The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS. 
[August 45, 1900. 
V. 
Forest fire extinguished with wine, 117 
Forest Hill, fruit trees at, 765 
Forestry education, loss of interest in, 
724 ; national, 228 
Formality in gardening, 427, 475 
Forsythia suspensa, a suitable posi¬ 
tion for, 342 
Foxglove, hybrid, 199 
Francoa ramosa, 317 
Freak of a Nectarine, 70 
Freesias, 313, 342, 741; early, 325 
French vineyards injured, 199 
Friarsball, Melrose, 556 
Frost injuries in Bedfordshire, 564 
Fruit and vegetables, 55 ; commerce, 
our French, 325 
Fruit at the Crystal Palace, British 
grown 72, i. Supt., 83, 92, 6gt 
Fruit Conference at Dunkeld, 506 
Fruit crop in Devon, the, 87; of 
1899, the, 214, 234; our coming, 
775 ; the Preston district, 788 
Fruit culture, commercial hardy, 
148 ; English and Colonial, 452; 
farming in Scotland, 54; from the 
colonies, 661; garden, the, 486; 
growers are handicapped, how, 85, 
116; growing in Aberdeenshire, 
243 ; growing in New South Wales, 
220; growing in Ireland, 788; 
growing under glass, 387 ; hardy, 
421,726; imports. Canadian, 692; 
in English markets, Canadian, 
high-grade, 388 ; in diet, the use 
of, 196 ; in Europe, roadside, 133 ; 
prospects, 614 ; prospects, the late 
spring and, 515 ; stations, instruc¬ 
tional, 91 ; the most nutritious, 
756; trade, growth of the, 157; 
trade in our colonies, developing, 
310; trades, the London, 197 ; 
trees for Africa, 244 ; trees, grafting 
of, 535 ; trees in Saiony, Prussia, 
805 
Fruits, America a land of, 239; 
bottled and canned, 468 ; colour of, 
117, 516 ; of Ontario, Canada, 339 ; 
the colouring of, 85 
Fuchsias, 774 ; as climbers, 220 
Fungicide and insecticide, 150 
Fungoid and other diseases, rational 
method of treating, 196, 358 
Fungus foray in Epping Forest, 148 ; 
on Chrysanthemum leaves, 135 
Furze bloom ? when does the, 292, 
311. 33 L 347 . 375 . 407. 421. 459 . 
475 ; the, 676, 692, 709, 726, 740, 
756 . 773 . 788 
G 
Garden, a backyard, 376 ; an old 
world, 571 ; crop prospects in 
West Lothian, 692 ; my April, 572; 
our reserve, 663 
" Garden, The,” 260, 308 
Gardens, at Pekin, 824 ; roof, 309 ; the 
history of, 278, 315, 330, 348 ; way- 
side, 630 
Gardener, the jobbing, 268, .299 
Gardeners' Charity Guild, 372, 388, 
420, 469, 661 
Gardeners, lady, appo’nted, 373 ; 
men and women, 310 ; (under), and 
their grievance?, 499, 523, 533 ; the 
future, 726 
Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institu¬ 
tion, 132, 166, 276, 277, 323, 388, 
564, 614, 660 ; Annual dinner, 635 ; 
Annual friendly supper, 333 ; 
Annual general meeting, 332 ; New 
president, 614 
Gardenias, 522 
Gardening, formality in, 427 ; inside 
v. outside, 582, 630; leaflets on 
cottage, 228; intensive, 101 
Geographical Society, Royal Scottish, 
516 
Geological features of Bavaria, 651 
Geranium sanguineum album, 695 
Germination, the phenomena of, 757 
Gethsemane, the garden of, 261 
Geum montanum aurantiacum, 602 
Ginseng, American, 788 
Girl, a missing, 428 
Girl's garden, a, 692 
Gladioli, 360 ; and Cannas, 693 
GJadiolus byzantinus, 715 ; nanus 
, delicatissimus, 789; sport, 77 ; 
Veitcb, James H , 28 
Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 266 ; 
Camphill, 294 ; Glasgow Corpora¬ 
tion, 372 ; Kelvingrove Park, 314 ; 
The People's Palace, 131; Toll 
Cross Park, 243 ; variable reading 
of the thermometer at, 182 
Glass, a world without, 285 ; broken, 
124; introduction of, 442; to 
metal, to attach, 276 
Gloxinia, freak of, 91 
Gloxinias, 635 ; and Begonia Rexii, 
74i 
Glazing system, new, 116 
Goal ? unto what, 181 
Godseff, Mr. Leo Gordon, 228 
GoDiophlebium subauriculatum, 269 
Gooseberry Caterpillar, 524 
Grape growing for amateurs, 582; 
notes, &c., 267 ; Reine Olga, 1563 
thinning, notes on, 646 
Grapes, big bunches of, 713; New 
York, 581 ; outdoor, 277 ; packing, 
821 ; scalded, 711 
Grafting, 665 ; of fruit trees, 535 ; of 
Monocotyledons, 538 ; the art of, 
251 
Grange, the, Southgate, Middlesex, 
771 
Grasses in the Channel Islands, two 
new, 390 ; ornamental, 265 
Green crops v. ridged ground, 71; 
the wearing of the, 467 
Greenwich Park, water plants iD, 601, 
699 
Grevillea robusta, 358, 630 
Grey Friars, Preston, 729 
Group of plants, a fine, 282 
Guano Co., Ltd., The Native, 341 
Gymnogramme schizophylla prolifica, 
649 
Gymnogrammes, 534 
H 
Hail shower in Ayrshire, severe, 692 
Hailstorm Insurance Corporation, 
Ltd., 565 
Hamamelis arborea, 420 
Hamburg, parks and gardens at, 181 
Hampton Court Vine, 772 
Hanley Park, horticultural fete in, 
357 
Han worth Nurseries, 54 
Happenings, Strange, 823 
Harpalium rigidum, 365 
Harrison, Captain W. A., 438 
Heaths, culture of Cape, 665 
Heaven a fine Tree of, 101 
Hedychium F. W. Moore, 795 
Hedychiums, 381 
Helianthus cucumerifolius grandi- 
florus Giant Star, 444, 468 
Helichrysums, 381 
Heinemann's, Mr., flower novelties, 
297 
Heliophila scandens, 317 
Heliotrope Picciola, 779 
Helliconia illustris rubricaulis, 140 
Herbaceous and alpine flora, an out¬ 
line of character and culture of the, 
426, 473, 489; border, the, 697, 
630 
Heredity, the problems of, 598 
Herrin, Mr, C., 132 
Heuchera micrantha rosea, 695 
Hints, poignant, 39 ; timely, 365, 379, 
395 
Hippeastrum, species, 23r 
Holding, successful small, 324 
Holiday tours, cheap, 565 
Holidays on the Continent, 725 ; 
weekly half, for gardeners, 725 
Holland House, 43, 796, 8ro 
Holland, the soil of, 100 
Holly, hardiness of the, 181 
Hollyhock, the, 150 
Hop-picking machine, 341, 356, 372, 
388 
Horseradish attacked by Rhizogly- 
phus, 343 
Horsetail, the Field, 133 
Horticole Coloniale, 133 
Horticultural Club, the, 410 
Horticultural College, Swanley, 229, 
278, 580, 772, 773 
Horticulture, international congress 
of, 469 ; school of in America, 326 ; 
the science of, 468 
Horticulturist, death of an eminent, 
8cg 
Hospital, gift of a, 356 
House, on choosing a country, 581 
Howth Castle, the lawn at, 393 
Hoya carnosa, fruiting of, 804, 820 
Humea elegans, 693 
Hurst & Son's Clover and Grass seed 
circular, 301; annual dinner, 261 ; 
Musical Society, 196, 213, 310, 564 
Huxley, statue to Thomas, 564 
Hveen, the high rdfcky island of, 8 
Hyacinths, unforced Dew year Roman, 
357 
Hybrid Conference, report of the, 563 
Hydnora africana, 471 
Hydrangea hortensis, 6, 285 ; pani 
culata grandiflora, 140; the climbing, 
133 
Hydrangeas, 759 
I 
Imports of plants and shrubs, 212 
Insect enemies of the Apple and Pear, 
277 ; pests of our gardens, 284, 298 
Insects, the Evesham fruit growers 
and, 55 
Insecticides, 426 
Iris, forcing, 565 
Iris germanica Black Prince, 695 ; 
japonica, 429 ; Kaempferi, 390 ; 
Monieri, 715 ; paradoxa, 695 ; Pseud- 
acorus, 396 ; pumila, 604 ; steno- 
phylla, 454 ; unguicularis, 397 ; 
urmiense, 695 
Irises, German, forced, 669 
Ivy, the, 540 
J 
Jacaranda mimosaefolia, 461 
Jamaica Produce and Transport Asso¬ 
ciation, 84 
Japanese dwarf trees, 791; Fern-balls, 
550 
Jersey fruit at the Crystal Palace, 72, 
Supt. iv.; Horticultural Club, 6 
Jonquil Campernelle, 55 
Jubilee gifts and prizes, 23 
Juno cycles for the year 1900, 166 
K 
Kalanchoe flammea, 421, 439 
Kaiserin, the, 196 
Kalmia, glauca, 632 
Kermes Fagi, 263 
Kesari, the deleterious effect of, 318 
Kew, a novel corner bed, 524 ; Cricket 
Club dinner at, 196; Gardens, 70; 
Guild dinner, 628 ; Guild, the, 420 ; 
holiday keepers at, 532; influenza at, 
310; new year conservatory decor¬ 
ation at, 325 ; notes, 470 ; record of 
water consumption at, 772; the 
temporary bridge at, 117; the tem¬ 
perate range at, 524 ; wild gardening 
at, 652 
Kickxia, Malayan and African species 
of, 279 
Killarney, Lakes of, 196, 212 
King’s Lynn fly plague, 54 
Kitchen Garden Calendar, 8, 42, 75, 
103. 135 .170, 199. 231. 263, 359, 391. 
423. 455 - 486, 519, 55 °. 583. 631. 647 . 
679, 710, 743, 775, 807 
Kitchen garden, the, 678 
Kniphofia caulescens, 443; Pfitzeri, 
109 
Kniphofias or Tritomas, 140 
Knowledge, country children and 
Nature, 474 
Know, those that, 422 
L 
Labelling, 454, 468, 526 ; plants, 55 
Lachenalia Nelsoni, 25 
Lachenalias, 394, 445 
Laelia anceps leeana, 327; Edissa, 
454 ; elegans, a choice, 596 ; jong- 
heana, 475 ; jongheana templeana, 
475 ; Mrs. M. Gratrix, 153 ; Mrs. M. 
Gratrix superba, 364; purpurata 
Ethel Grey,602 ; purpurata littleana, 
633 
Laeliocattleya Bertha Fournier spen- 
dida, 411 ; calltstoglossa 76 ; callis- 
toglossa excelsa, 634 ; callistoglossa 
Prince of Wales, 364; Charles- 
worthii, 364 ; Duchess of York, 155 ; 
Fanny Leon, 364 ; G. S. Ball, 634 ; 
Henry Greenwood superba, 779; 
Herode, 634 ; highburiensis, 598 ; 
hyeana, 602; massangeana, 634 ; 
Remula,793 ; Rosalind superba,540 ; 
Sunray, 364; wellsiana ignescens, 
279; Wiganiae, 779 
Lantanas, 790 
Larbert House, culture of Dendro- 
biums at, 537 
Larix occidentalis, 631 
Lathyrus latifolius with striped 
flowers, 59 ; platyphyllos, 788 
Leaf and. blossom, the unfolding of, 
627 
Leaves, the uses of, 795 
Leckmilm Garve, Ross-shire, 681 
Leopold’s gift to Belgium, King, 580 
Leptospermum scoparium, 332 
Leroy, Louis, 773 
Libonia floribunda, 598, 662 
Libonias, 331 
“ Life and Beauty,” 341 
Light and air case, important, 149 
Lightning, trees struck by, 326 
Lilac, Mme. Abel Cha’enay, 668 
Lilac for forcing, the preparation of, 
502 ; on the Ash, graft of common, 
22 
Lilacs, some good, 667 
Lilies and Irises in Japan, 284 
Lilium Batemanniae, 55, ;i; candi- 
dum, 74 ; giganteum, capsule, 231 ; 
Harrisii, 440 ; rubellum, 101; tes- 
taceum, 27 ; thunbergianum 
Orange Queen, 635 ; tigrinum 
splendeas, 58 
Lily of the Valley for decoration, 55 ; 
giant, 7 
Lime as a fertiliser, 778 
Limpsfield Grange, the rockery at, 
694 
Linden, monument to M. Jean, 
Brussels, 166 
Linnaeus, portrait of, 628 
Linnean Society of London, 430 
Linum arboreum, 789 
London parks and gardens : Battersea 
Park, 57; Finsbury Park, 106 ; 
Hyde Park, 39, 76, 555; Regent's 
Park, 90, 572 ; St. James’ Park, 
469, 572; Victoria Park, 138 ; 
Waterlow Park, 122 
Long Ditton, hardy plants at, 747, 796 
Lotus peliorhynchus, 669 
Lubbock, Bart., The Right Hon. Sir 
John, 292 
Lupinus arboreus, Snow Queen, 440 
Lycaste Ballae, 634 
M 
Macrotoma echioides, 684 
Maidenhead show ? why drop the, 428 
Magnolia macrophylla, 779 ; stellata, 
669 
Manure, hen, 196; v. native guano, 
town stable. 245 
Manures, chemical, 357 
Manuring experiments in, 405 ; green, 
600 ; of various crops, suggestions 
for the, 787 ; over, 489 
Maples, 668; Japanese, 662 
Maranta albo-lineata, 669 
Market gardener, the, as an example, 
406, 427 ; garden, visit to a, 789 
Marl as a fertiliser, 309 
Marlston House, 581 
Maron, M. Chas., 452 
Marriage bells, 165 
Martin Hubert Foquett Sutton, 54 
Martin Memorial Fund, the James 
549 
Masdevallia maculata, 779 ; o'brien- 
iana, 602 
Maxillaria arachnites, 364; lepto- 
sepala, 364 ; scurilis, 779 
Meadowbank Nursery, Rothesay, 283 
Meconopsis heterophylla, 789 
Melon Buscot Park Hero, 635 
Melons, 342 ; early, 364 
Mentha, pelorian, 199 
Mertensia virginica, 669; virginica 
rubra, 571 
Mice, trapping, 277 
Microbes and flowers, 282 ; co-opera¬ 
tion amongst, 197 
Mignonette, 790 
Mildew, an antidote for, 566 
Millbank House, Edinburgh, 89 
Miltonia vexillaria, a fine, 517 
Mimulus luteus, 820 
Mirabilis Jalapa (Marvel of Peru),534 
Miscanthus sinensis, 92 
Mistake, an editor's, 804 
Mistleto, 269 
Modder River, notes from, 395 
Moltkia petraea, 812 
Momordica Charantia, 710 
Monstera deliciosa, 629 
Mormodes buccinator Rolfei, 327 
Moss, a rare, 373 
Mouse trap?, bottles as, 54 
Mulching for winter, 220 
Musa Ensete, fruit of, 279 
Mushroom growing, 710 
Mushrooms, 26 ; how to grow, 598 
Mutual Improvement Associations . 
Beckenham Horticultural Society, 
564, 596, 629; Birmingham and 
Midland Gardeners', 182 • Bourne¬ 
mouth and District Gardeners',756 ; 
Bristol and District Gardeners’, 23, 
84, 116, 133, 149,197, 228, 260, 292. 
325. 357- 389. 420, 452, 564. 660, 
661, 708, 773; Bute Botanical 
Society, 149, 244 ; Chester Paxton 
Society, 500 ; Chiswick Gardeners’, 
212, 244, 372, 396, 452, 484 ; 
Croydon and District Horticultural 
Mutual Improvement Society, 389, 
485, 516 549, 692, 756, 804 ; Devon 
and Exeter Gardeners’, 84, 100,117, 
182, 213, 276, 324, 372, 438, 469, 
661, 740; Dundee Horticultural 
