The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS, 
[August 31, igoi. 
V. 
Fitctaia, 231 
Flax, 276 
Floods in the Midlands, 292 
“Flora BritaDnica, Hill's,” 343; of 
Vavau, 343 
Floral decorations at St. James’ Hall, 
568; demonstration, 378; designs, 
some pretty, 157 
Floriculture, South African, 83^ 
Florist’s Exchange, the, 36 
Flotsam and jetsam, 54 
Flower Baskets, 811 ; garden, arrange¬ 
ment in the, 638 ; garden, colour 
in the, 691 ; garden notes, 702; 
garden, work in the, 813; shows, 
notes on recent, 58 
Flowering hardy plants, late, 330 
Flowers and fruits, 796 ; artificial, in 
churchyards, 668; cut, 69 ; double, 
the production of, 491; favourite, 
in a Surrey garden, 35, 51; from 
the Scillv Isles, 552; in rooms, 
684 ; in the far nortn, 4T0 ; peculiar 
habits of, 569; popular, ancient and 
modern, 451 ; September, 74 ; 
spring, awaking at last, 53; that 
bloom in spring, the, 3 ; the mark¬ 
ings on, 830 ; the past century of, - 
327 ; the use of, 86 
Foliage, autumn, 151; effects, 439 
Food of'plants, the, 85 
Forcing Hyacinths for market, 133 
Forest Hill, plants and flowers in 
season at, 675 
Forestry in Germany,3830 Sweden,685 
Forget-me-Nots, popular, 441 
Fountains, fragrant, 668 
Foxglove, compound flower on, 343,; 
spotted, 460 
Fragrant trees and plants, on, 265, 
281, 299 
Freesia Leichtlinii major, 9 
Freesias, 244, 261, 277, 292, 749, 830; 
as vase plants, 340 ; pink, 8ox 
French Beans at Christmas, 42 
Fringe tree of Japan, 541 
Fruit, American, 748; and flowers 
in Queensland, 830 ; and pheasants 
gratuitously, 341 ; and vegetable 
products from other lands, 494, 511, 
521 ; as a remedy for gout, 653; 
at the Crystal Palace, British 
grown, 72 Supt. i., 83, 93; Com¬ 
mittee, R.H.S.,. resolution by the, 
559 ; crop, the, 122 ; cultivation in 
the Caucasus, 5gr; do soils affect 
he flavour in ? 442 ; falling, wind 
and, 187; from Tasmania, 636; 
from the West Indies, 557; garden, 
rhe, 21 ; gathering and storing, 103 ; 
glut, soft, 668; growing in Queens¬ 
land, 90; growing in Siberia, 340 ; 
harvest, the plenteous, 1x6 ; mer¬ 
chants at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 600; 
new, The Mabdi, 245; of the 
hour, the, 843; prospects, 702 ; 
prospects in Cheshire, 668 ; 
prospects, Irish, 685 ; prospects in 
West Lothian, 685 ; storing, 37 ; 
show. Crystal Palace, 7324 show, 
jottings at the great, 83 ; the fatal 
bloom on, 584 ; trade, tbe Christ¬ 
mas, 316; transport and the S.E. 
Railway, 748; tree stocks, 363 ; 
trees and their cause of disease, 
snags on, 703 ; trees, dressing hardy 
fruit, 362 ; trees on the table, 568; 
trees, pedigreed, 293 
Fruits, and where imported from, 
228; conference on small, 819; 
drying, 525; food value of, 349; 
in England, Canad : an, 123 ; in 
Queensland, 653 ; in season, 843 ; 
Paraguayan, 453 , prospects of 
dried, 843 
Fruiterers at the Mansion House, 133 
Fruitful year, two aspects cf a, 211 
Fuchsias, 490 
Fumigating with XL All, 716 
Funeral designs, 653 
Fungi, a collection of tbe larger, 188 
Fungi, redescriptions of Berkley’s 
types, 652 
Fungus on wood, 671 
Funkias, 782 
Gaillardias, 554 
Galanthus species, 428 
Galt, fresh appointment for Mr. 
Alexander S., 780 
Galveston, the florists of, 148 
Garden and its worth, the, 148; a 
Russian, 29 ; a suburban, 121 ; 
crops in West Lothian, 685 ; 
favourite flowers in a Surrey, 35, 
51 ; in school, a, 539 ; the alpine, 411 
Gardens and gardeners of London, 
anc ent, 445; flower, 797; natural 
and artificial rock 275; Persian, go; 
school, 69; small kiichen, 230 
Gardener as parish councillor, 504 ; 
the casual, 812 
Gardeners, apprentice, 764, 782, 814 ; 
Don’ts, 463 ; education, 636 ; gentle¬ 
men, 517 1 grievances, 151, 326, 348, 
363. 379 . 394 . 4 I0 > 477 . 493 i pet¬ 
ticoats, 150; lady, in Brittany, 537 ; 
of the old style, 183; taxable, 133; 
to young, 21 ; wages, 474 ; wages tn 
America, 150 ; women as, 228 ; 
young, 443 " 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institu¬ 
tion, 149, 213, 260, 292, 324, 347, 
489, 520, 584, 732 ; annual dinner, 
260, 638; annual friendly supper, 
347, 359 ; Berkshire, Reading and 
District Auxiliary, 443 
Gardenias, 314, 406, 472, 473 
Gardening a science ? is, 591, 608,660, 
676 ; craft, the, 374 ; spring flower, 
444 ; the art of, 278 
Geonoma gracilis, 813 
Germs, 828 
Ghent Horticultural Show, 309 
Gladioli, Kelway’s large flowering, 
457 ; from Langport, 845 
Gladiolus Althea, 55; Colvillii The 
Bride. 10, 374; delicata, 35; Due 
d’Abruzzi, 835 ; Jules Toussaint, 28 ; 
Lumineux, 835 ; Mrs. Wood, 27 ; 
OceaD, 28 ; Sir Evelyn Wood, 28 
Glasgow Botanic Gardens Manage¬ 
ment, 420; International Exhibition, 
• 584, 684, 849; notes from, 675; 
sbows^ 292 
Glastonbury Thom, the, 310 
Glendoune, Girvan, plants in flower 
at, 329 
Glonosa lutea, 707 - 
Gloucester fruit market, 4 
Gloxinias, 327, 406, 411. 602, 639; 
Messrs. Peed’s, 669 ; Sutton’s 
Spotted, 799 
Glyceria aquatica foliis variegatis, 28 
Godetia Webbs’ New Bridegroom, 478 
Gold Medal to Mr. J. PI. Cumming, 
20 
Gcngora nigrita, 123 
Gooseberry Cobtaam, 799,844; diseases 
of the, 243 ; Howard’s Lancer, 835 
G/afting Roses, 406 ; wax, 466 
Grape Prince of Wales, 91 
Grape growing in Australia, 568 ; 
must, preservation of unfermented, 
150; thinning, 505 
Grapes at Larbert House,67 ; becoming 
tendrils, peduncles of, 555 ; the scald- 
of, 833, 845; through the winter, 
keeping, 279 
Granton Road Nursery, Edinburgh, 
330 
Grantully Castle, 200 
Grasses, ornamental, 637 
Grasswrack from Kwen Lun Moun¬ 
tains, 263 
Greece, famine in, 103 
Greenhouse in November, a, 151 
Green, the wearing o’ the, 473 
Greenwich Park, fauna and flora of, 737 
Grevillea robusta, 538, 602 
Gulvin, Miss A. M., 324 
Gunoera manicata, 124 ** 
Gypsophila elegans, 717 ; paniculata 
flore pleno, 798, 836 ; repens mon- 
strosa, 28 
Haarlem Bulb-culture Society, 340 
Haemanthns fascinator, 5x0; mirabi- 
lis, 510; Queen Alexandra, 510 
Plailsiorm Insurance Corporation, 
Ltd., 543 
Hailstorm, terrific, at Hawick aDd 
district, 812, 844 
Hailstorms in France, 668 
Hall for horticulture, 575 ; of horticul¬ 
ture at Boston, 668, 812 
Halophila stipulacea, 263 
Hamilton, notes frofn, 591, 6x6, 636, 
654 
Hartstongue, abnormal forms, 767 
Harvest in Ireland, 37 ; thanksgiving 
by Dean Hole, 85 
Harvesting at Deerness, Orkney, 20 
Heather, white, 250 
Heaths, 654 
Heating and ventilating glasshouses, 
252 
Hedge, a wonderful, 804 ; clippings, 
liability for damage caused by, 277 
Hedychium, 422 
Heliamphora nutans, 295 
Heliaitbus H G. Moon, gi ; supposed 
hybrid, 820 
Heliotrope, a large, 506; Dr. Jeelin,55 
Heliotropes, 557 ; large, 585 
Helxine Soleirolii, 571 
Hemlock the deadly, 812 
Hepatica triloba alba, 571 
Herbaceous border, the, 753 
Herbaceous borders, 183; plants, late 
flowering, 466; plants, propagation 
of, 54 
Herbaria, tbe national, 748 
Herbarium labels, 594 
Heredity, recent discoveries in, 677 ■ 
Heuchera micrantba, 739 ; sanguinea, 
687 
Hibiscus syriacus, 525 
Himalayan house at Kew, 291 
Hints, refreshing, 637 ; seasonable, 
26, 43 
Plippeastrum, Averunicus, 544; Clo- 
velly, 510 ; Lois, 637 ; Lord Boring- 
don, 5C0; Marathon, 544; Rialto, 
544 
Hippeastrums, the Westonbirt, 452 
Hippophae ramnoides, 570 
Histology of plants, 436 
Ploliday resort, a quiet, 652 
Holly and Mistleto, 276 
Hollies, 332 
Homewood, Chislehurst, 769 
Honey production in Queensland, 68 
Honour to the brave, 733 
Horse Chestnut in Scotland, largest, 
520; Radish, 749 
Horticultural Club, th'e, 780 ; College, 
Swanley, prize day at the, 764; 
school for Hampshire, 68 
Horticulture, from an educational 
standpoint, 228 
Howe, Mr. W., 182 
Hoya carnosa as a wall plant, 86 
Hoya imperialis, 8x4 
Humea elegans, 782 
Hurst & Son’s Clover and Grass 
Seed Circular, 317; Cricket Club, 
16S ; Musical Society, 68, 229, 245, 
458 569, 600 
Hyacinths for market, forcing, 133 
Hybridising, the general principles 
of, 332 
Hybrids, 356 ; compound, 570 
Hydrangea, 750 ; hortensis, large, 
197 
Hydrangeas, 55, 490 ; culture of, 474 
Hygrometer, a cheap, 675 
Hylobius Abietis, 805 
Hymenocallis sulphurea, 639 
Hypericophyllum, 829 
Hypericums, 797 
Iberis umbellata, Rose Cardinal, 766 
Icehouse filling, 183 
Iceland ? what could a gardener do in, 
339 
Impafiens fulva, 74 
Improvements, 118 
Incandescent light on Carnation cul¬ 
ture, influence of, 600 
Insecticide sprayer, 182 
Insectivorous plants, 494 
Invention, new, 315, 426 
Ipomoea Horsfalliae Briggsae, 332 
Iris, a handsome, 244; leaves, dis¬ 
eased, 831; winter blooming, 327 
Iris persica, 157; tubergeniana, 445, 
512; Vartani, 57; willmottiana, 575 
Irises, 655; bulbous, 376; winter 
flowering, 379 ; English, 6 ; Spanish, 
22 
Irish garden and its surroundings, an, 
58 ; honours, 829 
Ironwood tree, the, 92 
Irritability of Arctotis, 732 
Ixias, 677 ; in the open air, 43 
Jackson Park, Chicago, Rose display 
at, 86 
Japanese Acers, 552 ; Cherries, semi¬ 
double 509 ; dwarf trees, 585, 637 
Jasminum nudiflorum, 326, 438 
Jekyll’s, Miss, favourite colour in 
Cinerarias, 421 
Jewish wines and fruit trees at Paris, 4 
Journeymen, 3x0, 331, 343, 358, 362, 
374 . 390, 406, 423 
Kalanchoe flammea, 717 ; marmor ata, 
295 
Kennedya audomariensis, 422 
Kew, a fox in the Royal Gardens, 244; 
fourth annual social evening of the 
gardeners in the Royal Gardens, 325 
Kew Gardens, 404 ; visitors to, 
636; high cultivation at, 636 ; 
loyalty at, 357 : notes, 315 ; Rhodo¬ 
dendrons at, 659 ; spring flowers at, 
574; the greenhouse at, 74; the 
herbaceous borders at, 39 ; the 
Himalayan House at, 291 ; the 
■ lawns at, 341 ; the Palm house, 602 
Kew Guild, annual general meeting, 
421: dinner, 616; Journal of the, 
323 
Kitchen garden calendar, 6 , 33, 71,103, 
135, 167. 199, 231, 263, 343, 375 
Kleinia Galpmi, 804 ; pendula, 295 
Koipbofia Leichtlini aurea, 123.; 
Triumph, 123 
Laboratory in tbe Old Deer Park, 
Proposed National Physical, 341 
Lace, history of hand-made, 764 
Lacbenalia Kathleen Paul, 510 ; 
Phyllis Paul, 5:0 
Lady Warwick Agricultural Associa¬ 
tion for Women, 84, 117, 310, 716, 
796 
Laelia anceps Simondsi, 346 ; elegans 
J.Davis, 28; jongheana Ashworthiae, 
544 ; jongheana Kromeri, 510, 521 ; 
Mrs. M. Gratrix grandis, 283 ; 
praestans gloriosa, 187 : pumila 
Bush Hill var., 123 
Laeliocattleya Alberti, 294 ; Birk- 
beck, Mrs., 218 ; Cassiope major, 
283 ; Cybele, 575 ; digbyaoo-Men- 
delii, 606; Edgar Wigan, 637 ; 
Hermione, 27 ; gottoiana Mrs. 
Douglas, 2x8 ; Invernia, 637; lucas- 
iana, 283 ; Mrs. Gratrix Tring 
Park var., 606; Vacuna, 478 ; 
warnhamensis, 444 
Laing & Son, Messrs., at the Crystal 
Palace, 84 
Laing, Mr. John Alexander, 166 
Langlee, Galashiels, 75 
Lapagerias, 278 
Larbert House, Grapes at, 67, 267 
Larceny, 668 
Larches, 694 
Lastrea goldieana, 2x9 
Lathyrus grandiflorus, 701 
Lavatera arborea variegata, 479 
Lavender failing, 783 
Law Notes: An M.P. and his Or¬ 
chids. 716, 732; James Beisant v. 
Caledonian Railway Co., 796 
Lawn weeds, 685 
Layia elegans, 464 
Leaves, self protecting, 537 
Leea amabilis splendens, 53 
Leeks, 616 
Legal Notes, 254, 270, 286, 277, 333, 
405 
Leicester Parks, 835 
Lenten Roses, 506 
Lentil rissoles, 380 
Lettuce, Ballone Cos, 59 ; growing, 
wholesale, 668 
Leucocrinum monfanum, 637 
Leucodendron, germination of, 247 
Lswisia Tweediei, 674 
Libel, case of, 616 
Libonia iorlbunda, 346 
Library, a horticultural, 197; the 
gardeners’, 294 
Light, too much, 568 
Lightning on trees, effect of, 552 
Lilium Browni, 21 ; Burbankii, 766, 
769, 780 ; Coridion, 766, 769, 780 ; 
giganteum at Greenwich Park, 764 ; 
Harrisii, 749; Henryi, 753; Era- 
meri, 27 
Liliums, 73 
Lily, a faseiated, 751; Conference, 
the, at Chiswick, 771 ; show and 
conference, 732 ; the Arum, 7x7 ; 
the Good Luck, 285; white, dis¬ 
eased, 767 
Lilies of the Nile, 655 ; (seedling) 
growing underground, 639 
Lime, 783 
Liming stone fruit, 494 
Lindenbergia grandiflora, 295 
Linnean correspondence, 407; Society 
and the King, 652; Society Gold 
Medal, 653 
Linum trigynnm, 37 
Liparis tricallosa, 479 
Lister's Prolific Tomato, 833 
Litchi on coster’s barrows, 443 
Lithospermum canescens, 637 
Liverpool Botanic Gardens, 536; 
Root Show, 140 
Loasa lateritia, 53 
Lobelia cardinalis, 570 
Lobelia, poisonous, 380 
Lobeliaceae and Compositae, 836 
Loudon Parks ; Battersea Park, 108 ; 
Hyde Park, 91; Regent's Park, 138; 
Victoria Park, 76 
Long Ditton, Daffodils at, 573 ; hardy 
flowers at, 676 
Lonicera hildebrandiana, 834 
Lotus blooms, keeping cut, 669 
Loudon, John Claudius, 471, 487, 526, 
54 1 . 55 8 . 59 ^. 608, 690, 708 
Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley, 139, 314 
Lumley's, Ltd., 356 
Lycaste lassioglossum, 346 ; Skinneri 
alba, 441 
Lycoris squamigera, 831 
Macaroni a la Bechamel, 332 
Machar, Mr. J., 325 
Maclura aurantiaca, 295 
Macros'.omia echioides, 835 
Manures, arificial, 733 ; xxbaust 
soil 3 do artificial, 387 ; for PLtatos, 
