December 26th, 1908. 
CONTENTS. 
The Gardening World. 
Colour -eflect, 556; changing in flowers, 515; 
chart for flowers, 358 
Commelina coelestiis, 61 
Convolvulus, a charming dwarf, 211 
Coreopsis granddfl-ora, 721 
Ooriani'a japonica, 529 
Cosmos, 313 
Crocuses, Dobbie's Mammo-th, 612 
Croton Fred Sander, 412; the, 294 
Crotons, 302 
Cuttings, on imiaJsdng, 476 
Cyclamen, hardy, 762 ; Low’s Salmon King, 157 
Cyclamens, culture of, 566 
Cymhidium Sanderi superbum, 215 
Cypripedium Arethusa, 765; Calceolus, 180; 
cmveniauum, 16; Dante magnificum, 748; Er¬ 
nest Rea-d, 2; Hannibal, 4; Moonbeam, 16; 
niveoi-oailosum Coo-kson’s var., 9; rotksehildi- 
anum Nortba-w House war ., 443; San-ac-derae 
superbum, 9; ventrioosum, 392 
Cytisus (Broom), 155 
Daffodil Mrs. H. D. Betteridge, 616 
Daffodils in pots, 574; the classification of, 610 
Dahlia Adela, 617, 671; Amelia, 659; Betty, 
603, 702; Brigadier, 682, 697; Debutante, 618; 
Echo, 673; Evening Star, 670; Fairy Queen, 
668; Flora, 708, vii.; Glory of Wilts, 659; 
Indomitable, 683; Jasper, 603; Lufra, 668; 
Marathon, 642; Minima, 603, 682; Monarch, 
697; Mrs. Alfred Dyer, 631, 658; Mrs. W. W. 
Merry, 618; Nellie Biding, 700; Rev. T. (W. 
Jamieson, 640, 658; Satisfaction, 708, vii.; 
Soxonia, 720; Snowdon, 618, 708; Tasmania, 
683; Teutonic, 694; Tom Jones, 628, 649; Dna, 
603; Wellington, 720 
Dahlias at Regent’s Park, 641; at Westmin¬ 
ster, 603; decorative Paeo-ny flowered, 258 
Daisy, the Shasta, 721 
Delphiniums for effect, how to- grow, 736; 
growing, 123; the culture of, 596; the use and 
beauty of, 103 
Dendroibium Cybel-e Gatton Park var., 211 
Deutziia discolor grandiflor.a, 394; gracilis, 304; 
Wilsoni, 438, vii. 
Dianthus Napoleon III., 485 
Digging and trenching, 778 
Dimorphotbeca -aur anti aca, 422, vii. 
Dodge, a novel, 608 
Doronicum austriacum, 595 
Dracaena Bruantii vardegata. 71U; Doucetti de 
Grootei, 422, vii. 
Dracocephalum grandiflorum, 32 
Earwigs, a trap for, 487 
Edgings, evergreen, 693; garden, 136; rockery, 
693 
Epimedium pinnatum, 789 
Erica mediterranea- hybrida, 17 
Erii'gerons, two good, 533 
Eschs-c-holtzia nana compaota Dainty Queen, 
90 
Eucalyptus for garden and house, 454 
Euonymus radioans Silver Gem, 539 
Euphorbia (Poinsettia-) pulcherrima, 360 
Exhibit, my first, 524 
Exhibition flowers, 511 
Fern, a new', 246; fragrant Cinnamon, 572; So¬ 
ciety, a British, 708, vii. 
Ferns for exhibition, 565; the Buster collec¬ 
tion of hardy, 693 ; the propagation of, 139 
Ficus -elastioa in the house, 568 
Flower? what is our earliest, 452 
Flowers for cutting, growing, 350; hardy 
spring, 422; the ye(a-r through, fragrant, 124 
Foliage, some plants with beautiful, 421 
Fragrance, 538 
Francoa ram-osa, 322 
Freesias in the greenhouse, culture of. 670; 
rearing, 209; the cultivation of, 694, 711 
Fruit at Westminster, British grown, 706; bor¬ 
der, making a, 17; Colonial growm, 438, vii.; 
culture, hardy, 34; growing for amateurs: 
Mulberry, 13. 100; Peaches and Nectarines, 
324, 764; hardy, 299; protector, a, 547 
Fruits and how to use them, same Colonial, 
243, 278 
Fuchsias, propagating, 110 
Furnace, the poor man’s, 315 
Furrows, tool for making, 106 
Gaillardias, 64 
Garden, a desert, 214; a novel, 571; best kept 
cottage, 650; how I plan my flower, 682; how 
to make the best of a small, 58; in a London 
suburb, how I made, 526; making much of a, 
5; the amateur’s aquatic, 300; the country, 
610; work in the flower, 152 
Gardener, the jobbing, 296 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution, 481 
Gardening, French methods of, 293; guide, an 
amateur’s, 349; sitting-room, 751; window', 
294 
Gardens, in praise of rock, 284; laying out 
small, 1; rock and water, 324, vii.; small 
roof, 521 
Gaultberia procumbens, 546 
Gean as a landscape tree, the, 482, vii. 
Gentiana septemfida, 596 
Geranium Paul Crampel, 570 
Geraniums, bedding, 258; in a frame, how to 
winter, 17; preserving, in winter, 510 
Germination of seed, 694 
Gilia aggregata, 91 
Gladioli,, glorious, 228 
Gladiolus Golden Measure, 598; primulinus, 
628; Yvmite Cloud, 618 
Gloxinias, the culture of, 365 
Gooseberry mildew, 576 
Grafting as ,a means of variation, 107, 375 
Grape Fruit, the, 50; thinning, 376 
Grapes from WiisJey, 660; the cause of shank¬ 
ing in, 682 
Grass of Parnassus, 547 
Greenery for mixing with cut flowers, hardy, 
310 
Greenhouse, a gas-heated, 196; a January day 
in, 39; at Christmas, my, 790; what will sur¬ 
vive in the cold, 136 
Harvest festivals, 746 
Heaths, the culture of, 774 
Heating a lean-to greenhouse, economy in, 
736 
Hedysarum negiectum, 763 
Hedychium gardner.ianum, 296 
Hedychiums, 342 
Helenium .autumnal© onpreum, 559 
H-elleborus co-lehicus Peter Barr, 218; propa¬ 
gating, 630 
Heloniias' bullata, 734 
Hemerooallis, 245 
Hemsley, Mr. William Botting, 766 
Herbaceous border, the, 178 
Herbs, 642 
Hippeastrum Purity, 347 
Hippeastrums 1 , the cultivation of, 710 
Holiday, the Saturday half, 184, 203, 216 
Holland Park summer show, 473, 491 
Hollyhocks, 539 
Honeysuckle, the, 553 
Horticulture, French system of, 755 
Hotbeds and how to make 1 them, 4 
Hoy-a oarnosa variegata, 33 
Hunnemannia fumiaria-efolia, 325 
Hyacinths, hints on the culture of, 76; how 
to grow Roman, 599; in glasses and frames, 
725; in pots, 673 
Hybridising, incredible, 379 
Hydrangea, a new, 34; oinerea, 733 
Hydrangeas for greenhouse beds and borders, 
393 
Ilex Pernyi, 624 
Index of the mind, 247 
Inoculation, soil, 491 
Iris oarthusiama, 452, v. 
Irises, flag, for the border, 540 
Ixias, 258; cultivation of, 50 
Jasminum primulinum for pot culture, 154 
Kilo-grub, 319, 390 
Kniphofla, 30; R. Wilson Ker, 617 
Kochi-a trichophila, 528 
Labels, a new method of making plant, 743 
Back-enaM-as, 496 
Lael-io-cattley-a- Elv-a Westonbirt var., 422, vu.; 
Ortrude, 13; Pizarro, 214 
Lapagerias, planting and propagating, 499 
Lawns, seashore sand for, 16; specimen plants 
for, 62 
Lectures, outdoor, 512 
Leek, the cultivation of the, 379 
Lettuces, notes 1 on, 477; the cultivation of 
■summer, 360 
Lrboniiias, 278 
Lilies, Day, 76, vii.; for the border, 468; the 
cultivation of, ini pots, 762 
Lilium long'iflorum, 484 
Lily, an annual, 199; St. Bernard’s, 32; the 
Guernsey, 437 
Linum family, the, 423 
Loasa laurantiaoa, 734 
Lobelia cardina-lis, 630; fulgens from seed, 
426; Kathleen Mallard, 762; Maul of Moray, 
108 
Loganberries, how to train, 64 
Loganberry, the, 630 
Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley, 707 
Malvastruin co-ceineum, 7 
Mandevilla -suaveolens, 696 
Ma-nettra bicolor, 3’94 
Manure, how to- make liquid, 412 
Manures, artificial, 280, 312 
Matricaria inodora Brida.l Robe, 90 
leoonopsd® raeemosa, 594 
lelissa officinalis variegata, 509 
lii-cromeriia Douglasi-i, 280 
tignon-ette grown in pots, 725 ; tree, 417 
lildew, a new remedy for, 439; how I treed 
my Roses from, 696 ' 
filtonia bleuania Stevensii, 453-, St. Andre, 
430 ,. f 
foie, how to trap a, 467; the strenuous life 
of a, 468 
/r^-rvf‘hvotfTid. TT£»-re>TO,n.rrl f\ 9.7 t TSTorvic. 617 
Morisia hypogaea, 421 
Mushrooms and their culture, 175; for ama¬ 
teurs, 774; in pots, culture of, _658 
Mutiisia decurreus, 18 
Mysteries 1 , 303 
Narcissus Emperor, 611; Ethereal, 358; incog¬ 
nita,, 612 
Nelumbium speciosum Osiris, 533 
Nepenthes Dr. John Macfarla-ne, 710 
Nephroiepis amabiiis, 747 
iNerune Countess of Aitamont, 711 
Nerines, the cultivation of, 178 
Nitrifying cultures, 105 
Nicholson, Mr. George, memorial to, 648, 711 
Novice, points which puzzle the, 59, 72, 145, 
254, 331 
Obituary: Charles B-a-lte-t, 782; George Nichol¬ 
son, 648 
Odontioda, Charles,worthii, 432; craveniana, 
22; St. Fusoien, 422, vii. 
Odontoglossum oraspum Kenneth, 422, vii.; 
eximium Queen Alexandra, 395; gloriosum 
eitrinum, 449; C'tytie, 212; hibernicum, 408; 
dllustre luxuriosum, 406, vii.; John Clarke, 
35; laudatum, 414; Lmdeni, 408; naevium, 
346; Phoebe The Dell war., 454; platycheilum 
superbum, 397; wiganianum superbum, 610 
Oleanders, propagating, 457 
Onion crop, a good, 18; the cultivation of the, 
152 
Onions, 740; special culture of, 122 
Orchid, the most beautiful hybrid, 324, vii. 
Order in the garden, the importance of, 212 
Packing of Narcissi, 57 
Paeonia, decora alba, 430 
Paeonies from Langport, Chinese, 452; herba¬ 
ceous, 526; yellow hybrid, 424 
Pansies and Violas, 542 
Parsley -all the year round, 334; how to grow 
fine, 295 
Pea Alderman, 154; Eckfo-rd’s Record, 162; 
Fidler’s Early Perfection, 86 ; Sutton’s In¬ 
comparable, 162; The Pilot, 411 
Peaches -in -a- greenhouse, growing, 104 
Pear tree, curious behaviour of a, 406 
Pears, influence o-f soil on, 72 
Peas at Prested Hall, culinary, 534; autumn 
sown, 31; for exhibition, 194; for success-ion, 
six, 791; the cultivation of culinary, 213; 
which are the best, 179 
Pelargoniums, zonal, 554 
Pen-ts-temons, border, 2; from Ea-wick, 695; 
ho-w to- grow, 659 
Perennials, cuttings' of, 567 
Perfecta, the slug killer, 372 
Petunia nana compacts mul-tiHo-ra, 102 
Petunias as pot plants, 722 
Philadelphus Lemoinei Rosace, 452; two beau¬ 
tiful varieties- of, 509 
Phlox General von Lass-berg, 609; Violet, 628 
Phloxes, 439; perennial, 311 
Photography for garden lovers, 346, 409, 486, 
541, 629, 661, 685, 739 
Phyteum-a Mdchelii, 260 
Pinching an3 disbudding, 582 
Pinks, garden, 772; Mule, 669 
Pi-ptanthus nep-alensis, 487 
Plant, a useful oo-ol gr-eenho-use, 411; enemies, 
316; for subtropical gardening, a new, 642; 
support, telesco-pic, 372; the Ghost, 182 
Plants, China -as a source of new, 572; curious 
h-anginig, 296; for home decoration, 126 ; grow 
upward, why, 316; preparing winter-flower¬ 
ing, 670; see? do, 766; top dressing alpine, 278 
Plum trees, saplings from, 216 
Poly-stich-um -aculeatum gracillimum Druery, 
765 
Poppies, Excelsior Iceland, 90 
P-opulu-s laai-oc-arpa, 631 
Po-tatos, a unique exhibit of, 142; black scab 
or warty disease of, 244; flavour in, 6 ; lift¬ 
ing and storing, 697; scab on, 726 
Po-te-ntiLlas, 761 
Primrose as cut flowers, the Evening, 567 
Primroses and Auriculas at 'Westminster, 323 
Primula, obcqnioa grandiflora Hayes Place 
Double, 16; sinensis, 227 
Primulas for -the rock garden, 484; from seed, 
359; prop-aga/tiing double, 297; some new, 556 
Propagating, outdoor. 2 
Propagator, the speedy, 755 
Prunella- incis-a., 656 
Pter.is aquilina Nicho-lsoni, 618 
Pyrethrums, an autumn display of, 622; and 
how to- grow t-hem, 408; from Langport, 427 
Raspberry, the culture of the, 628 
Rats, destruction of, 508 
Rhodanthe Manglesii, 442 
Rhododendrons at Regent’s Park, 425 
Rhodothanmus- kamtschaticus, 453 
Rhubarb, forcing, 49 
Ridge-r, the “ Audyo ” and, 262, 349 
Robin, 15 
Rock and water gardens, 
Rock Roses, 439 
Rockery, forming and furnishing, 408; how 
to make, 492; the, 424 
Ro-ckeries, how to build, 49 
Ro-muey-a- Oo-u-lterd, 120 
Root pruning fruit trees, 754 
Rosa Ande-r-soni, 566; Moyesid, 454 
Rose Efla-ine, 422, vii.; Frau Lina Strasheim, 
779; Jersey Beauty, 599; Lady Godiva. 552; 
Mr. Edward Holland, 720; Mrs. Alfred Tate, 
720; Mrs. Wakefield Christie Miller, 716; 
Paula, 546; Tausendschon, 422, vi-i.; White 
Dorothy, 422, via. 
Ro-s-e growing for -amateurs, 763; growers at 
law, 358; single-flowered sport from Crimson 
Rambler, 310; the dead, 326 
