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CONTENTS. 
tThe Gardening World. 
Cattleya Aphrodite Ruth, 649 ; bcw- 
riugiana Lady Wigan 186 ; citrina, 
583; Eldorado Glebelands var., 
682 ; Ella, 38 ; gaskelliana formosa, 
710; granulosa, dimerous, 23 ; in¬ 
termedia Rosslyn var., 650 ; inter- 
texta, 70 ; Loddigesii Harrisoniae 
alba, 742 ; Loddigesii Harris oniae 
violacea,82i ; Maronii.isi; Mendelii 
albescens, 682 ; Mendelii Burford 
var, 649; Mendelii Perfection, 650; 
Mendelii Princess Clementine, 539 ; 
Mossiae Beauty of Bush Hill, 650 ; 
Mossiae gloriosa, 649 ; Mossiae 
goosensiana, 649; Mossiae Law- 
renceae, 711 ; Mossiae Mrs. C. H. 
Feiling, 650 ; Mossiae Victoria, 
682; nobihor Walker's var., 620; 
Skinneri Temple's var., 614; 
Trianaei amesiana, 506 ; Trianaei, 
Amy Wigan, 410 ; Trianaei Ernest 
Ashworth, 372; Trianaei Memoria 
Lindeni, 379 ; Whitei Wigan's var., 
821 
Cattleya flower, a strange form of, 
166 ; gigas from Ravenswood, Mel¬ 
rose, 678 ; malformed, 598, 647 ; 
monstrous, 727 
Caution to the public, 660 
Cedar with aerial roots, 445 
Cedars for lead pencils, 398 
Celery attacked by grubs, 458 ; Fly, 
197 
Centaurea americana alba, 821 
Celosias, a fine strain of, 156 
Cera-us Pseudo-Cerasus James H. 
Veitch, 619 
Ceropegia Woodii, 151 
Challenge Cupgroup at Sevenoaks,345 
Charcoal, wood, 332 
Charlock by spraying, destruction of, 
549 
Charter new, for the R.H.S., 756 
Chelsea, flowers in season at, 551 
Chemical ingredients, 740 
Cherries in France, 342 ; Vladimir, 
469 
Chestnuts for profit, 277 
China Aster, the, 425 
Chinese Primulas at Maidenhead, 332 
Chiswick: International Conference 
at, 731; R.H S. Gardens, 602; 
trials at, 806, 820 
Chorizema cordata, 314 ; ilicifolia, 557 
Christmas, a green, 259; flowers, 
fruit and finery, 267; Rose, the 
legend of the, 454; Roses, 269; 
trees, 277 
Chrysanthemum Barcley, Mr. J. W., 
199, 2x5 ; Bates, C. S., 187 ; Beauty, 
Earhwood, 215, 246; Beauty, 
Mytchett, 151 ; Bevan, President, 
150, 187; Bown, Miss C., 286; 
Boutrov, Miss Lili, 169; Brewer, 
Mrs. T., 119; Brett, Daisy, 215; 
Brown, Nellie, 151 ; Cadbury, 
Mme. R., 247; Canning, Red L., 
247; Chalonais, Le, 187; Chats- 
worth, 199, 215; Coombes, Mrs, 
151 ; Crawshaw, Lady, 151 ; 
Cromer, Lord, 187 ; Cureham, 
Mrs. W., 150; Davis, Madeline, 
187; Dashwood, Miss Edith, 199: 
Debrie, Mme. Gabrielle, 187; 
Earlier Golden Queen of the, 131 ; 
hlorrie.igg; Glory, Hanwell, 187; 
Golden Shower, 215; Hill, Mrs. 
George,150 ; Hills, Miss Annie, 187 ; 
Howe, Mrs. W., 187; Jones, H J., 
J87; Jubilee, N.C.S., 170; 
Kitchener, Sir Herbert, 151 ; 
Lemaire, Louis, 39, 70; Ludlow, 
Lord, 171 ; Market White, 150; 
Mary, Jules, 119, 150; Matthew, 
Major, 150, 151 ; Manser, May, 
39, 70; Mease, Mrs. W., 151, 
187; Miles, Mr. John, 151 ; 
Mitchell, Ettie, 151 ; Molyneux, 
Jane, 186; October, Soleil d’, 119, 
151; Owen, Miss Ada, 150 ; Pear¬ 
son, R. Hooper, 151 ; Phillips, Lady, 
150; Pockett, John, 186, 187; 
Pockett, Miss Nellie, 151,187 ; Pop- 
ham, Mrs. White, 151, 171 ; Rayon- 
ante,119 ; Rose,Miss, ig7, 219 ; Scar¬ 
let,Ryecroft, 151 ; Seward, Mrs. W., 
150; Sholing, Beauty of, 215; 
Smith, Hon. W. F. D., 218; Sun¬ 
set, 286; Towers, Emily, 151; 
Tutt, Charles, 215; Warwick, 
Countess of, 167; Weeks, Henry, 
151 ; W. Westlake, 197; Wingfield, 
Mrs., 150; Veillard, Barrone de, 
T51 ; Victoria, 199 
Chrysanthemum nipponicum, 197 
Chrysanthemumiana, in, 293 
Chrysanthemum lists by the N.C.S., 
507 
Chr-santhemum notes, 40, 72, 120, 
136, 216; Batteisea Park, 167; 
Cannell & Sons, Messrs. H., 184; 
Earlswood Nurseries, 154; Fins¬ 
bury Park, 168 ; Garvald, Peebles, 
198 ; Larbert House,199 ; Liverpool, 
186; Rothesay, 155; Royal Exotic 
Nurseries, Chelsea, 138; Ryecroft 
Nursery, 168 ; St. John’s Nursery, 
Putney, 198 ; Swanley College, 198; 
Syon House, 198; Victoria Park, 
168 ; Woodbatch Lodge, Reigate, 
155 
Chrysanthemum on the wane, is the, 
357 ; poster, something like a, 132 ; 
rust, 84, 116; conference on, 124; 
Society of the North of France, 788; 
the green, 197 ; what is the best ? 
252 
Chrysanthemum shows : Aberdeen, 
219; Ascot, 188; Beccles, 202; 
Belfast, 184 (Supt. III.), 203; 
Birkenhead Association, 203 ; 
Brighton and Sussex, 203; Bud- 
leigh Salterton, 188 ; Bury St. 
Edmunds, 202; Corbridge-on-Tyne, 
2x9; Croydon, 158; Dalkey, 202 ; 
Dublin, 174, 184 (Supt. II.); Dun¬ 
dee, 220; Edinburgh, 184 (Supt. 
I.), 195, 204, 213; Exmouth, 157; 
Ghent, 358; Grassendale and Aig- 
burth, 203; Grimsby, 189; Hanley, 
190 ; Liverpool, 190 ; Manchester, 
204; National Chrysanthemum 
Society, 157, 165, 171, 189, 221 ; 
Peckham, 188 ; Portsmouth, 174 ; 
Putoey, Wandsworth, &c , 188 ; 
Reading, 219 ; Sevenoaks, 188 ; Sid- 
mouth, 202; Torquay, 173; Wol¬ 
verhampton, 188 
Chrysanthemums, 653 ; Australian, 
232; for cottage and farm-house 
gardens, 250 ; for travelling, tying, 
316; international congress on, 740; 
late white, 325 ; popular, 197 ; the 
best American, 276 
Church of England, lawlessness in 
the, 518 
Cinerarias, 57 
Cirrhopetalum appendiculatum, 215 
Claremont Nursery, Exmouth, 458 
Clarendon House, Linlithgo, 709 
Clarkia minima alba, 428 
Cleaning of glasshouses, 158 
Clematis Lord Neville, 757 
Clematises in small pots, 525 
Clement Park, Dundee, 89 
Clevely Allerton, Coelogynes at, 442 
Clibran & Sons, Messrs. W., Altrin¬ 
cham, 693 
Climax weed-killer, careless use of, 
646 
Climbers, hardy, 568 
Clivias, the Forest Hill, 490 
Clovenfords, Galashiels, 313 
Cochlioda noetzliana, 279 
Cocoanuts, 10,000,000, 454 
Coldra, Caerleon, 107, 667 
Cold storage, 660 
Coelogynes at Clevely Allerton, 442 
Coleus thyrsoideus, 332 
Colours of flowers and drought, 135; 
how to preserve, 276 
Colutea melanocalyx, 682 
Commemoration Oak, 630 
Competition in France, foreign, 454 
Concert, a cigarette, 407 
Conference on hybridisation and 
cross-breediDg, 373; Awards, 773; 
discussion, 778 ; experiments in 
hybridisation and cross-breeding, 
762 ; hybrid Anthuriums, 76: ; 
hybridisation as a means of pan- 
genetic infection, 761 ; hybridisa¬ 
tion and its failures, 761; hybridisa¬ 
tion viewed from the standpoint of 
sytematic botany, 778; hybrid 
Poppies, 778 ; opening remarks 
by Dr. Masters, 745 ; plant 
hybridisation in the United States, 
777; scientific investigation, 746; 
the structure of certain new 
hybrids, 777 
Corn in winter, green, 525 
Cottage flower gardens, 795 
Countries now barren, 52 
Covent Garden phraseology, 283 
Crabs, gathering, in Shakepeare's 
greenwood, 269 
Craigclowan, Perth, Orchids from, 
572, 647, 665 
Cranberries stewed, 252 
Cranberry growing in No?a Scotia, 
566; jam, 286; tart, 236 
Crassulaceous hybrid, 23 
Crataegus Pyracantha Lelandi, 197 
Cricket : Anguloa C.C., 630 ; Hurst 
& Son C.C., 598, 613, 646, 693, 724, 
756, 805 
Cromer express, the, 20 
Crops abroad, prospect of, 276 
Cropping private kitchen gardens,267 
Crows, frightening, 357 
Crystal Palace, too 
Cuckoo at last, the, 518 
Cultivator, a new, 474, 486 
Cupressus macrocarpa, 53 ; lawson- 
iana Wisseli, 82 r 
Cuthberts’, Messrs. R. & G., Nur¬ 
series, Southgate, 183 
Cyclamen at Reading, 441; europae- 
um with long rhizomes, 199; fasci- 
ated, 396 ; hardy, 796 
Cyphomandra betacea, 53 
Cypripedium Argo-Morganiae, 215; 
bellatulum Dulcote var., 326; cau- 
datum roseum, 747 ; falklandpark- 
ense, 539 : insigne Harefield Hall, 
263 ; lathamianum, varieties of, 363; 
Miss Louisa Fowler, 379; Orion, 
41: ; rothschildianum Falkland 
Park, var., 678; schoflieldianum 
superbum, 326; shillianum, 743; 
Stonei candidum, 743; Surprise, 
439 ; Talisman, 473 ; wiertzianum, 
379; Woltoni, 186 
Cypripedium insigne malformed, 187; 
with free sepals, 396 
Cypripediums at The Woodlands, 
823; diseased, 791 
D 
Daffodil, Queen Anne’s, 11; Tenby, 
13 
Daffodil Society, the Midland, 69 
Daffodils amongst shrubs, 8 ; at Long 
Ditton, 535 ; at the Antipodes, 485 ; 
in grass, planting, 726 
Daffs, 550 
Dahlia Ajax, 821; Antelope, 22, 39, 
71; Antler, 821; Claribel, 23, 
71; Clown, 22, 39, 70; Colum¬ 
bine, 38, 39 ; Countess of Lonsdale, 
22, 39, 70; David Johnson, 22, 39, 
71; Demon, 39, 71; Distinction, 39, 
71 ; Ebony, 119 ; Eric, 23 ; Iris, 71; 
Lady Rogers, 38; Leslie Seale, 23, 
71; Lorelie, 38 ; Louisette, 39; 
Lucius, 22, 71; Madeline, 39; Mag¬ 
nificent, 22, 38, 39; Mrs. Finlay 
Campbell, 38 ; Mrs. Holford, 23 ; 
Progenitor, 70; Puck, 38; Ranji, 
39, 71; Snowflake, 23, 39, 71 ; Sylph, 
821; The Duke, 39, 70 ; Viscountess 
Sherbrooke, 70; Watchman, 22, 
70 ; William Neate, 70 
Dahlia Society, National, 100 
Dahlias crossed with Sunflower, 135, 
231 ; Cactus, 54, 198; diseased, 
491 
Daisy, rayless, 646 
Dalmeny Park, experiments at, 613 
Damping off, plants, 187 
Danesfield, Great Marlow, Bucks, 
581, 603 
Daphne Mezereum, germination of, 
57 i 
Datura lutea, 196 
Davallia illustris, 711 
Daybrook Vale, Nottingham, 773 
Decorations, lavish, 583 
Delphinium Jose-Marie Heredia, 774 ; 
Michel Lando, 743; Sir Walter 
Scott, 711 ; Zalil, 377 
Dendrobium canaliculatum, 506; 
Clio Vine House var., 556; Euterpe, 
506; formosum giganteum, 122; 
formoso-Lowii, 215 ; nobile, autumn 
flowering, 247 ; nobile balleanum, 
475 ; rhodostoma, 119; sanguineum, 
38 ; splendidissimum grandiflorum, 
406; Wiganiae xanthochilum, 473 
Dendrobiums at Harleyford, Great 
Marlow, 407 
Dersingham, flowers from, 788 
Deutzia corymbiflora, 236 
Devanha House, Aberdeen, 282 
Diagrams for horticultural lecturing, 
382 
Dicksons, Messrs., at Wolverhampton, 
74 i 
Dictamnus Fraxinella, 796 
Dielytra spectabilis, 653 
Dirnorphotheca Eckloni, 747 
Diospyros Kaki, fruits of, 187 
Disa Clio, 22 ; Clio superba, 774 
Dobbie & Co., Messrs., Rothesay, 
298, 347 
Dracaena australis, 756 ; cannaefolia 
variegata, 620, 650; Duchess of 
York, 38 ; Eeckhautii, 119 ; indivisa 
Schneideri, 711; The Sirdar, 186; 
Victoria, 151 
Drought, effects of the late, 115 
Dryopteris acrostichoides, 301 ; nove- 
boracensis without indusia, 461 
Dublia, a fine group at Ball's Bridge, 
329 
Duthie Park, Aberdeen, 773 
Dyer, Sir W. T. Thiselton, 309 
E 
Earl's Court, gardening at, 695 
Earth, weight of the, 708, 714 
Eastcliffe, Teignmouth, 378, 410 
Edinburgh show, features of the, 51, 
195 , 508, 525 
Edinburgh Field Naturalists and 
Microscopical Society, 741 ; notes 
from, 586, 663; seed trade, 228, 
598 
Education in Essex, agricultural, 355 
Eel Pie Island, sale of, 324 
Egg plants, the use of, 589 
Electric currents for puddings, 693 
Ember Court, Thames Ditton, 756 
Emigrants, information for, 85, 293, 
503. 708 
English Arboricultural Society, 323 
English Illustrated Magazine, the, 324 
Epicattleya Mrs. James O’Brien, 326 
Epidendrum elegantulum luteum, 588; 
laDgleyense, 682; umbellatum, 379 
Epilaelia Charlesworthii, 743 
Epiphyllum truncatum Princess, 215 
Epping Forest, 645 
Eranthemum pulchellum, 557 
Eria acervata, 711; extinctoria, 682 
Erianthus Ravennae, 348 
Erica propendens, 506; ventricosa 
magnifica, 796 
Errol Park, Perthshire, 292 
Erythronium Johnson}, 556 
Essays, 676 
Eucalyptus species, 396 
Examination in horticulture, 229,251, 
698 
Exeter, Messrs R. Veitch & Son, 
342, 362, 522 
Experiments with Turnips and 
Potato?, 691 
Eynsford in Kent, 805 ; nurseries and 
seed farm, 58 
F 
Fairfield, Aberdeen, 246 
Fairy Rings, 788 
Falkland Park, 200, 228, 476, 823 
Farming trick, the, 470 
Feather Grass, the, 796 
Fern garden, a, 331, 377; variation, 
550 
Ferns, British, 100; at Acton, 758; at 
Falkland Park, 694 
Ferns in Jamaica, 740 ; rare, 725 ; 
strayed, 582 ; two walking, 132 
Fertiliser, waste of, 276 
Fibre plants, American, 470 
Ficus pumila fruiting, 102 
Fierens, M. Ernest, 101 
Filmy Ferns, 653 
Findlay Brothers, 309 
FiDger-and-toe disease, 756 
Fish guano, 236 
Fittest, survival of the, 118 
Flatholders, aggrieved, 133 
Flax culture on the Continent, 471 ; in 
Belgium, treatment of, 382 
Flora of Hawai, 614 
Florida, 676 
Flower notes, 693; bed, a beautiful, 
653; girl, the, 250; notes, hardy, 
i33 
Flowering shrubs, 620, 667 
Flowers, cut, preserving for a month, 
454; in Egypt, 229; keeping cut, 
614 ; late in autumn, 214 ; in Novem¬ 
ber, 219 ; preserving, 309 ; the path 
of progress amongst, 421 
Flowery wall, a, 105 
Foliage plants, permanent beds of 
coloured, 330 
Footpath Preservation Society, 
National, 557, 590 
Footpath procedure for closing or 
diverting a public, 590 
Forcing vegetables and flowers, the 
origin of, 519 
Forest fruits in Bavaria, 140 ; of Dean, 
276 ; preservation in Bohemia, 315 
Forestry in Ireland, 341 
Fossil plants from Sussex, 454 
Freesias, 9, 523, 551, 567 
French flower trade, 524; Beans, 
forcing, 392 
Frost kill germs? does, 265,391, 444 
Frozen plants, 485 
Fruit acids, the virtues of, 725; 
basket, Mallet’s patent, 411 ; 
British grown at the Crystal 
Palace, 72, Supt. a, 83, 92 ; Cana¬ 
dian, 324; condemned as unfit for 
food, 741, 772 ; crops in the Preston 
district, 795 ; cultivation by farmers, 
