The Gardening World.] 
[September 11, 1SS6. 
CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 
FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 28th, 18S6. 
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A 
Aberde en* Horticultural Association, 
324 
Aberdeen Seed Trade, 27S 
Abutilou Bouie de Neige, 302 
Abutilons, 323 ; as winter-blooming 
plants, 2S3 
Acacia ovata, 302 ; platyptera, 347 
Accident at a flower show, 755 
Acer Leopoldii, 635 
Achillea ptarmica flore plena, 740 
Achime,nes, on the culture of, 333 
Aconite the Winter, 13S 
Adenocarpus decorticans, 500 
Adiantum cap illns-veneris, 104; cu- 
neatum, 411, 4SS; cuneatum Pliil- 
lipsii, 790 ; Farleyense, 104, 302 ; 
Lathomii, 104; Williamsii, 1S7 
Adulteration of Seeds, 4 
Advertising, the science of, 693 
TErides Sande riana, 230 
.Brides and Phalienopsis, 539 
.Brides and_ Vandas, mossing the 
stems of, 572 
African Violet, the, 360 
Agapanthus umbellatus, 3S0, 5S6 
Agathea ccelestis, 636 
Agave filifera, flowering of, 723 
Aicken, Dr., on Fish Manures, 442 
Allotment Gardens, S3, 130, 442 ; the 
voluntary extension of, 013 
Almond tree blossom, 522 
Aloe in flower, 116 
“ Alpine Point,” Battersea Park, S 
Amaryllis, the, 539 
Amaryllis Autumn Charm, 174; Her 
Majesty, 021 
Amaryllis, new certificated, 525, 
557Messrs. Veitch’s new, 2S0, 
472 
Amasonia punicea, 109, 19S 
American Blight, 107 
America, Dutch Bulbs in, 40 _ 
American Exhibition, 103, 105 
America, Floral Fashions in, 326 ; 
Horticulture in, 253 ; notes of a 
trip to, 649, 662 
Ainlierstia, the, “ At Home,” 4 
Amherstia nobilis, 634 
Andromeda, 033 ; floribunda, SS 
Anemone coronaria and its varieties, 
522 
Anemone fulgeus, 3SS ; japonic, 01 ; 
polyautha, 034 ; Robinsoniaua, 618 
Anemones, 42S ; St. Blight's, 070; 
Japanese, 26 
Angrrecum arcuatum, 51S ; (Stratum, 
476 ; Leoni, 45 
Annuals, hardy, 532; the sowing of, 
551 
Anthracite Coal, 4S4 
Autlmrium Andreanuin, 5S6 ; Devan- 
sayana, 525 
Antliuriums, hybrid, 520; varieties, 
539 
Antipodial Feins, 356 
Antirrhinums ; a reminiscence, S04 
Aphelandra clirysops, 732 
Apple Mrs. Barron, 40; Dr. Jules 
Gandy, 2S3; The Gladney, 244 ; 
Merc de Me'nage, 75; Peasgood's 
Nonsuch, 119 ; September Beauty, 
100; Stirling Castle, 74 ; An Old 
Devonshire, 1S6 
Apples and Pears, 109 
Apple Congress, the Edinburgh, 2S3 
Apples, dessert, 26. ; imported, 204; 
old, 170; for villa gardens, 120 
Apple production in Canada, 475 
Apple, the, Mythical and Historical, 
505 
Apple tree, a prolific, 00 
Apprentice system, the, 199, 231 
April, 4SS 
Aralia papyrifera, 123 ; Sieboldii, 202 
Aralias, 395; for table ornament, 
268, 344 
Arctotis atlrcola and A. revoluta, 23 
Ardisia crenulata, 133 
Areca Herbstii, 245 ; lutescens, 245, 
306 
Armeria csespitosa, 27 
Ash trees destroyed by lightning, 
612 
Asparagus plumosus, 2S4 
Asparagus, early, 246; disease of, 
213 ; on forcing, 344 
Asparagus beds, old, 651 
Aspidistras, notes on, 276 
Aspidistra lurida variegata, 29S 
Aspidium falcatum, a golden variety 
of, 372 
Aspleniums and Davallias, 104 
Asters, notes on, 537 
Atherton, Mr. J., presentation to, 599 
Aubretias, notes on, 501 
Aucuba japonica, 139 
Aucubas, berried, 123; variegated, 
1S6 
Auricula, a novel, 54S 
Auricula Frame, an, 629 
Auricula outlook, the, 524 
Auriculas in extremis, 461 ; in Febru¬ 
ary, 364 ; notes on Alpine, 573 ; 
notes on new, 62 ; properties of, 
53S 
Auricula, origin and history of the, 
534, 353 
Auriculas under king frost, 430 ; in 
winter, 220; Mr. B. Simonite’s, 573; 
a selection of, for beginners, 62 
Australia, the Bracken Fern in, 253 
Australian Fruits, 612 
Autumn Strawberries, 107 
Autumn, the woods in, 229 
Azaleas for forcing, SS 
Azaleas, Indian, 46S 
B 
Bahia lanata, 605 
Baits for Insects, 4 
Balsams, 379 ; notes on, 42S 
Barassie, the Vineries at, 42, S7 
Barkerias at The Glen, Lewisham, 171 
Barnet Recreation Ground, 244 
Barron, Mr. W., 35 
Baskets, Ferns for, 360, 104 
Battersea Park, 792; “Alpine Point,” 
S 
Beaumontia grandiflora, 557 
Beans, Broad, exhibition, 407 
Beans, French, 1S7 
Bean Weevil, the, 11S 
Beauty and the Beast, 441 
Bedding-out, 599 
Bedding plants, on propagating, 27 
Bees and Flowers, 10 
Beet, 440 
Beetles, Black, 603 
Begonia Arthur Mallet, 6S4 ; Carrieri, 
261; discolor, 634; Eail of Bess- 
borough, 109 ; gigantea rosea, 445 ; 
John Heal, 100 ; Leon de St. Jean, 
110 ; manicata, 427 
Begonias, double-flowering, 70S; use¬ 
ful old, 70S ; Messrs. Laing’s, S23 ; 
Messrs. Sutton’s, 100, SOS 
Begonias, Tuberous, 110, 276; as 
bedding plants, 51 ; on the culture 
of, 153 ; on starting, 340 ; from 
seed, 327 ; for amateurs, 300 ; win¬ 
ter blooming, 3S9 
Bentley Priory, Stanmore, SI 
Bergamot, 21S 
Berried plants for winter decoration, 
125, 133 
Berries, winter, 27S 
Bingley Hall, notes on Potatos at, 
235 
Birds, 42; and Fruit, S10; and 
Gooseberries, 571; and Peas, 522; 
and winter berries, 276, 291 
Birds’ Nests, 59S - 
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, 121 
Birmingham, establishment of a Gar¬ 
deners’ Society in, 372 
Birmingham Orchid show, 211, 579, 
5S7 
Bisulphide of Carbon, 324 
Black Beetles, how to destroy, 61S 
Blackberries, all about, 40S 
Blackberries and Strawberries, 1S1 
Blackberry, The Wilson Junr., 715 
Black Currants, winter treatment of, 
359 
Blue Flowers, common, 309 
Bog Garden, the, 616; Mr. G. Paul 
on making a, 598 
Boiler contest, the proposed, 596, 
611 ; awards at the, 70S 
Boilers for amateurs, 252 
Boiler scale, use of the Eucalyptus 
in removing, 21 
Boiler, The Horse-shoe, 219; “The 
Horse-shoe" and “The Leicester,” 
235 ; The Loughborough, 21 
Bolleas and Pescatoreas, 125 
Bomarea frondea, 356 
Books Noticed ;—Badger’s Cottage 
Gardening, 644, 70S ; Blackberries, 
All About, 40S; Dodwell’s The 
Carnation and Picotee, 504; Gar¬ 
dens of Light and Shade, 739 ; 
Heath's The Fern World, 553 ; 
Horner & Ividson's Gardening for 
Amateurs, 62S; Lindenia, 536; 
National Chrysanthemum Society's 
Catalogue, 7S7; Orchid Album, The, 
604; Orchid Growers’ Manual, by 
B.S. Williams, 248; Reiclienbacliia, 
619 ; Roses, by S. Ryder, 116 ; 
Sieveking's The Praise of Gardens, 
435 ; Smith’s Wall Fruit Culture, 
596; Vilmorin’s The Vegetable Gar¬ 
den, 424 
Boronia elatior, megastigma, and 
serrulata, 603 
Bossuea linopliylla, 651 
Botanical mare’s-nests, chiefly fun- 
gologic.nl, 91, 105, 122 
Bottling Grapes, 75 
Bouvarclia Humboldtii corymbiflora, 
72 
Bouvardias, Lcmoine’s new double, 
154 ; on the culture of, 203 
Boxes, transplanting, 4 
Bracken Fern in Australia, 253 
British, or What ? 376, 393, 423 
Broccoli, Gilbert’s Victoria, 635 
Broccolis, late, 651 
BroomhaH Field, Orchids, &c., at, 476 
Buile Hill, Pendleton, 20 
Bulb auctions, local, and back street 
sales, S4 
Bulbs, Dutch, in America, 40; disease 
of, 213 ; for the Parks, 771 
Bulbs and Tubers, on wintering, 144; 
for forcing, 37 
Bulbs, on grafting, 341, 356 
Bulb show tickets, illustrated, 35 
Bulb trade, the, 643 
Bullace, the Black, 139 
Bull, Dr., death of, 148 
Bulwell Hall, Nottingham, 426 
Burford Lodge, 660 
Burn, Mr. J., presentation to, 596 
Burton Constable, 27 
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Cabbages, Fly on, S6 
Cabbage planting, autiffnn, 10 
Calanthe Alexandrii, 141 ; Cooksoni, 
141; Normani, 141 ; porphyrea, 
236, 237 ; Sedeni candidibula, 141 ; 
Calanthe. culture of the, 682 ; on 
potting, 492 
Calceolarias, 634 ; culture of the 
herbaceous, 646 
Calceolarias at Beccli-hill Nursery, 
647; shrubby, 359; Messrs. Sut¬ 
ton’s, 627 
Calla, a crimson, 327 
Callicarpa purpurea, 123, 139 
Camass, the, of North America, 612 
Camellia, the Red Waratah, 651 
Camellia, the, as a winter-flowering 
plant, 195 
Camellias, notes on, 3S, 439 ; on the 
propagation of, S20 
Campanula carpatica pallida, 43 ; glo- 
merata dahurica, 715 ; persici folia 
alba flore pleno, 746 ; Vidalii, 436 
Canada, Apple production in, 476 
Candytufts, perennial, 22 
Cape, English seeds at the, 516 
Cape, Pears from the, 500 
Cape Pelargoniums, 474 
Capsicums, 133 
Carnations and Ficotees, 244, 324, 
3SS, 5S2 ; bloom, the, 740; border, 
741; at Slough, 747 
Carnation and Picotee Union, 461, 
739, 771, 7S0 
Carnations and Pinks within doors, 
772 
Carnation Pride of Pensliurst, 363, 
532 ; Whitley Park, 755 ; a new, 
356 ; Carnations, notes on new, 77 
Carnations, Perpetual, 522: three 
good, 410 ; good winter-flowering, 
324; in winter, 184; planted out, 
778; indoors and out, 705, S25 
Carnivorous plants, 412 
Canot crop, the, 296 
Carrots, the culture of, 507 
Carter’s Illustrated Vade Mecum, 244 
Cases of plants, ornamental, 500 
Castle Ashby, 154 
Casuarina equiset.ifolia, 11 
Catalpha syringtefolia alba, 20 
Catasetum, notes on the genus, 2S 
Cattleyas, Laelias, &c.,on potting, 420 
Cattleya autumnalis, 141 ; bicolor 
varieties, 460 ; Gaskelliana, an 
orange-striped, S4; Gaskelliana, 
74S ; gigas, Hill's Var., 764 ; granu¬ 
losa asperata,S10; labiata, autumn- 
flowering variety, 125 ; Lawrenci- 
ana, 445; Loddigesii, 397; Mendelii, 
540 ; Mendelii Lendyana, 557 ; 
Mendelii varieties, 6S4; Mendelii 
Var. Duke of Marlborough, 621 ; 
Mossire, 6S4 ; Mossiai Arnoldi, 6S4; 
Mossitc at Bridge Hall, Bury, 619 ; 
speciosissima, Fairfax Var., 652 ; 
Triame, 492; Trianse Ernestii, 3S1 ; 
Trianae Massangeana, 796; Trianse 
Schroderiana, 3S1 
Cauliflower, Dickson, Brown, ATait’s, 
106 
Celery, Dickson’s Matchless White, 
411 ; Sutton’s White Gem, 202, 267; 
the White Plume, 246 
Celery culture, an error in, 29S, 315 
Celery, the culture of, 405; the 
profits of, 347 
Celery, Sawdust as a medium for 
blanching, 330 
Celosia pyramidalis coccinea, 91 
Challont Park, S24; the warm con¬ 
servatory at, 362 
Cliannerops humilis, 245 
Charcoal “Nuts” for covering stages, 
571 
Chatsworth, S22 
Cherries, notes on, 746 
Chicory for winter salads, 74 
Chimonanthus fragrans, 411 
Chinese Primulas, 200, 21S 
Chionodoxa Luciliae, 37, 440 
Chiswick, Potato experiments at, 22S 
Clioisya ternata, 523, 5S7 
Chou de Burgliley, 76. 01. 123 
Chou de Gilbert, 75, 107,109, 130 
Christmas decorations, 315 
Christmas flowers at Swanley, 261 
Christmas Orchids, 260 
Christinas Rose, the, 263 
Christmas Roses, 251, 26S, 283 
Christmas and New Tear’s Cards, 243 
Chrysanthemum (Leucanthemum) 
Puy de Dome, 763 ; maximum 
pumilum, 764 
Chrysanthemum Balle Nerveraisse, 
110; Beauty of Swanley, 195; 
Belle Pauline, 105 ; bicolor, 238 ; 
Brise du Matin, 110 ; M. Burnet, 
23S; Catherine Wheel, 23S ; Ceres, 
23S; Dr. Barrie, 1S6, 202, 219; 
Bouie de Neige, 237, 206 ; Duchess 
of Albany, 238 ; Fibcrta, 110; 
gloriosum, 23S; japonais, 238; 
Lacme, 110 ; Lady Selborne, 99 ; 
L’lle des Plaisirs, 100 ; La Vierge, 
90 ; Maiden’s Blush, 174; Mandarin, 
110; Mons. Freeman, 142; Mons. 
de Monillac, 142; Mons. A. Vil- 
morin, 174 ; Novelle Alvede, 142 ; 
Pelican, 238; Pomponium, 110; 
Princess of Wales, 1S6; Princess of 
Wales and Mrs. Hcale, 202. 21S ; 
Val d’Andorre. 141 ; Ville de Tou¬ 
louse, 23S ; White Dragon, 238 
Chrysanthemum, on the management 
of the, in view of competition, 604, 
709, 724, 759, 772, S04 
Chrysanthemum culture, by Mr. 
Boyce, 216; propagating by cut¬ 
tings, 216; treatment of rooted 
cuttings, 246 ; Pompons, 5S2 ; va¬ 
rieties suited to amateurs, 296; 
hints on training, 325 ; training 
standards, 357 ; culture for deco¬ 
rative purposes, 43S ; early or 
summer-flowering varieties, 4*6; 
single varieties, 537 ; growing the 
plants in borders, 614; general 
hints, 6S2 ; on fertilisers, 775 ; 
insects, 794 
Chrysanthemum Shows, 35 ; Ascot, 
ISO ; Birmingham, 205 ; Bristol, 
190; Brixton, 157 ; Clonmel, 221; 
Croydon, 1S9 ; Crystal Palace, 172; 
Devizes, 180; Dorchester, 190; 
Ealing. 157 ; Finchley, 189 ; Higli- 
gate, 157 ; Huddersfield, 1SS; King¬ 
ston, 172: Lambeth, 157, 228 ; 
Liverpool, 220 ; Manchester, 205 ; 
National, The, 173; Peckham, 15. ; 
Putney, 172; Ramsbottom, 205 ; 
Reading, 1SS; Richmond, 172; 
Shrewsbury, 189: Southampton, 
158; St. Neots, 204; St. Peter's, 
Hammersmith, 204; Stoke New¬ 
ington, 172; Yeovil, 100; York, 
221 
Chrysanthemum shows and the elec¬ 
tion, 51 
Chrysanthemums and Dahlias, 202 
Chrysanthemum blooms, late, S95 
Chrysanthemum house, a, 235 
Chrysanthemums, Japanese, in the 
open air, 251 
Chrysanthemum leaf-miner, 251 
Chrysanthemum, the naughty, 212 
Chrysanthemum nomenclature, 390, 
406 
Chrysanthemums, Earwigs and, 747, 
763, 77S, 795, 821 
Chrysanthemum Society's Catalogue, 
the National, 7S7 
Chrysanthemums, judging, *202, 2!S, 
235 ; Mr. Molyneux on the, 213 ; 
and public favour, 202 ; on pro¬ 
pagating, 1S7; disbudding and 
feeding, 60; exhibiting, 56; list 
of select, 214 ; single for cutting, 
13S; summer-flowering, 94. 153, 
136, 723 ; late-flowering, 276, 323, 
32S, 363 ; notes on, S5, 136 ; in the 
open air in Noveinbeig 196, 235 ; 
outdoors in April, 50. ; at the 
Exeter Nursery, 164 ; Dr. Talmagc 
on the, 276 ; on the stage, 212 ; on 
trellises, 1S6; at Worksop Manor, 
21S ; in the West, 24S 
Chysis bractescens, 5SS 
Cinerarias and Calceolarias, 695 
Cineraria, the, 453 ; on sowing, 501; 
at Forest Hill, 573 
Cirrhaea saccata, 732 
Clapton Nurseries, the, 262, 665 
Clematis, Beauty of Worcester, 693 ; 
Jackmanni, 763 ; indivisa lobata, 
37S 
Clematis, on the culture of, 277 *, on 
pruning, 324 
Clivias or Imantophyllums, 301 
Clover and Grass Seeds, 301 
“ Clubbing,” Red Lead and, 600 
Coal, Anthracite, 4S4 
Coal dust as a manure, 517 
Cocos Weddelliana, 245 
Coelogyne Massangeana, 219 
Coke breeze, the dangers of, 692 
Colchicum autumnalc, 106 
Colchicums, notes on, 123 
Cole, the late Mr. William, 302, 318 
CoUinsia verna, 571 
Colt’s-foot, the variegated, 43 
Conservatories, useful pillar plants 
for, 503 
Conway, an amateur’s garden at, 678 
Copper-web Fungus, the, 213 
Coreopsis lanceolate, 695 
Corisande’s Garden, 233, 292 
Cork dust for drainage, 52 
Corynocarpus Isevigatus, 616 
Corypna australis, 245 
Costus speciosus, 379 
Cottagers’ Allotment Gardens Dill, 
596 
Cottagers' flower show at Earley, a, 
S04 
Cottagers’ flowers, 683 
Cottage gardens, 292 
Cottage gardening, 70S 
Covent Garden, prices of fruits and 
vegetables in, 46S 
Covent Garden Market, firs in, 429 
Covent Garden supplies, 328 
Crinum Powelli, 184 
Crittenden’s Cluster Damson, 73 
Crocus speciosus, 90 
Crop prospects in May, 595 
Crops, on thinning, 567 
Crotons for table ornament, 2S1 
.Crown Imperials, 5S1 
Croxliy House gardens, 00 
Crystal Palace fruit show, 93 
Cuckoo Spittle, 651, 667, 716 
Cucumber, a prolific, 107 
Cucumber Prince of Wales, 715 
Cucumbers and Melons, mauag"incut 
of, 507 
Cucumbers, Tomatos, and Straw¬ 
berries, 362 
Cucumber culture, S 
Cucumbers in June, 251 
Cucumbers, notes on, 627; winter 
management of, 236 
Cuerdon Hall, notes from, 664 
Currant bushes, Red, on pruning, 260 
Currants, Red, effects of heat on, 618 
Cuttings, propagating by, 517 
Cyclamen and Toadstools, 441 
Cyclamen culture, 427 
Cvclameu persicum, sowing seeds of, 
420 
Cycnoclies and Cataselums, 12 
Cycnoches barbatum, 13; aurcum, 13; 
chlorocliilon, 12, 13; Loddigesii, 
13; maculatum, 13; pentadaetylmi, 
13 ; ventricosuui, 13; ventricosum, 
viridis, 13; Warscewiczii, 13 
