The Gardening World.] 
[August 25, 1900. 
CONTENTS OF YOL. XYI. 
FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 25TH, 1900. 
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A 
Abelias, 694 
Abies amabilis attacked by Chermes, 
47 i 
Abutilon, seedlings of, 727 
Acacia dealbata, 469, 485 ; riceana, 
285 ; urophylla, 492 
Acacias, 774 ; decorative, 358 
Acalypha Sanderii, 374 
Acantbocinus Aedtlis (beetle), 63 
Acer conference, wanted an, 692 
Achimenes, the, 583 ; tubiflora, 91 
Acorn with three embryos, 551, 564 
Acorns, fatal feast of, 85 
Acton Scientific Society and Field 
Club, 614, 811 
Ada aurantiaca, 507 
Adderley, Monifieth, 518 
Adiantum Burnii, 155 
Advertising, the art of, 260 
Aerides vandarum, 396 
Agapetes buxifolia, 454, 478 
Agathea coelestis, 524 
Agave americana, 38 
Agricultural education in Great 
Britain, 468 
Agricultural Holdings Bill, the, 532 ; 
Amendment, 565 
Agriculture, antiquity of, 789 
Airing of houses, the, 359 
Alexandra Palace, the acquisition of 
the, 438 
Alphand, monument to, 356 
Alpine and rock plants, 12 
Amaryllis, 374 ; and Crinum, 693 ; 
at Chelsea, 521; reversion, 199 
Amaryllis Belladonna, 459 ; Titan, 
540 ; Zephyr, 540 
Amateur, a noted, 90 
America, a land of fruits, 259 
American haste, 228 ; Park and 
Outdoor Art Association, 709; 
Rose Society, officials of the, 724 
Amorphophallus campanulatus, 604 
Anchusa italica grandiflora, 695 
Angraecum filicornu, 779 
Annuals, 663 
Ansellia africana, 485 
Antholyza aethiopica vittigera, 183 
Apple, Ben’s Red 76 ; Bassaleg 
Pippin, 215; Charles Ross, 118; 
Cox’s Orange Pippin, 196; Gas¬ 
coyne’s Scarlet Seedling, 72, IV. 
(Supt.); HambliDg’s Seedling, 72, 
IV. (Supt.); Hormead's Pearmain, 
364 ; King ot Tomkins County, 
507; Lady Kinloch, 125; Lady 
Sudeley, 214: McIntosh Red, 
origin of, 372; Mrs. Phillimore, 
183 ; Norman's Pippin, 364 ; 
Northern Spy, 6 ; Parroquet, 155 ; 
Sissey, the, 235; Stanway Seed¬ 
ling, 279; Stirling Castle, 217; 
T. A. Knight, 76 ; Ten Command¬ 
ments, 220 ; The Baron, 119; The 
Queen, a big, 165 ; Venus Pippin, 
76 ; Wealthy, 22g 
Apple, a monster, 197, 228 ; canker, 
580; Crop of the United States of 
America, 308 ; in praise of the, 
633 ; stocks with caterpillars, 231 ; 
storage, 326 ; tree attacked by 
caterpillars, 775 ; tree, the Crab, 
125 
Apple trees, canker on, 231 ; young, 
358 
Apples, 581, 597, 634; bitter rot of, 
373; careful packing of, 212; 
decorated, 228 ; free bearing bush, 
377; injured by hail, 343; late 
keeping, 789 
Appointments; Brewer, Mr. F. G. 
388 ; Brough, Mr. Duncan, 243 ; 
Coomber, Mr. William, 614 ; 
Crombie, Mr. A., 564 ; Druce, Mr. 
Erric, 724; Dunn, Mr. F., 38; 
Edwards, Mr. F , 38; Foster, Mr. 
Thos , 596; Greenlaw, Mr. Robert, 
197; Hales, Mr. William, 7 ; 
Hamshere. Mr. Alfred, 100; 
Macrae, Mr. A , 724; McClatchie, 
Mr. W. 468; McIntyre. Mr. Wm , 
212; McLean, Mr. Wm., 645; 
McVinish, Mr. Alexander, 100: 
Mill«, Mr. James, 182 ; Mills, Mr. 
•William, 182 ; Mitchell, Mr. James, 
357 ; Munro, Mr. Alexander, 165 ; 
Munro, Mr. Robertson, 628; 
Sharpe, Mr. Thomas, 84 ; Shennan, 
Mr. James, 628 ; Shillington, Mr. 
J. R., 165; Shoebridge, Mr. 
Henry, 660; Simpson, Mr. W. J , 
6; Spooner, Mr. Herbert, 38: 
Troup, Mr. James, 645 ; Ussher, 
Mr. Wm., 580; Ward, Mr. A., 
420; Whytock, Mr. J.,38; Wilson, 
Mr , 724; Wood, Mr. C. F., 676 
Aquatic plants, 695 
Aquilegia, new hybrids in pots, 582 
Aquilegias, 392 
Arabis albida plena, 571 
Ardisia polycepbala, 524 
Aristolochia elegans, 538 
Artichoke, Globe, as a decorative 
subject, 91; suckers, winter 
preservation of, 86 
Arum culture, 597 
Ash tree, a three-legged, 565 
Asparagus crispum, 461 ; Plumosus, 
820; Sprengeri as a basket plant, 
454 ; Sprengeri variegatus, 602 
Asparagus beds at Syon House, 
forcing, 261, 279, 293; culture of, 
316, 459, 630 ; decorative, 314 
Asplenium Bradleyi, variability of, 
430; bulbiferum, method of propa¬ 
gating, 381 ; Clutei, 772 
Asquith at Lady Warwick's Hostel, 
Reading, 277 
Aster, Amelias Distinction, 119 ; 
Amellusjoseph Lakin, 125 ; Novi- 
Belgii Robert Parker var. nanus, 
119 ; Sutton’s Ostrich Plume, 444 
Aster, the perennial, or Michaelmas 
Daisy, 343 
Asters, annual, 360; herbaceous, 
246 
Assimilation of carbon, 54 
Auricula Celtic King, 571 
■ Auriculas, hardy, 313 
Avenue threatened, a fine old, 4O4 
Avian visitors, arrival of, 549 
Azalea Ducheis of Wellington, 540; 
mollis x sinensis Mrs. A. E. 
Endtz, 540 
Azaleas, 758 
B 
Babylonian Willow, 517 
Bamboos at Glasgow, 388 
Bananas, 756, 759; dried, 629 
Baobab tree, the, 341 
Barley, proliferous awn of, 197 
Barr, Mr. Peter, in New Zealand, 
667, 692 ; in Australia, 725 
Barr's Daffodils, 555, 573, 588 
Basic slag, 38 
Basidlomycetes, origin of the, 358 
Basket Ferns, 535 
Batemannia Burtii Pitt’s var., 540 
Bay tree, a giant, 676 
Beau Manor Park and Gardens, a 
visit to, 122, 138 
Bedding designs, Cannell’s, 645 
Beech, an ornamental, 365 
Beechhill Nursery, 219 
Bee, nests of the Rose leaf-cutter, 
231 
Beetle on Poplar, no 
Bee, the early, 468 
Beetroot, three good sorts of, 363 
Belfast, Royal Nurseries, Belmont, 
218 
Begonia Caledonia, 182, 183, 388, 
445 ; Gladys Hemsley, 668 ; Gloire 
de Lorraine, 425, 710, 742, 757, 777, 
790, 805, 806 ; baageana, 316 ; John 
Heal, 253; Lord Roberts, 635; 
manicata, 470, 541 ; Mr. W. G. 
Valentine, 635; Mrs. Andrew 
Tweedie, 795; Mrs. Hall, 635; Mrs. 
Leopold de Rothschild, 76 ; Silver- 
bronze, 397; S. T. Wright, 795; 
Sylvia, 215 
Begonia, the tuberous, 539 
Begonias at the Crystal Palace, 
Messrs. Laing's, 100 ; double and 
single, on treating, 759 ; Laing’s 
tuberous, 790 ; tuberous, at Lewis¬ 
ham, 149; winter flowering, 820 ; 
without a greenhouse and frames, 
how to grow, 741 
Bermuda and its floral productions, 
597 
Berries and foliage, basket of autumn, 
269 
Berried plants for greenhouse, 285 
Bill of fare, a homely, 260 
Birch and Russia leather, 166 
Birds and fruit, 196 
Birmingham, new show at, 132 
Blackberries, 276 ; and punishment, 
117 
Board of Agriculture, the boy and 
the, 453 
Books, Notices of: Anne Pratt's 
Flowering P/ants, Grasses, Sedges 
and Ferns of Qreat Britain, 315, 
485 ; Beautiful Beds for every 
Month, 154; Bedding Designs, 
Cannell's, 645 ; Calendar of flower¬ 
ing trees and shrubs, 218: Carna¬ 
tions and Picotees for Garden and 
Exhibition, 678; City of Boston: 
Department of Parks, 250 , 
Familiar Wild Flowers, 139 ; Fruit 
Farming for Profit, 291 ; Garden 
Lawns, Tennis Lawns, &c , 378; 
Home and Garden, 355; Lawns, 
Lawn Tennis, Cricket, Golf and 
other Grassy Grounds, 503; My 
Garden Diary for 1900, 309 ; “ One 
and All " Garden Annual, 372, 420 ; 
Practical Instructions to procure 
shelter, 307; Tabulated List of 
Orchard Insect Pests, 74; The 
v. Century Book of Gardening, 7, 250, 
483, 501, 516; The Culture of 
Hops, 516; The English Flower 
Garden and Home Grounds, 740 ; 
The Garden Annual for 1900, 310 ; 
The Gardener’s Assistant, 643 ; The 
Gloucester Diary for 1900, 310; 
The Horticultural Directory, 325 ; 
The Strawberry Manual, 154 ; 
Thompson's Gardener’s Assistant, 
564 ; Tourist Guide to the Conti¬ 
nent, 772; Transactions of the 
English Arboricultural Society, 
371; Wave-Way Thoughts, 74; 
Vegetables for Exhibition and 
Home Consumption, 99; Vege¬ 
tables out of Season in every Gar¬ 
den, 154; Vines and Vine Culture, 
675 
Books, three monumental, 23 
Botanist, a celebrated, 677 
Botanists at the front, 341 
Botany for the many, 468; insch oR, 
teaching of, 324 
Bougainvillea Maud Chettleburgb,635 
Bougainvilleas, flowering, 710 
Bouvardia, the, 502 
Bouvardias, 278, 6r^ ; about, 678 
Bowling green, 486 
Bowmanites, 551 
Box bed, a fine, 652 ; edgings, 429 
Brassavola grandiflora, 485 
Brassia maculata, 663 
Brewers' Exhibition, London, 149 
“ British Invention,” 372 
Broccoli, 550 
Brockwell Patk, extensions to, 132 
Brodiaea uniflora, 669 
Broughtonia sanguinei, 779 
Browallia speciosa, 125 
Brussels Sprouts, experiments with, 
244 
Buccleuch Nurseries, Hawick, 347. 
363 
Bucklebury Common, 283, 315 ; and 
the Furze, 667 
Bucklebury Place, Woolhampton, 
Berks, 547, 569 
Buckthorn, the Sea, 316 
Bud variations, 468 
Bulb Exporters’ Association, 565 
Bulbiferous Scilla, 471 
Bulbs for the London parks and open 
spaces, 788 ; sold under the 
hammer, 9; the popularity of, 5 
Burford Lodge, Dorking, 22, 37 
Burnsiana, collection of, 22 
Burnt House, 793 
Butcher's Broom, ornamental, 461 
c 
Cabbage, Chinese, 263; Early 
Eclipse, Early October, Jubilant, 
Perfection, St. Martin, 183 ; 
Sutton’s April, 663 
Cabbages for milch cows, 517 
Caladiums, 473 
Calanthe regnieri bolfleuca, 364; 
veratrifolia, 635 
Calanthes, deciduous, 411, 439 
Calceolaria, a hybtid, 772 ; violacea, 
556 
Calceolarias, 630, 725 ; herbaceous, 
518 ; Webbs’ Superb, 633 
Cada Pentlandi, 149 
Callas, 550 
Oalystegia hederacea fl. pi , 125 
Camellia Devonia, 602 ; General 
Hector MacDonald, 454 ; the 
neglected, 678 
Camellias, 742 
Campanula carpatica Riverslea, 779 ; 
isophylla Mayi, 59, 253; latitoiia 
macrantba, 789; miratnlis, 140; 
persicifolia Moerheimei, 695 ; pyra- 
midalis, 662 
Campanula, notes on, 806 
Canadian fruit at Paris, 39 ; Grapes, 
i 33 
Candytuft, Webbs' New Pink Pearl, 
442 
Canker germs and animals, 581 ; cn 
Apple trees, 231 ; vegetable, 430 
Canna Beaute Poitevine, 28; Secre¬ 
taire Chabanne, 571 
Canterbury Bells, 77^ 
Carnation Benbow, 779 ; Bomba, 779 ; 
Herbert J. Cutbush, 635 ; Lizzie 
McGowan, 316; Major Harbard, 
780; Midas, 779 ; Mrs. Thomas W. 
Lawson, 404 
Carnation bed fertilisers, 326 ; house, 
a big, 517 ; leaves injured, 775 ; rust, 
a natural check to, 628 
Carnations, 629 ; at Chelsea, 778 ; de¬ 
caying, 711 ; for late flowering, 597 ; 
tree, 441 
Carpenteria californica. 693 
Carrot and Onion ground, 300, 331, 
346 
Carrots, cultivation of, 331, 346 
Carter, the, Commemorative Cham¬ 
pion Cup, 453 
Carters’ trials at Mortlake, 777 
Catalogues :—Barr & Sons, Messrs 
325, Daffodil Catalogue, 549, 
Hardy Perennials, &c., 469; Cannell 
