The Gardening World.] 
CONTENTS 
[December 26, 1903. yii„ 
Societies and Shows— cont. 
Royal Horticultural, 759; 
Brighton and Sussex Horticul¬ 
tural, 411; Cambridgeshire 
Horticultural, 437 ; Chard 
Flower 'Show, 782; Cornwall 
Daffodil, 805; Cowes Exhibi¬ 
tion, 743; Croydon Horticul 
tural, 389, 411; Dundee Horti¬ 
cultural, 760, 762; Exeter 
Show, 741; Eastbourne Horti¬ 
cultural, 742; Exmouth Show, 
741; Formby, 644; Gateacre, 
719 ; Ghent Quinquennial, 389 ; 
Glasgow and West of Scotland 
Horticultural, 780; Glasgow 
and West of Scotland Pansy, 
665 ; Grassendale Horticultural, 
302; Great Ay ton Society, 
446; Hanley Horticultural 
Fete, 626 ; Harpford and Veu 
Ottery, 701; Harrow and Roxeth 
Allotment, 857; Hastings and 
St. Leonards Horticultural, 
742; Horticultural Club, 648a 
(excursion to Windsor) ; Hurst 
Rose, 628 ; Isle of Wight Rose, 
589 ; Kilmarnock, 803 ; Kings¬ 
town Rose Show, 609; Leith 
Horticultural, 719 ; Liverpool 
Horticultural Association. 302, 
325 ; Liverpool Root and Veget¬ 
able Show, 876 ; London Dahlia 
Union, 819 ; Manchester Royal 
Botanical, 365, 499, 519, 625, 
801; Midland Carnation and 
Picotee, 703; Midland Daffodil, 
366 ; Mosley Flower Show, 705 ; 
National Auricula and Primula, 
367, 433; National Carnation 
and Picotee, 647, 664, 720; 
National Chrysanthemum, 419, 
543, 648a, (annual dinner,1018 ; 
National Dahlia, 85, 743, 761, 
820, 1066 ; National Rose, 437, 
587, 606. 644 ; 1051; National 
Sweet Pea, 85, 609. 645; 
1050; National Tulip, .453, 
479 ; Newcastle Flower 
Show, 664; Paisley Flower 
Show, 802 ; Rock Ferry, 719 ; 
Royal Agricultural Society of 
England, 563; Royal Botanic 
Societv, 106, 301, 309 (School 
of Horticulture), 325, 589 
(scholarships), 608 , 722; Royal 
Caledonian Horticultural, 452, 
459, 783, 798. 883; Royal 
Horticultural, 39, 88, 138, 182, 
238, 276, 301, 325, 365, 387, 
411, 451, 519, 534, 608, 624, 
646, 686, 720, 779, 803, 820, 
877, 917, 9t3, 998 (annual meet¬ 
ing. 137); [British grown fruits 
and vegetables, Supt. October 
3rd, 854). (Holland House, 581). 
(Temple Show, 463, 470) ; Royal 
Horticultural of Ireland, 437, 
666; Sandown. 367; Scottish 
Horticultural Association. 151. 
199 : Scottish Pansy and Viola, 
194, 569, 588 ; Shanklin Flower 
Show, 742; Shropshire Horti¬ 
cultural, 739; Stirling Flower 
Show, 782, 802; Sutton Rose 
Show, 628; Walton-on-Thames 
and District Rose, 624; West 
London Horticultural, 686; 
Wirral and Birkenhead, 563; 
Wolverhampton Floral Fete, 
626; Woodside Horticultural 
and industrial, 781; York 
Florists, Ancient Society of, 
803; York Gala, 585 
Soi's, the preparation of, 74, 95, 
123 
Solanum jasminoides, 945 
Soot as a stimulant, 717 
Sophora tetraptera microphylla, 
350 
South Wales, forest flora of, 392 
Spikenard of the ancients, 792 
Sprayer “ Eclair,” Vermorel's 
Knapsack, 477; the “ Tala,” 
521 
Stanton, Mr. George, retires from 
gardening, 196 
Stapelia variegata, 880 
Statice profusa, 1007 
Sterculia russelliana, 409 
St. George, Royal Society of, 289 
Stocks for exhibition, Ten-weeks, 
413 
Stoker, the garden, 100 
Stoking, boilers and stokeholes, 
hints on, 929 
Stonehenge, the fencing in of, 
649, 744, 888 
Strawberries at Aveton Gifford, 
566 ; for forcing, 562 ; in barrels, 
618; in Covent Garden, 260; 
in pots, 414; motors and grit 
on, 648; outside, early, 431 ■ 
perpetual, 623 : ripe, 610 ; sali¬ 
cylic acid in, 511 
. Strawberry beds, treatment of, 
733; tree, 44 
Streptocarpus, 831, 850, 870; 
hybrids, 116 
Studely -Castle, Lady Warwick’s 
College at, 840 
Studies in natural history, field, 
481 
Struggle for existence among off¬ 
spring, 510 
Succulents, a bed of, 9 ; the essen¬ 
tial points in cultivajion, 370 
Sulphur vaporiser, a new, 365 
Summer-house, a rustic, 717 
Superintendents of parks and gar¬ 
dens, 199 
Sweeping machine, a, 279 
Sweet Brier as -a weed, 589 
Sweet Pea Countess Spencer, 158, 
180 ; Cupid Her Majesty, 658 ; 
Cupil Lottie Eckford, 652; 
Deal, Gladys. 671; Gem, Scar¬ 
let, 652; King Edward VTI. 
652 ; Molvneux, Florence, 652 ; 
the advance of the. 639 
Sweet Pea audit, 1045 
Sweet Peas, 95, 122, 147, 324: 
and bees, 123, 144; facts and 
fancies about, 26; fancy taste 
for, 59; forcing, 106; for ex¬ 
hibition, 235; from North 
Wales, 525; in pots, 431; in 
1903, 892 
Syringes, Four Oaks, undentable, 
280 
Tamarix hispida aestivalis, 793; 
odessana, 774 
Tanakea radicans, 411 
Telegraph Plant, electric pulsa¬ 
tion in, 262a; poles in fruit, 
688 
Tents, 280 
Tetratheca pilosa, 357 
Thomson, the coming of age of, 
394 
Thuya plieata aurea, 812 
Tillandsia Glaziovii, 508; mass- 
angeana, 889 
Time-table, working by the, 53, 
96 
Tomato culture, successful, 1031; 
preventive to malaria, 1018 
Tomato Hanwell Victory, 1041 
Tomatos, prolific, 1018 
Trafford Gardens, Old, 130, 133 
Transplanting trees, Wilkins’ 
plan of, 211 
Tree, a Japanese pigmy, 364 ; a 
patriotic, 418; dying, Colum¬ 
bus, 724; Sir Walter Raleigh’s 
196; the oldest in the world, 
598 
Trees, a wonderland of, 688 ; and 
rianfall, 807; and shrubs at 
Castlewellan, 143 ; effect of rain 
on, 723 ; famous, 914 ; food and 
medicine for, 217 ; for the Cape, 
656; in London streets, 480, 
503; obstruction of light by, 
288; pests in the, 744; pre¬ 
cocious, 195; roadside and 
street, 71; the thinning and 
pruning of plantation, 926; 
traininf fan-shape, 916 
Trenching, about, 136; the ques¬ 
tion of, 246, 334, 424 
Trichinium Manglesi, 542 
Tricuspidaria hexapetala, 854 
Trigonium spatulatum, 487 
Tulip, Couleur Cardinal, 416; 
Joost van Vondel, 770; 
Keizerschoon and fungus, 437 ; 
La Reve, 426; Orange King, 
487; talk, 1031; 'the Fawn, 
487 ; Zomerchoon, 487 ; Zulu. 
487; the wild (Tulipa svlves- 
tris), 416; Hageri nitens, 
426 ; kaufmanniana, 316 ; stran¬ 
gulate maculate, 487; greigi, 
509 ; micheliana, 443; prae- 
stans, 347 
Tulips, 785; Darwin, 514; at 
Regent’s Park, Cutbush’s, 769: 
at Rush, 769 and Hyacinths, 
1043 
Uffculme, Birmingham. 429 
United Horticultural Benefit and 
Provident Society, 49, 257, 521, 
918 
Vallota purpurea, 256 
Vanda Marguerite Maron, 488; 
tricolor tenebrosa, 488 
Vase, a unique garden, 847 
Vegetable crops, minor, 888 
Vegetables, drying, 807; twelve 
varieties of, 911; timing, 1044 
Ventilator, span frame with new, 
281 
Veronica Traversii, 576 
Viburnum tomentosum plicatum, 
529 
Victoria, exports by the State of, 
525 
Victoria Medal of Honour, 480 
Victoria Trickeri, 920 
Vincent square, origin of, 725 
Vine at Bearhill, big, 114; at 
Cumberland Lodge, 628 ; leaves 
discoloured, 823; the Hampton 
Court, 744, 999 
Vines bleeding, 214; renovating 
old, 192, 256, 817 
Vineries, mixed, 392 
Viola Countess of Guildford, 670 
Violas and Pansies from Rothe¬ 
say, 662 ; for winter, 849 
Violet, Mrs. J. J. Astor, 186 
Violets for winter flowering, 255 ; 
from Ennim, 263; in cold 
frames, 345 
Vitis armata, 793; flexuosa Wil- 
soni, 793; megaphvlla, 793; 
sinensis, 793 ; Thomsoni, 793 
Wallflower, double German, 643 
Wallflower at Kew, greenhouse, 
338 
Waratah tree, 919 
Watercress, polluted, 1037, 1052 
Water Lilies, hybrid, 432. 517; 
some hardy, 228 
Weather and crops in West 
Lothian, 642 
Weed in Lily pond, 764; what is 
a, 981; what is American, 353 ; 
killers and dogs, 221, 224, 292 
Weeds, 556; in lawns, 636; 
machinery for cutting water, 
843 
Wentworth House, the rockery 
at, 386, 397 
West Indian News, 334 
Willow tree,last of the Newhaven, 
218 
Willow trees, fall of, 706; for 
towns, 230 
Willows used in pharmacy, 785 
Wilson’s garden, the late Mr. 
G. F., 394 
Windmills and gardens, 281 
Wireworm, soot and, 557 
Wisley garden, 394. 707. 723, 
725 ; possibilities of the, 949 
Wistaria chinensis in pots, 234; 
multijuga russelliana, 617 
Yeast, medicinal value of, 747 
Yew, poisoning by the, 220, 745 
Zenobia speciosa, 536; sneciosa 
pulverulenta, Supt. June 20th, 
652 
Zygopetalum roeblingianum, 810; 
Sanderi, 113 
