VI. 
August 26, 1899.] 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening World. 
Reading and District Gardeners', 
ioi, 390, 423, 453, 486, 518, 772; 
Scottish Horticultural, 229, 315, 
502, 582, 645, 660, 805 (prize list of 
the), 519, 775 ; Sevenoaks Gar¬ 
deners' and Amateurs', 149, 406; 
Sherborne Gardeners', 390 ; Shirley 
Gardeners', 53, 116, 133, 213, 260, 
341, 407, 534. 55°. 598. 677 ; Society 
of Jersey Gardeners’, 213, 412; 
Wakefield Paxton, 244, 454 ; West 
Derby Mutual, 166 ; Woolton Gar¬ 
deners’, 100, 106, 133, 182, 229, 
260, 309, 341, 407, 439, 470 
Mycetozoa, and some questions which 
they suggest, 327 
Mynthurst, Reigate, 646 
Myosotis Sutton's Blue Gem, 424 
Myrtle in Ross-shire, the common, 116 
Myrtus communis, buds and berries 
of, 777 
Myxies, sporangia of the, 724 
N 
Names, popular, 85 
Narcissus, Brigadier, 556; Bulboco- 
dium monophyllus, 2ig ; Cassandra, 
556; Cecily Hill, 588; cernuus, 8 ; 
King Alfred, 506 ; Dorothy Kings- 
mill, 588 ; Duke of Bedford, 556, 
586 ; Flambeau, 556 ; Hesperus, 
58 3 ; Leedsii amabilis, 10 ; Leedsii 
Edmond’s White, 556 ; Marina, 588 ; 
minimus, 408 ; Muzart orientalis, 10 ; 
obvallaris, 13; pachybolbos, 279; 
Pope’s King, 556 ; Queen Anne, n ; 
Sir Watkin, 11 ; Strongbow, 556; 
Sunset, 556 ; Tazetta Grand Mon- 
arque ; 13 ; telamonius plenus, 429 ; 
trimon, 411 ; viridiflorus, 279 
Naturalist, a great, 166 
Neinesia strumosa nana compacta 
grandifiora, 301 ; strumosa Suttoni 
nana compacia, 316, 348 
Nepenthes balfouriana, 821 
Nerine, Lady Clementine Milford, 
186; Mrs. Douglas, 186 ; Miss Jey- 
kell, 186 
Nettles, utilisation of, 279 
New Forest, condition of the, 219 
Nicotiana sylvestris, 442, 774 
Nitrate fields of Chili, 53 ; of soda, a 
new source of, 566 
Nitrates are lost, how, 455 
Northernhay Park, Exeter, 374 
Nostel Priory, Wakefield, 537 
Nymphaea odorata sulphurea grandi- 
flora, 22 ; stellata at Gunnersbury 
House, 69 
'Nymphaeas, hybrid, 23 
o 
Obituary: Baker, Mr. W. E. H, 
478 ; Carnot, Madame, 84; Col¬ 
chester, Mr. William, 184 (Supt. IV), 
222 ; Cooke, Miss Ethel, 149 ; Deas, 
Mr. John, 478 ; Dickson, Mr. T. A., 
582 ; Drummond, Mr. Peter, 661 ; 
Dunn, Mr. Malcolm, 6c6 ; Duke of 
Northumberland, 293 ; Earl Win- 
chelsea, 36; Fortescue, Lady 
Louisa, 324; Fry, Mr. George, 692, 
717; Girdlestone, Theopbilus Wil¬ 
liam, 701 ; Howcroft, Mr Frederick, 
407, 422 ; Kelway, Sen., Mr. James, 
622, 630; Latto, Mr. William Dun¬ 
can (Tammas Bodkin), 756; Lee, 
Mr. John, 348; Mason, Col., 741; 
Metcalfe, Annie, 324 ; Murray, Mr. 
William, 478 ; Ogg, Mr. William, 
478 ; Roy, Mr. Frank, 286 ; Seeger, 
Mr.J., 196 ; Shingles, Mr.Tbos.,293 ; 
Spooner, Mr. William, 692 ; Tufnail, 
Mr. Frank, 701 ; Watson, Sir John, 
72, Supt. d. 
Odd Corners, 728 
Odontoglossum, Adrianae ashworthia- 
num, 682 ; Adrianae Lady Wigan, 
556; andersonianum Falkland Park 
var.,678; andersonianum giganteum, 
619; andersonianum Mrs. De B. 
Crawshay, 588 ; andersonianum ob- 
stupefaciens, 556 ; andersonianum 
Raymond Crawshay, 588 ; cookea- 
num, 439; Coradinei crawshayanum 
682; Coradinei expansum, 439; 
Coradinei mirabile, 619 ; crispum, 
550 ; crispum Arthur Brisco, 649 ; 
crispum ashworthianum, 556 ; 
crispum Duke of York, 473 ; crispum 
Etoile du Congo, 650 ; crispum La 
Merveille, 555 ; crispum Le Czar, 
278; crispum Miss Linden, 650 ; 
crispum Mrs. J. Leeman, 473; 
crispum punctatum, 676; crispum 
Parity, 619; crispum purpurascens, 
711; crispum Raymond Crawshay, 
619; crispum Rayon d’Or, 278; 
crispum Seraphim, 711; crispum 
Sultan, 473 ; excellens hyeanum, 
473 ; excellens mc’beanianum, 588; 
excellens nobilius, 506 ; Hallii de 
loiressianum, 650; harryano- 
crispum, 711; luteo-purpureum Dell 
var., fug ; mirandum, 473 ; polyxan- 
thum Gatton Park var., 619; 
ruckerianum crawshayanum, 439; 
ruckerianum rosefieldense, 588; 
ruckerianum T. Rochford’s var., 
326 ; triumphans Dulcote var., 588 ; 
triumphans Hybrid King Alfred, 
649 ; wilckeanum dellense, 439 
Odontoglossum with three stamens, 
572 
Olive and Lemon plantations 
destroyed, 166; culture in Tunis, 
197 
One and All flower show, 789 
Onion, Banbury Cross, 39 ; Boscold's 
Banbury Cross, 39; NePlus Ultra, 
556 ; Nuneham Park, 39 ; the Wild- 
smith, 457 ; Wroxton, 39 
Onion farms, American, 508 ; Maggot, 
the, 653 
Onions are preserved in Zealand, 253 ; 
praise of, 325 
Orange blossoms at marriages, 276 
Oranges in Paraguay, 277 
Orchard House trees, 218, 233 
Orchard trees, feeding, 747 
Orchards, 439; of Nova Scolia, the, 
380 
Orchid, bigener, 343 ; hybrids, the, 
470 
Orchid grower’s calendar, the, 23,55, 
87, 119, 151, 187, 215, 247, 294, 326, 
363. 395 . 443 . 475 . 507 . 535 - 57 L 
C03, 651, 679, 727, 759, 790 
Orchids at Upton Leigh, Torquay, 
666 ; from Craigclowan, Perth, 572, 
647. 665 ; £1,333 6s. 8d. each ! 566 ; 
on the decline ? are, 533, 567 ; the 
future of, 567 ; Fyntesfield, 613 
Orchis, the Lizard, 598 
Ornithologist, a zealous, 485 
Oswald House, Edinburgh, 554 
P 
Paeonia, Moutan, Mrs. Jessop Hut¬ 
ton, 620; Moutan var., 620; tree, 
Cecil Rhodes, 650; tree, Miss 
Beatrice Jones, 650 
Panax mastersianus, 711 
Pandanus Sanderi, 70 
Pansies from Rothesay, 27; judging, 
213 
Paradise stock in fruit, French, 69 
Paris Universal Exhibition, 1900, 148, 
455, 676, 803 
Park Hal), Stirlingshire, 118 
Park Place, Henley-on-Thames, 6, 
422 
Parks : Glasgow, 20, 85, 101 ; Leices¬ 
ter, new park at, 741; London 
parks, summer beddiog in the, 54 ; 
Hyde Park. 54 ; Regent's Park, 72, 
Supt. c. ; Wallsend, 36 ; Widnes, 
public park for, 36 
Parson and market gardener, 308 
Passiflora edulis, 286 
Passion Flower, the hardy, 301 
Pasteur and the Chenies, 84 
Pea, Carter's Early Morn, 556; Glory 
of Devon, 743 ; the Mummy, 742 
Peach border, making a, 344, 39 r, 
445. 599. 663 ; culture of the, 77; 
diseased, 711 
Peaches, disbudding wall, 504 ; under 
glass, notes on, 37 
Pear leaves diseased, 135 ; the culture 
of the, 245; tree with caterpillar, 
445; trees and gall mites, 285; 
Winter Orange, 506; within Pear, 
23 1 
Pears from Canada, Bartlett, 533; 
under glass, 406 
Peas, Stratagem and William Hurst, 
21 ; to bottle, green, 84 
Pelargonium Fire Dragon, 711 ; Her- 
moine, 236; Ivy-leaved, in a 
builder's yard, 41 ; new Ivy-leaved, 
646 ; Raspail Improved, 117 ; zonal, 
the Kalifa, 285 ; zonal, The Sirdar, 
286 
People we have met: Beckett, Mr. 
Edwin, 262; Burn, Mr. John, 790 ; 
Day, Mr. James, 503 ; Deal, Mr. E. 
J., 678; Greening, Mr. Edward 
OweD, 821 : Hatton, Mr. A., 359 ; 
Mayne, Mr. James, 471; MacBride, 
Mr. James, 183 ; McDonald, Mr. 
Alexander, 375; McKercbar, Mr. 
John, 310; McLennan, Mr. John, 
294; Monro, Mr. George, 342; 
Paul, Mr. Thomas, 184; Ross, 
M.A., Mr. George M., 183 ; Thom¬ 
son, Mr. Peter Murray, 38 ; Wright, 
Mr. Alexander, 662 ; Wynne, Mr. 
Brian, 411 
Perfumes in France, the manufacture 
of, 5°9 
Peridermium Plowrighti, 711 
Peristeria elata, 38 
Pests, 299 
Petasites fragrans, 365, 381 
Phalaenopsis Cassandra, 473; Her- 
mione, 473; ludde-violacea, 745 ; 
Mrs. James H. Veitch, 410; san- 
deriana Wigan’s var., 649 
Phaiocalanthe Niobe, 410 
Phaius Phoebe, 619 
Phenological observations for August, 
1898, 804 
Philadelphia, Fairmount Park, 83 
Philippines, the fibres of the, 772 
Phlox Eugenie Danzanvilliers, 139; 
Fiancee, 775 
Phloxes, 725 ; alpine, 725 
Phormium tenax, 806; tenax and.. 
Aralia Sieboldi, 200; tenax Powers- 
court var., 789 
Phyllocactus Admiration, 650; J. T. 
Peacock, 650; Nysa, 650 
Phyllostachys Henonis, 57; viridi- 
glaucescens, 521 
Phylloxera, fighting the, 582 
Physalis Franchetti, 333, 362, 380, 423 
Pictures by lady artists, 364 
Pilea muscosa, 167 
Pineapple fibre, 341; industry of the 
Bahamas, 251 
Pink, a yellow, 156 
Pinkhill Nurseries, Edinburgh, 121, 
266 
Pinks at Edenside, 741 
Pinus muricata, 582 
Pipes of soapstone, 196 
Plant, a curious, 521 
Plantations, thinning, 582 
Plants for lake margins, 589; frozen, 
4S5 ; self-irrigation in, 196; sleep 
of, 52 ; stories about, 615 ; some in¬ 
teresting, 284 ; to have clean, 804 
Plum Primate, 119 
Plums in B xsnia, the future crop of, 
740; Victoria, second crops, 187 
Poisoned food, laying, 646 
Poisonous plants, 567; of America, 
494 
Polygonum polystachyum, 156; vacci- 
niaefolium, 166 
Polypodies, cross-bred, 777 
Polypodium grandi-nigrescens, 186 
Polystichum angulare divisilobum 
plumosum, 650, 681 
Populus Ontario variegata, 70 
Poppy head, with pistilody of the 
stamens, 23 
Poster, something like a Chrysanth¬ 
emum, 132 
Potato, Challenge, 39 ; Devonian, 39, 
457 ; Early Puritan. 461 ; Fisbcrott 
Seedling, 39; Fidler’s Queen, 39; 
Ivo, 39; Miss Ellen Terry, 39; 
The Mayor, 39; Syon House Pro¬ 
lific, 236 ; Up-to-Date, 269, 557 
Potato crop, the Irish, 325 ; curious 
varieties of Potatos, 396 ; decayed, 
135 ; disease, a new, 804 ; grafting, 
395 ; hybridising, 396 ; scab, 407 ; 
sets, 461, 474 ; sorter and cleaner, 
677; was young, when the, 364 ; 
Potatos blackening when boiled, 200 ; 
decay in seed, 461, 474; experi¬ 
ments with Turnips and, 691 ; in 
pots, growing early, 583; in 
Ireland, 229 ; in Wilts, experiments 
with, 405; the sclerotium disease 
in, 117; with scab, 199 
Presentation, interesting, 485; to a 
Scottish " 'Mum ” grower, 341 
Presentations at Rothesay, 709 
Primrose Miss Massey, 589 
Primroses, sporting Cape, 26 
Primula Forbesii, 476 ; obconica, 650: 
obconica, irritation caused by, 613 ; 
sikkimensis, 589 ; sinensis Princess, 
408 ; sinensis pyramidalis grandi- 
flora alba, 426 
Primulas, star, 442 
Prize of honour, 132 
Progress amongst flowers, the path of, 
421; slow, 566 
Provincial excursion to the N.C S. 
show, 166 
Prunus Avium fl. pi., 653 ; lusitanica 
azorica, 279 ; Persica alba flore 
pleno, 439 
Privet berries, poi.onous, 533 
Pteris Rochfordi, 85 
Ptychosperma sanderiana, 151 
Public Park Nursery, Rothesay, 476 
Puff-balls, 788 
Pump, a useful, 519 
Puzzle and qualifications, 442 ; find 
the names, 390 
Pye, Mr. Septimus, at Tamworth, 772 
Pyrus crenata, 231 
Q 
Quails, 2,071,900 live, 454 
Quarry, the, Sevenoaks, 117 
Queen’s birthday Orchid, 661 
R 
Raffia from Madagascar, 439 
Railway embankments, 756; traffic 
rates, British, 438 
Rain, 566 ; every day, 582 
Rainfall in Devon, 133 
Rainy Day, providing for the, 453 
Raspberries in December, 244 
Raspberry Golden Queen, 743 
Rats and Plums, 85 ; at bay, to keep, 
423 
Reading, Chinese Primulas at, 310; 
Cyclamen at, 441; Portland Road 
Nursery, 550 
Redbraes Nursery, 250, 805 
Red spider, 788 
Redwood tree as a dinner table, 133 
Reeds and Rushes, 788 
Renanthera Storiei, 774 
Restrepia leopardina, 411 
Rhododendron Essex Scarlet, 682; 
Exquisite, 439; Hercules, 439; 
Mrs. Currie, 554; mucronatum, 
476; Princess Alexandra, 332; in 
bloom, 285 
Rhododendrons at Oaklands, 286 ; at 
Regent’s Park, Waterer’s, 692 
R.H.S. Gardens, Chiswick, 602 
Rhubarb forcing, 284; medicinal 
virtues of, 277 ; The Sutton, 4x1 
Richardia Pentlandi Tring Park var., 
588 ; suffusa, 588 ; two-spathed, 445 
Richardias, 583, 598 
Richmond Nursery, the, 282, 300, 413 
Riviera, gardens of the, 42, 74, 86 
Rxad and path making, 268, 283 
Rockies, high among the, 725 
Rochford’s, Mr. Thos. dinner to the 
employees, 260 
Rockeries and rivulets, 678 
Rock work, portable, 653 
Rondeletia cordata, 461 
Root-growing competition in Ireland, 
245 
Rosa rugosa in Nova Scotia, 374; 
wichuraiana. 252 
Rxse Cadeau Ramey, 743 ; Cooling’s 
Yellow Noisette, 682; Crimson 
Rambler, 676; Crimson Rambler 
(Sakoura Thara), 53; Gruss an 
Teplitz, 821; J. B. M. Camm, 
774; Manda’s Triumph, 558 ; Papa 
Lambert, 332; Purity, 682: 
Souvenir de WooltoD, 677; 
Sunrise, 151; Sweet Little Queen, 
197; W. A. Richardson, 757; 
White Maman Cochet, 743 
Rose again, the black, 455 ; garden, 
a. 758 ; show at the Crystal Palace, 
National, 707 ; the fate of a, 453 
Roses, cleft-grafting of in winter, 283 ; 
two lovely, 573 
Ross, Mr. George, M., 533 
Rossdhu, Luss, Loch Lomond, 795 
Ross-shire, Flowering shrubs on the 
west coast of, 501 
Rothesay, Pansies from, 27 
Round Oak, Englefield Green, 729 
Roupell Park Nurseries, 662 
Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, 182, 
212, 213, 374, 405, 412, 422, 565, 
708, 756; Annual Dinner, 747; 
Annual general meeting, 405, 412 
Royalty at Rosherville, 724 
Rubber, methods of preparing, 301, 
316, 333 
Rubus ulmifolius flore pleno, 23 
Ryecroft, Begonias at, 773 ; Nursery, 
679 
S 
Sage, 805 
Saintpaulia ionantha, 557 
Salisbury, notes from, 583 
San Jose Scale, 789 
Saxiiraga cordifolia gigantea, 358 
Saxifragas, 599 
Scale on Palms, thrip-like, 382 
Scarlet Runners, 70 
Sea salt and the mildew of Roses, iock 
Scent making, 567 
Schedules, terms in exhibition, 37 
Scholarships in horticulture, 566 
