VI • August 29,1896. 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening World. 
District, 136; Woolton, 236, 269, 
335, 381, 412, 445, 476; Yeovil 
Gardeners’, 189 
Muscari conicum, 541 
Myosotis Rehsteineri, 559; Webb's 
Blue King, 403 
Myrtle, Laurel, Arbutus, &c., 243 
N 
Name, what’s in a? 319 
Narcissi and their artistic use, 578 
Narcissus, Barrii Dorothy E. 
Wemyss, 542; Burbidgei Mrs. C. 
Bowley, 542; Cormoran, 542; 
Glory of Leiden, 542 ; Johnstoni 
Queen of Spain, 542; imcompara- 
biiis Commander, 542 ; incompara- 
bilis Mabel Cowan, 542; junci- 
folius, 596; Madame de Graaff, 542; 
Madame Plemp, 542; poeticus 
Dante, 526; poeticus Petrarch, 
526; Scilly White, 556 ; Weardale 
Perfection, 542 
National Chrysanthemum Society: — 
Annual dinner, 227; Annual general 
meeting, 418 ; Annual outing, 717 ; 
National flowers, 781 
Nature, man and, 96 
Neal’s Nurseries, Mr. Robert, 237 
Nectarine Cardinal, 622, 627 
Need for rain, 243 
Nertera depressa, 709 
New Homes in the West, 221 
Nicotine for fumigating vines, danger 
of, 47, 64 
Nightshade, the Deadly, 621, 645 
Nord-Horticole, 604 
Norwood Hall, Aberdeen, 58 
Notes from the West, occasional, 228 
Nothochloena sinuata, 565 
Nymphaea Marliacea carnea, 814; 
robinsoniana, S14 
Nut culture in England, 144 
o 
Oak-Apple Day, 636 
Oakwood, notes from, 227 
Obituary ;—Abbott, Mr. Thomas, 
214 ; Anderson, Mr. William, 66, 
88; Bause, Mr. Frederick Chris¬ 
tian, 145; Blackie, Mr. Robert, 
508; Bennett, Mr. Alfred, 781; 
Crispin, Mr. James, 129 ; Cummins, 
Mrs. G., 7:0; Ewing, Mr. John, 
774; Fairley, Mr. Thomas, 284; 
Farquhar, Mr. Robert, 396; Find¬ 
lay. Mr. Bruce, 709; Findlay, 
Mrs. Bruce, 204; Gilbert, Mr. 
Richard, 204, 242 ; Goldsmid, The 
Right Hon. Sir Julian, 316; Grieve, 
Mr.Peter, 97 ; Knight, Mr. George, 
621; Mackie, Mr. David, 732; 
Martin, Mr. W., 733 ; Riley, Pro¬ 
fessor C. V., 98 ; Taylor, Dr. John 
Ellor, F.G.S., F.L.S , 82; Trotter, 
Mr. Henry, 310; Walters, Mr. 
James, 214 
October Chrysanthemum Show, 96 
Odontoglossum andersonianum Falk¬ 
land Park var. 527 ; aspidorhinum, 
783: citrosmum var.. 653 : Cora- 
dinei Rosefield var., 495: crispum 
arthurianum, 463 ; crispum august- 
um, 625; crispum Evelina, 495 ; 
crispum expansum, 625 ; crispum 
guttatum Lord Sherborne, 670 : 
crispum guttatum Miss Victoria 
Ellis, 626; crispum Lowae, 625 ; 
crispum Princess, 591: Edwardi, 
590: excellens Rossiyn var., 494; 
Hallii grandifiorum, 591 ; hume- 
anum excellens, 495; Pescatorei, 
second flowering of, 139; pittianum, 
527 ; Rossii majus rubescens, 398 ; 
ruckerianum Masonii, 495 ; wilcke- 
anum Cooksonii, 495 ; wilckeanum 
pittianum, 414 
Olympia, 530, 645, 660 
Omphalodes verna, 565 
Oncidium cheirophorum, 338; con- 
color, 575 ; ornithorhynchum, 106; 
ornithorhynchum albiflorum, 90; 
pulchellum, 575; spilopterum, 90; 
tigrinum, 270 ; varicosum gigante- 
um, 625; virgulatum, 750; War- 
scewiczii, 371 
Onion fly, remedies for, 781 
Onions, weight of, 113 
Ononis repens, 29 
Ophiopogon Jaburan variegatus, 7g 
Orchid and Lily Nursery, 515 
Orchid, a lost, 781, 796; baskets, 
improved, 72 
Orchid Houses, the, 27, 59, 91, 122, 
175, 207, 239, 287, 323, 355, 387, 
415, 446, 479, 511, 543 . 574 - 62 3 - 
655. 687, 719, 751, 799-829 
Orchideenne, Orchids certificated by 
the, 120 
Orchids at Chardwar, 174, 386, 446, 
575 ; at Clapton, 403 ; at Highbury, 
669 ; at Highfield, 692 ; at Maida 
Vale, 468; at Norwood Hall, 
Aberdeen, 415 ; at the sale rooms, 
55S, 589, 652, 653, 668, 684,701, 
732, 748, 764 ; at Woolton Wood, 
413, 638; from Perth, 415; from 
Rosemount, Perth, 542, 701 ; from 
Sligachan, 669; Messers. Lewis’, 
653 ; Rossiyn, Stamford Hill, 413; 
valuable, 397, 444 
Orchis latifolia, 707 
Oxford Botanic Gardens ; the plant 
houses, 63 ; trees and shrubs at, 
126 
P 
Paeony Carnosa, 622 ; Cynthia, 622 ; 
Ella C. Stubbs, 622 ; Marchioness 
of Granby, 622 ; Margaret Attwood, 
670 ; Kelway’s Florizel, 622 ; Lang- 
port Queen, 670 ; Marnovia, 670 ; 
Lord Dunraven, 622 ; The Mikado, 
670 
Palms, management of, 401 
Pansies, fancy, 451, 637, 638 ; fancy, 
from Hawick,708 ; from Forest Hill, 
669; from Holmsdale Nurseries, 
620; introduced in 1895, new - *73 ; 
selection of the best varieties of 
fancy, 370; culture of the fancy, 
513 ; Webb’s New Diamond, 401 
Park Place, Henley-on-Thames, 24, 
812, 820 
Parsnip disease, hi, 127, 
Parsnips, phenomenal, 228 
Passion-flower, the, 65, 77 
Pasque-flower the, 497 
Pastures, temporary, 366 
Patent bouquet and wreath holder, 
45 
Patent Lawn Sweeper, 40 
Pea Gradus, 724 ; notes, 483 ; 
Sutton's Early Prolific, 660 
Peas and Potatos, early, 637 ; and 
Tomatos, Messrs. Sutton, s, 620 ; 
blue, for boiling, 380; cooking, 
green, 732 ; early, 676 ; poisonous, 
107; trial of garden, 732 ; two good, 
381 
Peach buds dropping, 237, 292 ; 
record, 716, 733 
Peaches, two crops of, 303 
Pear, a large, 88, 120 ; Aspasie Au- 
court, 815; Chaumontel, 309 ; King 
Humbert, 243 
Pears, 193, 204 
Peed & Sons, Messrs John, 137 
Pelargonium King of Denmark, 591 ; 
Persimmon, 670, 671 
Pelargoniums and Begonias, Mr. 
Jones', 610; at Leyland, S21 ; at 
Swanley, 817 ; old, 143 
Pentlands, in view of the, 225 
Pentstemon Cobaea, 190; President 
Carnot, 814 
Pentstemons at Hawick, 64 
People we have met: Cheal, Mr. 
Joseph 462 ; Clark, Mr. Charles, 
211 ; Cuthbertson, Mr Michael, 
510; Fife, Mr. Robert. F R H.S., 
351 ; Forbes, Mr. John, 643 ; Lees, 
Mr. W. H., 222 ; Molyneux, Mr. 
Edwin, 307 ; Martin, Mr. Arthur 
George, 285 ; Stanton, Mr. George, 
685 ; the Ryecroft hero, 269 ; the 
uninvited critic at the shows, 261 
Peristeria aspersa, 670 
Petasites fragrans, 357 
Petunias, 821 
Phaiocalanthe Sedeni albiflora, 338 
Phaius maculatus, 106 
Phalaenopsis denticulata, 190 
Philodendron devansayanum, 626 
Phlox coccinea, 357 ; decussata, 468; 
Leonardo da Vinci, 42; subulata 
Nelsoni, 677 
Phloxes, notes on, 238 
Phyllocacti, garden, 610 
Phyllocactus Elatior, 626 ; Ena, 626 ; 
Eurasian, 626; Ovis, 626: Venus, 
622 
Phyllostachys Kumasasa, 814 
Physalis Franche'tii, 122, 243 
Picotee Clio, 751 
Pictures of Irises and Daffodils, 588 
Pine, the Swiss Stone, 397 
Pink Earnest Ladhams, 111 
Pink Hill Nurseries, 225 
Pistillate Strawberries, 75 
Pitcairnia corallina, 419 
Plant-breeding, 443 
Planting season, the, 236 
Plants feed, how, 274, 290 ; from 
Brightlingse3, rare, 828; grow, 
when, 765; movements of, 975 ; 
Platycerium alcicorne, 228; Veitchi, 
626 
Platyceriums on cork, 469 
Pleurothallis longissima, 190 ; tribu- 
loides, 670 
Plum President, 123 
Plum tree bearing Apples, 90 
Podocarp, the Alpine, 451 
Pogonia Lewisii, 670 
Poisoning and artificial manures, 
blood, 120 
Poisonous Peas, 101 
Polygonum orientale, 96 
Poly gala Chamaebuxus, 526 
Polypodies, the British, 721 
Polypodium Schneideri, 475 
Polystichum constrictum, 190 
Popular flowers at Chelsea, 41 
Portulaca grandiflora, 47 
Posoqueria macropus, 591 
Potato, Carter’s King of the Russets, 
435 ; Cockerill’s Seedling, 43, 65 ; 
Daniels' Duke of York, 437; Pride 
of Tonbridge, 43 ; Prizetaker, 437 ; 
Reading Giant, 430 ; Schoolmaster, 
436 ; Sutton’s Triumph, 43 ; Syon 
House Prolific, 43, 431; The Bruce, 
268, 436; The Flounder, 589; The 
Paxton, 430; The Sutton Flour- 
ball, 432 ; Village Blacksmith, 120 ; 
Webbs’ Progress, 434 
Potato questions and aspects of to¬ 
day, 135 
Potatos, 229, 242, 261, 276, 461, 481 ; 
A plea for late varieties, 436 ; At 
the Smithfield Show, 238 ; big, 436, 
460 ; Buchan Tawties in the sax- 
ties, 435 ; deep cultivation, 434 ; 
disease-resisting, 437 ; early Potatos 
outside, 434 ; for the garden, 432 ; 
forcing Gf, 447 ; grown at Chiswick 
in 1873, 438 ; in the North, 334; 
manuring, 432 ; modern aspects of 
culture, 429 ; new, 572 ; popular 
exhibition, 467 ; soils for, 515 ; trial 
at Chiswick in 1881, 450; weight 
of crop per acre, 438 ; wide versus 
close planting, 432 
Pot-pourri, 172 ; of Roses, 765 
Practice and theory, 75 
Primrose, the blue, 501 
Primroses at Falkland Park, 561; and 
Polyanthus, 547, 548 ; from seed, 
bunch,593 
Primula japonica, 724; obconica, 
curious freak of, 565 ; The Lady,387 
Primulas,. Carters’, 446; Messrs. 
Laing’s, 318 ; Messrs. Sutton’s 
Chinese, 354 : notes on hardy, 483 , 
the Chelsea, 397 
Prize essays on fruit growing, 524 
Propagating glass, the Reading, 493 
Protea cynaroides, 357 
Prunus davidiana, 373 ; Mume, 516 
Pseudotsuga Douglasii glauca pen- 
dula, 123 
Pteris Boultonii, 462, 627 ; Drink- 
waterii, 591 ; serrulata voluta, 724 ; 
tremula elegans, 478 
Pumpkins and Squashes, crossing, 43 
Purbeck House, no 
Putney, St. John's Nurseries, 210 
Pyrethrum Golconde, 626 
Pyrus floribunda Scheideckerii, 591 ; 
fruits, some, 144 : Malus, 547 ; 
Maulei, 79 
R 
Raasay, weather report, 341 
Rabbits, 701 
Radish, olive-shaped bright red, 591 : 
olive-shaped deep scarlet, 559 ; 
olive-shaped white, 559 
Railway rates for market gardening 
and agricultural produce, 303, 476 ; 
Market Gardeners and the G.E.R., 
204 
Railway station, a pretty,61 ; stations, 
decoration of, 72 
Rampsbeck, Penrith, 676 
Ranunculus fluitans, termination of, 
755 ; tripartitus, 685 
Raspberries, ripe, 204 
Raspberry canes, tying, 25 
Reading, Bechuanaland chiefs at, 78 ; 
hardy flowers at, 738 ; tuberous 
Begonias at, 10 
Red Gables Gardens, Carlisle, 541 
Renanthera Storiei, 527 
Retrospect and Prospect, 41 1 
Rhea fibre, 749 
Rhodochiton volubile, 449 
Rhododendron Dalhousiae, 596 ; 
grande, 419; H. M. Arderne, 627; 
Helen Paul, 627 ; La Belle. 596 ; 
Numa.igo ; Profusion, 591 ; Purity, 
478; Schlippenbachii, 558 ; Yellow 
Perfection, 478 
Rhodendrons, Himalayan, in Decem¬ 
ber, 275 
Rhubarb Collis’ Seedling, 591 ; forc¬ 
ing, 308 ; The Sutton, 7734 Vic¬ 
toria, 591 
Rhus Cotinus, 797 
Richardia africana, and its treatment, 
270 ; double-spathed, 645 ; elliotti- 
ana, 661 ; Rehmanni, 309 
Richardias in small pots, 228 
Richmond Terrace Gardens, 63 
Ringing or working, 286 
Rivers & Son, Messrs. Thomas, 109 
Riverside, Morpeth, 285 
Rosa indica Cramoise Superieure, 96 ; 
indica sanguinea, 127 : multiflora 
Miniature, 657 ; rugosa Coulbert’s 
Double White, 773 ; rugosa fim- 
briata, 670 ; rugosa Rose Apples, 
470 ; wichuriana, 765 
Rose, a blue, 316, 335, 367; Clara 
Watson, 526 ; Crimson Rambler 
781 ; Deegen’s White Marecha, 
Niel, 309 ; Empress Alexander 
of Russia, 750 ; Enchantress, 222 ; 
Francis Dubrieul, 750 ; Grand Due 
A. de Luxemburg, 627 ; Marechal 
Niel, 123 : Mrs. Frank Cant, 291 ; 
Royal Scarlet, 670 ; the alpine, 45 
Roses, 499 ; for buttonholes, 722 : 
from Perthshire, 622 ; in 1896, 731 ; 
new, 772, seedling, 47, 692 
Robert Brown the Botanist, 138 
Robin, the, 589 
Robinia mexicana, 26 
Rock garden, a bold piece of, 289 
Rocket, double White, 291 
Rossiyn, Stamford Hill, 413 
Rothamsted Experiments, the, 715 
Root, a determined, 373 ; and vege¬ 
table show at Edinburgh, 258 
Root-pruning by nature, 30 
Roots, storing of, 174 
Royal Agricultural Society, 706 
Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund, 136. 
152, 220, 269, 366, 414, 431, 460, 
716, 780 ; Annual dinner, 683 ; 
annual general meeting, 414 
Royal Horticultural Society, and Mr. 
Barron’s retirement, 5 : annual 
general meeting, 404 ; brief History 
of the, 607 ; Report of the Council, 
&c., 334 
Royal Horticultural Society’s officers, 
the, 609 
Royal Midland farm, root and vege¬ 
table show, 206 
Rudbeckia speciosa, 127 
Rules for judging at flower shows, 
349 
Ryecroft Nursery, Chrysanthemums 
at, 141 ; staff dinner, 220 ; tuberous 
Begonias at, 9 
s 
Saccolabium bellinum, 371 ; minia- 
tum, 670 
St. Albans, Orchids and other flowers 
at, 637 _ 
Saiotpaulia ionantha, 106 
Saladings, 499 
Salvia argeniea, 709 ; leucantha, 275 
Sankey & Son, Messrs., 417 
Sarcochilus Hartmanni. 558 
Sassafras Laurel, the, 685 
Saturday half-holiday, 668 
Saxifraga Camposii, 628 ; oppositi- 
folia major, 462, 4S4; Stracheyi, 
462 
Scabiosa caucasica alba, 26 
Scarlet Runner, a perennial, 692 
Schenley Park, Pittsburg, 701 
Schneider, honour to Mr. George, 50S 
Schomburgkia Humboldtii, 106 
Science, horticulture as a, 365 
Scilly Flowers, 366 
Scolopendrium vulgare, vagaries of 
Fern life in, 430 
Scotch Thistle outlawed, S28 
Scottish Horticultural Association, 
24, 104, 173, 176, 236; Pansy and 
Viola Association, 276, 620 
Scutellaria, derivation of, 772, 786, 
804, 821, 833 
Scutellaria mocciniana, 500 
Seakale roots diseased, 419 
Sedum Sieboldi variegatum, 660 
Sefton Park, fairy fountain in, 46 
Selaginella helvetica, 112 
Senecio Kaempferi flowering, 228 
Shamrock, the, 748 
Sheffield Botanical Gardens, gift to, 
556; Microscopical Society, 612 
Sherwood, Mr. William, celebration 
of the majority of, 269 
