IV. 
September 2, 1893.] 
CONTENTS. 
fThe Gardening World. 
Carnation, a blue, 71, 8r, 100, 148 
Carnation and Picotee Union, the 
74 ° . , .. 
Carnations, the Malmaison and Win¬ 
ter-flowering, 310 ; Margaret, 163 
Carnations and Picotees, 70; selec¬ 
tions of, 436 ; at Chelsea, 722 
Carnation Show at Earl’s Court, 721 
Carnations at Christmas, 260; in the 
United States, 372 ; at Mr. T. S. 
Wares’, 706 
Carnations, dressing, 308, 324, 328, 
33X, 355 1 preparing a stand of, 
596; Seedling, 136; Seedling 
border, 87 ; single, 720 ; yellow, 52, 
580 
Carnivorous plant, a new, 48 
Carpet beds. 671 
Carpenteria californica, 756 
Carrots for Exhibition, 307 
Carter’s “ Practical Gardener," 354 
Caryopteris mastacanthus, 87 
Carved fruit stones, 530 
Catasetum longifolium, 232 
Catch crops, 736 
Caterpillars, a plague of, 608, 787 
Cattleya Alexandrae tenebrosa, 392 ; 
amethystoglossa Selwood var. 264 ; 
Arnoldiana, 647 ; aurea, 808; 
bicolor Wrigleyana, 56 ; citrina at 
Lowfield, 473; crispa puperba, 
776; Eldorado, varieties of, 41 ; 
Gaskelliana, 828 ; gloriosa and C. 
majestica, 32S; guatemalensis, 
535 ; Hardyana Statteriana, 712 ; 
Hardyana Tate’s var. 776 ; Hardy¬ 
ana, varieties of, 88 ; hybrida Har¬ 
old. 600; hybrida William Murray, 
633 ; labiata, 154, 216, 648 ; labiata 
alba, 264, 280, 295, 312, 343 ; 
labiata Sanderiae, 169, 647 ; labiata 
Warneri, 728; leucoglossa, 161 ; 
Minucia, 73 ; Mossiae Fowleriana, 
696; Mossiae Mendelii, 712 ; Mos¬ 
siae Reineckiana, 648 ; Oweniana, 
41 ; Parthenia nobilis, 23 ; Perci- 
valiana Wellsiana, 342, ; Schofieldi- 
ana Waddesdon var. 24 ; speciosis- 
sima Sanderiana, 41 ; Statteriana, 
73; tabulare var. 201; Trianae 
alba, 408; Trianae Birdhill var. 
376; Trianae Florence le Doux, 
408 ; Trianae Hillingdon var., 40S ; 
Warneri formosum, 633; Wars- 
cewiczii Sanderae, 696 
Cattleyas from Broomfield, 680 
Cauliflowers, on, 272 
Cavendishia acuminata, 467 
Celery Mammoth Red, 91 : the W r hite 
Plume, 406, 563 
Celery for Exhibition, 307 
Celery Culture, the new, 563, 578 
Celery growing in Florida, 150 
Celery destroyed by frost, 358, 390 
Celery and the frost, 406 
Celery, methods of storing, 659 ; pre¬ 
serving in sand, 390; protecting, 
372 
Celosia cardinalis, 279 ; pyramidalis, 
151 
Celosias and Cockscombs, 50 
Centaurea aurea, 710 
Centrosema grandiflora, 183 
Cephalotus follicularis, 247 
Cerastium ovatum, 663 ; viscosum 
villosum 581 
Cereus grandiflorus, 272 ; Hoveyi.yoo 
Ceylon, Wild Strawberries in, 65 
Chamasdorea gracilis, 455 ; desmon- 
coides, 455 
Chatsworth, 86 
Cheiranthus mutabilis, 318 
Cheiranthuses or Erysimums, 59S, 
614, 632 
Cherries, wild, and Rowan Berries, 
323 
Chester Nurseries of Dickson's, Lim , 
660 
Cheswick House, Northumberland, 
69 
Chicago Exhibition, 37, 195, 242, 817 
Chionodoxas, notes on, 516; for 
spring blooming, 136 
Chiswick, Cabbages at, 72 ; con¬ 
ferences at, 4 ; fruit evaporating at, 
64, 129 ; fruit prospects at, 641 ; 
Phloxes at, 51 ; Rpnner Beans at, 
85; early Strawberries at, 642; 
Tomatos at, 145 ; trials at, the, 95 
Chorizema flavum, 471 
Chou de Burghley, 193 
Christmas Berries, 256 
Christmas Ross, St. Brigid’s, 312 
Christmas tree, the, 289; a novel, 
230 ; Christmas Vegetables, 335 
Chrysanthemums, Pink, Mrs. E. 
D. Adams, 340 ; Aida, ig4 ; Mary 
Anderson, 198; W. H. Atkinson, 
145; Beauty of Exmouth, 113; 
Beauty of Castle Hill, 406 ; 
Charles Blick, 194 ; Mrs. C, Blick, 
178; Lady Brooke, 97; Lord 
Brooke, 194 ; Brookleigh Gem, 
17I; President Carnot, 145 ; 
Charles Davis, 144, 471 ; Hetty 
Dean, 145 ; T- H. Dennis, 145; 
Emily Doone, 162 ; Fred. Dorner, 
246 ; Enterprise, 246 ; Felix Cas- 
sagneau, 113; Mrs. Bruce Findlay, 
209; Lady Fitzwygram, 83 ; 
R. Flowerday, 194 ; Mrs. Herbert 
Fowler, 145 ; Gloire de Mezin, 83 ; 
Golden Ball, 162 ; General 
Hawkes, 83 ; Baron Hirsch, 134, 
261 ; Mrs. Hubbock, 113 ; Kentish 
Yellow, 209; Lucy Kendal, 178 ; 
Mrs. Robinson King, 146 ; La 
Deuil, 178 ; W. H. Lincoln im¬ 
proved, 244; Edwin Lonsdale, 
171'; W. A. Manda, 145 ; Mrs. 
Mitchell, 209; Mrs. C. Myers, 
134 ; Mrs. Needs, 194 ; New Year’s 
Gift, 340 ; Robert Owen, 209 ; Mrs. 
Harman Payne, 143; Robert Pet- 
field, 178 ; Primrose League, 209, 
341 ; Princess Victoria, 171, 194 ; 
Mdlle. Marie Recoura, 246; Rose 
Wynne, 244; Rosy Morn, 178; 
Ryecroft Glory, 145; William 
Seward, 134, 145 ; Dorothea Shea, 
178, 164; John Shrimpton, 145, 
178 ; Col. W. B. Smith, 145 ; John 
H. Taylor, 359, 375; Vesuvius, 
162 ; Vicountess Hambleden, 246 ; 
Viviand Morel, 144 ; Waban, 209 
Chrysanthemum frutescens Alma 
Bruggemann, 468 ; latifolium, 786 ; 
maximum, 710; maximum fili- 
forme, 769 ; Tchihatcheffii, 582 
Chrysanthemum Madame Desgran- 
ges, a pink sport from, 16 
Chrysanthemum in America, the, 
260 ; at Battersea Park, 133 ; at 
Chilwell, 213 ; in Dulwich Park, 
134; at P'alkland Park, 197; at 
Hextable, 161 ; in the Temple Gar¬ 
dens. 134 ; at Castle Hill, Maiden¬ 
head, 145, 196; Lilford Nursery, 
84; Ryecroft Nursery, 84; early, 
from Rothesay, 113; at Mr. G. 
Steven's, 178; at Swanley, 161 ; at 
Messrs. Veitch’s, 178 
Chrysanthemum, the, in Victoria, 
736 ; in New South Wales, 676 
Chrysanthemum Conference on 
Show Boards, 114; Mr. C. E. 
Shea’s paper, 114; Mr. W. Her¬ 
bert Fowler’s paper, 129; Mr. R. 
Falconer Jameson's paper, 129; 
Mr. Fowler on, 196 
Chrysanthemum, 748 ; American and 
other varieties of, 197; American 
Seedlings, 209; blossoms of in 
America, 225 ; from the Antipodes, 
36 ; under artificial light, 278 ; 
dwarf, 292 
Chrysanthemum, Frozen, Home and 
Colonial, 756 ; for New Zealand, 
191 ; from Sydney, 704 
Chrysanthemums grafting, 306 
Chrysanthemums as human food, 
228, 240 
Chrysanthemums, Japanese for ex¬ 
hibition, 257 ; in May, 582; late, 
450 ; long-haired, 784 ; Mr. Mac¬ 
millan on experiments with, 389 : 
new, 113. 139, 688, 341; October, 
48, 79, hi ; town, 144 
Chrysanthemum trade, the, 433 
Chrysanthemum salad, 279; soup, 
213, 22S 
Chrysanthemum growers' notes, 276 ; 
a caution to, 679 
Chrysanthemum shows, the, 143, 
176; Ayr, 210; Birkenhead, 182; 
Birmingham, 181 ; Brighton, 168 ; 
Cirencester, 182 ; Cornish, 194 ; 
Cr}’stal Palace, 168; Edinburgh, 
199 ; Exeter, 181; Faversham, 210 ; 
Grassendale, 182; Ipswich, 168; 
Kent County, 152; Lewes, 200; 
Liverpool, 182 ; National, 166 ; 
Reigate, 200 ; Sevenoaks, 182 ; 
Sheffield. 182; Wimbledon, 200; 
Chronometers, garden, 83 
Cider, Jams and Insecticide, 785 
Cinerarias and Calceolarias at 
Reading, 387 
Cineraria, a variegated, 311 
Cineraria miritima aurea variegata, 
626, 658 
Clapton, fine-foliaged plants at, 423 ; 
Moth Orchids at, 403 
Clematis Madame Baron Veillard, 
68 ; lanuginosa Lawsoniana, 65 
Cleome speciosa, 32 
Clethra arborea variegata, 215 
Climate in Scotland, 503 
Climbers for cottage porches, 101 
Clipper Flower cup and tube, 161 
Clivia Beechdale, 500 ; nobilis, 455 ; 
Scarlet Gem, 468 
Clivias at Forest Hill, 468; early, 
375 ; with striped leaves, 543 
Clock, a floral, 64 
Clover and Grass seed harvest, 144 
Club-root spores, some facts about, 
723 
Coal, effect of exposure on, 241 
Cobea scandens variegata, 16 ; fruit¬ 
ing of, 39 
Cob Nuts and Filberts, 432 
Cochlioda Noetzlianum, 503 
Cockchafers, 467 
Coco de Mer, the, at Kew, 117, 167 
Cocos Weddeliana, 391 
Codlin Moth, the, 483 
Codonopsis ovata, 711 
Ccelogyne cristata, 456 ; Dayana, 633 ; 
Hookeriana, 441 ; odoratissima, 
441 ; Sanderae, 472 ; sparsa, 456 
Coleus Blumei, new varieties of, 231 
Coleus Distinction, 9, 599, 728 
Colewort, Hardy Green, 374 
Colour Chart, a, 679 
Colouration of fruits, cause of, 675 
Committees of the R.H.S., 63 
Conifers, grafting, 643 ; rabbit proof, 
240 
Cookham Flower Show, 5 
Coreopsis grandiflora, 753; lanceo- 
lata, 742 
Cornish Market Gardening, 373 
Cornus sibiiica Spathii, 22, 132; 
mas, 433 
Cornwall and the Railway Rates, 529 ; 
early vegetation in, 482 ; fruit 
growing in, 113 ; rare plants found 
in, 113 
Coronilla varia, 7S6 
Corylopsis pauciflora, 468 
Cotoneister congesta, 167 
Cottage Cookery at a Flower Show, 
434 
" Cottage Gardening," 656 
Cottage Gardening, 790 
Covent Garden at Easter, 499 ; growth 
of trade in, 775 ; trade customs at, 
664 
Crossing and cross-breeding, 194 
Crassula lactea, 358 
Cress, notes on, 576 
Cricket at St. Albans, 704 
Crinum Powelli album, 690 
Crocus chrysanthus, 375 
Crocuses in February, 404 
Croton Comte de Germiny, 59S ; 
Madame Ernest Bergmann, 801 ; 
Beatrice Horsfall, 162 ; Reidii.ygS ; 
Thomsoni, 59S 
Crotons for cuttings, 292 
Crowea saligna, 246 
Crown of Thorns, 151 
Cryptanthus acaulis zebrinus, 360 
Cucumbers, winter, 243 
Cupania elegantissima, 22 
Cupressus macrocarpa lutea, 769 
Currant-bud Mite, the, 407 
Currants, concerning, 322 
Currants, Grape, 466 
Cyclamen neapolitanum, 39 ; persi- 
cum giganteum, 300 
Cyclamen, the 502; and Bouvardia, 
the, 226 : at Reading, 303 ; hardy, 
374 ; in November, 183 
Cyclobothra amoeaa, 598 
Cynoches pentadactylon, 360 
Cymbidium grandiflorum, 424; hybri- 
dum Winnianum, 168 
Cynorchis grandiflora, 360 
Cypripedium Adonis superbum, 313 ; 
Albertianum, 312 ; CEno-superbiens, 
809 ; Arete, 264, Arthurianum pul- 
chellum, 169; bellatulum, 312; T. 
W. Bond, 504; callosum, 376; 
cardinale, 280; Chamberlainianum, 
280 ; Cleola, 36 ; conco-Lawre, 40S ; 
Constableanum, 169 ; devonianum, 
520 ; Edwardi, 776 ; Exul, 488 ; 
Germinyanum,36o ; T. B. Haywood, 
248; insigne Mooreanum, 264; 
insigne Wallacei, 24S ; Johnsonia- 
num, 264; Leeanum claptonense, 
264 ; Leeanum Lowii, 248 ; Leea¬ 
num Masareelianum, 1S3 : Leeanum 
superbum giganteum, 215 ; Lucieni- 
anum, 441 ; macrochilum, 488 ; mic- 
hrochilum, 503; Maynardii mar- 
moratum, 24; Morganiae bur- 
fordiense, 201 ; Niobe, 213 ; Peeter- 
sianum, 488 ; Penlaus, 360 ; Per¬ 
seus 201 ; Phaedra, 360 ; Pitcher- 
ianum Williams var., 152, 216; 
Charles Rickman, 6oo ; Stonei 
Cannartae, 743 ; Thayerianum, 808 ; 
Tityus, 201 ; tortile, 24 ; Veitchii- 
Hookeae, 313 ; vexillarium super¬ 
bum, 216 ; Volonteanum giganteum, 
633; Wallaertianum pallidum. 312 ; 
Winnianum, 40S 
Cypripedium, a purple, 473 
Cypripediums, on, 378; a group of 
293 ; hybrid, Mr. G. Hardy’s, 696 ; 
seedling, 201 
Cyrtanthus carneus, 342 ; lutescens, 
359 
Cyrtopodium Aliciae, 647 ; punctatum 
splendens, 536 
Cytisus Adami, 567; Scoparius 
Andreanus, 366 
D 
Daffodils, 401 ; at Long Ditton, 
5*4 
Dahlia Beauty of Eynsford, 22 ; 
Bertha Mawley, 33; Countess of 
Radnor, 33 ; Ernest Cannell, 22 ; 
Kaiserin, 16; Mrs. Barham, 33J 
Mrs. Keith, 22; Robert Cannell, 
22 ; Mrs. Vagg, 97 
Dahlia season, the, 784 
Dahlia Show, the National, 17 
Dahlias, 32, 608 ; green, 48 : the future 
of, 433 ; new certificated, 70 ; at 
Earl’s Court, 33 
Damsons, preserved, 288 
Daniels come to judgment, 32 
Davallia fijensis elegans, 626; Griffithi- 
ana, 311 ; retusa, 53 
Davidsonia pruriens in fruit, 407 
Dean, Mr. James, 431 
Death from eating Mushrooms, 1S4 
Decorations at Cargilfield, 275 
Delphiniums, 787 
Delphinium grandiflorum, 742 ; nudi- 
caule, 694 ; vestitum, 759 
Dendrobium aqueum, 232 ; Bensoniae 
album Stand Hall var., 600 ; Bryan, 
503 ; Cassiope, 24S ; ciliatum, 56, 
152 ; crassinode Barberianum, 376 ; 
formosum giganteum, 41 ; infundi¬ 
bulum Jamesianum, 484; Me 
Carthise, 215 ; Niobe, 536 ; nobile, 
496 ; nobile Amesiae, 424 ; nobile 
Ballianum, 472; nobile W'allichia- 
num, 376; Owenianum, 424; 
Pierardi, forked stem of, 275 ; Sybil, 
504 ; Treacherianum, 2S0; W'ardi- 
anum album, 424. 503 
Dendrobiums, hybrid, 584 
Dendrochilum filiforme, 696 
Derby Horticultural Association, 705 
Derby, Lord, the late, 60S 
Devon and Exeter Gardeners’ Associa¬ 
tion, 64, 80, 160, 262, 277, 290, 312, 
361, 438, 520 
Devon Rosery Gardeners’ Relief 
Fund, 704 
Devonshire Gardeners' outing, a, 741 
Dianthus Atkinsoni, 712 : coesius, 637 ; 
callizonus, 647 ; Cyclops, 673 ; 
Segnieri, 758 
Dianthus, hybrids of, 3S7 ; monograph 
of, 403 
Dictamnus Fraxinella, 660 
Didymocarpus lacunosa, 769 
Dieffenbachia eburnea, 229 ; melea- 
gris, 71 ; picturata, 198 
Disa tripetaloides, 648 ; Veitchii, 744 
Diuris maculata, 421 
Dodwell, Mr. E. S., 533; Floricul- 
tural reminiscences, 577, 591 
Dodwell's, Mr. and Mrs., Golden 
Wedding, 496, 544 
Downie, the late Mr. John. 223 
Draba aizoides, 518 ; Bruniaefolia, 501 
Dracaena Alex. Laing, 22, 231,801; 
argenteo-striata, 391; australis 
rubra, 97; australis variegata 
Laingi, 598; Coulingii, 740; H. E. 
Milner, 22 ; indivisa aurea variegata, 
737 ; indivisa Veitchii variegata, 22 ; 
• Lord Wolseley, 626; Sanderiana. 
59 S 
Dracaena, a well travelled, 720 
Dracaenas, notes on, 293; in the 
West, 647 
Dracocephalum grandiflorum, 545 
Drought, the great, 495, 560, 575, 
657 ' 671. 7S6 
Drought, influence of the, on soil, 
727 ; in the garden, 663 
Dulwich Park, 119; Spring flowers 
at, 562 
Durham Flower Show, 51 
Dyson's Lane Nursery, the, 242 
E 
Ealing Gardeners' Improvement 
Society, 409, 503 
Earl’s Court, Autumn flowers, at, 34 ; 
Carnation Show, 772 ; awards at 
the, 65 ; Flower Show at, 613; 
Forestry at, 674 ; Fruit Show at, 
36 ; Gardening at, 593 ; Gladiolus 
and Dahlia Show, 822; Hardy 
