VI. 
August s8, 189;?.] 
CONTENTS 
[The Gardening World. 
Long Ditton, Daffodils at, 518; 
spring flowers at, 428, 469 
Lonicera fragrantissima, 505 
Lord C. Beresford sued by his gar¬ 
dener, 165 
Loyal demonstration on the London 
Corn Exchange, 676 
Luculia gratissima, 269 
Lupinus polyphyllus vars., 632 
Lycaste Skinneri pulcherrima, 455 
M 
Mackay, Mr. Wallace, presentation, 
276 
Made in Holland, 132 
Magnolia Lennei, 588; obovata, 
588 ; soulangeana, 588 
Magnolias, the spring-flowering, 531 
Maize, can it be grown in this 
country ? 77, 196 
Major Joicey's Orchids, 663 
Manchester, fruit and vegetables at, 
772 
Manures, artificial, 540 ; a triad of, 13 3 
Maple Mould, the, 565 
Market produce, disposal of, 100, 101 
Marley Hall, near Exmouth, 220 
Masdevallia Pourbaixii, 4^5 
Maxillaria houtteana, 533 ; lepidota, 
263 ; striata grandiflora, 38 
Medinilla magnifica, 556, 572 
Melon, Diamond Jubilee, 630 
Messenger & Company's glasshouse 
designs, 468 
Meyer, Mr. F. W., 660 
Microscopical gardening, 457 
Midlothian gardens, 68 
Mignonette, Morle’s Improved 
Machet, 503 
Mildew on Roses, 580 
Millen, Mr. Henry, 132 
Millfield Nursery, 143 
Miltonia Candida grandiflora, 22 ; 
Phalaenopsis, 519 ; schroderiana, 
22 ; spectabilis moreliana Dulcot 
var., 38 
Moles, food of, 413 
Molyneux, a chat with Mr. Edwin, 
217 
Monmouth tree, 485 
Monochaetum sericeum multiflorum, 
507 
Morland Nursery, Norwood, 697 
Mormodes labium luteum, 326 
Morus alba pendula, 566 
Mountain Ash, 70 
Mutual Improvement Associations : 
Ayrshire gardeners', 244, 260, 676 ; 
Axminster Gardeners' Society, 741 ; 
Birmingham Amateur Gardeners’, 
132, 182, 373, 580, 757, 772; 
Bournemouth gardeners', 244 - e 
Brighton and Sussex Horticultural, 
628 ; Bristol Amateur Horticul¬ 
turists, 340, 644 ; Broughty Ferry 
Horticultural, 676, 757, 804; Ches¬ 
ter Paxton Society, 260 ; Chiswick 
Gardeners’, 516; Corbridge and 
District Horticultural, 165 ; Devon 
and Exeter, 85, 101, 117, 293, yg, 
645 ; outing, 748 ; Dundee Horti¬ 
cultural, 309 ; Ealing and District 
Gardeners’, 228, 244, 333, 375, 516, 
708,756,820; Eastbourne Horticult¬ 
ural Society, 404, 660 ; Forest Gate 
Chrysanthemum Society, 597 ; 
Four Elms Gardeners, 693 ; French 
Horticultural Society, Bulletin of 
the, 516; French Horticultural 
Society of London, 309 ; Hythe and 
Seabrook, 373 ; Irish Gardeners', 
373 ; Knighton Horticultural, 692 ; 
Lincolnshire Gardeners’, 614 ; 
Liverpool Horticultural, 406; 
National Amateur Gardeners’, 421, 
484, 710; Reading Gardeners', 211, 
292. 325. 3 6 5 . 4 IO < 493 1 Renfrew 
Gardeners', 357, 452; Scottish 
Horticultural, 228, 421, 501, 628, 
756, 788 ; Sevenoaks Gardeners' 
Society, 76, 277, 485 ; Sherborne 
Gardeners’, 243; Shirley Gar¬ 
deners', 69, 117, 197, 356, 453, 516, 
615,741,820 ; Torquay District Gar¬ 
deners’, 101, 517, 709; Tunbridge 
Wells Gardeners', 164, 228, 244, 
341, 373 ; Woolton, 84, n6, 164, 
340, 405, 436, 468, 741 
Mulberry, the, 349 
Musa Ensete in Cornwall, 37 
Muscari conicum, 503, 533 
Mushrooms, 538, 555 ; germination 
of, 502, 551 
Music and flowers, 182 
Musician's misconception, a, 756 
Mustard Beetle, 215 ; for wireworm, 
533 
Myesotis alpestris nana, 365 
N 
Nanodes Matthewsii, 807 
Nansen’s waymarks to the North 
Pole, 359 
Nantes, life in, 228 
Narcissus Beacon, 533 ; Ellen Will- 
mot, 487 ; Glory of Leiden, 584 ; 
Lettice Harmar, 487 ; incompara- 
bilis Beauty, 503 ; incomparabilis 
semipartitus, 459 ; johnstoni Queen 
of Spain, 541; Niad, 566; odorus 
Heminalis,503 ; Samson,503 ; Santa 
Maria, 503 ; Snowdrop, 533 ; Snow¬ 
flake, 503 ; Southern Star, 487 ; 
Victoria, 503, 569 
Narcissus, double, 615 ; the Green, 
548 
National Chrysanthemum Society's 
Deputation to the Continent, 347 
National flower of South Africa, 773 
Natural selection and the origin of 
species, 263 
Naturalist, a, 485 
Nature, improving on, 277 
Nectarine Precoce de Croncels, 774 
Nectria, 565 
Nepenthes at Chelsea, 313 
Nerine Novelty, 118 
Neviusa alabamiensis, 588 
New York Botanic Garden, 645 
New Zealand Godwit, 69 
Newton, Mr. Herbert, 597 
Novelties of ’96, 133 
Nomenclature, vagaries of, 68 
Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural 
Society, 183, 198 
Nitragin, 311; and nitrogen, 453; 
artificial cultures of nitragin, 453 
Noah's Ark, 804 
Nymphaea elliottiana, 742 ; marliacea 
albida, 742 ; marliacea flammea, 
807 ; zanzibarensis, 356 
Nut to crack, a strange, 453 
o 
Oak, the Live, 645 
Oaks struck by lightning, 772 
Obituary: Anderson, Mr. George, 
701 ; Borrowman, Mr. Andrew, 
340; Brodie, Bart., Sir T. D., 37 ; 
Byres, Mr. A. M., 197; Clarke, 
Col. Trevor, 541 ; Crookshanks, 
Mr. George, 437 ; Curie, Mr. Alex¬ 
ander, 365 ; Curnow, Mr. Richard, 
37; Darling, Mr. Thomas, 333; 
Douglas, Mr. Robert, 692 ; Earl of 
Kinnoull, the late, 381 ; Fell, Mr. 
Francis, 302 ; Fellowes, M.A., Rev. 
Charles, 260 ; George, Mr. Alfred, 
637; Hogg, Dr. Robert, LLD., 
F. L.S., 459, 469 ; Heal. Mrs. John, 
148 ; Head, Mr, W. G., 509, 548 ; 
Lambert, Herr Johann, 756 ; 
Lawrence, Mr. John W., 797 ; 
Ladds, Mr. Phillip, 541 ; Lands- 
dale, Mr. J. B., 484; M'Lellan, 
Mr. Duncan, 637 ; Martin, Mr. A. 
G. , 21 ; Martin, Dr., 228 ; Menzies, 
Mr. James, 701; Mueller, Baron 
Sir Ferdinand von, no; Owen, 
Mr. Robert, 589, 598; Paterson, 
Mr. William, 109; Robinson, Mr. 
William, 84 ; Russell, Mr. 
James, 221 ; Sharpe, Mr. Charles, 
445; Sunderbrucb, Mr. Henry L., 
356 ; Sutton, Mr. Alfred, 797 ; Tod, 
Mr. Peter, 84 ; Trecul, M. Auguste, 
132; Trecul, M. Auguste Adolphe 
Lucien, 236 ; Trimen, Dr. 117; 
Van Geert, M. Charles, 244; Ville, 
M. Georges, 484 ; Warner, Mr. 
Robert, 260 ; Webber, Mr. James, 
309 ; Whitton, Mr. Peter, 109, 124 ; 
Young, Mr. W., 206 
Odontoglossum, andersonianum bo- 
gaerdianum, 598 ; cirrhosum aureo- 
marginatum, 503 ; crispum, a fine, 
423 ; crispum Ami Charles, 455 ; 
crispum Annie, 630 ; crispum Calos, 
70 ; crispum crawshayanum, 684 ; 
crispum Heliotropium, 566 ; cris¬ 
pum Kegeljani, 455 ; crispum 
Luciani, 486; crispum Peetersii, 
630 ; crispum Queen Victoria, 630 ; 
crispum Starlight, 629 ; excellens 
Lowae, 566 ; excellens Richard 
Ashworth, 630 ; excellens Thomp- 
soni, 630 ; Hallii-crispum, 215 ; 
hunnewellianum grandiflorum, 582; 
Pescatorei harrisianum, 806 ; Pes- 
catorei imperiaie, 630 ; Pescatorei 
limbosum, 661 ; Pittiae, 326, 343, 
549 ; Reicheoheimii, 502 ; 
rubiginosum, 70 ; ruckerianum 
ocellatum, 486; sceptrum aureum, 
629 ; wilckeanum, a fine, 292 ; 
wilckeauum Queen Empress, 533 ; 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei flowering 
at the apex of the pseudobulbs, 311 
Odontoglossums at Westmount, 502 
Odontoglot, a valuable, 326, 343 
Oncidium Forbesii, 245 ; Papilio, a 
grand, 390 ; Warneri, 598 
Onions, good keeping, 540; soil for 
large, 36 
Ootacamund, Government Botanic 
Gardens, 213, 819 
Open spaces in London, 309 
Orange, the Otaheite, 349 ; blossoms, 
products of, 61 ; trees of Florida, 
212 
Oranges are now in season, 515 
Orchid collection, a noted, 99 
Orchid culture in America, 757 
Orchid Houses, the, 23, 55, 87, 119, 
167, 199, 230, 262, 294, 327, 358, 
407, 439,471, 503, 550, 583, 631,663, 
695, 726, 790, 821 ; and what may be 
done with them, our, 569, 586 
Orchid, hybrid, 791 ; peat, 108 ; 
Trophy, Royal Diamond Jubilee, 
677 ; yarn, a harrowing, 437 
Orchids, a basket for the Princess of 
Wales, 596 ; an Amateur's, 489 ; at 
Chardwar, 135, 501 ; at Ditching- 
ham House, Norfolk, 27 ; at Maida 
Vale, 693 ; at the Sale Rooms, 6, 
21, 85, 132, 148, 182, 309,405, 437, 
452, 485, 501, 628, 66o ; 692, 740, 
759, 804 ; Dibdin collection of, 37 ; 
from Bayham Abbey, 166 ; from 
Redlands, 486 ; from Rosemount, 
Perth, 135 ; Major Joicey's, 665 ; the 
best twelve for beginners, 534, 567, 
598, 667, 682, 711, 742 ; the exter¬ 
mination of, 548 
Orchis latifolia, 668 
Ornithogalum lacteum, 553 
Orobanche, ovule of, 342 
Origin of species, natural selection 
and the, 263 
Orpington, seed farm at, 54 
Osborne, gardeners at 53 
Oscillatoria rubescens, 52 
Owls and Vermin, 132 
Oxalis bowieana, 581 
Oxlip, in Britain, the 695 
P 
Paddy-tax, abolition of the, 133 
Paeony Joan Seton, 662 ; Limosel, 
662 ; Mrs. J. F. Lipton, 662 ; Vis¬ 
count Cross, 662 
Paeonies, a field of, 441 
Palm leaves, dried, 437 
Pansy John Menzies, 743 
Papaver nudicaule, 231 ; Prince of 
Orange, 615 ; rupifragum, 680 
Park Place, Henley-on-Thames, 662, 
804 
Passionflower, a golden-leaved, 452 
Payne, Mr. C. Harman, 211 
Paxtonians at Bradford, amongst 
the, 379 
Pea Alderman, 523 ; Cannell’s Eng¬ 
lish Wonder, 397 ; Captain Cuttle, 
743; Carters’ Lightning, 693 ; 
Carters’ Seedling, 392 ; Charles the 
First, 398 ; Daniels’ Matchless 
Marrow, 394 ; Harbinger, 743 ; 
Majestic, 743; Perfection, 743; 
Saccharine, 743 ; Sans Parchemin, 
743 ; Sutton’s Peerless Marrowfat, 
395 ; Sutton’s Prizewinner, 391 ; 
Telegraph, 391; Telephone, 396; 
The Gladstone, 23 ; Veitch's Auto¬ 
crat, 396 ; Veitch’s Chelsea Gem, 
396 ; Veitch's ExoniaD, 397; 
Webb’s Senator, 393 
Pea, a fine exhibition, 391 ; the Gar¬ 
den, 389 
Peas, are Peas profitable for cotta¬ 
gers, 443; edible-podded, 395; forc¬ 
ing, 394 ; for Scottish gardens, 396 ; 
Garden Peas in i 3 g 6 , 391 ; Hasten¬ 
ing under glass, 410; late, 4x2; 
second flowering of, 393 ; sowing, 
475 
Peach, red-fleshed, 31 
Peaches and Plums, early, 357 ; in 
South Africa, 69 
Pear, a delicious, 77 ; Beurre Bose, 
141 , Beurre Hardy, 93, 108 ; 
Pierre Tourasse, 587 
Pear tree, a Jubilee, 650 
Pelargonium Anna Bateson, 774 
Pelargoniums at Ryecroft Nursery, 
650 ; zonal, 539 
Pelorian Calceolaria, 791 
Pentstemon Cassiope, 774; George 
Ulrich, 774 ; Jean Mace, 44 ; Presi¬ 
dent Carnot, 774 ; Sandorff, 774 
People we have met : Chapman, Mr. 
Henry James, 325 ; Dale, Mr. 
Thomas, 454; Green, Mr. William, 
709; Hemsley, Mr. A., 165 ; Lunt, 
Mr. Thomas, 245 ; Payne, Mr. C. 
Harman, 342 ; Pilling, Mr. Oliver, 
422; Weathers, Mr. P., 278; 
Welsh, Mr. W. M., 197 
Peppermint-oil industry in Japan, 70 
Petunia, Mrs. Fred. Sander, 630; 
Mrs. John E. Jefferies, 668 
Perkins & Sons, Messrs., Coventry, 
33 i 
Phaius ashworthianus, 742 
Phalaenopsis Hebe, 307 ; Esmeralda, 
3 ii 
Phlox Beranger, 774; Bouquet de 
St. Cyr, 774'; Coquelicot, 774; 
Evenment, 774 ; La Matilde, 807 ; 
Paul Kruger, 516; Princess 
Beatrix, 774 ; Rayleigh, 774; Tour- 
pillon, 774 
Phormium tenax, 333 
Photographic Guild, proposed, 260 
Phyllocactus Adonis, 630 ; Syrens, 
630 
Physalis Franchetti, 77 
Physiology of Plants, 685, 693 
Phytoptus, Birch branch with, 615 
Pink Albino, 684 ; the Cheddar, 668 
Pinus torrreyana, 583 
Piptanthus nepalensis, 588 
Plaid, the bonniest, in Scotland, 84 
Plant-breeding, surprises in, 771 ; 
evolution, 28 ; factory, a celebrated, 
362 ; lice, big, 773 ; life, stories 
from,421 ; organs,mutual accommo¬ 
dation of, 648 
Planting, Dad, 548 
Plants in flower, hardy, 454, 469 ; 
invading army of, 133 ; live, feed, 
and breathe, how, 357 ; in small 
pots, decorative, 362, 378 ; the 
fertilisation of, 36; the preserva¬ 
tion of rare, 647 ; water in, 677 
Platanus orientalis acerifoliaargenteo- 
variegata, 742 
Plate-glass houses, 52 
Platyclinis uncata, 263 
Pledger, Mr. T., 277 
Pleroma elegans, 108 
Pentillie Castle, St Mellion, Cornwall 
231 
Podosphaeria pannosa, 566 
Podisoma Sabinae, 583 
Poet's Narcissus at Kew, the, 516 
Poinsettias, 21 
Poisonous plants of Essex, 359, 535 
Polyanthus, the gold laced, 41 r, 438 ; 
Woodside Red, 487 
Polypodium neriifolium cristatum, 39 
Pomegranate, the dwarf, 133 
Poppy, the Alpine, 62 ; the Iceland, 
682 ; with pistilioid stamens, 775 
Portugal Laurel diseased, 556; with 
defective foliage, 502 
Portland Road Nurseries, Reading,59 
Postal convention between Great 
Britain and Italy, 68 
Potato Satisfaction, 86 
Potato, a big, 182 ; culture, 437 ; 
culture and disease prevention, 
483 ; crops, heavy, 85 ; disease, 
outbreak of, 724; experiments in 
Berkshire, 19, 67 ; growing, 277 ; 
sorters, 52 ; sprouts, poison in, 
437; tercentenary celebration, 116, 
132, 251 ; tercentenary of the, 20 
Potatos, 54 ; and Gooseberries, early, 
614 ; for late planting, Bruce, 277; 
crop in Scotland, 101 ; experiments 
with, 67 ; grafting of, 421 ; how to 
cook, 285 ; new, 676 ; sprayiog to 
check disease, 599; to prevent rot 
in, 453 ; two crops of, 101 ; value 
of large sets of, 533 
Presentation, 628; interesting, 212; 
at Shrewsbury, 823 ; of sixty Vines, 
356 ; to a nurseryman, 125 ; to Mr. 
James Cypher, 340; to Mr. James 
Douglas, 501, 525 ; to Mr. Wallace 
Mackay, 276 
Preston and Fulwood Horticultural 
Society, 44 
" Primrose, Ice King," 37 ; the wild 
Chinese, 196 
Primroses, early, 405 ; on Deeside, 
197 
Primula denticulata, 541 ; Forbesi, 
77 ; Marchioness of Exeter, 301 ; 
obconica rosea, 455 . Princess May, 
459 ; sinensis Chelsea Rose, 522 : 
sinensis Sutton's Scarlet and 
Sutton’s Star Primula, 229 ; 
sinensis, Sutton's Star, 229, 261, 
361 ; Trailli, 566 
Princess of Wales at the Temple 
Show, 614 
Privet, deaths through eating, 501 
Progress, a century of, 35 
Protheroe & Morris, Messrs., 121 
Pruning knife, use and abuse of the, 
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