The Gardening World. J 
CONTENTS 
[August 31, 1901. 
VL 1 . 
835; Express, 835; Glory of Den¬ 
bigh, S35 ; Pioneer Earliest Kidney, 
27 ; Sharpe’s Victor, 27 ; Sir J. T. 
D. Llewellyn, 55 : Supreme, 55 
Potato crop, the Jersey, ( 58 ; crop ? 
what constitutes a good, 561; scab, 
prevention of, 600 
Potatos, lifting, 473; new, 260 : the 
best manures for, 198; trials of 
manure for, 747 
Pot-culture at Woburn, experimental. 
307 
Potentilla ambigua, 803 
Poterium speciosum, 555 
Pots, sizes of, 361 
Prehistoric, 684 
Presentations, at Dundonald, 567 ; at 
Nunhead and Dulwich, 432 ; Bax¬ 
ter, Mr. John, 212 ; Bennet, Mr., 
245 ; Midlothian gardener, 245 ; to 
Mr. John Machar, 700; V.M.H. 
Medals, 584 
Pretoria, my garden in, 316 
Primrose (bunch) Sultan, 607 ; Day, 
552 
Primroses and Violets, 150; &c., 
early, 388; virescent, 57 c 
Primula capitata, 814 ; floribunda 
grandiflora isabellina,346; kewensis, 
569 ; megaseaefolia, 510; obconica, 
Kenmore strain, 575 ; sinensis and 
its varieties, 439; stellata, 406; 
stellata and P. sinensis, 765 ; the 
old double white, 454 ; viscosa, Mrs. 
J. H. Wilson, 575 
Primulas, 293; Messrs. Laing and 
Sons’, 472 
Print trimming, 357 
Propagating by leaf cuttings, 69 : 
simple, 86 
Propagation, methods of, 526, 543, 
558 ; of herbaceous plants, 54 
Pseudo-fasciation of the Ash, 555 
Pseudotsuga Douglasii, 805 
Pteris cretica albo-lineata Alexandrae, 
411, 689 
Pruner and fruit gatherer, tree, 15 1 
Prunes, dried, 276 
Pruning, 541 ; loss of reserve matter 
in, 375 ; notes on, 278 : root, 229, 
278, 327, 342, 378 ; trees and shrubs, 
374 
Prunus persica as a decorative plaDt, 
454; sinensis fl. pi., 474 ; triloba 
flore pleno, 553 
Puddling Rose trees, 669 
Pyrethrums from Langport, 669 
Pyrus japonica, fruits of, 215 
Quassine for aphides on Roses, 616 
Quebec, Northern, 4 
Queen Alexandra, Her Gracious 
Majesty, 615 
QueeD, death of the, 345; wreaths in 
honour of the late, 373 
Queen's residences, disposal of the, 
437 
Queensland, fruit and flowers in, 830 
Quercus sessiliflora, 293 
Raffia fibre, 600 
Railway station gardens, 150 
Rain and dew, 607; firing cannon to 
produce, 341 ; saving the, 278 
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ltd., 245 
Ranunculus aconitifolius fl. pi., 605 
Raspberry buds attacked by cater¬ 
pillars, 671 
Raspberry-strawberry, the, 70 
Ratafia, 261 
Redbraes Nursery, Edinburgh, 231 
Refrigerating machine, a promising, 
73 i 
Register of Nurseries, a, 150, 373, 
520, 600, 828 
Reinwardtia trigyna, 473 
Rent for a farm, a record, 520 
Retinospora obtusa Cripsii, 781 
Retrospect, a, 55 
Rbodocbiton volubile, 701 
Rhododendron grande, 310; King 
Edward VII , 380 
Rhododendrons at Regent’s Park, 686 ; 
giant, 438 
Rhubarb, 260; and Seakale, 108; 
Australian, 375, 391 
River Tinto, Spain, 4 
Riviera and Italy for £10, 244 
Rivina humilis, 425 
Rock garden, the, 705, 721, 739, 749, 
803 
Rockeries, 261, 275 
Rockery bay, a, 669 
Rogers & Sons, Ltd.. Messrs. J. S., 
357 
Rogiera gratissima, 750 
Root competition, Webb & Sons’, 219 ; 
killing of fruit trees, 653; pruning, 
229, 278, 327, 342, 378, 505 
Rosa ctphiana, 324 ; mollis, 102 
rugosa (nybrida) Conrad Ferdinand 
Meyer, 674 ; sinica Anemone, 102 
Rose Bellefleur, 739 ; Carmine Pillar, 
53; Crimson Rambler, 85, 568 ; 
Eugenie Laroesch (Polyantha), 799 ; 
Flush of Dawn, new, 317; Gloire 
de Dijon, proliferous, 719; Lady 
Battersea, 155 ; Lady Roberts, Tea, 
707Leucbtstern, 638 ; Liberty,187 ; 
Mrs. B. R. Cant, gr, 737; (Poly¬ 
antha) Miniature, 733 ; Queen Alex¬ 
andra, 737 ; Reve d’Or, 737 ; Soliel 
d'Or, 638 ; Sunrise, 684 
Rose, a, as rent, 748; and the 
Oak, the, 52; a true Jacobite, 
754; canker in the Marechal 
Niel, 538 ; cuttings, 103 ; dis¬ 
play at Jackson Park, Chicago, 86 ; 
growing, 246; leaf discoloured, 671; 
Liberty, treatment of Tea, 284: 
manures, 212 ; show, some points of 
the National, 731; the, and St. 
George’s Day, 519 ; the Christmas, 
246 
Roses, 230, 601 ; at Brentwood, 748; 
for garden decoration, 259 ; from 
cuttings, 198 ; grafting, 406 ; hints 
on planting, 227; in pots or borders, 
manure for, 219 ; Marechal Niel, in 
America, 636; past and present, 
39 ; pruning of, 278 ; that might be 
improved, 795 
Rooks, exterminating, 684 
Royal appointments: Carter & Co., 
Messrs. J , 732 ; Cutbush & Son, 
Messrs. Wm., 780; Dickson, Mr. 
Hugh, 764 ; Hogg & Robertson, 
Messrs., 828 ; Jannoch, Mr.T., 748; 
Little & Ballantyne, Messrs., 828; 
Sutton & Sons, Messrs., 732 ; Veitch 
& Sons, Messrs. J., 828; Webb & 
Sons, Messrs. E., 764; Wood & 
Son, Ltd., Messrs. Wm., 748 
Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, 148, 
196, 292, 372, 403, 536, 552,716, 
(annual festival, 292, 583), (annual 
general meeting, 411) 
Royal Nurseries, Slough, 279; recog¬ 
nition, 372 
Rubber trees of tropical South 
America, 553 
Rubus arcticus, 835 
Rudbeckia speciosa, 214 
Rudbeckias, 726 
Ruellia macrantha, 657 
Russian experiments, 198 ; inspection 
at Eynsford, 277 ; note, a, 198 
Sagittaria japonica fl pi., 834 
Salads, 262, 604 
Salpiglossis, 92 
Salvia azurea grandiflora, 47 j ; Heerii, 
454 ; patens, 421 ; splendens grandi¬ 
flora, 151 ; 
Sand as a manurial dressing, 600 
Sap circulation in plant life, proof of, 
245 
Saponaria officinalis, 836 
Sarracenia Dormeri, 834 
Sarracenias, 658 
Savoy, Gilbert's Universal, 410 
Savoys, golden, 388 
Saxifraga, apiculata. 512 : burseriana, 
512; cernua, 669; oppositifolia 
pvrenaica maxima, 512 ; Sibthorpii, 
669 ; umbrosa serratifolia, 694. 
Scale, a good wash for, 246 ; pest in 
Califoroia, 150 
Schinus Molle, 571, 671 
Schizanthus retusus albus, 458; wise- 
tonensis, 844 
Schizostylis coccinea, 459 
Schomburgkia thomsonianum, 739 
School farms abroad, 653 ; of Handi¬ 
crafts, Chertsey, 41, 764 
Scilla autumnalis, 68 
Scolopendrium vulgare sagittatc- 
cristatum, 739; vulgare Stansfieldi, 
155 
Scotch gardener asM.P., 244 
Scottish florists and gardeners in 
America, 150; Mushroom Com¬ 
pany, Ltd., 357 
Scutellaria hirta, 804 : indicajaponica, 
677 
Seakale, 229 ; and Rhubarb, 199 ; de¬ 
fective, 295 
Season, prolonging the blooming, 91 
Seasonable hints, 349 ; notes, 267 
Seaweed is valuable, 4 
Sedum kamtschaticum variegatum,707 
Seed mixtures for hay and pasture, 
C53 ; table, 490 : vessels, 247 
Seeds, ordering, 262; the force of 
swelling, 732 
Seedsman returned to Parliament, 85 
Sempervivums, 292 
Senecio Petasites, 301 : vulgaris X 
S. squalidus, 295 
Sequoia gigantea, 805 
Sex, ousting the sterner, 668 
Seychelle Islands, 420 
Seychelles, botanic g arden for the, 420 
Sherwood’s daughter, wedding of Mr. 
N. N., 132 
Shrub, a beautiful flowering, 37 : 
planting for effect, 301 
Shrubs for forcing, 285 . for sandy 
soils, 707 ; in winter, the protection 
of choice, 214 
Silene quadridentata, 669 
Singapore, 276 
Size versus flavour, 254 
Smilax (Medeola asparagoiaes), 135 
Smokers, 213 
Snags on fruit trees and their cause of 
disease, 703 
Sneeze Wood, 653 
Snowdrops, i8t; diseased, 428, 507 
Snow in North Perthshire, 197 
Sobralia Ruckeri, 607 
Societies; 
Abbey Park, Leicester, Flower Show, 
452 ; Bath and West and Southern 
Counties, 645 ; Beckenham Horti¬ 
cultural, 773 ; Bootle Show, 773 ; 
Border Counties Chrysanthemum, 
325 : Boston aDd District Dahlia 
and Chrysanthemum, 77 ; Bradford 
Horticultural, 567 : Brentwood Hor¬ 
ticultural, 756 ; British Pterido- 
logical, 819; Chesterfield and Dis¬ 
trict Chrysanthemum, 568 ; Corn¬ 
wall Daffodil Show, 569, 592 ; 
Devon and Exeter, 806 ; Durham, 
Northumberland, and Newcastle 
Horticultural, 652, 786 ; Dutch 
Horticultural and Botanical, 504, 
568,653; East Aoglian Horticult¬ 
ural Club, 341 ; English Arbori- 
cultural Society, 419; Exmouth, 
837 ; Falkirk Horticultural, 29 ; 
Formby Horticultural, 756 ; Gate- 
acre Show, 821 ; Glasgow Inter¬ 
national Exhibition, 452, 849 ; Grand 
Yorkshire Gala, 342, 651, 692 ; 
Grassendale Horticultural, 496 ; 
Haarlem Bulb-culture Society, 340 . 
Hanley Horticultural, 505, 755 ; 
Harpford and Ven Ottery, 820 ; 
Harrow and Roxeth, 93 ; Horsham 
Horticultural, 796, 848 ; Ipswich 
Horticultural, 293 ; Ipswich spring 
flower show, 545 ; Ladywell, Lewi - 
ham and District Cottagers’ Horti¬ 
cultural, 149 ; Leatherhead Horti¬ 
cultural, 787; Leicester Floral Fete, 
820 ; Liverpool Horticultural Asso¬ 
ciation, 512; Lynn Horticultural, 
60; Midland Auricula, 592; Mid¬ 
land Daffodil and Auricula, 576 ; 
Midland Daffodil, 592 ; National 
Auricula and Primula (southern 
section), 452, 536, 561 ; National 
Carnation and Picotee (southern 
section), 452, 732, 773; National 
Chrysanthemum Society, icg, 171, 
188, 260, 356, 536, (annual dinner, 
236), (annual general meeting, 381), 
(annual outing, 685), (dates of exhi¬ 
bitions in 1901. 68) ; National Co¬ 
operative Association, 701 ; National 
Dahlia, 44, 59, 245, 261, 292. 828 ; 
National rose J45, 252, 388, 636 (at 
Richmond, 636), National Rose, 684, 
724, (southern section), 751, 739 
(metropolitan) ; National Sweet Pea, 
437 . 45 2 . 453 . 472 . 4 8 9 . 537 , 600, 779, 
788 ; Netherlands Horticultural and 
Botanical, 453 : Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, 326 ; Newport Horticultural, 
805 ; Newton-Stewart Floral Fete, 
29 ; Notts Horticultural aud Bot¬ 
anical, 437; One and All Flower 
Show, 837 ; Prescot show, 773 ; 
Professional Gardeners’ Friendly 
Benefit Society, 404; Richmond 
Horticultural, 453, 552, 723 ; Royal 
Botanic, 576, 615, 616; Royal 
Botanical and Horticultural, of 
Manchester, 340, 560, 645, 757 ; 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural, 44, 
60, 527, 796; Royal Counties Show, 
668 ; Royal Horticultural, 13, 29, 
60, 72, Supt. 1., 77, 93, 108, 116, 
140, 173, 189, 219, 237, 269, 309, 
333 . 365. 396 , 412, 429, 472, 4S3, 
496, 528, 536, 561, 567, 593, 66r, 
.693, 725, 757, 789, 821,849 (British 
grown fruit at the Crystal Palace, 
472, 796), (dates of meetings, 181), 
(examination in horticulture, 1S1), 
(general meetings. 397, 520, 536), 
(Temple Show, 584, 600, 615, 623, 
642) ; Royal Horticultural, of Ire¬ 
land, 20, 68, 148, 277, 372, 560 ; 
Royal National Tulip Society, 600; 
Scottish Arboricultural, 812, 815 ; 
Scottish Horticultural Association, 
756; Seapoint Horticultural, 250 ; 
Shiplake Cottage Garden, 213 : 
Shropshire Horticultural, 4,11,486 ; 
Society for the Protection of Birds, 
437 ; Southern Counties Carnation. 
504, 787 ; St. Ardrew’s Horticul¬ 
tural Association, 733 ; Stirling 
Horticultural, 21, 33; Swedish 
Agricultural Society, 652 ; Syndical 
Chamber of Belgian Horticulturists, 
116, 197, 244, 405, 521, 733 ; Tor¬ 
quay District Garaeners’ Associa¬ 
tion, 496 ; West Derby Show, 820 : 
West Mainland (Orkney) flower 
show, 36 ; Wimbledon Horticul¬ 
tural, 756; Windsor Rose show, 
724 ; Woolton Chrysanthemum, 356 
Soil, baking or steamiog of, 653 
Soils for plants, manipulating, 311, 
33 i 
Solanums, 310 
Soot as a manure, 590 
Sophrocattleya George Hardy Tyntes- 
field var., 707 
Sophrolaelia Eros, 155 
Sophronitis grandiflora, 362 ; rossi- 
teriana, 444 
South Africa, notes from, 26 
South African Agriculture, 568; seed 
imports, 357 
Sparrow-hawk’s speed, 732 
Sparrows, 601 
Spawn, making of, 362 
Spider, the red, 156 
Spiraea Aruncus, 829; astilboides 
Silver Sheath, 739 ; prunifolia fl. pi., 
601 
Spiraeas, shrubby, 69 
Spraying, dangers of, 844 ; mixtures, 
the value of, 276 ; the efficacy of, 197 
Spring flower gardening, 444 ; flowers 
awaking at last, 503 ; Grove House, 
Isleworth, 802 
Squill, the autumn, 68 
Starworts, 199 
Statice lychnidifolia, 231; profusa, 
379 
Sternbergia colchiciflora (macrantha 
91 
St. George’s Day, the Rose and, 519 
St. Helena, the island of, 668 
St. Petersburg, British exhibition in, 
568 
Stock, East Lothian, Snowdrift, 460 
Stocks, East Lothian, 343, 586 
Stoking, 183 
Strawberry Givon’s Late Prolific, 
739 1 Queen Alexandra, 766 ; St. 
Antoine de Padoux, 28 ; The Laxton, 
707; The Monarch, 29, Veitch’s 
Prolific, 70 
Strawberry fruit protection, 342; 
growing in the Philippines, 199; 
notes, 833 ; support, a, 426 
Strawberries at Goomalling, 537 ; in 
barrels, growing, 134; layering, 
670; new and old, 699, 716 (cor¬ 
rection) ; out of door, 813 
Streatham Hall, 76 
Streets, beautifying the, 833 
Streptocarpi, new strains of, 74 
Strepfocarpus, 167 ; multiflora strain 
of, 315; Veitch’s hybrids, 343; 
Veitch’s new hybrids, 458 
Sumach, beware of the Poison-tree, 
747 
Sunflower, Miniature Golden Star, 
47 8 
Surrey garden, favourite flowers in a, 
35, 51 
Sutton, French honour to Mr. M. J., 
845 
Sutton's Angling Association, 314; 
Farmers’ Year Book, 388 
Synonyms wanted, 389 
Syrian Mallow, the, 525 
Swaiosonia McCullockii, 637 
Swainsonias, 677 
Swanley, a visit to, 26, 42; Horti¬ 
cultural College, the, 537 
Sweet Briers, Penzance, 229 
Sweet Pea Blanche Burpee, 7S6 ; 
Jeanie GordoD, 781; Countess 
Spencer, 781, 813 
Sweet Pea, a six flowered, 833 ; cross¬ 
ing an annual with a perennial, 260 ; 
culture, practical, 118; novelties 
for 1901, 8oi; screen, a, 835 : the 
properties of the, 817 
Sweet Peas, 390, 454, 53S 
Sweet Peas, abridged list of, 20 ; Peas, 
a fine exhibit of, 781; Peas at 
Feering, KelvedoD, 763 ; Peas, bold 
method of showing, 7S5 
Sweet William, Cannell's Perfection, 
463 ; Carter’s Holborn Glory, 565 
Table decoration, 766 
Tacsonia militaris, 218 
Tales for the young, 422 
Tamarix kashgarica, 91 
