Tl, 
journal  of  horticulture  and  cottage  gardener. 
July  1,  1897. 
DOMAIN,  YOUNG  GARDENERS' 
—continued. 
Mignonette,  391  ;  early  flow¬ 
ering  Chrysanthemums,  801 ; 
notes  on  Pines,  302  ;  the 
double  white  Primula,  324  ; 
the  herbarium,  821,  849  :  a 
well-kept  garden.  324  ;  Pri¬ 
mula  culture.  324  :  forcing 
Lilac,  325  ;  Dipiadenias,  349, 
372  ;  culture  of  Bouvaroias, 
372  ;  Crotons.  372:  Euphorbia 
jacquinlwrlora.  372  ;  Amaryl¬ 
lis.  398;  Yio'et  Marie  Louise, 
396  ;  the  Melon,  398.  419 ;  early 
fruit  houses,  397  ;  Violets,  419  ; 
Bouvardias  from  root-cut¬ 
tings,  419  ;  the  ApDle,  419  : 
Geraniums  for  winter,  442  ; 
notes  on  Dahlias.  442  ;  hang¬ 
ing  baskets,  442  ;  Nature’s 
garden,  442,  464  ;  Cinerarias, 
443 ;  Gold  pen  -  men,  464 ; 
Ixoras,  464  ;  Zonal  Pelar¬ 
goniums,  464 ;  stove  climbers, 
464;  packing.  489,513;  Tomato 
culture,  490,513  ;  propagating 
Euphorbia  iacqn1ni:eflora, 514 ; 
summer  bedding,  537  ;  Melons 
in  frames,  537  ;  Dendrobiums, 
538 
Do  plants  think  ?  255 
Douglas,  Mr.  J„  presentation 
to,  324 
Dream,  as  of  a,  224, 345  :  Stanton 
Lacev  Vicarage  in  1837,  225 
Drill  Hall  difficulties,  331 
Dnblin-by-the-Sea,  313 
Earthworms,  529 
Earwigs  fh  ing,  338 
Eaton  Hall,  spring  bedding  at, 
485 
Edelweiss,  8 
Eelworms— eradication  of,  118, 
184  ;  and  Tomatoes,  198 
Electricity  and  seed  germina¬ 
tion,  181 
Endive,  cooking,  100;  culture 
Of,  120, 159 
Epidenrirums,  notes  on,  530 
Epiphyllnm  failing.  328 
Encharie  Stevensi.  10 
Euphorbia  cyparissias,  7 
Eurycles  Cunninghami,  327 
Evol  utionary  essays,  369 
Exhibitions,  memories  of,  143 
Exhib  tors  and  railway  fares, 
16 
Exochorda  grandiflera,  483 
Experimental  work  in  horti¬ 
culture,  519 
Fadyenia  prolifera,  540 
Farm -gates,  21  :  the  Agri¬ 
cultural  Rating  Act,  44  ; 
economy  with  efficiency.  65; 
preparing  for  the  lambing 
season,  85 ;  poultry  and  eggs 
in  1896, 107 ;  poor  soil  and  best 
means  of  cropping,  168  ;  the 
world’s  bread  corn,  127;  the 
manure  heaD,  1)9 :  large  versus 
small  farms,  171  ;  liquid 
manure  for  grass  land,  172  ; 
two  parasites,  193 ;  real  old 
Cheshire,  221  ;  cow  keeping. 
222;  by  the  way,  241;  churns, 
242  ;  Comtrey  and  Lupins  for 
fodder,  212;  wireworm,  26i  ; 
Potatoes,  what  to  nlant,  283  : 
calf  dying,  284  ;  who  gets  if  '! 
305;  notes  by  the  wav,  329  ; 
our  poultry  yard,  853  ;  the 
Turnip  crop,  377  ;  till  the 
doctor  comes,  401  ;  Ketloeko, 
424  ;  turnip  cultivation,  448  ; 
spoiling  good  land,  470;  the 
day  of  small  things, 493;  milk 
fever,  494  :  a  serious  com¬ 
plaint,  517  ;  now  and  theu, 
or  ’tt«  sixty  years  ago,  541 ; 
chickens  from  eggs  e  ghteen 
months  old,  542  ;  work  on  the 
home  farm,  22,  44,  66,  86,  108, 
128,  150,  172,  194,  222,  242,  £62, 
284,  306,  330,  854,  378,  402,  424, 
449,  470,  494,  518,  542 
Ferns,  weevils  on,  220 
Fertilisers  for  the  orchard,  79 
Ficus  elastica,  propagating, 
221 
Figs,  seasonable  notes  on,  18, 
61.  146,  190,  238,  280,  302,  420, 
514 
Fish  offal,  193 
“  Flights  *  as  manure,  148 
Floral  facts  and  fancies.  12 
Floriculture  under  difficulties, 
142 
Florists’  flowers,  seasonable 
notes  on,  274 
Flower  beds,  planting,  22o 
Flower  garden,  the,  41,  82,  125, 
169,  238,  808,  373,  444,  515 
Flower  gardens  of  Victoria, 
the,  414,  478 
F  1  o  w  e  r  s— winter  at  Hindlio 
Hall,  16;  hardy,  notes  on,  36, 
133, 175,  246,311 , 358, 890, 472, 525 ; 
the  mission  of,  2U  ;  preserva¬ 
tion  of,  251  ;  for  schools.  810 ; 
of  the  streets,  385  ;  cut,  for 
moAt,  423  ;  in  the  house, 
511 
Following  the  leader,  1 
Forcing,  hints  on,  53,  93, 112 
Forests,  Australian,  59 
Forget-m>--nots,  308 
Formalin  for  the  Potato  scab, 
,  270 
Forsythias,  364 
Foster-Melliar,  Mrs.,  death  of, 
116 
Frost,  hoar,  as  an  air  purifier, 
137 
Fruit  forcing,  18,  40,  61,  81,  108, 
124,  146,  16S,  19  ',  218,  238,  259, 
280,  302,  325,  350,  873,  398,  420, 
443,  465.  491,  514  ,  539 
Fruit  garden,  hardv,  40,  81,  124, 
167,  218,  259,  302,  351,  397,  441, 
490,  588 
Fruit— thoughts  about  fruit 
growing,  6,  26  ;  advice  on 
trnit  trees— County  Council 
teaching,  10,  39 ;  gold  medal¬ 
lists  of  the  Fruiterers’  Com¬ 
pany,  74;  prnning  maiden 
trees  in  pots,  85;  pruning,  a 
claim  for,  75 ;  Paradise  Stocks 
for  Western  America,  106; 
fads  about,  195  ;  tirosnects 
round  Liverpool,  230;  varia¬ 
tions  of  seedling,  245;  graft¬ 
ing,  259  ;  sale  of  fruit  pulp, 
271 ;  hardy,  bloom  ot,  340  ; 
fruit  growing  on  chalk.  341  ; 
preservation.  371 ;  destnmtio  > 
of  by  frost,  430 ;  a  reverie  on, 
432  ;  seasonable  notes  on, 
443 
Fuchsia  s— propagating,  213  ; 
jottings,  215  ;  leaves  failing, 
423 
Gardeners,  making  more,  410, 
435 
Gardeners’  Orphan  Fund- 
annual  genera  meeting,  164; 
annual  dinner,  392 
Gardeners’  Roval  Benevolent 
Institution,  Worcester  Auxi¬ 
liary,  14  ;  Victorian  Era  Fund, 
46 ;  annual  general  meeting, 
58;  anniversary  dinner,  485 
Gardening,  picturesque.  475 ; 
for  all,  480  ;  the  delights  of, 
480 
Gardening  scholarships,  75 
Garden,  my  northern,  in  May, 
476 
Gardens,  fair,  dream  of,  25 ;  an 
old  and  fruitful,  185;  extra 
help  in,  379  ;  our,  415 
Garlic,  a  surprise  of,  517 
Gastrolobtum  villosum,  59 
"  Geraniums,”  double  scarlet, 
,  for  market,  422 
German  shows  through  English 
spectacles,  381;  Berlin,  381; 
Hamburg,  382 
Gilia  Brandegei,  213 
Gladiolus,  Gandavensis  in  1896, 
27 ;  Nanceianus,  42 
GloMosa  superba,  328 
Gloucestershire  Apple  orchard, 
in  a,  54, 98 
Godetias,  426 
Godinton  Park,  Ashford,  Cycla¬ 
mens  at,  87 
Gooseberry,  g-een  fly  ob,  260  ; 
f  oliage,  sickly,  and  red  spider, 
418 ;  bushes,  bud  and  graft 
influence,  495 
Grafting,  Improved  method  of, 
1  480,  468 
Graham,  Mr.  A.,  presentation 
to,  316 
Grapes— Gros  Colman,  cracked, 
85;  Black  Hamburgh,  break¬ 
ing  unevenly,  170  ;  a  novelty 
'  in  Grape  production,  205  ; 
Duke  of  Buceleuch,  226  ;  set¬ 
ting,  855 ;  ten  commandments 
in  thinning,  403  ;  Vine  mould 
on,  467  ;  shanking  fungus, 467; 
Muscat  of  Alexandria,  insects 
on,  492 
Grove  Park,  Kingsbury,  the 
conservatory  at,  291 
Haberlea  rhodopensis,  463 
Hamburg  show,  882 
Hampton  Court,  561 ;  Gardens, 
389;  Mr. Graham’s retii  ement. 
52 
Harbome  Hall.  512 
Head,  Mr.  W.  G„  death  of,  293; 
the  late,  S16 
Heliotropes,  notes  od,  289 
Help,  extra,  in  gardens,  379 
Heoaticas,  76,  215 
Hibbertia  perfoliata,  371 
Highbury,  flowers  al,  75 
Hippeastroms,  329,  501 
Hoeing,  412 
Hogg,  Dr.  Robert,  death  of,  232, 
248,  268,  291,  314 
Holly  hedges,  346  ;  trees  and 
their  requirements,  401  ; 
leaves  blistered,  540 
Honesty,  224 
Honeysuckle,  scarlet,  propa¬ 
gating,  641 
Horticultural  history  notes— 
Memories  of  old  Chiswick,  50 ; 
round  about  Marylebone,  288 ; 
along  Western  Middlesex, 
498 
Horticultural  (Royal)  Society's 
examinations,  26  ;  Victoria 
medal,  45,  72,  99;  members  of 
Committees  for  1897.  78  ; 
annual  general  meeting,  118  ; 
granting  certificates,  162,  181, 
212,  255,  290;  Committees,  29, 
112,  198,  254,  £76,  321,  361,  418, 
536  ;  certificates  and  awards 
of  merit,  29,  113,  199,  254,  322, 
861,  418.  454,  536  ;  Scientific 
Committee,  51,  137,  229,  275, 
361,  392,  430;  alleged  laxity  at 
the  Drill  Hall,  255  :  Drill 
Hall  difficulties,  331 ;  Temple 
Show,  449 
Horticulture  —  experimental 
work  in,  519;  during  the 
Queen’s  reign— sixty  years’ 
reminiscences,  666 
Houses,  arrangement  of,  for 
effect,  358 
How  trees  are  built,  111 
Hyacinth,  a  prolific,  137 
Hydrangeas,  266 
Hypnnm  proliferum,  196 
Ilex,  aquifolium  laurifolium 
longifo  ium,  94  ;  crenata,  159 
Implement  for  killing  weeds, 
42 
Inglis.  Mr.,  presentation  to.  505 
In  honour  of  the  Queen,  543 
In  search  of  sunshine— the  ci’y 
of  the  flowery  plain,  408,  428  ; 
the  leafy  groves  of  Sans  Souc', 
473 
Insects,  white,  in  garden,  85  ; 
in  soil,  126 ;  on  plants,  328 ; 
invasion,  385. 437, 479, 509,  535  ; 
destroying  and  preventing, 
461 
Ionopsidium  acaule,  439 
Ireland,  notes  from,  460 
Irises  Bakeriana,  177 ;  Lorteti, 
429 ;  cristata,  439 
Isle  of  Wight,  a  garden  in  the, 
57,  70,  96,  140,  187,  262  ;  notes 
from  the,  79 
Ivies— on  Plane  tree,  106,  127  ; 
tree,  278 
Jadoo  fibre,  53 
Jones,  Mrs.,  oeath  of,  58 
Judging  gardens,  517 
Kalosanthes  culture,  365 
Kangaroo  Vine,  880 
Kew  Gardens,  walks  and  talks 
in,  203 
Kinnoul1,  the  late  Earl  of,  117 
Kitchen  garden,  the.  62,  104,  146, 
199,  239,  273,  325,  374,  421,  515 
Laburnums,  vagaries  in,  468 
Lackey  moth,  the,  261 
Ladlas,  prsestans  alba,  Ash¬ 
worth’s  var.,  £7  ;  notes  on, 
366  ;  purpurata  malformed, 
482 
Ladio-Cattleyas— Rosalind,  54  ; 
Nysa  superba,  118 
Landscape  gardening,  book  on. 
170 
Lapagerias,  culture  of,  228 
Lawns,  weeds  on,  240 
Leader. following  the,  1 
Leafy  June,  5f>l 
Leeks  for  exhibition,  109 
Lilies,  Water,  214 
Liliums  —  canadense,  101;  top¬ 
dressing,  250 
Lily  of  the  Valley,  Fortin 
variety,  348 
Lines  on  reading  a  seed  list, 
271 
Liverpoo’  notes,  203 
Llangedwyn,  100 
Lobelias,  increasing,  213 
Lockinge  Park,  201 
Looking  forward.  23 
Looking  round,  134, 178 
Luculia  gratissima,  16,  32 
Lunaria  biennis,  224 
Lupins  for  fodder,  242 
Lupinus  arboreus,  525 
Ljcaste  Skinneri,  84, 866,  482 
I 
Magnolias  leaves  browned,  193; 
Soulangeana,  368  ;  steilata, 
443 
Maianthemum  Convallaria,  320 
Maplewood,  434 
Marigolds  for  exhibition,  247 
Masdevallia  tovarensis,  27 
Medals  of  honour,  106 
Melons— hints  about,  62,  191, 
238,  281,  420  ;  in  frames,  170 ; 
pests  in  Melon  houses,  446  ; 
culture  in  troughs,  461 
Microscopes.  377 
Milne,  Mr.  W.,  death  of,  179 
Miltonia  Roezli,  188 
Mimicry  in  Nature,  18l 
Mimuluses,  33 
Mint,  lamb,  root  diseased,  423 
Mission  of  flowers,  the,  211 
Monstera  delicio-a,  388 
Morseas,  347 
Moss,  proliferous  Feather.  196 
Moths,  garden,  harmful  and 
harmless,  110,  227,  394 
Mulching,  496 
Mushrooms,  outdoor  cultiva¬ 
tion  of,  6  ;  discoloured,  43  ; 
and  Carrots,  84;  preparing 
materials  for  bed,*.  127;  spawn, 
329  ;  money  in,  517 
Mustard  and  Cress  in  punnets, 
220 
Myosotis  dissitiflora,  389 
Narcissi— after  flowering,  193  ; 
Southern  wtar.  272  ;  Ellen 
Wil  Imott,  272 
New  Y’ear,  glad,  the,  5 
Night  soil  for  Vines,  64 
Nitragen,  271 
Nitrogen,  374 
Odontoglossum  crisDum 
Luciani,  385  ;  erispum  “  Star¬ 
light,”  499  ;  nebuiosum,  516 
Oleanders,  scale  on,  261 
Onciliums  — splendidum,  245  ; 
of  the  macranthum  group, 
337 
Onions, diseased.  106 ;  a  note  on, 
181 ;  the  fly, S69 
Orchards,  fertilisers  for.  79 
Orchids  —  Cattleya  Prince  of 
Wales,  11  ;  Calanthes,  11  ; 
hybrid  Cyprioedinms,  11  ; 
Deudrobium  Wardianum,  11 ; 
Lselia  p’testans  alba,  Ash¬ 
worth’s  var.,  27 ;  Masdevallia 
tovarensis,  27;  Lafiio-Cattleya 
Rosalind, 54 ;  the  Oichid  house 
in  January,  54  ;  Zvgocolax 
Veitchi,  68  ;  Saceolabium 
giganteum,  69  :  Calanthes 
vestita  and  Veitchi,  93  ; 
Orchid  sales,  96  ;  Lailio  - 
Cattleya  Nysa  superba.  118; 
potting,  118  ;  pseudo-bulbs 
decayed,  118 ;  Miltonia  Roezli, 
138;  notes  on  Phalamopsis, 
157  ;  sale  at  Marks  Tev,  157  ; 
deciduous  Denorobiums,  197; 
Deudrobium  Devoniannm, 
197 >  in  flower,  226  ;  Tricho- 
glottis  cochlearis,  245;  Onci- 
diurn  splendidum,  24.5;  Ham¬ 
burg  Exhibition,  267 ;  Den¬ 
drobiums  in  beauty,  267  ; 
notes  on  Cymbidiums,  267 ; 
Oneidiums  of  the  macran¬ 
thum  group,  337  ;  at  Aston 
Hall,  337 ;  Ljcaste  Skinneri, 
866;  notes  on  Lrelias,  366  ; 
notes  on  Aerides,  417;  Cypri- 
pedium  Lawrenc-anum,  417  ; 
Manchester  Orchid  Society, 
458,  499;  Cypripedium  villo¬ 
sum  aureum,  482;  Coelogyne 
cristata  Trenlham  variety, 
482;  Oncidium  Krameriannm, 
482  ;  Lycaste  Skinneri,  482  ; 
Orchids  at  Summerville, 
Dumfries.  482  ;  Ltelia  purpu¬ 
rata  malformed.  482  ;  at  the 
Temple  Show,  499 ;  at  Mr.  W. 
Bull’s,  499  ;  at  Messrs  J. 
Veitch  *■  Sons,  499 ;  Epiden- 
drums,  530 
Ornithogalum  diseased,  423 
Osborne  House,  563 
Owen,  Mr.  R.,  death  of,  410 
Pamnies,  tree,  121 ;  stock  for 
tree,  217 
Palms  in  Russia,  525 
Pansies,  diseased,  127;  and 
Violas,  277  , 
Peaches  and  Nectarines,  40,  81, 
124,  168,  218,  273,  350,  398,  491, 
539;  in  pots,  170;  yellows  in, 
176;  buds  and  flower  falling, 
240  ;  excrescences  on  roots,  321; 
shoots  diseased,  352  ;  insects 
on  branch.  876;  trees  casting 
their  leaves,  446;  causes  of 
fruits  falling, 468;  trees  aiainst 
walls  unhealthy,  493 
Pears— the  Pear  slug,  9;  Marie 
Benoist,  15;  scale  on  trees, 
170;  bloom,  271;  shoots  and 
leaves  blistered,  423 ;  Pear-gall 
gnat,  the,  486 
Peas,  Webb’s  Senator,  143 ; 
Carter’s  Daisy,  216;  American 
Wonder, insects  on,422  ;  early, 
629  , 
Pelargoniums,  Zonal,  diseased ^ 
84 ;  propagating,  213,  313 ; 
decorative,  446 
Penrhyn,  a  call  at,  188 
Petunias,  increasing,  214 
Phalamopsis,  notes  on,  157 
Phytoptus  ribis,  64 
Picturesque  gardening,  428 
Pietermaritzburg,  round,  290 
Pines,  golden  foliaged,  212; 
value  of  juice  of,  488;  notes 
on,  514 
Pinnington.  Mr.  R,  presenta¬ 
tion  to,  203 
PLANTS  AND  FLOWERS  CER¬ 
TIFICATED  BY  THE  ROYAL 
HORTICULTURAL  SOCIETY— 
Amarylli  es— Pera,254;  Brenda, 
322  :  Chimbaroza,  322  ;  Duke 
of  York,  822  ;  Ignacite,  322; 
The  Czar,  322  ;  Tnuoberg, 
822;  Topaz,  322.  Anemia  ro- 
tundi  oHa,  418  Amectochuus 
Sand eri anus,  454.  Anthurium 
Scherzerianum  Qeant  San- 
glant,  254.  Auricula  Fred 
Knighton.  361.  Azaleas— 
rustica  fl.  -'pi.  Freya.  454  ; 
rustics  fl.-pl.  Ribera,  454 
Begonias  —  Diamond  Jubilee, 
454 ;  Queen  of  Qaeens,  454. 
Bulbophyl'um  Ericssoni 
Krangleri.  199 
Caladiums  —  Lady  Stafford 
Northeote.  454  ;  Mrs.  McLeod, 
454.  Calochortus  Gunnisoni, 
537.  Canos  Coni' e  de  Bou¬ 
chard.  254  Carnations— Arte- 
mus.254  ;  Barras,537;  Cecilia, 
537;  Helmsman, 537.  Cattleyas 
— Loddigesi  superba,  29 ;  Tri- 
ana;  eximium,  118  ;  Triante 
Imperator,  113  ;  Mossise  Em- 
itress  Queen,  454 ;  SchilPriana 
Hardy’s  var,  454  ;  Mendeli 
Madonna,  454  :  Mossise  In 
Memoriam  Richard  .Curnow, 
537  ;  Mossise  Empress  of 
India,  537.  Cedrus  atlantica 
aurea,  537.  Celmisia  Monroi. 
537.  ChionodoxaLucilise  alba, 
199  C 1  e  m  ati  se  s  —  Marcel 
Moser.  455;  Duchess  of  Al¬ 
bany,  455.  Coelogyne  Dayana, 
The  Dell  var„ 455.  Cotoneaster 
horizontal! s.  199.  Croton  Her 
M  jesty,  455.  Cyclamens  — 
pani  io,  29  :  grandiflora  alba, 
199.  Cymbidium  eburneum, 
199.  Cypripediums— Lebaudy- 
aoum,  29;  Lilian  Greenwood, 
29;  hirsuto-Sallieri,  199  ;  bel- 
latulo-vexillarium,418 ;  Chap- 
mani  magnificum.  418,  455 ; 
conco-bellatulum,  455 
DavaMia  hirta.  255.  Delphi¬ 
niums — Clara  S'ubbs, 537 ;  Sir 
John  Forrest,  537.  Dendro- 
bium  Ashworthi  intertextum, 
199.  Disporum  Lesclienaul- 
tianum  variegatum,  254. 
Doryopteris  nobilis  Duvalli, 
587 
Erythroniums  —  Nuttallianum, 
254  ;  revolutum,  822.  Escal- 
lonia  langleyensis,  537 
Ficus  radicans  variegata,  455. 
Fuchsia  Addington,  322 
_ Palroriami  HQ*  T.nninn. 
537 
Ltelias— Lucy  Ingram,  80  ;  pur¬ 
purata  fastuosa.  455.  Lteiio- 
C  a  1 1  le  y  a  s  —  Violetta,  113; 
Digbyans-Trianai,  322;  H'p- 
poivta,  Dulcote  variety,  418; 
Ladv  Wigan,  455  ;  tyntes- 
fleld’iense,  455  ;  Our  Queen, 
537  ;  Empress  of  India,  537. 
Lilac  Senator  Holland,  418. 
Lithospermum  tinctorum,  861. 
Lycaste  Skinneri  pulcher- 
rima,  199 
Masdevallia  Pourbaixi,  199. 
Mormodes  labium  luteum,  30. 
Muscari  conicnm,  322 
Narcissi— Ellen  Wilimott,  254; 
Lettice  Harmer,254;  Southern 
Star,  255  ;  Beacon,  322;  M.  de 
Graaff,  322  ;  Snowdrop,  322 
Odonti  glossums— erispum  Ami 
Charles.  199  ;  erispum  Kegel- 
jani,  199;  erispum  Lucian:, 
255  ;  Ruckerianum  ocellatum, 
255;  Andersonianum,  Dane- 
hurst  variety,  322  ;  Wilcke- 
anum  Queen  Empress,  322 ; 
erispum  heliotropium,  361 ; 
