The Gardening Woi Id.] 
CONTENTS. 
[August 29, 1856. 
Shrubs, look to vour ! 270 
Sidalcea malvaeflora Listeri, 814 
Sleepy grass, 139 
Sloe wine, 144 
Slugs : can slugs think ? 546 
Smilax crossing the Atlantic, 498 
Smith &' Co., Messrs. Worcester, 240 
Snowdrop, to the, 402 
Snowdrop-tree, the, 596 ; Windflower, 
659 
Snowdrops at Kew, 414 
Soap plant, a British, 591 ; a 
Californian, 591 
Sobralia lmperatrix, 572 ; Lindeni, 
123 
Societe Nationale des Chrysanthe- 
mistes, 236 
Societies and shows: Abbey Park 
flower show, 803 ; Aberdeen flower 
show, 829 ; Ancient Society 
of York Florists, 557; Arbroath 
Horticultural, 252 ; Barking Horti¬ 
cultural and Floral, 621 ; Bath Rose 
show, 722 ; Beddington, Carshalton, 
and Wallington Horticultural 
Scciety, 40, 128, 789 ; Birmingham 
Amateur Gardeners’ Association, 
351 ; Birmingham Daffodil show, 
547 ; Brighton and Sussex Horticul¬ 
tural, 32, 351, 430, 541,828 ; Bristol 
Amateur Horticultural, 733, 748 ; 
Bute Horticultural Society, 236; 
Cardiff, 820; Chelmsford and 
Essex Horticultural, 733 ; Chester 
Horticultural, 803; Chippenham 
and Calve, 412; Crystal Palace, 
469 ; Dalton, 350 ; Dundee, 335 ; 
Eastbourne Horticultural, 540 ; 
Edinburgh Botanical, 476 ; Forest 
Hill and Catford show, 805 ; 
Formby Horticultural, 733 ; Gar¬ 
deners ot Dunoon and District, 
445 ; Glasgow and West of Scot¬ 
land Horticultural, 31, 198, 212; 
Gloucestershire Rose, 366 ; Grass- 
end ale Spring Show, 477 ; Grimsby 
Flower Show, 804; Hereford and 
West of England, 525, 413 ; Hert¬ 
ford, 350 ; Higbgate Horticultural, 
749 ; Ipswich and East of England 
Horticultural Society, 723 ; Isle of 
Wight Rose Society, 685 ; Lewes 
Chrysanthemum, 396; Liverpool 
Horticultural Association, 351, 
531 ; Lizard Chrysanthemum, 396 ; 
Loughton Chrysanthemum Society, 
509 ; Loughborough Chrysanthe¬ 
mum, 573 ; Manchester Royal 
Botanical and Horticultural, 460, 
629; Midland Carnation and 
Picotee, 444, 788 ; Moretonhamp- 
stead, 350; National Auricula and 
Primula Society, 172 (Southern 
Section) 548,444; National Carna¬ 
tion aDd Picotee (Southern Section) 
444, 771 ; National Dahlia Society’s 
show, 32 ; National Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Society, 30, 72, 96, 121, 136, 
160, 204, 220, 227, 229, 237, 252, 
418, 461, 524, 525; National Co¬ 
operative Show, 832 ; National Pink 
Society (Midland Section) 604, 700 ; 
National Rose Society, 708, 724 ; 
National Viola, 693 ; New Brighton 
Rose Show, 734 ; Newcastle spring 
flower shows, 547, 739 ; Norfolk and 
Norwich, 335; Northumberland, 
Durham, and Newcastle, 430, 476, 
739 ; Norfolk and Norwich Horti¬ 
cultural, 335 ; Ore Gardeners’ 444 ; 
Penzance Chrysanthemum Society, 
334 ; People’s Palace, 508 ; Perth 
Royal Horticultural, 788 ; Prescot 
Horticultural, 772 : Preston and 
Fulwood, 485 ; Radstock Horti¬ 
cultural, 460; Reading Horti¬ 
cultural Society, 50 ; Richmond 
Horticultural, 709 ; Romford Horti- 
ticultural, 508; Rothesay, 820; 
Royal Botanic, 461, 484, 508, 509, 
53 2 . 54 °. 7 2 5 i 732 i Royal Cale¬ 
donian Society, 34 ; Royal Horti¬ 
cultural, 33, 79, 112, 144, 180, 214, 
244. 3 i 9 . 388. 4 ° 4 ’ 452 . 485, 
516, 548, 581, 610, 661, 693, 741, 
773 > 805, 834; Royal Horticultural 
Society of Ireland, 351, 492, 540, 
557, 716 ; Royal Gardeners' Society, 
367 ; Scottish, 335 ; Selby Horticul¬ 
tural, 757; Sevenoaks, 819 ; Shrews¬ 
bury, 821, 833 ; Southwell Horti¬ 
cultural, 620; Stoke Newington, 
Stamford Hill, and Clapton Chry¬ 
santhemum, 445; Southampton, 
412; Tavistock Cottage Garden, 
461 ; Tunbridge Wells Horti¬ 
cultural, 740 ; Ulster Horticultural 
Chrysanthemum, 335, 556, 588 ; 
Uffculme Horticultural, 366; 
Waterford Horticultural, 524, 787; 
Welden Horticultural, 540; West 
Malvern, 819; West of England 
Chrysanthemum, 430, 508 
Soils, the management of, and the 
application of manures, 657, 673 
Solanum jasminoides, 814; Wend- 
landii, 673 
Solomon's Seal, in, 579 
Sonerilla Silver Queen, 626 
Southgate Chrysanthemum Society, 
dinner of the, 252 
Spanish fruits and nuts, 782 
Spathoglottis gracilis, 590 ; pubes- 
cens, 190 
Species, manufacturing ? 91 
Spider Plant, the, 91 
Spiraea Thunbergii, 357 
Spraying of plants, 592 
Spring Flowers at Holloway, 483 ; 
at Long Ditton, 484 ; at Tottenham, 
37 ° 
Spring, the signs of, 507 
Springthorpe Cup and Tube, the, 57 
Spruce, Maxwell’s, 497 
Stanhopea sp., 527 
Stanstead Park Nursery, 513, 786 
Stanton House, Croydon, 557 
Stapelia gigantea.a grand plant of, 143 
Statice Suworowi, 804 
Steam Pump, new, 620 
StemoDia the genius, 591 
Stenoglottis longifolia, 591 
Stirling Horticultural Society, 50 
Stock, Sutton's Purity, 526 
Stratiotes aloides, 65 
Strawberries from seed, alpine, 722 ; 
pistillate, 75 
Strawberry John Ruskin, 692 ; Louis 
Gauthier, 460 ; Royal Sovereign, 
557, 676 ; Thomas Carlyle, 677 ; 
Veitch’s Perfection, 751; with per¬ 
sistent petals, 677, 692 
Strawberry beds, mulching, 64 
Streatham The Grove, 221 
Streptocarpus, a new strain of, 573 ; 
giganteus, 462, 478; Mrs. Heal, 
814; pulchellus, 750; Wendlandii, 
756 
Strobilanthes dyerianus, 40 ■ 
Student, a successful, 797 
Styrax japonicum, 705 
Sunflowers, big, 24, 56, 72 
Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide, 254; 
Bulbs, 780 
Sutton & Sons, Messrs, annual 
excursion, 669 : great exhibit, 605 
Swanage, notes from, (I) 74 (II) 93 
(III) no 
Swanley Horticultural College, 381, 
788; Pelargoniums at, 817; 
tuberous Begonias at, 13 
Sweeper, Patent Lawn, 40 
Sweet Pea Cupid, 285 ; Lady Grisel 
Hamilton, 751 ; Prince Edward of 
York. 751 ; Queen Victoiia, 751 
Sweet Peas, a fine collection of, 660 ; 
trial of, 689 
Sweet Williams from Holmesdale, 702 
Swiss Stone Pine, 484 
Switzerland, flowers and fruit in, 28 
Syndical Chamber of Belgian Horti¬ 
culturists, 24, 700, 717, 733, 796 
Syon House, 739 
Syrian Hibiscus, the, 484 
Syringing Tomatos, 692 
T 
Tacsonias dropping their buds, 47, 
64 
Tea Roses, 65 
Technical education for Scotland, 
136 . 
Technical instruction: lectures in 
Devon, 220; at Dersingham, 316; 
at Ilkeston, 636; at Spondon, 
Derby, 636 
Temple Show of ’96, the, 603 ; awards 
at the, 628; new plants at the. 
625; reflections on the, 619; the 
610 
Terrestrial life, origin of, 123 
Tetworth, Sunningdal?, 237 
Thames ferries, 644 
Thermometer for botanic gardens, 
316 
Things to be remembered, 644 
Tiarella cordifolia, 581 
Tiger Beetle, habits of, 701 
Todea bipinnatifida arborea, 622 
Tomato, a heavy, 533; Austin’s 
Eclipse, 79 ; Duke of York, 74 ; 
Earliest ot all, 645; Frogmore 
Selected, 341 ; Prelude Improved, 
318 
Tomato Growing, 653; trials at 
Chiswick, 819 
Tomatos, 763 ; early, 367 ; for market, 
642 ; grafted on Potatos, 174 ; save 
your green, in ; syringing, 670, 
692 ; timely reflections concerning, 
500 
“ Traveller’s Notes, A,” 699 
Tree and shrub planting, 260 ; growth 
on the Essrx coast, 45 ; planting at 
Exmouth, 204 
Trees and shrubs at Oxford, 126 ; and 
shrubs, hardy, 621 ; for the con¬ 
servatory, hardy, 459; remarkable 
Ayrshire, 395 ; tall or dwarf, 242 
Trials, Tomato, at Chiswick, 819 
Trinity Flower, 733 
Trollius Orange Globe, 627 
True blue, where is ? 103 
Trumpet Lilies, 383 
Tuber, a large, 172, 210 
Tulip, the English show, 417, 674; 
the leading types of, 587; The Sul¬ 
tan, 4gi ; Yellow Rose, 596 
Tulipa Eichleri, 495 ; retroflexa, 591; 
saxatilis, 591 ; vitellina, 591 
Tulips, 595 ; and Hyacinths, 418 ; at 
Long Ditton, 597; exhibition of, 
613 ; Gold Medal for, 636 ; in Hyde 
Park, 558 ; Mr. B. Hartland's, 572 ; 
Parrot, 596 
u 
United Horticultural Benefit and 
Provident Society, 88, 125, 450; 
Anniversary dinner, 125 ; Annual 
general meeting, 450 
United States, Horticulture in the, 
356 
Useful insects, 243 
Y 
Vanda, Batemannii, 41, Charles- 
worthii, 338 ; Lowii, 41 ; Parishi 
marriotiana, 306, 558; parviflora, 
755; spathulata, 590; teres 
gigantea, 590 
vii. 
Vanilla, the genus, 323 
Vegetable Calendar, 287, 339, 387, 
462, 559, 639, 671, 703, 734, 767’ 
798, 829 
Vegetable garden on board ship, 445 ; 
new, 756; show at Chiswick, 33 ; 
in Kent, 30 
Vegetables, early, 637, 638 ; for exhi¬ 
bition, 786, 798 
Veitch Memorial Medals and Prizes, 
268, 636, 652 
Verbenas as annuals, 798 
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, 385; 
4 8 3 
Vine, the Silwood Park, 209 
Vineyards, the Marquis of Bute’s, 24 
Viola Conference, 797, 813 ; from 
Elgin, a yellow, 65, 79 ; Lavender 
King, 703 ; Show, the National, 
693 . 723 1 the, 594 
Violas from Hawick, 734 ; from 
Rothesay, 579; from Stevenage, 
654; the growing popularity of, 
811 ; trial of, 604 
Violet, California, 412, 476, 540; 
Marie Louise, 275 ; Princess of 
Wales, 122, 468; the Neapolitan, 
292 
Violets, sweet, 274 ; two handsome, 
309 
Volume, our new, 3 
Vriesia suringariana, 419 
w 
Wallflower, Sutton’s Earliest of 
All, 228 
Ward, Dr. Marshall, 172, 445 
Ware’s Gold Medal Begonias, 126 
Wasps’ nests, to destroy, 832 
Water in Relation to Plant Growth, 
87 
Watering, 734 
Weed, a rare British water, 495 
Weeds that might be useful, 104 
West Ham Flower Show, 772 
Wheat and British plants, competi¬ 
tion between, 399 
Whiteley’s, flowers at Mr. William, 
193 
Williams Memorial Medals, the, 334 
Windsor, Magnolias at, 40; Rose 
Show, 707 
Winter moth, the, 112, 127, 802, 821 
Wireworms, killing, 685 
Wolverhampton Spring Show, 540 
Wood, honeycombed, 495 
Woodman, Dr , proposed memorial 
to, 220, 396, 652 ; the late Dr., 174 
Wood-pulp paper, 477 
Woolton Wood, Orchids at, 413 
Worm-eating Slugs, 89, 144 
Worms, keep out, 397 ; ridding lawns 
of, 828 
Wreath, how to make a, 276 
X 
XL All vaporizer, 525, 565, 749 
Y 
York Florists, Ancient Society of, 
303 ; Gala, 692 
Yorkshire College, Leeds, the, 39 
Yucca gloriosa in November, 220 
z 
Zea Mays variegata, 96 
Zinnias, a border of, 46 
Zygopetalum grandiflorum, 750; 
Perremondi, 463 
