VI. 
Augustas. 1894.] 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening World. 
Mariposa Lilies. 485, 712 
Market Gardeners’ Compensation 
Bill, 640, 720 
Market Gardeners’ Improvements, 
protection wanted for, 624 
Market Gardening in Cornwall, 712 
Market Gardening, Kent v. Cornish, 
735 
Marram Grass, 360 
Marrows, Bush, 776 
Masdevallia Asmodia, 675; calura, 
691 ; Cassiope, 707 : cucullata, 707; 
Gargantus, 467 ; glaphyrantha. 675; 
Kimballiana, 707 ; picturata, 419 : 
Parlatoreana, 675 ; Simula, 547; 
torta, 547 
Massonia amygdalina, 263 
Maxillaria picta, 243 ; punctata, 355 ; 
striata, 323 
Meconopsis Wallichii, 725 
Melon, Centre of England, 631; 
Eclipse, 678; Sutton’s Ai, 326; 
Sutton’s Windsor Castle, 293; 
Pride of Ingestrie, 594 
Melons of the past season, 103 
Mesembryanthemum crystalinum as 
a vegetable, 599 
Mespilus, the Snowy, 565 
Metropolitan Fruit Shows, 335 
Michaelmas Daisies, 116 
Miconia vesicaria, 630 
Microstylis Scottii, 595 
Midland Carnation and Picottee 
Show, 452 
Mignonette, 246 ; tree, 610 
Miles, Mr. G. T., 53 
Miltonia Roezii, 419; spectabilis, 
723 ; stellata, 562 : Warscewiczii, 
179 
Mina lobata, 119 
Monarda didyma, fertilisation of, 13 c 
Money in the garden. 192 
Monteviot, the gardens at, 100 
Morina longifolia, 774 
Morisia hypogaea, 567 
Mormodes Rclfei, 339 
Musa sapientum, 677 
Muscari flavum, 536 
Mushrooms, field, in January, 336 
Mushrooms, about, 102 
Mutual Improvement Societies, 273 
N 
Nanodes medusae, 691 
Narcissus, the genus, 790 
Narcissus, the poets, on the grass, 
552 
National Amateur Gardeners’ Asso¬ 
ciation, 260, 384, 800 
National Auricula and Primula 
Society, 144 
National Carnation and Picotee 
Society, 758 
National Chrysanthemum Society, 
15. 81, 97, 144, 192, 416, 432, 576, 
704 ; annual dinner, 232 ; annual 
meeting, 401; early autumn exhibi¬ 
tion, 103 ; presentation to Mr. E. 
C. Jukes, 577; Mr. Shea’s paper. 
Judging Chrysanthemums, 577 
National Rose Society, 241, 255, 692 ; 
at the Crystal Palace, 724; at 
Windsor, 706; at Halifax, 756; 
Neill Prize, the 753. 
Nematoid, a useful, 611 
Nemophilas, 505 
Nepenthes Amesiae, 263 ; mixta, 86, 
456 
Nephrodium dissectum, 311 
Nephrolepis rufescens tripinalifidum 
24 
Nerine elegans alba, 113 
Nettles, the culture of, 114 
Neuwiedia Lindleyi, 323 
Newcastle Flower Show, 756 
New Rochelle, a visit to, 164 
New South Wales, notes from, 16 
Nicaragua, forest trees of, 801 
Nicotiana affinis, 39 
Nitrates, action of, on crops, 641 
Nitrogen, the fixation of. 610 
Nitrogen in rain water, 419 
North American plants, native, 611 
North of Scotland Horticultural and 
Arboricultural Association, 136 
Nursery and Seed Trade Association, 
625 
November, the storm, in 209 
o 
Oak and the Ash, the, 528 
Oak, the Marton, 560 
Obituary, Ames, Mr. F. L., 64 ; 
Austin, Mr. Hugh, 720; Bargus, 
Mr. R., 688; Bates, Piof., 554; 
Beale, Mr. H. E. C.. 112 ; Bentley, 
Prof., 188; Blomefield, Rev. M., 
16 ; Bogue, Mr. G., 80 ; Burr, Mr. 
James, 240; Daniels, Mr. J., 215; 
Dixon, Mr. Isaac, 233 ; Dodwell, 
Mr. E. S. 223; Drummond, Mr. 
W. C., 280; Evershed, Mr. H. 
466: Fraser, Mr. R., 192; George, 
Mr. E., 336 ; Gower, Mr. W. H. 
784; Halliday, Mr. John, 535; 
Hardy, Mr. G., 482; Horsman, 
Mr. F. 657; Ingram, Mr. W., 
320 ; Jefferson, Mr. J., 815 ; 
Jenner, Mr. Charles, 152 ; Latham. 
Mrs. W. B. 94; Llewellyn, Mr. 
W., 3 ; Low, Mr. Hugh, 48 ; Lyall, 
Mr. J. 624 ; Medland, Mr. G., 
788 ; Parkman, Mr. Francis, 289; 
Quilter, Mr. H. G., 210 ; Roy, Dr. 
John, 280; Rust, Mr. J, 576; 
Saunders, Mr. C. B., 4 ; Simpson, 
Mr. J., 549; Spode, Mr. J., 272; 
Spruce, Mr. R., 289; Sutton, Mrs. 
M. H., 400; Truelove, Mr. W. 
336: Waterer, Mr. J., 209; Webb, 
Mr. H., 482 : Williams, Mr. W. 
H., 320; 
Octomeria diaphana, 562 
Odontoglossum Andersonianum, 
Crawshay’s, var., 547 ; Andersonia¬ 
num superbum 627; Andersonianum 
Young’s var., 627 ; citrosmum Rose- 
field,var., 675 ; citrosmum sulphur- 
eum 771; cordatum aureum, 787 ; 
crispum, afloriferous, 691; crispum 
at home, 242; crispum apicula- 
tum 595 ; crispum Baroness 
Schroder, 675; crispum Capartia- 
num, 627; crispum, Dell, var., 
627 ; crispum excelsius, 627 ; cris¬ 
pum ferrierense, 179; crispum 
Florie, 563 ; crispum grande mac- 
ulatum, 675 ; crispum Lowianum, 
562 ; crispum Massangeanum, 627 ; 
crispum Miss Florence M. Bovill, 
675; crispum, Rex 627; crispum 
Thompsonae, 259 ; crispum 
Trianae, 627; crispum Wolsten 
holmiae, 627 ; crispum Xanthotes, 
627; elegans, Sander’s var., 499; 
excellens chrysomelanum, 467 ; 
grande, 243 ; Krameri,2ii, Londes- 
boroughianum, 198; luteo-pur- 
pureum Vuylstekeanum, 627; 
Pescatorei var., 595; prionopeta- 
lum, 323; Rossii aspersum, 296; 
sceptrum aureum, 691; sceptrum 
leopardinum, 691; sceptrum 
Waltonense, 499; tentaculatum, 
419, 515: Thompsonianam, 56; 
triumphans Lionel Crawshay, 595 ; 
Uro-Skinneri album, 119; Wilcke- 
anum grandis, 691 
Odours, sweet, in the garden, 212 
Oenothera, fruticosa Youngii, 705 ; 
speciosa, 720 ; triloba, 821 
Olympia, gardening at, 737, 752 
Omphalodes linifolia, 695 ; verna, 360 
Oncidium ampliatum, 451 ; amplia- 
tum majus, 485; dasytile, 56; 
Lanceanum, 24 : Lucasianum, 
531 ; Marshallianum superbum, 
627; obryzatum, 307; phyma- 
tochilum, 179; sessile, 643 
Onion crop in Scotland, 406 
Onion culture, 392 
Onion cultivation in Egypt, 776 
Onion Fly, the, 481, 438,472, 583 
Onion, Sutton’s, A. 1 ., 56; the 
Queen, 690; the Record, 212 
Onion, the, 31 
Onions at Banbury, 50 ; at Chiswick, 
99; autumn sown, 775; experi¬ 
ments with, 579 ; more about, 68 ; 
on the culture of, 403 
Ononis angustifolia, 727; Natrix, 
801 
Onosma stellulatum tauricum, 647 
Onychium auratum, 552 
Ophrys lutea, 484 
Oranges Onion-tainted, 561 
Orchid Committee, the, 497 
Orchid growers’ Calendar, 24, 56. 88, 
119, 147, 179, 211, 242, 278, 307, 
. 139 . 371. 403. 435. 499. 531. 563. 
611, 643, 675, 707, 739, 771, 803 
Orchid, a German’s description of an, 
32 
Orchid Growers' Manual, 742 
Orchid houses, open tanks in, 767 
Orchid pot, Bethell’s Improved, 756 
Orchids, a bouquet of costly, 
673 ; a chat about, 353 ; Amateur’s 
Guide Book on, 454 ; and their culti¬ 
vation, 310, 359, 374 ; a new work 
on, 225 ; at Camberwell, 193 ; at 
Chelsea, 547 ; at Clare Lawn, 229 ; 
at Maida Vale, 247; a window 
show of, 583 ; from Birdhill House, 
24; in 1893,230; quarantine for 
imported, 466 ; sale of the late Mr. 
G. Hardy’s, 592 ; some noteworthy, 
723 ; the commercial value of, 276 
Orchis foliosa, 803 
Origin of species, 803 
Ornithocephalus grandiflorus, 128, 
179. 739 
Ornithogalum lacteum, 295 ; nutans, 
536 
Orontoids, Aroids and, 118 
Osiers and Rushes for fruit baskets, 
289 
Osmunda javanica, 678 
Ourisia coccinea, 693 
Overcrowding in gardens, 799 
Oxalis crenata, edible tubers of, 400 
Oxford Botanic Garden, 321, 689 
Oxford Flower Show, 679 
Oxydendrum arboreum, 215 
Pachira macrocarpa, 758 
Paeonies, herbaceous, 678, 705 ; at 
Long Ditton, 677 
Paeony La Perle, 710 ;. Mr. Manning, 
678 
Palms at the mouth of the Thames, 
563 
Palumbina Candida, 787 
Pansies and Violas, 68, 564 
Pansy and Viola show, 660 
Pansies at York, 676; on showing, 
420 ; 452 ; 468 ; in winter, 264 
Pansy Association of Canada, 704 
Pansy, shanking in the, 628 
Pansy Show at Tam worth, 644 
Papaver bracteatum, 656; pavoninum. 
Papers at the Drill Hall, 415 
Paphinia grandis, 147 
Parachute in Nature, the, 531 
Paris quadrifolia, cluster-cups on, 
131 
Parks and open spaces, 608 
Parona paniculata, 272 
Parsley, about, 372 
Parsnip and its culture, the, 357 
Parsnips, notes on, 391 
Passiflora racemosa, 388 
Paulownia imperialis, 663 
Pavetta borbonica, 520 
Pavonia intermedia kermesina, 406 
Peach, Duchess of York, 48 
Peach buds dropping, 289, 326, 407 
Peach pruning, 162 
Peaches, on thinning, 625 
Peaches and Nectarines on walls, 548 
Peaches in Scotland, 82 
Pear, Fertility, 552 ; Glou Morceau 
and Easter Beurre, 48 ; Lawson, 
162; Nouvelle Fulvie, 389; Prin¬ 
cess, 48 ; Roi Charles de Wurtem- 
berg, 375 ; a good January, 388 
Pear bloom, the, 468 
Pears and their culture, 120 
Pears, on gathering and stoning, 775 
Pears under glass, 599 
Pear trees, cause of barrenness in, 
64 
Pea, Autocrat, 391; Conundrum, 
115; Ne plus Ultra. 821 ; Veitch’s 
Maincrop, 775 
Pea, a prolific, 83 
Peas and Mushrooms, 133 
Peas, early, 291 ; some good, 308 ; 
the early, 674, 752 ; of the season, 
86; late, 642 
Peas, a trial of, 742 ; more about, 773 
Peas, Sweet, 758 ; Emily Henderson, 
710 ; Salopian, 737 ; Countess of 
Powis, 737 
Peas, White Everlasting, 5S3 
Peat Moss litter, 456 
Peckham Rye Park, 592 
Pedigree races of plants, 35 
Pelargonium Black Douglas, 119: 
Duke of Fife, 678 ; Imogene, 631; 
Mrs. W. Wright, 594 
Pelargoniums, decorative, 628 
Pelargonium, the Ivy-leaved, 613, 
641 ; Zonal, 292 ; Zonal in winter, 
239 
Pentstemon caeruleus, 615; Cleve- 
landi, 20 ; glabra, 720 ; Jean Mace, 
737 
Peperomia metallica, 503 
Perfume of the Violet reproduced, 
363 
Perennials, hardy, 288 
Peristeria elata, 24 
Pescatorea Klabochorum excellens, 
707 . 
Petunia nyctagininora, 56 
Petunias, 374 
Phacelia campanularia, 695 
Phaic-Calanthe Arnoldiae, 339 
Phaius Cooksoni, 371 ; grandifolius 
Blumei, 483 ; hybridus Owenianus, 
627 ; !Marthae, 467 ; Oweniana, 562 
Phalaenopsis leucorhoda, 515: 
Schilleriana, 436; tetraspis, 643 ; 
vesta, 467 ; Youngi, 403 
Phalaenopsis at Clapton, 407 
Philadelphus grandiflorus at Au- 
chinraith, 708 
Phillipine Islands, flora of the, 134 
Philodendron verrucosum, 450 
Phlomis fruticosa, 712 
Phlox canadensis, 562, 594 : glaberri- 
ma, 705; Iris, 820 ; Molliere, 50 
Phlox, the perennial, 487 
Phloxes, Alpine, 455 
Phloxes, notes on, 15 
Phoenix Roebeleni, 648 
Pholidata convallarioides, 147 
Phormium Hookeri, 663 
Phygelia capensis, 816 
Phyllocactus Cooperi, 630 ; Jessica, 
630 ; Romeo, 561; Orion, 630 
Physiological fact, a remarkable, 160 
Phyteuma orbiculare, 705 
Picotee Ladas. 774; President Car¬ 
not, 774 
Pieris formosa, 594 
Pine growing by Mr. Miles, 70 
Pine shoot moth, the, 679 
Pine trees and turpentine, 32 
Pinks, Ernest Ladhams, 20 ; Homer, 
679 ; Mrs. Lakln, 180 
Pink Society, the Southern, 404: 
420 : 468; 660 ; 692 
Pink Show, Wolverhampton, 740 
Pinks, 308 : 324 ; 372 ; 436 
Pinks, border, at Chiswick, 708 
Pink, the decadence of the, 340 
Pinks, a plea for the, 292 
Pinks in the Midlands, 740 ; notes 
on, 196; in pots, 564; layers v. 
pipings, 68, 180 
Plant catalogue, a private, 693 
Planting trees and shrubs, 162 
Plant names and their associations. 
145, 161, 178 
Plant enemies, 273 
Plant food, the sources of, 242 
Plants, heredity in, 51 
Plant of merriment, the, 294 
Plants and their enemies, 340 
Plant values, 159 
Plants of the Coal Measures ; of the 
desert, 644 ; pedigree races of, 35 ; 
the thirst of, 643 
Platycerium aethiopicum, 263 ; 
Hillii, 279 ; grande, 295 
Platycodon Mariesi album, S20 
Pleione maculata alba, 198 
Pleopeltis fossa, 552 
Pleurothallis asterophora, 483 ; 
Grobyi, 483; Kranzlinii, 771; 
Loddigesii, 691; ornata, 547; 
Roezlii, 419; scapha, 259 
Plumeria alba, 774 
Plum, Golden Transparent, 48 
Poinsettias planted out. 201 
Polemonium caeruleum variegatum, 
657 
Pollen grains a marketable material, 
113 
Poltalloch gardens, 148 
Polyanthuses, border, 454 
Polyanthuses, gold-laced, 532, 54S 
Polygala Dalmaisiana, 567 
Polygonum polystachyum, 163; 
sachalinense as a foliage plant, 384 
Polypodium Schneideri, 630 ; sphae- 
rostachyum, 641, 816 
Polystachya bulbophylloides, 675; 
Lawrenceana, 675 
Pond, rotation of crops in a, 279 
Poplar, Marie Antoinette’s, 209 
Poppywort, a choice, 56 
Popular plants, 431 
Populus alba Bolleana, 295 
Postman, a horticultural, 290 
Potato Disease remedies, 791 
Potato, Sutton’s Triumph, 56; 
Windsor Castle, 56 
Potatos,5i4,8i7; asecondcrop01,163; 
early, 723 ; experiments with, 467 ; 
manure for, 664 ; on planting, 37a 
Potentilla argyrophylla atrosangui- 
nea, 758 ; nepalensis, 801; rupes- 
tris, 772 
Potentilas, 770 
Pot-hunting at flower shows, 224 
Primrose, a Polish, 289 
Primrose, Elizabeth Brodie, 500 
Evelyn’s Beacon, 562 ; Queen of 
Whites, 500 
Primrose, the Chinese, 336 
Primroses and their allies, 546 
Primroses, blue, 550, 520 
Primula Forbesii, 193, 279 ; obconica, 
87, 420, 489 
Primula obconica and its poisonous 
properties, 70 
