The Gardening World.] 
Market gardening, 307, 334 
Marrow, the Pen-y-bvd, 277 
Masdcvallia ehimaera SliieUliana, 318 ; 
Tovarense, 310, 390 ; tridactylites, 
7S0 ; trigloeliin and trichsete, 00 
Mealy-bug, 334 ; frost and, 295 
Mealy-bug in Vineries, a remedy for, 
217, 320 
Megasea Slraeheyi, 445 
Meissonier as a Horticultural Joker, 
100, 117 
Melon gardens in Cashmere, 0S2 
Melon, Blenheim Orange, 000 ; La 
Favourite, 050 ; a new, 42 
Melons, autumn culture of, 90 ; the 
culture of, 310, 01S, 714, 794 
Melons, Judging, 098, 714 
Melon-growing made easy, 359 
Melons in Hot-beds, 378 ; notes on, 
419 
Melville Castle, plants in flower at, 
614 
Merendera bulbocodioides, 57 
Michaelmas Daisies, 110, 134 ; North 
American species of, 134, 724 
Middle Green Seed Farm, 774 
Mignonette, the culture of, 724 ; in 
pots, 474, 500 ; for winter flower¬ 
ing, 442 
Mignonette, “ Snowball,” 523 
Mikania apiifolia, 757 
Mildew, a remedy for, 30 ; on Vines, 
19, 210, 250 
Mi 11a biflora, 43 
Miltonia Regnelli purpurea, 7S0; 
spectabilis radians, 1SS 
Mistletoe, the, 200, 301 
Moore, Mr. Thos., with portrait, 553 
Mormodes, notes on/the genus, S12 
Moss, rooting cuttings in, 150, 167 ; 
on grass land, 440, 494 ; on orchard 
trees, 214 ; a new use for, 430 ; 
plant culture in, 44, 52 
Mountain Ash, the, 100 
Mulching garden crops, 7, 91 
“ Mushroom culture simplified,” 143 
Mushrooms and Mushroom Spawn, 
531 
Mushrooms, eatable and poisonous, 
S05, S20 
Mushroom Culture, 202; indoors, 333; 
outdoor, 5S7 ; in December, 244 
Mushrooms for the Million, 373 
Mushrooms, prolific, 443; remarkable 
clumps of, 379 
Mussscnda pubescens, 52 
Mutisias, note on, 91 
Myosotis dissitiflora, 130, 235. 
N 
Narcissus bulbocodium, 618; the 
Hoop Petticoat, 362; paehybolbus, 
731; spurius coronatus, 525; choice, 
650 ; the earliest, 411 
Narcissi in the Scilly Islands, 699 
Nasturtium, Empress of India, 268 
Nature, the face of, 7S7 
National Auricula and Carnation and 
Picotee Societies, 100 
Nectarine Goldoni, 733 ; the Olden¬ 
burg, 7 
Neill Prize, the, 36 
Nemopliila atomaria atro-ccerulea, 
260; insignls, 667 
Nepenthes cincta, 3S0 
Nephrolepis Bausei, 27 
Nerine amabilis, 1S7 ; Fothergilli, 57 
Nettle, on cultivating the, 391 
Neviusa alabamensis, 458 
New Forest, notes from the, 6S4 
New Zealand, gardening and the cli¬ 
mate of, 468 
Nigella damascena, 11 
Nitrate of Soda and the Daddy-long¬ 
legs, 459 
Norman Court, the gardens at, 263 
Nurseries, Messrs. W. & J. Birken¬ 
head’s, 3SS ; Messrs. W. Cutbush & 
Son’s, 492 ; Mr. W. Gordon’s, 516 ; 
Mr. W. Grange’s, 661 ; Mr. Hans 
Niemand’s, 69 ; Mr. Noyes’s, 5S1 ; 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co.’s, 343 ; Mr. 
13. S, Williams, 325, 487. 
O 
Oak, the Boscobel, 772 
Obituary.—Anderson-Henry, Mr. I., 
52; Batten, Mr. J., 596 ; Bentham, 
Mr. G., 30, 35 ; Boekett, Mr. J. S., 
196 ; Bohn, Mr. H. G., 14 ; Brown, 
Mr. S., 22S ; Brklger, Mr., 596 ; 
Chater, Mr.|D.,766; Chantrier, Mr. 
E., 461; Cooling, Mr. E., 605; Cross, 
Mr. W. J., GS3 ; Don, Mr. James, 
596; Drewitt, Mr. J., 612; Epps, 
Mr. W. J., 612 ; Frettingham, Mr. 
H., 22S; Gibson, Mr. D., 461; Ham¬ 
mond, Mr. Parker, 196 ; Hibbenl, 
Mrs., 324 ; Hughes, Mr. H., 612; 
Ingram, Mr. J., 461 ; Jones, Mr. J., 
676; Judd, Mr. D., 239 ; Kingsbury, 
Mr. James, 302 ; Mangles, Mr. H. 
J., 14; Mendell, Mr. Sam, 36 ; Muir, 
Mr. J. 692 ; Oubridge, Mr. R., 196 ; 
Phippen, Mr. G., 573; Rowe, Mr. 
E., 500 ; Rylands, Mr. C., 14; 
Shaw, Mr. C. S., 260 ; Sinclair, Mr. 
A., 461 ; Shearer, Mr. A., 163; 
Turner, Mr. C., 5S4 ; Voelcker, Dr., 
22S ; Welsh, Mr. J., 092 ; Wilson, 
Mr. F. D., 4S4. 
Ocliua multiflorum, 692 
Odontoglossum Andersonianum fla- 
veolens, 23S ; Andersonianum pic- 
tum, 524 ; baphicantlmm, 460 ; 
CONTENTS. 
[September 12, 1885. \* 
Brassia, 604; crispum, 124, 396 ; 
crispum, var. Josephine, 318 ; cris¬ 
pum Johnsonianum, 6S6 ; crispum 
lilacinum, 621 ; crispum puncta- 
tissimum, 621 ; crispum, Dr. Pater¬ 
son’s, 377 ; crispum Yeitchianum, 
37 ; crispum, a white variety, 117 ; 
elegans Alicue, 6S6 ; Hriibyanum, 
3S0 ; Huineanum, 445 ; flystrix 
magnificum, 3S0; Londeshorough- 
ianum, 236, 2S4, 316 ; Insleayi, 
124 ; miilus Brymeriamim, 686; 
mulus Germinyanum, 686 ; CErste- 
dii, 652, 684; Pescatorei Tliomson- 
ianum, 636; Pollettianum, 524; 
Rossii majus, 284, 322 ; Sanderia- 
num, 34S ; Schroederianum, 318 ; 
vcxillarium Cobbianum, 732 ; vex- 
illarium Measuresianum, 732 ; 
Wilckeanum albens, 476 ; Wilckea- 
lium Godefroyte, 445 ; Williamsia- 
num, 156 
Odontoglossums, on forcing, 524 ; at 
St. Albans, 716 
Oldenburg Nectarine, the, 7 
Oldfield Nurseries, Altrincham, 314 
Oleaiia Gunniana, 621, 713; niacro- 
donta, 6S6 
OmphaldcTes verna, 438 
Oncidium Brunleesianum, 445; flexuo- 
sum, 12 ; Jonesianum, 76, 604 ; 
incurvum, 92 ; Lanceanum, 44, 60; 
Marshallianum, 444 ; sarcodes, 556 
Oncidiums, foi a cool house, 412. 748 
Onion Fly, the, 39 
Onions, Autumn-sown, 43, 731 
Onions, the importation of, 20 ; notes 
on, 123 ; sowing, Sll ; on storing, 
134 
Onion, the Tree, 147; the Wethers¬ 
field, 411 ; White Elephant, 733 
Ophioglossum lusitanicum, 39 ; vul- 
gatum, 39 
Orange trade, the, 42 
Orchard conversion, 211 
Orchards, Market Gardens, and Nur¬ 
series, acreage under, 148 
Orchard tree pruning, 195 
Orchid Album, the, 236, 300, 6S4 
Orchids and Art, 684; at Bocking 
Place, 42S ; in British Guiana, 633 ; 
Mr. J. Chamberlain's, 540 ; at Clo- 
venford’s, 636 ; from Mr. Cypher, 
412 ; sale of the late Mr. Dunlop 
Grahams, 76; at Great West Hatch, 
556; at Kew, 44, 1SS, 556, 572, 5SS, 
604, 620, 636, 66S; sale of Mr. Oscar 
Lamarclie’s, 92 ; at Lake house, 
Cheltenham, 300; at Major Lendy’s, 
172, 652 ; Mr. Ii. Little’s, 199 ; Mr. 
R. H. Measures, 220; at New Hall 
Hey, 524 ; at Oakholme, 492 ; Mr. 
Percival’s, S12 ; Mr. Pollett’s col¬ 
lection, 444 ; at Priorwood Melrose, 
76; at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 
Manchester, 300: at Messrs. Sander 
& Co.’s, 764; at ShirecliffeHall, 412 ; 
at Messrs. Yeitcli’s, 406, 476 ; Mr. 
B. S. Williams, 124, 764; at Woolton 
Wood, 70 
Orchid Baskets, &c., 652 
Orchid Conference, the, 371, 492, 579, 
588 
Orchids, Mr. J. O'Brien on the culti¬ 
vation of, 5S2, 59S; Mr. H. J. 
Yeiteli on the hybridisation of, 614, 
630 
Orchid Culture, preparing for winter, 
40 
Orchid cultivating requisites, 5S9 
Orchids, choice, from Cheltenham, 
364; cool house, on potting, 300 ; 
the cost of, 599 ; East Indian, on 
potting, 3t)4 ; for Amateurs, list of 
suitable, 12, 28; flowering, 460; 
flowering in the open-air, SI3 ; on 
fumigating, 44 ; light and its effects 
upon various, 380 ; old-fashioned, 
20; prices of, 6S4 ; proliferous roots 
of, 604 ; on potting, 140, 492 ; sale 
of, 227 ; shading, 540. 556, 604 ; 
shading, Parisian blinds, 604, 636 ; 
on syringing, 156; temperature for, 
2S ; "three-lipped, 620 ; treatment 
of newly imported, 204 ; on water¬ 
ing, 76 ; wintei management of, 
220, 252, 26S ; wire injurious to, 
1SS, 204 
Orchid houses, arrangement of the 
plants in the, 10S ; heating and re¬ 
pairing, 7S0 ; seasonable work in 
the, 124; staging for, 60 ; spiders 
in, 220; summer ventilation of, 700; 
the ventilation of, 92 
Orchid Nursery, St. Albans, 343 
Ornitliogalum longebracteatum, 666 
Orthocarpus purpurascens, 132 
Osmunda palustris, 217 ; regalis, 39 
Osteo-carpus rostratus, 263 
Ouvirandra fenestralis, 438 
Owens’ Spray Engine, 796 
P 
P.-eoxies cliincnse, 422 ; herbaceous, 
585 
Pa-ony, tree. Snowball, 613 
Palms, on the culture of, 5SG ; on 
potting, 299 
Pauax Mnrrayi, 421 
Pansy, George Rmhl, 087 
Pansies, choice show, 13; Violas, 
Historical notes on, 614 ; Show and 
Fancy, 07S 
Pa paver Hookeri, 404 
Papers, anonymous and signed, 430 
Paris Horticultural Congress, MS 
Parks and Gardens in Foreign Cities, 
132 
Park Hall, near Polmont, 630 
Parochetus communis, 24 
Parrotia persica, 1S4 
Parsley sowing, 715 
Parsley, winter cultivation of, 299 ; in 
winter, 315 ; notes on, 139 
Passiflora ccerulea, 317 ; in fruit 107 ; 
Constance Elliot, 571 ; princeps, 
7S9 
Passion Flower, the common, 740 ; a 
new, 723 
Patents, new gardening, 423, 439, 455, 
519, 53S, 556, 583, 647, 711, 791 
Peacli, the red Nectarine, 154 
Peaches, M. Carriere's classification 
of, 26 
Peaches and Nectarines, select varie¬ 
ties, 1S2 
Peaches at the Health Exhibition, 74 ; 
late, 99, 122 ; on setting, 214 
Peach and Nectarine leaves curling, 
10, 26 
Peach culture, 746 ; in Ireland, 725, 
under glass, 445 
Pear, Grand Soleil, 234, Marie Louise, 
46 
Pear Conference, National, 764 
Pear Culture at Tempieville, 250 
Pears, the, grown at Barham Court, 
115 
Pear tree, an ancient, 229 
Pear trees, thinning the fruit-buds on. 
410 
Pea, Prince Imperial, 6S1 ; Walker’s 
Perpetual Bearer, 427 
Pea Crop, tli" Market, 575 
Peas, on the cultivation of, 187, 75S, 
2S3, 331 ; for Exhibition, 245, 324 ; 
new, 747 ; new American, 139, 363, 
379; September, 43; on sowing, 301; 
more words about, 196 
Peas, Sweet, Mr. Eckford’s new, 170 
Pelargoniums, bedding, 235 ; Ivv-lea- 
ved, 24, 36 ; Show, on the culture 
of, 60S; Zonal, 763 ; Zonol, exhaus¬ 
ted, 136 ; Zonal, winter-blooming, 
179, 1S6 ; Zonal, a few good, 56 ; 
Tricolor and Zonal, 344 
Pelargonium, Chelsea Gem, 363; 
Queen of the Whites, 747 
Pelargonium culture, 474 
Pelargonium flowers for market, 691 
Pentapteryngium serpens, 41 
Pentas carnea and rosea, 330 
Pentstemon Rattani, 40S 
Pentstemons, 155 
Perennials, select hardv, 62S, 663, 649, 
679, 694, 710, 727, 743, 7_5S, 77S, 790 
Pests of the garden. 21, 37 
Pepinia aphelandneflora, 5S 
Petrsea volubilis, 619 
Peristeria elata, 60 
Pernettya mucronata, 120 
Periwinkle, the, 56 
Phacelia campanularia, 205, 69S 
Phajus tuberculosus, 436, 460 
Phahenopsis Maria*, 540; speciosa, 
140; Stuartiana, 236 
Phalaenopiis, on the culture of, 572 ; 
the flowering of, 396 ; the propaga¬ 
tion of, by the roots, 364, 396, 412, 
428 
Phahenopsis at Woolton Wood, 245 
Pliillyrea Vilmoriniana, 427 
Philodendron sellouni, 41 
Phlose Drummondi. 171 
Pliloxes, Alpine, 532 ; lierbaceous, 
436, 413, 420 
Phormium tenax at Dunrobin, 794 
Pliyllanthus Cliantrieri, 621 
Phyllocacti, notes on, 682 
Phylloxema, the, S4 
Pickering Lodge, the Orchids at, 732 
Pine Apple, a new, 100 ; history of 
the, 346 
Pine Apples, turning black, 474 
Pine Apple cultivation, 474 
Pine Apple Nursery, the, 791 
Pinetums, what shall we do with our? 4 
Pinguieula hirtiflora, 1S2 
Pinks, notes on, 441 
Piper porphyrophylla, 139 
Plant growing, popular, 520 
Planting Fruit Trees, on, 100 
Planting, practical hints on, 200 
Plant, Mr., on Mushroom culture, 333 
Plant manures, 30 
Plants, live, in bed rooms, JOS; Certi- 
fleated in Client, 180; 229 ; coster¬ 
mongers. 19 ; culture of, in moss, 44, 
52 ; decorative, 09; for edgings, 359; 
exhibition, 19 ; for forcing, 254 ; 
posted 355 ; flowering at Oakwood 
in November, 187 ; flowering at ex¬ 
hibitions, 743 ; hardy, a few good, 
61S ; hardy, notes on, 213 ; hardy 
flowering, 694 ; hardy, on propaga¬ 
ting, 5; hardy, for walls, 6; injured 
by insects, 7 ; manures for, 46S ; 
how to ascertain the number re¬ 
quired to plant an acre, 123 ; popu¬ 
lar names of, 153,1S9 ; on potting, 
601, 2S0 ; protection of 334 ; for the 
sick, 739; zinc pots for, 342; useful 
for amateurs, 43S ; watering, 360 ; 
for window boxes, 330; winter- 
flowering, 39, 195 
Planting under trees, 454 
Plant-houses, management of, in win¬ 
ter, 264 
Platyclinis uncata, 252 
Plectra nth. us foetidus, 250 
Plumbago capensis, 634 
Plum, Kelsey’s Japan, 106 
Plums for Dessert, 71 ; culinary, 71 
Plums, proposed exhibition of, S10 ; 
notes on, 3 
Poetry in business, 663 
Poinsettia pulcherrima pleiiissima, 
331 ; pulcherrima major, a fine 
specimen of, 164 
Poinsettia, on the culture of the, 229 
Polyanthus Narcissi, 120 ; “ White 
Pearl,” 555 
Polyanthuses, gold-laced, 560’ 
Polygonum Riehardsoni, 729 
Polygonums for the wild garden, 70 
Polypodium alpestre, 24 ; dryopteris 
24 ; flexile, 24 ; phegopteris, 24 ; 
Robertianum, 24 ; vnlgare, 24 
Polystichum aouleatum, 25; angulare, 
25 ; loncliitis, 25 
Pomegranates, double and single, 58 
Pomological congress at Rouen, 107 
Poppies, giant, 665 ; notes on, 027 
Portulaccas for the front row of 
borders, 491 
Potato, The Doctor, 267 ; Liliputian, 
ISO; Midsummer Kidney, 379 ; 
White Elephant, a large, 52 
Potato congress, a proposed, 403, 547, 
659 
Potato cultivation, acreage of land 
under, 20 
Potato disease, the, 195; Chiswick 
experiments, 20 
Potato, the future of the, 298 
Potato Show, the International, 35, 
83, 93, 404 
Potato shows, 51; statistics, 59, 107 
Potato trials, the Chiswick, 355 
Potato sorting machine, S03 
Potatos and Strawberries in Peru, 75 
Potatos, American, 99 ; at Bingley 
Hall, 236 ; exhibition, 23 ; at the 
Health Exhibition, 107; on forcing, 
251 ; for an amateur, 317, 301, 334, 
350, 366, 381 ; manures for, S6, 555 ; 
new varieties of, 203; new, and the 
Chiswick trials, 4S3 ; notes on, 75 ; 
at Penge, 732 ; on planting, 507, 
523, 475 ; the propagation of, 795 ; 
red spotted, 211 ; rough skinned, 
61 ; seedling, 235 ; scab and crack¬ 
ing in, 75 ; substitutes for the, 277 ; 
washing show, 67 ; seedling, raised 
in Ireland, 219; Mr. Webb’s seed¬ 
ling, 2S3 
Putentillas, double, 357 
Pots, turves, and moss, Ac., 314, 331 
Pot-washing, S3 
Pot-washing machine, Bennett’s, 739 
Potting composts, on warming, 430 
Pots, zinc, for plants, 405 
Primroses and Polyanthuses, 8 
Primrose, double, Dr. Arthur Du- 
molin, 554, 571 
Primroses, Chinese, 2S3, 309, 451 ; 
Messrs. Carter & Co.’s, 412; double, 
342 ; notes on, 517 ; hardy, 442 ; 
The Knap Hill, 411 ; Japanese, 017 ; 
Siebold’s Japan, 523 
Primula auricula-flora, 5S7; flori- 
bunda, 763 ; japonica as a bog plant, 
42 ; spectabilis, 475 ; WuL’eniana, 
477 
Primulas, Chinese at Audley End, 
252; select varieties of, 554; double, 
35S; Ivy-leaved, 476; White Fei* 
lection, 380 ; good hardy, 539 
Prizes and Awards, 339 
Propagator, the, 362 
Propagating, autumn, 794 ; hints on, 
394 ; by root cuttings, 443 
Propagating hardy plants, notes on, 5 
Pruning and trailing, 198 
Pruning, winter, S3 
Primus myrobalana, 2S5 
Pyscliotria cyanococa, 379 
Pteris aquilina, 3S ; argyrea, SS ; 
cretica albo-lineata cristate, 55; 
serrulata cristata com pacta, 110,789 
Puff hall, an enormous, 212 
Pnrbeck, the Isle of, 311 
Puya chilensis, 553 
Pyrethrmns, double, 5C6. 667 
Pi rns Maulei, S7,174 ; fruit preserve, 
1S7 
R 
Radish, China Rose, 276 
Rafflesia Scliadenbergiana, 390 
Railway Allotments, 121 
Rain, Darwin's description of the 
sign of, 39 
Rainfall of February, the, 46S 
Ranunculus aconitifolius fibre plenus, 
612 
Raspberry, Baumforth’s seedling, 
152 ; Rogers’s Victoria, 74 
Raspberries, autumn - bearing, 90 ; 
autumn treatment of, 13S ; notes 
on, 42 
Rats, exterminating, 747 
Ravenea Hildebrandtii, 1S2 
Kegel's Garteiiflora, 6S 
Reiehenbacli, Prof., with portrait,5S1 
Renanthera Storeyii, 733 
Rhipidopteris peltate. 446 
Rhododendron cardinale, 445 : cauca- 
sicum, 363 ; Countess of Hadding¬ 
ton, 491; Gibsoni, 539; incarnatum 
floiibundum, 765; Manglesii, 653 ; 
Militare, 330 ; niveum var. fuivuin, 
731; Princess Frederici,183; Veitcli- 
ianum, 506 
Rhododendrons, hvbrid greenhouse, 
133, 507 
Rhododendrons, grafting, 359, 350 
Rhododendrons, dahlias among, 13 
Rhubarb, the best varieties of, 235 ; 
good varieties of, 523 ; on forcing, 
203, 347 
Richardia setliiopica, 411, 61S 
Rivina humilis, 244, 459 
Rock garden, the 222 
Rock roses, 152 
Rockwork for gardens, 749 
Rogiera gratissima, 747 
Rondeletia speciosa, 91 
Rooks and steeped wheat, 2S2 
Root-cuttings, propagating by, 443 
Roots : tlieir power of selection, 1,4 
Root-pruning, 7S 
Roots, on taking up and storing, 16S; 
on watering, 195 
Roraima Montain, the, 5S6 
Rosa Devoniensis, 124 ; lucida, Rose 
Button,747; Polyantliavar ‘•Minia¬ 
ture," 645; the W. F. Bennett, 108, 
388, 629 ; the Bourbon, 277 ; Bon 
Silene, a new double, 459; Edouard, 
716; Fortune’s Yellow, 715; Tea, 
General Gordon, 474; the Marechal 
Niel, 67 ; Moss, 200 ; Tea, ye Prim¬ 
rose Dame, 474 ; Tea, Princess 
Beatrice, 080 ; William A. Richard¬ 
son, 13, 59, 59S 
Rose beds, carpet plants for, 555 
Rose Garden, the, 350, 539 
Roses, arrangement of, as cut flowers, 
651; blue, 164; the first China, 
350; for an amateur, 302 ; how to 
graft, 391 ; on gumming, foi exhibi¬ 
tion, 15S, 179 ; new English, 236; 
new French, 222 ; for a north wall, 
SS, 120,136 ; of recent introduction, 
660 ; the perfume of the, 285, 301 ; 
stock, tlie Manetti, 219 ; at Shire- 
cliffe Hall, 012 ; for spring forcing, 
139; notes on, 742 ; on planting, 
102, 216; pot, on their own roots, 
629 
Rose Society, the National, 310, 717 
Roses, Standard, 230, 244 ; synony¬ 
mous, 311; three good Tea, 362 ; 
the best Tea, 701 ; utilising the tops 
of, 184 ; unpruned, 739 
Royal Horticultural Society’s Com¬ 
mittees, the, 51 ; Shows, the, 451 
Royal Academy, the, 5S0 
Ruellia Portelhv, 155 
Rustic Arch, a, 221 
s 
Saccolabium bellinum, 3S0; gigan- 
teum, 400 ; illustre, 396 
Sagittaria montevidensis, 299 
Salisbury Green, Edinburgh, 745 
Salt for vine borders, 301, 317, 350 
Salvia, Blue Beard, 13S, 203, S10; 
farinacea, 87; farinaceaand Greggii, 
90 ; Greggii, 123, 507 ; paniculate, 
250 ; patens, 410 ; splendens, 75 
Salvias, notes on, 506 
Sanderson, Mr. E., with portrait, 168 
Sarracenia Courtii, 596; Pattersoni, 
797 
Saxifraga aquatica, 132 ; lantoscana 
superba, 653; ligulata, 436 
Scabious, dwarf, 365 
Scarlet Runners, 43 
Schedules, ambiguites in, S03 
Seliizantlius retusus, 763 
Schizopliragma Hydrangioides, 621 
Schizostylis eoceinea, 101, 122, 218; 
hardiness of, 115 
Scottish gardening, 598, 614, 630, 646, 
662, 67S, 694 
Scottisli Nursery and Seed Trade 
Association, 4 
Scutellaria Mocciniana, 266 
Scuticaria Steeli, 322 
Seakale, on forcing, 203, 267 ; on lift¬ 
ing and forcing, 219 
Season, the, 563 ; anti the crops, 723 ; 
and its effects, 78S ; variations, the, 
595 
Seats, garden, 709 
Sedum spectabilis, 59 
Seecl-firm, an American, 46 
Seedlings, on pricking oft’, 420 
Seed list, the, 32S 
Seed sowing, 315 
Seed time, 377 
Seed trade statistics, 515 
Seeds, choice, on sowing, 342 ; pro¬ 
tecting from birds, 406; vitality of, 
414 
Seedsmen’s Collections, 420 
Seedsmen, liabilities of, 519 
Selaginellas, new, 715 
Seneeio Ghiesbreghtii, 394 
Sequoia (Wellingtonia) gigantea, 749 
Sequoias, starved, 7SS 
Shamrock Pea, the, 24 
Shipley Hall, Derby, 760; the fernery 
at, 7SS 
Shovels and Spades, new, SO 
Show gardens, 19 
Show prizes and awards, 372, 397, 414 
Shrubs for window boxes, 126 
Shrub planting, 211 
Sibthorpia europa-a variegata, 203 
Siphocampylus Humboldtii, 107 
Sisyrinchium fllifolium, 794 
Sites and Soils, and tlieir suitable 
trees, 749 
Situation, wanted a, 339 
Skeleton leaves, how to prepare, 46 
Slugs, a check for, 84 
Slugs, and how to trap them, 791, S10, 
327 ; protecting plants from, 454 
Smith’s weed killer, 565 
Snails and Slugs, 750 
Snowdrop, the, 407 
Snow and Snow guards, 493 
Societies, Batli and West of England 
Agricultural, 653 ; Bath Spring 
Shows, 493, 605 ; Blackburn and 
East Lancashire Hort., S14 ; C'hea- 
dle Floral and Hort.., S29 ; Clay 
Cross Hort., 79S ; Cray Valley and 
Sideup Hort., 734; Crystal Palace, 
71S ; Dundee International Hort., 
30 ; Edinburgh Botanical, 191 ; 
Finchley Hort.,734; Gloucestershire 
and Cheltenham, 734; Grantham 
Hort., S13 ; Hastings and St. Leo¬ 
nard’s Hort., S2S; Lee, Blackheath, 
and Lewisham Hort., 71S ; Liver¬ 
pool Hort. Association, 477 ; Liver¬ 
pool Hort., 7S0; Manchester Botan¬ 
ical and Hort.., 460, 556, C20 ; 
Manchester Hort. Improvement, 
174, 206, 239, 26S, 302, 333, 445 ; 
National Chrysanthemum, 223, 493; 
