IV 
Tie Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS, 
[September 3, 1887. 
Cucumbers and Melons, fertilisation 
of, 580 
Cucumber, the Giant Pera, 490; 
Troughton’s Prolific, 555 
Cucumber culture, 91 
Cucumbers, a heavy crop of, 790 
Cultivation, deep, 613; methods of, 
70 
Cupressus Youngii, 326 
Curious plants, 570, 582 
“ Curl ” in Potatos, 507, 521 
Currant, Black Champion, 40 
Cyeas undulata, 201 
Cycnoches chlorochilon, 294 
Cyclamen ibericum, 411; persicum, 
double, 427; persicum majesticum, 
533 ; Princess of Wales, 549 ; Queen 
of Crimsons, 518; Royal jubilee, 
474, 490 
Cyclamen culture, 122 
Cyclamens at Gunnersbury Park, 426; 
Mr. Little’s, 490; new, 311 
Cymbidium affine, 203 ; ebumeum, 
459 ; eburneum Dayanum. erratic 
habits of, 475 ; elegans, 332 ; gigan- 
teum, 395 ; Lowianum atropur- 
pureum, 700 
Cypripedium calophyllum, 316 ; 
Druryi, 716; insigne maculatum, 
253; insigne var. Chantinii, 332; 
Javanico-superbiens, 748 ; Law- 
rencianum, a malformed, 332 ; 
Leeanum superbum, 310; leucor- 
rhodum, 518; orphanum, 790; 
Pearcei, 732 ; prsestans, 826 ; San- 
derianum, 44; Stonei, 572, 6S5; 
superciliare, 694; villosum, 412 
Cypripediums, erratic, 748, 828; Mr. 
Shuttleworth’s, 555 
Cytisus albus, 744; nigricans, 744 
D 
Daffodils, early, 347, 362, 378 ; for 
pot culture, 442; General Gordon, 
*5; General Gordon v. Henry 
Irving, 107 ; Yellow King or Ard- 
Righ, 378; Sir Watkin, 571; white, 
168 
Dahlia, notes on the, 3 
Dahlia, a new Cactus, 27 ; the Globe, 
267 
Dahlias, classification of, 252; Single, 
605 ; of the olden time, 236 ; notes 
on New, 829 ; Seedling, 473 ; selec¬ 
tions of, 285 ; in Hot July, 734 ; in 
November, 186 
Dahlia Show, the Grand National, 
141, 276 
Dallam Tower, Milnthorpe, 164 
Damp on plants, 155 
Daphne odora, 362 
Davallia canariensis 517; elegans, 
539 ; Mariesii, 684 
Davallias, notes on, 713 
Deep cultivation, 613 
Deep Tilth, 327 
Dell, the, Egham, 72 
Delphiniums at Pendell Court, 741 
Delphiniums, Single, 715 
Delphinium, Britannia, 695; Cha- 
mont, 694; grandiflora flore pleno, 
715 ; a fasciated, 747 
Dendrobium crepidatum, 459; Deari, 
268 ; Devonianum, 572; Fytchi- 
anum roseum, 348; hercoglossum, 
203 ; japonicum, 491; Macfarlanei, 
277; macrophyllum giganteum, 
556; nobile, 428; Pierardii, 443; 
polyphlebium, 678 ; pulchellum, 
604; rhodostoma, 268; sanguineum, 
555 ; Seidelianum, 780 ; sulcatum, 
556; Wardianum, 443, 535, 556; 
Wardianum, three-lipped, 491 
Deutzia eandidissima plena, 566 ; 
gracilis, 342. 475 
Devonhurst, Chiswick, 504; flowering 
trees and shrubs at, 600 ; Honey 
Locusts at, 806 
Dianthus Grievei, 729 ; double white, 
730 
Dichorisandra musaica, 185 
Digging, hints on, 228 
Diplazium hians, 678 
Disa cornuta, 796, 826; grandiflora, 
459 
Disporum Leschenaultianum, 794 
Dracaena Goldieana, propagating, 490 
Dracunculus vulgaris, 570 
Draeophyllum gracile, 677 
Dried flowers and grasses, 249 
Dropmore, the Conifers at, 821 
Drought, the, and its effects, 555, 723 
Don't build too fast, 23 
Dutch Bulb trade, the, 740 
E 
Earwigs and Chrysanthemums, 11, 
27, 43, 58, 74 ; and Peaches, 59 
Easter flowers, 499 
Earth-worms and their work, 618, 676, 
693, 731, 745 
Echeveria retusa, 331 
Echinops ritro, 808 
Edgend Hall, Burnley, 233 
Edward, the late Thomas, 124 
Eel Pie Island, a Plower Show on, 197 
Elseodendron orientale (syn. Aralia 
Chabrieri), 267, 745 
Electric light and trees and flowers, 
228 
Epacris onosmteflora flore pleno, 325 ; 
winter-flowering, 180 
Epidendrum arachnoglossum, 621 ; 
falcatum, 604; Ghiesbreghtii, 556 ; 
macrochilum roseum, 732 ; Parkin- 
sonianum, 726; xanthin um , 203 
Eremus robustus albus, 661 
Erica, the, 520 
Erica Shannoni glabra, 715 
Erigeron aurantiacus, 698 
Erinus alpinus, 698 
Eriopsis rutidobulbon, 811 
Eriostemon cuspidatum, 443; scarlet, 
571 
Eryngium amethystinum, 11; mari- 
timum, 680 
Escallonia macrantha, 776 
Encephalartos Lehmanni, 548 
Euadenia eminens, 683 
Eueharis Mite, the, 474 
Euonymus europseus, 325 
Eupatoriums, 43, 716 
Eupatorium riparium, 459 
Euphorbia palustris, 619 
Exeter, Fruit Show at, 133 
F 
Fairlawn, Lytham, 632 
Fasciated stems, 762 
Feather Hyacinth, the, 709 
Fern, discovery of a new, 343 
Ferns, filmy, 328 ; for dark comers, 
186 ; and their culture, 364; de¬ 
corative, 170 ; an evening with, 90, 
102, 118 ; hardy, for pot culture, 
394 ; miniature tree : how to make 
them, 212; on propagating, 134; 
useful hardy, 378 
Fern Nursery, a, 536 
Fern Wall tile, the, 424 
Fern Wall at Cliveden, 827 
Fertilisation of Plants, 460 
Fertiliser, how to make a good, 171 
Fig trees for fruiting in pots, 11 
Fir-tree oil for Rheumatism, 139 
Flinty ground, 507 
Flora of the British Empire, 134 
Floral Committee, the awards of the, 
442, 458 
Floral descriptions, 202 
Floral Fashions, Midsummer, 792 
Floral styles in America, 10 
Flower Cup, the Jubilee, 251 
Flowers, cut, 71 
Flower Holders, the Mikado, 730 
Flowers and Gardens, 345 ; and 
grasses, dried, 249 
Flowering trees and shrubs, 660 
Flowers, Easter, 499; Spring, 453; 
Autumn, 135 ; autumn fashions in, 
100 ; at Funerals, 1S3 ; hardy for 
amateurs’ gardens, 408; Hardy, at 
Wliitton, 712 ; of Spring, 519 
Flower Sermon, the, 635 
Flower Show elements, 659 ; Judging, 
697, 712, 729 
Forestry, Landscape, 775 
Forestry, the proposed school of, 774 
Foxgloves, 699, 715 ; dwarf, 730 
Francoa laevis, 43 
Freaks of taste, 77 
Fritillaria lusitanica, 646; pallidi- 
flora, 580 
Frost, Philip, the late, 602 
Frost report, the, 485 
Frost, how to keep it out of a cold 
greenhouse, 267 
Frosts in March, effects of, in East 
Lothian, 519; Midsummer at 
Clovenfords, 743 ; twenty-degrees 
of, 330 
Frosty weather in January, 327 
Fragaria indica, 682 
Fruit Bushes, 295 
Fruit crop, Kentish, of 1886, 4 
Fruit Culture, the future of, 83; in 
pots, S6 
Fruit, the colouring of, 679 ; hints on 
storing, 87; market, 339; nomen¬ 
clature, 68; notes from Preston, 
778; production, colonial, 132 
Fruit-crop prospects, 611, 620, 650, 
666, 698, 715 
Fruit Show at Exeter, 133 
Fruit trade, the Green, 262 
Fruit trees, espalier, 794 
Fruit tree nursery in Kent, a, 37 
Fruit trees, their selection and culti¬ 
vation, 333 ; protecting, 456, 503 ; 
pruning, 215 ; summer pruning of, 
6S0 
Fuchsia arborescens, 508 ; Champion 
of the World, 523; Madame Cor- 
nellison, 235 
Fuchsia hedges, 440 
Fuchsias in the garden, 74 ; Lye’s 
new, 292; Seedling, 59, 780, 810 
Fumigating v. Steaming, 408 
Funeral pieces, coloured flowers in, 
35 
Fungus, an edible, 68 
G 
Gaillardias, notes on, 728, 746 
Gaillardia Admiration, 826 ; grandi¬ 
flora, var. Admiration, 76 ; maxima, 
726 ; pulcheila, 772 ; pulchella 
Lorenziana, 811 ; William Kehvay, 
790 ; Vivian Grey, 695 
Galanthus Elwesi, 360 ; nivalis 
prscox, 373 ; plieatus, 523 
Gale in October, effects of the, 123 
Galeandra Baueri, 294 
Gardenia Stanleyana, 378 
Gardeners and the twelfth, 760 
Gardeners, a caution to, 269 
Gardeners, young, and the Press, 427 
Gardeners’ Orphanage, the proposed, 
392, 410, 421, 426, 438, 454 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, the, 470, 
534, 548, 554, 708, 756, 760 ; forma¬ 
tion of, 714, 724 ; the President “at 
Home,” 742 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institu¬ 
tion, 332, 346, 534, 564, 707 
Gardening, mistakes in, 40 
Gardens, old and new flowers, 137 
Garden walks, 39 
Garston nurseries, the, 120, 156 
Gaultheria procumbens as an edging 
plant, 235, 251 
Gaura Lindheimeri, 826 
Gawthorpe Hall, 213 
Genista pilosa, 682 
Gentiana acaulis, 234, 267; bavarica, 
682: verna, 682 
Gesnera elongata, 508 
Geum eoccineum, 682 
Gilia micrantha, 682 
Gillies malvastrum, 808 
Gishurstine, 132 
Gladiolus, culture of the, 502; new 
varieties of, 790 
Gladiolus Watsonioides, 410 
Gladioli, new varieties of, 826 
Glangwna Gardens, 246 
Glass houses, top heating, 294, 326, 
344 
Glazing, Newton’s system of, 730 
Gleichenia flabellata, 571 
Glenstall Castle, 26 
Glory Pea, the, 197 
Gloxinias, 521, 651 ; at Gunnersbury, 
664 
Gloxinia Comet, 731; a sportive, 762 
Godetia, Lady Albemarle, 827 
Goodyera discolor, 332 
Gongora quinquenervis (maculata), 
141 
Gooseberry bushes and bullfinches, 
347, 362, 378 
Gooseberries, late, 76, 92 
Ginger beer plant, the, 140 
Grafting, natural, curious instance of, 
355 
Grange, the, Carshalton, 57, 628 
Grange, the, Stretford, 40 
Grape, Duchess of Buccleuch, 39; 
Gros Colmar, 283, 344, 358, 375, 
378, 411; Gros Colmar and Gros 
Maroc, 217; Gros Colmar v. Lady 
Downe’s, 394, 425, 456, 506, 536, 
566; Gros Maroc, 263, 298 ; Lady 
Downe’s, 458 ; Lady Downe’s and 
Muscats, 475; Madresfield Court, 
75, 107, 139, 154, 170, 186, 759; 
Madresfield Court crackiDg, 92, 
123; Muscat of Alexandria, 810; 
Mrs. Pearson and Royal Vineyard, 
43 ; Ollerhead’s White, 442 
Grape Growing, amateur, 536; at Mr. 
Boyd's, 616 
Grape Growers, another trouble to, 
75 
Grapes and their flavour, 232 ; popu¬ 
lar black, 217 ; quality of, 103, 135, 
151; on packing, 475 ; at the Royal 
Aquarium show, 1S4; at the Tweed 
Vineyard, 695 
Grassmere, Mr. Stevens’ garden at, 88 
Greaves, the, Scotforth, 248 
Green Fruit Trade, the, 262 
Greenhouse borders, danger in drain¬ 
ing, 600 
Greenhouses, heating, 4, 230, 264, 279 
Grouping plants and flowers, 516 
Grevillea Preisii, 171; Thelemaniana, 
521 
Griffinia hyacinthina, 565 
Guelder Roses, 682 
Gunnersbury Boiler, the, 517 
Gymnogramma schizophylla gloriosa, 
522 
Gypsophila paniculata, 808 
H 
Habrothamnus elegans Newellii, 443 
Hackwood Park gardens, 89 
Hacquetia epipactis, 540 
Halesia tetraptera, 344 
Halimodendron argenteum, 776 
Halstead Place, Sevenoaks, 53 
Handsworth Nurseries, the, 69, 502 
Hardenbergia Comptoniana, 491 
Hardy Orchids, 360 
Hawthorn berries, death through 
eating, 132 
Hay Fever, 723 
Headley, the late Richard, 186 
Heat and the crops, the, 19 
Heating greenhouses, 4, 230, 264, 279 
Heating and ventilating, 213, 293, 361. 
389 
Heating by hot water, 299 ; without 
cost, 4S9 
Heaths, Cape, notes on, 743, 822 
Hebeclinium ianthinum, 427 
Heckfield Place gardens, 24 
Hedges, field and garden, 630 
Hedychium Gardnerianum, 346 
Hedychiums, 716 
Helianthemum rosmarinifolium, 698 
Helianthus multiflorus flore pleno 
124 
Helichrysum, a monstrous, 76 
Hellebores, notes on, 457; from 
Devon, 427 
Helleborus maximus, 340 
Hemeroeallis Middendorfiana, 661 
Hemipilia calophylla, 502 
Hepatica angulosa, 442 
Herbaceous borders, 279 
Hesperis matronalis, 708 
Heuchera sanguinea, 694 
Hibiscus syriaeus, 37 
Higginsia Roezlii, 441 
Hildebrandia sandurchensis, 602 
Hippeastrum aulicum, 427 
Hippoerepis comosa, 69S 
Hirneola polytricha, 6S 
Holly and Mistleto as legendary 
plants, 24S 
Holly, sweet-scented, 649 
Hollyhocks, new, 790 
Holme Island, 552 
Holmes, Mr. W., presentation to, 244 
Holmskioldia sanguinea, 731 
Honey Locusts at Devonhurst, 806 
Hop crop of 1886, 4 
Horse Chestnut, the old, at Pinkie 
House, 536 
Horticultural Society at G-, 218 
Hot-bed, how to make a, 442 
Hot-water pipes, rise v. fall in, 330, 
346 
Hot-water pipes, painting and gas 
tarring, 824 
Houstonia coerulea alba, 682 
Hovey, Charles M., 246 
Howick House, Preston, 150, 456 
Hoya imperialis, 683 
Huntroyde Park, 200 
Hutchinsia gracilis, 571 
Hyacinthus candicans, 613 
Hyacinth La Belle, 474; Paix de 
l’Europe, 362 
Hyacinths, Roman, 777 
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, 
757 ; rosea, 155 
Hydrangeas, on the culture of, 501 
Hydrangea, the climbing, 684 
Hymenocallis macrostephana, 411 
I 
Iberis Gibraltarica, 683, 699; saxa- 
tilis, 411 
Ilex aquifolium insigne, 178 
Illicium floridanum, 508 
Imantophyllum miniatum sulphur- 
eum, 507 
Impatiens Hawkeri, 425, 570, 631 ; 
Sultani, 170; Sultani as a bedding 
plant, 459 
Imperial Institute, the, 627 
Insecticide, a good, 684 
Insecticide, Sulphate of Potassium as 
an, 27 
Intermediate house, the, 664 
Inula glandulosa, 698 
Ipomaea Horsfallias var. Lady Briggs, 
267 ; purpurea, 805 
Iris fimbriata, 394; Ksempferi, new 
varieties of, 726 ; reticulata, 491; 
stylosa, 155 ; tingitanum, 261 
Isotoma axillaris, 811 
Ivy, on planting, 229 
Ixia crateroides, 603 
Ixiolirion tataricum, 661 
Ixoras, on the cultivation of, 349 ; at 
Gunnersbury Park, 411 
J 
Jacaranda mimosifolia, 522 
Jasminum nudiflorum, 459; Sambac 
flore pleno, 571 
Jerusalem Cherry tree, 620 
Joldwynd’s, choice hardy plants at, 
665 
Jubilee notes of an old gardener, 309 
Judging at flower shows, 682; Mr. 
S. Heaton on, 20 
Juniperus canadensis aurea, 678 
K 
Kalanchie earnea, 310 
Kalmia latifolia in Perthshire, 695 
Kelso, a Cabbage show at, 599 
Ivennedya Maryattae, 282 
Kew Gardens, Report, 470 
Kew, orchids in flower at, 77 
Kingswood Warren gardens, 24 
Kitchen Gardening made easy, 490, 
507, 522 
Korolkowia discolor, 310 
L 
Labels for Orchids, 219 
Label Rest, the Alpha-acme, 699 
Laburnums, erratic, 650, 666, 683 
Laburnum, a trimorphic, 795 
Lachenalias, 342 ; Nelsoni, 411; tri¬ 
color, 565 
Ltelia albida, orange-tinted variety, 
396 ; anceps, 379 ; anceps Sander- 
iana, 310 ; anceps Stella, 310 ; 
anceps, the variety of, 472 ; 
autumnalis xanthotropis, 535 ; 
Batemaniana, 726 ; Crawshayana, 
380, 395 ; elegans, 828 ; euspatha, 
523, 535 ; majalis, 700 ; purpurata, 
604 ; purpurata Russellrana, 502 ; 
Turneri Littleana, 828 
Laing, John, with portrait, 72 
Lamb’s Lettuce, 538 
Lancashire Gardens, notes from, 532 
Lapageria, propagation of the, 347 
Lapeyrousia grandiflora, 455 
Lathyrus Drummondi, 666; rotun- 
difolius, 70S 
Lattice-leaf plant, 795 
Laurel leaves recovering from frost, 
Law notes: Jacob and others v. 
Mansfield, 413 ; Little and Ballan- 
tyne v. the Edinburgh International 
Exhibition Association, 493 ; a 
Mushroom gathering case, 716 ; 
Purser v. the Worthing Local 
Board, 469, 477 ; Overseers of 
Lewisham v. H. J. Cobb, 523 ; 
Richardson v. A H. Clarke & Co., 
749, 782 ; Rogers v. Coombs, 443 
Lawn, a velvety, 123 
Lawns in winter, 375 ; weeds on, 635 
Lawn tennis court, an asphalte, 101 
Leaf, the fall of the, 155, 299 
Leek, a monster, 14S 
Leeks, forced, 615 
Lettuce all the year round, 156 
Lettuces, notes on varieties of, 136 
Leucojum tricophyHum. 581 
Leycesteria formosa, 773 
Libonia floribunda,331; Penrhosiensis, 
267. 378 
Lilacs, the, 660 
Lilium auratum, 5S, 76, 92,; auratum 
polyphyllum, 7S0 ; eandidum, 443 ; 
chalcedonicum, 763 ; Harrisii and 
its adaptability, 475 ; japonicum 
Colchesteri, 779; philippinense,760 ; 
polyphyllum, 747 
Liliums, notes on, 21, 53, 74, 87 101, 
124; Mr. Wilson on, 148 
Lily culture at the Cape, 292 
Lily of the Valley, English grown, 
362. 373 516 
Lilies of the Valley at Twickenham, 
633 
Limnocharis Huraboldtii, 683 
Linaria pallida. 729 
Linum trigynum, 347, 523 
Lindley Library, the, 533 
Liriodendron tulipiferum, 730 
Lisianthus Russellianus, 75 
Lissochilus speciosus, 301 
Lobelia splendens. 808 
Lomaria gibba platyptera, 508 
London Flower-girl, the, 181 
Lonicera sempervirens minor, 522 
Lord, Robert, the late, 10 
Luculia gratissima, 235 
Lycaste Deppei punctatissima, 294 ; 
leucantha, 7S1 ; grandis, 428 ; 
mesochlsena, 50S; plana Measures- 
iana, 374 ; pubescens, 604 ; Skin 
neri, 572 ; with twin-flowered 
spikes, 372 : tetragona, 811 
Lychnis chalcedonica, S20 
Lythrum alaturn, 808 
M 
Magnolia conspicua Soulangeana, 
620 ; fuseata, 331 
Maison la Haut, Jersey, 122 
Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibi¬ 
tion, 406 ; horticulture at the, 650 
Manchester Rose Show, 763 
Manures, artificial, 522 ; artificial v. 
natural, 788 ; horticultural, 429; 
on the farm and in the garden, 243 
Manures in Orchid culture, on the use 
of, 392 
marigolds, African, 790 ; dwarf 
French, 107, 138 
Market Garden, Mr. Warren’s, at Isle- 
worth, 697 
Market Gardening and low Prices 
728 
Market Gardeners' profits, 666 
Market Gardens, the rating of 100 
469, 523, 693 
Market Gardeners’ grievances, 52 
Market fruits, 339 
Market, pot Roses for, 3S 
Markets Royal Commission, 547 
Marsdenia erecta, 776 
Martinmas term, the, 166 
Martynias, 795 
MasdevaUia Backhousiana, 573; de- 
missa, 74S ; Harryana grandis, 67S; 
Harryana luteo-oculata, 661; ignea 
Massangeana, 747 ; muscosa, 651; 
peristeria, 82S; Shuttleworthii, 535 ; 
Tovarensis, 109, 236; velifera, 109 
Matricaria inodora flore pleno, 44 
Maule’s Quince, 651 
Maxillaria acutipetala, 50S; grandi¬ 
flora, 556 
Meconopsis nepalensis, S27; Wal- 
lichii, SOS 
Melon, the Blenheim Orange, 2S1,314, 
330; Sutton's Hero of Lockinge, 5S : 
Welford Park seedling, 330 
Mesembryanthemum muricatum, 523 
Michaelmas Daisies, 124; on dwarf¬ 
ing, 139 
Mignonette, on the culture of, 600 
Mikado Flower holders, 730 
Mildew, a cure for, 330 
Miltonia and Odontoglossum, 45 
MiltODia Clowesii, 364 ; Moreliana 
atrorubens, and M. spectabile bi- 
color, 28; spectabile, Sll; War- 
scewiczii, 572 
Mimicry in plants, SOS 
Mimulus cardinalis, 729 ; cupreus 
Brilliant, 309; Jubilee Queen’s 
Prize, 615 
Mistakes in gardening, 40 
Mission Room Flower Show, a, 744 
Mistleto trade, the Christmas, 244 
Mistleto, 2S3, 312 
Moltkia petnea, 70S 
Moore, Thomas, death of, 296, 312 
Moore Memorial Slone, the, 756 
Morton Hall, Midlothian, 280 
Moss-covered stones, 202 
Mount View, Sheffield, 230 
Mulching, 664 
Musa coccinea, 762 
Muscari comosum monstrosum, 709 
Muscat Grapes, on colouring, 791 
Mushroom beds, 23 
Mushroom culture, 154 
Mushroom ketchup, 1S1 
Mushrooms, large yield of, 394; in 
the open-air, 599 
Mushrooms and Mushroom - like 
Fungi, 552 
“My Garden,” 57, 628 
