The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS. 
[August 27, 1893. 
vii. 
Potatos, composition of, 215 ; ensi¬ 
lage of, 36 ; outgrowths on, 791; 
Pat’s early, 85 
Pots, paper flower, 708 
Presentations: at Torquay, 519 ; 
Cypher, Mrs. and Miss, 309; 
Davidson, Mr. George, 100; 
Fraser, Mr. John, 47T ; Lane, J.P., 
Mr. F. Q., 228; Mclnnes, Mr., 
164; Richardson, Mr., 101; 
Rourke, Mr. James, 148 
Praying for the crops, 596 
Primrose, a green, 596 ; Evelyn Ark¬ 
wright, 571 
Primula japonica, fasciated, 663 ; ob- 
conica fimbriata, 71 ; sinensis alba 
plena, 278 ; sinensis alba plena, 
381; Trailli, 661 
Primulas, British hybrid, 308 ; 
Messrs. Jas. Carter & Co’s, 365 
Privet, golden, 477 
Proctor & Ryland, Messrs., 180 
Ptelea trifoliata, 89 
Pteris gracilis multiceps, 523 ; Sum- 
mersi, 571 
Public Park Nursery, Rothesay, 294 
Putney, Granard Gardens, 332, 345 
Pynaert-Van Geert, M. Ed., 564 
Pyrethrum Cassiope, 662 ; Lady Kil¬ 
dare, 679 ; Monarch, 679 ; flowers 
arrested, 727 
Pyrethrums, double and single, 677 
Q 
Queen Elm of New England, 805 
Queen’s reign, recollections of the, 
300 
Queen’s seedsman speaks, a, 391 
Queensland, fruit in, 661 
R 
Rabbits in Australia and New Zea¬ 
land, 300 
Radish, Carmine Oval, 599 ; First of 
All, 599 ; Scarlet Olive-shaped, 599; 
Sutton’s Forcing, 599; Wood's 
Frame, 599 
Ramondia pyrenaica, 795 
Raspberries, 328, 344 
Raspberry Golden Queen, 775 
Reading, Calceolarias at, 615; 
Chinese Primulas at, 393 ; Cycla¬ 
mens at, 457 ; early spring bulbs at, 
470; Gesneraceous plants at, 648 
Record tor gardeners, a, 374, 390 
Redbraes Nursery, Edinburgh, 118 
Redlands, Glasgow, 330 
Regent’s Park, spring flowers in, 572 
Retinospora obtusa sulphurea, 71 
Retinosporas, 378 
Rhodanthe Manglesii, 789 
Rhodes, Mr., and his Orange trees, 
260 ; and the locusts, 390 
Rhododendron, anthopogon, 646; 
catawbiense, the largest, 455 ; cin- 
nabarinum, 709 ; Handsworth 
White, 571 
Rhododendrons at Edinburgh, green¬ 
house, 541 ; two new, 634 
Rhynchostylis coelestis Cambridge 
Lodge var., 37 
Ribes aureum in fruit, 215 ; sanguin- 
eum, growth of, 583 
Rice crop in the Korea, 53 
Richardia Little Gem, 629; Rhodesia, 
57 i 
Rivma humilis, 381 
Robbery in mid-air, 342 
Romneya Coulteri, 542 
Rook, the, and Cape Colony, 628 
Rose Aurora, 630; Charlotte Gillemot, 
775; Crimson Rambler, an old 
acquaintance, 804 ; Edith Turner, 
743 ; Ever-blooming Prairie Queen, 
445 ; Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 
white sport from, 324; Pauline 
Labonte, 471; Perle des Rouges, 
743; Red Marechal Niel, 333 ; Rev. 
Alan Cheales, 711 ; Souv. de Mme. 
Levet, 775; The Dawson, 571; Una, 
711 ; White Maman Cochet, 333 
Rose nursery, visit to a famous, 380 ; 
the, in history, poetry and com¬ 
merce, 181 ; tree, an old, 438 
Rosebery, Lcrd, at Naples, 390 
Roses at Aberdeen, Tea, 21 ; at the 
Crystal Palace, 707; hybrid, 293; 
why do so many standards die ? 
693 
Rotherham, horticulture in, 676] 
Cairnforth Lodge, 810; Oakwood 
Grange, 779; The Woodlands, 746 
Rothesay, Messrs. Dobbie & Co., 233; 
social meeting of employees, 277 
Rowan Jelly, 29 
Royal Appointment, 117 
Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund, 148. 
228, 324, 443, 549, 554; annual 
general meeting, 406, 428 
R.H.S. Committees at Chiswick, 709 
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institu¬ 
tion, 486 
Royal National Tulip Society, 614 
Royal visit to Messrs. L. Linden & 
Cie’s Establishment at Moortebeek, 
692 
Royal Society, evolution committee 
of the, 438 
Rubber Plants, a forest of, 390 
Russell, Mr. Hamish, W., 438, 805 
s 
St. Petersburgh international hor¬ 
ticultural exhibition, 74 
Salad, a novel, 798 
Salpiglossis, the garden, 21 
Salvia splendens, a new variety of, 
518 
Sandhurst Lodge, near Wokingham, 
441 
San Francisco,Golden Gate Park, 375 
San Jose Scale, the, 675 
Salt-water flood on cultivated land,595 
Savoy, Sutton’s Perfection, 441 
Saxifraga aizoides, 52, 795 ; granu- 
lata, 614 
Scalarandis, M., 660 
Scent of Roses, 374 
Scilly Islands, 245 
Scotch Fir malformation, 492 
Scottish notes, 359 
Scutellaria mociniana, 43 
Scuticaria Hadweni, 679 
Seakale, Lily-white, 408,445,462,477 
Seasonable notes, 359 
Sedum as a bedding plant, the ever¬ 
green, 542 ; Sieboldii variegatum, 
509 
Seed order, 360, 376, 392, 424 ; sow¬ 
ing machine, a new, 741 
Seeds, low-priced, 346, 364, 375, 396 
Shakespeare, 11 Plant Lore of,” 782 
Shamrock, the, 470 
Sherwood £10 ros. Silver Cup for 
Annuals and biennials, 398 
Shrubs in season, flowering, 745 ; 
that thrive under trees, flowering, 
294, 309 
Siam, King of, at the Crystal Palace, 
85 
Sidbury Manor, East Devon, 805 
Sieve, pounds of fruit in a, 782, 798, 
814 
Silcbester, the buried Romano- 
British City at, 661 
Silene alpestris, 667 ; quadrifida, 694 
Silver leaf disease, 695 
Simplest living things, the, 534 
Simplicity Holder and Indicator, 460 
Sleep of Plants, 52 
Slugs and woodlice in conversation, 
652 
Smyth, Mr. H. G., new address, 260 
Sobralia sanderiana, 807 
Societies and Shows: Abbey Park, 
Leicester, 796 ; Aberdeen, 820— 
Chrysanthemum, 228 ; Ashford Cot¬ 
tage Gardeners, 391 ; Athole Horti¬ 
cultural, 14 ; Ayr Horticul¬ 
tural, 26; Bath Horticultural, 
43 ; Beddinston, Carsbalton and 
Wallington Horticultural, 117,534, 
781 ; Bingley Horticultural 
Society, 244; Birmingham Carna¬ 
tion Show, 812 ; Bishop’s Stort- 
ford, 813; Blackpool, 821; Blair¬ 
gowrie and Rattray Horticultural, 
26; Bournemouth and District 
Daffodil, 510 ; Brighton and Sussex 
Horticultural, 14 ; Brookfield Hor¬ 
ticultural, 796; Broughty Ferry, 
13 ; Buchlyvie Horticultural, 21; 
Bute Botanical, 292 ; Bute National 
Rose and Horticultural, 6 ; Cardiff 
Horticultural, 763 ; Chester Horti¬ 
cultural, 228; Chesterfield and 
District ChrysantDemum, 343; 
Clevedon Chrysanthemum, 277; 
Colchester Rose aod horticultural, 
359, 685 ; Devon and Exeter Hor- 
iiculiural,825 ; Dundee,26 ; Durham 
Floral, 52 ; Durham, Northumber¬ 
land and Newcastle, 748 ; Dutch 
Horticultural and Botanical, 20, 85, 
260, 645, 703, 772 ; Eastbourne 
Horticultural, 342; East London 
Horticultural, 503 ; Eaton, Chester, 
812 ; Exmouth, 164 ; Falkirk Horti¬ 
cultural, 26, 524; Fell & Co., 
Messrs., Root show, 293 ; Glasgow 
and West of Scotland, 43 ; Glas¬ 
gow and West of Scotland Pansy, 
731; Gloucester flower show, 764; 
Grand Yorkshire Gala, 685 ; Han¬ 
ley Fete, 731 ; Harrow and Roxeth 
Allotment, 124 ; Hasting, 812 ; 
Haughley and Wesherden Horti¬ 
cultural, 763; Highgate and Dis¬ 
trict Chrysanthemum, 422, 470 ; 
Hove Industrial and Horticultural, 
101 ; International Horticultural 
Exhibition at Ghent. 406, 439; 
Ipswich, 748 ; Isle of Wight Horti¬ 
cultural, 525; Jedburgh Amateur 
Horticultural, 756 ; Kenilworth 
Horticultural, 749 ; Ladywell and 
Lewisham Horticultural, 133, 820 ; 
Leeds flower show, 708 ; Leith, 820 ; 
Lewes Chrysanthemum, 308, 406 ; 
Liverpool Farmers' Club, 103 ; 
Liverpool Horticultural, 375, 509 ; 
Lochee Amateur Horticultural, 13 ; 
Loughborough Horticultural, 20 ; 
Manchester Horticultural and 
Botanical, 637 ; Manchester Rose 
show, 732 ; Midland Carnation and 
Picotee, 458 ; Mildenhall Horti¬ 
cultural, 749; Nairn, 813 ; National 
Auricula and Primula (Southern 
Section) 454, 558 (Northern Sec¬ 
tion) 573 ; National Cactus, 766; 
National Carnation and Picotee 
(Southern Section) 454, 70S 780 
(Midland Section) 812; National 
Chrysanthemum, 45, 108, 132, 140, 
157, 170, 205, 221, 244, 423—annual 
dinner, 213—annual general meet¬ 
ing, 423, 476—'Mummers at dinner, 
252—smoking concert, 358, 374, 
391, 502; National Co-operative 
show, 821 ; National Dahlia,27,644 ; 
National Rose Society, 250—at 
Bath, 699—at the Crystal Palace, 
715—at Halifax, 749; National 
Tulip, 589; National Viola, 715; 
Netherlands Horticultural and 
Botanical, 454 ; Newcastle-on- 
Tyne flower shows, 342, 486. 556, 
660 ; Newton-Stewart, Minigaff and 
District, 407, 644, 645, 824 ; Norfolk 
and Norwich, 556; Northampton¬ 
shire Horticultural, 797 ; Norwich 
Rose show, 708; Notts Chrysan¬ 
themum, 276; Notts Horticultural, 
749 : Oxford Cottager's Garden 
and Allotment, 756 ; Paisley Hor¬ 
ticultural, 43 ; Perthshire Horti¬ 
cultural, 43 ; Pollokshields Horti¬ 
cultural, 60 ; Preston and Fulwood, 
343, 461 ; Reading Horticultural, 
748; Richmond Horticultural, 714, 
724; Rodmersham Amateur and 
Cottage Gardeners, 43 ; Royal 
Agricultural at Birmingham, 699 ; 
Royal Botanic Society, 276, 325, 
358, 391. 439, 494. 588, 668, 772; 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural, 
28, 35 . 44 . 343 . 5 ° 6 - 525: Royal 
Horticultural, 14, 28, 61, 85, 89, 
107, 140, 205, 221, 252, 317, 381, 
445 . 477 - 525 . 557 . 581. 588 (Temple 
show) 634,669,701, 733, 765, 797, 826 
-—Annual general meeting, 382— 
Dates of meetings and shows, 117— 
Horticultural Examination, 525; 
Royal Horticultural Society of Ire¬ 
land, 260, 423, 524, 715 ; Royal 
Horticultural of Southampton, 391, 
438; Royal Jersey Agricultural and 
Horticultural, 43 ; Royal Oxford¬ 
shire Horticultural, 276; Royal 
Scottish Arboricultural, 20 ; St. 
Giles Cottage Garden Show, 796; 
St. Mary's, Leamington, 781 ; 
Sandy and District Floral and 
Horticultural, 26 ; Scottish Horti¬ 
cultural Association, 184A (supt.), 
195, 209, 214, 261 ; Seven- 
oaks Horticultural, 375, 813 ; 
Shropshire Horticultural, 406, 814, 
824 ; Smithfield show, 228, 252 ; 
Societe des Chrysanthemistes, 212 ; 
Southampton Rose show, 708; 
Southern Counties’ Carnation, 53, 
764; Suffolk Fat Cattle Club, 269 ; 
Swansea, 26; Syndical Chamber of 
Belgian Horticulturists, 68, 212, 
244, 391, 455, 804 ; Taunton Horti¬ 
cultural and Floricultural, 271 ; 
Tibshelf Floral, Horticultural and 
Rose, 780; Tiverton Horticultural, 
764; Tonbridge Gardeners’ and 
Amateurs’, 422; Toronto Horticul¬ 
tural, 645; Ulster Horticultural, 
343 • Woking Horticultural, 359 ; 
Wolverhampton floral fete, 747: 
Woodbridge flower show, 747; 
Windsor Rose show, 700 
Soil, should it get tired of one kind of 
crop ? 517 
Soils, horticultural, 485 
Sonerila longifolia Lady Burton, 183 
Sophrocattleya George Hardy, 598 
Souvenir of the Edinburgh show, 261 
Sparrow again, the, 53 ; in America, 
the English, 438 ; the, 459. 519, 773 
Spathoglottis aureo-Vieillardi, 598 
Speeches, after-dinner, 52 
Spergula pilifera aurea, 653 
Spiranthes colorata maculata, 458 
Sporting, an experiment to induce, 
537 
Sports, origin of, 290 
Spring flowers in January, 374 ; gar¬ 
den, continuity in the, 469 
Springtails, the food of the, 663 
Spruce Fir cone, var., 135 
Stanhopea rodigasiana, 710 
Stanley-Mobbs & Ashon, Messrs., 708 
Stanley Park, Liverpool, new Palm 
house for, 423 
Stanstead Park Nurseries, Forest 
Hill, 378 
Stapelia gigantea, 345 
Stauntonia latifolia, 646 
Step-ladder, an improved, 550 
Stipules and buds, 259 
Stirling seed establishment burned, 
628 
Stoats and weasels in New Zealand, 
487 
Stock Princess Alice, 521 ; Snowflake, 
662 
Stock, the name explained, 228 
Stocks, &c , attacked by beetles, 215 
Stoke Bruerne Park, 649 
Stourbridge, coming of age festivities 
at, 693 
Strawberries, 760 ; at Chiswick, 69 ; 
forcing, at Cornell University, 243; 
in Britain, French, 621 ; in fancy- 
handle baskets, 628 ; in the Clyde 
Valley, 343 ; Leader and Monarch, 
713 ; cultivation of the, 665 
Strawberry, the, 487; Veitch’s Pro¬ 
lific, 743 
Streptocarpus hybrids, 650, 662 
Student in a far land, a successful, 
438 
Stylophorum diphyllum, 602 
Suburban garden, work in the, 328, 
652 
Sunflower growing, 252 
Sunshine, recorded, 644 
Sutton & Sons’, Messrs., annual ex¬ 
cursion, 660 
Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide, 246; 
bulbs for 1898, 789; Farmer's 
Year Book, 391 
Sutton, will ot the late Mr. Alfred, 
100 
Swan, Mr. W., of Bystock, 100 
Swanley, Chinese Primulas at, 459 ; 
College, 407, 759 ; nurseries, notes 
from the, 537; Pelargoniums at, 
282 
Sweetbrier Lady Penzance, 709 
Sweet Gale and Lungwort in the New 
Forest, 534 
Sweet Pea Aurora, 743; Golden 
Gate, 743 ; Sensation, 526 
Sweet Peas, double, 343 ; from Wor- 
ton Hall, 758 ; quality in, 307 
Sweet-scented leaves v. fragrant 
dowers, 572 
Symblepharis, a genus of mosses, 663 
Symmetry in a garden, 374 
Syon House, 269 
Syringa Senateur Volland, 550 
T 
Tamarix kashgarica, 135 
Tanacetum argenteum, 694 
Tasmanian fruit, 486, 489 
Tatties, stealin’ a pickle, 518 
Taxodium, an old, 292 
Tea Roses at Aberdeen, 21 
Technical education in Essex, 550 
Temple Show of 1898, 613, 616, 627, 
634 
Thalictrum aquilegifolium atropur- 
pureum, 662, 677 
Thunderstorm, severe, 84 
Thyrsacanthus rutilans, 519, 586 
Tipton, new public park at, 676 
Tobacco plant, perennial, 84 
Tomato, Clibran’s, 137 ; First and 
Last, 412; Hackwood Park, 717 ; 
Laird’s Supreme, 25 ; The Cropper, 
428 ; The Polegate Improved, 407 ; 
Veitch's Golden Jubilee, 426 
Tomatos and early vegetables, 565 ; 
and sleepy disease, 791 ; stripping 
the leaves of, 222 ; the monkey and 
the, 294 
Tomtits in a letter box, 614, 692 
Tottenham, early spring flowers at, 
444 
Tour, scientific and sporting, 422 
Trachelospermum jasminoides angus- 
tifolium, 46 
