The Gardening World.) 
CONTENTS 
September 8, 1888. V 
London to Sydney, from, 756 
Lonicera fragrantissima, 379, 584 
Lonas inodora, 148 
Loquat, the, 210 
Luculia fragrantissima, 251 
Lycaste Barringtonia major, 333 ; 
cruenta, 27; Harrisouiae, 509 ; 
plena, 333 ; Skinneri alba, 220, 301, 
540 ; Skinneri Imperator, 393 
Lycaste Skinneri at The Barons, 
Twickenham, 555 
Lychees, 619 
Lychnis fulgens, 741; Haageana, 740 ; 
Sieboldii, 69S 
Lygodium scandens, 427 
Lysimaehia clethroides, 823 
M 
Magnolia grandillora, 11, 164; um¬ 
brella, 772 
Maidstone Gardeners’ Society, 308 
Malva alcea, 744 
Manure, farmyard, a new use for, 532 
Manuring grass land, 516 
Manures, natural v. artificial, 68 
Maranta, culture of, 598 
Market flowers, 627 
Market, forced plants for, 474 
Market gardener, half an hour with a, 
804 
Market gardeners at Ciamart, 59 
Market plants, over-feeding, 411, 425, 
443 
Marrow, a monste'r, 124 
Martinmas term in Scotland, 135 
Masdevallia Arminii, 572 ; coriacea, 
732 ; Estrada:, 717 ; Harryana 6S5 ; 
ionocharis, 685 ; racemosa Crossii, 
348 
Maxillaria gracilis, 332 ; picta, 2S6, 
301; venusta, powder on the lip of, 
27 
May-day, 563 
May floral fashions, 599, 616 
Mealy Bug, 10 
Meath Flower Show, S06 
Medlar, the, 292 
Medlar jelly, 327 
Megasea ligulata, 390 
Melon, the, 373 
Melons of the season, 135 
Michauxia cainpanuloides, 774 
Michelia fuscata, 619 
Miconia Hookeriana, 412 
Mignonette, 26, 393 ; cut-leaved, 539; 
culture of, successful, 491 
Mildew, a simple recipe for, 474 
Milford Nursery, the, 296 
Miltonia vexillaria, a spotted, 053 
Mimulus, Beauty of Sutton, 099 ; 
cupreus, 747 ; Jubilee, 603 
Mimicry in plants, 42, 54, 69,72 
Mitcham Road Nursery, 117 
Mitchell, John, of Moncreiffe House, 
775, 788 
Mitraria coccinea, 245 
Mitriostigma axillare, 52 
Moisture prospects, 355 
Moncreiffe House, Perth, the pleasure 
grounds at,712,SOS ; Rhododendrons 
at, 663 
Moon's influence upon vegetation, 580 
Moschatel, the tuberous, 62S 
Mormodes pardinum unicolor, 764 
Mount Merrion, co. Dublin, 726 
Mount View, Sheffield, 312 
Musaensete, 411 
Muscari botryoides album, 5S1 
Muhlenbeckia complexa, 234 
Mushroom, the Horse, 373 
Mushroom cultivation at Edinburgh, 
20 
Mushroom culture, an easy method 
of, 346 
Mushroom growing out-of-doors, 170 
Mushroom hawest, 58 
Mussrenda erythrophylla, 553 
Mustard grinding in the olden time, 
604 
Mylenhurst, Sheffield, 123 
Myosotis azorica, 631; dissitiflora 
grandiflora, 651; Imperatrice 
Elizabeth, 650; undulata grandi¬ 
flora, 602 
N 
Name, something in a, ISO 
Narcissus bicolor, Mrs. J. B. M. 
Camm, 587; Broussonetii, 325 ; 
cyclamineus, 41; Horsefieldii, 391; 
incomparabilis Gloria Mundi, 5S6 ; 
nanus angustifolius, 535 ; rupicola, 
539 ; poeticus, double, 635 ; poeti- 
cus grandiflorus, 603 
Narcissi, hybridising and raising from 
seed, 570 ; new, 535 ; at Chiswick, 
587 
National Auricula and Primula 
Society, 536 
National Chrysanthemum Society, 
the, 147, 614 
National Horticultural Society, a, 
179 ; and its work, a, 268 
National Horticultural Society of 
France, 228 
Nectarine, Victoria, 139 
Negundo aceroides for forcing, 538 
Negundo, a yellow-margined, 517 
Neottopteris australasica, 26 
Nepenthes Curtisii, 42, 379, 695 
Nepenthes at Messrs. Veitch’s, 105 
Nepeta Mussini as an edging plant, 
684 
Nephrolepis Duffii, 40, 171 ; rufes- 
cens tripinnatitida, 219, 377 
Nerine Mansellii, 234, 246, 251 ; 
undulata, 219 
Nertera depressa, 794 
Newly-planted subjects, 694, 715 
Newstead, co. Dublin, 790 
Nicotiana affinis, 11; hardy, 75, 91 ; 
cause of flowers opening at night, 
596 
Non-guarantee clause, the, 692, 724 
Norway, a week in, 503 
Nothoclsena Muelleri, 762 
Novelties of the season, flowers, 2S2 ; 
vegetables, 298, 310 
Nursery, Perkins & Sons', Coventry, 
13S ; Messrs. Lee & Son's, Ealing, 
149 
Nursery and Seed Trade Association, 
405 
Nurserymen and the Poor Rate, 152 
Nymphsea Kewensis, 91 ; tuberosa 
flavescens, 91 
o 
Oak, the Evergreen, 4, 26 
Oaks, evergreen and Hickories, 59 
Oakfield, South Dulwich, 232 
Oakwood, a miniature mountain at, 
391 ; notes from, 763 
ObituaryAtlee, Mrs., 222 ; Bet- 
teridge, Mr. Janies, 429 ; Boswell, 
Dr. J. T. I., 356; Brassey, Lady, 
100; Buck, Mr. H. R., 670; Cripps, 
Mr. T., 54S; Day, Mr. John, 333 ; 
Day, Mr. F. G., 333 ; Eyles, Mr. G, 
244; Gale, Mr. G., 116; Gray, Dr. 
Asa, 324, 356 ; Gregoire, M. Xavier, 
300; Heale, Mr. W., 100; Henry, 
Mr. W., 525 ; Hollingworth, Mr. J., 
501; Jackson, Mr. T.,670; Jennings, 
Mr. W., 397 ; Johnston, Mr. G., 84; 
Kinghorn, Mrs., 196; Leach, Mr. 
R. V., 606 ; Marot, Mr. C. H., 333 ; 
Miles, Mr. Frank, 438; Mongredien, 
Mr. A., 502 ; Morton, Mr. J. C., 5S9, 
Osborne, Mr. W. D’Arey Godolphin, 
116 ; Pitman, Mr. C., 750, 776 ; 
Riley, Mrs. M., 2S6; Roger, Mr. A., 
814 ; Sibley, Mr. Hiram, 814 ; 
Smith, Mr. John, 397 ; Smith, Mr. 
John, 606 ; Spary, Mr. Edward,2S6; 
Stacey, Mr. W.,541; Staples, Mr. 
J., 270; Thom, Mr. W., 583; Thom¬ 
son, Mrs., 270; Whitbourn, Mr. F., 
766 ; Wood, Mr. T. S., 541 ; Wood- 
bridge, Mr, John, 541 
Observation and comparison, 55 
October Pears, 120 
Odontoglossum Andersonianum, 524, 
555 ; crispum, 206 ; crispum Curie’s 
var., 587 ; crispum Mrs. De B. 
Crawshay, 555; crispum guttatum, 
301; crispum flaveolum, 42S ; cris- 
pnm pardaliuum, 392 ; crispum 
virginale, 764 ; crispum, yellow, 
445; crispum, twinffiowers of, 348 : 
crispum, strange behaviour of, 572; 
Carderi, 5S8 ; Cervantesii, 524 ; 
Coradinei hemileucum, 694 ; corda- 
tum splendens, 694; elegantius,460 ; 
excellens, 394 ; grande, 125, 413 ; 
Hallii magnificum,661; Harryanum, 
700 ; Humeanum, 551 ; Imperator, 
540 ; Lindleyanum speciosum, 394; 
nebulosum excellens, 661 ; ob- 
tusum, 540 ; Pescatorei, 555, 732 ; 
Pescatorei, hybrid, 492 ; Pescatorei, 
Poe’s var.. 586; Pollettianum, 22; 
prsenitens, 394 ; Rossii majus, a 
crested variety of, 509 ; Rossii var. 
F. L. Ames, 551; Rossii Humeana, 
573 ; Rossii rubescens, 572 ; Ruck- 
erianuminsigne,116; Ruckerianum 
Rosefield var. ,524; Schillerianum, 
394; Sehroderianum, 42; tentacula- 
tum, 394; Uro-Skinneri, 428 ; vex- 
illarium superbum, 765 
Odontoglossum, from Rosefield, 604 
(Enothera triloba, 667 
Old Hall, Southborongh, 9 
Olearia Haastii, 811 
Oncidium Batemanianum, 206; bical¬ 
losum, 156 ; concolor, 638 ; Jones- 
ianum, 220 ; Lanceanum Louvrex- 
ianum, 125 ; leucocliilum, 5S8; 
Limminghei, S13 ; luridum and O. 
guttatum, 796 ; Papilio, 14; Papilio 
majus, 22; praetextum, 141, 348 ; 
sarcodes, 532; splendidum, 492, 
7S1; tetrapetalum, 74S ; tigrinum, 
171; undulatum, 535 ; varicosum, 
141, 348 
Onions, autumn-sown, Sll; at Hack- 
wood, 42 ; notes on, 170; winter, 
746 
Ononis rotundifolia, 681 
Onosma stellatum tauricurn, 715 
Ophrys aranifera, 781 
Oplismenus albidus, 42 
Orange, the Otaheite, 300 
Orange cultivation in England, 410 ; 
in New South Wales, 634 
Orchid collecting, travels of a good 
story, 756 
Orchid, a Lilliput, 156 
Orchid Exhibition, Mr. Bull’s, 53S 
Orchids, golden rules for potring, 300 
Orchid Grower’s Calendar, 11, 60, 76, 
93, 124, 156, 187, 220, 236, 269, 
286, 300, 364, 394, 444, 555, 5S7, 668, 
748. 781, 795, 812 
Orchid, the Rattlesnake, 107 
Orchids at Birdhill, 4S6; the Bret- 
targh Holt collection, 28; the 
Clovenfords collection, 637 : Mr. 
Dorman’s, 442 ; at Garston, 700 ; at 
Glasnevin, 685, 758 ; at The Glen, 
524 ; at Goodrich Court, 6S5 ; at 
Hextable, 442 ; at the Irish Exhibi¬ 
tion, 66S ; Mr. Jacomb’s, 423 ; from 
Longford’s, 653; at Oldfield. 426; 
in Scotland, 604 ; at Stonehouse 
Court, 206 : from Terregles, 407 ; 
at Upper Holloway, 775 ; at Wood- 
hatch Lodge, 309 ; at Woolton 
Wood, 357 
Orchids as investments, 364; curious, 
764 ; diseases of, 245 ; flowers, dry¬ 
ing, 781 ; hybrid, Messrs. Veitch’s, 
105 ; hybrid, on naming, 653; mixed 
with Ferns, &c., 171 ; in the open 
air during summer, 171 ; the pecu¬ 
liarities of, 732 ; the perfume of, 
812 ; prices of, 612; sale of Mr. 
Philbrick’s, 701 ; top-dressing, 316, 
332, 348, 364; vitality of, 141 ; 
watering, 77 ; terrestrial, remaining 
dormant, 781 
Orchid trade in America, 603, 813 
Orchid growing for amateurs, 123, 
134 
Orchis foliosa, 732; the Green-winged, 
636; liircina, 744, 781, 760 ; pyra- 
midalis, 726 
Orchis, yearly history of an, 77S 
Oreocome Candollei, 762 
Oruithocephalus grandiflorus, 573 
Ornithogalum arabicum, 6S4 
Orobus aurantius, 650; niger, 731; 
paunonicus varius, 635 ; vernus, 631 
Orthezia insignis, 454, 491 
Ostrowskya magnitica, 729 
Oswald House, Edinburgh, 246 
Othonna crassifolia, 347; as a bedding 
plant, 154; as a window plant, 107 
Otiorhynclms tenebricosus, 634 
Oxenford Castle, 631 
Oxera pulchella, 310 
P 
Pachyphytum bracteosum, 106 
Packing fruit and flowers for market, 
485 
Paeony, the herbaceous, 691 
Paeonia Russii, 631; the Moutan, 
571; Moutan, Comtesse d’Endort, 
551; Moutan, Prince Albert, 619 
Paeonies, new, 595 
Palm, the Date, 776 
Palm house at Glasnevin, the new, 
361 
Palm Nursery, Mr. Iceton’s, 7S9 
Palms and Chrysanthemums, 251 
Pandanus, notes on, 714 
Pandanus, white, 37S, 391 
Pansy, Countess of Kintore, 10; 
R. Dean, 744 
Pansies and Violas. 71, 567 
Pansies, 201, 456, 64S; as exhibition 
plants, 616 ; fancy, 632, 695 ; from 
seed, 794 ; in November, 186 
Papaver alpinum, 616; orientale 
Blush Queen, SOS 
Paradisia liliastrum giganteum, 60S 
Paraffin as an insecticide, 314 
Paris Universal Exhibition, 538, 635 
Parks, the London, S23 
Parsley in pots, 75, 91 
Parsley Fern, the Mountain, 7S0 
Passiflora coerulea Constance Elliott, 
7S0, 795; coerulea Eynsford Gem, 
440 ; prineeps, 56 ; racemosa, 196 ; 
Raddiana, 731 
Paulownia imperialis, 22; thalictri- 
folia, 714 
Peach, Early Admirable, 11; the 
Waterloo. 6S3 
Peach, a hardy, 487 
Peach culture, 570 
Peaches, notes on, 727 
Peach trees dropping their buds, 268, 
2S4 
Peach trees gumming, 696 
Pea, Everlasting, the double white, 
507 
Pea, American Wonder, 10 ; British 
Queen, 106; Chelsea Gem, 747; 
Downie’s Amateur, 74; Emerald 
Gem, 731; Ne Plus Ultra, 91,155 ; 
Veitch’s Prodigy, Sll 
Pea crop prospects, 611 
Pea growers, important case affect¬ 
ing, 108 
Pea vagaries, Sll 
Peas at Chiswick, S10 ; early, 296, 343, 
391, 423; for exhibition in June, 
411, 427, 444 ; new, 443, 508, 523 ; 
new sweet, 760; old and new, 118 ; 
select, 373 
Pea supports, 470 
Pea trainers, 517 
Pearce, R., the late, 697 
Pear, Alexandre Lambre, 203 ; Beurre 
Giffard, 11 ; Easter Beurre, 347 ; 
Jersey Gratioli, 154 ; an early, 11 
Pears, cause of unsymmetrical growth 
in, 470 ; October, 120 ; the ripening 
of. 2S0, 300, 344 ; a selection of, 169 
Peat moss litter as manure, 662 
Peed & Sons, J.,Nursery at Streatham, 
117 
Pelargonium lateripes, 268 
Pelargonium Belle-de-Jour, 730; 
Duchess of Teck, 683 ; Madame C. 
Koenig, 730 ; Swanley Gem Im¬ 
proved, 232; Swanley double white, 
475, 488; Vesuvius, 155; a new 
double, 5S7 
Pelargoniums, 56S; double-flowering, 
50S, 457, 491; for exhibition, 2S6 ; 
Ivy-leaved at Chiswick, 628; show. 
59 ; large-flowering, 744 ; new, 246 ; 
new Zonal, 328; some fine Zonal, 
158 ; Zonal, in winter, 1S6 ; Zonal, 
curative properties of the leaves of, 
708 
Pentas carnea, 219, 604 
Pentstemons and Phloxes, 4 
Pentstemon barbatus Torreyi 740 
Pentstemon grandiflorus Murrayanus, 
741 
Pentstemon, a showy. S22 
People’s Park, Dublin, 694 
Pepper Tree, the, 1S6 
Perfume, a new, Cymbidium, 771 
Perfumes of Orchids, 812 
Peristrophe augustifolia aurea varie- 
gata, 411 
Pest, the new garden, 491 
Petasites fragrans, 347 * 
Petunias, notes on, 307 
Phaius granditolius, three-lipped, 
476 ; tuberculosus, 412 
Phalaenopsis F. L. Ames, 310; 
gloriosa, 661 ; John Seden, 486 ; 
Kimballiana, 694 ; Marise, 60 ; San- 
deriana magnifica, 460; Schilleriana 
in the Cattleya house, 332; Schil¬ 
leriana vestalis, 316 ; speciosa iin- 
peratrix, 694 ; Stuartiana, 252 
Phalaenopsis and the fog, 428 
Phalaenopsis at Mote Park, 333 
Phillyrea decora Vilmoriniana, 580 
Philodendron Carderi, 598 
Phlox divaricata, 017 ; Drummondii, 
41; Drummondii, double white, 75; 
stellaria, GOO; subulata Nelsoni, 
651 
Phlox, the creeping, G31 
Phloxes and Pentstemons, 4 
Phloxes, summer and autumn-flower¬ 
ing, 746 
Phoenix hybrida, 378 
Plicenix Kale, the, 149 
Phcenocoma prolifera Barnesii, 38 
Phyllanthus Chantrieri, 475 
Phyllotaenium Lindeni, 598 
Picotee, Silvia, 762 
Picotee, the yellow-ground, 429 
Pieris floribunda, 779 
Pine Apple, the variegated, 779 
Pines for present planting, 502, 534 ; 
two useful, 473 
Pinguicula caudata, 571 
Pink, the American wild, 581 ; Lord 
Lyon, 75 ; Mrs. Dark. SOS : Mrs. 
Sinkins, 776, 792 ; the Maiden, 822 
Pinks, the florists’ laced, 792 
Pinks, 552 ; new, 760; from Newry, 
747 ; notes on, 397 
Pinkliill Nurseries, the, S4 
Pinus austriaca, 280, 549 ; excelsa, 
280 ; insignis, 293; insignis, dis¬ 
persal of the seed in, 516 ; laricio, 
280, 473; pinaster, 293, 502; 
Strobus, 2S0, 473; sylvestris, 502 
Plant enemies, 131 
Plant houses, heating amateurs’, 153 
Plant sales in Belgium, 597 
Plant, the smallest in the world, 330 
Planting out green stuff, 731 
Plants, acclimatisation of, 244; new, 
certificated in Ghent, 260, 404; 
cultivated, antiquity of, 55S; 
diseases of, 56 ; employed for room 
decoration in France, 532; exhi¬ 
bited in 1809, 363; forced, for 
market, 474; of graceful habit, 
696 714 ; choice hardy. 136 ; hardy 
from Ireland, 58 ; hardy, a show 
house for, 378; hardy at Tott n- 
ham, 5; hardy or soft-wooded for 
bedding out, 3S ; mimicry in, 42, 
54, 69, 72 ; neglected, 647 ; the pro¬ 
pagation of, 309 
Plants, propagation of, 326; anew 
shelter for. 124 ; stove, and their 
culture, 389 ; valuable for autumn 
and winter, 247; choice hardy, 
wintering, 139, 155 ; for winter 
flowering, lifting, 71; wild, &c., 
domesticated, 408, 422. 571 
Plant wash, a simple, 646 
Platyclinis (Dendrochilum) Cob- 
biana, 236 
Pleroma macranthum floribundum, 
234 
Pleurothallis macroblepharis, 573 ; 
ornatus, 539 
Plumbago capensis, 10, 26, 412; 
capensis alba, 124 
Plumbugger? What is a, 777, 794 
Plums at Chiswick, 824 
Plum, the Washington, 427 
Pogonopus caracasensis, 347 
Poinsettia pulcherrima, curious 
behaviour of. 170 
Poinsettia, culture of the, 534 
Polemonium confertum, 567 ; Ricli- 
ardsoni, 616 
Polyanthus, the giant or fancy, 600 ; 
John Woodbridge, 5S7; Queen 
Victoria, 619 
Polyanthus, 537, 547 ; gold-laced, 136, 
397 ; summer treatment of, 632, 
696 
Polypodium aureum, 154; aureum 
Mackayii, 443 
Polypody, the Golden, 154 
Pomology in Wales, 612 
Poor Rate, Nurserymen and the, 152, 
163 
Poppies, Giant, 6S0 ; Oriental, 667 ; 
Shirley, 744; Shirley, and the 
rabbits, 812 ; showy garden, 731 ; 
notes on, 649; the Eastern, 630 
Portsmouth Chrysanthemum Society, 
325 
Posqueria multiflora, 235 
Potato, Beauty of Hebron, 74, 460; 
The Dean, 299, 311 ; Ringleader, 
811; Roseberry, 75 
Potato, about the, 531; a determined, 
444 
Potato crops, the, 70S 
Potato-digging implements, S4 
Potato disease in Ireland, 758 
Potato planting, 376 
Potato, Mr. F. Robinson on the, 270 
Potato trials at Chiswick, 1SS7, 93 
Potatos, 522, 538, 555 ; at a discount, 
612 ; cooked, 212 ; notes on, 4S7 
Potato starch, 4 
Potentilla nepalensis, 827 
Pots, glazed, for plant growing, 346, 
379, 362, 391, 407 
Pots, hard and soft, 475, 699 
Potting Compost, 362 
Primroses and Polyanthuses, 581 
Primrose, double sulphur, 362 
Primroses, double, 379, 419 
Primroses from Wantage, 566 
Primula acaulis, Scott Wilson, 567; 
cortusoides Sieboldi, 565 ; Crimson 
Beauty, 551; denticulata, 567 ; 
Magenta Queen, 378 ; obconica, 
11, 234, 443 ; Reidii, 587; rosea, 
555; Chinese, Braid’s Seedling, 
393; sinensis Bridesmaid, 246; si¬ 
nensis Emperor, 213 ; sinensis Miss 
Eva Fish, 310 
Primula, the Chinese, 24S, 291, 439 ; 
Fern-leaved, 236, 414 ; at the Bir¬ 
mingham Show, 202; Messrs. 
Carter’s strain of, 341; new varie¬ 
ties of, 310 ; Owen's Imperial strain 
of, 427 ; at Swanley, 459; the 
Reading, 313 ; two good, 330, 602 
Priorwood, Melrose, 230 
Prizes and Expenses, 45S, 490 
Prizes, trade, at exhibitions, 19, 5S 
Prolilerated Mignonette, 106 
Propagation of plants, 309, 326 
Prostantliera lasianthus, 619, 647 
Prunus domestica variegata, 729 ; 
Pissardii, 74 
Pseudotsuga Douglasii, 315, 534 
Psychotria eyanococcus, 331 
Pteris Claphamensis, 246, 268; cretiea 
nobilis, 393; serrulata compacta, 
636; serrulata cristata major, 400; 
tremula elegans, 729 
Pt ris, select forms of, 570 
Pulmonaria saecharata, 630 
Puschkinia libanotica compacta, 535 ; 
scilloides, 539 
Pyrenees. March in the, 548 
Pyrethrums, double, 648 ; new, 061 ; 
unseasonable flowers of a, 780 
Pyrus (Mespilus) germanica, 310; 
sorbus, 299 
Q 
Quercus coccinea, 154 
Quince, the Japan, G51 
Quisqualis indica, 106 
Quorndon House, Loughborough, 773 
R 
Rabbits in Australia, 516 
Radishes, China Rose and Black 
Spanish, 154 
Raiufall in 1887, 365 
Ramondia pyrenaica alba, 661 
Rangoon Creeper, 106 
Ranunculus amplexicaulis, 5S1 
Ranunculus, the Florists', 696 
Ravenswood, Orchils at,-71 
Redlands, Kelvinside, 72 
Red-spider, the, 523 
Reedia glaucescens, 715 
Reineckia carnea variegata, 234 
Reirnvardtia tetragyna, 314 
Reminiscences of an old gardener,775, 
7SS 
Retinosporas, 231 
Rhaphiolepis indica, 663 
Rhododendron balsanneflorum album, 
37S, 53S ; Cunningham’s Blush, 230, 
George Hardy, 619 ; Hippolyta, 695; 
Imogene, 393 : Lady Alice Fitz- 
william,570; Primrose, 310; Purity, 
762 ; Ruby, 393 ; Souvenir de J. 11. 
Mangles, 729 ; Thetis, 42; Yeitchi- 
anum, 391 
Rhododendrons, greenhouse, the pro¬ 
pagation of, 298; Messrs. Veitch's, 
105 
Rhododendrons and soils, 603 
Rhododendrons grown without heat, 
567, 5S2 ; a select collection of, 155; 
at Shandon, 676; some newer hardy, 
283 
Rhubarb, St. Martin’s, 375 
Rhus corpulina, 22 ; Cotinus, 790 ; 
laciniata, 22 ; typhina, 22 
Rhynchostylis retusa, 732 
Richardia sethiopica, 171, 2S5 
Richardias, double-spatlied, 459 
Ridge Cucumbers, 651 
Ripening of Pears, the, 280 
Rival horticulturists, 212 
Rodgersii podopliylla, 23 
Roebuck Castle, co. Dublin, 742 
Rosa polyantha grandiflora, 519 ; 
polyantha minutifolia alba, 535 ; 
rugosa, 124 
Rose, climbing Niphetos, .651 ; 
Duchess of Albany, 762 ; Duchess 
of Rutland, 535 ; Gloire de Poly¬ 
antha, 4S6 ; Lady Alice, 472 ; Mrs. 
John Laing, 501 ; May Queen, 551 ; 
Madame Hoste, 587; Paul’s Ches- 
liunt Scarlet, 762 ; Princess 
Beatrice, 603 ; Sappho, 603; Wang 
Jang Ve, 697 
Rose, a large Marechal Niel, 155 ; the 
Scotch, 42S ; a monstrous, 443 
Rose garden, the, 693 
Rose growing, 260, 37S; a few hints 
on, ISO, 19S, 213 
Rose prospects, 630, 632 
Roses, budding, 746, 756; choice 
species of, 6S2; forced H. P., 507; 
a garden of, 772 ; new, 596 ; new 
northern raised. 126 ; planting, 135 ; 
pruning, 411; Tea, at Coolcronan, 
630 
Royal Agricultural Society, 612 
Royal Horticultural Society, the, 3S, 
S3. S6, 106, 196, 211, 216, 227, 22S, 
243, 323, 341, 371, 387, 407, 419, 420, 
437, 441, 454, 471, 506, 53S; As- 
sociateships, 492, 517, 570 ; and the 
growers for market, 54S; Com¬ 
mittees, 301; and the Kew officials, 
43S ; Kew to the rescue ! 327 ; in 
Westminster, 515 ; complimentary 
supper to the employees, 517 
Royal Horticultural Society of Ire¬ 
land, 196, 710 
Royal Southampton Horticultural 
Society, 372 
Rubbish heaps, 635 
Rubus australis, 106 ; deliciosus, 619 
Rudgea micropliylla, 90, 507 
Rural Gardening, 532 
s 
St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, G30 ; 
carpet bedding at, 790 
Saccolabium cceleste, 762; curvi- 
folium, 637; violaceum Harrison- 
ianum. S13 ; Hendersonianum, 28 ; 
Harrisouianum, 412 
Sagittaria montevidensis alba, 636 
Salisbury Green, Edinburgh, 277 
Salvia coccinea, 699; gesnerneflora, 
107 ; Horminum, 776; "patens alba, 
69S 
Sambucus racemosa, 76; racemosa 
serratifolia, 695 
Sanchezia nobilis variegata, 475 
