• The'Gardeiring World.] 
CONTENTS. 
[August 28,1897. V* 
5331 grandifiorum nuUallianum, 
■487 ; grandiflorum vat., 470 ; John- 
sonit, 503 
> Escallonia langleyensis, 684 
Essex County Council, 517 
Eucalyptus citriodora, 629; rapid 
growth of, 576 
Eucharis Lowii, 597 
Euphorbia jacquiniaeflora, 37 
Eve tempting Adam, 277 
Examination, the horticultural, 723, 
73 °> 74 b ; 
Exeter Nursery Company, 435 
Exhibitors of vegetables : North v. 
South, 269, 343 
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Factory, a celebrated plant, 362 
Falconer, Mr. William, 197 
Falkland Park, 125 ; view in the 
gardens at, 281 
Fairchild, Dr. D. G , 453 
Farm and garden pests, 501 ; of 
1,500,000 acres, 644 
Favourite Flowers of Garden and 
Greenhouse,” 820 
Fern, the Boston, 421 
Fertilising bee of Catasetum tridenta- 
tum, 215 
Ficus Canoni, 349 ; radicans varie- 
gata, 615, 630 
Finger-and-toe, experiments on, 563 
Flax cultivation in England, 564 ; in 
Kent, 36 
Flora of Ceylon, handbook of the 
373 ; of Syria, Palestine and Sinai, 
151 ; of the Alps, 348 
Floral art at Messrs. Perkins & Sons, 
Coventry, 331; demonstration, a, 
269 ; design, a curious, 372 ; de¬ 
signs, 268 ; emblems, 644 
Flower, earth’s oldest, 789 ; garden 
notes, 806; gardening in Scot¬ 
land, 741; gardens of Victoria, 
Australia, 597, 629, 650, 666; of 
South Africa, national, 773 ; pic¬ 
tures at the Suffolk Street 
Galleries, 364: sermon, the annual, 
660 ; service, 772 ; shows, the, 803 
Flowers and plants in Ceylon, 298 ; 
for decorative purposes, 283 ; 
forced at Putney, 346 ; for Decem¬ 
ber, wild, 276 ; for hospitals, no, 
564 ; for the London hospitals, 244 ; 
for Whitechapel, 692; hardy in 
bloom, 291 ; herbaceous, for com¬ 
petition, 28, 43, 58, 75 ; popular 
winter, 259 ; the beauties of, 117 
Foliage and flowers, 669 ; effects, 588 ; 
five acres of, 421 
Fontainbleau, the forest of, on fire, 
788 
Forest Hill, hardy fruit at, 299 
Francoa ramosa, 773 
Fraser, Mr. Plugh, retirement of, 341 
Freedom Park, Plymouth, 603 
Freesia refracta alba, 438 
Freesias, 22 
French Bean, Veitch’s Early Favour¬ 
ite, 507 
French Strawberries for this coun¬ 
try, 596 
Fritillaria, alpina, 487 ; aurea, 470 ; 
nobilis (improved) 470 
Fritillarias, 42 
Frost, crops destroyed by, 597 ; in 
Aberdeenshire, intense, 372 
Fruit, a new, 132, 365 ; and honey on 
railway embankmen's, 133; and 
its insect pests, 131 ; and vegetable 
crops in Derbyshire, 124 ; and 
vegetalle crops in east Devon, 106 ; 
and vegetables at Manchester, 741, 
772; and vegetables at Tenby, early, 
660 ; as food, 644 ; culture at St. 
Germains, 404 ; culture, extension 
of, 755 ; culture in Belgium, small, 
101 ; culture in Cornwall, 645 ; for 
the Queen, Canadian, 195 ; from 
the Royal Gardens, 164 ; industry, 
the Irish, 1^3 ; in London, Jamaica, 
t 292 ; on excursion trains, 725 ; 
prospects at Merrion, 484 ; pro¬ 
spects in Scotland, 550 ; prospects 
< in Yorkshire, 614 ; refrigerated, 37 ; 
Ship Canal and, 212 ; show, Crystal 
Palace, '90; show, features of the, 
83 ; show of British grown, 565 ; 
the cold storage of, 547 ; trees in 
Brittany, 804 
Fruits, culture of small, 341 ; hardy, 
726; turning red when ripe, 596; 
variations of seedlings from, 490 
Fuchsia Addington, 533 ; a huge, 772 
Fumigator, a new, 434 
Fungus, a huge, 228 
Fungi, malformed, in mushroom bed, 
775 
G • 
Gale at Chesbunt, last week’s, 468 ; 
terrific, and destruction of glass¬ 
houses, 435 ; victims of the, 469 
Galtonia candicans, 14, 808 
Garden allotments, Birmingham, 772; 
Foes, 301, 314, 331; hints, 373 ; 
lecture at Blackwell, 628 
Gardener, assaulting a, 85 
Gardeners and their wages, 547, 565, 
601 ; a Union for, 726, 781 ; Royal, 
683 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institu¬ 
tion, 20, 36, 116, 196, 292, 372, 405, 
468, 485, 500, 627 ; annual festival 
dinner, 637, 666; annual general 
meeting, 330 ; Lord Rothschild to 
preside at anniversary festival, 116, 
244, 581 
Gardening at Halstead, popular, 372 ; 
Charities, our, 245 ; from a text 
book, teaching, 628 ; microscopical, 
457 ; the perils of, 77 
Gardens abroad and at home, famous, 
245 ; fertility of, 362 
Gas-lime and clubbing, 523; not a 
cure for clubbing, 123 
Gas plant, the, 580 
Geodorum Augusti, 684 
Gentiana acaulis, 565 
German Horticultural Exhibition at 
Hamburg in 1897, 6 
Gesnera longiflora, 652 
Ghent, international exhibition at, 
276 
Gibson, the marriage of Mr. David, 
148 
Gladioli, paper on, 36 
Gladiolus Alicia, 39; Apollo, 39; 
Atlas, 22 ; Carleton, 774 ; Cou'ntess 
Amy, 807 ; Countess of Leicester, 
807 ; Fustell de Coulanger, 22 ; G. 
A. Kiujk, 807 ; General Duchesne, 
774 ; Imperator, 38 ; J. G. Clarke, 
774; Mike Lambourne, 807 ; 
Painted Lady, 39; Rosalie, 38; 
White Lady, 774 ; Zephyr, 38 
Gladiolus, the, 48S 
Glaeosporum, Grapes attacked by, 
727 
Glasgow Parks and their superinten- 
dent, 797 
Gloxinias, 458 ; at Stanstead Park, 
778 ; from Stevenage, 118 
Godetia gloriosa, 774 
Gold Medal from the Chrysanthemum 
Society of America, 117 
Gooseberries, big, 804 ; pruning, 248, 
27S, 297, 316 
Gooseberry Golden Gem, 807 
Graeco-Turkish war and gardening, 
628 
Grafting, improved method of, 615, 
693 
Grammatopbyllum speciosum, 806 
Grandmother was ill, his, 517 
Grand Yorkshire Gala, 316, 341 
Granton Road Nurseries, 539 
Grape culture, 53 ; Vine in Old Kent 
Road, 116 
Grapes attacked by Glaeosporium, 
727; late Hamburgh, 250, 267; 
Lincoln's Inn, 148; notes on the 
quality of, 505 
Grass, couch, 660; growing experi¬ 
ments, 740 
Grease bands, 229 
Grevillea alpestris, 797 
Guernsey, public park improvements 
at, 27 
Gunnera scabra, 390 
Gunnersbury House, Water Lilies at, 
787 
Gunpowder as manure, 356 
H 
Hailstorm fund, 707 ; Insurance Cor¬ 
poration, 437, 485, 507 
Hailstorms, and tnunder, 693, 709 
Halifax parks, 684 
Hamburg, international horticultural 
exhibition at, 325, 436, 484, 516, 
548. 57 r « 586, 779, 788 
Hammersmith Horticultural Society, 
44 
Hard-wooded plants at Bush Hill 
Park, 492 ; lecture on, 212 
Hare, supposed hybrid, 342 
Hardy plants in flower, 454, 469 
Harmonicon, the wooden, 597 
Harpalus ruficornis attacking Straw¬ 
berries, 727 
Harrison & Sons vegetable and farm- 
root show, 196 
Hastings and St. Leonards' Natural 
■ History Society, 405 
Hawick amateur's garden, a, 710 
Hedge v. iron railings, 309, 340 
Helianthemum Breweri, 66n ; Mrs. 
Earle, 629 
Helianthus annuus Wantage Star, 39 
Heliconia illustris rubricaulis, 349 
Helicopyllum Rauwolfii, 652 
Heliopsis pitcherianus, 774 
Herbaceous flowers for competition, 
28, 43, 58, 75, 106 
Hibiscus syriacus Coelestis, 774; 
syriacus Painted Lady, 774 
High Barnet, Dutch bulbs at, 470 
Higbgate Wood, 484 
Hogg, the late Dr., 469 
Holidays, Saturday afternoon, 628, 
647, 661 
Holland, cut flowers from, 293 
Holland House, Kensington, 69 
Holly at Dundee, commemorative, 
692 ; hedge dispute at Richmond, 
309, 340; two years fruit on the, 
651 
Hollyhock Leander, 807; the Fig¬ 
leaved, 37 
Hollyhocks in Regent's Park, 52 
Home of Horticulture, 166, 196, 243, 
249, 267 
Honours for an Englishman, 339, 342 
Hoole Hall, Chester, aquatics at, 790 
Hop plantations, and washing, 772 
Horticultural Institute for Scotland, 
373 
Horticultural showing, great success 
in, 1:7 ; shows in Perthshire. 21 
Horticulture, a demonstration in, 676 ; 
examination in, 198, 723, 730, 746 ; 
lecture on, 614 
Hospitals, no flowers for, 564 
Hoya carnosa variegata, 365 
Humphries, Mr. C. H , 132 
Hurst & Son’s Clover and Grass 
Seed Circular, 301 ; Cricket Club, 
580 
Hyacinth bulbs and eczema, 196 ; 
the Water, 421 
Hyacinths, 8 ; Roman, 28 ; with root 
failure, 471 
Hybridisation, importance of, 373 
Hydrangea, the first blue-flowered, 
436 
Hydrangeas in the West of England, 
117; with blue flowers, 581 
Hydrocyanic acid gas, fumigating 
with, 315 ; acid in plants, 134 
Hypericum mosserianum, 148 
I 
Imantophyllums, Messrs.Veitch's,5 1 7 
India, a rare plant in, 804 ; the 
threatened scarcity in, 182 
Ink for writing on glass, 580 
Innovation at a flower show, 21 
Insect life, wonders and romances of, 
277 ; pests, cost of, 453 
Insecticide, a new, 101 
Insects and colour, 133; familiar 
garden, 778; of a London back 
garden, 757 ; injurious to plant life, 
428 
Ipomoea versicolor, 53 
Institute for teaching botany, 420 
Intense culture, 281, 297 
International Botanic Garden, 596 ; 
Horticultural Exhibition at Ghent, 
596 
Ireland, benefit association for, 437 
Iris bakeriana, 407 ; caucasicus 
major, 470 ; germanica maxima, 
684 ; Lupina, 630 
Irises, dwarf bearded, $5+ 
Irish Gardeners’ Association, 243, 
373 ; gardening industry, 484 
Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums, 596 
J 
Jaloo, Limited, 341 
Jamaica fruit in London, 292; 
Oranges, 437 
Japanese Chrysanthemum gardens, 
533 ; flowers, amongst the, 100 ; 
gardens, 485 
Jasminum azoricum, 774 
Jersey Guano, 28 
Jew agriculturists, 805 , 
Joobly muddle, the, 72^ 
Jubilee Celebration, a successful, 
147 ; of the National Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Society, 155 ; Honour, 756 
Juniper, the Common, 489 
Juno cjcles and the Juno Cycling 
School, 390 ; at the Crystal Palace, 
212 
Judging at horticultural exhibitions, 
806 
K 
Kalanchoe grandiflora, 317 
Kale for garnishing, 507 
Kelway, the marriage of Mr. James, 
20 
Kerria japonica fl. pi., 604 
Kew, Amaryllis at, 502; Gardens, 
644; earlier opening of, 644 ; 
Guild, 390, 419 ; Guild, Journal of 
the, 659 
Kewites, past and present, 676; to 
the front, 211 
King Humbert of Italy, 773 
Knight, Mr. Henry, 36, 69 
Kniphofia Nelsoni, 212 
" Knowledge,” 37 
L 
Laburum, 628 ; seeds, death through 
eating, 756 
Lachenallias, 22; as basket plants, 
453 
Lady gardener, distinguished, 243 
Laelia, anceps kienastiana, 407 ; 
anceps norwoodensis, 311 ; elegans 
Oweniae, 38; elegans var., 135; 
juvenalis, 215 ; Lucy Ingram, 326; 
monophylla, 22 ; purpurata ash- 
worthiana,629; purpurata fastuosa, 
630 ; pumila praestans alba Ash¬ 
worth’s var., 263 ; purpurata, 
Waddon House var., 661 ; tene- 
brosa, a fine variety of, 644 
Laeliocattleya, Appollonia, 215 ; 
blessensis, 70 ; bryroeriana, 22 ; 
Bryan, 39 ; Charles Darwin, 38 ; 
Clive, 39 ; canhamianaalbida, 742 ; 
Decia alba, 215 ; digbyano-Trianaei, 
533 ; dominiana, 684 ; elegans 
schroderiana, 807; Eudorasuperba, 
711 ; Tiresias, 215 ; gottoiana Rossie 
var., 214; Hippolyta Dulcote var., 
598; Lady Wigan, 629; Nysa 
superba, 183; Our Queen, 683 ; 
Rosalind, 263; schilleriana Ash¬ 
worth's var., 215 ; schilleriana 
Hardy's var., 630 ; tyntesfieldensis, 
629 ; Violetta, 407 
Laing, Mr. J. Harry, elected a vestry¬ 
man, 614 
Land the basis of wealth and content¬ 
ment, 805 
Lantana attacked by insects, 791 ; 
Drap d’Or, 743 ; hybrida, 743 
Lapageria rosea Warnham Court 
var., 407 
Laportea moroides, 285 
Lapwing, the, 37, 452 
Larks, destruction of, 260 
Latania Loddigesii, 413 
Late flowering tree, 349 
Law Notes: An important appeal, 
309 ; extraordinary Orchid dispute, 
140, 221 ; selling vegetables with¬ 
out a licence, 52 ; unstamped 
measures, 45; Water Company’s 
charge for gardens, 236 
Lebanon gardens, Twickenham, fruit 
growing at, 709 
Lectures on fruit in Cornwall, 212 ; 
on horticulture in Somerset, 468 
Leeks, big, 53 
Leighton Buzzard sands, 73 ; errata, 
85 
Leptospermurh bullatum, 541 
Lettuce, a good Cos, 2<5r 
Lightning, Oaks struck by, 772 ; tre< 
struck by, 741 
Lilac Senator Holland, 599 
Lilies, 12; diseased, 583; edible, 803 
Lilies of the valley, 325 
Lilium auratum, 278; giganteum, 
661 
Lily of the Nile and eczema, 363 ; of 
the Valley, 44; of the Valley 
poisonous, 580 ; the Loddon, 667 
Lime, 525 
Linnaeus, portraits of, 468 
Lithospermum fruticdsuro, 93 
Liverpool Botanic Gardens, curator 
for, 187 ; Chrysanthemums, 134, 
154 ; Corporation of, and the poor, 
645 ; Farmers' Club, 102 ; new 
Palm house, 85 
Lobelia cardinalis, 742; Carmine 
Gem, 22, 39; Gerardi, 11S; Miss 
Evelyn Green, 94 ; tenuior grandi¬ 
flora, 742 
Lobelias, bedding, 77 ; how to grow, 
139 
Locn Lomond, on the bonnie, bonnie 
banks of, 75 
Lomaria ciliata grandis, 455, 566 ; 
ciiiata major, 566 
London parks, bulbs in the, 534 ; 
spring flowers in the, 532; Plane, 
to the, 284; wild birds,"job 
