December  26,  1895. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
Y. 
INDEX. 
ABBRPEBGTM,  FEATURES  OP, 
373 
Adiantams,  farleyense,  success¬ 
ful  culture  of,  6;  cuneatum, 
480 
After  the  wars,  644 
Agapetes  busifolia,  341 
Aglaonema  commutatum,  457 
Alpines,  nrotecting,  528 
Alton  Towers,  memories  of, 
60 
Amaryllis  formosissima,  191 
Amoiphophallus,  propagating, 
214 
Angrsecum  Sanderianum,  599 
Annuals  for  spring,  184 
Anomatheca  cruenta,  897, 473 
Anthracite  coai,  605 
Anthurium  Seherzerianum/SOS 
Anti-blights,  about,  433 
Ants,  and  arsenic,  214;  and 
Orchids,  409 
Aotus  villosa,  357 
Aphelandra  Boezli,  culture  of, 
143 
Apples,  leaves,  diseased,  47  ; 
scab,  142  :  the  Margaret,  143 ; 
Early  AVhite  Transparent, 
169, 173 ;  leaves  browned,  263 ; 
prices  of,  343 ;  at  “My  Garden,” 
343 ;  Rosemary  Russet,  343  ; 
sulphate  of  iron  for  trees  in¬ 
clined  to  canker,  356 ;  8t. 
Edmund’s  Pippin,  367 ;  a  fine, 
868 ;  drying  Apple  rings,  880  ; 
Borsddrfer,  385 ;  Blenheim 
Pippin  for  market,  402;  and 
their  price,  412  ;  Lady 
Henniker,  426 ;  waxy.  449  ; 
Cockle’s  Pippin,  456 ;  Winter 
Queening,  496  ;  a  large 
Bramley’s  Seedling,  489  ;  the 
price  of.  552 ;  American,  552 ; 
on  the  Paradise  stock,  6U0 
Aralias,  leptophylla,  189 ; 
leaves,  fungus  infesting,  216  ; 
Sieboldi  flowering,  402 
Araucaria  Cunningbami,  391 
Arboricultural  Society, English, 
excursion  of,  257 
Arnebia  cornuta,  29 
Arnold  arboretum,  the,  390 
Ashford  Vineries,  Cobham,  a 
visit  to,  258 
Asparagus,  liquid  manure 
for,  23;  diseased,  448,  452; 
autumn,  540;  manure  for, 
589 
Asters,  dying,  95;  dead  at  the 
collar,  148;  ericoldes,  390 
Athanasia  annua,  281 
Auriculas,  about,  395 
Autumn  glories,  241 
Azalea  Indica,  raising  from 
cuttings,  71 
BABINGTON,  DEATH  OP  PRO¬ 
FESSOR,  105 
Bamboos,  hardy,  177 
Barron,  Mr.  A.  F.,  meeting  for 
testimonial  to,  197 ;  at  Chis¬ 
wick,  223 ;  testimonial  fund  , 
249,  273 
Bananas  in  the  Canary  Islands, 
199 
Bause,  Mr.  C.  F.,  death  of, 
413 
Beans,  dwarf.  111 ;  manure  for, 
119 ;  Kidney,  for  profit,  142 ; 
Climbing  Canadian  Wonder, 
198 ;  runner,  350  ;  French, 
digging  in  the  haulm  of,  520 
Beech  trees  diseased,  810 
Bees— notes  on,  21 ;  taking 
bees  to  the  Heather,  46; 
eating  fruit,  46;  seasonable 
notes,  46,  70,  118,  141,  190,  262, 
309,  334,  355,  426,  472,  520; 
the  honey  season,  70;  age 
of  bees,  70 ;  the  honey  yield, 
94 ;  queen  cells  destroyed,  94 ; 
re-queenlng  stocks,  94;  hives 
at  the  Heather,  118,  141 ; 
pleasurable  bee-keeping,  165 ; 
the  Heather  honey  yield,  190 ; 
youthful  queens  —  taking 
honey,  213;  the  gastronomy 
of,  230 ;  feeding,  237 ;  ex¬ 
perience  with  bees  at  the 
Heather,  286  ;  the  season’s 
review,  286;  preparing  bees 
for  another  season,  309; 
preparing  for  1896,  333  ; 
ehleric  uropsical  fever,  355  ; 
site,  355;  the  honey  yield  and 
distribution,  355 ;  starting 
bee-keeping,  366;  when  to 
commence  bee-keeping,  356 ; 
Stimulative  feeding,  379 ; 
races  of  bees,  379 ;  honey 
production,  402;  flowers  for 
bees,  402 ;  straw  hives,  448 ; 
the  weather,  472 ;  work 
during  winter,  472;  the 
habits  of,  495;  marketing 
honey,  498 ;  apiary,  520 ;  notes 
and  hints,  639  ;  feeding,  539 ; 
handling,  563 ;  wide  c.  narrow 
entrance  to  hives,  588 ;  ene¬ 
mies  of.604;  ventilating  floors, 
604 ;  carbolic  acid  v.  smoke,  604 
Beetles  in  a  vmery,  47 
Begonias,  at  Chiswick,  154 ; 
tuberous-rooted,  172 ;  winter¬ 
ing  seedling,  402;  storing 
tuberous-rooted,  411 
Belladonna  Lilies, 497 
Bentinckia  nlcobarica,  180 
Berried  plants,  625 
Billbergla  Liboniana,  391 
Book— “  Landscape  Gardening 
in  Japan,”  34 
Botanical  Gardens,  Birming¬ 
ham,  a  visit  to,  247 
Botanic  (Royal)  Society,  479 
Bougainvillea  splendens,  199 
Bouquet,  a  shower,  647 
Broadlands  Park,  Romsey,  a 
visit  to,  248 
Brocklesby,  a  visit  to,  151 
Brodiaea  Howelli,  9 
Browallia  elata,  346 
Bnddleia  Colvillei,  84 
Bunyards,  a  visit  to,  169 
CABBAGES,  EARLY,  25  ;  SMALL, 
225;  spring  sown,  249 
Calceolaria  amplexicaulis,  118 
Calla,  a  milk  white,  48o 
Callicarpa  purpurea,  369 
Calochorti,  105 
Campaigners,  old,  429 
Cardiff  Castle,  280,  851 
Carnations,  at  Chelsea,  55 ; 
Souvenir  de  la  Malmaison, 
95 ;  at  the  Crystal  Palace, 
107 ;  at  Hayes  Common,  162 ; 
and  Plcotees,  160;  rust  in, 
167  ;  at  Burton  Joyce,  231  ; 
housing,  262 ;  Duchess  of 
Portland,  273 ;  Malmaison, 
Infested  with  rust  fungus, 
357  ;  about,  447  ;  Miss  Jollffe 
diseased,  540;  and  Picotees, 
396  ;  tree,  898  ;  Malmaison 
leaves,  diseased,  403 ;  ctitting, 
rooting,  605 
Carrot,  blood-fleshed,  520 
Cassia  corymbosa,  473 
Caterpillars  on  fruit  trees, 
485 
Cattleyas,  Qaskelllana,  77 ; 
Hardyana,  149 ;  Mrs.  F. 
Hardy,  253;  superba  alba, 
321 ;  notes  on,  409  ;  Mantini, 
603;  watering.  640;  labiata 
autumnalls,  671 ;  buds  not 
expanding,  583 
Celery,  growing,  171 ;  storing 
and  cooking,  448  ;  grub,  the 
455  ;  variegated,  456 
Cheals,  a  visit  to,  386 
Cherries  under  glass,  332 
Cherry  house,  the,  539, 
687 
Cherry  leaves  skeletonised, 
380 
Chestnut  trees,  large,  302 
Cbllwell,  a  call  at,  561 
Chiswick,  notes  at.  111 ;  Mr. 
S.  T.  Wright’s  appointment 
to,  451 
Christmas,  flowers  for,  668 
Chrysalids,  killing  in  the 
winter,  430 
Chrysanthemums  —  seedlings. 
Japanese  Incurved  in  New 
Zealand ;  certificated  Aus¬ 
tralian,  6;  Edwin  Molyneux, 
47 ;  of  Japan,  84;  in  America, 
84;  deterioration  of,  84;  a 
French  Chrysanthemum  So¬ 
ciety,  84 ;  culture,  112 ;  shows 
in  Australia,  126 ;  a  blue, 
126 ;  new  varieties  in  New 
Zealand,  126 ;  souvenirs,  126 ; 
Calvat’s  new  varieties,  156; 
at  the  Royal  Academy,  156; 
popular  taste  in,  156  ;  at  Hey- 
wood,  174 ;  Golden  Wedding, 
231 ;  raisers  and  the  Merite 
Agricole,  231 ;  impoiting  new, 
231;  National  Society’s  Com¬ 
mittee  meetings,  226,  532  ; 
novelties  at  the  Aquarium 
early  show,  254  ;  early,  254  ; 
at  Leigh  Park,  Havant,  254  ; 
Emsworth  Park.Havant,  254  ; 
Havant  Nurseries,  254;  in¬ 
sects  on,  263 ;  October  varie¬ 
ties.  276 ;  Windsor  show,  276  ; 
at  Cornstiles,  Twyford,  276  ; 
Cambridge  (New  Zealand) 
a  hew  Zealand  audit,  276  ; 
National  Chrysanthemum 
Society,  276,  327,  416,  437,  459, 
481,  610, 567, 578 ;  at  Tedworth, 
303 ;  the  Tokio  nurseries, 
303 :  in  the  colonies,  303 ; 
Battersea  Park,  327;  Ports¬ 
mouth,  327  ;  Fareham,  327  ; 
syriBging,  827;  Trent  Park, 
328  ;  Mons.  R.  Bahuant,  352; 
National  Chrysanthemum 
Society  —  New  varieties, 
362,  678  ;  prospects,  352  ; 
deaf  buds  of,  352  ;  Aquarium 
show,  352;  shows  in  1895,365, 
392,  416;  Edith  Richardson, 
365 ;  some  new  white  varie¬ 
ties,  366  ;  at  Downside,  366  ; 
at  Barford  Hill,  366 ;  around 
Liverpool,  366;  Boule  d  or 
Calvat’s  variety,  392 ;  Mons. 
R.  Bahuant,  392  ;  October 
varietlef,  392  ;  Louise,  392  ; 
new  early  sorts,  392  ;  pro¬ 
spects  of  the  season,  393  ; 
round  Bolton,  394;  in  Che¬ 
shire,  894 ;  bloom  deformed, 
403 ;  Lago  Maggiore,  416 ; 
Emily  Silsbury,  416  ;  Duchess 
of  York,  416  ;  English  raisers. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS  —  con¬ 
tinued. 
418;  yellow  varieties,  418; 
specialities  in  schedules,  418 ; 
in  the  Isle  of  Wi^t,  419; 
at  Chelsea,  419  ;  at  Ryecroft 
Nursery,  420;  list  of  shows, 
437,  459;  Mons.  Backmann, 
437  :  Italian,  437 ;  Australian, 
437 ;  new  Incurved,  437 ; 
Mods.  E.  Calvat,  438;  Chas. 
H.  Curtis,  438;  Duchess  of 
York,  438;  Mons.  R.  Bahuant, 
488  ;  Pallanza,  437  ;  Hill 
House,  438  ;  Woodhatch 
Lodge,  438;  Alexandra  Park, 
Hastings,  439  ;  Victoria  Park, 
440  ;  Battersea  Park,  440  ; 
Oldfield  Nurseries,  440;  Edith 
Tabor,  459 ;  judging  at  shows, 
460;  new  French  varieties, 
480;  at  Earlswood,  461 ;  at 
Woking,  461  ;  uliginosum, 
456 ;  hairy  varieties.  481 ;  some 
new  American  varieties,  481 ; 
a  judging  innovation,  481  ; 
prolonging  the  season  of,  481 ; 
incurved  Japanese.  481 ;  at 
the  Royal  Gardens, 482;  round 
Perth,  482;  Mr.W.  J.  Godfrey’s 
Chrysanthemum  house,  510 ; 
Elise  Dordan,  510 ;  dlsquall- 
floation  at  Glasgow,  610 ; 
Chrysauthemums  to  the 
rescue,  610 ;  at  the  Botanic 
Gardens,  Glasgow,  612 ;  at 
Hull,  612 ;  at  Dover  House, 
512  ;  at  Finsbury  Park,  513 ;  at 
Southwark  Park,  612 ;  N.fi.S. 
secretarial  methods,  510, 532 ; 
annual  dinner,  532 ;  N.C.S. 
rules  and  awards  of  Floral 
Committee,  632,  557,  678 ;  Mr. 
W.  H.  Lees,  533,  558;  Mr. 
C.  Harman  Payne’s  collec¬ 
tion  of  coloured  engravings, 
533  ;  Madame  Carnot,  535 ; 
select  new  varieties,  534 ;  a 
rooting  freak,  534 ;  disquali¬ 
fication,  Glasgow  stringency, 
634;  judging  at  Chrysanthe¬ 
mum  shows,  534  ;  Pompon 
Dolly,  535  ;  Major  Bonaffon, 
535, 659, 681;  Chry  santhemums 
at  South  wick,  Dumfries,  535 ; 
after  the  wars,  644  ;  N.C.S. 
expenses,  557,  678  ;  select 
new  varieties,  Japanese, 
667;  dates  of  shows,  659; 
judging  at  Sheffield, 
669;  judging,  659;  sport¬ 
ing  —  Robert  Petfleld  and 
George  Haigh,  569  ;  Societe 
Natlonale  des  Chrysanthem- 
Istes,  559 ;  Highgate  and  Dis¬ 
trict  CnrysanthemumSociety, 
659 ;  Chrysanthemums  for 
decoration,  559 ;  showing  the 
eye,  564;  N.C.  Society’s 
regulation  size  of  boards  for 
Japanese,  557 ;  Wm.  Slo- 
grove,  578 ;  groups  of,  580  ; 
small-flowered  varieties  in 
the  open,  589  ;  Madame 
Carnot,  581  ;  sporting,  581 ; 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Shea,  .531  ; 
Cambridge  (N.  Z.)  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  Society,  581 ;  the 
French  Society,  681 ;  Harold 
Wells,  588 ;  the  N.C.S.  rules 
and  awards  of  the  Floral 
Committee,  601 ;  disqualifica¬ 
tion  at  Glasgow,  601;  yellow 
Bouquet  des  Dames,  001 ;  af  tt  r 
the  wars,  001 ;  for  exhib  - 
tion,  605 
Chrysanthemum  shows  — 
Havant,  420  ;  Kent  County 
(Blackheath),  421 ;  Royal 
Aquarium,  441,  536  ;  Crystal 
Palace,  448 ;  Torquay,  442  ; 
Ryde  (I.W.),  442 ;  St.  Neots, 
444 ;  Battersea,  444 ;  Brighton, 
444 ;  Watford,  445  ;  Bromley, 
446;  Reading,  445;  Dulwich, 
436 ;  Hull,  461 ;  Devizes,  461 ; 
Hereford,  462  ;  Hanley,  462; 
Southampton,  463 ;  Stirling, 
464 ;  Wolverhampton,  464  ; 
Ascot,  464  ;  Coventry,  464 ; 
Dublin.  455  ;  Waterloo.  466 ; 
Birkenhead,  468;  Hornsey, 
466 ;  Exeter,  466 ;  Hitchin, 
467 ;  Putney,  467 ;  Windsor, 
467 ;  Gloucester,  468  ;  Sutton, 
468  ;  Kingston,  468 ;  Liver¬ 
pool,  469  :  Sevenoaks,  470 ; 
Market  Harborough.  483  ; 
Godaiming,  483 ;  Plymouth, 
483  ;  Ayr,  483  ;  Leominster, 
483  ;  Rugby,  484  ;  Birming¬ 
ham,  484  ;  Bournemouth,  485 ; 
Cardiff, 485  ;  Tunhiidge  Wells, 
485  ;  Biistol,  486  ;  Hull, 
486  ;  Barnsley,  488  ;  Lewes, 
488;  Leighton  Buzzard,  488; 
Droltwich,  439  ;  Weybridge, 
489  ;  Mellon  Mowbray,  489  ; 
Wimbledon,  439  ;  Winchester, 
490;  Edinburgh, 490  ;  Leather- 
head,  491;  Bradford,  491; 
Bolton,  491 ;  Eocles,  492  ; 
Crewe,  492  ;  Batley.  492  ; 
Twickenham, 492  ;  Leeds,  493 ; 
Sheffield,  514 ;  Chester,  514  ; 
■Woking,  514 ;  Birmingham 
amateurs’,  514 ;  Solihull,  515; 
Sutton  Coldfield,  515  ;  York, 
515;  Warwick,  516;  Norwich, 
516  ;  Manchester,  516  ;  South 
Shields,  535  ;  Alderley  Edge, 
535 ;  Dunfermline,  537 
Cider  making,  365 
Cineraria  seedlings  dy  ng,238 
Cirrhopetalum  otnatissimum 
626 
Clssus  discolor,  189 
Clematises,  montana,  160  ;  indi¬ 
visa  lobata,  190;  virginiana 
891 
Clethra  alaifolia,  374 
Clitoria  ternatea,  139 
Closing  thoughts,  594 
Clubbing,  liming  land  to  pre¬ 
vent,  449 
Coal,  anthracite,  505 
Codonopsis  clematldea,  207 
Coelogyne  cristata,  348 
Coffee  in  the  Shire  Highlands, 
577 
Composts,  75 
Coping  for  garden  wall,  473 
Coreopsis  delphinlfolia,  480 
Court  Hey,  Broad  Green,  3.50 
Craig-y-Nos,  108 
CratiBgus  aplifo  la,  552 
Crinnm  Powelli,  230 
Crotons,  growing.  424 
Crystal  Palace  Fruit  Shoiv,  313 
Cucumbers,  and  eelworms,  21 ; 
thrips  on,  119  ;  roots  diseased, 
119;  management  of,  212; 
winter,  338  ;  growing.  4ol,  471 ; 
attention  to,  518,  6u3 ;  treat¬ 
ment  of,  562  ;  chemical  ma¬ 
nures  for,  565 
Cuphea  Llavie,  305 
Currant,  a  fine,  82  ;  bud  mite 
565 
Current  notes,  4 
Cycas  revoluta  seeds  germi¬ 
nating,  231 
