The Gardening World.] 
[August 27, 1898. 
1 
GOITTE1TTS OF VOL. 
FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 27TH, 1898. 
A 
Aberdeen, botanic garden for 534 
Abies balsamea, tuber, 135 
Abies bracteata cones, 135 
Acacia celastrifolia, 269; dealbata, 
486 
Acalypha Sanderi, 619, 630 
Acantbolimon acerosum, 694 
Achillea mongolica, 694; umbellata, 
694 
Acineta Barken, 37 
Acorn cups malformed, 133 
Adiantum cuneatum, 445 
Adenandra fragrans, 653 
Adonis pyrenaica, 599, 602 
Address, curious, 212 
Aesthetics, English and French, 181 
African Marigolds, 54 
Age of trees, 709 
Ageratum americanum compactum. 
The Zoo, 54 
Agricultural Rates Act, 550 
Agriculture, a classic legacy of, 6-77 
Alexandra Palace, 181, 518; summer 
show at the, 636 
Alpine and rock plants, 667 
Alyssum saxatile, 667; flore pleno, 
598 
Amaryllis Beacon, 490 ; Clonia, 490 ; 
Daones, 538; Ideala, 490; Navala, 
458; Princess Osra, 458; Tacola, 
490 
Amateur v. Professional, 164 ; woes 
of an, 344 
Ampelopsis Veitchi, 509 
Anemone coronaria fl. pi. The Bride, 
89 ; japonica Couronne Virginale, 
398 ; ranunculoides, 503, 519 
Anthracite coal, 196 
Anthurium andreanum, hybrids of, 
676; Dr. Lawrence, 397 ; scberzeri- 
anum Senateur Montefior Levis, 
930; Veitchi, 292 
Anthurium spathe, monstrous, 135 
Apera arundinacea, 71 
Aponogeton distachyon, 237 
Apple Calvill Grossherzog Friedrich 
von Baden, 550; Cox’s OraDge 
Pippin, striped, 215; Directeur 
Rodigas, 302; James Grieve, 119; 
Lady Falmouth, 230; Lord Hind- 
lip. 397 i Ontario, 630; Royal 
Snow, 473; the Winter Calville 
Blanc, 285 
Apple and Rowan Jelly, Co ; Blossom 
Weevil, 567; supplies, our, 275 ; 
trees, curious mode of planting, 
455; twin, 492 
Apples and drink, 661 ; and Pears, the 
flavour of, 755 ; dessert and cook- 
ing, 293 ; do not keep well, reasons 
why, 582 ; from August to May 1 , 
517; on grass, 36; storing, 213 
Appointments: Barham, Mr. P., 534 ; 
Bone, Mr. David R., 180 ; Brewer, 
Mr. F. G., 502; Brown, Mr. 
Robert, 454; Chisholm, Mr. 
Donald, 196; Colville, Mr. James, 
244; Coomber, Mr. William, 20; 
Cummins, Mr. G. W.,644 1 Dobbie 
& Co., Messrs., 117; Duff, Mr. 
John, 132 ; Duncan, Mr. Alexander, 
84; Elton, Mr. W., 244; Gibson, 
Mr. James, 740; Henderson, Mr. 
Robert, 196; Henderson, Mr. 
Thomas, 676; Johnson, Mr. 
William, 308 ; Lewis, Mr. Robert, 
53 1 Lindley, Lord Justice, 132; 
Lloyd, Mr. H. B.,325 ; McDonald, 
Mr. A., 212 ; McLelland, Mr. John, 
180; Matheson, Mr. Peter, 244 ; 
Milne, Mr. William, 406; Minty, 
Mr. William, 614; Morris, Dr., 
788; Nicholson, Mr. Charles, 276; 
Ogston, Mr. James, 374; Faton, 
Mr. William, 407; Phillips, Mr. 
Thomas, 342; Screaton, Mr. 
Charles, 197; Simpson, Mr. James, 
212 ; Simpson, Mr. W. J., 788 ; 
Smith, Mr. J., 84; Stoney, Mr. 
Joseph, 84: Jannocb, Mr. David, 
788; Thompson, Mr. Alexander, 
197; Watt, Mr. Joseph, 391; 
Weller, F.R.H.S., Mr. R., 614; 
Wilson, Mr. David, 486; WilsoD, 
Mr. James, 260 
Apprentice gardeners, instruction for, 
213 
Arabis albida, 584 ; lucida variegata, 
584: procurrens variegata, 584: 
rosea, 584 
Araucaria excelsa, 316 
Ardarroch, Dundee, 362 
Ardenlee, Dunoon, 21^ 
Areca Islemanni, 630 
Arenaria, the genus, 438 
Arniston, the lands of, 645 
Arnold Arboretum, Boston, U.S.A., 
330 ; 
Arundinaria aristata, 775 ; metallica, 
775 ; nitida, 774 ; Veitchi, 775 
Arums, two and three spathed, 492 
Ash tree, a remarkable weeping, 247 
Asparagus, 487; rust, the, 772 
Asparagus Sprengeri, a white, 293 
Asplenium Hillii, 523; Mayi, 523 ; 
ornatum, 742 
Aster alpinus, 694 ; Mrs. W. Peters, 
38 
Asters, China: Ball or Jewel Scarlet, 
55 ; Dwarf Chrysanthemum Aster, 
54; Dwarf Victoria, 54; Great 
Chrysanthemum Aster, 54; Im¬ 
bricate or Pompon CrowD, 54; 
Liliputian Aster, 54 ; Liliput White 
and Rose Centre, 54; Mignon 
Aster, 54 
Asters diseased, 791 
Astronomical Weather Almanac, the 
British, 181 
Athole Hydropathic, Pitlochry, 59 
Auricula Dean Hole, 598; Firefly, 
571 ; Hiawatha, 571; Mrs. Dran- 
fleld, 571; Olympus, 571; Perfec¬ 
tion, 598; Snowdrop, 630; Zixa, 
598 
Auriculas, border, 614; yellow border,' 
598 
Australia, land transfer in, 285 
Australian horticulture, 790 
Autumn tints, 153 
Azalea Ami Chas. Vermeire, 599; 
Ami Victor Cuvelier, 599 ; grandi- 
flora alba, 458 ; japonica rubia, 490; 
Le Printemps,399; LouiseCuvelier, 
599 ; Mme. Joseph Vervaene, 599; 
procumbens, 602 
AzaleodendroD, 492 : Edward Andre, 
57 i 
Azara microphylla, 509 
B 
Bacteria and living plants, 105 
Badanloch, Kinbrace, a visit to, i8t 
Bailey, Professor L. H., 788 
Baltet, M., honour to, 724 
Bananas from Madeira, 438 
Bamboo, a seedling, 772; Garden at 
Kew, 681 
Bamboos at Bicton, 724 ; at Gunners- 
bury House, 773 ; hardy, 698, 731, 
74 1 * 757. 793 1 the economic use of, 
778 
Barbarea vulgaris variegata, 653 
Barberry, the, 551 
Bare spaces under trees, 603 
Barr, Mr. G. H., Marriage of, 820 
Battenhall Mount, Crotons at, 133 
Battersea Park, 137 ; and education, 
343 
Bean, dwarf French, Sutton's Perfec¬ 
tion, 444; Veitch’s Early Favourite, 
565 
Bean, Runner, Eclipse, 426 
Beans, butter, 410 ; climbing Fiencb, 
457 
Bee, the queen, 580 
Beech hedge, a wonderful, 756 
Beechhill Nursery, Edinburgh, 138 
Bees, leaf-cutting, 519, 614; weight 
- of, 410 
Beetle, the fruit tree, 741 
Begonia, Eudoxa, 329; foliosa, 109; 
Gloire de Lorraine, 229, 317 ; 
haageana, 301; Julius, 230: Rex 
Mrs. F. Sander, 679 ; Winter Cheer, 
263 
Begonia leaves, diseased, 631 
Begonia, tuberous, Commodore 
Dewey, 679 ; Countess of Aberdeen, 
662 ; Countess of Dartmoor, 662 ; 
Earl of Dartmouth, 599; 
Florence Nightingale, 710 ; General 
Sir Wm. Lockhart, 662; grandi- 
floraerecta cristata, 119 ; Mr. Dun¬ 
bar Wood, 630; Thunderer, 711 
Begonias, basket tuberous, 773; 
tuberous, 615 
Belgian Nurseries: Coppitters, M. 
Em., Ghent, 586 ; De Smet, Freres, 
MM., Ghent, 586; De Smet- 
Duvivier, M. L , 650; L’borticul- 
ture Internationale, 682 ; Linden & 
Co., Messrs. Lucien, Moortebeek, 
714 ; Meyer, M. Arthur de, 667; 
Pynaert-Van Geert, M. Ed., Ghent, 
554; Sander & Co., Messrs. F, 
762,794; Van Houtte, Cie, MM. 
Louis, Ghent, 570 ; Vincke-Dujar- 
din, M., Bruges, 806 
Benmore Argyllshire, 298 
Berberis stenophylla, 605 
Berry Hill, Maidenhead, 777 
Binrock, Dundee, 347 
Bird, a tame wild, 294 ; Protection 
Act, the Wild, 342 
Birds and fruit buds, 398 ; preserva¬ 
tion of useful, 76, 132, 260 ; the 
killing of rare, 342 
Birkbeck Building Society, 725 
Blackberries, 742 
Blackberry Mitchell’s Seedling, 39 
Blackberry-Raspberry, 807 
Blackbird, a pied or speckled, 277, 
292 ; strange freak of a, 278 
Blechnum Spicant, 550 
Blight and blessing, 570 
Blotter and diary, 455 
Blue and gold, 471 
Boltonia decurrens, 155 ; latisquama, 
138 
Books, Nottces of: Aunt Kate's Gar¬ 
dening Book, 444 ; A Year’s Work 
on a Kentish Fruit Farm, 787; 
Boron Food Preservatives, 717; 
British Natural History, 423; 
British Orchids, 603 ; Bush Fruits 
Culture, 491; Carnation Manual, 
the, 227 ; Flower Favourites, 582 ; 
Fruit Growing, 26, 35 ; Garden 
Notes for the Colonies and Abroad, 
380; Glasshouse Gardening, 491; 
Hard) Perennials and Old- 
fashioned Garden Flowers, 3:4 ; 
Home Gardening, 682; Chrys- 
antheme a la Grande Fleur, 444 ; 
May's Practical Methods to ensure 
instant relief and permanent cure 
of diseases, 718; Modern Chrys¬ 
anthemum Culture for the Million, 
380 ; Mushroom Culture, 491 ; My 
Garden Diary, 315 ; New Walks by 
the Rhine, 315 ; Pansies, Violas and 
Violets, 790 ; Potato Culture, 717 ; 
Practical Hints on the Culture of 
Cacti, 326; Principles of Fruit¬ 
growing, the, 51; Report of the 
Council of the R.H.S, 326; 
Souvenir of the N.C.S. Autumn 
Festival, 245; The Advertiser's 
A.B.C., 364 ; The Culture of Vege¬ 
tables and Flowers from Seeds and 
Roots, 364 ; The Culture of Vege¬ 
tables for Prizes, Pleasure and Pro¬ 
fit, 682 ; The English Tulip, 326; 
The Flora of Berkshire, 301; The 
Garden Annual Almanack and 
Address Book, 326 ; Toogood's 
Calendar, 683 
Books dealing with the organs of 
plants, &c., 526; for R.H.S. Ex¬ 
amination, 702 ; of Natural History, 
important sale of, 550 
Botanical studies, 471 
Botany, economic, 133 ; how a know¬ 
ledge of, is a help to gardening, 541, 
551, 57 L 586 ; in London patks, 358 
Bougainvillea, glabra, 602, 773 
Bouquet that miscarried, a, 661 
Bouvardia Humboldtii grandiflora, 
183 
Bouvardias, specimen, 222 
Bracken, crested, 820 
Brassia lawrenceana longissima, 37 
British grown fruit, exhibition of, 645 
British Orchids, 534 
Broccoli, sprouting, 492 
Brown, the late Mr. James, 300 
Brussels Botanic Garden, tree labels 
in, 661 
Brussels Sprout, Veitch’s Market 
Favourite, 378 
Bryopbyllum calycinum, 458 
Buccleuch Nurseries, Hawick, 57, 251 
Buddleia globosa, 6S3 ; variabilis, 775 
Buds and stipules, 259, 358 
Bulb sales, 13 ; Prospects for 1898, 756 
Bulbophyllum Lobbii Burford var., 
678 ; saltatorium, 678 
Bulbs, amongst the, 5 
Buluwayo, flowers at, 486 
Burford Lodge, Dorking, 67 
c 
Cabbage, black rot of, 550 ; Carter's 
Model, 443 ; Early, 407 ; Monster, 
84 
Cactus Journal, the, 470 
Cacti, species of, 564 
Caladium Ami Schwartz, 630 ; Guar- 
atinguetor, 599, 630 ; Lord Annes- 
ley, 679 
Calanthe burfordiense, 263 ; Harrisii, 
263; Sanguinaria, 263; splendens, 
397; Veitchi alba, 183; Veitchi 
splendens, 263 
Calceolarias, herbaceous, 678 
Californian Oranges, 106 
Calla Lily, a black, 789 
Calliopsis nigra nana, 54 
Calochortus Purdyi, 679 
Caltha palustris as food, 596 
Calystegia pubescens flore pleno, 808 
Cambridge, generous offer to, 423 
Camellia, Boadicea, 5°3 ; Duchess of 
Teck, 538 ; Mrs. J. Buchanan, 538 ; 
Pride ot Waltham, 523; Pride of 
Waltham, 538 
Campanula, G. F. Wilson, 694; 
isophylla alba, 40 ; mirabilis, 710; 
porteuschlagiana major, 569 
Campernelle and Spiraea, a bed of, 
573 
Canada, the growth of, 725 
Canadian fruit for the British market, 
789 
Canna, Mrs. W. Marshall, 679; 
Mosaic, 679 ; disease, the, 293 
Cantua buxifolia, 519 
Cape, fruit growing at the, 245 
Cape Verde Islands, vegetation in the, 
596 
Carnation, Baldwin, 711 ; Calypso, 
743; Isinglass, 775; Jack Frost, 
366 ; Lady Sophie, 775 ; Lord Wel- 
by, 711 ; Margot, 711 ; Maud Dean, 
57 ; Mrs. Martin Smith, 743 ; Mrs. 
de Satge, 711 ; Mrs. Leopold de 
Rothschild, 699; Nell Gwynne, 
743; Nox, 807; Primrose Queen, 
662; Sundridge, 743 ; Veitch’s 
Early Perpetual, 359; Uriah Pike, 
646, 653 
Carnation leaves malformed, 183; 
leaves with horn-like marginal out¬ 
growths, 215 
Carnations at Chelsea, 758; at Eden- 
side, 761; at Kelso-on-Tweed, 21; 
at the Crystal Palace, 771 ; from 
Montague Nursery, 806 
Carnations, bacteriosis of, 503 
Carnations, border, 776 ; Malmaison, 
746; Picotees and Auriculas at 
