July  1..1897. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDEN  Ell 
plants  Certificated  — 
continued. 
Andersonianum  Bogaerdi- 
aBUffi,  418 ;  Pescatorei  Im- 
perlale,  455 ;  excellent  var., 
455 :  crispum  Queen  Victoria, 
455  ;  sceptrum  anreum,  455  ; 
excellens  Thompson!,  455 ; 
crispum  Annie,  455  ;  crispum 
Peetersi.  455  ;  crispum  Star¬ 
light,  455 ;  crispum  Crawahay- 
anutn,  537  ;  Ornithogalum 
grandiflorum,  322 
Petunia  Mrs.  Fred  Sander,  455. 
Phalamongis  Hebe,  113.  Phyl- 
locaiti— Adonis,  455  ;  Syrens, 
455.  Pink  Albino, 537.  Poly. 
anti  us  Woodside  Gem,  255. 
Primula  Trailli,  361.  Pyre- 
thrum  Wilson  Barrett,  455 
Rhododendrons  —  superbissi  - 
mum,  361;  Pink  Pearl,  418; 
Madame  Moser,  fl.-p'.,  455. 
Roses— Antoine  Rivoire,  255 ; 
macrophylia,  537 
Solanum  tuberosum  varie- 
gatum,  322.  Streptocarpus 
achimeniflora,  418 
Trollius  napel  lit oli  us ,  41 8.  Tro- 
pseolnms— Phoebe,  322  ;  Mrs. 
Sanderson,  361.  Tulipa  Kauff. 
manniana,  255 
Vanda  Agnes  Joachim,  537. 
Violet  Amtral  Avellan,  113 
Zygopetalum  Perrenoudi  su¬ 
perbum,  322 
Plant  border,  our  hardy,  131,152, 
185,  224,  SO 8,  334 
Planthouses,  18,  62, 164,  147,  191, 
239,  281,  326,  398,  491 ;  decora¬ 
tive,  196 
Plants,  do  they  think  1’  255  ; 
treatment  ol  seedling,  356  ; 
constituents  of,  431 ;  in  house 
decoration,  435 ;  raising  spring 
flowering,  485  :  eccentricities 
of,  526 ;  influence  of  microbic 
'  life  in  the  nutrition  of,  526  ; 
greenhouse,  piling  ng,  541 
Platylobium  formosum,  277 
Pleasure  grounds,  natural 
beauty  in,  320,  392 
Ploughing  in  a  greenhouse,  410 
Plums,  growths  and  blossom 
blighted,  S05 
Poinsettias,  8, 497 
Polyanthus,  border,  389 
Pontederia  crassipes,  364 
Portraits— Mr.  C.  Harman 
Payne,  2;  Mons.  E.  Fierens, 
81 ;  Mons.  0.  de  Meulenaere, 
31;  Mr.  W.  Cuthbertson,  34; 
Mr.  David  Thomson,  204  ;  Dr. 
Robert  Hogg,  232 
P  o  t  a  toe  s— for  exhibition,  53; 
the  discolouration  of.  76,  91 ; 
cooking,  115,  142,  207  ;  dis¬ 
eased,  126;  forcing,  163;  for¬ 
malin  for  the  scab,  270  ;  pests 
in  America,  270;  quality  of, 
278 ;  chemical  manure  for,  283 
Pots,  flower,  clean  and  dirty, 
852 
Precept  and  practice.  24,  48,  88, 
132,  177,  227,  294,  309,  386,  428, 
475,  500 
Prescot  House,  298 
Primulas,  and  Cyclamens  at 
Beading,  160 ;  calycina.  359  ; 
early  Chinese,  620  ;  P.  Trailli, 
523 
Propagating,  March,  213 
Pruning,  winter, 14, 56 ;  pruning 
maiden  trees  in  pots,  85,  148; 
tree,  151 ;  simplicities  of.  173 
Prunug,  nana,  53  ;  Davidiana, 
137,  434;  triloba,  822,  352; 
pseudo-cera-us,  888 
Pyrns  floribunda,  363  ;  spec- 
tabilis,  388 
Queen’s  reign,  the,  com¬ 
memorating,  45 
Rains,  the,  528 
Radishes  at  Chiswick,  859 
Ramondia  pyrenaica,  ls7 
Rangemore,  Carnations  at,  121, 
166 
Ranunculus  grandifolius,  465 
Red  spider  on  Gooseberry  foli¬ 
age,  418,  463,  477 
Redwoods,  the  height  of,  180 
Resting  tour,  a  —  Bridge  of 
Allan,  34;  Stirling,  34;  Rothe¬ 
say,  35 ;  Drnmlanrig,  204 
Rhododendrons  —  grande,  9  ; 
praicox,  181 ;  at  Kew,  252  ; 
notes  on,  384;  Kewense,  48o 
Rhubarb,  375;  forced,  9 
Ribes  anreum,  353 
Rival  queens,  160 
Riviera,  the,  notes  from,  69 
Rochtord  House,  15 
Rockeries,  forming,  92 
Roses— Marechal  hliel,  20 ;  “  the 
Rosarian’s  Year  Book  for 
1897,”  37 ;  the  hybridisation 
of  Roses,  51;  Polyantha  and 
China,  91;  Enchantress,  119; 
pruning  Tea,  171 ;  Mrs.  John 
Baing  and  Mrs.  R.  G.  Shar- 
man  Crawford,  188, 214  ;  A.  K. 
Williams,  214 ;  Hybrid  Tea, 
214;  show  fixtures  for  1897, 
275,  297,  341,  360,  390,  416,  43-, 
456,  479,  524  ;  budding  in 
February,  275  ;  seasonable 
notes,  297  ;  feeding,  370  ; 
a  Rose  day  proposal,  360  ; 
Roses  under  glass,  860 ;  the 
National  Rose  Society’s 
shows,  390;  the  malevolent 
weevil,  416 ;  progress  with 
Marechal  Niel,416;  comments 
and  impressions  —  manures, 
436,  479,  510;  deformed,  493  ; 
new,  510;  comments  and  im¬ 
pressions — medals  and  prizes, 
524 
Rnbus,  coloured  stemmed,  51 
Ruscus  aculeatus,  278 
Saccolabium  gieanteum,  69 
1  Salvia  geBnerseflora,  344 
i  Sanguinaria  canadensis  gran- 
diflora,  390 
Sarmienta  repens.  395 
Saxifragas— aptculata,  7;  aizoon 
on  a  roof,  92 ;  Burseriana,  216  ; 
Burseriana  major,  320 
Schizocodon  soldanelloides,  323, 
339,  439 
Schools,  flowers  for,  310 ; 
gardens.  384,  435,  611 
Scopolia  Fladntchiana,  289 
Seakale,  forcing,  135 ;  culture, 
405 
Sechium  edule,  310 
Seeds,  proportion  of,  to  length 
of  row,  241  ;  depth  and  dis¬ 
tance  of  sowing,  241 ;  foreign, 
376 
Sempervivum  arachnoideum, 
92 
Senecio  grandifolius,  10 ;  macro- 
glOSSUS,  220 
Sharpe,  Mr.  C ,  death  of, 
200 
Shelters  for  early  bulbs,  7 
Shows  —  Grassendale,  2.51  ; 
Edgbaston,  258 ;  Torquay, 278  ; 
Royal  Botanic,  279  ;  Shrews¬ 
bury,  316  ;  Brighton,  323  ; 
Auricula  and  Primula,  323  ; 
Berlin,  881 ;  Hamburg,  382  ; 
Northern  Auricula,  393  ; 
Temple,  449;  Northern  Tulip, 
487  ;  Butley  Tulip,  488;  Tam- 
worth  Viola  and  Pansy,  489 ; 
Manchester,  512 
Shows,  disqualification  at,  28; 
record  reign,  308 
Shropshire  Horticultural  So¬ 
ciety,  116 
Shrubs— planting,  241;  spring 
blooming,  250 
Slugs  and  snails  infestir  g 
ground,  221 
Snow,  the,  74 
Soda,  366, 431 
Soils,  chalky,  trees  and  shrubs 
for,  37  ;  of  pasture  laDd,  126  ; 
insects  in,  126  ;  the  origin  of, 
186 ;  the  formation  of,  2">7  ; 
the  composition  of,  247  ; 
mechanical  analysis  of,  2i7  ; 
soil  moisture,  conservation 
of,  496 
Solandra  grandi  flora,  123 
Solanum  macrocarpum,  72 
Soidanellas,  a  note  on,  215 
Sophronitis  grandiflora,  318 
Spinach,  19 
Spirajas,  with  dead  flower 
stems,  282  ;  failing,  328  ; 
Thunbergi,  333 
Spring  in  London,  296,  341 
Spring  scenes,  268 
Staphylea  colchca,  1S3 
Sternborgia  Fischeriana.  466 
Stocks,  Paradise,  for  Western 
America,  106  ;  Brompton, 
446 
Storm,  the  effects  of  a,  532 
Strawberries— Everlasting,  the, 
21 ;  culture  of,  182;  attention 
to,  218  ;  chemical  manure  for, 
376  ;  Royal  Sovereign,  408  ;  at 
Knowsley,  438;  leaf  fungus. 
468  ;  for  the  Jubilee,  480  ; 
plants,  non-productive,  503, 
528 
Streets,  flowers  of  the,  335 
Stylophorum  diphyllum,  475 
Styrax  obassia,  506 
Sulphur,  remedies  with,  484 
Summerville  (Dumfries),  Or¬ 
chids  at,  482 
Swainsonias,  481 
Swamp,  dismal,  a  trip  to,  16 
Swaumore  Park,  632 
Sweet  Peas,  and  tame  pigeons, 
352  ;  note  on,  426,  515 
Sweet  Williams,  185 
Temple  Show,  449 
The  glad  new  year,  5 
Thomson,  Mr.  D.,  retirement  of, 
94 ;  presentation  to,  179  ;  por¬ 
trait  of,  204 
Thuia  occidentaiis  falcata,  368 
Thuidium  Tamariscinum,  190 
T  o  m  a  t  o  e  s— in  troughs,  20  ; 
raising  early,  49;  manure  for, 
93  ;  hard  water  for,  106  ;  and 
Cucumber  troubles,  129,  174, 
221,  264  ;  worm  destroying 
plants,  149 ;  for  out  and  in¬ 
doors,  171  ;  diseased,  231  ; 
yellow  spots  and  blotches  on 
leaves,  282  ;  leaves  mottled, 
305  ;  variegated  patches  on 
foliage,  305;  leaf-ribs  rusted, 
328;  m  Cheshire,  339  ;  seed¬ 
lings  withering,  352;  in  pots, 
409,  466;  early  in  the  Isie  of 
Wight,  410 ;  constituents  of 
and  manures  for,  425  ;  flagging 
disease,  460  ;  open  air,  471 ; 
flowers  and  young  fruit  dis¬ 
eased,  493;  flowers  dropping, 
516 ;  Hepper’s  Goliath,  505 
Trees,  and  shrubs  for  chalky 
soils,  37;  planting— the  duty 
of  one  generation  to  another, 
67;  how  they  are  built,  111  ; 
flowering  trees  and  shrubs, 
138,  153,182,  211 ;  pruning  trees, 
151  ;  Deutzia  candidissima 
fl.  pl.,  153;  Staphylea  colchica, 
183 ;  cutting  down  trees  on 
commons,  180  ;  the  influence 
of  wind  on,  250  ;  productive 
and  unproductive,  bud  and 
graft  influence,  495 
Trichoglottis  cochlearis,  245 
Tuberose  culture,  468 
Tulioa  Kaufmanniana,  335 
Tulips,  blind, 282;  at  Ditton,368; 
late,  at  Ditton,  412;  National 
Soeiety’s  Show,  439  ;  Con¬ 
ference  on,  440- ;  Northern 
National  Show,  487;  Butley 
Show,  483 
Tupa  Feuillei,  43 
Turning  tide,  the,  154 
United  Horticultural  Benefit 
and  Provident  Society,  200 
(Jtricularia  rh>  trophylla,  299 
Vaccinium  erythrinum,  39 
Variety  in  Nature,  137 
Vegetable3,  forcing,  135,  103  ; 
tria's  of  in  Surrey,  160  ;  the 
introduction  of,  315 ;  origin 
of,  400 ;  for  home  and  exhibi¬ 
tion,  521 
vii, 
Vegetation  in  water  tanks,  de¬ 
stroying,  423 
Veitch  Memorial  medals,  74 
Veltheimia  viridifolia,  7 
Veronica  Hulkeana,  481 
Viburnum  tomentosum  pli- 
catum,  504 
Victoria  Regia,  192 
Vines,  notes  on,  40,  82,  124,  168, 
219,  259,  276,  350,  398,  491,  539 ; 
night  soil  for,  64 ;  preparing 
soil  for,  126 :  basic  slag  phos¬ 
phate  for,  127 ;  leaves  scorched, 
221;  thinning,  256,  257;  leaf 
rusted,  352 ;  growths  diseased, 
376  ;  roots  and  leaves  diseased, 
422  ;  leaves  blistered,  446  ; 
Muscat  of  Alexandria  leaves 
discoloured,  447  ;  points 
blackened,  447  ;  destroying 
thrips,  469  ;  injuring  with 
petroleum,  469  ;  manuring, 
469 
Violas,  seedling,  433 
Violets,  333  ;  sweet,  253  ;  in 
frames.  314 
Vitis  antarctica,  260 
Walk",  523 
Wallflowers.  131, 152 
Walls,  bare,  135;  an  old  wall, 
243 
Wanderings  upon  wheels,  522 
Want  and  a  wail,  a,  118 
Water,  hard,  softening,  106 
AVater  Lilies,  214 
Water  scenery  and  planting, 
428 
Weather,  notes,  10;  and  crops 
in  Guernsey,  269 
Weeds  on  lawns,  240 
Weevils,  on  Ferns,  220  ;  eating 
Vine  and  Peach  leaves,  447 
Wilderness  gardening,  403 
Windsor — in  the  past,  546;  the 
gardens  and  pleasure  grounds 
of  the  Queen,  547  ;  Frogmore 
House.  550  ;  Windsor  Great 
Park,  559;  Royal  Lodge,  559; 
Cumberland  Lodge,  559;  Vir¬ 
ginia  Water,  560 
Winter,  work,  92  ;  in  May, 
430 
Woburn  Experimental  Fruit 
Farm,  first  report  of,  534 
Wool  ton  Gardeners’  Associa¬ 
tion,  251 
Worksop  Rose  and  Horticul¬ 
tural  Society,  117 
Yellows  in  Peaches,  176 
few,  grafting  Golden  on  hedge 
of  common,  64 ;  use  of  wood, 
241 
Zygocolax  Veitchi,  68 
