June  28,  1900. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
lU. 
INDEX. 
Abut  ilons — from  seeds,  76  :  after  flower¬ 
ing,  257 
Adiantum  Farleyense  and  Orchids  un¬ 
satisfactory;  449 
Acacias— pubescens,  31 ;  notes  on,  121 ; 
orata,  121 ;  lopliantha,  377  grandis, 
518 
Aconites,  Winter,  47 
Agapetes  buxifolia,  183 
Agricultural  schools  for  Ireland,  393 
Allamanda  Williamsi,  464 
Allerton  Beeches,  16 
Allotments  and  cottage  gardens — Com¬ 
pensation  for  Crops  Act,  13 
Almond  trees,  333 
Aloe  somaliensis,  9 
Alpine  flowers.  112 
Altrincham,  a  day  at,  464 
Amaryllises,  20  ;  piilture,  252  ;  at  Chel¬ 
sea,  332 ;  seedling,  471 
“Amateurs’  Practical  Garden  Book,” 
457 
Anemones,  the,  291 
Angrascums— pellucidum,  32  ;  modes- 
tum,  263  ;  citratum,  281 ;  Leonis, 
301 
Annuals,  hardy,  242,  308 
Antholyzas— paniculata,  10  ;  aethiopica, 
.  29 
Anthuriums,  330 
Antirrhinums— a  note  on,  12  ;  raising, 
76 
Ants,  destroying,  with  gasoline,  9 
Aphelandra  aurantiaca  Roezli,  249 
Aphyllanthes  monspeliensis,  12 
Apples— splitting  of,  13,  34 ;  and  frozen 
water  pipes  splitting,  34,  48,  71,  93, 
117  ;  canker  on,  34  ;  excrescence  on 
roots  of,  36;  stocks  for,  40;  Cox’s 
Orange  Pippin  atBraeebridge  Manse, 
74  ;  Stanway  Seedling,  79  ;  cavities 
in  twigs,  84 ;  Bramley’s  Seedling,  95  ; 
Hollandbury,  105  ;  Hormead's  Pear- 
main,  124,  137  ;  Canadian  and  Ameri¬ 
can  imports,  137  ;  Canadian  and  Tas¬ 
manian,  158  ;  Hollandbury,  197  ;  Duke 
of  Bedford,  217  ;  notes  on  winter,  241 ; 
Sturnieu  Pippin,  271,  307 ;  Norfolk 
Beefing,  271,  351  ;  Lady  Ilenuiker,  271 ; 
late  keeping,  291 ;  Gooseberry,  318  ; 
Norfolk  “Biffin,”  329;  blind  buds, 
406  ;  bloom,  421;  late,  409;  growths 
mildewed,  470  ;  Mr.  Alfred  Pearson’s 
Apple  election,  473,  507,  531  ;  trees 
not  bearing,  558 
Apricots— attention  to,  104  ;  protecting 
from  frosts,  299 
Aquilegias,  32,  99  ;  pyrenaica,  78 
Arabises,  202 
Aralia  Sieboldi.  106 
Arbutus  hybrida,  487 
Arenarias,  202 
Arisaemas,  202 
Armerias,  200 
Arnebia  cornuta,  558 
Arums— leaf  tips  turning  brown,  340  ;  ] 
wild,  399  ;  in  St.  Helena,  527 
Asclepiases,  466 
Ashtead  Park,  160 
Asparagus— planting,  148  ;  noteworthy, 
463,  487 
i  Asperulas,  466 
Asphodelines,  466 
Asters  —  perennial,  513  ;  novaj-angliai 
pulchellus,  513 
Atmosphere,  the,  and  the  atmospheric 
food  of  plants,  31,  56 
Auriculas,  455  ;  notes  on,  196, 310  ;  show 
at  Drill  Hall,  369 
Australian  arcadia,  an,  280 
Awakening,  the,  212 
Azaleas— Duchess  of  Wellington,  333  ; 
indica,  repotting,  406  ;  hardy,  534 
Azarums,  466 
Bamboos— hardy,  193  ;  flower  stand, 
463 
Bambusa  vulgaris  striata,  30 
Barr  Daffodil  cup,  333 
Barr,  Peter,  wanderings  of,  57,  111,  185  ; 
in  New  Zealand,  505 
Beans— Canadian  Wonder,  diseased,  168; 
climbing  French,  296 ;  Scarlet  Run¬ 
ner,  354 
Beech— bark,  384  ;  leaves  flying,  445 
Bees— Changing  the  aspect  of  hives, 
19  ;  stands  for  hives,  19  ;  crystallisa¬ 
tion  of  honey.  39  ;  honey  for  market, 
39  ;  bees  in  straw  skeps,  39  ;  confining 
bees  in  winter,  61 ;  making  candy, 
61 ;  preserving  the  lives  of,  105  ;  in 
winter,  83  ;  hives  for  general  use,  83  ; 
dysentery,  125  ;  causes  of  dysentery, 
125  ;  changing  floor  boards,  147  ; 
reducing  entrances,  147  ;  the  weather, 
167  ;  examination  of  combs,  167 ; 
creating  a  demand  for  honey,  187  ; 
treatment  of  honey,  187 ;  the  late 
spring,  208;  pollen-producing  trees, 
208;  useful  spring  flowers,  256;  con¬ 
dition  of  stocks,  256;  worK  in  the 
apiary,  275 ;  preparing  for  another 
season,  275  ;  feeding,  295  ;  foreign,  317  ; 
native,  317  ;  after  treatment  of  swarms 
339 ;  swarming,  361 ;  prevention  of 
swarming,  361 ;  spring  dwindling. 
Bees— continued. 
383  ;  rearing  queens,  405  ;  seasonable 
notes,  427 ;  obtaining  a  surplus  of 
comb  honey,  469  ;  spreading  brood, 
469  ;  extracted  honey,  493  ;  using  full- 
sized  combs,  493  ;  leaving  sections  on 
in  winter,  617  ;  swarming,  517  ;  work 
in  the  apiary,  517 ;  rearing  queens, 
j  642 ;  superiug,  542 
j  Beet  near  the  roots,  of  fruit  trees, 
I  384 
\  Beetles  in  a  vinery,  428 
I  Begonias— socotrana,  54  ;  weltoniensis, 
>  62 ;  fibrous  rooted,  76 ;  Gloire  de 
Sceaux  180  ;  double  tuberous  rooted, 
467  ;  culture  of  tuberous  rooted, 
504 
Birds  and  Crocuses,  249 
Blackberries  in  New  Zealand,  229 
Black  fly,  winter  condition  of,  20 
Blackmore,  Mr.  R.  D.,  death  of,  72 
Blood  and  loam  for  Vine  border,  20 
Blossom  bud  formation,  87 
Bones,  calcined,  as  manure,  106 
Botanical  Gardens,  Birmingham,  60 
Botany,  a  text  book  of  (Strasburger), 
510 
Boyd,  Mr.  Thos.,  death  of,  252 
Bracebridge  Manse,  74 
Broccoli- notes  on,  5 ;  fatality  among, 
304 
Brockwell  Park,  481 
Broomhead,  Mr.  H. ,  death  of,  38  ' 
Browallia  elata,  209 
Brugmansias,  200 
Bryophyllum  calycinum,  188 
I  Buddleia  Colvilei,  514 
Bulbs— not  thriving,  168  ;  in  Hyde  Park, 
333  ;  in  Victoria  Park,  381 
Bullfinches  and  sparrows  destroying 
buds,  362 
Burford  Lodge  Orchids,  239 
Cabbages,  early,  421 
Caladiums— esculentum,  29  ;  culture 
of,  132 
Calceolarias,  herbaceous,  465 
Call  of  duty,  the,  299 
Calochortus  Benthami,  555 
Cambridge  Lodge  Oi’chids,  499 
Camellias— buds  dropping,  3 ;  repotting, 
188 
Campaign,  the  garden,  279 
Campanulas— grandiflora  pumila,  163  ; 
Raineri,  487 
Canker,  combating,  12 
Cannas  from  seeds,  318 
Carnations— stem  rot  in,  77  ;  Mrs.  T.  W. 
Lawson,  81  ;  soil  for  Malmaisons,  168 ; 
Marguerite,  163  ;  leaves  diseased,  188  ; 
and  Picotees,  455  ;  Mrs.  Hemsley,  463, 
507  ;  in  pots,  512 
Carpet  bedding,  444 
Carrots,  stump-rooted,  102 
Cattleyas— fly  in,  84  ;  spot  in,  84 ; 
Schroder*,  173;  intermedia,  Fowler’s 
variety,  323  ;  Lawrenceana,  411  ; 
citriiia,  432,  623 ;  culture  of,  494 
Ceanothus  —  Gloire  de  Versailles, 
pruning,  168 
Celmisia  spectabilis,  490 
ChamtErops  Fortunei,  228 
Changes  of  horticulture,  the,  545 
Charlock,  spraying,  481 
Cheapside,  Orchids  in,  240 
Chelsea  Physic  Garden,  458 
Chemical  signs  and  equations,  56 
Cherry  house,  the,  405 
Chiswick — Gardens,  151 ;  the  new,  245, 
259,  307,  329,  395,  422 ;  the  old,  329  ; 
and  Gunnersbury,  463 
Chrysanthemums — Crimson  Carnot,  6, 
78,  98  ;  Robert  Laird,  6 ;  Y ellow 
Princess  Victoria,  6  ;  Letrier,  6  ;  the 
rust,  6  ;  show  schedules,  26,  78  ; 
decorative  varieties,  26,  98,  134  ; 
N.C.S.  Executive  Committee, 47  ;  late, 
47  ;  in  Japan,  47  ;  Madame  Carnot, 
98  ;  damp,  98 ;  Mrs.  Q.  Carpenter, 
78  ;  Clinton  Chalfcnt,  78  ;  yellow 
Etoile  de  Lyon,  78  ;  J.  Chamber- 
lain,  78  ;  Kingston  Chrysanthemu||n 
Society,  78,  134  ;  National  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  Society’s  annual  general 
meeting,  122  ;  Madame  Carnot  and 
other  sports,  134  ;  over-fed,  159  ;  up 
to  date ;  Mr.  Molyheux’s  analysis. 
191 ;  certificates,  for,  197 ;  cutting¬ 
damping,  209  ;  American,  231 ;  defi¬ 
nitions  of  buds,  318 ;  late  rooted,  334  ; 
April  potting,  334 
Cider  making  industry,  the,  502 
Cienkowskia  Kirki,  50 
Cinerarias — culture  of,  118,  250,  260, 487; 
at  Perry  Hill,  118  ;  a  group  of,  118;  at 
Impney,  330 
Clare  Lawn  Orchids,  261 
Cleanliness  in  the  garden,  421 
Cleansing  nursery  stock,  350 
Clematis— indivisa,  spots  on  leaves,  126  i 
notes  on,  238  ;  Countess  of  Onslow,  335 
Clerodendron  leaves,  spot  on,  428 
Clianthus  puniceus,  277 
Climate  of  Johannesburg,  the,  610 
