The Gardening World.] 
[August 20 , 1896. 
OOUTEUTS OF YOL. YT TT 
FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 2 9 th , 1896. 
A 
Abbey Park flower show, 803 
Aberdeen way, down, 105 
Abutilon, Silver Queen, 814 
Acacia armata, 661; dealbata, 388 
Acanthophoenix grandis, 626 
Acer palmatum linearilobum, 591 
Acton Flower Show, 770 
Adiantum bessonianum, 750 ; farley- 
ense, a fine, 144 ; lineatum, 626 
Aeranthus grandiflora, 26, 701 
Aerides multiflorum Lobbii, 755 
Agapanthus umbellatus, 92, 105 
Agricultural Show, flowers at, 644 
Ailanthus glandulosa, 821 
Ajuga reptans atropurpurea, 677 
Aldermaston Court, 78 
Allamanda Williamsii, 756 
Allamandas, 382 
Allington Nurseries, 57 
Allium narcissiflorum, 772 
Alloa Park, 573 
Alocasia Lowii grandis, 26 
Alsophila atrovirens, 626 
Altrincham, the Oldfield Nurseries, 
189 
Amaryllis at Chelsea, 478 ; at Weston 
Birt, 514 ; Ercles, 47S ; Eros, 495; 
Hon. Maurice Gifford, 558 ; Lady 
Winifred Gore, 462 ; Myra, 478 ; 
Rosalind, 495 ; Viscountess 
Hambleden, 558 
" American Gardening,” 334 
Ancient notions, displace, 95 
Anemone fulgens The Queen, 581 ; 
japonica Lady Ardilaun, 561 ; King 
of Scarlets, 565 
Angraecum metallicum, 558 ; 
pertusum, 271 
Anguloa uniflora Turneri, 478 
Anthurium andreanuin Kelly’s var , 
702 ; lawrenceanum, 702; pumilum, 
495 ; rothschildianum elegans, 558 ; 
rothschildianum maximum, 495; 
triumphans, 626 
Ants and Orchids, 284 ; as cultivators, 
323 
Apple Annie Elizabeth, 526 ; Benoni, 
195; blossom of Mr. Gladstone, 
565 ; Cardinal, 815 ; Cornish Gilli- 
flower, 206; Duke of Cornwa 1 !, 
516 ; Goodwood Pippin, 462 ; origin 
of the Baldwin, 501; Remborough, 
42 ; Stubbs’ Seedling, 223 ; V/ealthy, 
275; Williams Favourite, 26; 
Yellow Transparent, 476 
Apples, Crab, 73; in Kent, 55; on 
keeping, 418 ; storing of, 417 ; two 
good, 446; and Pears, special 
prizes for dessert, 667 
Appointments, Bennett, Mr. H., 652; 
Cavill, Mr. F. W., 780 ; Coomber, 
Mr. William, 588 ; Falconer, Mr. 
William, 477, 572 ; Gilman, Mr. E„ 
572; Hathaway, Mr. James, 269; 
Jannoch, Mr. T., 572; Johnstone, 
Mr. S., 380; Keir, Mr. J., 508; 
Page, Mr. John, 380; Peacock, Mr. 
Hugh, 380 ; Proudlock, Mr. Robert 
L., 380; Pullinger, Mr. G., 380; 
Screaton, Mr. Charles, 524; Swans- 
ton, Mr John, 380; Whittaker, 
Mr. W. H., 430 
Aquarium, at the, 238 
Aquilegias, 7x7 
Arctic regions, news from, 142 
Arctotis aureola, 526 
Arddarroch, 227 
Arddarroch sale of Orchids, 669 
Arenaria montana, 677 
Arisarum maximum, 469 
Arisaema fimbriata, 622 
Aristolochia gigas Sturtevanti, 385 
Aristolochias at Park Place, 820 
Arrangement, an effective, 381 
Arrangement of Plants for Home 
Decorations and Exhibition, 420 , 
449 
Artichoke, the tuberous, 120, 136, 137 
Artist, the wail of the, 187 
Arundina Philippi, 222 
Ash, the, 781 
Asparagus culture, 275 
Asparagus Sprengeri, 445, 462 ; tenu- 
issimus albanensis, 702 
Asplenium Nidus, 292 
Aster Amellus, 373 ; Novae Angliae 
albus, 39; Novae Angliae pul- 
chellus, 96 ; Novae Angliae roseus, 
96 ; the Sea, at Crossness, 46 
Astilbe chinensis, 702 
Aucuba, a fertile branch of, 530 
Auk’s Egg, a great, 556 
Auricula, culture of the, 653 ; Bulls 
Eye, 559; Midnight, 559 ; Nellie 
Martin, 559; Pluto, 559; Rev. 
Cecil Dalton, 559 ; Snowflake, 559; 
Vesta, 559 
Auriculas, alpine, 637 
Australia, frozen flowers from, 220 ; 
practical fruit-growing in, 756 
Australian garden flowers, 755; 
Lemons, 24 ; Parks and Recreation 
Reserves, 621 ; wild flowers, 563 
Autumn Quern of Flowers, the, 151 
Award of Merit, 136 
Ayton Castle, 73 
Azalea, Diamond, 626 ; mollis M. 
. Debois, 626 
B 
Balloon, up in a, 818 
Balmedie, Aberdeen, Orchids from, 
271 
Balnagown gardener in California, 529 
Bambusa palmata, 814 
Banana plantations, 143 
Bananas, 47 ; as food, 460 
Bark-cloth Fig., 367 
Barron, Mr. A. F., National Testi¬ 
monial to, 72, 103, 121, 135, 235, 
460, 476, 540; retirement of, 237, 
269 
Baskets of flowering and foliage 
plants, 563 
Batemannia sp., 670 
Bath, The Nurseries, 831 
Battersea Pa-k, the bedding at, 60; 
tuberous Begonias at, 13 
Bean, D .varf, Northumberland Pro¬ 
lific, 42 
Bean, Scarlet Runner, Sutton’s A. 1., 
42 
Bechuanaland chiefs at Reading, 78 
Bee culture in Servia, 383 
Beech, Cunningham's, 324 
Beetroot, 274 
Begonia acerifolia, 58r : Froebeli in- 
comparabilis, 5, 222 ; John Heal, 
581; kewensis, 756 ; manicata, 383 ; 
manicata aurea maculata 419 ; 
odorata, 30 ; Rex Pride of Castle- 
wellan, 626 ; Rex Souvenir de Jean 
Bart, 626; socotrana, 16 ; 
Veitchi, 307, 340, 354 ; worthiana, 
47 
Begonia, habit of a bedding, 5 ; the 
first hybrid, 143, 100, 194, 226, 241, 
261, 290, 341 
Begonia, tuberous, Charles Leeson, 
628 ; Duchess of Fife, 626 ; Duke of 
Fife, 6 ; Eclipse, 622 ; Goliath, 47 ; 
Lafayette, 57 ; Leviathan, 30 ; Miss 
Alice Sparrow, 542; Miss Emily 
Atkinson, 817 ; Miss Florrie Dean, 
622 ; Miss Lila Lawford, 342 ; Mrs. 
Heal, 122 ; Phosphorescens, 670 ; 
Queen of the Begonias, 626; Suc¬ 
cess, 154 ; Woodmanii, 341 
Begonias, Gold Medal for, 764; 
Ware’s Gold Medal, 126 
Begonias, tuberous, at Battersea 
Park, 13 ; at Beechhill, 15 ; at Bex¬ 
ley Heath, 7 ; at Carter’s Nursery, 
Forest Hill, t8; at Castle Hill, 
Maidenhead, 9 ; at Chelmsford, 30; 
at Chester, 9 ; at Chiswick, 29 ; at 
Chorlton-cum-hardy, 16; at Falk¬ 
land Park, 7 ; at Finchley, 46 ; at 
Finsbury Park, 9; at Fisher’s 
Hotel, Pitlochry, 5; at Gunners- 
bury Park, Acton, 9 ; at Hampton 
Court, 12; at Highgate and High 
Barnet Nurseries, 18; at Homes- 
dale Nurseries, 7 ; at Hyde Park, 
17; at Kew, 12, 341; at Newton St. 
Loe, 14; at Oldfield Nurseries, 
Altrincham, 16; at Portland Road 
Nurseries, Reading, 10 ; at Royal 
Exotic Nurseries, Chelsea, 11 ; at 
Roupell Park Nurseries, 30; at 
Ryarsh, Mailing, Kent, 7; at 
Ryecroft Nursery, 9 ; at Stanstead 
Nurseries, Forest Hill, 6; at 
Stevenage, 789; at Swanley, 13 ; 
at the Crystal Palace, 7; at The 
Nurseries, Exmoutb, 16; at the 
Yeovil Nurseries, 17; at Town 
Close Nurseries, 17; at West 
Wickham Nursery, Kent, 14; at 
Wordsley, Stourbridge, 16; Cul¬ 
tural Notes, 18; from Leighton 
Buzzard, 798; from Wrawby, 
Brigg, 787; in America, 12; in 
1895. 4 
Begonias, Messrs. Laing's 721 ; some 
grand forms of, 77 ; still advancing, 
779 ; the first productions, 5 
Beilis perennis The Bride, 495 
Benjamin Reid & Co., Messrs., 88 
Berberis Darwinii, 565 
Berlin Industrial Exhibition, 268, 2S4 
Bertonerilla Madame Jean Linden, 
626 
Bicton, Devon, 285 ; the Arboretum 
at, 301 
" Biology Notes,” 89 
Birds and Flowers, 565 
Birkenhead Flower Show, 30 
Blanching, what does it teach us ? 
555 
Bolitho, M.P., Mr., on flowers and 
fruits, 2C9 
Boltonia asteroides, 96 
Books, Notices of: American Florist 
Company’s Directory, 659; A 
Traveller's Notes, 699 ; Carnation 
Culture for Amateurs, 718; 
Carter's Practical Gardener, 468 ; 
Cottage Gardening, 596 ; Culture of 
the Pansy, 659; Fruit Growing, 
709, 724 ; Gardening a la Mode: 
Vegetables, 48; Gardening a la 
Mode: Fruits, 48; Hand-list of 
Coniferae, 500 ; Hand-list ol Herb¬ 
aceous Plants Cultivated in the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in; 
Journal of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, 260 ; Le Chrysantheme a 
la Grande Fleur, 478; Lloyd’s 
Natural History: British Birds, 
693 ; Original Little Book of Irish 
Grown Tulips, 766; Plant-breeding, 
443 ; Plants and Flowers About the 
Home, 757; Roses and Rose Cul¬ 
ture, 277 ; Stove and Greenhouse 
Plants, 635 ; Strawberry Culture, 
766 ; The Amateur Orchid Cultiva¬ 
tor’s Guide Book, 144 ; The Fern 
Raiser, 588 ; The Fruit Grower’s 
Year Book, 547 ; The Horticultural 
Handbook and Exhibitor's Guide, 
66 ; The Potato in Field and Gar¬ 
den, 292 ; The Wild Flowers Draw¬ 
ing and Painting Book, 127 ; 
Tourist Guide to the Continent, 
685 ; Well’s Book on the Culture of 
the Chrysanthemum, 372 
Bordeaux mixture, 491 
Botanising in a haystack, 460 
Botany, modern, 445 
Bouvardia propagation, 339 
Bowling Green, 367 
Bramble, the Nutka Sound, 724 
Brentwood Flower Show, 677 
British Association, the, 40 
Brodiaea Howelli lilacina, 670 ; 
ixioides erecta, 670 
Brussels Society of Orchid Lovers, 
604 
Brussels Sprout, extraordinary, 525 
Buddleia Colvillei, 626 
Bulbophyllum Reinwardtii, 26 
Burchellia capensis, 692 
Burnham Beeches, 557 
Burn's flower garden, in, 827 
Bush fires in Australia, 323 
Bush Hill Park Nursery, 675 
Buttercup, a double, 724 
Bystock, Devon, 321 
c 
Cabbage, 706; Early Blood-red, 43 ; 
Flower of Spring, 572; Leeds 
Market, 42; Little Gem, 42; St. 
John’s Day, 42 ; Superfine Early 
Dwarf York, 42 ; Winningstadt, 42 
Cacti, 804 ; some curious, 773 
Caladium, Duchess of Connaught, 
626 ; Duchess of Teck, 626 ; Duke 
of York, 622 ; Ladas, 622 ; Silver 
Cloud, 626 ; Sir Julian Goldsmid, 
626 
Caladiums, Messrs. Laing’s, 561 ; 
Messrs. Peed's, 610; Messrs. 
Veitch’s, 609. 
Calamus ciliaris, 626 
Calanthe Harrisii, 270 ; new species, 
222 ; Veitchi, 467 
Calceolaria, culture of the, 653 ; 
deflexa, 531 
Calceolarias Sutton’s Perfection, 595 
Calcutta, flowers and drought at, 397 
Callipsyche aurantiaca, 814 
Calorchortus venustus Eldorado 
strain, 703 
Calvary Clover, 224 
Cambridge House, Kew, 94 
Camellia B.ras de Mogofores, 462, 478 
Campanula garganica hirsuta, 724; 
glomerata, 654 ; portenschlagiana, 
658; pulla, 677, 772; pyramilalis 
alba compacta, 783 
Canna Ami Jules Chretien, 750; 
Aurore, 750 ; Austria, 670 ; George 
Paul, 670; Italia, 702; Madame 
Pichon, 626 ; Roi de Rouges, 591 
Cannas, two grand new, 273 
Cardamine pratense flore pleno, 588 ; 
Miss Jekyll’s var., 591 
Carex variegata, 143 
Carnation Admiration, 670 ; a green, 
143; Alice Mills, 750; Blushing 
Bride, 751 ; Boreas, 750 ; Cardinal 
Wolsey, 627 ; Countess of Carring¬ 
ton, 558; Delos, 671; Dick 
