The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS. 
[August 3i, 1895. 
V. 
F 
Factory, a Fern, 441 
Falkland Park, 665; Dendrobiums 
from, 550 
Fallacies respecting the weather, 357 
Fairfield, Aberdeen, 602 
Fatsia (Aralia) japonica, 109 
Favourites, some old, 504 
Fern Factory, a, 441 
F'ern spores, supposed vitality of, 
663 ; Wall, a pretty, 121 
F'erns for baskets, 59, 93, 165, 189 ; 
for cutting, 314 
Fertiliser, a new, 279 
Fertilisers and feeding stuffs, 202 
F'ig Tree, the parable of the, 316, 331, 
348 , 364 
Filmy Ferns, 36 
Fisher Son & Sibray, Limited, 500 
Flora, the Lincolnshire, 212 
Floral decorations at Leeds, 124 ; in 
autumn and winter, 243; the Japs 
and their, 596 
Floral Emblems, 763 
Florists’ and other flowers at Reading, 
122 
Florist’s flower ? what is a, 355 
Florist’s flowers, public taste and, 67 
Flower, a coming, 195 ; clocks, 
485; Gala at Aberdeen, 840; 
shows, modern, 652 ; shows of to¬ 
day, summer, 611; shows, some 
lessons from, 40, 52, 109, 122, 156 
Flowers and the voice, 488; colours 
of, 339; double, 547; for winter, 
117; in water-colour and oil paint¬ 
ing, 581 ; the romance of, 411 ; the 
transplanting of hardy, 21 
Fodder plant, a British, 231 
Foliage plants and their culture, 459, 
473 
Forest fire, terrible, 20 ; floras, a com¬ 
parison of, 631 
Forest Hill and Catford Horticultural 
Society’s show, 795 ; Clivias at, 553 
Forest trees, the splitting of, 487 
Forests, preservation of, 27 
Forestry Lecturer gets £1,400, 773 
Forsythia suspensa, 248 
Freesia refracta alba, 355 
Freesias, 276 
French Horticultural Society of 
London, 348 
Frost and the lesson it teaches, the 
severe, 403; in Essex, 428; of 
1895, the great, 572 ; the severe, 
411 ; upon plants, mode of action 
of, 483; vegetable crops and the, 
549 
Frosts, the late, 136 
Fruit, a little-known hardy, 300 ; 
crops, the, 773 ; exhibition of 
British grown, 85; farming in 
California, 91 ; growing in Austra¬ 
lia, 314; growing in the future, 
hardy, 552 ; harvest, the, 820; 
prospects, the late spring and, 515 ; 
ranching in California, 155, 250 ; 
sale of growing, 820 ; show, lessons 
of the, 83; trees, grubs, insects 
and, 699; trees oil north walls, 76 ; 
trees, unfruitful, 91; with lime, 
preserving, 404; without seeds, 
764 
Fruits of the Cape of Good Hope, 
421 
Fuchsias at Trowbridge, 8 ; hardy, 
44 ; two choice, 840 
Fuel, garden, 389, 411 
FuDgi, force of, 183 ; force of grow¬ 
ing, 132 ; in Surrey, edible, 408 
Fungous diseases of ornamental 
plants, 777 
Furcraea Selloa, 308 
Furnishing, some useful plants for, 
533 
G 
Gale, terrific, 484 
Galvanised wire on walls, 219 
Garden, a first-prize cottage flower, 
761 ; indeed, a, 839 ; the wild, 104 
Gardeners, a warning to, 228 ; and 
holidays, 131,154, 171, 180 ; clever, 
548; duty to his employer, a, 26 ; 
education of, 569 ; thinking, 408 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institu¬ 
tion, 346, 804; fifty-sixth anniver¬ 
sary festival, 715 
Gardens in America, the earliest, 
587 ; the formation of, 218 ; waste 
ground and neglected, 119 
Gardenias, 683, 729, 757 
Gardening Book, an early, 212 ; hard 
work, is? 643, 696, 741, 762; 
home, 421 ; on a small scale for 
profit, 156; present day, 106 ; 
specialism in, 232, 266; the 
Amateur’s Handbook on, 232 
Garry a elliptica, 261 
Geranium armenum, 683 ; wallichia- 
num, 315 
Germination, temperature and, 199 
Ghent, the public park of, 312 
Gladiolus Casilda, 101 ; Cygnet, 74 ; 
Don Jose, 826; Duke of Devon¬ 
shire, 826; Dutreuille Rhins, 774 ; 
Earl Cadogan, 826 ; Frametta, 38 ; 
grandis, 101 ; Leonora, 101 ; Little 
Dorrit, 74; Magnet, 38; Mrs. 
Beecher, 826 ; Muriel, 74 
Glasgow Botanical Gardens, 203 
Glazing, patent, 165 
Gleichenias, 105 
Gloriosa abyssinica, 125 
Glastonbury, the holy Thorn of, 312 
Gloxinia Leopard, 634; Prince of 
Wales, 635 
Gloxinias and Streptocarpus, 697; 
planted out, 125 
Godetia Marchioness of Salisbury, 
742 
Goetheas, 523 
Golden Feather, 61 
Goldsworth “ Old” Nursery, 102 
Gomphia olivaeformis, 268 
Gooseberries, cordon, 763 ; red 
spider on, 682 ; without spines, 793 
Gooseberry and Currant Sawfly, 692 
Gorse as fodder in Wales, 647 ; in 
Scotland, 647 
Granard Gardens, Putney, 409, 805 
Grapes, large, 213 
Green Daffodil, the, 619 
Grevillea Thelemanniana, 364 
Greyia Sutherlandii, 436 
Growth in plants, rate of, 827 
Gunnersbury, notes from, 313 
H 
Haarlem Bulb show, 484 
Habenaria Bonatea, 566; dilatata, 
679 ; rhodocheila, 774 ; Susannae, 
22 
Habenarias, the, 633 
Haemanthus Katherinae, 443 
Hailstorm Insurance Corporation, 
Ltd., 692 
Hailstorms in America, severe, 666 
Half-holiday for Gardeners,Saturday, 
293 . 309 
Hamamelis arborea, 301 
Hard Work, is gardening ? 643, 696, 
741, 762 
Hardy fruits and the mild, moist 
weather, 211 
Hardy herbaceous plants in flower, 4 
Heatherbank, the Lily season at, 232 
Hedera madeirensis variegata, 220 
Hedge plants, 410 
Hedysarum multijugum, 12 
Helianthus lenticularis, 260 ; multi- 
florus Bouquet d’Or, 4 
Heliconia aurea striata, 248 
Heliotrope, a new, 132 
Helmholtzia glaberrima, 61 
Hemerocallis aurantiaca, 742 
Henslow, Rev. George, on interesting 
plants, 746 
Hepaticas, 41 
Herbaceous border, the, 650 
Herbaceous borders, 181,216 ; plants in 
flower, hardy, 24, 58 ; plants, utility 
of hardy, 707 
Herb bed, the, 680 
Herbs for winter, kitchen, 216 
Heuchera sanguinea, 667 
Hibbertia dentata, 349 
Hibiscus crassinervis flammeus, 411 
Hippeastrum, Earl of Arran, 250; 
Lady Edith Ashley, 250; Lady 
Esther Smith, 250 ; Lord Sudeley, 
250 
Hippophae rhamnoides, 125 
Holland, bulbs and their cultivation 
in, 123, 138, 187 
Holly Lawsoniana, 74 
Holly hedges, 204 
Hollyhock, seedling, 141 ; the, 61 ; 
the Antwerp, 61 
Holme Park, Berks, 168 
Holiday trip to North Wales, 248,265 
Horticulture, Devonshire, 232 ; ex¬ 
amination in, 789 
Horticultural buildings, 696; societies, 
local, 393 
Hoya carnosa, 27; imperialis, 220 
Hoyas, 357 
Humea elegans, 57 
Humming Birds, the food of, 775 
Huxley, the late Professor, 723 
Hyacinth, a floriferous, 411 
Hybridisation, ill-advised, 325 
Hyde Park, spring flowers in, 549 
Hypericum patulum, 44 
Hypolepis repens, 667 
I 
Iberis intermedia, 394 
Imantophyllums, a collection of, 536 
Incarvillea Delavayi, 634 
Indigofera gerardiana, 811 
Insectivorous plants, original dis¬ 
covery of, 260 
Insects and Pear blossom, 327 ; be 
scarce next summer ? will, 387 
Instruction, object lessons as a means 
of, 451 
Inula Hookeri, 678 
Ipomaea Horsfalliae Brigsii, 252 
Ipswich and East of England Horti¬ 
cultural Society, 748 
Ireland, wayside, 197, 217 
Iris asiatica, 678,694 ; japonica, 364 ; 
Madame Chereau, 667 ; marmo- 
rata, 683 ; reticulata, 490 
Iris, freak of an, 711 
Irises, bearded, 682 ; beardless flag, 
667 ; English and Spanish, 746 
Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums at Ryecroft 
nursery, 633 
J 
Jadoo Fibre, 315, 349, 468, 635 
Japanese Chrysanthemum, and its 
cultivation, 281, 297; flowers and 
gardens, 293 ; Hop, the variegated, 
714 ; Maples, 505 
Jedburgh, some notes from, 12 
Jessamine, the, 235 
Judge in the west, a Chrysanthemum, 
200 
K 
Kale, 205 ; Sutton’s Improved Heart¬ 
ing. 57i 
Kennedya prostrata Maryattae, 252 
Kentia dumoniana, 485 
Kerria japonica flore pleno, 636 
Kew, etymology of, 822 ; gardeners, 
increased pay for, 516; Gardens, 
730; Guild, Journal of the, 787 
Guild, the, 436; the bedding at, 
571 ; the alpine house at, 504 
Kewites at play, past and present, 
74i 
Kitchen garden, 726, 758, 791, 822 
Knowledge, a little, 472, 488 
L 
Laburnum, 231 ; Adami, legends of, 
684 ; the Oak-leaved, 683 
Lachenalliaquadricolor maculata, 344 
Lady gardeners in conference, 677 
Laelia anceps crawshayana, 342; 
arnoldiana, 246 ; arnoldiana deli- 
cata, 294; dayana delicata, 53; 
elegans dulcotense, 6 ; elegans nobi- 
lis, 22; elegans Oweniae, 22; 
Euterpe, 262 ; flava, 582 ; flava, 
aurantiaca, 535 ; grandis tenebrosa 
Charlesworthii, 710 ; grandis tene¬ 
brosa pittiana, 710; grandis 
Wigan’s var., 678; monophylla, 
840; Parthenia, 53; pumila prae- 
stans, 166 ; purpurata bella, 630 ; 
purpurata Richmond Gem, 678 
Laelio-Cattleya C. G. Roebling, 710 ; 
Decia, 230; D. S. Brown, 758; 
Elstead Gem, 840 ; Epicasta, 565, 
566 ; Ingramii, 694 ; Myra, 470 
Lamium maculatum aureum, 683 
Lapagerias, 93, 125, 442 
Lapland stockings, 408 
Larch, disease of the, 423 
Lark and Nightingale, the, 779 
Late spring and fruit prospects, the, 
5 i 5 
Lathyrus sativus, 231; tingitanus, 
683 
Law Notes : bad Tomatos at Covent 
Garden, 492 ; important to florists, 
660 ; important to seed merchants 
and growers, 443; right of cutting 
over-hanging trees, 253 ; Scottish 
Building case, 45 ; the Lincolnshire 
seed case, 476 ; the sale of poisons, 
806 
Lawns, about, 472 
Leaves, the falling, 124 
Legends of Laburnum Adami, 684 
Lentil culture in France, 313 
Leptosyne maritima, 61 
Lessons from flower shows, 40, 52, 
109, 122, 156 
Lettuces, some good, 360 
Leucojum carpaticum, 469; vernum 
carpaticum, 485 
Liberton, two Orchids from, 166 
Lichens, longevity of, 455 
Lightning, Cedar struck by, 804; 
Elm struck by, 820 
Lilac La Tour d’Auvergne, 634; 
Madame Lemoine, 443 
Lilium chalcedonicum, 4 ; Dalhan- 
soni, 710, 747; giganteum, 747; 
Flansoni, 714; Henryi, 27 ; japoni- 
cum Colchesteri, 775 ; pardalinum, 
764 ; Parryi, 764 
Lilies of the Valley, 325, 500 
Lily season at Heatherbank, 232 ; the 
Leopard-spotted, 5 
Linden House, Carlisle, 92 
Linnean Society, 628 
Lisianthus Russelianus, 358 
Liverpool Horticultural Society's 
show, 796 ; spring show, 524 
Lobelia cardinalis Queen Victoria, 61 
London Pansy and Violet Society, 
732 
Longevity of Lichens, 455 
Lords and Ladies, 101 
Losses amongst shrubs, repairing, 
484 
Lucerne, tree, 231 
Luddemannia Pescatorei var., 758 
Luminosity from other causes, 87 
Lycaste dyeriana, 758 ; gigantea, 
566; rossiana, 518 ; Skinneri alba, 
486; Skinneri Ravenswood var., 
438; trifoliata, 566 
Lychnis Viscaria flore pleno, 793 
Lycoris aurea, 28 
Lysimachia ciliata, 4 
M 
Maidenhead to Henley-on-Thames, 
a ramble from, 808, 824 
Mammoth nursery, a, 564 
Management of cold pits and frames, 
251 
Manettia bicolor, 189 
Manure, on preparing, 267 
Manures and their application, 835 
Maples, Japanese, 505 
Marattias, 153 
Market Gardening in the Evesham 
district, 532 
Marley Hall, Devon, 235 
Marsh Marigold in bloom, 174 
Masdevallia attenuata, 134; cam¬ 
py loglossa, 679 ; coriacea, 758 ; 
demissa, 679; fragrans, 566; 
Fraseri, 470 ; gemmata, 679 ; guttu- 
lata, 758 ; harryana miniata, 630; 
laucheana, 134; ludibunda, 535; 
muscosa, 694; Peristeria, 262 ; 
shuttryana, 630 ; tovarensis, 390 ; 
wageneriana, 679 
Mauldshe Castle Gardens, N.B., 229 
Maxillaria fucata, 840; Hubschii, 
774; mirabilis, 118; ochroleuca, 
342 
Mealy bug on vines, 100 
Melon Bishop’s Favourite, 742; 
Epicure, 743 ; Fairlawn's Empress 
of India, 20 ; Middlesex Hero, 826 ; 
Nugget, 743 ; The Lady, 678 
Melons and Cucumbers, 586, 600 
Memorial Fund, William Thomson, 
388 
Mice in a beehive, field, 551 
Middlesbrough Flower Show, 781 
Mignonette Bush Hill White, 485 ; 
proliferation of the flowers of, 583 
Miltonia Candida, 38; spectabilis 
moreliana atropurpurea,n8 ; vexil- 
laria Constance Wigan, 758 ; vexil- 
laria F. W. Moore, 694 
Miltoniopsis bleuiana rosea, 134; 
bleuiana virginalis, 629 
Molospermum cicutarium, 141 
Montbretia Soleil Couchant, 826 
Montbretias, 36; the, 60, 840 
Morisia hypogaea, 389 
Mormodes Cogniauxii, 278; pardi- 
num, 774 
Mulberries, 92 
Mummy Pea again, 23, 663 
Muscari conicum, 603; latifolium, 
636 
Mushroom, 173 ; beds, 285 ; culture 
in cement barrels, 646; at Gun¬ 
nersbury House, 202 ; edible and 
poisonous, 84 ; on the housetops, 
179 ; property in growing, 52 
