IV. 
August 27, 1898.] 
CONTENTS. 
[The Hardening World. 
Edenside, 724 ; that do not split the 
calyx, 756 
Cardiff Naturalists, 503 
Cardoons, 410 
Carex belvola in Britain, 486 
Carrot, Barr's New Intermediate, 
408; Robert's Winner, 413 
Catalogue, a full, 69 
Catalogue, the new, 294, 309 
Cattleya, Adela, 710; bowringiana 
Wild's var., 151 ; Empress 
Frederick var. Leonata, 230; 
Euphrasia, 37 ; Fabia, 183 ; Ferdi¬ 
nand Denis, 630 ; hardyana Lowae, 
70 ; hardyana magnifica, 151; inter¬ 
media Fowler’s var., 598; labiata 
Lewisii, i 3 j; labiata White Queen, 
230; labiata, sport, 215; Melpo¬ 
mene, 150; Mendelii Amelia, 630; 
Mendelii Beatrice Ashworth, 571 ; 
Mendelii Mrs. E. V. Low, 630; 
Mendelii Oakes Ames, 630; 
Miranda, 458 ; Mossiae Madonna, 
678; Mossiae magnifica, 661; 
Olivia, 150; Schroderae amabilis, 
571; Schroderae Harefield Hall 
var., 571 ; Sedeni, 571 ; Trianaei, a 
blue, 458 ; Trianaei Atalanta, 347 ; 
Trianaei Mrs. W. H. Cannon, 439 ; 
Trianaei Sanderae, 326; War- 
scewiczii Pitho, 101 
Cattleya, a three-lipped, 665 
Cattleyas sub-pelorian, 183 
Cauliflower malformed, 183 ; Veitch's 
early forcing, 653 
Cauliflowers, the Dutch and, 36 
Caution, a, 390 
Ceanothus rigidus, 491 
Cedrella Toona, fasciated, 135 
Celeriac, 414 
Celery, fertilisers and, 179; Solid 
White, 263 
Celluloid auto-labels for plants, 741 
Cerastium alpinum, 667 
Certificates, value of, 346 
Charities, gardeners', 635, 646 
Charlock, the destruction of, 692 
Cheiranthus alpinus, 667; Harpur 
Crewe, 599 ; Marshalli, 667 
Chelsea, Carnations at, 758 ; notes 
from, 328 
Cheltenham Bachelors’ Fancy Dress 
Ball, 374 ; decorations at the New 
Club Hall, 343 ; dinner and pre¬ 
sentation at, 309 
Chemistry and horticulture, 221 
Cherry, Peach and Almond slips, 773 
Cheshunt, The Old Nurseries, 155 
Chestnut Sunday, 596 
Chestnut tree, a patriarchal, 692 ; of 
the Tuilleries, 455 
Children, gardening for, 604 
China Asters at Mortlake, 117, Grass, 
585 
Chinese Primrose, the old, double 
white, 393; Primulas at Reading, 
393 . 
Chiswick, lectures at 65 o, 676, 692 ; 
trials at, 53, 87, 134, 231; annuals, 
795 ; Canna, 796 ; Carnations, 795; 
Sweet Peas, 796 ; vegetables, 726 ; 
Violas, 726, 795 
Chlorophytum elatum variegatum, 
542 
Christmas and Lenten Roses, 429 
Chrysanthemistes, Scciete des, 212 
Chrysanthemum Beauty, Earlswood, 
215 ; Bevan, Mrs. F. A., 166, 230 ; 
Birch, Mr. Chas., 166; Bruant, 
Mmc. Paul, 119; Cannell, Austin, 
167; Cannell, Ernest, 215; Can¬ 
ning, Red L, 246; Carey, Mrs. 
Charles, 380; Carpenter, Mrs. G., 
215; Chamberlain, Joseph, 215; 
Chezelles, Vicomtesse Roger de, 
r 19 ; Curtis, Ella, 133, 151 ; Egan, 
Mrs., 215; Faure, Mdlle. Lucie, 
215; Ferlat, Madame, 201, 215; 
Filkins, Mrs., the White, 285 ; 
Folkes, Mrs. H., 230; Foster, 
George, 166, 217; Fowler, Miss 
Phyllis, 246 ; Hairy Wonder, 
165; Hanham, Lady, 133, 151 ; 
Harlequin, 252; Hodgson, Mat¬ 
thew, 215; Ito, Admiral, 183; 
Isabel, Lady, 166 ; Jubilee, 
N.C.S., 151; Lady Byron, Lena¬ 
wee, 160; Lewis, Mrs. J., 169; 
Madone, Don de la, 215 ; Mann, 
Philip, 215; Modesto, 151 ; Moly- 
neux, Mary, 166, 230; Molyneux, 
Mrs. N., 166 ; Mutual Friend, 157 ; 
Northcote, Lady, 215; Palmer, 
Mrs., 166; Pennsylvania, 212, 
260; Pitcher, Georgina, 215,230; 
Powell, Robert, 151 ; Pride of the 
Market, 133 ; Probyn, Mrs. 133 ; 
Ridgeway, Lady, 133,15s; Rivoire, 
Mme. Philippe, 133, 151 ; Rose 
Queen, 199; Scaramanga, Julia, 
215, 230; Simplicity, 151; Simp¬ 
son, Mrs. M., 246; Sunstone, 151 ; 
Swanley Giant, 170; Thomas, 
Ambrose, 1 rg ; Tranter, Mrs. J. R., 
230; Tucker, Master H., 215; Vio- 
lacea, 230 ; Warren, G. J , or the 
YellowMme.Carnot,151,166 ; Wing- 
field, Mrs., 119; York, Duchess of, 
168, 169 ; Zede, Mdlle. Lawrence, 
215 
Chrysanthemum, a giant, 422 ; "At 
Home,” 358; colours of the, 503; 
controversy, 551, 566, 583 ; cut¬ 
tings, 296; history of a, 470; 
leaves attacked by grubs, 22 ; Mme. 
Carnot, florets of, 245 
Chrysanthemum latifolium, 181 
Chrysanthemum notes, 229; Batter¬ 
sea Park, 117, 182 ; Botanic Gar¬ 
dens, Glasgow, 198 ; Devonhurst, 
Chiswick, 182; Earlswood Nur¬ 
series, Redhill, 150; Finsbury 
Park, 167 ; Frarofield, The Vine¬ 
ries, 198 ; Hale Farm Nurseries, 
197; Heaton Gardens, Cheshunt, 
182 ; Higbgate Nurseries, the, 197 ; 
Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, 
134; Ryecroft Nursery, 149; St. 
John’s Nursery, Putney, 134; Syon 
House, 197 ; Swanley Nurseries,the, 
148 ; Victoria Park, 166 
Chrysanthemum proliferous, 231 ; 
show lessons, 247, 283 
Chrysanthemum Shows, 247 ; Aber¬ 
deen, 220; Arbroath, 244; Ascot, 
188; Battersea, 157; Birkenhead, 
218 ; Birmingham, 173, 180 ; Bol¬ 
ton, 220; Brighton, 173; Bristol, 
i84d (supt.) ; Bromley, 188; Bury 
St. Edmunds, 215 ; Cardiff, 187 ; 
Cheltenham, 189; Cockermouth, 
235; Coventry, 186; Devon and 
Exeter, 187; Dorchester, 157; 
Dublin, 157 ; Dundee, 200a and b 
(supt ), 220; Dunfermline, 235; 
Evesham, 187 ; Grassendale and 
Aigburth, 203 ; Hull, 219 ; Ipswich, 
234; Kidderminster, 219; Leeds 
Paxton Society, 202 ; Leyton, 173 ; 
Liverpool Horticultural Associa¬ 
tion, 188; Londonderry, 235; 
National Chrysanthemum Society, 
44, 108, 170, 235 ; Orleans, 202 ; 
Paris, 202 ; People's Palace, 196 ; 
Scottish Horticultural Association, 
184a (supt.), 105, 203 ; Sevenoaks, 
187; Sheffield, 203; Sidmouth, 
213; Southampton, 172 : Steyning, 
141 ; Swindon, 187; Teignmouth, 
173; Torquay, 181 ; Tunbridge 
Wells, 189; Ulster, 184c (supt.), 
197; Ware and District, 218; 
Waterford. 234 ; West Kent, 173; 
West of England, 186; Wisbech, 
219 ; Wrexham, 235 
Chrysanthemum seedlings, 237 
Chrysanthemums, a plebiscite of, 
486 ; at Blackburn Cemetery, 281 
Chrysanthemums, early : Alice But¬ 
cher, 87; Anastasia, 54; Blushing 
Bride, 54 ; Bronze Blushing Bride, 
54; Bronze Prince, 87 ; Canari, 54; 
Dodo, 54; Eadie Wright, 87; 
Edith Syratt, 54; Fiberta, 87; 
Flora, 54 ; G. Wermig, 54 ; Golden 
Fleece, 54; Harvest Home. 87; 
Ivy Stark, 87 ; L’Ami Conderchet, 
54 ; Lady Fitzwigram, 87, 93, 117 ; 
La Vierge, 87; Little Bob, 54 ; 
Longfellow, 54; Mme. C. Des- 
granges, 34; Madame Edouard 
Lefort, 87 ; Mme. Eulalie Morel,54; 
Mme. F\ de Cariel, 135; Mme. 
Gajac, 135; Mme. Gastelier, 54; 
Mme. Jollivart, 54; Mme. Louis 
Lionnet, 54 ; Mdlle. Marie Masse, 
54, 76, 807 ; Mdlle. Guindudeau, 87 ; 
Mdlle Sabatier,135 ; Martinmas, 87; 
Mr. Selly, 54 ; Miss Davis, 54 ; Mrs. 
Burrell, 54, Mrs. Cullingtord, 54 ; 
Mrs. Hawkins, 54 ; Mitchett White, 
54, 71; Nanum, 54 ; Orange Child, 
87 ; Petillant, 54; Piercy's Seed¬ 
ling, 54 ; Blanche Colomb, 87 ; 
Ryecroft Glory, 135 ; Salter's Early 
Blush, 54; Strathmeath, 54; 
Toreador, 54 ; White St. Crouts, 
54 
Chrysanthemums, early, from Rothe¬ 
say, 102; feeding, 708; from 
Helensburgh, 301; fungus on, 253 ; 
in a drapery establishment, 148; 
Messrs. Cockers’, 212 ; single, 216 ; 
sporting of, 281, 301; the 25 best, 
580 
Cinchona, the, in India, 493, 508, 
521 
Cineraria hybrids, 631; stellata, 582 
Cinerarias, 445; Messrs. A. W. 
Young & Co's., 462 
Cirrhopetalum Medusae, 263 ; re- 
fractum, 230 
Clapton Nursery, 59 
Clare Lawn, Orchids at, 569 
Claytonia sibirica, 602 
Clematis, a new break of, 648; 
Duchess of York, 662; indi visa, 
55 i 
Climatic notes and soils, 443 
Clivia miniata superba, 745 ; Mrs. A. 
Sykes, 523 ; O. C. Wrigley, 523 
Clumber Gardens, Worksop, 229 
Cockers’ Messrs., Spring Catalogue, 
343 
Codlin moth, observations on the, 487 
Coffee, the consumption of, 756 
Cold Storage and Ice Trades’ Review, 
534 
Colchicum Parkinsoni, 93 
Colchicums, the, 104 
Colt's foot, 381 
Combination, an affective, 366 
Competition, rules of, 629 
Composition of Haricots, Lentils and 
Peas, 45 
Continuity in the spring garden, 469 
Co-operation in France, 773 
Copper Plant, the, 231 
Cordonnier, M. Anatole, 358 
Cordyline australis Russelli, 71 
Corona Broughty Ferry, 265 
Coronilla capadoica, 795 
Coryanthes maculata, 774 
Crassula Cooperi, 71 
Cremorne, the very last of old, 196 
Creeoers on wall plants, a few good, 
§5 
Cricket, 629, 662; the "Hurst & 
Son," C.C., 233 
Crippled Children’s Christmas, 196 
Crocus speciosus, 120 
Crocuses, autumn-flowering, 284; 
under deciduous trees, 523 
Crop? should soil get tired of one 
kind of, 517 
Cryptomeria japonica as a pot plant, 
653 
Cryptophoranthus dayanus, 119 
Crystal Palace, the, 309 ; sale of the, 
407 
Cuba, the island of, 565 
Cucumber Everyday, 397.502; Sen¬ 
sation, 743 ; Sutton’s Pride of the 
Market, 413; Veitch’s Western 
Wonder, 427 
Culture, petite, 21 
Currant Blight, 439 
Cyclamen, Edwards on the, 84; lati¬ 
folium, development of, 491; the 
Persian, 76 ; the Neapolitan, 115 ; 
triple-flowered, 551 ; with leafy 
flower stems, 263 
Cyclamens at Reading, 457 
Cycle race for Carwardine Cup, 660 
Cycles, Juno, at the Crystal Palace, 
212 
Cycling Club, Sutton’s, 596 
Cymbidium canaliculatum, 571 ; 
eburneo-lowianum, 524; tracey- 
anum at Heaton Mersey, 230 
Cypress diseased, 492 ; the Golden 
Monterey, 284 
Cypripedium : Aeson giganteura, 263; 
Allen, Mrs. Caroline, 362 ; Allen, 
W. A., 362; Beckmani, 230; 
Calypso Falkland Park var , 277; 
Charlesworthii Clarke’s var., 85 ; 
Evenor Southgate var., 635 ; F. S. 
Roberts, 326; Gabrieli, 229; Ger¬ 
trude Hollington, Southgate var , 
616; Haynaldo-Cbamberlaini, 151; 
I'ansoni, 710, 726 ; kerchovianum 
W. H. Youog. 583; leeanum magni- 
ficum, 183 ; nitens superbum, 292 ; 
norrisianum, 148 ; Olenus Burford 
var., 538; Olivia, 807; Plimmer, 
Mrs.,245 ; radiosum Lord Pirbright, 
148 ; villosum, 489 ; W. H. Cannon, 
310; wincqzianum, 791 ; Young, 
Mrs. Reginald, 710, 726 
Cypripedium, monstrous, 231, 279 
Cypripediums at Falkland Park, 310; 
with fungus, 439 
Cytisus Adami, 695 ; sccparius andre- 
anus, 653 
D 
Daffodil grower, a Monmouthshire, 
518; king, England’s, 487; prizes 
for spring, 454 ; show at Truro, 
475 
Daffodils, a feast of, 535; at 
Regent’s Park, 471 ; Hoop Petti¬ 
coat, 10; Irish, 12 ; on the grass, 9 
Dahlia, Alfred Vasey, 39 ; Amber 
23; Annie Turner, 39; Arachne, 
39, 71; Cannell's Gem, 237; Cas- 
silda, 39, 71; Colton beauty, 39; 
Dorothy Seale, 39; E. J. Deal, 39; 
Falka, 39, 71; F. C. Pawle, 38; 
Gipsy, 39 ; Green’s Gem, 71; Har¬ 
binger, 39, 71; Haverstock Beauty, 
39, 71 ; Hypatia, 23 ; Island QueeD, 
39, 71 ; John Tranter, 39 ; Keynes’ 
White, 39, 71; Maluma, 71; Mary 
Service, 39, 71 ; Minie Richards, 
71; Miss Finch, 71; Mr. Moore, 
39, 89 ; Mrs John Godard, 71; 
Muriel Hobbs, 71; Nellie Broom- 
head, 39, 71; Night. 23, 39; 
Phryne, 23; Salmon Queen, 71; 
Thomas Anstiss, 39 ; True Friend, 
39; Vesta, 23 
Dahlia and its history, the, 69; 
culture, 381 ; hybrid (?) 231; the 
487. 757 
Dahlias from Bloxham, 60; select 
list of Cactus, 277 
Dalkeith Palace, N.B., 794 
Daniels Brothers, the catalogue of, 
343 
Daphne Cneorum, 697; indica rubra, 
3 i 5 
Dendrobe and Odontoglot from Fair- 
field, 582 
Dendrobium Ainsworthii Woodhatch 
var., 458; Aspasia langleyensis, 
538 ; Astraea superbum, 458 ; chry- 
seum, 597; dalhousieanum salmo- 
neum, 630 ; findlayanum Thwaites' 
var., 509 ; formosum giganteum, 
377 : nobile ashworthianum, 490'; 
nobile Segerae, 458; pardalinum, 
429; spectabile, 487; taurinum 
amboinense, 119 ; Venus, 458 
Dendrobiums from Redlands, 519 
Denny, Mr. Harry, 309 
Devonhurst, Chiswick, 729 
Devonshire, the Narcissus in, 503 
Deutzia parviflora, 571 
Deverill’s seed and plant catalogue, 
358 
Diamond Jubilee Chrysanthemum 
show at Edinburgh, 132 ; group of 
plants at Edinburgh, 184, 197; 
Medal for Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart., 116; table of vegetables, 506 
Dianthus caesius, 694; monspes- 
sulanus alpestris, 697 
Dickson, Mr. Hugh, compliment to, 
261 
Dictamnus Fraxinella, 381, 725 
Dictionnaire Iconographique des 
Orchidees, 741 
Digitalis ferruginea, 222 ; purpurea 
grandiflora, 711 
Distinction, honourable, 422 
Dobbie & Co , Messrs., Rothesay, 233 
Dobbie, Mr. James, of Rothesay, 68 
Dodder, Ivy attacked by, 215 
Doncaster, round, 661 
Douglas, Mr., at Southampton, 756 
Dover flower show, 580 
Dover House, fruit and plant houses 
at, 131 
Dracaena albo-lineata, 183; aurea 
striata, 538 ; Emile Zola, 581 ; Ex¬ 
quisite, 490; indivisa Burtoni, 183 ; 
Rose Laing, 599 ; sanderiana, 789 ; 
Warrenii, 329 
Drug, a mysterious, 725 
Drumchapel, a visit to Mr. Peter 
Cockburn’s Vineyard, 200 
Drummer ? what is a, 724, 788 
Dublin Botanic Gardens, 811 
Dundee Chrysanthemum carnival, 
101, 148 
Dunoon, notes from, 102, 133, 150, 
164 
Dyson's Lane Nurseries, 747 
E 
Earnock, Hamilton, N.B , 105; con¬ 
servatory in December, 585 
Earthworms, utility of, 331 
Earwigs and Chrysanthemums, 237 
Eastwood Park near Glasgow, 394 
Echinocactus polyancistrus, 581 
Eckford, Mr. Henry, 486 
Edinburgh, our illustrations from, 
74 ; seed trade, 244 
Egypt, the gardens of ancient, 36 
Edinburgh show, eve of the, 184; 
features of the, 35, 195 ; souvenir of, 
261: spring show, 506, 525 
Elaeagnus pungens variegata, 474 
Elm, a patriarch, 234 
Emigrants, hints for, 300, 524 
Entomology and botany, 25 
Epicattleya radiato-bowringiana, 678 
Epidendrum elegantulum leucocbi- 
lum, 538 
Epping Forest, 454 
Eranthis cilicica, 440, 694 
Eremurus robustus elwesianus, 630 
Erodium Richardi, 807 
