The Gardening World,] 
CONTENTS. 
[August 26, liigg. 
V. 
438; culture, hardy, 469; culture, 
questions relating to, 597 ; farm, a 
model, 517 ; farm at Woburn, tbe, 
476 ; for this country, Canadian, 53 ; 
great exhibition of British grown, 
675 ; growing in Kent, 604, 618, 667, 
683 ; prospects, 741; show, lessons 
from the, 118; tree notes, 677 
Fruit trees and drought, 100; trees, 
root manipulation of, 268 ; shelter 
for trained, 805 ; trees, the manuring 
of, 519; two ways of growing, 70; 
washing, record in, 646 
Fruits at Munich, commercial, 116; 
swelling and ripening of, 789 
Fuchsia Kirkii, 85 
Fuchsias, an amateur’s, 72 
Fungi, parasitic, 599 
Fungoid pests of our gardens, the, 
5 2 4. 556, 57°. 588 
G 
Galanthus cilicicus, 316 
Gale, the great, 294 
Garden scenery, the beauty and order 
of, 27 
Garden in South Devon, a beautiful 
front, 21 
Gardens in Equatorla, 229 
Gardener a hired servant ? when is a, 
358, 374 ; a homeless, 439; poor, 
444. 455. 486, 521, 534, 565, 567, 
647, 677 ; the, 503 ; lhe itinerant, 
117 ; the fourteen requirements of 
a, 390, 442 ; the position and pros¬ 
pects of the modern, 565 
Gardener’s success, a northern, 212 ; 
a southern, 196 
Gardener:.’ bravery, 549; Company, 
the, 518 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institu¬ 
tion, 228, 294, 308, 339, 345, 358, 
390, 630, 661, 676; anniversary 
festival, 7:4; annual general meet¬ 
ing. 339. 345 > removal of offices, 
166 
Gardeners, small market, 645 
Gardening scholarships, London 
County Council, 725 
Geranium foliaceous, 791 
Gerbera Jamesonii, 757 
Germination: can a seed germinate 
twice ? 340 
Genista hispanica pumila, 653 
Gentiana acaulis, 589 
Gift of land, 519 
Gillenia trifoliata, 796 
Ginseng, cultivation of, 358 
Giraldus cambrensis, 182, 212 
Gishurstine for the boots, 149 
Gladioli, hybrid, 68; two early 
flowering, 8 
Gladiolus Andrew Harkness, 3g; 
Burne-Jones, 821 ; Dora Craven, 
39 ; Esther Lindsell,3g ; F. Paynter, 
821 ; Henri Vandrier, 821 ; Lady 
Montagu, 821 ; Lauretta, 39 ; 
Lemoinei Jane Dieulafoy, 821; 
Lemoinei Mme. Desbordes Val- 
more, 22 
Gladstone Park, the, 391 
Glasgow Parks, the, 20 
Glass cleaning, no, 158 
Glaux maritima, fertilisation of, 454 
Glover’s Island, 68 
Godetia Dunnetti compacta, 428 
Gongora gratulabunda, 711 
Gooseberry caterpillar, 219; picking, 
789 
Gordon’s garden at Khartoum, 84 
Grevillea glabra, 653 
Granadilla, a fine crop of, 212 
Gran ton Road Nursery, Edinburgh, 
134 
Grape The Lady Hastings, 775 
Grapes with mildew, 791 
Grease Bands, 219 
Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, 660 
Guano, Native, 438 
Gunnersbury Park, the Cherry house 
at, 58 
Gynerium argenteum aureo-lineatis, 
7 i 
H 
Habenaria Susannae, 555 
Hailstorm Insurance Corporation, 
Ltd., 492 
Hale Farm Nurseries, 683 
Hamilton, notes from, 347, 396, 445, 
534. 5991 proposed horticultural 
association for, 260, 325 
Hammock, a novel, 567 
Hampton Court Vine, 68 
Hanley Horticultural Fete, 661 
Hardy alpine plants, 809 
Hares, rabbits, and the bark of trees, 
583 
Harmony and contrast, 245 
Harrison & Sons’, Messrs., root and 
vegetable show, rg6 
Hart’s-tongue in America, 250 
Heath, culture of the Cape, 234 
Hedges, 795 ; plants suitable for, 788 
Heinemann’s novelties, Mr., 281 
Helenium autumnale, proliferous, 
79s ; autumnale superbum, 38 
Helianthemums or Sun Roses, 682 
Heliconia Sanderi, 650 
Heller's steel boxes, 20 
Hemerocallis leaf diseased, 711 
Hemlock, fatal effect of, 533 
Heracleum giganteum, 621 
Herbaceous plants, hardy, 732, 758, 
779, 796; some new and rare, 424 
Hibbertia dentata, 589 
Hibiscus Manihot, 424 
Hickory, the, 86 
High-level plants, 646, 676 
Hippeastrum Apple Blossom, 474; 
Murelli, 474; procerum, 380; 
Robin, 473; Sir William, 41 x; 
Virginia, 474 
Hippeastrums at Kew, 474 
Hippophae rhamnoides, 333 
Holland, hints from, 645; trip to, 
597 
Holly, Sea, 489 
Holly, the, 264, 280 
Hollyhock Black Knight Improved, 
821 
Holme, the, Regent’s Park, 681 
Holyhock disease, 396 
Honey, bitter, ir7 
Horse Chestnut, utilisation of the, 
298 
Horses burned at Cheshunt, 260 
Horsetail, the Field, 660 
Horticultural College, Swanley, 660 ; 
exhibition, grand international, 438 ; 
experiment, 358 ; halls wanted, 819; 
principles, 341, 358 
Horticulturist, real, 66r 
Hoya carnosa, 573 
Hunnemannia fumariaefolia, 22, 443 
Hurst & Son, Messrs., annual dinner, 
261; Musical Society, the, 533, 
597 ; Clover and Grass Seed Circu¬ 
lar, 315 
Huxley lecture, the, 99 
Hyacinth stem and leaves growing 
downward, 571 
Hyacinths, 104 
Hybridisation and cross-breeding, 
723; Begonias, tuberous, 771 ; 
Carnations and Pinks, 739 ; Chrys¬ 
anthemums, 740; Cinerarias, gar¬ 
den, 771; Pausies and Violas, 740 ; 
Primulas, garden, 724 ; Streptocar- 
pus, 771 
Hybridisation and cross-breeding, 
conference on, 373 
Hydrangea hortensis, 598 
Hydrangeas for all, blue, 301 
I 
Ice supply, London’s, 36 
Iris, the English, 11 ; the Spanish, 
11 
Irises, bearded or German, 730; 
illustrations of, 772 ; Spanish, from 
Stover Park, 679 
Ilex cornuta, 301; Wilsoni, 650 
Impatiens Balsamina, 796 
Improved Spimo for spraying Peas, 
8:1 
Incarvillea Delavayi, 713 
Income tax repayments, 293 
India Rubber Plants, propagating, 
494 
" Indian Gardening," 583 
Indigo plant, structure of, 200 
Industrial flower show, 709 
Industry, a new British, 740 
Inks, Stephen's, 21 
Insectivorous plant, a new, 583 
Insects, hardiness of, 444 ; the colours 
of, 446 
International Conference at Chiswick, 
73i 
Invention, new, 474, 486 
Ipswich, floral market dinner at, 
365 
Invergowrie House, 233 
Ivy stems cut through, 302, 317, 348, 
364. 379. 394. 4 T 2. 445. 461. 47L 
475. 509 i wreath, 677 
J 
Jadoo, 676 ; fibre at home and abroad, 
182 
Japanese dwarf trees, 757; ways of 
arranging flowers, 725 
Jatropha podagrica, 572 
Jekyll, Miss, and her Primroses, 485 
Jones, Mr., Barford Hill, 244 
Jubilee of the Horticultural State 
School of Vilvorde, 150 
Judging at flower shows, 589 ; fruit at 
Exeter, 6, 20; rules for, 243 
Junipers, West Indian, 135 
Juniperus Sanderi, 650 
Juno Cycles, 166 
K 
Kalanchoe flimmea, 809 
Kalo-rochea, 21 
Kent, coal in, 85 
Kentish seed farm, a, 26, 102 
Kohl Rabi, 649 
Kerosene emulsion, 670 
Kew Gardens, 309; a balloon in, 84 ; 
greenhouse at, 365, 394; in early 
May, 586 
Kew, Hippeastrums at, 474 ; some 
unique plant combinations at, 486; 
tree-frog at, 708 
Kew Guild, 423 ; Journal of the, 
787 
Kitchen Garden Calendar, 23, 39, 71, 
103,135, 187, 109, 231, 263, 295, 327, 
363. 395 . 443 . 459 . 49 L 523 . 555 . 
587, 619, 650, 679, 711, 743, 775, 
807 
L 
Labiates with alternate leaves, 437 
Laburnum poisonous, 725 
Lachenalia Nelsoni, 408 
Lady gardeners, the, 502 
Laelia anceps amesiana Crawshay’s 
var. 379 ; anceps rosefieldensis, 326; 
digbyano-purpu'rata, 263; Perrinii 
leucophaeus, 151 ; pumila Cole- 
manii,i5i; purpurata Annie Louise, 
650 ; splendens, 70 ; tenebrosa 
gigantea, 743 ; tenebrosa Victor 
WarburtOD, 711 
Laeliocattleya Adolphus, 742 ; duvali- 
ana, 743 ; callistoglossa J. Leeman, 
439 ; digbyano-Mossiae, 729 ; do- 
miniana Fire King, 710 : dominiana 
langleyensis, 119: Ernesti Princess 
Olga, 439; Eudora eximia, 710; 
Eudora Mdme. Albert Hye, 650; 
Henry Greenwood, 119; Impera- 
trice de Russie, 743 ; Lucilia, 682 ; 
Martinet!, 743; Myra Etoile d’Or, 
506 ; warnhamensis Hypatia, 410 ; 
wiganiana, 821 
Laing, Messrs., at Earl's Court, 143 
Laird & Sinclair, Messrs. W. P., 340 
Landscape effect, 249 
Language, learned, 406 
Lantana Chelsea Gem, 796 
Lapageria rosea, the Knoll var., 379 
Larbert House, Stirling, 214 
Lalhyrus latifolius grandiflorus albus, 
22 ; splendens Pride of California, 
620 
Lavender with dimorphic leaves, 199 
Lazenby, Mr. J., 260 
Lemon juice, value of, 519 
Lespedeza bicolor, 54 
Lettuce, a big, 228 ; White Chavigny, 
285 
Leucojum aestivum, 725 
Lightning on an Oak, effect of, 572 
Lignum Vitae, 197 
Ligustrum Walkeri, 70 
Lilac with central bud aborted, 711 
Lilies, Mariposa, 12 
Lilium auratum at Dunoon, 69 ; cau- 
didum, 86 ; rubellum, 427 ; specio- 
sum rubrum, 7; speciosum, with 
petaloid stamens, 187 
Liliums, 645 ; and their culture, 793, 
810 
Lily disease, cure for the, 135 
Lime in vegetable mould, the amount 
of, 519 
Lindley Library, the, 275 ; additions 
to, 396 
Linospadix petrickiana, 119 
Liverpool Farmer’s Club, 125; floral, 
63 
Lizard Orchis, the, 598 
Lobelia Rivoirei, 38 
London and Paris : a contrast, 455 
London lung, another, 709 
London Parks and Gardens : Hamp¬ 
ton Court Gardens, 811 ; spring 
bedding in Hyde Park, 572 ; Re¬ 
gent’s Park, 486 
Long Dirton, flowers in season at, 
587 ; Michaelmas Daisies at, 123 ; 
Lonicerafragrantissima, 348; Hilde- 
brandi, 676 
Lord Carrington, 486 
Lotus peliorhynchus, 747 
Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley, 76 
Luculia gratissima, 381 
Lupinus arboreus Snow Queen, 682 
Lychnis Viscaria splendens, fl. pi., 748 
Lycoris aurea, how to flower, 317, 366 
M 
Madeira, Cambridge Park,Wanstead, 
569 
Magnolia, 677 
Maidstone, the Old Nurseries, 262 
Malcolm Dunn Memorial Fund, 677 
Malformed bulbous plants, 572; 
Vines, 572 
Manilla Hemp, 21 
Manchester Botanic Gardens, 118, 794 
Manure, 677; from the air by elec¬ 
tricity, 35 ; liquid, 788; treatment 
of, 314 
Manures, artificial garden, 235 
Manurial experiments, 614, 804 
Mariposa Lilies, 12 
Masdevallia Curlei, 379 ; falcata, 411; 
ignea boddaertiana, 473 ; Rushtoni, 
710; shuttryana Chamberlain's 
var., 556 
May, merry, 570 
Maxillaria Turneri, 556 
Meadowbank Nursery, Rothesay, 506 
Melbourne Botanical Gardens, 268, 
285 
Melon British Queen, 38; Gunton 
Scarlet, 119; Prince of Wales’ 
Favourite, 692; Royal Sovereign, 
52; Sutton’s Scarlet, 646 ; Wythes’ 
Scarlet, 119 
Melon Notes, 285 ; planting, 653 
Melons, 471; early, 615 ; in pots, 21 ; 
Musk of Russia, &c., 375 
Metropolitan Public Gardens Asso¬ 
ciation, 597 
Michaelmas Daisies at Long Ditton, 
123 
Micological Society, British, 53 
Microbes, wanted to see the, 534 
“ Middlesex," 486, 502 
Mildness of the season, 261, 343 
Milk, plants that taint, 725 
Millipedes, 788 
Miltonia Binotii, 70; leucoglossa, 
70; vexillaria dulcotensis, 650; 
vexillaria Lindeniae, 650 
Mint, a big and showy, 155 
Mistleto at Kinnoull Hill, 422 ; the, 
394, 409, 422, 458 
Moles on lawns, 741 
Monkey, the long-tailed green, 439 
Monquhitter flower show, the 
champion at, 804 
Monro’s (George) Employees’ outing, 
772 
Montbretias, 12 
Morningfield Nursery, Aberdeen, 89 
Mortlake, seed trials at, 759 
Morton Hall, Midlothian, 601, 620 
Mosses for the British Museum, 437 
Mule theory again exploded, 84 
’Mummers at Mentmore, 742 
Musa Basjoo in Trient, 359 
Muscari coDicum Heavenly Blue, 139 
Mushroom farming, 692; power of a, 
582 
Mutual Improvement Associations: 
Ayrshire Horticultural, 213; Bir¬ 
mingham Gardeners, 276; Brighton 
and Sussex Horticultural, 422; 
Bristol and District Gardeners’, 
325. 358 , 39 T > 422, 454, 566, 630, 
77 2 ; Broughty Ferry Horticul¬ 
tural, 325 ; Chester Paxton Society, 
454 ; Chiswick Gardeners', 374, 
438, 502, 565 ; Corbridge on-Tyne 
Gardeners’, 182; Danish Gar¬ 
deners’, the Society of, 341 ; Devon 
and Exeter Gardeners', 69, 84, 133, 
182, 309, 406, 438, 470, 741; Dum¬ 
fries and Galloway Horticultural, 
566 ; Ealing and District Gardeners', 
101, 133, 149, 213, 229, 261, 341, 
375 . 492, 534 ; East Anglian Horti¬ 
cultural Club, 598 ; Forfar Horti¬ 
cultural Improvement, 582 ; French 
Horticultural Society in London, 
342 ; Hamilton and District Horti¬ 
cultural and Forestry, 325, 788; 
Isle of Wight Gardeners’, 37, 502 ; 
Kew Gardeners' Mutual, 486; 
Liverpool Horticultural, 340 ; 
Maidenhead and District Gar¬ 
deners’, 391, 422 ; Mutual improve¬ 
ment society, our, 410, 458, 570; 
National Amateur Gardeners , 266, 
439; Park Place Mutual, 358; 
Piaistow and Upton Park Horti¬ 
cultural, 276 ; Preston and Fulwood 
Horticultural Society, 228, 390 ; 
