VI. 
August 25, 1920.] 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening World. 
Association, 372; Dundee Horti¬ 
cultural Society, 84 ; Ealing and 
District Gardeners', 101, 117, 132, 
149 . 34 i. 357 - 37 2 - 4 2I > 484 . 5 ° J . 
516, 725, 756 ; Fireside Club, 
Bucklebury, i 3 t ; French Horti¬ 
cultural Society, 325 ; Galashiels 
Horticultural, 181 ; Hamilton and 
District Horticultural and Forestry, 
101, 182, 228. 340, 388, 725, 788, 
805; Jersey Horticultural Club, 
132; Maidenhead and District 
Gardeners', 309, 388, 420, 452, 491 ; 
Newport Horticultural Association, 
740; Preston Horticultural Society, 
309; Reading and District Gar¬ 
deners', 11S, 149, 293, 324, 341, 
357, 404,420,452,485, 516, 580, 725, 
772 ; Scottish Horticultural Asso¬ 
ciation, 229, 245, 324, 405, 517, 708, 
748 ; Shirley Gardeners' and 
Amateurs’, 54, 117, 133, 196, 261, 
324, 404 ; Torquay District Gar¬ 
deners’ Association, ^77 ; Woolton 
Gardeners’, 100, 166, 308, 373, 404, 
438 
N 
Najas, revision of the genus, 727 
Names, the craze for military, 661 
Narcissus Alma, 540 ; Chancellor, 
571 ; Charles Wolley Dod, 571 ; 
Comet, 507 ; Diana, 571 ; Dorothy 
Kingsmill, 571 ; Eleanor Berkeley, 
571 ; incomparabilis Orange 
Phoenix, 10 Mrs. Berkeley, 
571; the double Poet’s, 661 ; 
odorus double Caropernelle, 540 ; 
Poetaz, 533 ; Telamonius plenus, 
10; The Countess Grey, 571; 
Virgil, 571 
Natal, tea plantations in, 324 
National Amateur Gardeners' As;o- 
ciation, 677 
National Physical Laboratory, 548 
Naturalising Marliac’s hybrid Water 
Lilies, possibility of, 259 
Naturalists and botanists at the front, 
34 i 
Nature, the life principle of, 699 
Nature’s birthday, 324 
N.C S. November show, a glimpse of 
the, 165 
Nectarine Lockley Hall Seedling, 779 
Nerine Miss Wilmott, 183 ; Mrs.God- 
man, 183 ; Mrs Berkeley, 183 
Nerlnms or Oleanders, 653 
Nets, preservation of fruit, 3-72 
Nettle fibre in Germany, 645 
New Year’s honours, 292 
New York Botanical Gardens, 550 
Nicoticide, 724 
Nilglris, Government Botanical Gar¬ 
dens and Parks, 212 
Nitrate of soda and sulphate of 
ammonia, 309 
Nomenclature, botanic, 490 ; concern¬ 
ing, 629 
Novelties and new strains, 59; and 
popular flowers, 437, 507; in fruit, 
580 ; Mr. Heinemann's flower, 297 
Nursery Visits : Barr & Sons, Messrs., 
682, 7-9 ; Downie, Mr. John, 
Murray field, 682 ; Kennedy, Thos., 
& Co . 571 , Kerr Bros , Messrs. 
Dumfries, 523; LaiDg & Mather, 
Messrs., 587; Laird & Sons, Ltd., 
Messrs R. B., 603 ; Little and 
Ballaityne, Messrs , 651 ; Stanley, 
Ashton & Co., 714; Stuart & Mein, 
Kelso, N.B , Messrs., 666 ; Veitch 
& Sons, Ltd., Messrs. James, 554. 
Nympbaei gigantea, 715; Leydekeri 
iulgens, 779 ; marliacea rosea, 779 ; 
marliacea rubro-punctata, 795 ; 
sanguinea, 795: stellata pulcher- 
rima, 779 
Nymphaea, synanthic, 807 
Nymphaeas, hardy, 358, 390 
o 
Oak, old, at Tewin Water, 326; the 
Lucombe, 471 
Obituary Allen, Mr. Grant, 157; 
Bergman, M. Ferdinand, 84 ; 
Blackmore, Mr. R. D., 340 ; Boyd, 
Mr. Thomas, 477; Canham, Mr. 
Fred, 166; Courtauld, J P., Mr. 
Sydney, 157; Dewar, Mr. Daniel, 
660; Duke of Westminster, 227; 
Fairfax, Admiral, 484; Fairgrieve, 
Mr. Peter Walker, 404 ; Fraser, Mr. 
James, 365 ; Fraser, Mr. John, 349 ; 
Gideon, Mr. Peter M., 229 ; Gorrte, 
Mr. William Hugh, 452 ; Hulle, M 
Hubert Jean Van, 387 ; Laing, Mr. 
John, 809; Lowe, Mr. Edward 
Joseph, 452, 468; Lumsden, Esq., 
W. H., 389; Martin, Mr. James, 
72, iv. Supt., 87; "Mark,” 636 ; 
Napper, Mrs., 453; Outram, Mr. 
Alfred, 254, 261 ; Pallett, Mr. 
James, 389; Penzance, Lord, 260 ; 
Prentice, Mr. William, 341 ; Pro- 
theroe, Mr. William Henry, 237; 
Reid, Mrs. and Mr. James, 389; 
Ruskin, Mr. John, 34: , Salter, Mr. 
Alfred, 580 ; Shrimpton, Mr. John, 
165; Sorely Mr Thomas, 269 ; 
Spooner, Mr. Stephen, 238 ; 
Thomsen, Esq., Alexander, 196 ; 
Vilmorin, M. Henry de, 7 ; Welsh, 
Mr. W. M., 229 ; Whitton, Mr. 
Peter, 109; Wood, Mr. Charles, 
355 
Odontoglossum Adrianae Arthnr Ash¬ 
worth, 634 ; Adrianae Ernest Ash¬ 
worth, 634 ; Adrianae Lord Roberts, 
454; Adrianae Victoria Regina, 
634; andersonianum Cooksonii, 
571; aspersumbosschereanum,358 ; 
crispum ardentissimum, 634 ; cris- 
pum aureum rosefieldense. 602 ; 
crispum The Earl, 571 ; crispum 
Victoria Regina, 571; crispum 
Basano, 87 ; crispum confetti, 634 ; 
crispum Daphne, 119 ; crispum 
Duchess of Connaught, 715 ; cris¬ 
pum Empress of India, 715; cris¬ 
pum in Cbeapside, 244 ; crispum 
mundyanum, 411 ; crispum Mrs. F. 
Peeters, 634 ; crispum Oakfield 
Sunrise, 474 ; crispum pittinnum, 
602 ; crispum radiosum, 635 ; cris¬ 
pum tessellatum, 602; cruentum, 
795 ; duvivierianum, 373 ; elegans 
Eastwood Park, var., 474 ; grande 
pitteanum, 1 19 ; harryano crispum, 
308; lindleyanum Coradinei, 677 ; 
loochristianum Canary Bird, 215 ; 
loochristiense Kimberley, 454 ; 
luteo-purpureum Mossii, 540 ; 
retusum, 396 ; Rolfeae optimum, 
634 ; Rolleae Walton Grange var , 
695 ; Souvenir de Victor Hye Le 
Brun,634; triumphans, a fine, 598 ; 
triumphans Raymond Crawsbay, 
507 ; wendlandianum crawshay- 
anum, 571 
Odontoglossum synanthic, 663 
Odon'ogtossums from Ravenswood, 
Melrose, 598 
Oenothera speciosa rosea, 635 
Olearia stellulata, 682, 789 
Oncidium Forbesi moortebeekiense, 
247 ; nanum, 668 ; varicosum 
Lindeni, 247 
Onion Ailsa Craig 124 
Onions, giant, 591 ; in Bermuda, 676 ; 
notes on, 667 
Ontario, Canada, fruits of, 339 ; Fruit 
Growers' Association, 325 
Ootacamund, famine Carrot seed, 
454 ; lawns at, 453 
Ophioglossums resting, 604 
Orange malformed, 471 
Oranges striped, 551 
Orchid Growers' Calendar, the, 28, 
58, 119, 151, 182. 215, 247, 295,327, 
359, 391, 422, 471, 503, 535, 549, 
567. 599. 631, 663, 695, 727, 759, 
791, 821 
Orchids, an amateur’s, at New Milns, 
677 ; at Oswald House, 667 ; at the 
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, 556 ; 
at the Sale Rooms, 117, 453, 469, 
50:, 789; dried British, 727 ; from 
Fairfield, Aberdeen, 727; high- 
priced, 629 ; in ferneries, 406 ; in 
flower at Glasnevin, 452 ; in flower 
at Kew, 651; insect-trapping, 55; 
some wild,679 ; talk ? can, 412 ; The 
Firs, Warwick, collection of, 117 
Orchis maculata, &c., 676; maculata 
and O. latifolia, 709 
Ormerod, Miss E. A , honour to, 452 
Ornithological cavalcade, 85 
Orobanche on Pelargonium, 423 
P 
Paeonia Eastern Queen, 695 
Paeonies, 376, 805 ; the, 709 
Paeony Cream Perfection, 668 ; Lady 
Curzon, 668 ; Lord Roberts, 668 ; 
Lady Sarah Wilson, 635 
Palms, imperishable, 213 
Pandanus Veitchi, 725 
Pansies from Oxford, 726 
Pansy Culture for exhibition and 
profit, 550 
Panther at large, a, 245 
Paris exhibition of igoo, boycotting 
the, 54 
Parks: Edinburgh Parks, proposed 
improvements in, 516 ; Green Lane 
Recreation Ground, Ilford, 149; 
People's Park, Tiverton, 23; St. 
James’ Park, London, 469 ; Water- 
low 661 ; and gardens, public, 379, 
394 . 4 ri 
Parrots poisoned by eating Parsley, 
231 
Parsley at midwinter, 489, 501 
Pastors of the Steppes, 533 
Pea, a new, 788 ; Edwin Beckett, 779 ; 
Gradus, 300. 346, 359, 373, 428, 
458, 788 
Peas, 534 ; about culinary, 821; before 
sowing, steeping, 630; for early 
supply, 422 ; in flower and fruit in 
December, 292 ; list of dwarf, 285, 
300 
Pea Show, Johnson's Culinary and 
Sweet, 757 
Peach border, 133; Princess of 
Wales, 76; Scale, the new, 22; 
trees diseased, 631 
Peaches diseased, 807 
Pear Beurre Clairgeau, 409; Double 
de Guerre, 215; Emile d'Heyst, 
183; Glou Morceau, 429; Mar¬ 
guerite Marillat, 75; Triomphe de 
Vienne, 87 
Pears blackened. 711; decayed, 807; 
dwarf, 812 
Peed & Son, Messrs., at Hanley, 740 
Pelargonium Ian Maclaren, 253 : 
Lilian, 215 ; Miss G. Ashworth, 
507 ; Mrs. J. G. Day, 635 
Pelargoniums, a trio of fine, 253 ; 
bedding, 406; regal, 534 ; winter 
flowering, 662 
Pellionia pulchra, 316 
Pentapterygium serpens, 475 
People's Journal long service medal, 
581 
People we have met : Baker, F.R.S , 
F.LS., Mr. John Gilbert, 134; 
Baker, Mr. William Yeates, 86; 
Eckford, Mr. Henry, 757 ; Fleming, 
Mr. John, 742 ; Gibson, Mr. James, 
262 ; Hutcfims, Rev. W. T., 774 ; 
McIntyre, Mr. Malcolm, 502; 
McLeod, Mr. James Findlay, S06 ; 
Robertson, Mr. James, 646 ; Swales, 
Mr. Thomas George, 55; Taylor, 
Mr. William, 374; Thomson, Mr. 
Frederick C., 294 ; Witty, F.R.H S., 
F.N.C.S , Mr. J. H., 150 
Peristrophe speciosa, 332 
Petunia Charlotte, 571 
Phaius bicolor, 795; oakwoodiensis, 
779 
Phalaenopsis at home, the, 699 
Phalaenopsis intermedia brymeriana, 
364 ; Lady Rothschild, 540 ; Manni, 
668 ; schilleriano-stuartiana, 364 
Phalaenopsis plants from roots, 669, 
678 
Phloxes, 392 ; herbaceous, 774 
Phormium tenax variegatum from 
seed, 397 
Photographs of British flowering 
plants, 503 
Photinia japonica, 516 ; serrulata, 589 
Photography, colour, 453 
Phyllanthus latifolius, 669 
Pilea muscosa in Jadoo, 756 
Pineapples, 773 
Pines are cheap, 6 
Pinguicula caudata, 326 
Pinkhill Nursery, Murrayfield, 229 
Pinus aristata, 199; longifolia, 332 ; 
muricata, cones of, 581 
Pitcairnia corallina, 412 
Plant pests, war against, 812 
Plants, aquatic, 695 ; and their food, 
453 . 5 8 ° i high-level, from Tibet, 
567 ; hardy, 472 ; in pots, wintering, 
246; living within plants, 219; of 
va'ue, edging, 118; popular bulb- 
ors-rooted, 375; small decorative, 
268; stories concerning, 252, 460; 
stove floweririg, 311, 345, 363, 395, 
470; the art of arranging, 602; 
the food of, 309; to grow under 
trees, 85 ; war amongst, 700 
Planters, a danger to, 485 
Platyclinis glumacea, 405, 665 
Plum stones from Silchester, 727 
Poet Laureate and the birds, 212 
Poinsettia pulcherrima. 565 
Poison in Lily of the Valley, 573 
Poisons and poisonous compounds, 
traders in, 504 ; decision concern¬ 
ing the selling of, 341 ; the sale of, 
253 ; vegetable, 279 
Poisoning by Poinsettia, 453 
Poisonous native plants, 244 
Polemonium confertum mellitum, 540 
Polygonum baldschuanicum, 28, 669 
Polypodium vulgare, 269 
Polystachya laxiflora, 540 
Poplars, fast growing, 524 
Poppies, Shirley, 629 
Posoqueria longiflora, 124 
Postmen's Park, 6 
Potato crop, Ayrshire, 788; defective, 
711: and how it was grown, 148 
Potato Duke of York, 381; The Sir¬ 
dar, 87 
Potato spraying, 804; trade, early, 
677; trials, 596 
Potatos as seed, large v. small, 345; 
diseased with scab, 551; grafted, 
60; high prices for, 788; scabby, 
244; Scotch, for Connaught, 469; 
storing, 326 
Potting, how to save, 550 
Poultry Club, Utility, 388, 405, 453 
Poultry on the land, 788 
Presentations : at Beckenham, 54 ; at 
152, Houndsditch, 228; by the 
Queen, 580; flowers to the Queen, 
564 
Preserving fencing posts, 269 
Primrose, synanthy of a, 548; the 
Baby, 316 
Primroses and their allies, 596 ; blue, 
484 ; or border Polyanthus, bunch, 
645 
Primula General French, 327 ; 
kewensis, 454 ; obconica, 573 ; 
obconica rosea, 629; Sieboldii 
vars., 683 ; sinensis alba plena, 533 ; 
The Duchess, 327 
Primulas at Reading, 346; how to 
grow, 571; well grown, 389 
Prince of Wales at Duntreath Castle, 
54 
Progress, mark, 278 
Propagating, sand bed for, 502 
Propagation by the aid of water, 
327 ; from a leaf, natural, 86 ; leaf 
v. shoot, 821 
Protheroe & Morris’, Messrs., annual 
beanfeast, 661 
Protoplasm : the instrument of evolu¬ 
tion among plants, 713 
Protoplasts, the social instincts in, 60 
Pruning, 28, 348; knife, use and 
misuse of the, 275 ; the use and 
abuse of, 342 
Prunus davidiana, 539 ; sinensis flore 
pleno, 406 
Psila Rosae, 693 
Putney Park Lane Nurseries, 114 
Pyrus Malus angustifeba, 540 
Q 
Queen of flowers, the, 677 
Queen, presentation of flowers to the, 
5.64 
R 
Rabbits, ax 1 grease and, 228 
Radish Veitch’s Early Gem, 491 
Railway, new, 629 
Rainfall in 1899, 340 ; at Bicton, 308 
Raspberry The Hornet, 812 
Rationals for Kentish women fruit- 
pickers, 619 
Re iding, China Asters at, 74 ; Cycla¬ 
men at, 426; Portland Road Nur¬ 
sery, 217; Primulas at, 346, 410; 
fomatos at, 26 
Redbraes Nursery, Edinburgh, 106 
Reptile killed at Ipswich, 55 
Restrepia striata, 454 
Restio subverticillatus, 541 
Retailers as educators, 532 
Retinospora obtusa, aurea Crippsii, 
76 
Retrospective and prospective, 314 
Rhodes, Mr., planting Orange trees, 
181, 244 
Rhododendron Abbeyi, 571 ; (Azaleo- 
dendroD) Direc'enr Rohgas, 602; 
Coombs Royal, 602 ; Dr Stocker, 
5 -.7 ; griflithianum, 669; H Elliott, 
540; multicolor Triton, 394; Pink 
Pearl, 668; Shilsoni, 540; seedlings, 
572 ; show, a, 683 
Rhododendrons, 649 ; fragrant indoor, 
582 ; greenhouse,at Trinity Cottage, 
534 
Rhubarb Daw’s Champion, 411, 507 
Rhyme and Roses, 405 
Ribes aureum, 602 
Rtchardia africana, 645, 662 ; double 
spathed, 569; elliottiana, 10 
Richmond Park, Glasgow, 70 
Riviera, the, and Italy for a £10 note, 
439 
Robinia Pseudacacia inermis alba 
variegata, 28 
Robson's Nursery, Mr. J., 42 
Rocket, the Scotch, 726 
Rockwork building, 538 
Rodigas, M. Emile, 84 
