The Gardening World.] 
[September S, 1S88. 
CONTENTS OF VOL. IV. 
FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 25th, 1888. 
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Abbey Park, Leicester, 759 
Aberdeen Seed and Nursery Trade, 279 
Aberdeenshire links, the, 422 
Abies grandis, 315 ; nobilis, 315 ; 
Nordmanniana, 315 
Abutilon Sellowianuni marmoratum, 
443 ; vittfolium, 618 
Acacia cordifolia, 554 
Acalyphas as decorative plants, 56 
Acainpe nmltiflora, 220 
Acanthus mollis latifolius, S26 
Acclimatisation of plants, 244, 597 
Acer Hookeri variegatum, 124 
Achimenes, 54 
Achillea macrophyllum, 715 ; mille¬ 
folium, 779; lupestris, 667; 
umbellata, 715 
Aconitum Lycoctonum, 774 
Adelaide Exhibition, honours for 
English seedsmen, 228 
Adenophora liliifolia, 774 
Adiantum cuneatum, 426 ; culture of, 
410; Farleyense,523,534; Fergusoni, 
59 ; macrophyllum, 539 ; Reginae, 
246, 427 
Adiantums at Upper Edmonton, 570; 
notes on their variable character 
from spores, 21 
Adonis vernalis, 5S0 
Aerides Fieldingii alba, 61S; Lobbii, 
S13; vandarum, 3S0 
Africa, South, notes from, 312 
Agave americana, 776 
Ailanthus glandulosa, S8 
Airthery Castle, 23 
Ajuga genevensis, 665 
Allamanda Clielsoui at Holt House, 76 
Allamandas at Devonhurst, 811 
Allium neapolitanum, 554 
Allotment gardens, 35, 755 
Allium pedemontanum, 729 
Almonds and Raisins, 276 
Almond tree fruiting, 155 
Alnus glutinosa laciuiata, 26 
Alocasias, 59S 
Alocasia macrorhiza variegata, 10; 
Thibautiana, 91 
Alsine verna flore plenissima, 618 
Aluminium in the ashes of plants, 724 
Amaryllis Belladonna,154; Conqueror, 
6S1 
Amaryllis at Chelsea, 51S; at 
Holloway, 507 ; new, 519, 535, 551 ; 
the autumn-flowering, 72 
Amasonia calycina, 203 
Amateur, a successful, 360 
Amateur Gardener, the, 613 
Amateur’s flower garden, the, 595 
America, gardening notes from, 392 
America as a field for gardeners, 523 
American Blackberries, 26 
American Blight, 74 
American Jottings, 212 
America, notes of a trip to, New 
York, the Blizzard, 553 ; Brooklyn, 
564 ; Rochester, N. Y., 629 ; Mr. F. 
L. Ames, North Easton, 645 ; 
Siebrecht and Wadley’s, 662 ; 
Erastus Comings, Albany, 710; 
Short Hill, N. J., 743 ; Mr. do Witt 
Smith’s Orchids, 778 
Amicia zygomaris, 636 
Ampelopsis tricuspidata, 132, 139 
Amectoehilus Lansbergiae, 36 
Androsace coronopifolia,600; Laggeri, 
554 ; villosa, 581 
Anemophoegma racemosum, 106 
Anemone alpina sulphurea, 630; 
angulosa, 443; apennina, 567 ; 
apennina alba, 586; fulgens, 567; 
King of Scarlets, 581, 763 ; uemerosa 
alba plena, 567 ; ranunculoides, 5S1 
Anemones, early, 567 ; garden, 102 
Anglo-Danish Exhibition, 517 
Angraecum arcuatum, 551; citratum, 
413 ; polystachyum, 460 ; Sander- 
ianum, 310 ; Scottianum, 125 
Angraecums at Clapton, 444 
Anguloa intermedia, 61S; Ruckeri 
alba, 762 
Annuals, tender, on planting, 651 
Ansellia africana nilotica, 301 
Anthurium Chamberlainii, 504 ; 
Laingi, 695; Scherzerianum atro- 
sanguineum, 535 ; Scherzerianum 
sanguineum, 602; de Smetianum, 
661; splendidum, 378 
Anthuriums, the culture of, 456 
Antiquity of cultivated plants, 5-5S, 
614, 645, 757, 725 
Antirrhinum and PentstemoD, 602 
Apple and Pear Conference at Chis¬ 
wick, the, 7SS ; the Edinburgh, 122 
Apple and Pear trees, the cordon 
system of training, 267, 27S 
Apple Bismark, 104 ; Gascoigne’s 
Scarlet Seedling, 104; Golden 
Seedling, 820; Gold medal, 308 ; 
Graham’s Royal Jubilee, 85 
Apple, the history of the, 244, 266 
Apples and Pears, on ripening, 
gathering and keeping, 249 
Apple maggot, the, 6S3 
Apple trees flowering in October, 124 
Apple tree, a romance of an, 266 
Apples, a beverage made from, 20 ; 
Giant, ISO; large market, 43 ; notes 
on, 344 ; packing, 250 
Appley Towers, S04 
Apprentice, from, to master, 170, 342, 
35S 
Apprentices v. Journeymen, 251 
Apprentice system, the, 202, 219, 235, 
375 
Aquilegia canadensis, 650; chry- 
santha, 630, 763 
Aquilegias, notes on, 667 
Aralia Maximowiczii, 695 ; Sieboldii- 
Fatsia japonica, 181 ; Sieboldii, 
219; Sieboldii hot flowering, 285 
Aralias, notes on, 696 ; useful decora¬ 
tive, 427 
Araucaria excelsa, 347, 37S 
Arddarock, 615 
Ardisia mamillata, 393, 695; poly- 
cephala, 411 
Arenaria, the Larch-leaved, 725 
Aristolochia elegans, 795 ; Westlandii, 
474 
Arnebia echioides, 61S 
Artichokes, Globe, from Seed, 74 
Asparagus, Giant, 774 
Aspasia lunata superba, 44 
Aspidistra lurida, 423; lurida varie¬ 
gata, 155 
Aster. Chrysanthemum-flowered, 57; 
Lilliput China, 136; Pyramidal 
Bouquet, 10 ; Pyramidal Bouquet 
Rose, 216 ; Harlequin, SS 
Asters and Violas on heavy soils, 427 
Asters, early, 811 ; select perennial, 
S4 
Aster trial at Chiswick, 24 
Atragene alpina, 647 
Aubrietia detoidea, var. Leichtlini, 
635 ; Hendersoni, 600 
Aucubas and Copper Hazels, 790 
Auk, the Great, 251 
Auriculas a generation ago and now, 
600 
Auricula, the edged, the origin of, 
565 
Auriculas, Alpine, 586 ; new, 5S7, 712 
Auriculas, 3C5, 472, 504, 552, SOS ; in 
October, 126 ; new, 535 ; potting, 
5S4 ; re-potting, 521; in winter, 302 
Austrian Briar, the Copper, 697 
Austrian Pine, the, 549 
Autumn Flowers, 136 
Autumn, the green, 57 
Autumn tints, the, 91 
Azalea, A. Borsig, 555 ; balsaminae- 
flora, 4S8, 587; indica alba, 171; 
Deutsche Perle, 276; LeonPynaert, 
404 ; mollis, 59; mollis, autumn 
tints of, 124; the old white, 158 ; 
Vervaeneana, 587 
Azaleas, indica, for forcing, 329; 
hybrid, 346; at Tower House, 
Chiswick, 539; new’, 602 
Azolla caroliniana acclimatised, 10 
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Balsam, the, 825 
Bambusa Fortunei, 202 
Barons, the, Twickenham, 470 
Barrow Point, hardy flowers at, 676 
Barvin’s Park, Northaw, 470 
Basket Ferns, 134 
Bath Floral Fete, 36 
Battersea Park, S23 
Bean, Runner, Ne Plus Ultra, 26, 59 
Beans, Broad, 771; Runner, 219 
Bedfont, Flower Notes from, 584 
Bedding-out, hardy v. soft-wooded 
plants for, 38 
Bedding plants, 519 
Beechhill and Rosemount Nurseries, 
70 
Bee, the Honey: Its History and 
Management, 1S2, 380 
Bee flowers, 701 
Bee-keeper, the, 50S ; doubling, 654 ; 
Bee management in April, 557 ; 
selection of hives, 5SS ; swarming, 
615 ; their work in the garden and 
profitable management, 315, 342; 
protecting from birds, 523 
Bees and Wasps, 791 
Beeson’s Manure, 507 
Beet, black varieties of, 24S 
Beetle, all about a, 340 
Beetroot, 487 
Begonia Adonis, 164; Camellia and 
Rose Celeste, 712 ; Carrierei, 460 ; 
Diadema, 379 ; Gloire de Sceau, 587; 
Glow and Queen Victoria, 728; 
Haageana, 699; John Heal, 649; 
Lubbersii, 438 ; manicata, 507; 
nitida, 168 
Begonias, tuberous, 52, 229, 276, 347, 
459, 635, 697, 707 ; on dividing, 2S5 ; 
for late autumn-flowering, 761; as 
winter-flowering plants, 202, 269, 
443; more about, 723; new, 603, 
608, 661, SOS; seedling, 760 ; at 
Forest Hill, 587 
Belgium, plant sales in, 597 
Berberis Darwini, 604 ; the common, 
202 
Bermuda Lily, the, 344 
Berries for indoor decoration, 186 
Beverage, a light summer, 20 
Bignonia Tweediana, 519, 601 
Birchlands, Sheffield, 229 
Birds and their enemies, 85 
Birkenhead's Fern Catalogue, 404 
Birmingham Gardeners’ Mutual 
Improvement Association, 438 
Birmingham Spring Flower Show, 540 
Blackberries, American, 26 
Black Currant buds, Birds and, 523 
Blickling Hall, Norfolk, 36 
Bletia, a hardy, 637 
Bluebell, a braeteated, 652 
Blumenbachia coronata, 613 
Blundell’s, Mr., Hollyhocks, 6 
Bocconia frutescens, 202 
Books Noticed. —Baker’s Handbook 
of the Ainaryllidese, 653 ; Barron's 
Vine and Vine Culture, 2nd ed., 
22S; Castle’s Chrysanthemum 
Annual, 438 ; Druery’s Choice 
British Ferns, their varieties and 
culture, 717 ; Fisher’s Flower-land, 
260 ; Gilmour’s Rose Growing, 
260; Hartland's Little Book of 
Daffodils, 90; Lindenia, 701, 
748, 787 ; Report of the Edinburgh 
Apple and Pear Congress, 122; 
Roozen’s Notes on the Cultivation 
of Dutch and Cape Bulbs, 819; 
Stevenson’s The Trees of Com¬ 
merce, 791; Sutton’s The Art of 
Preparing Vegetables for the Table, 
5S0; Veitch's Manual of Orchida¬ 
ceous Plants, 196, 653 
Bones for Cypripediums, 476. 
Borecole, notes of a collection of, 137 
Boronia megastigma, 1S4, 276 
Boston House, Brentford, 117 
Bothy, a boon for the, 741 
“ Bouquet of Flowers,” a, S10 
Bouvardia Humboldtii corymbiflora, 
S26 ; President Cleveland, 106, 13S 
Bouvardias, notes on, 166; well- 
grown, 87 
Bowling greens and Tennis courts, 
2S0, 300 
Box, the Golden, 651 
Brachysema lanceolata, 234 
Bracken Fern Silage, 532 
Bramble, the Rose-leaved, 212 
Brexia chrysophylla, 714 
Bridgford’s antiseptic, 155 
Broccoli, Sutton’s Michaelmas White 
251 
Bromeliad, a new, 325 
Brompton Stocks, 56, 633 
Bronhendra, Carnarvon, 235 
Broom, the Rush; 763 
Brown Weevil, the, 634 
Brunsvigia JosephinEe, 43 
Brussels Sprouts, • 263, 441 ; varie¬ 
gated, 406 
Buckeye, the sweet, 647 
Buddlea globosa, 663 
Building Acts, Greenhouses and the, 
132 
Bulbous plants, hot weather, 43 
Bulbs, on planting, S7 ; the structure 
of, 505 
Bulb trade, the Dutch, 644, S19 
Bullace Plum, 154 
Bullfinches, 411; and the fruit buds, 
314, 32S, 346, 362 
Bupthalmum salicifolium, 740 
Burlingtonia granadense, 348 
Butomus umbellatus, S22 
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Cabbage, Brunswick Drumhead, 139; 
Carter’s Sugarloaf, 731; the York, 
806 
Cabbage Sowing, 711 
Cabbages for spring sowing, 411 ; 
attacked by Larks, 427, 443 
Cabbages, trial of, at Chiswick, 740 
Caesalpinia japonica, 695 
Caladiums, 407 ; new, 602, 695 ; at 
Forest Hill, 548 
Calanthe Hallii, 164; sanguinaria, 
246 ; Sieboldii, 572 ; Veitchii, 171 ; 
Veitchii, curious growth of, 125, 
141, 156 ; vestita rubro - oculata 
gigantea, 539 
Calathea Warszewiczii, 53S 
Calceolarias, herbaceous, 759 ; at 
Forest Hill, 6S3 
Caledonian Forest, a relic of the, 87 
Californian root crops, 30S 
Calochortus venustus citrinus, 695 
Caltha palustris, 600 
Camassia esculenta, 443 
Camellia japonica alba marginata, 475; 
reticulata, 411; large double white, 
10 
Camellias dropping their buds, 264 ; 
single and semi-double, 360; out of 
doors, 344, 362 ; self-coloured, 40S; 
sportive, 377; as winter-flowering 
plants, 325 
Camoensia maxima, 761 
Campanula fragilis,794; isophylla,ll; 
laetiflora ccerulea, 11 ; Porten- 
schlagiana, 684 ; pyramidalis, 11 
Carbrook gardens, notes from, 86 
Carnation, R. H. Elliott, SOS; 
Germania, 729, 744 ; Mary Morris, 
760; Robert Houlgrave, S.B., 93, 
174 ; Scarlet Bedder, 762 ; a Scarlet 
Souvenir de la Malmaison, 744 
Carnations and Picotees, 108,174, 374, 
472, 6S0, 696,; border, 667; on 
crossing, 72S; Mr. Dodwell’s seed¬ 
ling, 77, 93; at the Edgbaston 
Nurseries, 39; exhibiting, 776; on 
potting, 456 ; the season of 1SS7, 
341 
Carnation and Picotee Union, the, 357, 
728, SOS, S19 
Carnations and sparrows, 538 
Carnations,border,split-pod varieties, 
S24; distinct, 443 ; as greenhouse 
plants, 333; layering, 746; new. 
fancy, 46 ; propagating, 251, 314 ; 
seedling, 779 ; tree, new, 519 ; tree, 
Phyllis, 393 ; yellow, 521; two fine 
yellow seifs, 158; the Kilmurry 
yellow ground, 739 
Carnation, the yellow ground, a 
retrospect and a forecast, 440 
Carnation soil affected with grub, 522 
Carpenteria californica, 56S, 729 
Carrots, on the culture of, 372 
Carter’s Provident Sick Fund, 1S6 
Carya microcarpa, 27 
Cassia australis, 636 ; corymbosa, 154 
Cassinia iulvida, 725 
Catalpa bignonioides, 122 
Catananche coerulea, 822 
Catasetum Bungerothii, 332; gnomus, 
140 ; longifolium, 141 
Caterpillars, the plague of, 708, 739 
Cattleya bicolor, 220 ; Bowringeana, 
206, 539; Bungerothii, 44, 82S; 
citrina, 588; Dowiana aurea, 93 ; 
Eldorado alba, 765 ; exoniensis, 412, 
428, 444; Gaskelliana alba, 732 ; 
gigas, 700; gigas alba, S12 ; gigas 
Sanderiana, 668 ; Hardyana, 60 ; 
Lawrenciana, 539; maxima decora, 
412; MendeliiFirtliii, 695 ; Mendelii 
Mrs. H. Little, 695 : Mossia;, 637 ; 
Mossiae Claptonensis, 695; Mossiae 
gigantea, 695 ; Sanderiana, 685 ; 
Schilleriana, 620; Skinneri, 572; 
Trianae, Lady Tennant, 460; Trianae 
Osmanii, 412; Wagnerii superba, 
661 
Cattleya fly and root - galls on 
Orchids, 620 
Cattleyas and Laelias, the culture of, 
294, 308, 331, 342 
Cattleyas, notes on, 12; vinter 
growths of, 269 ; at Hawick House, 
700; at Rosefield, 653 ; from the 
Woodlands, 685 
Cauliflower, Early Erfurt, 763 ; 
Metliven’s Extra Selected, 170; 
Veitch’s Early Forcing, 331, 792 
Cauliflowers, clubbing in, 1S6 ; 
early, 186, 779; the housing of, 
151 : spring, 57 
Cedrus Libani, 315 
Celeriac or Turnip-rooted Celery, 346 
Celery, Kalamazoo, 244; Sutton’s 
White Gem, 74 ; pithy, 136 
Celosias and Cockscombs, S21 
Cemetery trees, 297 
Centaurea dealbata, 715; macroce- 
phala, 774 
Centaury, the Mountain, 636 
Centranthus ruber, 741 
Cephalaria tartarica, 715 
Ceratopetalum gummiferum, 124 
Cercle des Orchidophile Beiges, 152, 
212, 261, 606, 654 
Channel Islands, fruit and flowers 
of the, 374 
Charlock, how to banish, 59 
Cheal’s Patent Flower Supports, 756 
Clieiranthus alpinus, 616, 643 
Cherries, Morello, 619 ; on walls, 187 ; 
Morello and May Duke, 154 
Cherry House at Wycombe Abbey, 
the, 285 
Cherry Pie, 276 
Chester Nurseries, the 596 
Chestnut tree, a giant, 51 1 
Chestnut, the red-flowered, 647 
Chevalliera gigantea, 325 
Chimonanthus fragrans grandiflorus, 
347 
Chiswick, proposed Apple and Pear 
Conference at, 723; Ivy-leaved 
Pelargoniums at, 628; shows at, 
474 ; Potato trials at, 93; Tornatos, 
70, 90 
Chiswick trials, the, 779 
Chiswick, trial tees at, 260 
Chlorophytum elatum medio-pictum, 
604 
Choenostoma hispida, 203 
Choisya ternata, 507 
Chorozema cordata splendens, 491, 
475 
Christchurch, New Zealand, garden¬ 
ing at, 712 
Christmas associations, 259 
Christmas Island, 276 
Chrysanthemum carinatum, 7S7 ; 
Cloth of Gold, 276 ; laeustre, 827 ; 
uliginosum, 90, 107 ; Amy Furze, 
164, 181; Mrs. Beale, 24S; Mrs. H. 
Cannell, 265; Emily Dale, 235, 250, 
268; Hans Niemand, 251; Petite 
Marie, 91; La Vierge, 124; Lord 
Eversley, 246 ; Macaulay, 168; 
Madame Desgranges, 139; Mdlle. 
Elise Dordan, 2.0; Messange, 234; 
St. Michael,234; The Old Tasselled 
Lilac, 212, 22S 
Chrysanthemum flov’er-classes; 229,- 
244, 262 
Chrysanthemum class, a novel, 419 
Chrysanthemum classification, 283 
Chrysanthemum culture, Mr. Beckett 
on, 293 
Chrysanthemums in August, 26; at 
Christmas, 276 ; dwarf - trained 
specimens, 490; early-flowering, 88; 
late, 362,439; new certificated, 104; 
138, 164, 213, 232 ; new varieties of, 
310 ; notes on the, 20, 142, 374, 712; 
out-doors in Argyleshire, 327 ; the, 
in Tipperary, 196 ; outdoors at 
Clonmel, 200 
Chrysanthemum season, the, 67 
Chrysanthemum sports, 212 
Chrysanthemums, reflexed Japanese, 
536 
Chrysanthemum notes:—The Morden 
park Collection, 156 : Finsbury 
Park, 157; The Temple Gardens, 
157 ; in the Liverpool district, 157 ; 
Tower House, Chiswick, 181; The 
Ballards, Addington, 1S1 ; St. 
John’s Nursery, Putney, 1S1 ; 
Lilford Road Nurseries, 1S2 ; Style 
Hall, Gunnersbury, 19S ; Crown 
Point, Ealing, 19S ; Melbourne 
Lodge, Ealing, 19S ; Home field, 
Ealing, 199; Devonhurst, Chiswick, 
199 
Chrysanthemum Shows;—Banbury, 
221; Birkenhead, 204 ; Birming¬ 
ham, 1S7; Bolton, 222; Brixton 
Hill, Streatham, and Canterbury, 
190 ; Chiswick, 203 ; Clapham, 1S9; 
Crystal Palace, 173; Ealing, 206; 
Eccles and District, 237; Edin¬ 
burgh, 222; Faversham, 205 ; Ham¬ 
mersmith, 1S9 ; Huddersfield, 204; 
Isle of Man, 221; Kingston, 173 ; 
Lewisham, 1S9; Lincoln, 23S; 
Liverpool, 222, 236; National, 172, 
236; Pontefract, 221; Reading, 
204 ; St. Albans, 221; St. Neots, 
190; Sheffield and Hallamshire, 
221; Sheffield and West Riding,205 ; 
South London, 1S9; Staines and 
Egham, 204; Surrey, 172; Twick¬ 
enham, 1S8; Watford, 1S8 ; Wel¬ 
lington, Somerset, 203 
Chysis bractescens, 637 
Cineraria, Emperor Frederick, 48S ; 
Maria, 519 
Cineraria, the, 457, 522, 758; a 
variegated, 1S7 
Cinerarias, James’s strain of, 536 ; 
Messrs. Carter’s strain of, 552; 
new, 472, 536; double, 535; new 
double, 551, 5S4 
Ciirhopetalum ornatissimum, 138 
Cissus discolor, 507 
Cladosporium orchidearum, 245 
Clamart, the market gardeners at, 59 
Clapton Nursery, the, 326 
Clare Lawn, East Sheen, 217 
Cleghorn, Dr., presentation to, 791 
Clematis indivisa lobata, 390, 404 
Clematis Jackmanni alba, 771; mon- 
tana, 647; Viorna coccinea, 616 ; 
vital ba, 43 
Clematises, the best white, 356 
Clerodendron fragrans flore pleno, 26 
Clitfe Castle, Keighley, S8 
Clifton Hall, Nottingham, 774 
Clivia miniata, 293: Mrs. Laing, 570; 
a hybrid, 507 
Olivias, new, 602 
Clonmel, a day in, 724 
Clover and Grass seeds, 309 
Cloves of commerce, the, 372 
