VI. 
The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS 
[August 31st, 138'?. 
Snake Nut, the, 802 
Snowdrops, 3S4, 405 
Snowflake, spring, 407 
SocietiesAberdeen, Royal Horticul¬ 
tural, 7, 833; Acton Horticultural, 
793 ; Alexandra Palace Rose Show, 
745 ; Basingstoke Horticultural, 13 ; 
Berkhamstead Horticultural, 73; 
Birmingham Gardeners’ Mutual 
Improvement Association, 138; 
Carnation and Picotee Union, 78S ; 
Chiswick Horticultural, 729 ; Cry¬ 
stal Palace, 40, 121, 600, 725, 488 ; 
Dunmore Bast Horticultural, S18 ; 
East of Scotland Botanists’ and 
Naturalists’ Union, 755, 771 ; Fyvie 
Horticultural, 435 ; Gloucester and 
Cheltenham Horticultural, 58; 
Hounslow Horticultural, 792 ; Lei¬ 
cester Abbey Park, 807 ; Leith 
Horticultural, 7 ; Longford Valley 
Horticultural, 809 ; Liverpool Hor¬ 
ticultural Association, 792; Man¬ 
chester Horticultural Improve¬ 
ment, 329, 361 ; Manchester Botan¬ 
ical and Horticultural, 74, 153, 
488, 664; Mansfield Horticultural, 
809 ; National Auricula, 55P 
National Carnation and Picotee 
(Southern Section), 756; (Northern 
Section), 804; National Chrysan¬ 
themum, 41, 377, 113, 13S, 145, 160, 
207, 217, 241, 256, 288; National 
Dahlia 40; National Rose, 727; 
North of Scotland Horticultural, 
451, 515, 659; North of Scotland 
Root, Fruit, and Vegetable Associ¬ 
ation, 467 ; North Wales and Border 
Counties Pomological, 234; Notts 
Horticultural and Botanical, 265. 
552, 745; Preston Amateurs' Flower- 
Show, 793 ; Preston and Fulwood 
Horticultural, 488 ; Richmond Hor¬ 
ticultural, 713; Rochdale Auricula, 
5S4; Roval Botanic, 472, 520, 600, 
681 ; Royal Caledonian, 26, 520, 
745; Royal Scottish Arboricultural, 
S03: Royal Horticultural, 13, 41, 
73, 105, 137, 1S5, 250, 329, 393, 456, 
4S7, 520, 552, 600, 649, 665, 697, 761, 
SOS, 838 ; Royal Horticultural of 
Ireland, 6, 258, 563, 707, 833; St. 
Ann's Floral and Horticultural, 
745; St Neots Horticultural, S09 ; 
Scottish Horticultural Associa¬ 
tion, 451, 515, 595 ; Shropshire 
Horticultural, 519, 83S; Tibshelf 
Floral and Horticultural, 777 ; 
Trentham Horticultural,777; Trow¬ 
bridge Horticultural, 13; Turiff 
Horticultural, S03; Vale of Al¬ 
ford Horticultural, 819 ; Woodford 
Horticultural, 776; York Gala, 696 
Sobralia xantholeuca alba, 760 
Solomon’s Seal, 296 ; scented, 535 
Sophronitis grandiflora, 169, 344 
Southport, gardening on the beach at, 
104 
Spade culture, Mr. Gladstone on, 3 
Sparmannia africana, 25S 
Spatlioglottis Kimballiana, 503 ; Yiel- 
lardi, 249 
Species ? what is a, 568 
Specimen show plants, 735 
Spiraa gigantea, 753; japonica, 705 ; 
kamtschatica gigantea, 775 ; lobata, 
822 ; palmata, 726 
Spring exhibitions, 320 
Spring, the, 560 ; advancing, 495 ; 
indications of, 404 
Spring time, the pleasant, 564 
Spring in South Westmoreland, the, 
576 
Spring flowers, 529, 531 ; early, 454 ; 
planting, 294 
Spring flower shows, 448 
Stachys tuberifera, 176, 177, 256, 263, 
480 
Stanhopea tigrina nigro-violacea, 760 ; 
■Wardii venusta, 152 ; Wardii, vari¬ 
ability of, 712 
Staphylea colchica, 358 
Statice Suworowi, 193 
Stenotaphrum americanum, 535 
Stephanotis, 311 
Stembergia lutea, 280 
Stocks, Bast Lothian, 242; from 
cuttings, 720 ; Intermediate, 534; 
Ten-week, a trial of, 20 
Stock, the wild, 647 
Stone, Mr. E. D-, presentation to, 288 
Stove plants, climbing, 6, 55 ; flower¬ 
ing, 24 
Strawberry, Laxton’s Noble, 695 ; 
Noble and Latest of All, 725 ; 
Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury, 534 
Straw-berries, 687, 703 ; at Birdhill, 
694 
Strawberry culture in Lancashire, 741 
Strawberries, on forcing, 195; plant¬ 
ing, 819 ; propagating, 70S 
Strawberry crop, the, 624 
Strawberry plants for making beds,56 
Strawsoniser, the, 625, 693 
Street planting, 577 
Streptocarpus paniculatus, 51S 
Streptosolen Jamesoni, 5S2, 694 
Styrax serrulata, 705 
Simmons Court Castle, 226 
Sugar bounties, the, 496 
Sugar Conventions Bill, 672 
Sulphuric acid on lawns, 630 
Summer, precocious, 623 
Sunflower, a monstrous, 39 
Sunflowers, double, 130 
Sw-anley Nurseries, the, 769 ; Christ¬ 
mas flowers at, 260 
Sydenham's improved layering pin, 
561 
Synonyms, how they are multiplied, 
401, 415, 468 
Syon House, 198 ; fruit culture at, 611 
Syringa vulgaris, Marie Lemoine, 535 
Syringing, 5S1, 597 
T 
Tabern-emontana, 423 
Table and house decoration, 258 
Tacca cristata, 470 
Tacliiadenus caiinatus, 25 
Tagetes Parryi, S23 
Taxus adpressa variegata, 835 
Tea Roses on their own roots, 402; 
culture of, in pots, 402, 433, 417 ; 
planting out under glass, 449 ; cool 
treatment of, 483 
Tecoma jasminoides, 53 
Tecophilrea cyanocroeus, 518 
Temple Show, the, 607, 639 
Tetratheca Hugelli, 471 
Thalictrum aquilegifolium rubrum,614 
Theobroma cacao, 754 
Thomson, Mr. J. W., 720 
Thorn, the Eastern, 711; the Fiery, 
179 
Thrinax radiata, 43S 
Thrush’s nest in an Ozothamnus bush, 
512 
Thunbergia laurifolia, 406, 561 ; 
Harrisii, 439 
Thunderstorm in June, a severe, 646 
Thyrsacauthus rutilans, 423 
Thyrsopteris elegans, 168 
Tiarella cordifolia, 614 
Tillandsia Duvaliana, 215; Lindeni, 
280 ; tessellata, 471; Zahnii, 837 
Timber prices, 289, 310 
Tobacco culture in Aberdeenshire, 467 
Tomato, Chiswick Hybrid, 806; Lax- 
ton’s open-air, 775; Livingstone’s 
Favourite, 833 ; the Lorillard, 320 
Tomato culture, profitable, 418; under 
glass, 800 
Tomatos, 10; for forcing, 578 ; out¬ 
door, 20; sportive, 24 ; and Potatos 
in olden time, 549 
Tomato, the tree, 257 
Town shrubs, 612 
Town trees, good, 740 
Toxicophlaea spectabilis, 358, 423 
Tree of Heaven, the, 132, 195, 232 
Tree transplanter, Barron’s, 703 
Tree growing in towns, 515 
Trees, effects of smoke on, 246 ; in¬ 
jury to, by hoar frost, 466 ; noble, 
52S ; removing large, at Childwick- 
bury, 288 ; planting in towns, S32 
Trevesia eminens, 214 
Triehocentrum Ella, 12 
Trichopilia fragrans, 313 
Tricks of trade, 304 
Triteleia uniflora, 375 
Tritonia Potsii, 772 
Tritonia aurea, crimson spotted, 56 ; 
seeurigera, 818 
Trollius, the species of, 64S 
Tropseolum, Ball of Fire, 567 
Tropseolum speciosum, Tom Tits and 
the, S00 
Tropseolum tuberosum as a pickle,168 
Tropaeolum, a tall, 104 
Tulipa Leitchlinii, 544 
Tulip, a black, 628 
Tulips, border, 223; breeder, to 
rectify, 804; Mr. Horner on the 
culture of, 212 
Tulip culture, Mr. Thurstan on, 644 ; 
the revival of, 68 
Tulip exhibitions, the, 676 
Tulips at the Temple Show, 628, 644; 
at Manchester, 660, 676 
Tulips, other than show varieties, 
624, 625 
Tulips, twin-flowered, 465 
Tulip tree, the, 709, 772 
Turnip, Early Milan, 675 ; Veitch’s 
Red Globe, 176 
Tweed Vineyards, the, 99 
Twickenham nursery, a, 354 
u 
Undressed flowers, 276 
United Horticultural Benefit and 
Provident Society, 64, 112,192. 386 
Unseasonable flowers, 262 
Utricularia Endresii, 647 
V 
Vallota purpurea, 147 ; as a winter- 
flowering plant, 328 
Vanda coerulea, 121; double flowers 
of, 199; Denisoniana hebraica, 
791 ; Kimballiana, S07 ; parviflora, 
663 ; planifolia, 16S ; Sanderiana, 
152, S38 
Vegetable abundance, 2SS 
Vegetable food in the “good old 
times,” 383 
Vegetable culture in America, 658 
Vegetables, the culture of, 531 ; an 
election of, 3S3, 3S6; new, 177, 
256, 272 ; notes on, 85, 353, 531 ; 
notes from the north on. 744; some¬ 
thing about, 224; how synonyms 
are multiplied, 401 ; poor people's, 
47 
Vegetable conference at Chiswick, 255, 
688, 767, S15 
Vegetable Marrow, 547 ; twin, 775 
Vegetable nomenclature, 815 
Vegetarian food, 5 
Vegetation, the antiquity of, 337 
Veitch Memorial Fund, 338 
Veitch Memorial Medal, presentation 
to Mr. A. F. Barron, 640 
Verbascum olympicum, 663 
Verbena Aubletia, 772 
Veronica Fairfieldiensis, 709 ; ineana, 
770 ; longiftora var. sub-sessilis, 
401; spicata, 823 ; spicata var., 25 ; 
spicata alba, 784 
Veronicas for amateurs, 27S 
Viburnum Lantana, 54S; macroee- 
phalum, 25; Opulus sterilis for 
forcing, 423 
Villa gardens, 214 
Vincas, 402 
Vine culture, notes on, 195 
Vines, mealy-bug on, 276; syringing, 
627, 647 ; on walls, 3S 
Vineyard at Constantia, 196 
Vinsonia stellifera, 357 
Viola cornuta alba, 711 
Violas, bedding, 24, 59S; new bed¬ 
ding, 672 
Violet, a red, 576 ; the spurless, 743 
Violets in frames, S3, 116; market, 
224 ; Neapolitan, 534 
Vitality of Seeds, 20S 
YV 
War lexbekcia saxicola, 711 
Wallflower, a gynantherous, 215 
Wallflowers in pots, 486 
Wall fruit trees, protection of, 436 : 
protecting, 470, 481 
Walnut trees and the frost, 60S 
Wall plants, hardy, 437 
Warnham Court, 470 
Warren, the, Southport, 8 
Wasp's nest in a Gooseberry bush, 
736, 773 
Waste lands, planting, 175, 182 
Water, its use and abuse in plant cul¬ 
ture, 514, 530, 546 
Weather forecasts, 384 
Weather notes in Scotland, 112 
Wexham Park, 577 
What can it be ? 647, 695 
Williams, Mr. H. W., presentation to, 
720 
Window boxes, 11S 
Winter, an early, 47 ; the, 336 
Winter’s tail, the, 351 
Winter moth, the, 609 
Wistaria, a fine old, 168 
Witty, Mr. J. H., presentation to, 800 
Woolton Gardeners’ Improvement 
Society, 392 
Wool wood as packing material, 57'' 
Worth Park, the cordon Pear wall at. 
149 
X 
Xeraxthemcm annnuni flore pleno, 
S37 
Y 
Year, the new, 271 
Year, the old and the new, 303 
Yellow Hyacinths, 46S 
York Gala, resignation of Mr. Wilso:,, 
64; schedule, 375 ; the, 696, 704 
Yucca filamentosa, 39 
Yulan, the, 59S 
z 
Zenobia speciosa, 705 
Zygopetalum maxillare, 25; etapel- 
ioides, 680 
