IV. 
August 49,1S96.] 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening World. 
Donovan, 751 1 Golden Eagle, 751; 
Her Grace, 670; Hope, 703 ; J. 
Gardiner Muir, 122 ; Jim Smyth, 
750 ; Lady Biddulph, 671 : Lady 
Grimston, 627 ; Little John, 627 ; 
Lord Rosebery, 627; Loveliness, 
627 ; May Queen, 751 ; Mephisto, 
626; Mrs. Eric Hambro, 626; 
Mrs. Mackrae, 751 ; Nabob, 670 ; 
Ness, 671; Primrose League, 751; 
The Gift, 627; Virgo, 671; Vol¬ 
taire, 750; Wm. Robinson, 821; 
Yuletide, 176c 
Carnation and Picotee shows, 716 
Carnation and Picotee Society, 172 
Carnation, cultivation of the, 94, 739 
Carnations, 418 ; at Blenheim, 541 ; 
at Edenside, 749 ; at Worton Hall, 
770; from Kelso, 770 ; from Ley- 
land, 763, 805 ; Marguerite, 829 ; 
Martin R. Smith’s, 747, 769; 
modern progress in, 749; tree, 382 
Carnations and Picotees, 707 
Carpenteria californica, 676 
Carrot seed, milled, 461 
Carter's Nursery, Forest Hill, flowers 
and Tomatos at, 25 ; tuberous 
Begonias at, 18 
Catalogues, illustrated nursery, 397 
Catasetumimperiale, 222 .macrocarp- 
um, 591 ; macrocarpum Gortoni, 
123; russellianum, 750; splendens 
leucanthum, 670 ; stupendum, 306 ; 
trifidum, 591 
Cattleya Atlanta, 783 : aurea Mrs. 
Fred Hardy, 26 ; bowringiana 
gigantea, 174 ; Cecilia, 190 ; dowi- 
ana aurea Johnsoniana, 174: dowi- 
ana aurea marantina, 222; Eury- 
dice, 174; gigas atratum, 755; 
gigas franconvillensis, 106 ; granu¬ 
losa schofieldiana, 766; hardyana 
splendens, 814; intermedia alba, 
558 ; labiata caerulea, 123 ; labiata 
Cooksonae, 123; labiata Lowiae, 
123 : labiata Miss Clara Measures, 
190 ; labiata Thompson's var, 123 : 
Lady Ingram, 190 ; Lawre-Mossiae, 
527 ; Leopold II, 106 ; luddemanni- 
ana. Ernesli, 625; Mantinii, 123, 
174, 670; maxima floribunda, 
669; Mossiae alba coelestis, 
58 ; Mossiae and its varieties, 58 ; 
Mossiae arnoldiana Low's var., 
625: Mossiae Beatrice, 625 ; 
Mossiae Brilliancy, 750: Mossiae 
Chas. L. N. Ingram, 626 : Mossiae 
Linden's Champion, 58 Mossiae 
Mondii, 621 : Mossiae reineckeana, 
621 : percivaliana, Ingram's var., 
338 ; Rex, 465 ; Schroderae alba, 
527 : Schroderae caerulescens, 622 ; 
Schroderae caloglossa, 495 ; Schro¬ 
derae eximia, 558: Skinneri 
oculata, 590 : Trianaei alba, 338 : 
Trianaei crawshayana, 463 : Tria¬ 
naei Reine des Beiges, 495 : Wm. 
Murray var. fulgens, 527 
Cattleya, legend of a blue, 357 
Cauliflower, a giant, hi 
C elery, 466 
Celery, potting, 95 
Cedar, the deciduous Lebanon, 341 
Cerasus Pseudo-Cerasus Waterer’s 
Cherry, 558 
Chamberlain, Mr., and Foreign Com¬ 
petition, 88 
Cbeiranthus Cheiri Harper Crewe, 
558 
Chelsea, Amaryllis at, 478; Cala- 
diums at, 509 ; Carnations at, 733 ; 
Chrysanthemums at, 127 ; flowers 
in season at, 493 ; popular flowers 
at, 41 ; tuberous Begonias at, 11 
Chinese Primulas, 317; Carters', 
446 ; Carters Bouquet, 413 ; in the 
Midlands, 255; Messrs. Laing's, 
318, 477 ; Messrs. Sutton’s, 354 ; 
the Chelsea, 397 
Chinese Sacred Lily, 493 
Chiswick, a use for, 61 ; Begonias at, 
29 ; Fuchsias at, 821 ; new superin¬ 
tendent for, 188 ; Saturday half¬ 
holiday at, 557, 573 : the gardens 
at. 23; Tomato trials at, 819; 
Vegetable show at, 33 
Chondrorhyncha (Stenia) Chester- 
toni, 527 
Christmas flowers, 254 
Chrysanthemum frutescens nivale 
compactum, 703 ; uliginosum, 357 
Chrysanthemum Annie Heard, 190 ; 
Australian Gold, 154; Arona, 
190: Baron de Buffieres, 190; 
Beauty of Teignmouth, 154; 
Bonnie Dundee, 207, 222 : Boule 
d'Or, 106, 122 ; C. B. Haywood. 
154 ; Cl. Bernard, 190 ; Clin¬ 
ton Chalfant, 190, 191; Country 
of Gold, 222 : D. B. Crane, 139, 
154 ; Dolly, 190 ; Dorothy Gibson, 
139, 154 ; Dorothy Seward, 139 ; 
Edith Tabor, 139, 154; Ethel 
Addison, 139; Ewan Cameron, 
190: George Haigh, igo ; Globe 
d'Or, 155; Golden Dart, 223, 239 ; 
Janette Sheahan, 271 ; Hermon 
Klosse, 207 ; John Lightfoot, 190 ; 
John Seward, 123, 139 ; Kate 
Williams, 207 ; Kentish White, 
154: King of Plumes, 239: Lady 
Byron, 139, 159: Lady Esther 
Smith, 106, 122; Lago Maggiore, 
122; L. Canning, 452 ; Le 
Moucherotte, 154, 190; Madame 
Ad. Chatin, 206 ; Major BonaSon, 
190 ; Marie Masse, 96 ; M. Aug. de 
Lacvivier, 106 : Mdlle. M. A. de 
Galbert, igo; Miss Alice M. Love, 
79 ; Miss Anne Gaunt, 160: Miss 
Anne Holden, 139, 154 : Miss Elsie 
Teichmann, 206; Miss Florence 
Lunn, 154 ; Miss Rose, 292 ; Mons. 
Chenon de Leche, 154, 190; Mr. 
C. H. Curtis, 154 ; Mrs. A. E. 
Stubbs, 190; Mrs. Briscoe-Iron- 
side, 154 ; Mrs. C. E. Shea, 158, 
239; Mrs. Charles Blick, 139, 154 : 
Mrs. Edwin Silsbury, 139 ; Mrs. E. 
G. Whittle, 154 ; Mrs. Ellen New- 
bald, 222; Mrs. Francis Fell, 193; 
Mrs. G. West, 190; Mrs. H. 
Weeks, 190; Mrs. J. Schrimpton, 
139; Mrs. R. C. Kingston, 190; 
Mrs. R. W. E. Murray, 271 ; Mrs. 
W. H. Lees, 172 ; Mrs. W. J. God¬ 
frey, 157 ; Mutual Friend, 139: 
Oceana, 190, 191; Olive Oclee, 222, 
223; Pallanza, 172 ; Parthenia, 
207 ; Phoebus, 106,122 ; Piccinino, 
139 ; President Borel, 106 ; Pride 
of Madford, 122 ; Queen of Buffs, 
154: Robert Owen, 153; Robin 
Adair, 193, 206 ; Rose Owen, 154 : 
Ryecroft Glory, 260 : Souvenir de 
Petite Amie, 160 : Stressa, 271 ; 
Surpasse Amiral, 207 ; Surprise, 
223: T. B. Haywood, 123; Vicar 
of Bray, 190; Vignolo, 154; Wm. 
Slogrove, 223 ; Yellow Gem, 106, 
122 ; Yellow Source d'Or, 154 
Chrysanthemum : “ Chrysanthemum 
Album," 351 ; crossing the flowers, 
209; Source d'Or, grafted, 172 ; 
the largest bloom, 172 ; the (poetry) 
275 
Chrysanthemum culture, 542, 345, 
574, 622, 654, 687, 718, 766, 815 
Chrysanthemum notes : Abbey Park, 
Leicester, 172: at Baronal I, 529 ; 
Battersea Park, 160 ; Botanic Gar¬ 
dens, Glasgow, 194; Earls wood 
Nurseries, 142; Devonhurst, Chis¬ 
wick, 158 ; Dover House, Roehamp- 
ton, 210 ; Falkland Park, 157; 
Finsbury Park, 136; Chelsea, 127 : 
Chiswick, 156 : Lilfcrd Road Nur¬ 
sery, 142 : Liverpool, 153, 194 ; 
Maidenhead, 194; Ryecroft Nur¬ 
sery, 141: St. John’s Nursery, 
Putney, 210: The Grange, Hack- 
bridge, 210; Victoria Park, 156; 
Whitmore Lodge, Sunningdale, 155 
Chrysanthemum and Dahlia show, 
30, 96 
Chrysanthemum Shows: — Aberdeen, 
572 ; Ascot, 178 ; at the Royal 
Aquarium, 30, 96, 160, 229; Ayr, 
196; Battersea, 178; Belfast, 179; 
Birmingham, 180, 204 ; Birken¬ 
head, 179 ; Blackheatb, 146; Bor¬ 
deaux, 196 ; Brighton, 165 ; Bristol, 
197; Bromley and District, 178; 
Cardiff, 197; Carlisle, 268 ; Chester, 
198 ; Croydon, 196 ; Crystal Palace, 
164; Devon and Exeter, 152; 
Douglas, 221 ; Dunfermline, 237; 
Ealing, 197; Edinburgh, 176 ; 
Exeter, 179; Exmouth, 165 ; 
Glasgow. 198, 212 ; Grassendale, 
212; Harrowgate, 179; Helens¬ 
burgh, 212; Hereford, 165 ; High- 
gate and District, 178; Isle of Man, 
214; Lewes and District, 197; 
Liverpool, 196; Lyons, France, 212 ; 
Manchester, 213 ; National Chry¬ 
santhemum Society, 30, 96, 160, 
229; Paris, 188 ; Peckham Ama¬ 
teurs, 152; Royal Horticultural 
Society of Ireland, 152 ; Seaford, 
195; Sevenoaks, 211 ; Sheffield, 
197 ; Stockport, 197 ; Streatham, 
195; Teignmouth, 146; The 
People's Palace, 156; Tooting, 176; 
Torquay, 152; Waterford, Ireland, 
179, 230 ; West Herts, 195 ; West 
of England, 211 
Chrysanthemums, a plea for single, 
292 ; and chemical manure, 524 ; 
are they poisonous ? 396 ; at mid¬ 
summer, 708; at the Scottish 
Capital, 171 ; favourite, 260 ; graft¬ 
ing, 628 ; keeping the bud, 25 ; late, 
404; new American in 1895, 308 ; 
notes on, 511 ; pompon, 341 ; 
summer-flowering, 467 ; taking the 
bud, 289. 
Chysis langleyensis, 590 
“ Cider," 120 
Cinerarias, Carters’,483, 541: Sutton’s, 
461 ; recognition for, 541 
Cirrhopetalum nutans, 702 , roth- 
schildianum, 123 
Cissus discolor, 452 
Clark, Mr. Charles, 211 
Clare Lawn, East Sheen, 562 
Clematis Crimson Beauty, 626 ; 
Flammula, 64 ; indivisa, 577 l v iti- 
cella alba, 814 
Clethra canescens, 750 
Clips, improved flower, 717 
Clivias at Forest Hill, 482 
Club Moss, the common, 478 
Cochlioda noezlianum, 90 
Cockchafers or May Bugs, 637 
Coelogyne gardneriana, 190; Veitchi, 
26 
Colax jugosus, 575 
Colchicum, double white, 127 
Colour measurement, 591 
Coloured lights and vegetation, 323 
Colours and mimicry, 495 : effect of 
upon vegetation, 765 
Combination, a pleasing, 548 
Competition between wheat and 
British plants, 399 
Conifers, peculiarities of, 573 
Coomber, Mr. William, presentation 
to, 317 
Cooper, Ltd., Messrs. Wm., 701 
Corn crop, how the Indians save the, 
5°9 
Cornusbrachypoda, 104 
Cosmos refusing to bloom, 589 
Cottagers and their gardens, 668 
Country, a walk in the, 657 
Covent Garden, fruits and vegetables 
at, 274 ; in early morning, 291 
Crab Apple, John Downie, 26 ; the 
Siberian, 341 : Transcendant, 27 
Crab Apple jelly, m 
Crab Apples, 73 
Cranberry jelly, 501 
Cricket, 653 
Crocus speciosus, 96 
Crystal Palace Fruit Show, the, 40 ; 
spring show, 469 
Cucumber, a variegated, 532 ; a 
white, 565 ; growing, profitable, 
562 ; Marvel 462; Sensation, 
627 
Currant cultivation in the Morea, 
676 ; Red, the Comet, 783 
Currants and Goosberries, standard, 
47 
Cupressus lawsoniana filifera, 462 
Curriehill, Midlothian, 25 
Cutbush & Son, Messrs. : High 
Barnet Nurseries, 62 ; Highgate 
Nurseries, 121 
Cycad growing, express, 645 ; Cycla¬ 
men neapolitanum, 30 ; The Sultan, 
478; Vivid, 398 
Cyclamens, Sutton’s, 369 
Cycles at the Crystal Palace, Juno, 
188 
Cymbidium lowianum, 386, 542 ; 
lowio-eburneum, 463; tigrinum, 
traceyanum, 1760 
Cypripedium allanianum superbum. 
174 ; Alfred Hollington, 123 ; Ash- 
burtoniae expansum Cookson’s var., 
766 ; Ashtoni, 270 ; Calypso Stand 
Hall, var., 338; Carnusianum 
Veitch's var., 42 ; Charlesworthii 
marginatum, 123 ; concolawre, 106; 
cowleyanum Anna Louise, 626; 
Euryades, 338 ; Excelsior Mars, 
814; Exul Major Joicey’s var , 527 ; 
fairieanum, 573, 525 ; harrisacder, 
783 ; harrisiarum superbum, 239 ; 
hirsutissimum Stand Hall var., 495; 
insigne Gortoni, 139 ; insigne Laura 
Kimball, 174; insigne Luciani, 669: 
insigne montanum, vars., 766; Io 
Grande, 239; James Hollington, 
398 ; Madeleine, 222 ; Mar¬ 
chioness of Salisbury, 190; Milo var. 
Grande, 190 ; Minnie Ames, 338 ; 
Neptune, 702 ; nobile candidulum, 
106 ; platycolor, 222 ; pollettianum 
Burford var., 190 ; ridolfianum, 718; 
Sanderae, 460; schofieldianum, 
558; Schroderae candidulum, 338, 
678: Smithii, 239; spicerianum, 271; 
superbiens, 702 ; Tennyson, 139 ; 
villosum, 398 ; warnhamense, 622 
Cypripediums, 369 ; complications in 
naming hybrids, 26 
Cyrtanthus parviflorus, 398 
D 
Daffodil Conference in Regent's 
Park,.545, 563 ; the, in art, 537 ; the 
origin of, 501 ; to the, 514 
Daffodils and Amateur’s English 
- Show Tulips, 228, 417.; at Long 
Ditton, 509 ; at Regent’s Park, 532: 
Irish-grown, 812 : late-planted, 556; 
Scilly, 417 ; some choice, 358 ; the 
popularity of, 539 ; wayside golden, 
498 
Dahlia Beatrice, 26, 42 ; Beauty 's 
Eye, 42 ; centenary of the, 701 ; 
Claribel, 42; Dante, 26 ; Douglas, 
26,27, 42 ; Endymion, 27; Fabio, 
■ 26, 27 ; Fusilier, 27, 42 : Gany¬ 
mede, 27, 42 ; Grenadier, 42 ; 
Harry Stredwick, 42; Leonora, 
26, Mabel Stanton, 26; Madeleine, 
42 ; Miss A, Nightingale, 42 ; Miss 
Annie Jones, 42 ; Mrs. A. Beck, 27, 
42 ; Mrs. Francis Fell, 65 ; Mrs. 
Gore Langton, 42 ; Mrs. Monte- 
fiore, 42 ; Mrs. Wilson Noble, 27, 
42; Nerissa, 26, 27,42 ; Purity, 26; 
Rosebud 42 ; Royal George, 42 ; 
Soubrette, 42; Valkyrie, 27 ; Willie 
Batchelor, 42 ; Yellow Globe, 42 ; 
Zoe, 42 
Dahlias from Rothesay, 94; in the 
open, 644; two-faced, 96 
Dane Park, Margate, 748 
Datura, New Buff, 821 
Davallia tenuifolia Burkei, 478, 641 ; 
truffautiana, 626 
Davidson, Mr. J., presents to, 204 
Davis, Mr. Norman, 733 
Dawlish more attractive, how to 
make, 620 . • 
Delphinium, Albert Edward, 671; 
Geneve, 671 ; grandiflorum Breckii, 
516; Mr. J. Stubbs, 671 ; Zalil, 
783 
Delphiniums, 515 
Dendrobium Cassiope virginalis, 463; 
Clio Tyntesfield var., 527 ; cry- 
stallinum album, 542 ; curviflorum, 
783 ; Doris, 463 ; Dulcea Oakwood 
var , 463 ; Dulcea picturatum, 495 ; 
fragrans, 398 ; glomeriflorum, 463; 
hookerianum, 26; Kenneth, 463; 
kingianum, 463; Murrayi, 495 ; 
nobile, erratic, 493 ; nobile Falk¬ 
land’s Giant, 463 ; nobile Marquis 
of Camden’s var., 542; Pallens, 
398 ; specioso-kingianum, 463 ; 
speciosum, 398; subclausum, 222; 
thyrsiflorum, a fine, 29 ; thyrsi- 
fiorum Lowii, 590 ; treacherianum, 
270; velutinum, 463 ; Wiganiae, 558 
Deutzia Lemoinei, 495 
Devannah House, Aberdeen, 542 
Diamond cut Diamond, 596 
Dianthus Napoleon III, 756 
Didymocarpus malayanus, 750 
Diseases and insect pests of vege¬ 
tables, 372, 381, 401 
Divining rod, what is the ? 143 
Dobbie & Co, Messrs., 669; exhibi¬ 
tion. 95; reunion of employees, 
302 
Dodecatheon Meadia album, 622 
Draba cuspidata, 516 
Dracaena latifolia, 190 
Dresden, horticultural exhibition at, 
461 
Duke of Devonshire and Orchids, 
284 
Dutch Horticultural and Botanical 
Society, 25, 120, 524, 572, 796 
E 
East Devon in mid-wiDter, 2S3 
Edinburgh, eve of the Chrysanthe¬ 
mum show, 176; September show, 
34, 48 ; spring show, 531 ; the seed 
trade in, 317 
Ehret, the flower painter, 637 
Eiley Deane, 258, 277, 293, 310, 324, 
342 , 357 . 373 . 38S, 420, 453, 469, 
5 °L 517 . 532 , 549 
Electricity and vegetation, 315 
Elgin, yellow Pansy from, 65, 79 
Encephalartos Hildebrandtii, 419, 
45i 
Endive, blanching, 628 
Enemies, destruction to our, 525 
Englishman on the Continent, an, 
220 
Epacrises, 45, 500 
Epidendrum arachnoglossum, 55S; 
(Diacrium) btcornutum, 527 ; 
elegantulum, 463 ; Endresio- 
Wallkii superbum, 55S ; fragrans, 
670; hastatum, 625; Wallisio- 
ciliare, 222 
