VI • September 2 ,1893.] 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening World. 
Lachenalia tricolor, 391 
Lancashire, the weather and the fruit 
crops in, 581 
Land, the starved, 453 
Langport, hardy plants at, 135 
Lapageria rosea maculata, 87 
Laportea moroides, 176 
Lathyrus sativus, 679 ; 775 ; tingi- 
tanus, 679 
Law notes : Cocker v. the Royal 
Horticultural Society of Aberdeen, 
500 
Leaf stalks, grooved, 515 
Leaf, the fall of the, 112 
Leafage in April, 528 
Leaves and their functions, 625 
Leaves injured by Fog, 578 
Leicester Flower Show, 808 
Leguminous plant, a poisonous, 48 
Lettuces, Cabbage, Perfect Gem and 
Neapolitan, 131 
Lettuces, early, 439 ; notes on, 487 
Leucojum vernum, 422 
Lewisia rediviva, 582 
Liatris Pycnostachya, 801 
Lichens and Lime, 276 ; and the Bor¬ 
deaux mixture, 723 
Lilac Alphonse Lavallee, 500 ; Leon 
Simon, 483 
Lilac, an easy way of forcing, 359, 
374 
Lilacs, tinted, 756 
Lilies and their Culture, 130, 146 
Lilies at Oakwood, notes on the, 241 
Lilies, our garden, 687, 743 
Lilium Alexandras, 737; Bloom- 
erianum magnificum, 694; Bolan- 
deri, 690; Brownii, 710 ; Henryi, 71, 
822 ; Leichtlinii, 23 ; Lowii, 737 ; 
maritimum, 712 ; Martagon alba, 
726; Parryi, 710 ; pomponium, 
694 ; Washingtonianum, 710 
Lily of the Valley, 375 
Lily, the Barbados, 246 
Lime, the uses of, 357 
Linaria genistasfolia, 673 
Liriodendron tulipifera aurea, 22 
Lizard's tail, the, 87 
Lobelia Milleri, 21; splendens 
Victorias, 136, 758 
London County Council and its 
Parks, 192 
London, open spaces in, 160 
London Pansy and Viola Society, 
the, 244, 644 
London Parks and their Manage¬ 
ment, 165 
Looking back, 308 
Lowfield Nurseries, the, 52 
Luisia Amesiaria, 696 ; volucris, 696 
Lycaste macrobulbon Youngii, 520 ; 
plana Measuresiana, 392 ; Skinneri 
Hettie, 473 
Lychnis chalcedonica, 710; coronaria 
oculatus, 786 ; tios-cuculi rubra 
plena, 631 ; Flos-Jovis, 673 ; Vis- 
caria plena splendens, 669 
Lysimachia clethroides, 742 
Lythrum virgatum, 806 
M 
McHattie, Mr., presentation to, 482 
Madagascar, M. Hamelin’s experi¬ 
ences in, 708 
Magnolia hypoleuca, 598; stellata 
pink var., 500 
Maianthemum bifolium, 663 
Maize, Adams Early, 98 
Manchester Horticultural Improve- 
Society, 161, 339, 376 
Manchester Rose Show, 720 
Manchester, Town Gardening in, 657 
“Manual of Orchidaceous Plants,” 
Veitch’s, 610 
Manures, artificial, 703 ; how to make 
and use them, 518 ; chemical, uses 
of in the production of fruit, 184 
farmyard, fermentation of, 515; 
notes on, 706; Mr. Stott on, 452 
Maranta Baraquiniana, 294 ; roseo- 
picta, 215 
Margaret Carnations, 163 
Marguerites, large, 294 
Marica caerulea, 743 
Marigolds, French, 70 
Market Gardeners’ Compensation. 
Act, 642 
Market Gardening, 208 
Marshall, Mr. W., complimentary' 
dinner to, 112 
Masdevallia Arminii, 567; Gelengiana,. 
567 ; hybrida McVittiae, 264 
Massangea hieroglyphica, 246 
Mauritius, a cyclone in, 17 
Maxillaria Sanderiana, 424, 548 ; 
Sanderiana Xanthoglossa, 567 ; 
sanguinea, 473 
May in Scotland, 673 
“ Mazzard ” Fairs, 800 
Mealy-bug on Vines, singeing, 375 
Medals as Prizes, 768, 792 
Medicago Echinus, 151 
Medinilla Curtisii, 760 
Melittis melissophyllum, 660 
Melon Beauty of Syon, 136, 769; 
County Councillor, 801 ; Frogmore 
Seedling, 662 ; Hero of Isleworth, 
801 ; Ingestre hybrid, 598 ; Lee’s 
Perfection, 762 ; Royal Prince, 801; 
Tegg’s Favourite, 70 
Melons, 128 
Mesospinidium vulcanicum grandi- 
florum, 408 
Metroplitan Parks, the, 560 
Mice, a plague of, 278 
Michaelmas Daises in pots, 150 
Midland Carnation and Picotee 
Society, 256, 754 
Midland Counties Pansy Society, 304, 
627 
Milner, Mr. H. E., complimentary 
dinner to, 82 
Miltonia Bluntii Lubbersii, 137; 
Roezlii alba Falkland Park var., 
825 ; spectabilis superba, 137; 
Joiceana, 808; vexillaria, 664; 
vexillaria Daisy Haywood, 776; 
vexillaria Princess May, 633 
Mimulus gloriosus, 609 
Mistleto Bough, the, 241 
Monarda didyma, 742 
Montbretia crocosmioeflora, 822 ; 
plena, 801 
Morisia hypogaea, 582 
Moseley Botanical Gardens, 595 
Moseley Dahlia Show, 22 
Mountains, among the, 152 
Mulberries, fruits of, 307 
Muscari flavum, 550 
Museum specimen, a huge, 387 
Mushroom, a new, 324 
Mushroom gatherers, a caution to, 65 
Mushroom culture, 576; in a cave, 
771 ; in a wine cellar, 259 
Mushroom House, the, 147 
Mushrooms, deaths from eating, 184 
Mushrooms in Winter, 225 
Musk Rose, the, 705 
Myosotis alpestris Victoria, 467 
N 
N anodes Medusae, 584 
Narcissus Nelsoni aurantiacus, 550; 
triandrus calathinus, 582 ; triandrus 
concolor, 535 ; triandruspulchellus, 
536 
National Amateur Gardeners’Associa¬ 
tion, 241 
National Auricula Society, 148, 548, 
596, 612, 644, 658; northern sec¬ 
tion, 564 
National Carnation and Picotee 
Society, 148, 703, 729; northern 
section, 770 
National Chrysanthemum Society, 
102, 230, 258, 272, 418, 434, 737, 
752 ; annual meeting, 405 
National Co-operative Flower Show, 
823 
National Rose Society, 256, 680, 705 
National Dahlia Society, 436 
Nature’s greatest curiosity, 129 
Nemesia floribunda, 760; Strumosa 
Suttoni, 103, 289 
Nepenthes Curtisii superba, 53, 327 ; 
Dicksoniana, 231 ; Kennedyana, 
231; Madagascarensis, 199; Mas- 
tersiana, 246 ; Mastersiana, varia¬ 
bility of, 679; Northii, 183 ; Rajah, 
2 3 x 
Nephrolepis davallioides multiceps, 
8, 328 ; davalioides plumosus, 311 
Newcastle Flower Show, 5, 755 
New York, a Botanic garden for, 
466 
New Zealand, frozen flowers from, 
472 
Nicotiana colosea variegata, 402, 737 
Nidularium amazonicum, 198; a 
variegated, 231 ; splendens, 215 
Nitrogen for nothing, 482 
Nitrous acid and ozone, formation of 
563 
North of Scotland Horticultural 
and Arboricultural Association, 
66, 131, 726 
Nothochlsena mollis, 626 
Nottingham Horticultural Society, 
386 
Nursery and Seed Trade Association, 
241, 321 
Nuts, Cob, and Filbert, 452 
Nymphsea Lotus Ortgiesiana, 721 
o 
Oakwood, notes on the Lilies at, 241 
Obituary: Barlow, Mr. S., 625; 
Beck, Mrs. E. 450; Bowring, Mr. 
J. C., 688; Bond, Mr. G. 64; 
Brackenridge, Mr. W. D., 423; 
Brown, Mr. W., 320 ; Burnell, Mr. 
J. T., 434 ; DeCandalle, Prof., 512; 
Deverill, Mr. H., 489 ; Downie, Mr. 
John, 208; Farquhar, Mr. S.,57; 
Frater, Mr. W., 560; Gordon, Mr. 
James, 121 ; Hogg, Mr. Thomas, 
361; Holland, Mr. R., 705 ; Laxton, 
Mr. T., 808; Littlejohn, Mr, 
James, 688 ; McKelvie, Mr. W. R., 
504; McKenzie, Mr. A , 482; 
Manning, Mr. G., 144; Phippen, 
Mr. G. W., 423 ; Pratt. Anne, 768; 
Pratt, Mr. W., 272 ; Saul, Mr. M. 
57 ; Sanderson, Mr. E.,561 ; Seward, 
Mr. E., 768 ; Sharman, Mr. C. H., 
89; Sheppard, Mr. J., 343; 
Thomson, Junr., Mr. W., 768; 
Treseder, Mr. W., ‘489 ; Webster, 
Mr. J. B., 624; Westwood, Prof., 
288; White, Mr. G. T., 16; 
Whittaker, Mr. W., 825 
Ochna multiflora, 422 
Odontoglossum Andersonianum,Falk¬ 
land Park var., 680 ; cirrhosum le 
Doux var., 408; crispum, 743; 
crispum de Barry Crawshay, 600; 
crispum guttatum, 600; crispum 
Ruckerianum, Crawshay’s var.,536 ; 
grande, 213; Insleayi Imschootia- 
num, 392; peruviense, 696; 
Pascatorei, a double, 408 ; ramosis- 
simum, 73, 152; Roblingianum, 
567; Roezlii Sander’s var., 23; 
Ruckerianum splendens, 472 ; 
Sanderianum, 488 ; Schroderianum, 
24 ; Wallisii, 328 ; Wattianum, 23 ; 
Wattianum, Hardy’s var., 633 
Odontoglossum crispum, a fine dis¬ 
play of, 616 
Odontoglossums from Birdhill, 360 
CEdema of the Tomato, 755 
CEnothera missouriensis, 742 
Oldfield Nurseries, Altrincham, the, 
677 
Olearia Gunniana, 517; stellulata, 
5 °° 
Olive tree, a patriarchal, 375 
Oncidium curtum, 680; incurvum 
album, 56; Jonesianum Maida 
Vale var., 825 ; palumbinum candi- 
dum, 728 ; phymatochilum, 728 ; 
splendidum, 743 ; tetrapterum, 185 
Onion, on the culture of the, 498 
Onion, the, in excelsis, 52 
Onion culture, the new, 531 
Onion, Somerset Hero, 98 
Onions, concerning, 320; notes on, 
67 ; on the keeping of, 291 ; sowing, 
358 
Onions for exhibition, 306 ; for profit, 
546 
Ononis spinosa, 743 
Oplismenus Burmanni variegata, 294 
Orchid, the self regarding, 640 
Orchid collector, experiences of an 
694 
Orchid flowers, notes on choice, 388; 
packing, 209 
Orchid Growers’ Calendar, 41, 73, 
104, 137, 168, 200, 232, 263, 295, 
328, 360, 392, 423, 456, 488, 519, 
552, 583, 616, 648, 679, 712, 743, 
776, 808 
"Orchid Manual for Amateurs,” 662 
Orchid men at cricket, 640 
Orchid pot, a new, 230 
Orchid pots of Teak, 503 
Orchids, Mr. G. Hardy's, 770; Mr. 
Hardy’s sale of, 450; Moth at 
Clapton, 403 ; Saline air and, 275 ; 
the Blenheim, 239; at Heaton, 456 ; 
at Sehvood, 424; at the Temple 
Show, 624 ; from Broomfield, 536 ; 
from Forgandenny, 408 ; in the 
Black Country, 215 
Orobus vernus purpureus, 550 
Osiers, about, 711 : the trade in, 754 
Owls as vermin destroyers, 547 
Oxalis Smithiana, 53 
P 
Pachystoma Thompsoniana, 24 
Packing Fruit for market, 16 
Paeonia M. Boucharlet, 662 ; Jeanne 
d'Arc, 662; Marie Lemoine, 602 ; 
Whitmanniana, 614 
Pceonies double, 37 ; single, 642 
Palm, a useful, 512 
Palm growing in the United States, 
791 
Palms, branching in, 259 
Palms, as Drawing-room ornaments, 
788 ; the germination of, 707 ; 
standing on their toes, 440; at 
Upper Holloway, 213 
Pandanus, a smooth-leaved, 215 ; 
Baptistii, 483, 581 
Pandanus heterocarpus, 327 
Panicum spectabile, 440 
Pansies and Violas, 566; on planting, 
436 ; in Hampshire, 759 ; from 
Hawick, 647 ; at York, 678 
Pansies, new fancy, 308 ; tree, 151, 
177 ; tufted, from Chirnside, 68 
Pansy, Alice Bolton, 662 ; Beauty, 
662 ; Bella Duncan, 644,706; Rev. 
R McAlister, 662 ; Princess, 662 ; 
John Watt, 662 
Pansy Show, Glasgow, 770 ; the 
London, 644, 655 ; at Tamworth, 
627 
Pansy, the, 225 ; the petals of a, 291 ; 
the English Show, 415 
Papaver nudicaule, 786; umbrosum 
fl. pi., 416 
Parcel Post regulations, 118 
Parish tithes, maps, and fees, 192 
Park Place, Henley-on-Thames, 817 
Parks, popularity of the London, 
641 
Parrotia persica, 422 
Parsley, 80; cankered, 755 ; in win¬ 
ter, 471 
Past and present : a review, 497, 
514 
Paullinia oceanica, 328 
Peaches and Nectarines, 418, 439, 
452 
Peaches, Black aphis on, 675 
Peaches from the Cape, 402 
Peaches, dropping their buds, 386, 
420, 455 
Peaches, early, in Cheshire, 711 ; the 
order of ripening in, 18 
Peach crop, the, 719 
Peach culture, successful, 823 
Peach growing out of doors, 677 
Peach mildew, 227 
Peach trees, gumming in, 261 
Peach Yellows, facts concerning, 
227 
Pear Beurre Ranee, 324 ; Doyenne du 
Comice, 180 ; Josephine de Ma- 
lines, 310 
Pear blossom, 311 ; crop, the, 783 
Pear culture, 496 
Pear trees, canker in, 751 
Pea, American Wonder, 563 ; Ameri¬ 
can Wonder re-selected, 691; Blue 
Express, 659 ; Day’s Conundrum, 
354; Duke of York, 662; Lord 
Anson’s, 711; Veitch’s Success, 
35 ; Williams’ Victory, 131 
Pea, a blue, 67 
Peas, early, 595 ; early, in Ayrshire, 
643; for exhibition, 290; high 
prices for, 656 ; new, 147 ; notes on, 
35, 803 
Pelargonium Duchess of York, 73S ; 
Madame Boudeville, 136; Raspail 
Improved, 136; Rosy Gem, 609 ; 
Ryecroft Surprise, 609 
Pelargoniums, bedding, 815 ; the 
large-flowering, 548 ; at Lewisham, 
630; variegated, 240; zonal, for 
winter, 81 ; winter- blooming, 180, 
160 
Pennyslvania, notes from, 149 
Pentapetes buxifolia, 471 
Petunia Pallas, 609 
Petunia, the modern, 578 
Petunias for bedding, 819 
Phaius amabilis, 424 
Phalaenopsis Portei, 24S ; Schilleri- 
ana vestalis, 232, 408; speciosa, 
variability of, 552 ; at Swanswell, 
760 
Phalaenopsis, the culture of, 664 
Phippen, the late Mr. G., 434 
Phlox amoena, 5S1 ; canadensis, 545 ; 
divaricata, 614 ; Eclaireur, 9; 
Etna, 801 : Michael Cervantes, 9; 
Soleil, 9 ; subulata lilacina, 567 
Phloxes at Chiswick, 51, 774, 815 
Phaenocoma prolifera, 647 
Phoenix Andamanensis, 246 
Phyllocactus Niobe, 609 ; Plato, 59S 
Physalis capsicifolia, 247 
Phyteuma campanuloides, 759 
Picotee, the white ground, 544 : 
yellow ground, 775 ; yellow ground 
from Sheffield, 20 
Pink Empress of India, 662 
Pink, the florists’ laced, 804, S20 
Pinks, 420 ; from pipings or layers, 
84 
Pitch Pine industry, 723 
Plantago major—White man's foot, 
S19 ; media in America, 375 
Plants and animals, the interactions, 
between, 406 
