VI. 
August 31, 1895.] 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening World. 
Mutual Improvement Societies, Ayr¬ 
shire, 476, 708 ; Birmingham, 476, 
661; Brighton and Sussex New 
Horticultural, 341, 49 2 , 773 • 
Devon and Exeter, 173, 317, 794 ; 
Ealing and District Gardeners', 
443 . 8 37 • Exmouth, Devon, 317 ; 
Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement, 
155,164, 197 ; Paxton Society, 660 ; 
Shirley Gardeners' and Amateurs', 
476,628, 692, 756, 836; Woolton, 
Liverpool, 109, 317,492; Wolver¬ 
hampton, 676 
Myosotis rupicola, 602 
Myrsiphyllum or Smilax, 456 
N 
Name ? what's in a, 763 
Names again, 795 
Naming of new plants, 35 
National Amateur Gardeners' Asso¬ 
ciation, 100, 260; at Aldenham 
House, 728 
National Carnation and Picotee 
Society (southern section), 740; 
show, 779 ; (northern section) show, 
829 
National Chrysanthemum Society, 
84, 117, 125, 148, 149, 170, 196, 228, 
234, 244, 427, 456, 724, 756, 836 ; 
anaual general meeting, 427; annual 
outing, 724 
National Co-operative Flower Show, 
841 
National Dahlia Show, 42 
National Pink Society (midland sec¬ 
tion), 748 
National Potato show, proposed re¬ 
vival of, 36, 52 
National Rose Society, 716, 731 
Nepenthes mixta sanguinea, 52 
Nectarine, a miniature, 440; Lord 
Napier, 744 
Nephrolepis rufescens tripinnatifida, 
394 
New plants, the naming of, 35 
Nicotiana colossea variegata, 587; 
tomentosa, propagation of, 324 
Nitrates in Egypt, 23 
Nomenclature, plant, 323 
Notes on the past season, 188 
Novelist and Florist iu Court, 156 
Nut to crack, 183 
Nymphaea Laydeckeri rosea, 774 ; 
marliacea chromatella, 774 ; odorata 
rosea, 774 
o 
Oaks, American, 269 
Object lessons as a means of instruc¬ 
tion, 451 
Obituary; Anderson, Mr. A., 452; 
Babington, Charles Cardale, 765 ; 
Baines, Mr. Thomas, 437 ; Barron, 
Mr. William, 292 ; Boddy, Mr. J. 
H, 45; Dean, Mr. William, 492; 
Carter, Mr. John, 292 ; Cocker, 
Jun., Mr. James, 221 ; Coldwells, 
Mr. F. M., 772; Collins, Mr. 
Charles, 293 ; Crowther, Mr. Wil¬ 
liam, 468; Cruickshank, Mr. 
Alexander, 732; Fosterman, Mr. 
Ignatius, 548 ; Gater, Mr. Charles, 
516; Hodge, Mr. W. G., 324; 
Kimball, Mr. W. S.,532; Kingston, 
Mr. Robert Creaser, 685 ; Laird, 
Mr. R. B , of Dundee, 437 ; Lakin, 
Mr. Joseph, 452 ; Lumsden, Mr., 
324 ; Morris, Mr. John, 640 ; Owen, 
Mr. G. D., 440; Pctfield, Mr. 
Robert, 132; Smee, Mrs. A. H., 
564; Sprague, Mr. Isaac, 580; 
Thomson, Mr. J. W., 532 ; Thom¬ 
son, of Clovenfords, death of Mr. 
Wm„ 328, 345, 364. 380 ; Walker, 
Mr. John, 596; Wills, Mr. John, 
749; Witherspoon, Mr., 276; 
Woods, Mr. Samuel Alexander 
Mellors, 717 
Observations, phenological, 196 
Odontoglossum aspersum fulvidum, 
134; aspersum roseum, 54; corda- 
tum aureum, 358 ; coronarium, 840 ; 
crinitum sapphiratum, 503; cris- 
pum Frantz Masereel, 197, 310; 
crispum J. Gurney Fowler, 694 ; 
crispum ocellatum, 166, 358 ; cris¬ 
pum The Bride, 598; excellens 
dellense, 662 ; excellens var., 566 ; 
gloriosum Rosefield var., 533; 
harryanum, 840 ; Insleayi splendens 
aurea, 230; luteo - purpureum 
amplissimum, 503 ; mulus sanderi- 
anum, 694; nebulosum candidissi- 
mum, 342; PescatoreiLa Perfection, 
630 ; Pescatorei Prince of Orange, 
278 ; triumphans Lionel Crawshay, 
535 ; wattianum, 840; wattianum 
superbum, 134 ; wilckeanum lowi- 
anum, 630 
Odontoglossums from Bird Hill, 278 
Odontoglot, a dimorphous, 566 
Odontoglots, erratic, 662 
Oncidium gravesianum, 151 ; 
insculptum, 679 ; maculatum, 422 ; 
olivaceum lawrenceanum, 758 ; 
ornithorhynchum, 134; ornithor- 
hynchum album, 134; pulvinatum, 
182 ; tigrinum, 70 ; tigrinum splen- 
didum, 310; wheatleyanum, 198 
Onions, a plea for big, 523 ; a show 
of, 88 ; planting out, 536 
Orchard House and its management, 
283 
Orchard, Mr., on the Chrysanthe¬ 
mum, 245, 269 
Orchid growing, Willow roots for, 
356 
Orchid Houses, the, 7, 39, 71, 103, 
135, 167, 198, 231, 263, 295, 327, 
359 . 39 L 423. 455 . 487. 5 i 9 . 55 b 
583, 615, 647, 679, 711, 743, 775, 
807, 837 
Orchids at Chardwar, 374, 438, 486, 
683 ; at North Easton, Mass., 76 ; 
at Westmount, Glasgow, 566; for 
the Queen, 676; from Bilmedie, 
262; from Perth, 406; from 
Ravenswood, Melrose, 422; from 
Rosemount, Perth, 534; Sale of 
the Selwood collection, 566 
Orchis latifolia Glasnevin var., 71 o ; 
latifolia var., 710 
Orme's Head, a ramble round the 
great, 90, 108 
Ornithogalum thyrsoides, 268 
Outlook, the horticultural, 172 ; to-day 
and to-morrow, the, 435 
P 
Paeonies, herbaceous, 620 ; in pots, 
523 ; Messrs. Barr & Son's, 668 
Paeony Duke of Devonshire, 678; 
Lady Beresford, 678 ; Lord Iveagh, 
635; Madame de Galhan, 742; 
Prince of Wales, 694 ; Solfaterre, 
678 
Palmetto Asparagus, 344 
Palms for decorative purposes, 276 
Pansies, about, 88; and Violas, 424, 
534,549; how to produce green, 
763 ; from Busby, fancy, 56; from 
Hawick, fancy, 664 
Pansy and Violet Society, London 
228 
Pansy Ceres, 634 ; Rev. Jas. Robert¬ 
son, 56 
Paradoxical month, 251 
Park Place, Henley-on-Thames, 228 
Parks and gardens, past and present, 
261 
Parnassia palustris, 5 
Patent glazing, 165 
Pavetta borbonica, 588 
Pea Carter's Daisy, 742; Sutton’s 
Peerless, 726; Veitch's American 
Wonder, 661 
Peas, 699 ; an album of, 361 ; beware 
of foreign preserved, 157; early, 
282, 660, 677, 699, 725, 741; edible 
podded, 827 ; garden, 378; protect¬ 
ing early, 523 
Peach buds, drooping of, 315; 
yellows, 263 
Peaches, giant, 811 
Pear Josephine de Malines, 189 ; Jules 
Demaret, 348; Louise Bonne of 
Jersey, 220; Precoce de Trevoux, 
301 ; The Conference, 174; 
Uvedale’s St. Germain, 428 
Pear, a topiy-turvy, 599; blossom, 
insects and, 327; flowers, pollina¬ 
tion of, 307; new, 186; reminis¬ 
cences, 105 
Pears in 1894, 69 ; the abnormal crop 
of, 121 ; on oblique cordons, 59; 
the precocious ripening of, 251 
Pelargonium Duchess of York, 635 ; 
Miss Louisa Coombs, 634 
Pelargonium exhibition, 821 
Pelargoniums at Lewisham, Zonal, 
181; at Ryecroft, 613 
Pelican Plant, the, 747, 763 
Pentstemon antirrhinoides, 411 ; 
barbatus, 827; hybridus grandi- 
florus, 774 
Penzance seedling Briers, 730 
Perennials, hardy, 149; treated as 
annuals, 135 
Petunias, double, 791 
Phaio-Calanthe irrorata rosea, 470 ; 
sedeniana, 230 
Phalaenopsis intermedia Portei, 406 ; 
• ludde-violacea, 774; youngeana, 
406 
Phalaenopsis, remarkable, 38 
Phenological observations, 196 
Philadelphus Boule d’Argent, 710 
Phlox amoena, 651 
Phosphorescence, 87 ; cause of, 87 
Photography and horticulture, 291 
Phyllanthus, ornamental species of, 
410 
Phyllocactus Excellent, 634 
Phylloxera devastations in the 
Gironde vineyards, 532 
Physalis Alkekengi Franchetti, 102 
Picotee, a reccr j, 837 
Pieris formosa, 570 
Pineapples, 181 
Pine Wood, a, 424 
Pinks, 296 
Pitcher Plants at Chelsea, 153 
Pickpockets, beware of, 699 
Pits and frames, the management of 
cold, 251 
Plague of caterpillars, 23 
Plant doctor wanted, 227 ; life, 219, 
236,245; names: their derivation 
and meaning, 588, 602; nomen¬ 
clature, 323 ; what is a ? 3 
Plants as colonists, 119; berried, 
296 ; by night, growth of, 311, 827 ; 
early spring-flowering, 379; eat 
soil, do? 440,467,502,517; for a 
balcony, 540; for furnishing, some 
useful, 533; from seeds versus 
cuttings, 408; in rooms, 24 ; injuri¬ 
ous to cattle, 603 ; luminous, 87 ; 
of the Bible, 376 ; of the Canaries, 
the, 613 ; perfume and co’our, 356 ; 
the effect of darkness on the form 
of, 761 ; tricks played by, 615 
Pleione maculata, 374 
Pleroma macranthum, 125 
Pleurothallis immersa, 710 ; lauche- 
ana, 54 ; lepanthiformis, 134 ; picta, 
54; strupifolia, 230 
Plum Monarch, 74; Rivers' Early 
Favourite, 827 
Plums on sandy soil, 203 
Poa annua an annual, is ? 135 
Poisons, the sale of, 806 
Polyantha Roses, the three best, 205 
Polyanthus from the Midlands, 237 ; 
Hermand, 570; new gold-laced, 
587; the florists’, 136, 152; the 
gold laced, 104, 120, 152 
Polycycnis Lehmanni, 840; musci- 
fera, 758 
Polystachya odorata, 840; ottoniana, 
566 
Pomegranate, the, 61 
Poppies, Iceland, 699 
Poppy, the Oriental, 104 
Popular and useful flowers at Reading, 
809; flowers at Eynsford, 789; 
flowers at Swanley, 693 ; names, 
778 
Portulaccas, 157 
Potato Boston Bountiful, 74; Daniel's 
Special, 74 ; Hillside Superb, 74 ; 
The Field King, 74; The Poor 
Man’s Friend, 74 
Potato disease in Queensland, a viru¬ 
lent, 55 
Potatos, 698 ; about, 69 ; culture of, 
517; effects of manures on, 471; 
the preservation of, 381 
Potentilla California, 742 
Pots, large v. small, 28 
Potting, hints on, 360, 380, 395, 405 ; 
soils, 205 
Present day gardening, 106 
Primula capitata Loxwood var , 2T9; 
denticulata alba, 485 ; floribunda, 
264, 568 ; Giant Rosy Queen, 344 ; 
obconica, 69, 548, 580; Sieboldi, 
612; verticillata, 348 
Primulas at Reading, 362, 376; 
Chinese, 452 
Promenea stapelioides, 758 
Propagating Asparagus plumosus 
(tenuissimus), 427 
Pceris cretica Torrancii, 185, 603 ; 
cretica Wimsetti; nobilis varie¬ 
gata, 582 
Public taste and florists' flowers, 
67 
Pyrethrums, florists, 341 
Q 
Qoamock Lodge, open air flowers 
from, 216 
R 
Radish, Sutton’s Earliest Frame, 
57 i 
Raflesia Arnoldii, 424 
Railway station garden, a pretty, 53 
Rainfall at Raasay, the, 330 
Rains, autumnal, 147 
Ramble on Beachy Head, 10 ; round 
the Great Orme’s Head, 90, 108 ; 
through Snowdonia, 344, 360 
Ramondia pyrenaica, 121 
Ranunculus asiaticus, 405; grandi- 
florus, 600 ; Lingua, 53 
Ranunculus, garden, 699 
Raspberry, Veitch’s Superlative, 811 
Reading, Cyclamens at, 326 ; florists’ 
and other flowers at, 809 ; Primulas 
at, 362, 376 
Red Currants, 743 
Red Spider on Gooseberries, 682 
Reinwardtia tetragyna, 219 
Reinwardtias, 73 
Renanthera coccinea, 54 ; imschoot- 
iana, 678, 809 
Restoring the interior of a tree, 596 
Rhaphis flabelliformis variegata, 636 
Rhodochiton volubile, 252 
Rhododendron arboreum, 436; Fal- 
coneri, 580; fosterianum, 556, 
570 ; griffithianum, 556 ; Optima, 
485; ponticum foliis purpureis, 
344 
Rhopoloblaste hexandra, 556 
Rhubarb, Tottenham Early, 316 
Richardia africana, 220; elliottiana, 
552 
Richmond flower show, 714 
Ricinus zanzibarensis, 141 
Right of way case, important, 804, 
821 
Rivina humilis, 348 
Robinia hispida, 683 ; Pseudacacia 
decaisceana, 683 ; viscosa, 714 
Rockery, the, 614 
Room plants, a few good, 58 
Rosa rugosa Blanche de Coubert, 
678 ; wichuriana, 747 
Rose Belle Siebrecht, 633 ; Brides¬ 
maid, 571 ; haileyburyana, 742; 
Marchioness of Londonderry, 
571; Lawrence Allen, 678; 
Madame Bruant, 76; Maman 
Ccchet, 74; Mrs. Pierpont Mor¬ 
gan, 344; Queen Mab, 52; the 
Altai Mountain, 747; the Chero¬ 
kee, 730 ; the Damask, 715 ; the 
o.d Monthly, 394; the Prairie, 
747; Turner’s Crimson Rambler, 
779 
Rose, a green, 711 ; a white, 747 ; 
and Clematis, the, 532 ; culture 
under glass, 682 
Roses and Rose shows in 1895, 739 1 
a novel way of buddiDg, 684 ; beef 
tea for, 407; Brier, 136; forcing, 
357; from New Zealand, 372; 
hardiness of transplanted, 619; 
manures for, 284; New, of 1893-94, 
21; on planting, 120, 181 ; out¬ 
side, winter, 92 ; seedling, 730; the 
three best Polyantha, 205 
Rotation in planting wall trees, 2x8 
Rothamsted, cultural and other ex¬ 
periments at, 755 
Roupell Park Nurseries, 726 
Royal Agricultural Society, 715 
Royal Aquarium show, 28 
Royal Botanic Society, 488, 596, 612, 
645, 660, 724, 788; special floral 
fete, 685 ; spring show, 491; spring 
show, the second, 573; summer 
exhibition, 620 ; evening fete, 74S 
Royal Gardens at Frogmore, the, 
745 
Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, 148, 
244, 260, 292, 356, 372, 392, 420, 
564, 644, 708, 724, 772 ; annual 
dinner, 516; annual general meet¬ 
ing, 392 
Royal Horticultural Society, 13, 44, 
77, 109, 141, 189, 220,252, 331, 395, 
460, 491, 524, 556, 604, 668, 700, 
732, 764, 812, 842 
Royal Oxfordshire Horticultural 
Society, 716 
Rudgea macrophylla, 556 
Ruellia macrantha, 219 
Rumex hymenosepalus, 132 
Ryecroft Nursery, Ivy-leaved Pelar¬ 
goniums at, 633 
s 
Saccolabium bigibbum, 19S ; coe- 
leste Superb, 22 ; violaceum, 422 
Sacred Bean in the Thames, a, 583 
Sago Palm, 74 
