[December 31st, 1004. V. 
The Gardening Worid.j 
CONTENTS. 
Iris— cont. 
Thunderbolt, Spanish, 527; 
Va-rtani, 121 
Ixia speciosa, 647 
Ixiolirion mont-anum tataricum, 
683 
Ixoras, 893 
Ja-cobinia chrysastepliana, 51; 
ooccinea, 51 
Juniperus, the, 1060 
Kew Guild, Journal of the, 11; 
the best flowering plants at, 
13 
King, the, as patron of the 
R.H.S., 271 
Kitchen garden and frame ground 
work, 154; garden, cropping a, 
340 
Kniphofias, 175 
Labels, 7, 81, 141. 422 
Lachenalia®, 116 
Laelia anceps Schroderae Theo¬ 
dora, 122; crispo-bro-sa, 599 ; 
purpurata Baronshalt var., 
476 ; purpurata Queen Alexan¬ 
dra, 544 
Laeliocattleya: canhamiana 
Rosslyn var., 486; Oappei, 
895 ; digbyano - Mossiae 
Westonbirt var., 486; digby- 
ano-Schrodera© alba, 325 ; dig- 
byano - Wameri Eric Lucas, 
907; dominiana Tring Park 
var., 560 ; eximia - Sander’s 
var., 807; Fascinator King 
Edward, 485; Fournier, M. 
M., iW. H, Young, 286; 
haroldiana magnifica, 245; 
Henry Greenwood Imperator, 
599; illustnis, 895 ; luminosa, 
The Mikado, '285: Martinetti 
Sunrise- 522 ; Martinetti Tring 
Park var., 485; Mona, 325; 
Myra Charles worthi-i, 122; 
Pallas magnifica, 986 ; Wigan, 
Constance, 807 
Lagerstroemia indica, 746 
Land, resting. 806 
Lathvrus cyameus, 400 ; undulatus 
(Sibthorpii), 400 
Lawns from grass seeds, 326 
Leaf, fall of the, 850; miner in 
Lilac, 750 
Leaves, raising plants from, 373 
Leeks, 177 
Lettuce, 217; Par Excellence, 
864; Sutton’s Supreme Cab¬ 
bage, 31 
Libonia, 122, 161 
Lilacs for forcing, 31 
Lilies at- Kew, 669; notes on 
hardy, 49 
Li bum auratum, a fine, 758, 788, 
851; auratum rubro-vittatum, 
93; candidum, 305, 776; 
elegans Wallacei, 739 ; Harrisii, 
a fine, 1052; maritimum, 7; 
monadelpihum szovitzianum, 
522 ; nepalense, 196; tenuifo- 
lium. 423 : testaceum, 665 
Lily of the Nile culture, 420 
Lily, the Bournemouth, 311 
Limnanthemum neltatum, 865 
Linaria alpdna. 720 
Linden Park, Hawi'ck, 951 
Lipparis fulgens, 895 
Liquid manure to pot plants, 
applying, 425 
Lithospermum graminifolium. 665 
Lobelia nicotianaefolia, 246; 
tenuior. 256 
Lomaria Mayii. 401 
London’s new boulevards, 1 
Lonicera Heckrotbi, 788 ; japonica 
hdliana, 629 
Loropstalum chinense, 304 
Lupins, hybrid perennial, 486 
Lupinus polynhyllus roseus, 486 
Lysimachia Henryi. 29 
MacGregor, Mr. D., 79 
Mackenzie and Moncur, amalga¬ 
mation, 636 
Maggots in moss litter, 145 
Magnolia stellata, 827 
Maknaison culture, 74 
Malmaisons, the culture of, 284 ; 
winter-flowering, 933 
Mandrake root, huge, 310 
Manuring, notes on, 999; un-to- 
date, 954 
Margin, the value of, 342 
Maxillaria cucullata, 60; mac- 
rura, 60 
Meconopsis WaUichii, 800 
Melon, a fine, 780 ; The Islander, 
477 
Melons, 235 ; early 93 
Memorabilia for voung gardeners, 
446 
Memories, old, 867 
Mentzelia Lindleyi, 508 
Meteorological observations 151, 
295, 315. 395, 571, 679, 773, 815 
Metropolitan Public Gardens As¬ 
sociation, 148, 225, 309, 329, 
412 , 604, 832 
Michauxia campanuloides, 959 
Mignonette in pots, 288; winter, 
746 
Mildura irrigation settlement, 17 
Minera Mountains’ a ramble on, 
933 
Mint-o House. 763, 818 
Montbretia Morgenroth, 233 
Montbretias, 827 
Morning Glory, tree, 315 
Morris, F.S.I., retirement of Mr. 
G. F., 226 
Moschosma riparium, 60, 134 
Mulberry tree, Sliakesperean, 
/ 92 
Mulberry trees in London, notable, 
729 
Mulching, 214 
Mule, a fertile, 890 
Mushroom, the, 160 
Mushrooms, grow, how, 38 
Myosotis sylvatica, wild, 499 
Nainca, cojuusion in, 373 
Narcissi, four Poets, 410 
Narcissus Barr, Peter, 787; Bet- 
teridge, Mrs. H. D., 781; Count 
Visconti, 401; cyclamineus, 
364; Dewdrop, 372; Elvira, 
371; Englehearti Warlev Scar¬ 
let, _ 371; Englehearti White 
Ensign. 401; Englehearti 
Zenith, 371; Flag of Truce, 
401; Poe, Bennett, 372; Py- 
ramus, 371; Scilly White, 788*; 
Surprise, 371; Yi’lmorm, Henri, 
371; Warley, Great, 371 
Natural history, field studies in, 
481 
Nature study at Newport. 755 
Nepenthes F. W. Moore, 862 
Neill prize, the, 550 
Nerine excellens major tardiflora, 
862; Ffolkes, Lady, 862; 
Shelley, Miss, 862 
Nerines, 787 
New Zealand. Christmas tree of, 
202 
Nicotiana sylve-stris, 140; San- 
derae, 401 
Notions, some funny, 829 
Nova Scotia fruit, 191, 271 
November, the 11th, 872 
Nurseries: Barr and Sons, 
Messrs., 299; Bath, Begonias 
at, 726; Beechhill Nursery, 
885; Bexley Heath. Begonias 
at. 842; Bucclench Nurseries, 
973. 1026; Bull and Sons, 
Messrs., 429; Bull’s Primulas, 
72 ; Cannell and Sons, Messrs. 
H., 95; Chelsea, Amaryllis at, 
339; Orchids at, 321; spring 
flowers at, 380; Cheltenham, 
the Exotic Nurseries, 59; 
Cheshunt, Roses at, 593; 
Coombe Wood, 504; Craigmil- 
lar, the Royal Nurseries, 800; 
Cripps and Sons, Messrs., 216 ; 
Hersingham Nurseries, the, 
274; Grant-on Road Nursery, 
1004;, Hale Farm Nurseries, 
Feltham, 563 ; Jarman and Co., 
Messrs., 1004; King’s Acre 
Nurseries, Hereford, 611; Long 
Ditton, 360, 398, 444, 521; Low- 
field Nurseries, Crawley, 929; 
Norfolk Nurseries, the, 707; 
Pinkhill, Murrayfield, 950; 
Reading, Cyclamen at, 241; 
Rivers and Sons, Messrs. Thos., 
4; Roden, Shrewsbury, 846 ; 
Royal Irish Nurseries, New- 
townards, 840; Royal Nur¬ 
series, Belfast, 319 ; Smith and 
Coe, Messrs. R., 27; Tucks- 
wood Nurseries, 321; Tweed 
Vineyards, Clovenfords, 821; 
Veitc-h and Sons, Messrs. J., 
201, 321, 339; Waltham Cross, 
Roses at, 581; Windlest-rawlee 
Nursery, 863; Wordsley and 
Kinver, 653. 
Nuts, ground, from Gambia, 67, 
226 
Obituary: Boyce, Mr. W. E., 
812; Carmichael, Mr. Wm., 
328 ; Dickson, Mr. Hugh, 400 ; 
Dixon, Mrs., 329; Fergusson, 
Mr. Charles, 164; Fraser, Mr. 
Hugh, 72; Halsall, Mr. R., 
164; Hastings, Lord, 771; 
Herbst, Mr. Hermann, 268, 311, 
352; Hill, Mr. Edwin, 350; 
Hole, the Very Rev. Dean, 
708; Horne, Mr. W., 62; 
McCabe, Mr. Patrick, 311; 
M'Laren, Mr. M., 588; Miles, 
Mr. Geo. T.,966; Mitchell, Mr. 
David, 619; Phillips, Mr. E. 
W., 164; Smith, Mr. Arrow, 
886; Till, Mr. Joseph, 966; 
Warwick, Mr. Joseph, 83; 
Wells, Mr. Benjamin, 104; 
Wolley-Dod, Rev. C., 532, 640 
Odomtioda Vuylstekeae, 478, 486 
Odontoglossum andersonianum 
crawshayanum, 943 ; ardentis- 
simuin Cooksoniae, 285 ; cirrho- 
sum Pitt’s var., 325; co-ncin- 
num laetum, 486 ; crispum Ace 
of Trumps, 510; crispum Clio, 
401; crispum colmanianum, 
629; crispum Harold, 476; 
crispum .Jeanette, 719 ; crispum 
kinleysideanum, 245; crispum 
Minikin, 510 ; crispum Oa-kfield 
Sunrise, 599 ; crispum Preben¬ 
dary Bevan, 286 ; crispum Prin¬ 
cess Victoria, 510; crispum 
Rossendale var., 245 ; crispum 
Theodora, 476 ; crispum Venus, 
370 ; crispum xanthotes Charles- 
worthii, 806; crispum xan¬ 
thotes Cooksonii, 370; crispum 
xanthotes Snow Queen, 476 ; ne- 
bulosum Gurney Wilson, 401; 
Pescatorei Kathleen, 286 ; Uro- 
skinneri splendens, 635 ; venn- 
stuium, 486; waltoniense rose- 
fieldense, 286 ; wilckeanum al- 
bens Rosslyn var., 510; wilck¬ 
eanum Sibyl, 285; wilckeanum 
The Alake, 510. 
Odontoglossums, 487; at Oak- 
wood, 617 
Old days, the good, 972 
Old Warden Park, 597 
Onion seed, home-saving of, 893 
Onions failing to form bulbs, 39, 
48; large, 36; notes on, 402 
Ononis rotundifolia, 701 
Omosma albo-roseum. 401 
Ootacamund Botanical Gardens 
Gardens and Parks, 837 
Oranges, bitter, 1018 
Orchard, a wonderful Pear, 311 
'Orchids and Bog Bean, British, 
528; a novice to grow, 67; at 
Id. each, 677 ; for a cool house, 
interesting, 519; good prices 
for, 351 
Ornithogalum. nutans, 866 
Paeony Nellie, 522; Sheldon, 
Mrs. French, 522 
Palm in Madagascar, valuable, 
453 
Papaver orientale, 278 
Papaw in Queensland, 211 
Parasitic progress, 510 
Park Hill, Kenilworth, 559 
Park Superintendents, New Eng¬ 
land, 76, 137 
Parnas.sia palustris, 630, 675 
Parsley, 254, 359 
Parsnips for exhibition, 302 
Peach Grosse Mignonne, 799 
Pear Alexandre Lambre, 1024 ; S. 
T. Wright, 852 
Pear Midge (Diplosis), 695 
Pears attacked by midges, 622; 
diseased, 478; two fine, 799 
Peas for exhibition, 241 
Pedigree plant breeding, 509, 628 
Pegs v. raffia for layering Straw¬ 
berries, 382 
Pelargonium Lady Decies, 486 
Pelargoniums, a chat about zonal, 
1063; at Gunnersbury House, 
887; Gape, 407; from seed, 
216; winter flowering zonal, 
99; zonal, 282 
Pentstemon Watsoni, 511, 701 
Pepper plants in India, disease 
among, 746 
Perennials for bedding purposes, 
996; from seed, hardy border, 
117 
Pliaius Humblotii albus, 359; 
with parents, hybrid, 670 
Phenolcgical observations for 
1903, 507 
Philadelphus Lemoinei maculatus, 
560 
Phlox decussate, varieties for ex¬ 
hibition, 342 
Phloxes, gems, among, 721; peren¬ 
nial, 666 
Phcenix Park, replanting, 268 
Photographs of plants, animated, 
395 
Photos of Orchids, coloured, 166 
Phyllocaetus, 178 
Phyllostachys nigra, 240; viridi- 
glaucescens, 160 
Picea lowiana, 277 
Pimpinella magna rosea, 560 
Pineapples, Jamaica, 246 
Pinks, 632 
Plan-drawing at Edinburgh, 457 
Plant, a useful greenhouse, 274; 
breeding, 509^ 628, 869, 906; 
food, something about-, 258; 
notes on a neglected, 778; of 
life, 589; surgery, 194 
Plants absorb their food, how, 
421; alpine and rock gardens, 
937; and annuals in the garden, 
hardy, 381; and drought, 
686, 704; a plea for hardy herb¬ 
aceous, 932, 959, 986;' a tri 
of pretty stove, 158; Aus 
tralian, 58, 74; for bordei 
decoration, 308; forced by fire 
237; for exhibition, three 
foliage, 87o ; for identification, 
755; in Edinburgh, dumping 
foreign, 166; in Western 
Australia, new, 59; method of 
raising new, 116; of recent in¬ 
troduction. three foliage, 581; 
seedless, 633 ; senses of, 1057 ; 
suitable for edging, 236 ; table, 
238 ; the improvement of gar¬ 
den, 313, 421; two good stove, 
96 
Platycerium Mayi, 986 
Platytheca galioides, 934 
