The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS. 
[August 25, 1900. 
Vll, 
Rohais Nursery, Guernsey, 105 
Rondeletia amoeDa, 573 
Roof garden, a London, 149 
Roraima, plants from Mount, 487 
Rosa sinica Anemone, 668 
Rose Corallina, 76; Crimson Rambler, 
for EaSter, 397 ; Fortune’s Yellow, 
140; Gruss an Teplitz,276 ; L'lnno- 
cence, 540; Kaiserin Augusta 
Victoria, a red sport of, 677; Pink 
Roamer, 668; Souvenir de 
Catherine Guillot. 676, 779; Tenny¬ 
son, 668 ; Yellow Banksian, 285 
Rose Hill House, Henley-on-Thames, 
245 
Rose leaves, 519; leaves diseased, 
711 ; of Hell, 645 ; show at the 
Crystal Palace, the igco, 723 ; show 
at Trier, 662 ; soils, constitution of. 
227; the blue, 276 ; variegated, 
711 
Roses and the frost, 773; bedding, 
pillar and climbing, 743; decayed, 
807; exhibition aDd garden, 195; 
in the garden, 378; past and 
present, 181; pillar, 693; the pto 
pagating of, 133 
Rosery at Karlsruhe, 500 
Rotation crops and artificial manures, 
4 r 9 
Rothesay, the nurseries, 250 
Royal Aquarium, 218 
Rryal Dublin Show, 548 
Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund, 10, 
148, 196, 357, 403. 413, 438, 532, 
660; annual dinner, 588; annual 
friendly dinner, 413 ; annual 
general meeting, 413 
Royal honours for a Cork seedsman, 
692 
Rustic work, 554 
Rubber in the Amazons, 85 
Rural exodus, the, aod back to the 
land, 565 
Rush baskets, ropes. &c , 727 
Russell, Mr. John, Richmond, 490 
Russell's Brentwood Nursery,155,186 
Ryecroft employees, entertainment to 
tbe, 276 ; Nurseries, Lewisham, 459 
s 
Saintpaulia ionantha, 647 
Salt water on land, effect of, 115 
Salvia splendens grandiflora, 125 
Salvias, 197, 246, 261 
Sap flow, 394, 410, 427, 458, 470 
Sarcanthus peninsularis, 779 
Savoy, Gilbert’s Universal, 285 
Saxifraga aretioides primulina, 571 ; 
oppositifolia, 393 ; peltata, 253 ; 
sarmentosa tricolor superba, 39 
Scale on Peach trees, 446 
Scarlet Runner, extraordinary, 22 
Schizanthus pinnatus, 24 ; wisetonen 
sis, 635 
Schizocodon soldanelloldes, 669 
School of practical horticulture, 
American, 532 
Scilla, bulbifercus, 471; campanulata 
rosea grandiflora, 700 
Si olopendrium vulgare crispum, 646 
Seakale, culture of the, 566 
Seed, cheap, 709; crop of LoDg 
Island, 309; propulsion, 388; sow¬ 
ing under glass, 342; to cold, 
resistance of, 724 
Seeds, old and new, 824 ; pure, 358 ; 
pure, and proper seed beds, 468 ; 
quality and vitality of, 309 ; to heat, 
the resistance of, 682 ; vitality of, 
5 i 7 
Seedsmen io America, 309 
Senecio auricula'issimus, 452, 469 ; 
macroglossus, 245 
Sensitive Plant, the, 197 
Servant girl's botany, 804 
Shading, about, 662 
Shamrock for the Queen, 484 ; the, 
467, 678 
Shells as artificial flowers, 166 
Shelter, practical instructions for 
procuring, 276 
Sherborne Castle, notes from. 293 
Shobrooke Park, Dear Exeter, 331 
Shrubs, a belt of coloured, 698 ; early 
floweriDg, 396, 428, 492; hardy lor 
indoor blooming, 396; massing, 
758; three shrubby flowering 
plants, 412 ; the neglect of flower¬ 
ing, 365 ; the pruning of floweriDg, 
277 
Sisyrinchium grandiflorum, 524 
Sladen, Mr. Walter Percy, 727 
Smilax leaves spotted, 118 
Snails, mode of getting rid of, 38 
Snow, 243 ; on Ben Nevis, 54 ; what 
is? 341 
Snowdrops and Polypody Fern, 470 
Snowstorm, the recent, 420 
Sobralia macrantha, 598; Veitchi 
aurea, 695 ; xantholeuca, 396 
Societies and Shows : Aberdeen Royal 
Horticultural, 825; Acton Horti¬ 
cultural, 781 ; Acton Scientific 
Society and Field Club, 811; 
American Rose Society, 309; 
Bearsden Horticultural,30; Becken¬ 
ham Horticultural, 628; Belfast 
Rose show, 789 ; Btlderston horti- 
culiura 1 , 62 ; Birkenhead show, 62, 
797; Bishop’s St irtford, 824 ; 
Botan’cal Society of Edinburgh, 
325 ; Bradford Horticultural, 661; 
Canadian Horticultural, 788 ; Car¬ 
lisle and Cumberland Horticultural, 
780 ; Chertsey garden and flower 
show, 813; Croydon Horticultural, 
731 ; Devon and Exeter Horticul¬ 
tural, 14, 797; Dundee Hor¬ 
ticultural, 24A (Supt.), 44; Dutch 
Horticultural and Botanical, 597 ; 
Ealing Horticultural, 724 ; English 
Arboncultural, 371; Falkirk Horti¬ 
cultural, 14, 452, 524 ; Gateacre 
show, 813 ; Glasgow Horticultural, 
61 ; Grand Yorkshire Gala, 310. 389, 
438, 684 ; Grassendale Sprmg Show, 
477 ; Hanley Horticultural, 732, 
789 ; Harrow and Roxeth Allotment 
Holders' Show, 107 ; Ipswich and 
East of England Horticultural, 293 ; 
Ladyweli and District Cottagers' 
Horticultural, 100, 237, 4^4, 824 ; 
Lanarkshire Pansy, 29 ; Liverpool 
Horticultural Association, 341, 358, 
524 ; Liverpool root and fruit show, 
125 ; Maidenhead Chrysanthemum 
Fruit and Vegetable, 549; Maiden¬ 
head Horticultural, 421 ; Manches¬ 
ter Botanical, 541 ; Manchester 
Royal Botanical and Horticultural, 
652, 749; Midland Carnation and 
Picctee, 725, 756 ; National Auricula 
and Primula (southern section), 260, 
484, 549. 558 ; National Carnation 
and Picotee (southern section), 260, 
484; National Carnation and Pi¬ 
cotee, 692, 780; National Chrysan¬ 
themum, 108, 165. 171, 181, 189, 
357, 549 [annual dinner, 235 ; annual 
general meeting, 380 ; annual picnic, 
724 ; dates of shows, 149) ; National 
Co-operative Festival, 825, Railway 
companies and the, 788 ; National 
Rose, 732. 748 (annual dinner, 252) ; 
National Dahlia, 6, 30. 62, 76, 244, 
261, 309, 340 452, 692 ; Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, 452 ; NewtoD-Stewart 
and Minnigaff Horticultural, 373 ; 
North-Eastern Agricultural Asso¬ 
ciation, Belfast, 662 ; North Kildare 
Horticultural Society, 228, Notts 
Chrysanthemum, 77 ; Preston and 
Fulwood Horticultural, 477 ; Rich¬ 
mond Horticultural. 341, 373, 700, 
715 ; Rovsl Botanic, 181. 243, 542. 
605, 700; Royal Caledonian 
Horticultural, 45. 54, 60, 325, 
378 . 507 . 5 L 7 > 74 ° 1 Ro al Hor¬ 
ticultural, T4, 44, 61, 72, Supt. i., 
77. 107, 141, 189. 20;, 222. 237, 269, 
3 ' 7 . 349 . 397 . 429. 461. 492, 525. 556 , 
589, 616, 636, 653, 684, 717, 749, 781, 
813 (annual general meeting, 397 ; 
Bye-laws of, 676, 698 ; Centenary, 
proposed, 468, 531 ; dates of meet¬ 
ings, and trials at Chiswick, 119; 
examination in horticulture, 196; 
Fellows of the, 614 ; general meet¬ 
ings, 517, 549, 566, 709 ; luncheon 
of the committees.718 ; new gardens 
for, 565 ; new moves of the, 531 ; 
Temple Show, 564) ; Royal Horti¬ 
cultural of Ireland, 6, 188, 310, 340, 
373, 468 ; Royal Horticultural of 
Perth, 29 ; Royal National Tulip, 
637, 669 ; Scottish Arboricultural 
Society, 186, 372; Scottish Horti¬ 
cultural Association, 748 ; Seven- 
oaks and West Kent Chrysanthe¬ 
mum, 614 ; SeveDoaks flower show, 
13,824; Shropshire Horticultural, 
(medals at the, 6 ; Messrs. Sutton 
& Sons at, 6; record for, 7) ; South¬ 
ern Counties Carnation and Picotee, 
797 ; Southwark flower show, 773 ; 
Syndical Chamber of Belgian Horti¬ 
culturists, 71, iot, 260, 596, 804 ; 
Torquay, 492 ; Ulster Horticultural, 
564 ; West Derby Show, 812 ; Wind¬ 
sor, Eton and District Rose and 
Horticultural, 716 ; Wirral and 
Birkenhead Agricultural Society, 
325; Wolverhampton floral fete, 
725 ; Woolton Chrysanthemum, 532 
Soda, caustic, and fruit trees, 349 
Sopbrocattleya chamberlainiana tri¬ 
umphant 247 
Soils, the composition of, 772 
South Africa, native flowers of, 428 
Southgate House, Southgate, 745 
Spade, a flat, 501 
Spanish Chestnut, tbe, in Greenwich 
Park, 329 
Sparrows and woodpigeons, 553 
Spenophyllum, 551 
Spenser, Herbert, 565 
Spinfield, Great Marlow, 233 
Spores on Asplenium, 260 
Staines Road Nursery, Hounslow, 
166 
Stanhopea tigrina, 566 
Stanley, Ashton, & Co., Messrs, 
485 
Stanley Park, Liverpool, 362, 549 
Stanleya pinnatifida, 807 
Starvation, 381 
Statice profusa, 395 ; Suworowt, 413 
St. George and Roses, 548 
St. George’s Day, 532 
Stoking. 395 
Strawberry culture for the market, 
438; cure for gout, 118 ; leaves 
diseased, 775 ; Trafalgar, 668 
Strawberries, about, 773 ; big. 772 ; 
in Midlothian and Clydesdale, 406, 
427 ; in November, ripe 244 ; for 
forcing, 663 ; on sale, 438 ; profit¬ 
able yearling, 444 
Strelitzia farinosa, 317 
Streptosolen, 669 
Stevens and Smith, Messrs., 38 
Stover Park, fruit at, 42, 709 
Streptocarpus, 412 ; achimeniflorus, 
668 ; regular-flowered, 91 
Sugar Beet, experiments in the 
growth of, 533 
Sulphate of ammonia, the utility of, 
2t: 
Sunspot influence on London 
summers, 23 
Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide in Horti¬ 
culture, 246; Angling Association, 
292 
Swanley, the Horticultural College, 
229. 278, 316; students, success 
of, 740 
Swanley, visit to the nurseries of 
Messrs. Cannell & Sons, 282 
Swedish Turnip for South Africa, 
34 1 
Sweet Pea Blanche Burpee, 758; 
Blanche Ferry, 757 ; Earliest of 
All, 759 
Sweet Pea, Bi-centenary of, 244, 325, 
347, 388, 405, 421, 451, 484, 596, 
740, 755 (leader), 761 (exhibition), 
763 (the conference) ; History of 
the, 741. 765 , plate, John Russell's, 
452; show at Cohocton, N.Y., 
23 ; show, Johnson’s culinary and, 
757 ; the, after two hundred years, 
45 i 
Sweet Peas, 422 ; a feast of, 793 ; and 
Chinamen, 757 ; at Croydon, 757 ; 
at Kelvedon, Essex, trial of, 739 ; 
Giant-flowered, 441 ; in the Isle of 
Wight, 797 
Symphandra Wanneri, 669 
Synanthy of a Primrose, 548 
Syon House, 249, 299; forcing 
Asparagus beds at, 261, 279 
Syringe, tbe triplex, 677 
T 
Tainia penangiana, 364; speciosa, 
779 
Taste, diversity in, 151 
Taxodium distichum, 596 
Tea cigarettes, effects of, 804 ; duty 
payments, 325 
Teachers, the voices of the, 468 
Temple show, a glimpse of the, 6x3 ; 
the, 616, 628, 636 ; distinguished 
visitors at the, 629 ; essence of the, 
650, 666 ; exhibitors at the, 614 
Tewkesbury Lodge, Forest Hill, 69 
The Priory, Melrose, 881 
Thermometer at Glasgow, variable 
reading of the, 182 
Thief, a mean, 132, 149 
Tnorn Apple, the, 137 ; hedges, 410 
Thunia marshalliaDa, 4 6 
Tidmess in tbe garden, 470 
Tigridia, new varieties of, 541 
Tilia petiolaris, 661 ; at Kilim, 38 
Tits eating fruit, 148, 196 
Toadstools, poisonous, 133 
Tobacco culture in Italy, 150 ; revival 
of, in Ireland, 517 ; juice in France, 
uses of, 276 
Tomato Golden Nugget, 109; Pride 
of Italie, 381 ; The Cropper, 506 
Tomato Culture, 517; culture, pres¬ 
ent day, 692 ; jam, 805 
Ti matos, 140 ; at Reading, 26 ; grown 
in small boxes, 519 ; in pots, early, 
299; productive crops of, 326 ; 
ripening, 150 ; trimming the leaves 
of, 518 
Toogood & Sons’, Messrs., Seed 
Warehouses, 121; sub-irrigated pot, 
the, 345 
Tools, garden, 86 
Trade Sale, a horticultural, 42 
Transatlantic liners, 475, 533, 646, 
811 
Trapa, species of, 727 
Tree night in Philadelphia, 580 ; old¬ 
est in the world, 396 ; planting for 
healthiness, 388; and shrubs in 
flower, 603, 698; care of shade, 
453 ; hardy, tor home adornment, 
443 ; in Brussels, 84 ; memorial, 
331 ; notes on forest, 377 
Tricnonema Columnae in peril, 292 
Trinidad, gardening in, 810 
Trinity Road Nurseries, 139 
Tropaeolum Leichtlinii, 812 ; specio- 
sum, 38 
Tuberoses, double, 10 
Tulip Hector, 602 ; Mabel, 635 ; Mrs. 
Moon, 635; Pink Beauty, 602 ; 
Silver Standard, 25 
Tulipa Borszczowi, 602 ; kolpakows- 
kiana, 602 ; galatica, 635 
Tulips at Long Ditton,65o; diseased, 
775; from seed, how to raise 
florists’ show, 553 ; of the Old and 
New World, 8; seedling florists, 
645 ; some beautiful, 699 
T’ung oil in China, 684 
Turnip Carter’s Early Forcing, 602 ; 
fly, the, 628 
u 
United Horticultural Benefit and 
Provident Society, 102, 421, 453 ; 
annual general meeting, 476 
U.ility Poultry Club, Laying Compe¬ 
tition, 388. 405, 453 
V 
Vanda amesiana, 405 ; caerulea, 470 
Vanderbilt’s funeral, flowers at, 101 
Vegetable, a new, 276; and fruit 
crops, 742; canker, 430;- growing 
in a London garden, 523 
Vegetables, evaporated, 139 ; forced, 
330 ; the flavour of, 581 
Veitch, Mr. and Mrs. Harry J., 325 
Verbena New Mammoth, 439 
Vermin, to get rid of, 186 
Viburnum with hypertrophied 
branches, 519 
Victoria Day, 661 
Victoria regia, 393, 425 
Vine, a celebrated, 229; and other 
plants, new method of treating 
cryptogamic diseases of the, 286 ; 
at Auchmore, the famous Kinnell, 
659 ; leaves, diseased, 519, 631 : 
stocks, American resistant, 677; 
the winter treatment of the, 218 
Vines in Europe, American Grape, 
629 ; in the open air, 211, 310 ; pot, 
. as decorative plants, 390 
Vinery, a mealy bug, infested, 406 
Vintage, the Italian, 485 
Vineyards, amid the, 6 
Viola amoena at home, 564 
Violas from Hawick, 779 
Violet La France, 507 ; Mrs. J. J. 
Astor, 183 
Violets, 220, 501; for frames and pots, 
662 ; tree, 266 
w 
Wallflower, a sprig of, 518 ; in 
pots, double, 597 ; self-sown, 406 ; 
under glass, 390 
Walnuts in France, 7 
Ware, Ltd., Messrs. T. S., change of 
address, 500 
War fund, for the, 629 ; in aid of the, 
182 
Wash for hops and fruit trees, a new, 
212 
Water, cold v. warm, 309; in 
pleasure grounds, 326 
Watering. 422, 614; automatic plant, 
324 
Water Lilies at Edenside, 778; in 
arrangements, 300 ; possibility of 
naturalising Marliac’s hybrid, 259 
Weather in Scotland, 501 
Webb & Sods’ Barley Competition, 
148; Mr. Harcourt and Mr Frank 
Webb,373 ; Banquet to tbe,Messrs, 
71; Sweet Peas at Wolverhampton, 
