The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS 
[December 26, 1903' V, 
Hampton Court Gardens, 738 
Hanbury, Sir Thomas, at Chis¬ 
wick, 843 
Hartstongue, a fine, 206, 262 
Hawthorns in America, 217 
Hardiness in plants, conditions 
of, 297 
Hay fever and its remedy, 668 
Heather, white, 903 
Heaths ana Gentians, 754; from 
Sussex, 750; hardy, 733, 790 
Helenium autumnale primulum 
magnificum, 889 
Helianthus cucumerifolius albus 
fl. pi., 22 
Heliophila scandens, 948 
Hepaticas, 19 
Heracleum villosum, 47 
Herbaceous border, the, 448, 
486, 554, 642, 700, 865, 1011; 
borders, the arrangement of, 
976; plants, a plea for, 596 ; 
plants, hardy, 411 
Heuchera hybrida Rosaanundi, 
538 
Hidalgoa Wercklei, 792 
Highbury, Orchids at, 383 
Hippeastrum Apple Blossom, 
349 ; Black Prince, 347 ; Julius, 
487; Reginae, 368 
Hippophae rhamnoides, 370 
Hoeing, the value of, 561 
Holyrood Palace Gardens, 522 
Hollyhock, the, 170 
Home-coming festivities, 902 
Horse Chestnut, double-flowered, 
525 
Horticultural progress; 341 
Hose branch-pipe, two-way, 281; 
the dermatine, 521 
Houstonia caerulea, 539, 867 
Humea elegans, 369; culture of, 
596 
Hunter, retirement of, 111, 129 
Hyacinth Albert Edward, 768; 
the, 817 
Hyacinths, 765; in Hyde Park, 
769 
Hyacinthus azureus, 189 ; azureus 
robustus, 409 
Hvbrid at Kew Gardens, curious, 
604 
Hybridising, 51 
Hyde Park, bedding in, 899 : new 
glasshouses for, 1000 
Hydrangea hortensis rosea, 555 ; 
paniculata grandiflora, 1057 
Hydrocyanic acid gas, 1034 
Hypericum aureum, 928 ; poly- 
phyllum, 603 
Ilex eomuta, 73 
Incarvillea grandiflora, 295 
International Horticultural ex¬ 
hibition at Edinburgh, 807 
Insecticide and Lapageria leaves, 
629 ; bitter oil, 176 
Insecticides and fungicides in 
■agriculture, 631; two useful. 
329 
Insectivorous plants, 450; nlant■; 
and their peculiarities, 617 
Insects, Apple trees and, 734 
Iris alata, 185; aurea, 847; 
bucharica, 339 ; persica x I. p. 
purpurea, 205; spuria folds 
variegatis, 382; Tauri, 119 : 
unguicularis alba, 87; ungui- 
cularis sneciosa, 160; warley- 
ensis, 316 
Irises, bulbous, 87, 785; in bloom, 
*3, 51 
Irish Gardeners’ Association, 686 
Ttea ilicifolia, 779 
Iw grafted on Aralia Silboldi, 
654 
Jacks. 350 
Jacobinia coccinea, 1028 
Japanese pigmy tree, Supt. April 
25 th 
Jasminum nitidum, 409 : nudi- 
florum. early flowering of, 959 ; 
primulinum, 254 
Judging, alteration in rules for, 
195 ; at flower shows, 312 
Junofloris, 242 
Kalanchoe felthamensis, 425, 605 ; 
kewensis, 538 
Kahinchoes, 495 
Kalmias and Rhododendrons at 
Regent’s Park, 619 
Kew, addition to the Herbarium, 
503 ; an Amazon, 480 ; Guild, 
the 479 ; plant-lists and guides, 
196 ; the dripping well a.t, Supt. 
June 13th ; the dripping well at, 
513; the new bridge at, 522; 
the temperate house at, 380 
Kinnell, Auohmore, 891 
Kitchen garden, November work 
in the, 930 
Kniphofia longicollis, 113, 120 
Kola tree, the, 668 
Krakatoa, 361 
Labels, a machine for making, 
723 ; for hardy plants, 96 
Laburnums and Wistarias, 345 
Lac and lac-yielding plants, 913 
Lachenalia, 254 
Lady Fern, the, 203, 293 
Laelia glauca from Femeyside, 
263; Iona Southgate var., 774 
Laeliocattleya: Bletchleyensis 
Illuminator, 656 ; bletchleyensis 
Ruby King, 966; canhamiana 
Rex, 488 ; oassiope Westonbirt 
var., 1013; Dora magnifica, 
382 ; Fascinator splendens, 488 ; 
gottoiana regalis, 933; harold- 
iana John Bradshaw, 933 ;Mar- 
t-ineti Frambeau, 577 ; Martinet! 
ochracea, 577; Norba superba, 
896 ; wellsiana magnifica, 188, 
189 ; Wrigleyi, 966 
Laird, Mr. David Pringle, silver 
wedding, 859 
Larch, diseased, 560 
Lathyrus latifolius albus prandi- 
florus, 652; maritimus, 212 
Lavender, sweet, 735 
Layering, 753 
Leamington’s Gardens, 1064 
Leaves, transition of opposite and 
alternate, 539 
Lemon-grass cultivation, 875 
Lespedeza Sieboldi, 920 
Letter, a, delivered by proxy, 102 
Lettuce (cabbage)Lord Kitchener, 
866 
Liebig, investigations and discov¬ 
eries of, 671 
Lilacs for forcing, 160 
Lilies, 765 
Lilium auratum platyphyllum 
Shirley var., 577, 834;Brownii, 
655 ; canadense flavum, 923 ; 
elegans, and varieties, 657; 
elegans Peter Barr, 656 ; elegans 
venustum macranthum. 758; 
giganteum, 598, 628; Hansoni, 
773; Henryi, 923; Jankae, 
605 ; japonicum, 773 ; Kellogii, 
577; Leichtlinii, 907; Lowii, 
772; pomponium, 675;pvrenai- 
cum, 791; rubellum, 847; 
speciosum magnificum, 866; 
superbum, 773; tigrinum, 
splendens, 907 
Lilium candidum and Botrytis 
cinerea, 132a 
Lilv of the Valiev. poisonous, 
331; poisonous, the White, 981 
Lime, its value to land and crops, 
171 
Limnanthemum nymphaeoides, 
409 
Linnean Society, Gold Medal of 
the, 522 
T i tehee, 1063 
Lithospermum rosmarinifolium, 
409 
Lobelias, propagation of bedaing, 
107 
Loganberry, the, 656 
London squares in dan^r. 961 
Luxury, an amateur’s, 818 
Lysichitum camtschatcense, 409 
MacGregor, Mr. James, 936 
Magnolia Campbelli, 254 ; stellata, 
15 
Magnolias, spring flowering, 406 
Maidenhair tree in America, 920 ; 
■the, 981 
Maize androgynous, 62 
Malmaison culture, points in, 
595 
Mangoes, Bombay, 923 
Marigold, diseased, 560 
Mangosteen, first flowering of the, 
180 
Map, the largest, 678 
Maranta insignis, 867 
Marguerite Coronation, 617 
Marigold, striped French, 274 
Marrow, big, 880 
Masdevall ia ■veitehiano-wagneri- 
ana, 347 ; xipheres, 347 
May-apple jelly, 725 
Mayflower, the American, 14 
Meconopsis cambrica, 560 
Melocactus communis, 44 
Melon, a fine, 723 ; Barnes’ Fiscal 
Problem, 896; culture, 70; 
death after eating, 744; Pre¬ 
sident Loubet, 656 
Mendel’s law as applied to 
Orchids, 209 ; principle applied 
to Calanthe, 288a,, 340 
Methven and Sons, Royal War¬ 
rant for, 667 
Metropolitan Public Gardens 
Association, 150, 243, 327, 506, 
958, 1035 
Mice aud Peas, 391 
Midland Reafforesting Associa¬ 
tion, 941 
Mignonette in pots, 643 
Millipedes, plants attacked by, 
560 
Miltonia. vexillaria at Freeland, 
423 
Mistleto being destroyed in Nor¬ 
mandy, 217 
Monstera delieiosa, 127 
Morris, K.C.M.G., Sir Daniel, 
612a 
Mosquito plant in India, 961; 
the, 397, 628, 631, 689 
Moths, light and injurious, 631 
Motor Lawn mower, 279 
Motors and agriculture, 784b 
Mower, chain-tennis pony lawn, 
280 
Mowers, Ransome’s lawn, 281 
Mowing machine, 280 
Muscats, setting, 391 
Mushrooms, earlv, 416; giant, 
919, 979 
Mushrooms and brick wall, 434 ; 
and toadstools, 765; poisoned 
by. 784b 
Myriapods, to destroy, 184 
Myrtus Luma, 895 
Narcissus, 765 ; Astradente, 425 ; 
Adour. 382; Barr, Mrs. George, 
382, 411; Barr, Peter, 381; 
Ba.rrii conspicuus ; bicolor Mrs. 
J. B. M. Camm, 275 ; Branston, 
411; Carver, Caroline, 425; 
Casti'e. 382; Cleopatra, 381, 
411 ; Cory don, 381 ; Cvgnet, 
382; Digbv. Rev. Charles, 
381; Disk, Red, 347 ; Ducat, 
381; Englehearti Broadwing, 
382; Englehearti Hvacinth, 
382; Ensign, White, 382; Fal¬ 
mouth, Viscountess, 347 ; Fire¬ 
light, 295: Francisca. 38l ; 
Guard, Body, 347; Image, 
Janet, 295; incomparabilis 
Princess Mary, 770 ■ Jobnstoni, 
King of Spain. 339; King’s 
Norton. 347. 382; Leedsii Gold 
Eye. 347: Lilian. 382; Loveli¬ 
ness, 381; Mohican. 295; 
Moonstone, 381, 382 ; Occident. 
425; odorus rugulosus maxi- 
mus, 382; Phoenix, Apricot, 
382; poeticus Laureate, 382; 
Queen Lemon, 381; Resource, 
382 ; Rhodes, Cecil, 381; ■ Sal- 
monette, 382 ; Strongbow, 382; 
Sydenham, Mrs. Robert, 382; 
Symmetry, 347; triandrus 
calathinus, 296; Visconti, 
Count, 425 ; Visconti, Countess, 
425; Thompson, Mrs., 768; 
Valeria, 425; Zingara, 347 
Nature study exhibition, 390, 
705 
Nepenthes house in winter, a, 
320 
Nephrolepis cordifolia crispato- 
congesta, 617; Fosteri, 656; 
Mayi, 896; Piersonii, 704, 
1018; Westoni, 933 
Nerine atrorubens, 967; Moore, 
Miss, 967; Woolward, Miss, 
967 
blew York Botanical Gardens, 
scholarships, 481 
Nicholson, illness of Mr. Geo., 
372 
Nicotiana Sanderae, 578 
Nitrogen of the atmosphere, fix¬ 
ing, 671 
Notes and comments, 910. 936 
Novels, and trees, 569 
Nurseries, round the; Aigburth 
Nurseries, the, 853;Bath, Ltd., 
Messrs., 814; Beechhill Nur¬ 
sery, Murrayfield, 873 ; Bexley 
Heath, Begonias at, 835'; 
Bradley’s Nurseries, Mr. H. 
M., 713: Bradley Bros.,Messrs., 
1041; Brown, Messrs. W. 
and J., 797; Bull and Sons, 
Messrs. W., 115; Carter and 
Co , Messrs., 162; Cheal and 
Sons, Messrs. J., 991; Cowan 
and Co., Ltd., Messrs. J.,731; 
Dickson, Ltd.,Messrs.. Chester, 
387 ; Dicksons’ Nurseries, Ches¬ 
ter, Messrs., 693, 711; Ditton 
Hill Nurseries, 531; Hale 
Farm Nurseries, 233; Laing 
and Sons, Messrs. John. 185 ; 
Laird and Sons, Messrs. R. B., 
271, 908; Long Ditton Nur¬ 
series, 248, 313; Newington 
Nurseries. Edinburgh, 360: 
Paul and Son’s Roses, Messrs. 
G., 575: Perry’s Hardy Plant 
Farm, Mr., 751; Pr : or and 
Sons, Messrs. D., 1011: Rich¬ 
mond Nursery, 204; Sutton 
and Sons, Messrs.. 90, 968; 
Turner’s, Messrs., Slough. 897: 
Veitch and Sons, Ltd., 89, 337. 
359. 507 (Coombe Wood), 508 
(Feltham) ; Waltham Cross. 
531 ; Windlestrawlp« Nursery, 
896 
Nvmphaea gigantea Hudson;. 
656. 756, 783 
Nvmphaea gladstoniana, 273 
Oak, the Cowthorpe, 262a 
Pbitu "\y : Barron, Archibald 
Farquharson, 368; Bates, Mr. 
Joseph. 939: Beale, Mr. Wil¬ 
liam, November 7th. ix ; Collins, 
Mr. George, 350 : Cossar Mr. 
William. 1013; Fell. Mr. Wil¬ 
liam. 288 ; Fromow. Mr. James 
•T.. 257 ;Hollowav, Mr. Arthur, 
‘'O ;Isham. Sir Charles E.. 372 ; 
Jackson, Mr. David, 455; Jar¬ 
man, Mr. W., 764; Kersh a vv, 
Mr. Charles, 480; Turd, Mr. 
John, 628; Mackelbr, Mr. 
Robert. 152 1 Moore. Mr. John. 
572: Newell. Mr. Alfred, 975; 
Pettigrew. Mr. Andrew, 394; 
Shand, Mr. William, 840; 
Smith, Mr. .Tames. 894. ; 
Thompson. William. 605. 630a; 
Turner. Mr. William Henry, 
902; Weaver, Mr. Thomas, 
394 
Odontoglossum Adrian,ae OooV- 
son’s var., 9.98 ; jMrianae Lady 
Wantage. 347: Adrianae Swo- 
bode, 295 ; ardentissimum con- 
