mr., 731 
Sarracenia Buchani, 141 
Savoy, Gilbert’s Universal, 91 
Sawdust as a medium for blanching 
Celery, 330 
Saxifrage Wallacei, 695 
Scabious, Sweet, 7 
Scarlet Runnel's, Mammoth, 795 
Science in Horticulture, 425 
Scillas, notes on, 149, 034 
Scilly Isles, the first flower show in 
the, 509 
Scotch Fir, tlie, 1S1 
Scottish Gardeners’ Mutual Benefit 
Association, the Proposed, 35 
Scottish Horticultural Association, S7 
Scotland, early frosts in, 4; Fotato 
culture in, 6 
Seafortliia elegans, 245 
Seaham Hall, the Poinsettias at, 362, 
37S 
Sea Kale, on forcing, 2S0 
Seedling raising, 397 
Seed adulteration, 4 
Seedling Florists’ Flowers, on 
raising, 252 
Seeds, age of, and double flbwel's, 
510; foreign, 243 ; the germination 
of, 603 ; on the selection of, 262 
Seed sowing, 4S7 
Seedsmen, a caution to, 755 
Seedsmen and their customers, 379 
Seed trade, foyal honours to the, 
324 
Shade in gardens, 724 
Shallot, the, 165 
Sheffield, a new Park for, 564 
Sherwood, Mr. N. N. (With portrait), 
713 
Sherwood Oaks, the, 16S 
Shimdda Hir, Llandudno, 677 
Show season, the, 676 
Shrubs aiul trees, on layering, 397; 
tile management of, 342 ; on 
planting, 535 ; in towns, 360 
Siiene alpestris, 695 ; maritime pleua, 
695 
Skimmia japonica and oblata, 267 
Smoke nuisance, the, 612 
Societies, Horticultural and Botani¬ 
cal:—Abcrdare Horticultural, 814; 
Aberdeen Horticultural Associa¬ 
tion, 413, 471, 532, 622; Aber¬ 
deen Royal Horticultural, 46, 765 ; 
Bath Floral Fete, 605; Birmingham 
and Midland Counties Gardener’s 
Mutual Improvement Association, 
420, 445, 477, 707; Braintree 
and Booking Horticultural, 750; 
Bridgend Horticultural, S29; 
Bristol Horticultural, 461; Bur- 
tou-on-Treut Horticultural, S2S; 
Carnation and Picotee Union, 7S0 ; 
Caterham Horticultural, 766 ; 
