July  1,  18-7. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER 
y. 
INDEX. 
Abietene,  the  source  of,  529 
Acacia  cultriformis,  131 
Achimenes,  culture  of.  387 
Aconite,  Winter,  the,  92 
Across  the  Channel,  503 
Aerides,  notes  on,  417  ;  A.  van- 
darum,  417 
Aldershot,  The  Royal  Pavilion, 
561 
Alpine  flowers,  brie!  notes  on, 
7,  92,  215,  320.  439 
Alterations,  307 
Amaryllis,  at  Chelsea,  299 ;  or 
Hippeastrums,  501 
Amelanchier  canadensis,  348 
American  blight,  remedy  for,  8, 
347 
Ammoniaeal  liquor,  for  disin¬ 
fecting  soil,  42  ;  and  wire- 
worm,  84 
Anemone,  fulgens  unsatisfac¬ 
tory,  283 ;  coronaria  The  Bride, 
fl.-pl.,  505 
Annuals,  half-hardy,  162 
Annus  memorabilia.  332 
Anoiganthns  breviflorus,  95 
An  old  and  fruitful  garden, 
185 
Anti-blight  powder,  588,  317 
Antirrhinums,  334 
Ants,  methods  of  destroying, 
468 
Aphis,  woolly,  the,  847,  434 
A  'Pies— judging  at  the  Crystal 
Palace,  13  ;  disqualifying  at 
shows,  13 ;  classification  of, 
13,  29 ;  cooking  and  dessert 
Apples,  13;  keeping  Apples, 
13;  in  a  Gloucestershire  Apple 
orchard,  54,  98  ;  twigs  and 
branches  destroyed,  84;  thin¬ 
ning,  137;  Jolly  Beggar,  149; 
cider,  180;  insects  on  twigs, 
282 ;  the  Anple  blossom  weevil, 
838;  late,  341;  Easter  Orange, 
409 
April  characteristics,  871 
Arabia  albida,  186 
Arsenate  of  lead.  338 
As  of  a  dream,  224,  345 
Asparagus, forcing,  163 ;  culture, 
357  ;  ingredients  of  ash,  431; 
English,  540 
Astelma  eximium,  21 
Aubrietias,  384  ;  A.  purpurea, 
334;  propagating,  468 
AurVcu'as  at  the  Drill  Hall,  336; 
northern  show,  893 
Avery  Hill,  406 
Axes  to  grind,  203 
Azaleas  —  indica  alba,  251  : 
mollis  hybrids,  540 
Babylon,  an  escape  from,  506 
Balancing  accounts,  116 
Balmoral  Castle,  565 
Bamboos,  481 
Bananas,  baked,  271 
Baptisia  exaltata,  511 
Basic  slag  phosphate  for  Vines, 
127 
Beans,  French,  forcing,  163 ; 
forced,  at  Chiswick,  359 
Beddard,  Mr.  T.,  death  of.  94 
Bedding  —  summer,  432,  477, 
508 ;  spring  at  Eaton  Hall, 
485 
Bees — hives  with  ten  standard 
frames,  19  ;  the  doubling 
system,  19  ;  an  English  bee¬ 
keeper  at  home,  20  ;  work  for 
the  New  Year,  42 ;  starting 
bee-keeping,  63  ;  when  to 
commence,  63 ;  hives  with  ten 
standard  frames,  63,  83  ;  using 
old  comb«.  83;  system  in  bee¬ 
keeping,  83  ;  honey  and  hives, 
83;  pure  honey,  105;  storing 
honey,  105;  the  weather,  125, 
492 ;  enemies  of  bees, 125;  mak¬ 
ing  candy, 125;  doubling  hives, 
126, 169 ;  g  azing  sections,  147  ; 
packing  sections  of  honey, 148 ; 
large  hives,  169,  281,  327,  375, 
445 ;  mice  in  hives,  170  ;  ques¬ 
tions  on  bee-keeping,  191;  bees 
swarming,  191 ;  how  to  pre¬ 
vent  swarming,  192;  giving 
empty  frames  to  obtain  a 
surplus,  192 ;  feeding  stocks 
with  cand'ed  honey,  192 ; 
queenlessneBS,  219 ;  uniting 
weak  co’onies,  220 ;  wintering 
240  ;  dampness  in  hives,  240 ; 
reducing  entrances,  240  ; 
doubling  hives,  240;  flowers 
for,  26i,  421 ;  fe'tilisation  of 
fruit,  trees,  260  ;  examination 
of  stocks,  281 ;  drones  in  hive, 
282  ;  spring  dwindling,  804; 
ouen  air  feeding,  304  ;  best 
hives  for  wintering,  326;  late 
breeding  in  autumn,  326  ; 
straw  skeps,  327 ;  spring  feed¬ 
ing,  351;  large  frames  375  ; 
number  of  bees  in  a  hive, 
375  ;  two  queens  in  one  hive, 
399;  350  lbs.  of  honey  in  one 
hive.  399;  cleansing  combs, 
399  ;  removing  spare  combs, 
421 ;  spreading  brood,  421 ; 
fallacy  in  bee-keeping,  445; 
dead  bees,  445  ;  dividing  ,a 
stock,  445 ;  “  The  Bee  Master” 
445;  working  for  comb  honey, 
467 ;  preparing  for  the  honev 
harvest.  4s2  ;  notes  from 
Devon,  492;  workuig  for  ex¬ 
tracted  honey,  516  :  preven¬ 
tion  of  swarming,  516;  comb 
honey,  516  ;  early  swarms,  539  ; 
swarming  versus  non  swarm¬ 
ing,  539;  transferring  stocks, 
*)39 
Begonias — Gioire  de  Lorraine, 
48,  95  ;  tuberous-rooted,  from 
seeds,  90  ;  growing.  133 ; 
Gioire  de  Sceaux,  274 :  in¬ 
sects  eating  seedling,  327 
Belvoir,  spring  flowers  at, 
462 
Rerberis  stenophylla,  364 
B  rlin  International  Horticul¬ 
tural  Exhibition,  230,  881 
Berwick  Hal),  296 
Birmingham  notes,  435 
Borecole,  Sutton’s  Al,  340 
Boronias,  propagating,  468 
Boswell.  Mr.  H.,  death  of, 
117 
Rotanical  geography,  our,  527 
Botanic  (Royal)  Society,  441 
Bouquets,  making  for  wed¬ 
dings,  458 
Bouvardias  for  profit,  342 
Boxes  for  cut  flowers,  170 
Brisb  me  Lily,  827 
British  climate,  the,  348 
Broccoli  —  Carter’s  Perfection, 
339 ;  the  crop,  476 
Rroditea  Howelli  lilacina,  89 
Broom,  animals  poisoned  by, 
368 
Brussels  Sprouts,  206 
Buckingham  Palace,  562 
Bulbs,  early,  shelters  for,  7  ; 
culture  of  hardy  in  England. 
244, 266 ;  culture  and  industry 
in  Holland,  428 
Bnrcbellia  capensis,  81 
Butchers’  Broom,  278 
Cabbage,  Su  ton’s  Favourite, 
340;  rot  fungus,  467 
Ctesalpinia  janonica,  531 
Calanthes.  Veitchi  and  vestita, 
95 
Calceolarias,  bedding,  272  ;  re¬ 
quirements,  327 
Callistachys  longlf alia,  165 
Camellias,  grafting,  106;  after 
flowering,  360  ;  treatment  of, 
468 
Campanula  drabifolia,  320 
Carnations,  rooting  cuttings  of, 
73,  116;  at  Raogemdre,  121, 
160 ;  clip.  492 
Carrots,  forcing,  165;  keeping 
through  the  winter,  170  ; 
trials  of,  339;  the  Carrot  fly, 
393 
Ca-tor  oil  plant,  the,  529 
Caterpillars  on  flower  bed 
plants,  305 
Cattleya  Prince  of  Wales,  11  ; 
Loddigesi  superba,  29;  Law- 
renceana,  427 
Cauliflowers,  71 
Celery— the  fly,  298;  planting, 
497 
Ceohalotus  follicularis,  540 
Cerasus,  pseudo  -  cerasus,  139; 
Virginians,  458 
Chalky  soils,  trees  and  shrubs 
for,  37 
Changes,  223 
Chayot.e,  810 
Chemistry  in  the  garden,  47,  76, 
90,  186,  207,  247,  312,  415 
Cherry  house,  the,  143,  190  ; 
Cherrv  blossom  falling,  422 
Chionodoxa  Lnciiiie,  74 
Choisya  ternata,  253 
Christmas  Roses  from  seeds, 
3  >8 
Chrysanthemums— Mr.  C.  Har¬ 
man  Payne,  2 ;  Mr.  C.  H. 
Payne’s  L’Ordre  de  la  Meri'e 
Agrico  e,  3  ;  portrait  of  Mr. 
C.  H.  Payne.  3  ;  a  tour 
abroad  by  a  happy  trio, 
3,  31,  99,  155,  236  ;  con¬ 
fusion  in  naming  Chrys¬ 
anthemums— G.  J.  Warren 
versus  Yellow  Madame  Car¬ 
not,  3,  30  ;  the  N.C.S.  judges, 
4,  31 ;  propagating  Chrysan¬ 
themums,  4  ;  new  Chrysan¬ 
themums,  incurved  varieties, 
4 ;  big,  30  ;  new  variet  es,  30  ; 
a  few  scrappy  notes,  30 ;  por¬ 
traits  of  MM.  E.  Fierens  and 
O.  de  Meulenaere.  31 ;  hair' , 
60,  73;  notes,  60;  National 
Chrysanthemum  Society.  72; 
classification  of,  72;  sports, 
73 ;  a  Chrysanthemum  freak, 
73;  Sheffield  Chrysanthemum 
Society,  73,  120,  236 ;  buds,  84  ; 
C  H  RYSANTH  EM  nMS  could. 
incurved,  99,  12o  ;  Diamond 
Jubilee  prizes,  120 ;  Pride  of 
.Mad  -ord  and  Beauty  of  Teign- 
mouth,  120;  N.C.S.,  141;  good 
keeping  varieties,  141;  Mad. 
Carnot.  155 ;  N.C.S.,  annual 
general  meeting,  155 ;  March 
propagating,  213;  N.C.S.  Dia¬ 
mond  Jubilee  classes,  199; 
election  of  Floral  Committee, 
199  ;  spring  notes,  291 :  from 
suckers,  304  ;  notes  bv  the 
way,  845  ;  seeds  from  Jap  >o, 
352  ;  bamboo  canes  and  ear¬ 
wigs,  362  ;  schedules,  societies, 
362 
Cinerarias,  251;  dying,  220  ;  at 
Perry  Hill,  270;  early,  276,  313  ; 
good,  276  ;  at  home,  362 
Clarke,  Col.  Trevor,  death  of. 
346 
“Clay’s  Successful  Gardening,” 
529 
Climate,  British,  the,  348 
Cllvias  at  Forest  Hill,  299 
Codlin  moth  spray,  new,  53 1 
Coelogyne  —  unhealthy,  261  : 
crlstita,  Trentham  variety, 
482 
Coleuses,  Increasing,  218;  insects 
on,  353 
Cnmfrey  for  fodde",  242 
Commemora-ing  the  Queen’s 
reign,  45;  the  R.H.S.  Victoria 
medal,  45,  82,  99 ;  Victorian 
Era  Fund  of  the  Gardener,-’ 
Royal  B -nevolent  Institution, 
46  ;  the  Royal  Gardeners’ 
Orphan  Fuud,  47 
Conners,  confusion  in,  86 1, 
387 
Coombe  Wood,  530 
Coping  for  a  wall,  171 
Cornflowers,  blue.  65,  84 
C  trn  produce,  new,  434 
Coryiopsis  spicata,  23 1 
Cottager,  definition  of  a,  192 
County  Council  teaching,  39 
Ciocnses,342 ;  protecting  winter 
flowering,  7  ;  biflorus  argen- 
teus.  216 ; 
Cruickshank,  Mr.  J  ,  death  of, 
229 
Cryptomeria  elegans,  propagat¬ 
ing,  126 
Cucumbers— notes  on,  18,  146, 
280, 420 ;  and  Tomato  troubles, 
129, 174,  264 ;  green  and  white, 
141 ;  nine  in  soil  for,  170 ; 
growing,  238;  plant  and  sob, 
400 ;  gummed,  4ol ;  ancient 
and  modern  culture,  427  ; 
Longford  Hall,  433  ;  soil  for 
treated  with  lime,  416;  cul¬ 
ture,  640 
Cupressus  Lawsoniana  and 
nootkatensis,  36S 
Currants,  bud  mite,  64 ;  and 
patriotism,  365 
C  y  c  J  a  me  n  s— papilio,  29 ;  at 
Godinton  Park,  87 ;  >  oum,  93 ; 
and  Primulas  at  Reading,  U0 ; 
hardy,  2  6 
Cymbidiums,  notes  on,  267 ;  C. 
Tracyanum,  267 
Cypher,  Mr.,  presentation  to, 
95 
Cypripedium  s— hybrid,  11 ; 
Lebaudyanum,  29  ;  Lilian 
Green  wood,  29;  leaves  rusted, 
106;  comport  for,  261;  Law- 
renceanum,  417  ;  villosum 
aurenm,  482 
Cytisus  —  racemosus,  352;  and 
Genistas,  484 
r  ' 
Daffodils,  Double  Yellow,  100; 
at  Ditton,  300 
Dahlias,  exhibiting,  98  :  select 
varieties,  107 ;  Mr.  Mawiey’s 
analysis,  285  ;  notes  on,  315  ; 
Dobbie’s  Dahlia,  book,  3o8 
Daisies,  double,  365 
Daphne  cneo  um,  504 
Definition  of  a  cottager,  192 
Dendrobiums — Wardianum,  11; 
deciduou-,  197  ;  D.  Devoni- 
anum,  197  ;  at  Chelsea,  267 ;  a 
fine  Dendrobium  nobile,  294 
D  e  u  t  z  i  a  s— Lemoinei,  76 ;  can- 
didissima  fl.-pl.,  153;  graehis, 
231 
De  Walden  House,  winter 
flowers  at,  216 
Dew,  formation  of,  395 
Diamond  Jubilee  celebration,  a, 
136 ;  and  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture.  506 
Diamond  Memorial,  a  tree,  95 
Digging  and  forking,  263 
Domain,  young  gardeners’— A 
gooi  begi  ning,  17  ;  Gar¬ 
deners’  Royal  Benevoleut 
Institution,  17 ;  Calanthes, 
17,  301;  the  R.H.S.  examina¬ 
tions,  17,  38,  101,  122,  144, 
16<T  ;  Vine  pruning,  38 ; 
Kueharis  amazonica,  38,  489  ; 
early  forcing  of  Peaches  and 
Nectarine-,  38,  60;  tool  house 
and  tools,  60  ;  mice  and  Cine¬ 
rarias,  60  ;  Potnsettias,  60 ; 
the  Black  Currant,  6i  ;  winter 
Tomatoes,  6l;  Eucharis  cul¬ 
ture,  79;  Cyclamens,  80,  167; 
keeping  a  diary,  80  ;  herba¬ 
ceous  Calceolaria-.  80  ;  taking 
Chrysanthemum  cuttings,  SO; 
Vuie  culture,  80,  102  ;  winter 
flowering  C  .rnatious,  80  ; 
potting,  101  ;  potting  Cat- 
tleyas,  101,  123 ;  growing  and 
forcing  Liiy  of  the  Valley,  102; 
conservatory  management, 
102,  122,  145,  188,  280,  436  ;  Dra- 
eama-,  102,  257  ;  Gloxinias, 
102. 144, 189,  237,  300 ;  observa¬ 
tion,  103 ;  testing  early  Toma¬ 
toes,  122  ;  the  Victorian  Era 
Fund,  122,  166 ;  Azaleas,  122  ; 
single  Dahlias  fr,  m  seed,  122; 
Vines,  starting  to  flowering, 
123  ;  Chrysanthemums,  145  ; 
Strawberries  for  forcing,  145; 
Grape  Vines,  14  >;  tuberous- 
rooted  Begonias,  145,  256  ; 
Feesia  refracta  alba,  166, 
279  ;  notes  on  Lapagerias, 
166  ;  Imanfophylimns,  166  ; 
Gloriosa  superba,  167 ;  Pri¬ 
mula  obconca,  167;  notes 
from  a  Coffee  estate,  167 ; 
Begonia  Gioire  de  Sceaux, 
I8t  ;  Croton  culture,  189  ; 
Snowdrops,  189;  young  gar¬ 
deners’  examinations,  217 ; 
Streptocarpus,  217 ;  the  cul¬ 
ture  of  Arums,  217  ;  the 
Strawherry,  217 ;  Adiantum 
cuneatum,  2l8  ;  notes  on 
Vines  —  thrips  and  rheuma¬ 
tic  ,  236  ;  Polyanthus  and 
Primroses,  236  ;  Vines  at 
Penrhyn,  237;  pruning,  287  ; 
Carnations,  2)7;  Vines — set¬ 
ting  and  thinning,  256  ; 
Fuchsias,  279  ;  Salvias,  279  ; 
Raspbeiry  culture,  300  ;  forc¬ 
ing  Ftench  Beans,  801,  349 
419,  442;  the  Banana,  Sol ; 
Caunas,  801 ;  Chtmonanthns 
fragrans  granciflorus,  801; 
