Vi. December 26, 1903. 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening World. 
Odontoglossums— cont. 
cinnum superbum, 488; arden- 
tissimum exquisitum, 488; 
ardentissimum Fascinator, 577 ; 
ardentissimum numosum, 488; 
Bradshawiae, 113; cirrhosum 
Pitt’s var., 425; cordatum 
aureum, 538; crispum. Alnha, 
347 ; crispum Cook- 
soniae, 164, 188; crispum 
Grace Ruby, 205; crispum 
graireanum, 488 ; crispum 
Grand Duchess, 488; crispum 
Harold, 487; crispum Kath¬ 
leen, 488; crispum Lady Mon- 
creifie, 487; crispum Lowae, 
380; crispum Persimmon, 347, 
357 ; crispum The Kaiser, 488 ; 
crispum truffautianum, 538; 
Kegeljani, 401; loochristiense 
Lord Howiek, 188 ; lucasianum 
Walkeri, 65, 66; Queen Alex¬ 
andra Rutherford’s var., 425; 
Rolfeae majestic-urn, 577 ; Rosu 
Ixiw’s var., 254; Rossii majus, 
249; triumphans crawshay- 
annul, 347; waltoniense, 66, 
wattianum crawshay anum, 
487 ; wilckeanum Rex., loo ; 
wilckeanum venerandum, 488 
Odontoglossums, high price for, 
522, 544 _ 
Olearia Haastii, 712 
Oncidium triquetrum, boo 
Onion Ailsa Craig, 189; crop, 
good, 940 ; growing in America 
up-to-date, 590a ; growing, with 
profitable results, 953 
Onions for exhibition on heavy 
soil, 496, 550 
Onopo-rdon Ac ant-mum, 4/ 
Onosma albo-roseum, 443 
Orange, the seedless, 260 
Oranges, 515 
Orchard, making a new, 14/ 
Orchid culture, hints on, 128: 
£210 for an, 350 ; sale, record, 
543; seedlings and poduras, 
Orchids and symbiosis, 843 ; a few 
stove, 325 ; are fertilised how 
938 : at Highbury, 383 ; at 
Merimar, 967 ; cool, 789 ; from 
Aberdeen, 331 • how to treat 
imported, 412; important -sale 
of, 975, 979; in bloom at Kew 
92 ; treatment of imported, 
Orchis, hardy species of, 599; 
longibraeteata, 321 
Omithogalum arabieum, 602 
Open spaces, 49. 666 
Opinions differ, how, 683 
Osmunda regalis, 42 
Osteomeles anthylhdifolia oo 
Ostrowskia magnifica, 713, 816 
Oxalis, a seedless, 747 
Paeonia lutea, 382 
Paeonies, a note on tree, 517 
Paeonv Dawn, 577; Mrs. Gwvn- 
Lewis, 273 
Panama hats and the materials, 
318 
Pancratium, the, 283 
Pandanus graminifolius, 444 
Pansy, Lord Waveney, double, 
411 
Papaver Orientale Lady Roscoe, 
577 
Parasitism, the specialisation of, 
336 
Paris, avenues of, 668 
Park for Twickenham, 481; the 
King’s, Bloemfontein. 106 
Park superintendents, New Eng¬ 
land Association of, 843 
Parks and gardens, superintend¬ 
ents of : Burn, Mr. John, 317 : 
Lamb, Mr. Robert, 229 
Passiflora Habnii, 934 
Peacb and Nectarine under glass, 
790 
PeaGi Libra, 704; Peregrine, 
774 
Peaches, giant, 667; treatment 
of, 255 
Pea, cultivation of culinary, 495 
Pear Catillac, 1005; Gansel’s 
Bergamot, 944; prolific, 881 
Peas, Alderman v. The Gladstone, 
445; attacked :by grubs, 62, 
132a; death from shelling, 
688 ; for table, early, 595 ; the 
flavour of green, 566 ; weevilled, 
132a 
Pelargonium Caroline Schmidt, 
617 
Pelargoniums, 561; for winter, 
zonal, 27 ; zonal, 64 ; zonal, at 
Oakhurst, 984 
Pentstemons and Verbenas, seed¬ 
ling, 830 
Perennials for the rockery, varie¬ 
gated, 67 ; with silvery foliage, 
119 
Perfume of flowers, 705, 901 
Pet, a strange garden, 323 
Ph.ai o- cymb i d ium chard ware use, 
933 
Phaius Chapmanii, 488; Chap- 
mani superbus, 538; (live, 
205; Harold, 295 ;tuberculosus, 
207 
Pharmacy Act, amendment of the, 
118, 155, 424 
Phenologioal observations, 861 
Philadelplius, the dwarf, 604 
Phloxes for permanent beds, 234 
Phoenix Park and the storm, 260, 
434 
Pine, a proliferous, 1021; 
Cryptococcus on Weymouth, 
822 
Pinguicula caudata superba, 254 
Pink Edmund Maunther, 22; 
Mrs. Sinkins, edging of, 555; 
Snowdrift, 539 
Pinus, the genus, 1001 
Pitcher Plant, Australian, 622: 
Plants, Supt. April 11th; 
plants as cockroach traps, 140a 
Plan of, suburban house and gar¬ 
den, prize, 459 
Plants, edible ornamental, 525; 
food and manures, 111; food, 
something about, 114, 181, 268, 
315, 485, 553, 597. 699. 804, 
898 ; food, With’s, 281; forms, 
genesis of, 911; secretions, use 
of, 725 
Plants, ancient remains of Brit¬ 
ish, 961; and soils, hints in 
connection with, 213; and 
stimulants, 701; climbing. 62 ; 
evergreen, greenhouse, 346; 
for conservatory decoration, 
404, 403. 446 ; for table decora¬ 
tion, foliage. 170; for table 
decoration, 849; for winter 
decoration, 236: miscellaneous 
bulbous-rooted, 9 ; rare British, 
455; the devices of climbing, 
5 ; three mid-winter decorative, 
69 ;two useful and pretty, 987 ; 
useful conservatory, 869 ; winter 
flowering, 831 
Planting? is showery weather the 
best for, 623 
Plum, a stoneless, 725 
Plums, Japanese, 70 
Plum trees, diseased, 560 
Poa. laxa and P. stricta, 497 
Poinsettias, 323 
Poinsettias, the cultivation of, 
987 
Poison and Pineapples, 840 
Poison Ivy and its effects, 569, 
861 
Poisonous compounds,sale of,484 ; 
Compounds Society, 260 
Pollination in Orchards, 734; 
plants and their, 414 ; practical, 
62, 96 
Polyanthus, double. 411; for 
spring bedding, 413 
Polypodium conjugatum, 700 
Poppies as garden and commercial 
plants, 11; Iceland, 578 
Poppy, dwarf golden-leaved, 212 
Portrait flower, a, 880 
Potato, a big, 763 ; a big, 816. 880, 
902, 950 ; a frost-proof, 920 ; 
a new, 668; a record, 919: as 
a source of wealth in Germany, 
667; chips, 1015; field, a fire 
engine for, 903; failures in 
1902, 266; growing tests, 
1021; growth, 576; new and 
costly, 880 ; Northern Star, 190, 
328/811, 840, 902; Sir John 
Llewellyn, 812; Society, Na¬ 
tional, 978 
Potatoes and high propagation, 
1024; at £1,100 a ton, 190; 
at £840 a ton, 821; at 28s. per 
lb., 763; destroyed by frost, 
569, 610; experiments with, 
883; early, 416; fortunes in, 
668 ; high price for early, 544 ; 
in Lincolnshire, battle of, 903 ; 
prizes for, 1037 
Polygonum compactum, 932 
Polypodium iridioides ramo cris- 
tatum, 675 
Preglacial and interglacial plants, 
497 
Presentations : Dean, Mr. Alex., 
1018: Dinwoodie, Mr. J., 881; 
Edinburgh gardener, to an, 416 ; 
Fraser, Sir. R., 287 ; Hawes, to 
Mr. E. F., 243; Humphreys, 
Mr. Thomas, 724, 841; Latham, 
Mr. W. B., 822 ; Lunt, to Mr. 
Thomas, 480; Sanders, Mr. 
T. W., 821; Scott, to Mr.. An¬ 
drew, 174; Slater, to Mr. A., 
628 ; Sydenham, Mr. R., 1047 ; 
Webster, Mr. A. D., 500 
Primrose, the evening, 432 
Primroses as medicine, 480a; 
double, 408 
Primula growing, 128 ; kewensis, 
249 ; megaseaefolia, 189, 206 ; 
obconica grandiflora, 247; 
sinensis, 541; sinensis alba 
plena, 191 
Primulas and Auriculas, 384; 
double, 929 ; from seed, double, 
560 ; Messrs. W. Bull and Sons’, 
135; new Chinese, 232; new 
Chinese, Supt. March 14th 
Privet, the oval-leafed, 1015 
Propagating, 304 ; for spring bed¬ 
ding, 743 
Propagation, 27, 74 
Pruning examination, 240; fruit 
trees, hints on, 953 
Prunus davidiana, 163 ; japonica 
flore roseo pleno. 409 
Psoralea pinnata, 425 
Pteris metallica, 656 
Purification of residuary waters, 
795 
Queen, a, and a Kew gardener, 
50; of orchids, the, 195; the 
autumn, 987 
Queensland, fruit growing in, 
1028 
Quizzings by Cal, 24, 52, 77, 
104, 126, 149, 158, 169, 193, 
215, 237, 258, 285, 305. 322, 
348, 358, 410, 498, 516, 540 
Railway companies and fruit car¬ 
riage, 218; rates, improvement 
in, 243 
Ramondia pyrenaica at Kew, 13 
Ranunculus parnassifolius, 275 
Raratonga, the flora of, 678 
Raspberry superlative, 807 
Rating appeal, local, 774 
Reading University College, 146 
Reform, need for, 236 
Regent’s Park, bedding in, 951 
Rehmannia angulata, 382 
Resurrection plant, 418 
Reversion in hybrids, 340 
Rhododendron, Duchess of Port¬ 
land, 382; James Whitton, 
357 ; nnbleanum, 164 ; yunnan- 
ense, 487 
Rhododendrons, 976 
Rhubarb, hardy winter, 177 
Ribes sanguineum, 444 
Richardia, a green, 803; hybrida 
Solfatara, 212, 489 
Richmond Hill view, the, 989 
Roath Park, Cardiff, 846 
Rockeries, sunk v. elevated, 391 
Rock gardens, shrubs for, 496 
Rollers, cricket ground, 280 
Romneyi Coulteri, 19 
Rose Belle Capricieuse, 212; 
Bessie Brown, 637 ; Blush Ram¬ 
bler, 489, 476; Cameleon, 
Supt. March 28th ; Debutante, 
1000 ; Fortune’s yellow, 93 ; 
Frau Karl Druschke, 572; 
Levavasseur, Mme. N., 951, 
347 ; Muriel Grahame, 655 ; 
Queen of Sweden and Norway, 
489; Souv. de Pierre Notting, 
487 ; Tea Rambler. 425; 
Urania, 763 ; Waltham Rambler, 
489; Zephyrine Drouhin, 896 
Rose, a little known Tea, 649 ; 
biggest, 589 ; garden for Boston, 
a large, 696; garden, World’s 
Fair, 630a 
Roses at 'the /Temple Gardens. 
601; Christmas, 8; from Lin¬ 
lithgow, 353 ; fob decorative 
purposes, Tea, 278; how to 
secure early, 346 ; Lenten, 27 ; 
new, 208 
Root pruning, 987 
Roots, 681 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent’s 
park, 662; Botanic Society, 
debenture issue, 543 
Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, 
124, 168, 426 
Rubus moluocanus, 487 
Runner Bean, Hackwood Success, 
774 
Salt spray, Larch trees killed by, 
Salvia Heerii, 213; splendens, 
1043 
Salicylic acid, jam and, 920 
Sambucus racemosa plumosa 
aurea, 729 
Sarracenia purpurea, 230 
Saxifraga apiculata, 67 ;burseriana 
magnifica, 206; coohlearis, 
847 ; Grisebachii, 163, 188, 428, 
437 ; lingulata lantoscana, 811 ; 
macnabiana, 872, 886, 906 ; op- 
positifolia, 253 ; squarrosa, 791 
Saxifrages, some good, 573 
Scabious, early, 753; prolifer¬ 
ous, 907 
Sshizanthus, the genus, 562 
Scboenia cassiniana, 539 
School of gardening, a London, 
807; for Women, Edinburgh, 
923 
School, Hohenheim Agricultural 
High, 671; of horticulture, 
Essex, 375 
Sohomburgkia elliottiana, 488 
Science, the new soil, 1009 
Scientists at York, Bradford. 660 
Scilla bifolia and new varieties, 
409 
Scolopendrium vulgar© crispum 
fimbriatum, 206; vulgare: 
varieties, and culture, 145, 343, 
537 
Seakale, 213 
Seeds, the testing of, 165: vitality 
of. 26. 613, 815, 837. 903 
Seedlings, hints on raising. 431 
Short! a galacifolia, 296, 400 
Shrubs, coloured stemmed, 93; 
for rock gardens, 496; from 
Flstree, 890 ; winter flowering, 
38 
Silver leaf disease in Apples and 
Plums, 823, November 7th, viii 
Slater, Mr. Jasper, retirement of, 
455 
Snails, war on the, 346 
Snowdrops, two beautiful, 274 
Societies and shows : Abbey Park 
