The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS. 
[August 30, 1890. V 
Law notes, Hawkins and Bennett v. 
Ware, 45 
Leaves, 375 
Lee prizes, the, 454 
Leeds Chrysanthemum Show, 52 
Leeds' Paxton Society, 91 
Leeks and Onions, 535 
Leek culture in Scotland, 472 
Leicester Abbey Park Flower Show, 
78S 
Lemons, Florida, 278 
Lenten Roses at Long Ditton, 390 
Leschenaultia biloba major, 404 
Lettuces, notes on, 7S9 
Lettuce, New York Head, 37, 795 ; 
Veiteh's Golden Queen, 651 
Letter writer, a poetic, 772 
Licuala grandis, 342 
Light, artificial, and plants, 211 
Lilac, Charles X., 394 
Lilies, Chinese sacred, 212 ; Japan, 
356 ; at Heatherbank, the, 57 
Lilies of the Valley, 595 
Lilium auratum, 756, 811 ; auratum in 
Aberdeenshire, 52 ; Bolanderi, 716; 
croceum, 699; giganteum, hardi¬ 
ness of, 491; Hansoni, 700 ; mona- 
delphum Szovitzianum, 700, 715, 
77S : neilgherren e, 1S6 ; speciosum 
album, 795 ; tigrinum, S25 
Lily, a legend of the, 762 
Lily of the Incas, 556 
Lily of the Nile, 5S2 
Linaria reticulata aurea purpurea, 
795 
Linaria triornithophora, 7 
Linum trigynum, 234 
Liquid manures, 726 
Lithospermum prostratum, 715 
Litobrochia robusta, 315 
Liverpool Horticultural Association, 
285, 470 
Lobelia cardinalis, 764; Devonhurst 
seedling,Sll; erinus.ReineBlanche, 
651 ; fuigens, 5 ; speciosa, 792 
Lobelias, a collection of, 822 
Lomaria fluv'a ilis, S10 
London County Council and the 
Public Parks, 659, 772 
London fog, 660 
London Road Nursery, Reading, the, 
357 
Lomaria buxifolia, 299 
Lonchitis pubescens, 331 
Lonicera sempervirens, 664 ; Stan- 
dishii, 314 
Lorv, the late Mr. Stuart H., 569 
Lunaria biennis variegata, 604 
Lupinus albo-coccineus nanus, 7SS ; 
Foxii, 635; Menziesii, 795 
Lycaste consobrina, 701; leucantha, 
252; plana Cumminsii, 92; Skin- 
neri alba, 172; Skinneri Regime, 
411 ; Skinneri, Young’s var., 444 ; 
Skinneri, twin-flowered, 140 
Lycopodium Hippuris, 299 
Lypiatt Park, winter flow’ers at, 155 
M 
Machattie, Mr. T. W., 265 
Maeodes Petola, 140 
Madagascar Periwinkle, 68 
Madeira, the English, 198 
Magnolia grandiflora, 551; conspicua, 
524 ; the Lily-flowered, 437; stel- 
lata, 525 
Malope trifida and its varieties, 764 
Man, influence of, on vegetation, 619, 
630 
Manchester Botanical Gardens, 164 
Manchester Botanical and Horticul¬ 
tural Society, 342 
Manchester Horticultural Improve¬ 
ment Society, 157, 173, 205, 34S 
Mandevilla suaveolens, 474 
Manures, liquid, 726 
Manure, experiments with, in Orchid 
culture, 327, 343, 359 
Marigolds, African, 7, 805 
Market Gardeners, lady, 420 
Market Gardeners on strike, 565 
Marketing fruits, hardy, 419 
Marsdenia erecta, 731 
Martynia fragrans, 764 
Masdevallia bella, 700 ; Chimrera Gor- 
gona, 669 ; coccinea, 253 ; coriacea, 
619; Courtauldiana, 685; elephan- 
ticeps, 748; leontoglossa, 411 ; 
Lowii, 796; polysticta, 411; pulvi- 
naris, 34S; racemosa, 269 ; Rolfeana, 
749; Schroderiana, 717 ; Shuttle- 
worthii, 204; tovarensis, 124; 
Veitchiana, 619 ; vesperiilio, 62 
Matlock Bath Flower Show, 7S8 
Maurandya Barclayana and varieties, 
788 
Maxillaris nigrescens, 157; picta, 140, 
253 
Maxwell, the late Captain, 298 
Mealy-bug and its eradication, 524 
Mealy-bug, 234 
Medinilla Curtisii, 492; magnifica, 
394 
Meiica ciliata, 91 
Melon, Barkham’s seedling, 764 ; 
Cook’s seedling, 70S ; Highland 
hybrid, 708 ; Queen Anne’s Pocket, 
618 ; Sion House seedling, 708 ; the 
“ Countess,’’ 217 
Melons from old and new seeds, 502 
Melons, on sowing, 423 ; at Syon, S24 
Memento mod, 692 
Metropolitan Markets, 292 
Michaelmas Daisies, a plea for, 43 
Mignonette, Garraway’s double white 
improved, 556 
Mignonette and its culture, 40, 698, 
774 
Mignonette, specimen plants of, 475 
Migratory spirit, the, 204 
Miltonia Bleui, 365 ; Roezh'i, 573; 
vexillaria Leopoldi, 62 
Mimicry among Ferns, 315 
Mimuluses, 566 
Mimulus moschatus compactus, 7S8 
Mint, green, all the year round, 378 
Mitraria coccinea, 40 
Moneywort, variegated Cornish, 524 
Monoehietum sericeum multiflora, 
331 
Monthly Roses, 342 
Moss on Lawn, 78 
Moss on trees, to destroy, 212 
Moth trap, a simple, 101 
Mound caves for tender plants, 346 
Mowing machines, concerning, 295 
Musa ensete in fruit, 636 ; a large. 26S 
Muscari armeniacum, 572 ; conicum, 
603 
Mushroom, the culture of, 410; in 
Melon frames, 525 
Mutisia decurrens, 123, 763 
Myosotis rupicola, 604 
Myrtus Ugni, 651 
Myrtle, the variegated, 427 
Myrtles, note on, 60 
Mystacidiuin fllicorne, 605 
N 
Narcissus bicolor, Madame de 
Graaff, 552 ; bulbocodium mono- 
phyllus, 362 ; bulbocodium nivalis, 
37S ; cyelamineus, 373 ; George 
Engleheart, 555 ; Glory of Leyden, 
537 ; gracilis, 597 ; Johnstoni, Mrs. 
G. Cammell, 572 ; orientalis, 5S2 ; 
the Poets, 601 ; Tazetta chinensis, 
212; Tazetta chinensis, and its 
allies, 521; hybrid, 551 
Narcissus Conference, 501, 533 
Narcissus, history of cultivated, 5S6 
National Carnation and Picotee 
Society’s, Southern Show, 744 
National Chrysanthemum Society, 
476, 724, 740, 756 ; Annual Dinner, 
227, 269 
National Co-operative Flower Show, 
813 
National Rose Show, the, at the 
Crystal Palace, 712 ; at Birming¬ 
ham, 749 
Natuie, met ding, 820 
Navel wort, the blue, 502 
Nemophila Menziesii discoidalis, 773 
Nepeta macrantha, 779 
Nepenthes Burkei, 300; Burkei ex- 
cellens, 811 ; Burkei prolifica, Sll ; 
Burkei superba, 681; Curtisii and 
cylindrica, 473 ; Dicksoniana, 24, 
340; edinense, 812 ; on propa¬ 
gating, 218 
Nephrodium fragrans, 331 
Nephrolepis cordata com pacta, 604 ; 
davallioides, 346; Philippinensis, 
395; plumosa, 556 
New Forest, the, 4 
New South Wales, gardening in, 566 ; 
heavy rainfall in, 7SS ; notes from 
569 
Nicotiana colossa, 124, 228 
North Lonsdale Rose Society, 724 
Nuneham Park, 665 
Nurservand Seed Trade Association, 
the, 600 
Nuttallia cerasiformis, 427 
Nymphsea tuberosa flavescens, 684 ; 
zanzibarensis, a red, 613. 
o 
Oak bark, a substitute for, in tanning, 
340 
Oak, the Cork, 647 
Oak tree, a valuable, 788 
Oak, Turkey, struck by lightning, 55 
Obituary:—Barry, Mr. P., 724; Bax¬ 
ter, Mr. W. H., 676, 692 ; Buxton, 
Mr. John, 141 ; Caudwell, Mr. V., 
486; Curtis. Mr. H., 212; Dancer, 
Mr. F. N., 692 ; Deal. Mr. G., 697 ; 
Flood, Mr. James, 574 ; Fraser, Mr. 
R. C., S7 ; Harrison, Mr. Thomas, 
437 ; Henderson, Mr. J., 326 ; 
James. Mr. Joseph, 793, 804; Lee. 
the Venerable D., 52; Lendy, Major 
A. F., 109; Low, Mr. Stuart H., 551 ; 
Maxwell,Captain, 27S; McNab, Dr. 
W. R., 228 ; Marnock, Mr. R , 190; 
Micklewright, Mr., 380 ; Pritchard, 
Mr. William, 109; Rawlings, Mr. 
John, 654 ; Robinson, Mr. James, 
574; Rose, Mrs. H., 582 ; Shuttle- 
worth, Mr. T. M.. 36 ; Stewart, Mr. 
J. S,, 708 ; Sutherland, Mr. J., 724 ; 
Treherne, Mr. J., 676 ; Tyerman, 
Mr. J. S., 212; Walker, Mr. R.. 477; 
Webber, Mr. Henry, 349; Williams, 
Mr. B. S., 681, 692 ; Williams, Mrs. 
B. 3., 109 ; Woolley, Alderman D., 
574; Young, Mr. G. W., 380 ; 
Young, Mr. Maurice, 404, 425 
Odontoglossum bictonense superbum, 
796 ; hybrid Bleui splendens, 637 ; 
crinitum saphiratum, 700; crispum 
Rothscliildianum, 669; crispum 
Smeeanum, 749 ; cristat.ellum, 696 ; 
Galeottianum,f52; grande, 124, 813; 
grande, Tautz’s var., 124; Hors- 
manni, 573; Harryanum, 172; luteo- 
purpureum sceptrum, 700 ; macula- 
turn, 604; Pescatorei var. 62; 
Pescatorei var. Mrs. G. W. Palmer, 
557; Pescatorei. a sulphur-coloured, 
315 ; Pescatorei Tilgate var., 652 ; 
pulchellum,365; ramosissimum var. 
411; Rossii aspersum, 461; Rossii 
aspersuin violaceum, 781 ; Smee¬ 
anum, 652 ; Stevensi, 557; trium- 
phans aureum, 540; triumphans 
Devonhurst var., 476 ; vexillarium, 
Le Doux’s var., 557; vexillarium. 
Fairy Queen, 637 
Oilcake as a trap for wireworms, 618 
Oliver, Prof., resignation of, 628 
Omphalodes verna, 502 
Oncidium Cavendishianum, 300; 
cebolleta, 2S4; dasystyle, 781 ; 
Harrisonianum, 796 ; Larkinianuin, 
444,493; inaculatum,573j incurvum, 
77; papilio Kiamerianum, 732 ; 
pulvinatum, 700; rhizorrhapis, 748; 
roraimense, 637; saltabundum, 
364; sphacelatum, 619 ; stellige- 
rum, 669 ; tigrinum, 140; varico- 
sum, 365 ; Wentworthianum, 172 
Onion, Cranston’s Excelsior, 119 
Onions, the culture of, 491, 508, 525 
Onions, large, 1S4 ; notes on, 820 
Orach, the purple, 684 
Orange, the Otaheite, 234 
Orchard and fruit gardens, 358 
Orchid, a leafless, 348 
Orchids, cultivated, Goemans' list of, 
84 
Orchid Growers’ Calendar, 27, 61, 92, 
124,157. 187, 220, 252, ?S4, 315, 348, 
396, 428, 461, 493, 540, 557, 589, 619, 
652, 685, 716, 748, 781, 812 
Orchid Committee, the R. H. S., 325 
Orchid king, the, 597 
Orchid nomenclature rules, the new, 
582 
Orchids and the million, 707 
Orchid culture, experiments with 
manure in, 327, 343, 359 
Orchid disease, a virulent, 388 
Orchids from Arddarroch. 220, 42S, 
717 ; at The Briars, Reigate, 396; 
from Clovenfords, 364 ; at Crackley 
Hall, 396 ; from Ravenswood, 396 ; 
at St. Albans, 471; from Terregles, 
573 ; from Westbrook, 652; from 
Westmount, 619 
Orchids, popular, cultivation and se¬ 
lection of, 553, 5S5, 599 
Orchids, sale of the late Mr. Parting¬ 
ton's, 140 ; sale of Mr. Tautz’s, 676, 
700 
Orchis latifolia, Madeira var., 732 
Ornithogalum nutans, 534 
Osborn's Nursery, Sunbury, 612 
Osmanthus fragrans, 346 
Osmaston Manor, 170 
Oxford Botanic Garden seed list, 405, 
648 
Oysters growing on trees, 425 
P 
rACHYSTOMA Tliomsonianum, 312 
Preonia albiflora, varieties of, 667 ; 
aibiflora, new varieties of, 684; 
conchiflora, 635 ; Moutan, Beatrice 
Kelway, 604 ; sinensis, 6S2 ; Wit- 
manniana, 6lS ; tree, Lady Lottie, 
572; new tree, 556 
Paris Exhibition, decorations at the, 
212 
Paris parks and gardens, 74, 87, 134 
Paris Horticultural Congress, 372 
Parsley, cankered, 86 
Passiflora coerulea Constance Elliott, 
668 
Passion Flower, the first hybrid, 279 
Pasture plants, 74 
Papaver somniferum, The Bride, 795 ; 
nudicaule sulphureum, 10 
Paper as a protecting material, 295, 
341 
Pampas grass as Hay, 565 
Pansies, 136, 776 
Pansy, bedding, Golden Perfection, 
666 
Pansies, fancy, 565, 584 
Paulownia, the, 26 
Pavia, the yellow-flowered, 612 
Paving, wood, 52 
Peaches and Nectarines on open 
walls, 106 
Peach, Early Silver, 68, 87; Hales 
Early, 693 ; Hales’ Early, flavour 
of, 715 
Peach buds dr pping, 119, 391, 358, 
409, 438 
Peaches, notes on, 421 
Pear, Beurre Capiaumont, 157 ; Beur- 
re du Cercle, 215 ; Comte de Lamy, 
135 ; De Maraise, 103; Deux Soeurs, 
119; Doyenne du Comicp, 166; 
Flemish Beauty, 119 ; Marie Louise 
d'Uccle, 135 ; Nouvelle Fulvie, 181 ; 
Paradise d'Automue, 135; Passe 
Colmar, 181 
Pear crop prospect, 595 
Pears, cordon, at Chiswick, S6 
Pear growing in England, 102 
Pears, Mr. Wildsmith on, 100 
Pear trees flowering in July, 699 
Pea, Autocrat, 1S3 ; Chelsea Gem, 651, 
694, 726 ; the Daisy, 7S9 ; the Sham¬ 
rock, 203 ; a new late, 91; Veiteh’s 
Exonian, 709 ; the White Everlast¬ 
ing, 794 
Peas, 678 ; at Chiswick, 788 : early, 
459,651, 668; first quality, 6 ; green, 
644; late, 150, 171 ; for seed, 820; 
notes on, 133 ; New Zealand grown, 
587 ; protecting from sparrows, 58S ; 
a trial of, 772 
Peas, Sweet, 458, 679, 774 ; new, 716 ; 
Eckford’s Primrose-coloured, 715, 
731, 747 
Peat Sifter, Mr. White’s, 661 
Peel Park, spring bulbs in, 5S7 
Pelargonium, Duchess of Fife, 552; 
Midsummer, 6S4; Prince Henry, 
635 ; Turtle’s Surprise, 716 
Pelargoniums, fancy, 138, 722 ; Ivy¬ 
leaved, 471, 741; large flowering, 
712 ; show, 216 ; zonal, 299 ; zonal 
at Chiswick, 693 
Pennyroyal, the Cape, 37S 
Pentsteinon, the bearded, 117 
Pentstemons, 456 
Pentapterygium rugosum, 636 
People and Gardens, the, 517 
Peperomia brevipes, 427 
Periploca grseca, 716 
Peristrophe speciosa, 299 
Periville, 426 
Pescatorea cerina, 364 
Petun’a, Holborn Blue, 788, 824 
Phacelia campanularia, 692 
Fhaius Humblotii, 729 ; llumblotii 
albus, 652; Humblotii and P. H. 
albus, 669 ; hybridus Cooksoni, 444 
Phoenix Itoebelenii, 442, 455 
Phala-nopsis denticulata, 428 ; leu- 
corhoda, 332 ; Michlitzii, 813 ; 
speciosa, 685 ; Stuartiana, 396 ; at 
East Sheen, 405 
Philadelphus inodorus, 492 ; inicro- 
phyllus, 684 
Phlomis truticosa, 123 
Phlox, the perennial, 5 
Pliolidota iinbricata, 236 
Photinia serrulata, hardiness of, 470 
Phyllanthus mimosaefolius, 443 
Phyllocactus Brilliant,604 ; Exquisite 
604 
Physalis Alkekengi, 61 
Picotee, Countess of Jersey, 792 
Picotee classes, revision and classifi¬ 
cation of, 536, 567 
Piercy, Mr. W., on the early-flowering 
Chrysanthemum, 58 
Pimelia speetabilis, 524 
Pimpernell, the bog, 779 
Pink and Carnation prospects, 648 
Pink, the, 744 ; border, 760; bunch¬ 
ing, 212 
Pink, the Florists' laced, 152,168, 536, 
552 ; Mr. J. G. Paul on, 357 ; origin 
of the, 378, 426, 43S, 472, 488, 571 
Pinks, on the culture of, 120, 709 ; 
double Chinese, 70 
Pink Show at the Aquaiium, 691, 696; 
Tom Thorogood at the, 694 
Pink Exhibition at Manchester, 632 
Pink Society, the National, 552, 712, 
S08 
Pink, Her Majesty, 616 ; Mrs. Lakin, 
696 ; James Thurotau, 696 ; Souve¬ 
nir de Sale, 696 
Pinus parvifolia, a fancy price for, 21 
Pitcairnia muscosa, 346 
Pithecoctenium clematideum, 357 
Plant arrangements for effect, 76 
Plant cleanliness, 427 
Plant collectors, honours to, 643 
Plant houses, Toope's system of 
ventilating, 613 
Planting, 522, 537 
Planting machine, a, 356 
Planting season, the, 6S, 164 
Planting wall fruit trees, 245 
Plant life, 490, 506, 522 
Plant names, “Crackjaw,” 149 
Plant protectors, 460 ; Mr. Wilson’s, 
235 
Plants, albinism in, 534 ; colours of, 
758 ; common sense and common 
nonsense in the naming of, 602, 
631 ; hardening off, 551 ; hardy, for 
bedding, 71 ; hardy border, 693 ; 
half-hardy, protecting, 314 ; hardy, 
flowering in January, 315 ; heredity 
in, 724 ; new, certificated in Ghent, 
52; in schools, 180, 203 ; tender, 
mound caves for, 346 ; wild, our 
scarce, S4 
Plumbago Larpentae, 73 
Plum Conference at Edinburgh, 39 
Plums, late, 119 ; Mr. Rivers on, 197 
Podocarpus chilensis, 763 
Polyanthuses, gold-laced, 120 
Polyanthus, Harbinger, 475, 492; 
Lancashire Hero, 584; Tortoise¬ 
shell, 584 ; Terra Cotta, 50S 
Polyanthuses, fancy, 554 ; in pots, 40 
Polygonum vaccinifolium, 139, 155 ; 
officinale, 229 
Polypodiuin aureum, 219 ; elasticum, 
171 ; ineanum, 502 ; vulgare cambri- 
cum, 197 
Polypody, the Welsh, 197 
Pomegranate, the, 261 
Poplar, the Lombardy, ISO 
Poplars for planting in towns, 5 
Poppies and Cornflowers, 697 
Poppies, Giant Iceland, 66S; oriental, 
668; The Mikado, 795 ; Shirley 
731 
Portland Nursery, Reading, 645 
Potato disease, the, 723, 741, 803 ; 
sulphate of iron as a remedy, 551 ; 
a suggested remedy for, 77S, 824 
Potato improvements duriug the past 
twenty-five years, 69 
Potatos, judging, 810 
Potato planting, 469 
Potatos, the red-skins’, 14S 
rotatos, short-topped, 362, 394, 411 
Potato, Red Kidney, 119 ; Scour-na- 
Lapich, 244 ; Sharpe’s Victor, 411, 
668 
Potato rates, Scotch, 196 
Potato trade, a peculiar practice iu 
the, 612 
Poulett Lodge, Twickenham, 596 
Poultry yard, our, 731 
Premiums at flower shows, 4 
Press, contempt for the, 724 
Primula cortusoides Sieboldii, 535 ; 
denticulata alba, 363 ; elatior 
ccerulea, 373 ; erosa, 363 ; Japonica 
alba, inconstancy of, 636; marginata, 
491; Sieboldii, new varieties of, 
552 ; Sieboldii varieties, 556 ; spee¬ 
tabilis, 540 
Primula obconica, poisonous, 13S,156, 
171, ‘203, 216, 229, 247 ; a suggested 
remedy, 229 
Primula sinensis, Progress, 312 
Primulas, Chinese, monstrous, 460 ; 
at Swanley, 363; Williams' White, 
443 ; new Chinese, 16S, 32S ; at 
Farnham Royal, 393; at Forest 
Hill, 422 ; from layers, 540 
Primrose, the, 521 
Primroses, S25 ; Lord Randolph and 
Mrs. Langtry, 460; Oakwcod Blue, 
50S ; Red Gauntlet, 556 
Privet berries, 91 
Propagating, seasonable notes on, 133, 
150, 217, 234, 279, 342, 362, 474 
Pruning Roses, 264 
Pruning, summer, 728 
Prunus, the Chinese, as a standard, 
443 ; triloba, 442 
Psychotria cyanococca, 331 
Pteris cretica Mayii, 459; cretica 
nobilis, 155 ; leptophylla princeps, 
124, 439 ; scaberula, Sll ; serrulata 
gloriosa, 331 
Pump, a chain, for gardens, 394, 407, 
427, 460 
Pyrethrums, new, 635 
Pyxidauthera barbatula, 508 
Q 
Quince, the Japan, 502, 572. 
R 
Rabone, Mr. T., presentation to, 4 
Railway charges for vegetables, 534 
Railway rates, 52 
Railway rates enquiry, the, 100, 116, 
326 
Rainfall, the, 739 
Rain with a vengeance, 696 
Randia maeulata, 540 
Ranunculus anemonoides, 373 
Ranunculus, the, 24 
Rapliis humilis, 795 
Raspberries in October, 87 
Raspberry, the, 165 
Raspberry, Superlative, 724 
Rates and taxes, excessive, 4S6 
Rattlesnake Orchid, the, 236 
Reading Gardeners Improvement 
Society, 205, 253, 316, 349 
Renovating fruit trees, 70 
Restrepia pandurata, 300 
Restriction inHorticnltural Societies, 
430 
Resurrection plant, a new, 502 
Rhododendron Ajax, 684; Aspasia, 
91 ; Countess of Haddington, 504 ; 
arboreumlimbatum, 203 ; arboreum 
nilagericum, 460; arboreum roseum, 
443; campylocarpum, 554; gloxinite- 
florum, 540; Little Beauty, 268; 
Ophelia, 10 ; the Queen, 604 ; Queen 
of Dwarfs, 540; Williainsii. 556 
Rhododendrons, 667; hybrid green¬ 
house, 294; frost effects among 
551 ; hardy pot culture of, 70 
Richardia Elliotiana, 604 
Ricnardia, a double, 93 
Riviera, the, 252 
Rock Roses, the, 265 
Roezl, Benedict, memorial monu¬ 
ment, 3SS 
Rogers, Mr. W. H , ISO 
Root-pruning of fruit trees, 186 
Rosa ferox, 725; polyautha, The 
Engineer, 716 
Rosebery, Lord, on the love of 
flowers, 759 
Rose of Jericho, the, 252 
Rose, Captain Hayward, 710 ; Crim¬ 
son Queen, 618 ; Noisette, L’ldeal, 
764; Harrisoni, 6S4; Homer, 699 ; 
Marchioness of Lome, 684 ; Mare- 
elial Niel, under glass, 265 ; Mare- 
ohal Niel, pruning the, 360; Mrs. 
Paul, 684; John D. Pawle, 6S4, 
The Queen, 600; W. A. Richardson; 
710; Safrano, 710; Spenser, 61S; 
York and Lancaster, 746 
Rose culture in New South Wales, 
164 
Rose season, the, 675 
Rose, the, in history, 778 
Roses, climbing, 311 
Roses, Conference selections of, 231 ; 
decorative, 310; the dressing of, 
104, 123 ; in July, 773 ; lifting, 730 ; 
Marechal Niel, at. Copperas Mount, 
662; the perfume of, SS ; pillar, 
311 ; planting and protecting, 234 ; 
on pruning, 264; stocks for, 779 ; 
Tea, 245 ; Tea and Noisette, 6S3 
Rose Show at the Aquarium, 701 
Rose Show, the National, 711 
Rose Show at Old Trafford, 749 
Royal Aquarium shows, 227, 38S, 437, 
557, 605 
Roval Horticultural Society, the, 27S, 
325, 340, 371, 3SS, 51S, 581, 675, 7S0; 
and H. M. Commissioners, 651, 806 
Royal Horticultural Society’s Com¬ 
mittees, 333 
Royal Horticultural Society, pro¬ 
gramme for 1890, 22S, 244 
Royal Horticultural Society of Aber¬ 
deen, 404 
Rockwork, Begonia Rex vars. for, 61 
Rndbeckias, the, 117 
Rubbish heaps, 295, 345, 406, 427 
Rubus deliciosus, fruiting, 699 ; 
speetabilis, 502 
s 
Saccolabium Hendersonianum, S13 
Sacred Lily, Chinese, 421, 475, 487, 
507, 521 
Sage, the Jerusalem, 123 
Saladiugs, 470 
Salmon Berry, 502 
Salvia Beckeri, 764; coccinea, 90; 
patens, 139 ; splendens from seed, 
139 
Sareanthus paniculatus, 6E9 
Sarracenia Claytoni, 7SS ; decora, 10 ; 
purpurea, 347 
Sareopodium Dearei, 637 ; Godsef- 
fianum, 6S5 
Saxifraga ligulata, 391, 406 
Sarracenias, notes on, 777 
Savin, the common, 250 
Satyrium carneum roseum, 11 
Satyriums, a fine group of, 812 
