The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS. 
'September 2, 1893. 
Vll. 
Plants and light, 465 ; certificated in 
Holland, 39 ; can they see ? 640 ; 
dispersal of,the River Thames, and, 
259; injured by insects, 130 ; the 
food of, 773 ; how they feed, 470 ; 
hardy bulbous and Alpine, 195 ; 
movements of water in, 691 ; in 
pots, 516; rare, found in Cornwall, 
113 ; a highly sensitive, 291 ; sleep- 
nessness in, 275 : tropical, 358; 
variegated, 644 ; effects of dry cold 
weather on, 531 ; for winter flower¬ 
ing, 247 
Planting in January, 336 
Platycerium sethiopicum, 277; alci- 
corni, 263 
Platycodon grandiflorum Mariesii, 
758 , 769 
Pleurothallis punctulata, 280 ; tereti- 
folia, 152 
Plumbago capensis, 823 
Plums, Black Knot of, 291 
Poinsettia pulcherrima, 328 
Points and prizes, 369, 408 
Poisoning by Monkshood, 450 
Polygonum amplexicaule, 786 
Polyanthus, the gold laced, 420 
Polyanthus Queen Victoria, 626 
Poppies and Daisies, 743 
Pop ulus alba, 440 
Potato Colossal, 246; Daniel’s 
Universal, 195; the Freeman, 406, 
563 ; Sharpe’s Victor, 562 
Potato crop, the, 688 
Potato culture, electrical, 545 
Potato, diseases of, 614 
Potato disease, the prevention of, 36, 
52; a new theory concerning, 387 
Potato growing and the depression, 
305 
Potato Planter, Ransome’s, 691 
Potato show at Earl’s Court, the, 47, 
96 
Potato spraying machine, 503 
Potato trade, the 240 ; and the Fen 
farmers, 673 
Potatos at Chiswick, 819 ; con¬ 
cerning, 707 ; disease resisting, 419 ; 
new, certificated, 67, 98 ; for ex¬ 
hibition, 290 ; Jersey, 624 ; notes 
on, 51, 306 ; old, in April, 528 
Potato planting, 517 ; propagation 
and culture of the, 434 
Potentilla argyrophylla atrosan- 
guinea, 726 ; fruticosa, 760 
Primula Cockburniana, 275 ; denti- 
culata nivea, 536 ; elatior caerulea, 
456; involucrata, 581 ; Poisoni, 71, 
786 ; Poissoni for winter flowering, 
359; Reidi, 626 
Primulaceae, 528 
Primrose, the aboriginal Chinese, 
317; Fair}', 518 
Primroses and Polyanthuses at Bed- 
font, 544 
Primroses, blue, 471 ; hybrid, 513 ; 
from seed, 5 16 
Primulas and Cyclamens, Mr. R. 
Owen's, 214 
Primulas, Chinese, 450 ; single 
Chinese, 402; the double Chinese, 
228,243,279, 292; at Forest Hill, 
373 ; at Reading, 292 
Propagation, a chat on, 710 
Protoplasm, circulation of, 243 
Pruning in relation to spraying, 483 ; 
Prunus maritima, 39 ; Pissardi, 535 
Pteris cretica Mayi, 676; cretica 
nobilis, 676; Regina; Regina 
cristata, 8, 391 ; longifolia Mariesii’, 
Cog ; invalis, 70 ; serrulata gigantea, 
340 ; tremula variegata, 8, 294 
Pteris Wallichiana, 183 
Pulmonaria officinalis alba, 503 
Pyrus angustifolia flore pleno, 712 
Pyrus japonica cardinalis, 529 
R 
Rabbits, 576 
Rabbit-proof Conifers, 240 
Rafflesia Arnoldii, 467 
Ragged Robin, double, 416 
Railway Rates, 304, 354, 434 
Railway Rates question, the, 466 
Railway travelling, wonders of, 787 
Rain, artificial, 592 
Rain, the, 160 ; in May, 607 ; in July, 
736; and the crops, the, 739 
Rainfall, an inch of, 199 
Ramondia pyrenaica, 673 
Ransome’s Potato hlanter, 691 
Ranunculus speciosus flore pleno, 582 
Raspberry, Bunyard’s Superlative, 70 
Raspberry Plantations, 215 
Raspberry rods, on cutting back, 230 
Ravenia-Hildebrandtii, 422 
Reading Gardeners’ Improvement 
Society, 560 
Renanthera matutina, 23 
Restrepia antennifera, 592 
Rhododendron Ariel,626 ; Balsaminac- 
florum album, 760; Balsaminae- 
florum Rajah, 609 ; Ceres, 609; 
grande, 435 ; greenhouse. 198 ; 
Helene Schiffner, 609 ; Imogene, 
22 ; Lord Wolseley, 562 ; Minerva, 
22 ; multicolor Neptune, . 97 ; 
praecox, 467; Pre^dent, 22 ; Prim¬ 
rose, 609 ; racemosum, 466, 483 ; 
Ruby, 22; Souvenir de J, S. 
' Mangles, 22 ; Yellow Gem, 500 
Rhopoloblaste hixande, 500 
Rhubarb, Ryder’s Perfection, 675 
Rhubarb, forcing for quality, 147 
Richardia aurata, 662 
Rochea falcata, 294 
Rock Garden at Abbotsbury, 818 
Rock plants, choice, 581 
Rootwork, Mr. G. F. Wilson’s ex¬ 
periences of, 164 
Rodgersia podophylla, 660 
Rodrigueziapubescens, 825 ; secunda, 
44 1 
Root crops, on storing, 131 ; thinning, 
643 
Root pruning, 15 
Rosa p mifera, 23 
Ro iarians, 354 
Rose Allister Stella Grey, 690 ; a new 
species of, 311 ; Christine de Noue, 
483 ; Mme. Caroline Testout, 101 ; 
Merrie England, 690 ; Mrs. Hark- 
ness, 690; Prinzessin Luisa v. 
Sachsen, 678 ; Climbing Niphetos, 
388; the Musk, 705; Turner’s 
crimson Rambler, 625, 641 
Rose and Carnation Show, 599 
Rose growing near large towns, 40 
Rose Season, the, 636 
Rose Show at Earl’s Court, 695 
Rosery, the, 773 
Roses and their culture, 484, 498 ; 
and their essences, 769 ; Autumn, 
5 ; climbing, autumn treatment 
of, 20 ; dark velvet, 469 ; for Win¬ 
ter Bloom, 803 ; from Cuttings, 
247 ; fruiting or berried, 19 ; in 
pots, 86 ; lifting, 292, 306 ; new, 
at the Arnold Arboretum, 723 ; 
notes on Exhibition, 179; on bud¬ 
ding, 785; on protecting, 262; 
on pruning, 545 ; tea, 484 ; the 
propagation of, 86 ; the Valley of, 
163 ; under glass, 612 
Rothamsted experiments, Jubilee of 
the, 482, 774 
Royal Botanic Society, the, 805, 815 
Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, 225, 
155, 288, 305, 336, 370, 416, 513, 
559; annual meeting, 371 ; annual 
Dinner, 565 
Royal Horticultural Society of 
Aberdeen v. Cocker & Sons, 745 
Royal Horticultural Society and its 
Certificates, 96 
Royal Horticultural Society’s Exam¬ 
ination in Horticulture, 162, 696 
Royal Horticultural Society’s annual 
report, 322 
Royal Horticultural Society, the 
Committees of the, 63, 223, 295 ; 
Floral Committee’s awards, 342 
Royal Wedding decorations, the, 
721 
Rubus odoratus, 55 
Rudbeckia hirta, 806 ; purpurea, 
742 ; speciosa, 786 
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Saccolabium ampulaceum 552 ; 
bellinum, 392 ; bigibbum, 248 ; 
cerinum, 567 ; curvifolium, 744 
Saffronomania, 528 
Salads, winter, 82 
Sage, a new golden, 48 
Sale Season, the, 207 
Salesmen and their responsibilities, 
677 
Saline air and Orchids, 275 
Salvia officinalis aurea, 48 
Saponaria officinalis flore pleno, 758 
Sarchochilus borneensis, 232 
Sarracenia Mandaiana, 529; purpurea, 
647 
Saururus, the genus, 87 
Savoy, Christmas Drumhead, 374 
Saxifraga Andrewsi, 670; Boyeri 
alba, 456; cotyledon pyramidalis, 
599 
Scabiosa ochroleucha, 822 
Schivereckia podolica, 581 
Schizocodon Soldaneloides, 500 
Scholarships in horticulture, 256 
Schubertia grandiflora, 663 
Scilla amcena, 545 ; siberica alba, 500 
Scilly, flower growing in, 128; the 
flowers of, 230 
Scopolia Fladnichiana, 468 
Scottish Arboricultural Society in the 
South, 753, 788, 801 
Scottish Horticultural Association, 
161, 304, 321, 386, 409, 592, 657, 
720, 784 
Seakale, forced, 162 
Seakale in the open ground, 115 
Seakale, planting, 358 
Searing, Mr. W. A., presentation to, 
393 
Season, earliness of the, 560 ; and the 
Carnations, 576 
Sedges and Grasses, 66 
Seed sowing, 53 
Seedlings, reversion in, 419 ; Sir John 
Lubbock on, ig3 
Seeds and the season, 703 
Seeds, variation reproduced by, 529 
Selaginella caulescens Emiliana, 198 
Senecio petasites, 775 
Sequoia gigantea, 528 
Sewage for the kitchen garden, 363 
Sexby, Mr. J. J., 165 
Shading for glass, summer, 72 
Shea, Mr. C. E., on show boards for 
Chrysanthemums, 114 
Shipley Hall, a gardeners' party at, 
689 
Short Hills,Messrs.Pitcher & Manda’s 
Nursery at, 274 
Shropshire Horticultural Society, 336 
Shrubs and the frost, 321 
Sidalcea malvaeflora, 726 
Silene fimbriata, 660 ; maritima flore 
pleno, 679 ; schafta, 53 
Siphocampylus Humboldtii, 760 
Skinneria japonica, 102 
Slaves wanted in Ireland, 753 
Sleepnessness in plants, 275 
Small Holdings, Lord Carrington on, 
321 
Smith, Lieut. Percy, on Lilies and 
their culture, 130, 146 
Smoking at flower shows, 768 
Smyth, Mr. H. G., portrait of, 421 
Snowdrop, the Crimean, 455 
Sobralia rosea, 552 
Societies: Ayr Horticultural, 52 ; 
Brighton and Sussex new horticul¬ 
tural, 343 ; Chiswick Horticultural 
744 ; Croydon Horticultural, 728 ; 
Crystal Palace, 489, 599 ; Liverpool 
Horticultural Association, 457; 
Liverpool Horticultural, 776; Man¬ 
chester Botanical and Horticul¬ 
tural, 375, 473, 615 ; National Chry¬ 
santhemum, 38, 120, 128; Rich¬ 
mond Horticultural 707; Royal 
Botanic, 488, 507, 691 ; Royal 
Caledonian Horticultural, 38 ; 
Royal Horticultural, 24, 56, 88, 
120, 151, 184, 329, 392, 457, 519, 
55 1 - 5 8 3. 6 3 2 . 6 48. 680, 728, 744, 780, 
792 ; Royal Horticultural of Aber¬ 
deen, 147 ; Scottish Horticultural 
Association, 32, 393 
Societies, special, in America, 18 
Soil, carbonic acid in the, 531 
Soils, retentive, 594 
Solanum Wendlandi, 727 
Sonerilla Baron Salier, 663 
Sollya parviflora, 647 
Sophora secundiflora, 48 
Sophro - Cattleya Calypso, 264 ; 
Veitchi, 41 
South Devon Fruit Farm, 337 
Sparrows and the dry weather, 643 ; 
one use of, 551 
Streptocarpus and Gloxinias, 551 
Society of American Florists, 288 
Spathoglottis Vieillardii rubra, 169 
Sphaceloma ampelinum, 821 
Spiraea Anthony Waterer, 769; 
bullata, 728 ; Kamschatica, 726 ; 
lobata, 710 ; media, 422 ; palmata, 
726 ; Ulmaria aurea, 711 
Spring Flower Shows, the, 592 
Spring flowers, early, 418; 450 
Spring, the, 449 
Springtide, precocious, 371 
Stanhopea Amesiana, 567 ; Lowii, 
232 
Statice Limonum, 758 
Stavordale Priory, 64 
Steam and hot-water heating, 23 
Stocks, Victoria, 65 
" Stott ” specialities, the, 452 
Strathallan Castle, 212 
Strawberry festival, a, 88 
Strawberry, Noble, 4 ; Royal 
Sovereign, 647, 609; Sensation, 
609 
Strawberries, 656; all the yearround, 
279; early, 608, 663, 679, 695 ; 
early at Chiswick, 642 ; in the north. 
135 ; on making new plantations of, 
435 ; wild, in Ceylon, 65 
Streptocarpus Dunnii, 759 ; Galpini, 
128; new hybrid, 135; Veitch’s 
hybrids, 22 
Streptocarpuses, 609 
Streptogloxinia, 278 
Streptosolen Jamesoni, 440 
Strobilanthes Dyerianus, 562, 743 
isophyllus, 441 
Sulphuric Acid, action of, on trees 
and shrubs, 578 
Summer pruning, 672 
Sunflowers, 370 
Sussex horticulturists on tour, 742 
Swanley, winter flowers at, 309 
Sweet Briar Amy Robsart, 626 ; 
Matilda Marchment, 662 ; Mina, 
662 
Sweet Pea Eliza Eckford, 769; Mrs. 
Sankey,' 663 ; The Belle, 769 ; the, 
791, 804; new varieties of, 792 
Sweet Peas, new white, 647 
Sycamore Simon Louis Freres, 68 
Synthyris reniformis, 422 
Syringa japonica, 115 
T 
Tachiadenus carinatus, 760 
Tacsonia Smythiana, 85 
Tamworth Pansy Show, 627 
Tasmanian Fruit. 640 
Taunton Flower Show, 803 
Tea Roses, 484 
Teak Orchid pot, 513 
Technical Education, 610; in horti¬ 
culture, 163 
Temple Show, the, 608, 623, 632, 640 
Temple Show regulations, the, 625 
Thermometer, the centigrade, 675 
Thomson, the late Mr. W., 788 
Thorn, killed by a, 320 
Thorpe, Mr. John, 500 
Thrinax radiata, 102 
Thunbergia Harrisii, 456 
Tillandsia leodiensis. 598 
Tillia vulgaris platyphylla, 8 
Timber growing, home, the obstacles 
to, 311 
Toadflax, the purple, 117 
Tobacco, how to cure, 769, 792 
Tomato boom, the, 64 
Tomato a vegetable, the, 737 
Tomato, Austin’s Eclipse, 100; Blen¬ 
heim Orange, 67; Collin’s Chal¬ 
lenger, 19 ; Conqueror, 406; Lady 
Bird, 131, 468 ; the Peach, 147 
Tomato, oedema of the, 755 
Tomato, the, 608 
Tomato with whorled leaves, 199 
Tomatos, 374, 720; advantages of 
quick fertilisers for, 307; and 
cancer, 370 ; at Chiswick, 145, 820 ; 
notes on, 471, 483; out of doors; 
691 ; value of nitrate of soda to, 
355 ; what are they ? 753 ; winter, 
304 
Tomtits in the garden, 823 
Torquay Gardeners’ Association, 520 
Torquay gardeners at Taunton, 816 
Town Chrysanthemums, 144 
Town Trees, 450 
Toxicophlaea spectabilis, 419 
Trade and gardening, 720 
Trade customs at Covent Garden, 664 
Trapa bicornis, 129 
Tree Lions,Madagascar, 784 
Tree of Heaven, the, 785 
Tree under which Livingstone died, 
the, 515 
Trees and Shrubs, action o: sul¬ 
phuric acid on, 578 
Trees and Shrubs, hardy, 164, 273 
Trees, Evergreens beneath, 388 ; 
famous, measurement of, 321 ; for 
roads, 807 ; in French cities, 342 ; 
in Paris, 113; pictorial, new, 68; 
the bleeding of, 691 ; the tallest of, 
609 ; without water, 672 
Trentham Flower Show, 755 
Trichopilia suavis alba, 504 
Trillium grandiflorum, 545 
Tritoma Osiris, 801 
Triphia orthocerus, 473 
Tropaeolum pentaphyllum,743; specio- 
sum, 823 
Truffle hunting, 418 
Tulip, a fragrant, 566 
Tulip Maiden’s Blush, 632; Ophir 
d'Or, for bedding, 529 ; Van Von- 
dell, 550 
Tulip, the Florists’, 164, 580, 597 
Tulipa ciliata, 550 ; Leichtlinii, 551 ; 
linifolia, 631 ; pulchella, 583 
Tnnbridge Wells Gardeners’ Im¬ 
provement Society, 441 
