iv. 
August 28, 1897.] 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening Worid. 
don Hill, var., 565 ; Trianaei back- 
houseana, 372; Trianaei delicata 
hardyana, 469 ; Trianaei Dr. Gor¬ 
ton’s var., 502 ; Trianaei eximia, 
407 ; Trianaei Imperator, 295, 
407; Trianaei, varieties of, 343 ; 
Triumph, 118 ; Warneri, 582 ; 
Warscewiczii Mrs. E. Ashworth, 
774 
Cattleya, abnormal, 215; chemical 
composition of, 698, 741 
Cattleyas, synanthic, 775 
Cedars in Goodwood Park, 500 
Cedrus atlantica aurea, 684 
Celebration of the sixtieth year of 
Her Majesty’s Reign, 166 
Celmisia Munroi, 684 
Celosias as bedding plants, 37 
Ceylon, flowers and plants in, 298 
Chamberlain’s garden, Mr. 426 
Channel Islands re-visited: Five 
Oaks and the Cesarean Nurseries, 
85; Guernsey public park, improve¬ 
ments at 27 ; Jersey flower show, 
38 ; the Caves at le Corbiere, 124 
Charitable horticulture, 293 
Charities, our gardening, 245 
Chelidonium majus in medicine, 295 
Chelmsford, instruction in horti¬ 
culture, 532 
Chelsea, Amaryllis at, 485 ; Carna¬ 
tions at, 725 ; Orchids at, 646 ; 
Physic Garden at, 292 ; Royal 
Exotic Nurseries, 551 ; seasonable 
flowers at, 265 ; winter flowers at, 
283 
Chemical composition of Cattleya, 
698, 775 
Chemical processes in an Orchid, 
741, 762, 791 
Cheshire County Council as traders, 
805 
Chestnut, the Horse, 579 
Chess, a ramble up the, 630, 651 
Chevalier du Merite Agricole, 356 
China Aster, the yellow, 69 
Chionodoxa Luciliae alba, 455 
Chicnodoxas, 21 
Chiswick, Trials at, 76, 102 
Christmas flowers at Covent Garden, 
267; hampers for poor children, 
214. 
Chrysanthemum, Australie, 167 ; 
Barbara Forbes, 77 ; Calvat's Aus¬ 
tralian Gold, 152,167 ; C. A. Owen, 
2r 5 ; Commodore, 215; C. W. 
Richardson, 215 ; Duchess of Fife, 
167; Duke of Wellington, 183; 
Edwin Molyneux, 377, 408, 410; 
Elsie Teichman, 167; Exmouth 
Yellow, 153 ; Eynsford White, 150 ; 
George Seward, 167 ; Gem of Earls- 
wood, 215; Golden Elsie, 767, 
215; John Neville, 167; Joseph 
Brooks, 199 ; King of Orange, 
245 ; Madame Gustave Henry, 
103, 1 18 ; Madame Paul 
Lecroix, 183, 199; Ma Perfection, 
183 ; M. Hoste, 135; Midnight, 
152 ; Mignonette, 183 ; Mr. A. G. 
Hubbock, 199; Mrs. C. Orchard, 
167, 183, ^201 ; Mrs. Geo. Rundle, 
425 ; Mrs. G. H. Smart, 149 ; Mrs. 
Hugh Gardener, 167, 183 ; Mrs. 
James Murray, 167; Mrs. J M. 
Lewis, 167 ; Mrs. Joseph Thomp¬ 
son, 215; Mrs. Louis D. Black, 
215 ; Mrs. Marling Grant, 199; 
Mrs. Oporto Tait, 167; Modes’O, 
167 ; Mustapha, 167; Nathan 
Smith's White, 167 ; Philadelphia, 
*51; Pride of Exmouth, 135, 167 ; 
Pride of Madford, 135 ; Rena Dula, 
135 , Royal Sovereign, 167; Sarnian 
Gem, 167 ; Simplicity, 199 ; Sun- 
stone, 199 ; Surprise, 103 ; Western 
King, 167; William Tunnington, 
217; W. Wright, 215; Yellow 
Elsie, 215 
Chrysanthemum, a perfect specimen 
plant of, 294, 314, 361, 374, 406, 
438, 486 ; blooms, exhibiting, 459 ; 
culture, 213 ; culture for exhibition, 
267, 284, 300; exhibition blooms 
of, 374; glo'iosnm as a trained 
plant, 473 ; grouping, 229, 266, 
284. 
Chrysanthemum notes: Battersea 
Park, 155 ; Broughton Road Nur¬ 
sery, Ipswich, 139 ; at Altrincham, 
213 ; at the Antipodes,788 ; Church- 
town Winter Gardens, Southport, 
197 ; at Dunmail, 260 ; Devonhurst, 
Chiswick, 149 ; Dover House, Roe- 
hampton, 153 ; Earlswood Nurser¬ 
ies, 184 ; early recollections of, 168 ; 
Finsbury Park, 166; Glasgow Bo¬ 
tanic Gardens, 183; Hale Farm 
Nurseries, Tottenham, 139; High- 
gate Nurseries, 183; Liverpool 
Chrysanthemums, 134, 154 ; Mar- 
ley Hall near Exmouth, 220 ; Royal 
Exotic Nursery, 138; Ryecroft 
Nursery, 138 ; St. John’s Nurseries, 
Putney, 184; Syon House, 229; 
Trent Park, 750; Victoria Park, 
148. 
Chrysanthemum show, lessons of the 
great, 164 ; the first English, 183, 
198. 
Chrysanthemum Shows : Aberdeen, 
218; Albert Gardens, Glasgow, 
190; Ascot, 186; Ayr, 218; Barn¬ 
staple, 172; Batley and District, 
203; Battersea, 172; Belfast, 173; 
Bideford, 151 ; Birkenhead, 203; 
Birmingham, 187, 262 ; Blackheath, 
142; Brighton, 173; Bristol, 204; 
Bromley and District, 172 ; Bud- 
leigh Salterton, 182 ; Canterbury, 
187; Carlisle, 188; Chester, 190; 
Chorley, 205 ; Coventry, 172 ; 
Croydon, 187 ; Derby, 203 ; 
Devizes, 173; Dundee, 188, 202, 
213, 229 ; Edinburgh, 184 a (sup.), 
204 ; Exmouth, 158 ; Glasgow, 
189; Grassendale, 203; Grimsby, 
203 ; Harrogate, 186; Helensburgh, 
218 ; Ipswich, 173; Jersey, 186, 
202 ; Leamington, Warwick, 204 ; 
Leeds, 205, 235 ; Lewes and 
District, 188; Liverpool, 187 ; 
Montrose, 244; Nantes, France, 
202 ; National Chrysanthemum, 
14, 86, 155, 170, 219 ; Northampton, 
202 ; Nottingham and Notts, 172 ; 
October Chrysanthemum Show, 86; 
Peckham, 172 ; People's Palace, 
Whitechapel, 172; Plymouth, 186 ; 
Reigate, 202 . Sevenoaks, 202 ; 
Steyning, 142; Stirling, 173 ; 
Stockport, 190; Streatbam, 203; 
Torquay, 151 ; Tunbridge Wells, 
188 ; Twickenham, 218 ; Watford, 
142 ; Winchester, 189 
Chrysanthemum, the, progressing 
northwards, i8r; tournament, the 
coming, 115 
Chrysanthemums, an avenue of, 220 ; 
a well-arranged group of, 285 ; 
classification of, 234, 246; early, 
101 ; early recollections of, 168 ; 
for decoration, 231; for exhibition, 
70, 103 ; in the north, 198 ; official 
catalogue of, 163 ; quantity and 
quality, 229 ; spidery, 151 ; stan¬ 
dard, 501 ; the newer type of 
incurved, 37 r 
Cineraria crosses, 583 : cruenta, 551 ; 
garden, 519, 579 ; kewensis, 349, 
523 
Cinerarias, 459; and Primulas, 
Messrs. Carters’, 491 
Cirrhopetalum elegantulum, 598 
Clay & Son, Messrs., 804 
Clematis Duchess of Albany, 630 ; 
Marcel Moser, 630; montana, 650, 
667, 694 
Clerodendron foetidum, 141 
Climbing stems in tropical forests, 
458 
Clivia Charles Vermeire, 486; Queen 
Victoria, 503 
Clivias, Messrs. LaiDgs', 474 
Coccocypselum repens, 349 
Cochlioda miniata,662 
Cocos insignis, 301 
Coelogyne asperata (Lowii) 630 ; 
cristata, 586; a group of, 585; 
dayana Dell var., 630; elata, 533; 
lurida, 357 : Micholitzii, 22 ; 
Veitchi, 265 
Coleuses at Leyland, 28 ; from Ste¬ 
venage, 70 
Collapse, a curious, 269 
Colour experiments, 215 
Colours and vegetation, 405 
Coltness, Wishaw, N.B., 123 
Commemorative Holly at Dundee, 
692 
Coniferous trees, natural reproduction 
of, 298 ; woods, 407 
Conocltnium ianthinum, 438 
Comparettia sp«ciosa, 118 
Coombe Cottage, Kingston - on - 
Thames, 757 
Coprosma baueriana variegata, 797 
CordoDnier, Anatole Louis, 628 
Cordyline argenteo-striata, 438 
Cornwall, lecture at St. Agnes, 309 ; 
spring flower show for, 244 
Correa cardinalis, 726 
Corry & Co.’s, Messrs., garden sun¬ 
dries, 443 
Corylopsis spicata, 455 
Cotoneaster horizontaiis, 455 
C ittage gardening, 756 
Covent Garden, Christmas flowers at, 
267 ; fruit at, 317 
Coventry gardens, 485 
Crassula, new species of, 197 
Cricket, 628, 645, 692, 694, 757, 789, 
805 
Criticism, unlovely, 141 
Crocuses, 13 
Cromwell and the Lilac, 549 
Crop, a paying year’s, 373 
Crow, the, 373 
Croton Her Majesty, 630; Shuttle- 
worthii, 774 
Cryptosperma ferox, 168 
Crystal Palace fruit show, 90, 501 ; 
Rose show at the, 707 ; the lectures 
at, 93, 107, 122 
Cyclamen at Edinburgh, Mr. Lunt’s, 
521 ; at Godington Park, Ashford, 
438 ; grandiflorum album, 455, 503 ; 
latifolium, evolution of, 519; 
Messrs. Laing's, 438 ; orthoepy of 
the term, 343 ; strain of, 327 ; the, 
234 ; the Persian, 515 
Cycles, flora], 548 
Cycnoches maculatum, 22 
Cymbidium canaliculatum, 630 ; 
eburneum, 434, 486 ; giganteum, 
214; lowianum viride, 661; tigri- 
num, 582 
Cynodou Dactylon, 53 
Cypher’s seventieth birthday, Mr. 
293 
Cyphomandra betacea, 485 
Cypripedium, arthurianum 214 ; 
Baron Schroder, 215 ; bellatulo- 
vexillarium, 598 ; callo-roth- 
schildianum, 806 ; Chapmani, 
278, 582 ; Chapmani magni- 
ficum, 598, 629 ; Charlesworthii 
Fred Hardy, 183 ; Charlesworthii 
Low’s var., 118 ; conco-bellatulum, 
630 ; Fraseri, 662 ; Godefroyae 
leucochilum grandiflorum, 745 ; 
Henry Graves, 278, 292 ; hirsuto- 
Sallieri, 455 ; insigne, 270 ; insigne 
Cannonae, 278 ; insigae mon- 
tanum Falkland Park var., 295 ; 
insigne vars., 662 ; lebandy- 
anum, 326 ; Lilian Greenwood, 
326 ; Mrs. E, V. Low, 711 ; 
Mrs G. Botterell, 295 ; Morganiae 
burfordiense, 519 ; Nandi, 297 ; 
oenanthum superbum, 358 ; Regina, 
166; rothschildianum, 502; rubes- 
cens superbum, 519 ; Zeno, 311. 
Cypripedtum fairieanum hybrids, 537 ; 
two-lipped, 791 
Cuckoo, the, 564, 629 
Cucumber with adherent leaf, 775 
Culture, intense, 281, 297 
Custom, a pretty, 660 
Cutler, Mrs. Roger, 628 
Cutlers’ ball, Sheffield, decorations at 
the mistress, 390 
Cyrtoceras multiflorum, 475 
Cytisus kewensis, 588 
D 
Daddy Longlegs, 471 
Daffodil, a scarlet, 548 ; Grandis, 
548 ; show at Truro, 475 ; with 
frilled corona, 551 
Daffodils, 7 ; and manure, 531; 
coloured plate of, 21 ; synanthic, 
55 i 
Dahlia Adrienne, 39 ; African, 39 ; 
Bridesmaid, 38 ; Charles Wood- 
bridge, 38; Clarissa, 103, 118; 
Cycle, 38 ; Daffodil, 807 ; Dagmar, 
39, 103 ; Daniel Cornish, 39; 
Emmie, 38; Fantasy, 38, 39 ; 
Flossie, 39 ; Folly, 38, 39 ; 
Geraldine, 118 ; Guinevere, 39, 
103; Harry Stredwick, 39; IoDa, 
39 ; Jeannette, 39 ; Keynes White, 
38 ; Leopold Seymour, 39 ; Mabel, 
39 : Mr. Stephen Walker, 38 ; Mrs. 
Gordon Sloane, 38, 39 ; Mrs. 
Kingley Foster, 38, 118 ; Miss 
Agnes Box, 807 ; Miss Hudson, 
1 18 ; Miss Kathleen Goschen, 118; 
Miss Webster, 22, 38. 103, 260; 
Naomi Tighe, 38, 39 ; Nerissa, 39 ; 
Ophelia, 11S ; Polly Eccles, 38, 39 ; 
Regulus, 38 ; Starfish, 38, 39; 
Trilby, 38, 39 
Dahlias, 668; a late show of, 117; 
some good decorative, 108 
Daisy, a rayless, 652 ; story, a, 533 
Dalinger, Dr., on plants and animals, 
212 
Daniels Bros. Illustrated Guide for 
Amateur Gardeners, 341 
Daphne indica rubra, 409 
Dartmoor and the Diamond Jubilee 
Celebration, 517 
Darwin, memorial to, 796 ; statue of 
Charles, 293 
Davallia hirta, 630 ; tenuifolia, the 
age of, 652 
Deepdene Gardens, Dorking, 554 
Delphinium Athos, 662 ; Belladonna, 
797 ; Clara Stubbs, 684 ; Imperial 
Majesty, 662 ; Primrose, 662 ; Sir 
John Forrest, 684 ; True Blue, 
662 
Delphiniums, 652 
Dendrobe, the blue, 756 
Dendrobium aggregatum majus, 469 ; 
Ainsworthii intertextum, 454 ; afbo- 
sanguineum, 533 ; bancroftianum, 
327; Cassiope, 357; crassinode 
album, 343 ; dominianum, 357 ; 
Endocharis, 357 ; longicornu, 22 ; 
nobile album Feddal var., 262; 
nobile Hutchinson's var., 486; 
nobile sanderianum, 423; nobile, 
superb specimen, 468 ; Phalaenop- 
sis nobilius, 311 ; rubens, 422 ; 
Victoriae Reginae, 661, 676, 806 ; 
wardianum album, 597 ; wardia- 
num Marquis of Camden’s var.,533 
Devonhurst, gardening at, 691 
Devonshire wild flowers, 341, 357 
Dewar, Mr. D., illness of, 372, 468 
Diamond Jubilee prize for Chrysan¬ 
themums, 452 ; Jubilee Vines at 
Swanley, 499 
Dianthus calizonus, 668 
Dicksons, Chester, a visit to Messrs., 
805 
Dieffenbachia Meleagris, 345 
Diospyros Kaki, 285 
Diplacus, 693 
Diseased Tulip bulbs, 62 
Diseases of plants, 604 
Disporum leschenaultianum variega- 
tum, 486 
Dog's-tooth Violets, the 520 
Doronicum plantagineum Harper 
Crewe as a forced plant, 507 
Doronicums, the, 584 
Doryopteris Duvalii, 684 
Douglas, Mr. James, presentation to, 
525 
Dover House, Roehampton, 521, 809 
Downey, Messrs. W. & D., and the 
Diamond Jubilee, 676 
Dracaena Broomfieldi, 215 ; Cantleyi, 
413 ; Laingi, 301 ; Warreni, 39 
Drift wood from Arctic seas, 471 
Drosera binata, a giant, 447 
Ducks in the garden, 31 
Duke and Duchess ot Bedford, acci¬ 
dent to, 117 
Dundee Chrysanthemum show, 188, 
202, 213, 229, 262 
Duntreath Castle, a visit to, 105 
Dutch bulbs, collections of, 106 
Dutch Horticultural Society, 37, 724 
Dwarfing trees, 293 
Dyson’s Lane Nurseries, 74 
E 
Earnock, Lanarkshire, 194 
Earthnuts, 551 
Earthworms and vegetable mould, 
564 
Earwigs and Chrysanthemums, 269 
Eastbourne Horticulturists, 244 
Eastwell Park, Ashford, 423 
Eczema, Hyacinth bulbs and, 196; 
Lily of the Nile and, 363 
Edelweiss, uprooting the, 20 
Edenside, Carnations at, 777 
Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, 532 ; 
proposed amalgamation at, 213, 
228; seed trade, 164, 227 
Education, technical, 421 
Eelworms and Daddy-long-legs, 580; 
and nitrate of soda, 532 ; and 
Onions, 311 
Egypt, botany in ancient, 308 
Electric farm, an, 108 ; light on 
Liliums, influence of, 660 
Elm, a fine Wych, 810 
Emigrants, hints for, 294, 709 
Encepbalartos gracilis, 711 
England’s floral emblem for Jubilee 
day, 661 
English Illustrated Magazine, 22S 
English orchards, 474, 490 506, 522 
Entomologists and number of insects, 
484 
Epacrises, 405 
Epidendrum elegantulum, 503, 519; 
Endressii, 454 ; varicosum, 486 
Epilobium luteum, 668 
Epilaelia radico-purpurata, 774 
Epping Forest, thinning, 373 
Ercilla spicata, adhesive discs of, 
422 
Erica candidissima, 541 
Erigeron mucronatus, 78 
Erysipbe Tuckeri, 566 
Erythronium citrinum, 470; Dens- 
canis, 470 ; giganteum roseum, 
470; grandiflorum (revolutum), 
