VI August 30, 1S90.] 
CONTENTS, 
[The Gardening World. 
Saxifraga ligulata, 362; lutea pur¬ 
purea, 203; McNabiana, 635; media, 
571; sarmentosa tricolor superba, 
140, 795 ; sancta, 491; Straceyi 
Milesii, 5S8 
Saxifrages, autumn-flowering, 140 
St. Ann’s Hill, 14S 
St. Helena ebony, 4S6 
St. Leonard’s Hill, Dunfermline, 345 
Seabiosa caucasica amoena, 731 
Scabious, dwarf, 20 
Scale insects, a means of shooting, 
404 
Schizostylis coccinea, 139 
Schools, plants in, 203 
Science run wild, 339 
Scilly Islands, market gardening in 
the, 666 
Scotch Potato rates, 196 
Scotch Thistle, the, 487 
Scottish Horticultural Association, 
87, 167, 231, 311, 372, 78S 
Scott, Mr. D. P., presentation to, 470 
Scutellaria Mocciniana, 475 
Scuticaria Steeli, 94 
Sea Buckthorn, 235 
Seakale, Lily-white, 442 
Seasonable greeting, a, 259 
Seasons, the, of, 1727 and 1890, 645 
Season of 1889, the, 1S1, 277, 420, 581 
Season and the flowers, 295 
Season, mildness of the, 199 
Seeds, growth of, 116 
Seed harvest of 18S9, 164 
Seed sowing, 473, 490, 504 
Seedlings, protecting from slugs, 693 
Senecio concolor, 699 ; pulcher, 27; 
macroglossa, 314 
Sequoia, sempervirens albo-spica, 811 
Sermons in stones, 213, 233, 260, 279 
Sewage process, a new, 36 
Shamrock, the, 475 ■ ■ 
Shamrock Pea, the, 203 
Shelton Abbey, S06 
Shrewsbury Gardeners Improvement 
Society, 253, 332, 397, 454 
Shrubs and trees for villa gardens, 9 
Sidalcea Candida, 731 
Silver Wattle, the, 299 
Single-handed gardeners, 247 
Slugs, 5S7, 618 
Slugs and snails, getting rid of, 597 ; 
protecting seedlings from, 693 
Smith & Co., Messrs. R., annual 
excursion, 660 
Snelston Hall,the grove of Araucarias 
at, 390 
Snowdrops, notes on, 422 
Snowflake, the Spring, 395 
Snow in July, 724 
Sobralia macrantha rosea, 653 ; Wars- 
cewiczii, 813 ; xantholeuca, 696 
Societies, Horticultural National 
Auricula, 572: Aylesbury, 717 ; 
Bath, 2S ; Beddington, Carshalton, 
&c., 781 ; Birmingham, 541 ; Car¬ 
diff, 814 ; Cheadle, 804 ; Chiswick, 
733 ; Clay Cross, S04 ; Crystal Pal¬ 
ace, 28, 109, 493, 589; Galashiels, 
151; Harpenden, 29; Kettering, 
733; Manchester Botanical and 
Horticultural, 477, 558, 621, 749 ; 
Moseley and King’s Heath, 797 ; 
National Chrysanthemum, 93, 101, 
125, 14S, 169, 221, 237, 301, 347 ; 
North of Scotland, 119, 541, 590; 
Preston and Fulwood, 477 ; Read¬ 
ing, 11, 653 ; Royal Botanic, 477, 
542, 590, 653 ; Royal Caledonian, 
609; Royal Horticultural, 29, 93, 
125, 237, 316, 378, 444,477, 509, 541, 
589, 620, 653, 6S5, 717, 749, 797, 826; 
Royal Horticultural of Aberdeen, 
103,826; Royal Oxfordshire, 12, 701; 
St. Albans and District, 237; Sandy, 
28 ; Sevegoaks, 804; Shropshire 
Horticultural, 493 ; Taunton, 813 ; 
Waltham Abbey, 765 ; Warwick, 
797 ; Woodside, 781 
Soil, preparing the, 440 
Soils, stiff, 298 
Solanum albidam Poortmanii, 204 ; 
capsicastrum Empress, 139; Jas- 
minoides, 811; guineense, 124; 
sisymbriifolium, 140; Wendlandii, 
6S4 
Sonerilla, Madame H. Grnson, 405 
Southampton Horticultural Society, 
131 
South London Chrysanthemum 
Society, 550 
Southport Winter Gardens, 201 
Spathiphyllum candidum, 252 
Specialties at Chiswick, 794 
Specimen plants, the big, 62S 
Spinach and its substitutes, 60 
Spirsea aruncus, 731; aruncus astil- 
boides, 540 ; bullata, 740 ; Bumalda 
variegata, 716; Lindleyana, 764 ; 
palmata, 729 ; prunifolia, 588 
Spring bedding, 282 
Spring flower gardening, 507 
Spring flower shows, 469 
Spring greenery, 533 
Spring-time, the country in, 469 
Sports among plants, 181 
Stachys tuberit’era, chemical composi¬ 
tion of, 219 
Stakehill House, 632 
Stanhopea insignis, 7S1 ; tigrina, 732 ; 
tigrina superba, 732 
Stauropsis gigantea, 428 
Stirling Horticultural Association, 167 
Stocks, 791 ; East Lothian, 135 
Stocks for Roses, 779 
Stokesia cyaDea, 21 
Stott Insecticide and Manure Distri¬ 
butor, 60, 5S5 
Stove plants, culture of, 410 
Stove plants, notes on, 763; in window 
boxes, 41 
Strawberry, Auguste Boisselot, 708 ; 
Auguste Nieaise, 50S; Incom¬ 
parable, 708 ; Noble, 651, 60S; 
Quatre Saisons, 198 
Strawberry Conference, the, 691 
Strawberry crop, the, 691, 790 
Strawberries, early, 684, 715; at the 
Aquarium, 701 
Strawberry, the, and its cultivation, 
330 
Strawberries, 43S, 633 ; forced, 363 ; 
for forcing, two good, 2S3 
Strawberry leaves, cutting off, 794 
Strawberries, market, 779, 789 ; seed¬ 
ling, 757 
Strawberry, origin of the cultivated, 
694, 711 
Strelitzia Reginas, 299 
Streptosolen Jamesoni, 492 
Study, incentives to, 55, 71, 85 
Sulphate of ammonia, 7S 
Sulphate of copper and sulphate of 
iron, 796 
Summer pruning, 728 
Sunflowers, height of, 20 ; tall, 52 
Sutton & Son's annual excursion, 660 ; 
prizes at flower shows, 4 
Swanley Nurseries, notes of a visit to, 
373 
Swan River Daisy, the, 731, 7S9 
Sweet Briar, a new, 652 
Swiss Nursery, Hammersmith, 474 
Sydney, gardening notes from, 773 
Symphoricarpos vulgaris, 1S2 
Symphytum orientale, 572 
Syon, gardening at, 147 ; hardy fruit 
at, 806 
Syringa vulgaris alba grandiflora, 61S 
T 
Tanning agent, a new, 596 
Tatton Park, some good things at, 
219 
Temple Show, the, 5S2, 627, 635 
Thalictrum Delavayi, 680 
Thermometer, an electric, 283 ; the 
first, 29S 
Theropogon pallidus, 684 
Thistle, the Scotch, 487 
Thistle seeds, 325 
Thistles may he grown at will, 510 
Thomson’s “ The GrapeVine,” 470 
Thorn, the double scarlet, 668 
Thunbergia alata, 795 
Thunia Bensoniae, 698 
Thurstan’s, Mr., garden, S22 
Thymus Serpyllum coccineus, 731 
Tiarella cordifolia, 603 
Tilia euchlora. 811 
Tillandsia Lindeni, 331 
Tinned fruits, 404 
Tomato, the Conference, 260 ; Ham 
Green Favourite, 694; Northern 
Beauty, 204; the Tree, 196 
Tomato disease, the, 771 
Tomatos, 756; at Chiswick, 6 ; 
planted out, 796, 824 
Tomkins' Trustees v. Sander, 765 
Torenia flava, 43 
Torenias, choice, 794 
Town planting, trees for, 25 ; Poplars 
for, 5 
Towns, tree planting in, 614 
Trachelospermuin jasminoides, 139, 
395 
Tradescantia virginiana alha, 90 
Trenching, early v. late winter, 2S1 
Tree Tomato, the, 22S 
Trees, oysters growing on, 425 ; on 
the dwarfing of, 235 
Trees and shrubs for planting in Man¬ 
chester, 437 
Tree planting, 293, 570 ; newly 
planted, 340 ; spring flowering, 614; 
for town planting, 25, 614 
Trichopilia rostrata, 27 
Tricuspidaria hexapetala, 571 
Trillium cernuum, 61S ; discolor atra- 
tum, 476, 491 ; sessile ealifornicuin, 
603 
Trinity‘Grove, Edinburgh, 741 
Tritelia uniflora, 406 
Tritelias, notes on, 422 
Tritonia Pottsii, hybrids ot, 117 
Trollius caucasieus aurantiacus, 604 
Tropical Ferns, 250, 262 
Tropseolum, Ball of Fire, 10S; pere- 
grinum, 1S1 
Tuberose, the, 101; the Pearl, 693 
Tulipa carinata lutea, 64S; elegans 
alba, 604; Gesneriana spathulata, 
•5SS ; Kaufmanniana, 491 ; Ostrows- 
kiana and T. montana. 572 ; retro- 
flexa, 5SS; uniflora, 571 
Tulips, 760; early, 584 ; the show, 
344, 376 ; tall, late, 648 
Tulip Society, Royal National, 566, 
632 
Turf walks in kitchen gardens, 14S 
Turner, Mr. Harry, on the Dahlia as 
a show flower, 58 
Turnip tops, 518 
u 
United Horticultural Benefit and 
Provident Society, 151, 374, 724 
Upjohn, Mr., presentation to, 437 
Ursinia pulchra, 699 
Utricularia montana, 003 
Y 
Vair, the late Mr. James, 660 
Vanda Amesiana, 332 ; coerulea, 77 ; 
Kimballiana, 733 ; teres, the 
Queen's bouquet of, 644 ; teres at 
Gunnersbury Park, 616 
Vanilla planifolia, 557 
Vauxhall Park, 628, 708 
Vegetable Conference, the, 35, 51, 53, 
67 
Vegetable Conference awards, the, 77 
Vegetable octopus, a, 453 
Vegetables and Fruits, condensed, 86 
Vegetables, exhibiting collections of, 
227, 342 
Vegetables, the prizes for, at the 
Reading Show, .460, 475 
Vegetables in season, 262 ; monster, 
252, 343 ; notes on, 86; reliable, 
310, 345 
Vegetation in physic, 517 
Veitch Memorial Fund, 340,534 
Verbena Uranie, 811 
Veronica Fairfieldiensis, origin of,203; 
longifolia sub; e isilis, 812; Traversii, 
684 
Veronicas for winter work, 1S5; 
shrubby, SOS 
Vibutnum tinus. 123 
Vicia sylvatica, 6S1 
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, the, 
405 
Villas, climbers for, 105 
Villa gardens, shrubs and trees for, 9 
Villmorin, M. Henri de, 454 ; presen¬ 
tation to, 260 
Vinca rosea, 6S - 
Vine borders, 213, 233, 293 ; external 
and internal, 534 ; restriction, 181, 
251 
Vine fruiting from the main stem, 20 
Vine leaves for decorations, 139 
Vine manure, a new, 405 
Vines, treatment of diseased, in 
France, 566 
Viola, Eynsford Yellow, 600; Mrs. 
Smith, 62S ; ptdata alba, 61S 
Violas, bedding at Chiswick, 762 ; 
notes on, 792 
Violets, sweet frame, 555, 567 
Vitis (Cissus) discolor, 603 
Vriesia, a hybrid, 421 
w 
Waddesdon, visit of the Queen to, 5S2 
Wallflowers, 470; pistillody of the 
stamens in, 651 
Wallington Manor, 669 
Wardian cases, 60 
Ware and district Gardeners’Improve- 
inent Society, 397, 4S6 
Water bouquets, 4, 20 
Water Hawthorn, 1S6 
Waterford Summer Show, 724; Winter 
Show, 1S2 
Water, temperature of, for plants, 
356 
Waterlow Park, 164 
Waters, Mr. A., presentation to, 3SS 
Watsonia viridifolia O’Brieni, 60; 
rosea, 10 
Weather, severe, on March 4th, 442; 
in July, the, 707 
Weather traditions, 647 
Wedding decorations, 644 
Weeds, 723 
Welfia regia, 794 
Wellington Road Nurseries, the, 676 
Wildsmith, Mr. W., death of, 355, 361, 
378, 789 
Wildsmith memorial, the, 405, 436, 
437, 470, 534 
Wild flowers of North Wales, 772 
Wild plants, our scarce, 84 
Wilks', Dr., garden at Ashford, 459 
Williams, B. S. death of, 081 
Williams, B. S., memorial, 708, 715, 
731, 740, 763, 772, 78S. S04 
WiUows of the east of Scotland, the, 
779 
Window boxes, stove plants in, 41 
Window plants, 7 
Winter bedding, 24S, 297 
Winter Cherry, the, 61 
Winter moth, the, 180, 341 
Winter, preparing for, 821 
Winter protection, 24S 
Winter sweet, 395 
Winter watering, 116 
Wireworm, the, 137 
Wireworms, oilcake as a trap for, 618 
Wise, F., prosecution of, 397 
Wolverhampton Flower Show, 749 
Wood-leopard moth, the, 252 
Wood paving, 52 
Woodruff, the, 603 
Woodwardia orientalis, 331 
Woolton Gardeners' Improvement 
Society, 332 
Wordsley Seed Farms, S9 
Wytham Abbey, 646 
X 
Xep.ophyi.lum asphodeloides, 652. 
668 
Y 
Year, the dead, 277 
Yew, the, 582 
Yews, ancient, at Prfen and C'row- 
hurst, 372 ; at West Lodge, 52 
York Florists’ annual flower service. 
740 
York gala, the, 4, 30S 
Young, the late Mr. Maurice, 425 
Young men, a word to, 650 
Yulan, the, 457 
Yule tide, a green, 259 
z 
Zingiber, D’Arceyi, 716 
Zinnias, notes on, 7 
Zygopetalum crinito-maxillare, 733 ; 
Mackayi, 221 
