The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS. 
l August 29, 1896. 
V. 
Epiphyllum makoyanum, 660 ; 
russellianum Gaertneri, 596 
Epping Forest, 204 
Eranthis hyemalis, 404 
Eremurus robustus, 637, 670 
Eria bractescens, 591 
Erica arborea, 308 
Eriopsis sp., 527 
Erythronium grandiflorum, 501 
Essex coast, tree growth on the, 45 ; 
School of Horticulture, 318, 396 
Eucharis, the species of, 565 
Eulophia coDgoensis, 306 
Examination in horticulture, 716, 755 
Exercise, a fine, 812 
Exeter, horticultural, 333 ; the Royal 
Nursery, 337 
Exmouth, Devon, the Nurseries, 306 ; 
Tree-planting at, 204 
Eynsford Nurseries, 782 
F 
Fairy Fountain in Sefton Park, 46 
Falkland Park, 691 ; hardy fruits at, 
305 ; tuberous Begonias at, 7 
Fern Society, British, 781 
Ferns, British, 691 ; at Christmas, 
286; from spores, raising, 318; in 
California, 604 ; punishment for 
digging up, 367 
Finsbury Park, tuberous Begonias at, 
9 
Fire, destruction of a mansion and 
conservatory by, 316 
Fire-resisting tree, a, 107 
Fisher’s Hotel, Pitlochry, 5 
Flora of Anglesey and Carnarvon, 
447 
Floral decorations at Glasgow, 40 ; 
Isle, a, 757, 753 ; notes, 691 
Flower clock, 3, 765 ; market, the 
cheapest, 765 ; notes from Scotland, 
late hardy, 95 ; pictures, 206 
Flowers, a land of, 660 ; and fruits at 
the Antipodes, 267 ; early, 404; for 
town-workers, 636 ; hardy, at Long 
Ditton, 525 ; hardy, at Tottenham, 
497; hardy, from Lejland, 756; 
hardy late, 195 ; in season at Chel¬ 
sea, 493; in season, hardy, 469; 
in the west, 367; of the olden 
time, 203 ; or paper—which ? 700 ; 
retarding and lorcing, 251; spring, 
at Chelsea, 573; suitable for com¬ 
petition, 802; the Autumn Queen 
of, 151; vernal, 450, 510, 546, 658 
Fordhook Farm, Pennsylvania, 92 
Forest Hill, tuberous Begonias at, 6 
Freesias, 557 
French Horticultural Society of 
London, 573 
Fritillaria Meleagris, 565 ; nobilis, 
478; pudica, 495 ; Whittallii, 542 
Frosts, the effects of late spring, 523 
Fruit as food, 126; and vegetable 
drying, 571, 579, 642 ; British, at 
the Crystal Palace, 40, 79; 
Colonial, 88; culture, hardy, 219; 
culture in Yorkshire, 508 ; notes, 
702; show, lessons and aspects of 
the, 71 ; storage of, 476 ; the elec¬ 
trical drying of, 445 ; trees and 
Roses at Bush Hill Park, 706 
Fruit prospects, 795 ; at Delgaty 
Castle, 685 ; Blairgowrie district, 
684 ; in Aberdeenshire, &c., 685 
Fruits of the wayside and hedges, 119 
Fuchsia, a double, 789 ; erecta, 78 ; 
globosa, 112 ; macrostemma, 127 ; 
triphylla, 821 
Fuchsias at Chiswick, 821 
Fungi, Berkeley's types of, 573 
Fumigating, a novel method of, 628 
G 
Gaillardia, Mrs. Sage, ^o 
Galega officinalis compacta, 821 
Garden in relation to the house, the, 
379 
Gardener, he might be a, 25; the, 
307, 355. 367 
Gardeners, past, present, and future, 
7°5 
Gardeners’ Company, 684 
Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institu¬ 
tion, 72, 88, 236, 340, 412, 460, 524 ; 
Anniversary Festival, 641, 653 ; at 
at Lichfield, 524; Concerts at 
Altrincham, 252; in Devon, 465; 
Statutory General Meeting, Annual 
General Meeting, and Annual 
Friendly Dinner, 340; Worcester 
Branch, 172 
Gardenias, 691, 708 
Garlic, a plague of, 123 
Garrya elliptica, 243 
Geraniaceae, the, 718, 771, 799, 818 
Geranium pratense, 673 ; pyrenaicum, 
702 ; sanguineum, 705 
Geranium or Pelargonium, 688 
Geum Heldreichi, 703 
Gladiolus Baxter, 814; Blushing 
Morn, 27; Brantford, 26; Carlyle, 
814 ; Deuilde Carnot, 814 ; Dolops, 
26; Jean Dybowski, 814 ; Kate 
Rose, 26; Lemonei, 814 ; Penn, 814; 
Senateur Volland, 814; Sunray, 
27; Tessa, 27 
Glasgow and West of Scotland Horti¬ 
cultural Society : new secretary, 220 
Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 627 ; 
Chrysanthemum Society, 419; 
floral decorations at, 40 
Glass roofs, movable, 452 
“ Glesca’ Toon,” a trip to, 31 
Gloucester Root, Fruit, and Grain 
Show, 195 
Gloxinia Adela, 626; Mr. F. T. 
Edridge, 750 ; Stanstead Gem, 626 
Gloxinias and Begonias at Park Vale, 
Birmingham, 764 
Gongora maculata, 702; portentosa 
rosea, 670 
Gooseberry Langley Beauty, 783 ; 
Langley Gage, 783; Show, 780 ; 
the big, 780; Whinham’s Industry, 
738 
Grange, the, Southgate, 674 
Grapes, 499 ; in February, well kept, 
413 ; not distinct, 227 
Grass, supposed new British, 284 
Grease bands for fruit trees, 357, 821 
Grieve, Mr. James, complimentary 
supper, 589 
Grieve & Sons, Messrs., Redbraes, 
Edinburgh, 40 
Grove, the, Bath, 813 
Growth of leaves and chlorophyll, 
755 
Gunnersbury Park, 47 ; notes from, 
594 ; tuberous Begonias at, 9 
Gunnersbury House, 46, 574 ; fruit at, 
62 
Gustavia pterocarpa, 275 
H 
Hailstorm Insurance Corporation, 
Limited, 460, 475 
Hamburg Exhibition, 1897, 812 
Hammersmith Flower Show, 771 
Hampton Court, the bedding at, 44; 
tuberous Begonias at, 12 
Handelingen der Vaste Commissien, 
445 
Hanger Hill House, 138 
Harrison & Sons, Messrs., Leicester, 
205 
Harton Cemetery, 64 
Heath, the tree, 309 
Hedges, 493 
Heliaothus rigidus Miss Mellisb, 96 
Hemerocallis aurantiaca major, 524 
Heuchera micrantha, 670 ; sanguinea 
splendens, 689 
High Barnet Nurseries, Messrs. 
Cutbush & Sons, 62 
Highgate Nurseries, 121 
Hibiscus Cameroni, 47 
Himalayas, British fruits in the, 412 
Holder, patent bouquet and wreath, 
45 
Holly, 286 
Hollyhock Ovid, 783 
Honour for the craft, 524 
Horticultural buildings, heating, 307 ; 
sundries, 754 
Horticulture, examination in, 716; as 
a science, 365 
Houlletia tigrina, 174, 398 
House, a showy, 645 
Hoya bella and H. Paxtoni, 275 
Hurst & Son’s Clover and Grass Seed 
Circular, 292 
Hyacinth, an erratic; 581 ; Lady 
Clinton, 462 
Hyacinths, Roman, 749 
Hypericum mosserianum tricolor, 626 
Hyde Park, bedding at, 76; tuberous 
Begonias at, 17 
I 
Ichthemic folks on the move, 764 
Illicium religiosum, 501 
Ill luck, a run of, 237 
Imantopbyllum miniatum, 260 
Impatiens Roylei, 65 
Innovation, an, 173 
Insect pests, 621 ; powder, source of, 
104 
Insecticide, a new, 413 
Insects and flowers, 43 ; useful, 243 
Instruction in Horticulture : at East¬ 
bourne, 350; at Haselbury, 
Somerset, 477 ; “ Biology Notes,” 
88 ; for Schoolmasters, 88 
Insurance, 56 
Iris germanica australis, 627 ; 
laevigata at Long Ditton, 753; 
laevigata Chigo, 702 ; pallida foliis 
variegatis, 670; stylosa, 419; 
susiana, 645 
J 
Jadoo Fibre, cultivating the vine in, 
525 
Japan Cedar and its varieties, 530 
Japanese Toad Lily, 143 
Jelly Fish at Regent’s Park, the, 91 
Jerusalem Artichokes, 270 
Journal of Malacology, 173 
Judging at flower shows, rules for, 
349 
Juniperus communis aurea, 558; 
communis compressa, 509; cali- 
fornica, 628 
Juno Cycles and Cycling, 493 
K 
Kale, Victoria, 271 
Kalmia glauca, 596 
Kerosene emulsion, 318 
Kew, Temperate House at, 780 ; 
Gardens, 402 ; Bedding Begonias 
at, 12 ; the rockery at, 404 
Kew Guild, 431, 651 
Kitchen Garden, the, 58, 90, 121, igi, 
255 
Kniphofia Pfitzeri, 26; Northiae, 709 
Knowledge, dangers of a little, 380 
L 
Laburnum flowering in September, 
65 
Lachenalia Causton Gem, 462 
Laelia anceps crawshayana, 701 ; 
digbyano-Mossiae, 593; elegans 
cauvenbergiana, 814 ; elegans 
Owenae, 26 ; purpurata Arthur 
Wigan, 625; purpurata Lewisii, 625 
Laeliocattleya callistoglossa ignes- 
cens, 190 ; Charles Darwin, 26; 
Cicero, 338 ; Clonia superba, 42 ; 
Doris, 463 ; Eudora, 591 ; Eunomia, 
42 ; Eupbrosyne, 174 ; gottoiana 
rosea, 123; highburyensis, 527; Lady 
Rothschild, 270; Mardellii, 670; 
Othello, 190; Parysatis, 42 ; Pytho, 
67c; Semiramis, 190 ; Seraph, 814; 
Sir Wm. Ingram, 527 ; Xantho, 478 
Lagerstroemia indica, 47 
Lambeth flower show, 732 
Landlord and Author, a good, 445 
Landscape Work, 481, 49S 
Lantana Drap d'Or, 804 
Lapageria rosea, fruiting of, 243 
Larch, substitutes for, 243 
Law Notes, a captious shipping com¬ 
pany, 136; an important seed 
case, 40; Cattleya dowiana aurea 
in court, 797; claim for planting 
trees, 398 ; Jensen v. Charlesworth 
& Co., 829 ; Williams v. Vavasour, 
565 
Lawns, ridding of worms, 828 
Lawns, tennis courts, sowing down, 
466 
Lawsuit about trees, long-standing, 
316 
Lee & Sons’, Messrs., Nurseries, 
Ealing, 63 
Leeds, artificial rockeries for, 557 
Lent Lilies, prizes for, 668 
Lerro, William, 669 
Lettuce, 685 
Leucojum carpaticum, 3g8 
Lewes Chrysanthemum Society, 303 
Libonia floribunda, 398 
Lilac Leon Simon, 622 
Lilies from China, two new, 718 
Lilies of the Valley in shade, 628 
Lilium concolor, 750; Lowii, 805 ; 
nepalense, 785 ; testaceum, 773 
Liliums, hardy, 514 
Lily of the Valley, home-grown, 484 
Lime in plant chemistry, 639 
Linaria Cymbalaria, 621 
Little & Ballantyne’s bulbs, 781 
Lobelia pumila Ingrami, 804 ; 
Marquis of Camden, new, 387 
London Nurseries, the, 356 
Luculia gratissima, 324 
Luculias, 62 
Luddemannia triloba, 190 
Luminous Fungi, 91, 123 
Lycaste Deppei, 769 ; smeeana, 386; 
trifohata, 338 
Lycoris aurea, 154 
M 
Magnolia soulangeana, 565 ; 
Watsoni, 112 
Magnolias at Windsor, 40 
Mahaleb Cherry, a patriarchal, 556 
Maidenhead and Ccokbam, between, 
627 
Maidstone, Allington Nurseries, 57 ; 
Cemetery, 74; the Old Nurseries, 
89 
Manchester Whitsuntide Show, 629 
Manure for Orchards, 572; water and 
fruit trees, 628 
Manures, on the admixture of, 787 
Maranta major, 558, 622 
Market Gardeners’ and the Great 
Eastern Railway, 204 
Marriage of Mr. W. P. Laird, of 
Dundee, 56 
Masdevallia abbreviata, 190, 338 ; 
anchorifera, 814; Ajax, 783 ; 
caloptera, 338; Carderi, 750; 
Chimaera aurea, 222 ; corniculata, 
750 ; Henrietta, 398 ; ludibunda, 
338; macrura, 270; pachyura, 
270; polysticta, 338; polysticta 
purpurea, 338 ; porphyrostele, 398 ; 
shuttryana Chamberlain’s var., 
398 ; striatella, 338 
Meiracylium gemma, 626 
Melon, a good green-fleshed, 756; 
Anthony’s Favourite, 154 ; Bark- 
barn Scarlet, 751 ; Earl’s Favourite, 
42, 305 ; Effingham Perfection, 751; 
Freston Tower, 671 ; Frogmore 
Orange, 671 ; Harris’ Favourite, 
815; Queen Anne's Pocket, 64; 
Royal Favourite, 708 
Melon plants, canker in, 738 
Melons, the culture of, 467 
Memorial to the late Dr. Woodman, 
proposed, 220 
Maxillaria lepidota, 495 ; nigrescens, 
90 ; striata, 42 
Maximilliana martiana, 79 
Maxwell’s Spruce, 497 
Mignonette, a graceful, 127 
Miltonia bleuana aurea, 463 ; bleuana 
nobilior, 558; Roezlii alba Cobb’s 
var-, 591 ; spectabilis moreliana, 
42 ; vexillaria coeneana, 625 ; vexil- 
laria Memoria G. D. Owen, 670 
Mistleto, 482; in Cornwall, 306; in 
DevoD, 306; percentage of, on 
various trees, 381, 432, 482 ; some 
peculiarities of the, 307 ; various 
host plants for, 306 
Monro, Mr, E. G., majority of, 445 
Montbretia, the, 30 
Monbretias, 121 
Moorland plants, 120 
Mormodes lawrenceanum, 270 
Morning Glory, Heavenly Blue, 476 
Morris, C. M. G., Dr. D., on a single 
seed in Cocos nucifera, 220 
Moss Litter and Peat Industries, 204 
Mosses in Cornwall, rare, 357 
Mountain flower, story of a, 557 
Musa Ensete, fruiting of, 765 
Mushroom-growing experiment, 781 
Mushrooms in pasture, planting, 43 
Mutual Improvement Associations ; 
Axminster Gardeners', 396 ; Bear- 
stead Gardeners’ Society, 508 ; 
Bickley and Bromley Gardeners’, 
556 ; Birkenhead and District Gar¬ 
deners', 104; Birmingham Gar¬ 
deners’, 173, 366, 477, 525 ; Bourne¬ 
mouth Gardeners' Outing, 764 ; 
Bradford Paxton Society, 350 ; 
Devon and Exeter, 72, 128, 268, 
309. 35 L 356 , 47 6 . 604, 757; Dun¬ 
dee Horticultural Association, 335; 
Ealing Gardeners' Society, 204, 
276, 380, 451, 509 ; French Horti¬ 
cultural Society of London, 573 ; 
Irish Gardeners’ Association, 188 ; 
Isle of Wight Horticultrual, 508; 
Lincolnshire Gardeners', 396; 
Liverpool Horticultural Associa¬ 
tion, 173, 316; Manchester, 237; 
National Amateur Gardeners’ Asso¬ 
ciation, 268, 285, 492 ; Peeblesshire 
Horticultural, 413 ; Reading and 
District Gardeners’, 261, 3x7, 357, 
383, 431, 466, 702, 734, 781 ; 
Scottish Horticultural Association, 
24, 104, 173, 176, 335. 3?i. 46L 620, 
652 ; Sevenoaks Gardeners’ and 
Amateurs’, 461, 621 ; Sherborne 
Gardeners’, 396, 658 ; Shirley Gar¬ 
deners', 40, 88, 120, 136, 189, 284, 
335 . 397 . 477 . 54 L 62r, 658 , 765 ; 
Southport and Birkdale, 237 ; Tivi- 
dale Gardeners', 572 ; Torquay 
Gardeners' Association, 220, 335, 
492 ; Wakefield Paxton Society, 
120, 367, 557 ; Widcombe Horti¬ 
cultural Club, 396 ; Woking and 
