The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS. 
Augustas, 1894 
Vll. 
Primula, origin of the Chinese, 293 
Primula Sieboldii and its varieties, 
363 
Primula sinensis, the original, 336 
Primula, Williams’ Superb White, 
489 
Primulas, a fine strain of, 433; at 
Forest Hill, 388 ; at Reading, 321 ; 
from Maidenhead, 340 
Prominea microptera, 675 
Propagating by ringing, 472 
Propagating, timely, 561 
Propagation, notes on, 166 
Prunella grandiflora rubra, 18 
Pruning fruit trees, 179 
Prunus cerasifera Pissardii, 488; 
paniculata flore-pleno, 536 ; pani- 
culata Watereri, 439; Persica 
magnifica, 406 
Pseudophoenix Sargentii, 562 
Psylla Mali, 263 
Pteris biaurita argentea, 820 ; cretica 
sempervirens, 630 ; ludens, 678; 
serrulata gracilis, 594; serrulata 
gracilis multiceps, 820 
Ptychoraphis augusta, 113 
Pyrethrum, Alfred Henderson, 678 
Pyrus floribunda, 536, 660; Malus 
floribundus, 72; Smithii, 626; 
spectabihs magnifica, 562 
Q 
Quassia and Quassia water, 783 
Queensland, north, cultivation in 
722 
Quercus americana splendens, 113 
Quotations, 338 
Quince, the mammoth, 392 
R 
Raasay Weather Report, 1893, 338 
Radish, Veitch’s Ever Tender, 690 
Railway embankments, 703 
Railway Station gardening, 724, 743 
Rainfall records in the British Isles, 
456 
Rain gauges, 456 
Rain, signs of, 99 
Rain water, nitrogen in, 419 
Ranunculus montanus, 561 
Raspberries, 112, 164 
Raspberries and Blackberries, on 
forcing, 291 
Raspberries, fertilisers for, 291 
Raspberry canes, miniature, 387 
Raspberry Moth, the, 195 
Red wood in Ayrshire, the, 294 
Reinwardtia trigyna, 353 
Retinospora squarrosa sulphurea,775 
Rhododendron Aucklandii, seedling, 
648 ; Championi, 647 ; cinnabari- 
num, 657 ; Duchess cf York, 630 ; 
Duke of York, 630; fastuosum 
flore-pleno, 640Jasminiflorum 
roseum, 647; Mrs. Heal, 758; 
multicolor Curtissii, 420; multi¬ 
colour, Mrs. Heal, 406; Ne plus 
ultra, 468 ; Niobe, 468 ; praecox, 
360; Princess William of Wur- 
temberg, 561; punctatum, 657; 
rhombicum, 562; Rosy Bell, 562; 
Snowflake, 630 
Rhododendrons at Chelsea, 485 
Rhododendrons, Himalayan, 503 
Rhubarb, 434 ; forcing in tubs, 354 ; 
large, 418 
Rhubarb, notes on, 403 
Rhubarb, what is, 466 
Rhus Cotinus, 72 ; vernicifera, 72 
Ribes speciosum, 626 
Richardia Little Gem, 536; Pent- 
landii, 599 
Richard's Vapourising Fumigator, 
647 
Rimy morn, a, 292 
Riviera, flower trade of the, 790 
Rock gardens, 482 
Rondelecia amoena, 424 
Rootery, on making a, ig6 
Root action in winter, 436, 453, 469, 
529, 562, 581 
Root Action : its effects on vegetation, 
358. 370 
Root fibres in Winter, 399, 402, 
420 
Root galls, 466 
Root pruning, 81 
Rosapolyantha, the wild, 692 ; sericea, 
640 ; Wichuraiana, 35 
Rose Adelina Viviand Morel, 50; 
Duke of York, 20; Laurence Allen, 
532; Madame Bruant, 776; 
Madame Pierre Cochet, 775 
Rose budding, 671 
Rose garden, the, 402, 564 
Rose of Japan, the, 537 
Rose growers, amateur, hints to i8» 
Rose season of 1893, the, 114 
Rose shows, the, 559, 719 
Rose, Tea, Eugene Verdier, 631 
Rose notes from Scotland, 770 
Rose, the, as a decorative flower, 
672 
Rose, the blue, 5 
Rose, the Burnet, 626 
Rose Vervain, 24 
Roses, among the, 4 
Roses and Mildew, 596 
Roses, autumn, 103 ; British, 787 ; 
British raised, 687; by the sea, 
783; climbing on Dijon, 658; 
diseases and enemies of, 583 ; from 
a Persian poet’s grave, 720 ; garden, 
356, 373 ; in beds, 50 ; in 1893 and 
1894, 639; in the open, 436; in 
Winter, 214: large, 752 ; lifting and 
potting, 133 ; naturally grown, 753 ; 
on pruning, 433, 454; own root, 
775 ; pruning pot, 134 ; scale and 
meally bug on, 616; stocks for 
225 ; synonymous, 432 ; tea scented, 
17; the best striped, 97; the 
classification of, 703 ; the medal of, 
of 1893, 67; winter protection 
150; yellow, 278 
Rotation in cropping, 674 
Roupellia grata, 599 
Royal Botanic Society, 367, 804 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural 
Society, 55 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural 
Society, 240, 520 
Royal Gardener’s Orphan Fund, the 
164, 144, 289, 386, 597 
Royal Horticultural Society, 40, 71, 
104, 135, 184, 214, 248, 327, 392, 
457. 489. 521, 554. 583. 663, 696, 
728, 744, 760, 777, 808 
Royal Horticultural Society ; at the 
Agricultural Hall, 8 
Royal Horticultural Society’s 
Examination, 754 
Royal National Tulip Society, the, 
372 
Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 
809 
Rubi, British, 787 
Rubus japonicus tricolor, 737 ; phoe- 
niculasius, 820 
Rudbeckia pulcherrima, 87 ; purpur- 
ata, 801 
Ruellia ciliata, 489; Herbstii, 311 ; 
macrantha, 22 
Rural Charms, 655 
Russell, Mr. James, presentation to, 
104 
s 
Saccolabium bellinum, 355; gigan- 
teum, 355 ; viclaceum Harrisoni, 
435 
St. Martin’s Summer, 47 
Saintpaulia ionantha, 456, 758 
Salad culture, 611 
Salt in the garden, 244 
Salvia coccinea lactea, 760 ; leucan- 
tha, 370 ; nutans, 695 
Sanguinaria canadensis, 568 
Saponaria ocymoides, 615 
Sargent’s Florida Palm, 712 
Saracenia Chelsoni, 320; Willisii 
678 
Satyrium coriifolium, 547 ; princeps, 
547 
Savoy, Dwarf Early, 115 
Saxifraga calyciflora, 594; lingulata 
cochlearis, 536; McNabiana, 640 
Saxifrages, two confused, 696 
Scale, a useful wash for, 679 
Scaphosepalum gibberosum, 707 
Scarlet Runners, 647; in October, 
132 
Schomburgkia tibicinis, 627 
Scilly Islands, gardening in the, 767 
Scolopendrium vulgare scalariforme 
630 
Scottish Horticultural Association, 
2 i 5 _. 321, 514, 576, 720, 800 
Scottish Pansy Society, 692, 724 
Sea Buckthorn, the, 245 
Seakale, 422 
Seakale culture, 248, 434 
Sea Lavender, 20 
Season and the rainfall, 498 
Season of 1893, the, 212 
Sedum Ewersii, 821 
Seed growing, selection in relation to, 
38, 50 
Seed warranty case, a 539 
Seeds, vitality of, 497, 547 
Seeds with hooks, 435 
Selaginalla Lyalli, 774; viridangula, 
774 
Senecio Heritieri, 215; Kaempferi, 
722; grandifolius, 406; macro- 
glossus, 279 ; macrophyllus, 722 ; 
sagittifolius, 599 
Sevenoaks, Flower Show, 5, 820 
Shallots, notes on, 326 
Shea, Mr. C. E., on judging Chrysan¬ 
themums, 577 
Shamrock , the, 129 
Shiphay House Gardens, the, 487 
Shrubberry, in the, 36 
Shrubs, early flowering, 408 ; on 
pruning, 719, 768 
Sidalcea malvaeflora, 772 
Silene virginica, 594; Zawadskii, 
631 
Siphocampylos macropodus, 305 
Size V. quality, 193, 228, 245 
Slough Nurseries, the, 705 
Slugs, how to destroy, 528 
Small seeds, on sowing, 520 
Smilax argyrea, 498 
Smilax, the culture of, 391 
Snowflake, a fine variety of the, 
423 . 
Sobralia macrantha nana, 723; 
Veitchi, 771 
Soils, dry, flowers for, 5, 19 
Soils, light, shallow, 7 
Solanaceous plant, a new, 96 
Solanum Seaforthianum, 375 ; Wend- 
landi, 113 
Solidago Drummondii, 18; Shortii, 
135 
Solidago, the species of, 100 
Sonerilla Duchess of Brabant, 774 ; 
Francois Marchand, 774 ; Souvenir 
de Madame Van Houtte, 774; 
Madame Van Langenhane, 774 ; H. 
Walker, 630; Mrs. H. Walker, 
737 
Southampton Floral Fete, 785 
Southern Pink Society, 532 
Sowing and planting, 354 
Species, origin of, 803 
Specific names, capital letters for, 
691 
Spinach, notes on, 6 
Spinach, on the culture of, 472 
Spinach, winter, 787 
Spiraea Aruncus,705,8i9; astilboides, 
722 ; astilboides floribunda, 710; 
japonica bumalda, 757; palmata, 
758 ; prunifolia flore pleno, 583 
Spring development, 449 
Spring flowers at Holloway, 532 
Spring gardening, 231, 247, 262, 533 
Spring, in the, 481 
Stachys Betonica alba, 772 ; grandi¬ 
flora, 758 
Stangeria paradoxa, 311 
Stanhopea Lowii, 198 
Statice Lychnidifolia, 18 
Stelis prolifera, 675 
Stenandrium Lindeni, 503, 594 
Stephanotis floribunda, 801 
Steriphoma cleamoides, 535 
Stinging plants, 454 
Stock, Princess Alice, 743 
Stokesia cyanea, 150 
Stoking, concerning, 201 
Storm in November, the, 231; in 
■ Scotland, the, 214 
Stove and greenhouse plants for 
house decoration, 408, 422 
Strawberries, concerning, 689; for 
forcing, 48 ; in October, 143 ; notes 
on, 6 
Strawberry, Collis’ May Queen, 711 ; 
King of the Earlies, 9 ; Laxton’s 
Latest of All, 775 
Strawberry, the, 615 
Streptocarpus, a new hybrid, 500 
Streptocarpus at Reigate, 552 
Streptocarpus Dyeri, 631 ; Wend- 
landii, 357, 468 
Strobilanthes isophyllus, 375 
Successional cropping, 384 
Sugar planting in Reunion, 678 
Sunderland Gardeners’ Improvement 
Society, 71 
Sunflowers, 15, 134, 312 
Sunflowers, among the, 82 
Suntara Oranges, 528 
Swan River Daisy, the, 147 
Swiss Seed Control Station, 736 
Symphytum asperrimum aureo- 
variegatum, 536 
T 
Tacsonias, 726 
Taunton Flower Show, 802 
Teak trade of Siam, 658 
Technical lectures, 323 
Tecoma grandiflora, 39 ; Smithii, 16, 
113 
Temple Show, the, 614, 623 
Testimonials, “ Weeds ” and, 436 
Thalictrum glaucum, 758 
Thirst of plants, the, G43 
Thistle, the edible, 64 
Thorn, the scarlet, 626 
Thorns, the, Sevenoaks, 417 
Thorns, flowering, 263 
Thorn, the Glastonbury, 97 
Thrift, a gardener on, 358 
Thunbergia Harrisii, 561; mysorensis, 
279 
Thunia Veitchi superba, 739 
Tigridia grandiflora liliacea, 775 
Tillandsia Lindeni vera, 758 
Tibet, the flora of, 720 
Tobacco plants, variegated, 418 
Tomato, the, a fruit or a vege¬ 
table, 9 
Tomato Sutton’s Dessert, 820 ; Sut¬ 
ton’s Golden Nugget, 820 
Tomato culture for Market, 356 
Tomato Disease, 343 
Tomatos, soil for, 385 
Tomatos at Reading, 18 
Tomato Notes, 530 
Tomatos, on ripening, 708 
Torquay, Royal Terrace Gardens, 4 
Torquay, notes from, 49 
Tournefourtia heliotropoides, 792 
Town trees, 608 
Trachelospermum jasminoides angus- 
tifolium, 727 
Trade Catalogues, 72 
Trade fixtures, 784 
Tradescantia Reginae, 408 
Trading, private, 215 
Transplanting Trees and Shrubs, 115 
Travellers, a trio of, 741 
Travelling greenhouses, 612 
Tree planters, remarkable, 17 
Tree planting in Scotland, 8c 
Trees, annual growth of, 499 
Trees and Shrubs, flowering, 580, 
625, 657 
Tree and Shrubs, the grouping of, 
262 
Trees, singular effect of cold on, 608 
Trees, fallen, on raising, 272 
Trees, the right to lop, 623 
Trees, large, replanting, 232 
Trees, weeping, 210 
Trichocentrum tigrinum, 387, 483 
Trichopilia hymenanthera, 323; san- 
guinolenta, 435 
Trillium sessile, 439 
Tropaeolum Stanstead Beauty, 536 
Tropical Fruits, the trade in, 642 
Tulipa Eichleri, 535 ; Greigei, 536; 
sylvestris major, 568 
Tulip, the Florists, 644, 591 
Tulip Society, the National, 580 
Tulip Show for the South, 500 
Tunbridge Wells Flower Show, 720 
Turnips, the manuring of, 273 
Turnips, shot, 83 
Turnips, about, 609 
Tussilagofragrans, 295 
u 
United Horticultural Provident and 
Benefit Society, 102, 116, 128, 423, 
433. 452 
Upper Holloway, fine foliaged plants 
at, 260 
Urceocharis Clibrani, 312 
V 
Vaccinium corymbosum amoenum, 
657 
Vanda Roeblingiana, 739; Sanderiana 
alba, 88; teres Andersoni, 323 ; 
teres aurorea, 723; suavis Rose- 
field var. 595 
Vaporising Fumigator, Richard’s, 
647 
Vegetable Marrows, 500 
Vegetable statue, a, 751 
Vegetable with a pedigree, a, 563 
Vegetable culture, successful, 580 
Vegetable crops, thinning, 552, 560 
Vegetables in 1893, the growth of, 
194 
Vegetable Show at Carlisle, 144 
Vegetables for Amateurs and 
Cottagers, 390, 407 
Vegetables for Exhibition, 308, 583 
Vegetables, large, and their pro¬ 
duction, 227 
Vegetables, large v. small, 273 
Vegetables, size of, 3 ; size v. quality, 
193 ; 288 
Vegetables, their origin and value as 
food, 342 
Vegetables worth knowing, 211 
Veitch, Mr. P. C. M., loi 
Veitch’s Mam/al of Orchidaceous plants' 
659 
