IV. 
August 25, 1900.] 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening World. 
and Sons, Messrs. H., 310 ; Cata¬ 
logue, the Christmas, 276 ; Country 
Gentleman's Catalogue, 277 ; Jones 
Mr. H. J., 341 ; Kelway's Manual, 
357; Sutton & Sons, Messrs., 246, 
Bulb Catalogue, 804, Farmers' 
Year Book, 390; Toogood & Sons, 
Messrs.. 309, 420; Veitch & Sons, 
Ltd., Messrs. J , 260; Webb & 
Sons, 276, Annual Catalogue of 
Farm Seeds, 388 
Ca alogues, a new departure in seed, 
460 
Caterpillars, Apple tree attacked by, 
775 
Cattleya, dowiana moortebekiensis 
460 ; Elatior, 279 ; F. W. Wigan, 
795; hardyana var , n8; inter¬ 
media Fowler’s var., 540 ; kienast- 
iana Aurore, 76 ; labiata, 183 ; 
labiata alba Princess of Wales, 183; 
labiata gilmouriana, 183; ludde- 
manniana (speciosissima) alba, 76; 
Maggie Raphael, 246; Mendelii 
albens Princess of Wales, 715; 
Mossiae Our Queen, 634 ; Mossiae 
rouseleana, 634 ; Mossiae Wageneri 
Hassall's var, 635; Mrs. J. W. 
Whit ;ley, 215; porphyrophlebia,795; 
Princess, 155 ; schilleriana Pitt's 
var., 571; Schioderae Pitt's var., 
540; Trianaei Katie Wigan, 507 ; 
Trianaei West Bank House var., 
454; Warnerl. 667; weedonensis, 
87 ; Vestalis, 215 
Cauliflower management, 805 
Ceanotbus floribundus, 710 
Celery Fly, 375 
Celosias, 454 
Celsia arcturus, 470 
Centaurea montana rubra, 789 
Century not yet, end of the, 292 
Cereals and root crops, scientific in¬ 
spection of, 805 
Chamaelirion carolinianum, 635 
Charlock, 564 ; destroying, 787 ; 
spraying, a season's, 2 [3 
Chelmsford, Technical Instruction 
Garden, 582 
Chelsea physic garden, 213 
Chemical (poison) Comp.unds for 
industrial purposes. 604 
Chemistry for the gardeD, 343, 362, 
37 ^. 395 . 4 lr > 425 . 458 . 506.570. 
587 
Cherries and Plums in pots, 812 
Chestnuts for market, 788 
Chicago fruit firm, large purchases, 
244 
Chicory, Whitloef, 492 
Chilian agri- and horti-culture, 326 
Chilwell Nurseries, the, 773 
Chinamen and Sweet Peas, 757 
Chinese Primulas at Forest Hill, 457 ; 
Sacred Lily, the, 10 
Chionodoxa Luciliae alba, 652 ; 
Luciliae with fourteen flowers, 589 
Chiswick garden, the, 597, 692 ; 
lectures at, 661, 676, 757 
Chiswick Necessary? is a new, 579; 
the propossd new, 585 
Chiswick, trials at: Cannas, 54 ; Pom- 
pm Dahlias, 39 ; Tulips, 603 
Choisya ternata, 652 
Ch.Ltchurch Burial Ground, Black- 
friars Road, 708 
Christmas dinners and hampers for 
crippled children of the metropolis, 
182 ; flowers for, 262 ; in Germany, 
267 ; in Scotland,260; my garden at, 
268 
Christmas Rose, 404; Rose, the 
Giant, 157 
Chrysanthemum Bonnie Dundee, 
198 ; Byron, Miss Alice, 155, 156 ; 
Cadbury, Mdme. R., 247; Dragon, 
Le Grand, 155; Edith, 247; Gods- 
mark, Miss, 156; Hall, Mrs. A. H., 
156; Hanham, Lady, 201; Hatton, 
Ralph, 183 ; Lincoln, W. H., 332 ; 
Molyneux, Florence, 155, 156, 165; 
Oscar, 247; Pearson, R. Hooper, 
155 ; Pilkington, Miss E., 155, 156; 
Stag's-horn petalled, 167; Tate, 
Mrs. Alfred, 215 ; Upton, J. R., 
247; Wingfield, Mrs , 169 
Chrysanthemum arrested, 135 ; Cal¬ 
endar, Wfell’s, 308 ; blooms, dress¬ 
ing, 212 
Chrysanthemum notes: Camphill, 
Glasgow, 2^5 ; Battersea Park, 187 ; 
Botanic Gardens, Liverpool, 156; 
Danesfield, Great Marlow, 138 ; 
Earlswood Nurseries. Redhill, 233 ; 
Finsbury Park, 166 ; Glasgow 
B aanic Gardens, 198 ; Greenlands, 
Henley-on-Thames, 156 ; Royal 
Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, 156; Rye- 
croft Nursery, Lewisham, 186; 
Selton Park, Liverpool, 157 ; Vic¬ 
toria Park, 187; Udston House, 
Hamilton, 249 
Chrysanthemum pest and ladybirds, 
245 ; raisers and introducers, 167 ; 
rust, remedies for, 181 
Chrysanthemum Shows :—Aberdeen, 
235 (Messrs. Bunyard & Co., at, 
243) ; Ancient Society of York 
Florists, 238 ; Ascot, 184, Supt. iii.; 
Chudleigh Devon. 184, Supt. iii. ; 
Corbridge, 253; Birkenhead, 187; 
Birmingham, 201 ; Bolton Chrys¬ 
anthemum Society, 221 ; Budleigh 
Salterton, 187; Burton and Shob- 
nall, 202 ; Dulwich, 202 ; Dundee, 
221,235; Dundee Chrysanthemum, 
r82 ; Eastbourne, 203 ; Exmouth, 
173; Grassendale Horticultural 
Society, 184, Supt. iv.; Halifax, 
184, Supt. iii.; Hanley, 184, Supt. 
iii.; Harrogate, 202; Isle of 
Thanet, 202 ; Kent County, 173 ; 
Lewes Chrysanthemum Society; 
204 ; Liverpool Horticultural Asso¬ 
ciation, 203; Manchester, 205, 
National Chrysanthemum Society, 
165, 171, 181, 189, 236; Plymouth, 
r84, Supt. iii.; Portsmouth, 173 ; 
Royal Horticultural Society of Ire¬ 
land, 188; Scottish Horticultural 
Association, 184, Supt. i., 204; 
Sevenoaks and West Kent, 189; 
Sidmouth, 202; Southampton, 173 ; 
Southport and Birkdale, 204 ; Tun¬ 
bridge Wells, 220; Ulster Horti¬ 
cultural, Belfast, 182, 184, Supt. ii, 
203, 213 ; Woolton, 221 
Chrysanthemum grafting, 516; sports, 
219; Sunday at Lewisham, 182; 
the, 245; the green, 285 
Chrysanthemums, 406 ; at the N.C.S. 
December show, 283 ; at the N.C.S. 
show, some, 122 ; at Udston House, 
249 ; culture of bush, 362 ; drainage 
for, 517; in the hospitals, 182; 
two good hardy, 220 ; two single, 183 
Cinematography of the growth of 
plants, 325 
Cirrhopetalum fimbriatum, 571; sin- 
ense, 779 
Cineraria stellata from Devon, 556 
Cinerarias, 598, 693; and Calceolarias, 
229; the Star, 441 
Cissus discolor, 285 
Classes, horticultural correspondence, 
54 
Clematis coccinea at Tignabruaich, 
100 ; the, 746 
Clerodendron Thomsonae balfouri- 
anum, 741 
Climbers, greenhouse and corridor, 
280; on a cottage, 585; stove 
and greenhouse, 486; white 
flowering, 710 
Clivia miniata citrina, 669 
Clock, a floral, 4(4 
Cockroaches, destroying, 553 
Cocos campestris, 332 
Coelogyne cristata, 166, 213, 422; 
dayana, 460 
Coffee cultivation, Australian, 533 
Colax viridis, 779 
Coleus, 390 ; thyrsiflora, 454 
College men as foresters, 644 
Colocasia antiquorum, 461 
Concert, Geo. Monro’s, 420 
Comma, the value of a, 580 
Common things as decorative sub¬ 
jects, 820 
Commons and Footpaths Preservation 
Society, 389 
Comparison, a, 427 
Competition, dishonourable, 804 
Competitors evade conditions speci¬ 
fied for classes ? can, 558 
Cordyline australis variegata, 317 
Cork seedsman, Royal Honours tor a, 
692 
Coronilla glauca, 293 
Cortusa pubens, 629 
Cottage garden, lectures on a, 277 
Country children and Nature know¬ 
ledge, 474 
Crassulas, 72b 
Crataegus Pyracantha in pots, 157 
Credit, to whom belongs the, 340 
Cricket, iot, 596, 666, 725, 805 
Crickets, wingless field, 15 
Crocuses, 11 ; on grassy mounds, 541 
Crombie, M.P., Mr. J. W., 7 
Croton culture, 700 ; Venus, 715 
Crotons, how to popagate, 486 
Cryptophoranthus hypodiscus, 76 
Cucumber Achievement, 76; Ideal, 
602 
Cucumbers, 469; and Melons, 645; 
collapsing, 350 
Cummins, Mr. G. W., 340, 357 
Currant mite, the Black, 285, 819 
Currant, Red, the Comet, 89 
Cutbush & Son’s Apples, Messrs., 133 
Cycads, vascular system of, 231 
Cycas revoluta at Bayham Abbey,517 
Cyclamen fimbriatum, 507, 589; 
fringed, 519 ; grower, a successful, 
357 ; hardy and greenhouse, 460; 
Papilio, 442 ; repandum, 373; 
sweet, 501 
Cyclamens refusing to grow, 430; 
scent in, 485 
Cymbidium I’Ansoni, 634; longi- 
florum, 247; specimen, a noble, 
574 
Cynorchis Lowii, 396 
Cyperus alternifolius, how to propa¬ 
gate, 518 ; elegans, 461 
Cypripedium Actaeus langleyense, 
364; callosum Sanderae, 165; 
Captain Holford, 28; conco-callo- 
sum, 279; Euryades splendens, 
279; Godefroyae Wigan's var., 
668 ; Hera Euryades, 247; insigne 
Sanderae, 253 ; J. Gurney Fowler, 
540; Lord Roberts, 279 ; Mary 
Beatrice, 634; Milo Westonbirt 
var., 215 ; Phoebe, 602 ; rothschildo- 
lawrenceanum, 779; sanderiano- 
Curtisii, 364 ; shillianum, 57; Sir 
R. Buffer, 327 
Cyrtopera plantaginea, 795 
Cytisus nigricans, 365 
D 
Daffodil, planting, 805 
Daffodils, cultivation of, 572; Irish 
grown, n ; new for 1899, 38 
Dahlia Claribel, 76; Carter-Page, 
Mrs., 76; Cheerfulness, 76: Crowe, 
Mr. J. J., 28, 76; Daisy, 76; Elsie, 
28 ; Emperor, 28, 76 ; Empress, 76 ; 
Flame, 28, 76; Girlie, 28 ; Hare, 
Augustus, 28, 87 ; Henson, Madame 
Medora, 76, 87 ; Hilda, 76 ; Hobbs, 
George, 76; Innovation, 28, 76; 
Keynes' White, 445; Loadstone, 
76 ; Luscombe, Mrs. J. H., 28 ; Nic- 
bolson, Nellie, 76; Oblein, Edie, 
76 ; Progenitor, 76 ; Red Rover, 76 ; 
Sanders, Mrs, 28; Starfish, 39; 
Stephenson-Clarke, Mrs , 28; Sylph, 
76; Treseder, William, 28; Tup- 
penney, Major, 28, 76 ; Uncle Tom, 
28, 76 ; Vera, 76 ; Veronica, 76 ; 
Walsh, Maurice T., 76; Weston, 
Major, 28,76; White, Green’s, 28, 
76; Zephyr, 28 
Dahlia growers, maxims for, 614; 
show at the Royal Aquarium, 453 ; 
synanthic sport, 775 ; the history of 
the, 58 
Dahlias, 790 
Danesfield, Great Marlow, 197; Au¬ 
tumn tints at, 131; Chrysanthemum 
notes, 128 
Daniels Bros., Ltd., 709 
Datura Stramonium, 137 
Dean Hole, the Rev., 243 
Decoration, conservatory, 790 
Delphinium Blanche Fitznraurice, 
779; Blue Butterfly, 779 ; Mrs. 
Rushton, 443 ; Queen of Huish, 695 ; 
Sir George Newnes, 715 
Dendrobium aggregatum, 507 ; candi- 
dum, 635 ; chloroneurum, 571 ; Clio 
superbum, 507; Coelogyne, 183 ; 
dalhou-nobile, 668 ; fimbriatum ocu- 
latum, 713 ; hercoglossum, 635 ; jer- 
donianum, 454; leechianum, 485; 
macrophyllum Richardii, 411 ; mac- 
rostachyum, 571; Madonnae, 364; 
Melpomene, 507 ; nobile, 486 ; nobile 
album, 507 : Pierardi, 485; primu- 
linum, 461 ; puniceum, 454 ; specta- 
bile, 279 ; splendidissimum grandi- 
florum, 388 ; stuposum, 668 ; thyrsi- 
florum walkerianum, 581 ; wardia- 
num Fir Grange var., 571; wardia- 
num Lowii, 469 
Dendrobiums from Larbert House, 
485 
Dendromecon rigidum, 668 
Detroit Convention, 118 
Deutzia culture, 565 
Devon, May in East, 601 
Dicentra eximia, 59 
Diervilla florida, 589 
Digitalis monstrosa, 598 ; purpurea 
monstrosa. 441 
Dionaea Muscipula, 678 
Dipladenias, 502 
Diseases of the Vine and other plants, a 
new method of treating, 286 
Dobbie & Co.'s, Messrs., new premises, 
244 
Dog's-tooth Violet, 517 
Doryanthes excelsa, 681 
Douglas Fir disease, 471 
Douglas, Mr. James, 72, Supt. iv. 
Dover House, Roehampton, 595, 633 
Downs, the story of our, 519 
Dunn Memorial, the, 132 
Dublin, Botanic Gardens, 212 
Duke of Cambridge’s fence at Kings¬ 
ton, 405 
Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, 41 
Dracaena The Queen, 215 
Dracaenas, two useful, 697 
Dream, a gardener's, 421, 438 
Drought of 1898, lessons from the 
great, 71 
Drought, the late, and its effect on 
vegetables, 137 
E 
Earl's Court Exhibition, 243 
Earth, the smell of fresh, 387 
Earth worms and Horse Chestnuts, 
n6 
Earwigs, 220 
Echinops (Globe Thistle), 565 
Echium callithyrsum, 635 
Economising space, 277 
Edenside, Carnations at, 778 ; Water 
Lilies at, 794 
Edinburgh Botanical Garden, 404; 
new houses at, 580 ; Botanical So¬ 
ciety, 277, 676; Chrysanthemum 
show, 22g; excursions to, 116; flower 
show, 507; seed trade, 244, 660; 
show, what they say of the, 53 ; the 
Royal Society, 662 ; Working Men’s 
flower show, 71 
Edraianthus dalmaticus, 635 
Eiffel tower in flowers, 358 
Elaeagnus reflexa variegata, 220 
Elephants at large at the Crystal Pal¬ 
ace, 404 
Elm bark with larvae, 423 
Emigrants, hints for, 500; information, 
84, 293, 709 
Entrance, a pretty, 677 
Epidendrum Clarissa, 540; lauchea- 
num, 119; Wallisio-ciliare super¬ 
bum, 364 : vesicatum, 602 
Eremurus Warei, 695 
Ericas for winter, some fine, 269 
Erigeron Coulteri, 440 
Eschscholtzia, 492 
Eucharis burfordiensis, 76 ; five-mer- 
ous, 135 ; grandiflora, 153 ; the, 820 
Euglena viridis, the eye spot of, 197 
Eulophia sanderiana, 485 ; tristis, 540 
Eupatoriums, 214 
Everlasting flowers or immortelles, 
523 
Evolution of plants, 476 
Examiration in horticulture, 661, 730, 
747 
Example worth imitating, 261 
F 
Fairburn, Muir of Ord, 26 
Fairy rings on lawns, 750 
Farming by formula, 277 
Fencing posts, preservation of, 805 
Fendlera rupicola, 663 
Fennel as a decorative plant, 3G5 
Ferguslie House, Paisley, 587 
Fern roots attacked by grubs, 423; 
species, the extinction of, 246 
Ferns, 422; British, at Christmas, 
329; choice basket, 310; suitable 
lor rafts, 374 
Fescue grass, 381 
. Fibres, textile, 118 
Fig dropping, 807 
Fireside Club, Bucklebury, 292 
Fish, Mr. D. T., 661 
Fittonia gigantea, 140, 381 
Fleming's, Mr, group at the 
Aquarium, 251 
Floors Castle, Kelso, 683 
Flora, the Andine, 567 
Floral arrangement, a pretty, 125; 
clock, a, 414 ; demonstration, 668 ; 
emblems, national, 522 ; urn, a, 517 
Flotsam and jetsam, 603, 647, 794 
Flower bed, a South Airican, 518 ; of 
Eden, 692 ; shows, 246, 405 ; the 
rarest in Europe, 681; vases, 
changing the water in, 85 
Flowers and fruits in Suisse, 23 ; cut, 
348; for the people, 117; tor the 
wild garden, wayside, 803; 
microbes and, 28a ; national, 212 ; 
native of South Africa, 428; of 
spring, blue, 9; packing cut, 645 ; 
wild, in the gardeD, 153 
Flowery plains and bustards, 244 
Fog deposits on glass, 231; effects of, 
199 
Footpath preservation, parish coun¬ 
cils and, 331 
