June  80,  1898, 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTIGLLTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER 
V. 
INDEX. 
Achimenes  in  baskets,  426 
Adlantnm  cnneatum  roots  in¬ 
fested  with  Vine  weevil,  46 
Adonis  vernalls,  462 
A  “  Dull  Journal  ”  and  lively 
discovery— a  lesson  from  life,6 
Aerides  Fieldingi,  J33 
Agapanthns  nmbellatns  for 
permanent  beds,  1S2 
Akebia  quinata,  261 
Allamandas  a-’d  their  culture, 
319,  348 ;  A.  Wtlllamsi,  348 
Al'otuients  and  cottage  gar¬ 
dens  in  Surrey,  11 
Alpine  flowers,  brief  notes  on, 
18.  87,  192,  262,  328, 393;  sowing 
seeds  of,  180 
Altrincham,  a  day  at,  65 
Alyssnm  montannm,  828 
Amaryllis,  the,  300 ;  at  Chelsea, 
330 
Ammonium,  silico-fluoride  of, 
521 
Ampelopsls  Veitchi,  109 
Andromedas,  poisonous,  S80 
Anemones,  planting,  22  ;  and 
Riunnculnses,  326  ;  from 
seeds.  827  ;  St  Brigld.  413 
Angrsecum  sesqnipedale,  77 
Anguloas,  notes  on,  390 
Annual”,  and  biennials,  the 
Sherwood  cup  for,  142;  for 
cuttings, 246 ;  half-hardy,  267 
Antirrhinums,  67 
Apples— Stirling  Castle,  85  ; 
Adams’  Pearmain,  66 ;  Court 
Pendu  Plat,  81 ;  Lord  Hlndlip, 
155 ;  stocks  for.  205,  239 ;  old 
trees,  228;  Bramley’s  Seed¬ 
ling,  236  ;  Lane’s  Prince 
Albert.  278  ;  disbudding,  356 ; 
Calville  Rouge,  426;  Oolden 
Pippin  as  a  decorative  tree, 
498 ;  twigs  blighted,  544 ; 
leaves  diseased,  644;  trees 
diseased,  546 
Apricots,  culture  of,  81, 89, 121 ; 
stocks  for,  193;  protecting, 
226;  disbudding,  356 
April,  flowers,  842;  character¬ 
istics,  366 
Aralias,  grafting,  71 
Arenaria  baleario^,  262 
AHsfemas,  197 ;  A-Wrayl,  197 
Artichokes,  white  Jerusalem, 
i-’knould  on,  114 ;  Globe,  341 
Articles,  labour  saving,  638 
Arum  Lilies.  482 
Asclepias  tuberosa,  625 
As  of  a  dream,  9, 98,  244 
Asparagus. planting, 314;  notes 
on,  350,  527 
Asphalt  path,  making  with 
cold  tar,  381 ;  making,  416 
Asters,  notes  on,  267 ;  for  exhi¬ 
bition,  473 
Anbrletia  tauricola,  328 
Aucubas,  variegated,  propa¬ 
gating.  70 
Auriculas,  a  note  on,  144 ; 
Southern  show,  377,  395 ; 
transplanting,  452  ;  ancient 
and  modern,  516 
Australian  forestry,  87 
Azaleas,  Indian,  notes  on,  232, 
278 ;  in  useful  company,  374 ; 
hardy,  propagating,  472 
Ball  decorations  at  Cirences¬ 
ter,  99 
Bambnsa  palmata,  169 
Bananas,  133 ;  are  they  bene¬ 
ficial  ?  85 ;  culture  of,  295 ;  the 
“  Impney  ”  bunch  of,  446  • 
Barr, Mr.  Peter,  and  his  travels, 
302 
Beans,  Runner  and  Broad,  80 ; 
dwarf,  Svon  House.  407  ; 
Wythes’  Improved  Mohawk, 
428  ;  dwarf  and  runner  Kid- 
noy,  487 ;  topping  and  thin¬ 
ning.  527 ;  pests  infesting,  545 
Beddlug  designs,  869 
Bedding,  ideas  for,  322 
Bees— Progress  of  bee-keeping, 
21;  sample  of  honey  obtained, 
21 ;  finding  a  market,  21 ; 
making  candy,  45 ;  how  to 
feed  bees  with  candy.  45 ;  the 
weather,  69  ;  breeding  in 
winter,  69  ;  enemies,  69 ;  a 
promise  fu'fllled,  70  ;  British 
versus  foreign  honey,  92 ; 
have  prices  advanced  ?  92  ; 
sending  comb  honey  by  post, 
92;  large  hives.  113;  large 
yield  of  honey,  ll3;  standard 
frames,  113 ;  large  versus 
small  hives,  186 ;  the  doubling 
system,  136 ;  using  queen 
excluder  zinc,  185 ;  large 
frames,  136;  how  to  procure 
a  surplus.  168 ;  shallow  frames 
for  supers,  158 ;  full  sized 
frames  for  surplus,  158 ;  a 
wonderful  colony,  158;  how 
to  test  the  laying  powers  of 
queens,  158 ;  a  supposed 
mistake,  1.58 ;  straw  skepa, 
179;  obtaining  a  surplus  from 
skeps,  179 ;  supers  on  skeps, 
179 ;  size  of  hives.  179  ;  how 
many  eggs  will  a  queen  lay  7 
180  ;  doubling,  180;  notes  on 
bee  management,  199 ;  fertile 
queens,  200:  weight  of  honey 
obtained,  20'i;  hives  and 
frames,  200 ;  the  weather,  227  ; 
examining  stocks,  227  ;  feed¬ 
ing,  228 ;  doubling  hives,  249  ; 
the  queen’s  laying  powers, 
249 ;  using  old  combs,  249  ; 
how  to  make  a  large  hive, 
249;  frames,  249  :  supers,  25'); 
current  wo'k,  270;  examin¬ 
ing  old  combs,  270 ;  reducing 
entrances.  270;  condition  of 
stocks,  291 :  dearth  of  dead 
bees,  291 ;  queenlessness,  291 ; 
seasonable  notes.  813 ;  whence 
pollen  is  obtained,  313 ;  pollen- 
producing  flowers,  813;  re¬ 
moving  spare  combs,  336  ; 
uniting  weak  colonies,  386; 
robbing, 336;  spring  manage¬ 
ment,  357 ;  feeding,  857  ; 
perforated  zinc  floors,  358  ; 
dysentery,  380 ;  starting  bee¬ 
keeping,  398:  bees  in  skeps, 
398 ;  the  weather,  416  ;  flowers 
on  which  bees  work  416 ; 
management  of  stocks  and 
swarms,  416 :  foul  brood,  434 ; 
hives  for  general  use,  434  ; 
size  of  frames,  452;  frames 
parallel  ti  entrance.  452  ; 
timely  attention,  471 ;  swarms 
—dead  drones,  471 ;  preparing 
for  a  surplus,  489;  enlarging 
the  brood  nest.  489 ;  obtaining 
honev,  609 ;  honey  production, 
preventing  swarming.  527  ; 
stray  swarms,  543;  artificial 
swarms,  643 
Beet,  321 
Begonias  —  Hybr'd  winter 
flowering,  12  ;  B,  Ensign, 
12  :  B.  Winter  Cheer,  18  ; 
tuberous,  from  seeds,  45 ; 
Qloire  de  Lorraine,  201 ; 
BEGONIAS— conffitwed. 
raising  tuberous-rooted,  298  ; 
Commodore  Dewey,  506;  Mrs. 
F  Sander,  506 
Belgium,  a  Briton  In,  386,  459, 
516;  enriching  manure.  516; 
Van  Geert’s  nurseries,  517 
Birds  and  fruit  buds,  368 
Blackthorn  winter,  378 
Blood  manure,  229 
Bocconla  cordata,  82 
Boiler  leakage,  292 
Books  for  R.H.S.  examinations, 
93 
Borecole,  culture  of,  319 
Boronias,  megastigma,  298  ; 
heteroohylla,  374 
Bouvardias, culture  of,  450 
Boxes,  coating  with  creosote 
and  tar,  359 
Box,  planting,  70 
Broccoli,  and  Cauliflower,  141 ; 
varieties  for  succession,  259  ; 
at  the  Temple,  462  ;  diseased, 
534 
Browneas,  184 
Brussels  Sprouts,  258 
Buckwheat,  sowing,  271 
Bulbs,  increasing,  472 ;  review 
of  hardy,  5 -'3 
Bullfinches  versus  chaffinches 
as  bud  destroyers,  299 
Cabbages,  growing,  82 ;  early, 
164, 387,  424 ;  seven  feet  high, 
3i9 ;  the  Beaconsfield,  505 
Oaladium  Lord  Annesley,  606 
Calanthes,  notes  on,  29 
Calceolarias,  for  bedding,  278 ; 
abnormal,314 ;  herbaceons,331 
Californian  experiments,  66 
Cailas,  leaves  spotted,  314 
Calochortus  Purdyi,  506 
Camarotis  purpurea,  533 
Camellias,  notes  on,  100,  191 ; 
reticulata,  260 ;  in  the  open 
ai''  at  Windsor,  467 
Camphor  in  Austra'ia.  34 
Canker  in  fruit  trees,  314  ;  and 
pruning,  323 
Canna  disease,  the,  34 ;  Mosaic, 
506;  Mrs.  W.  Marshall,  606 
Caper  plant,  the,  337 
Cardoona,60 
Carnations,  diseased,  159;  and 
Plootees,  145 ;  names  and 
kinds.  161,  233,  256  ;  in  the 
Midlands,  259  ;  Marguerite, 
260  ;  cuttings,  271;  leaves 
diseased,  472 ;  Countess  Fer¬ 
rers,  519 
Carpet  bedding,  358 
Carrots,  notes  on,  166 
Cattle  vas —Triame  Sanderm, 
127 ;  Triame.lSS  ;  Mlranda,257 ; 
MossiiB  Madonna,  506;  Men- 
deli  Oakes  Ames,  616 
Cauliflowers,  early  and  snc- 
cesslona',  97 ;  small,  200 ; 
early,  281 
Celery,  about.  12 ;  insects  on, 
115  ;  pests  of,  117 
Centanrea  candidlsslma,  132, 
176,  245,  259 
Chamrepeuce  diacantha,  484 
Character  under  canvas— IT n- 
jndicial  judges,  220  ;  philo¬ 
sophers  and - ,  281 
Chelranthus  mutabilis,  124 
Cheltenham,  Mr.  cypher’s 
Nurseries  at,  6 
Ohemistry  in  the  garden,  193 ; 
Mr.  Cousins’  primer,  228 
Cherry  house,  19, 857 
Chimonanthus  fragrans,  221 
Chionodoxa  Lucilim  and  its 
allies,  380 
Chiswick,  lectures  at,  638 
Chorozemas,  100 
Chou  de  Milan,  324 
Chrysanthemums— The  N.C.8. 
and  Its  silent  Secretary,  14  ; 
the  N.C.S.  —  why  not  the 
Agricultural  Hall  or  Earl’s 
Court  ?  14  ;  the  N.'bS.— why 
not  a  provincial  national  ? 
14;  Earlswood  Beauty, 36;  the 
N.C.S.  the  slave  of  the  Royal 
Aquarium,  36  ;  the  N.C.S.— a 
I  few  suggestions  for  future 
management,  37  ;  Kingston- 
on-Thames  Society,  38;  Lady 
Lawrence  sport, 38  ;  for  India, 
38 ;  Madame  Carnot,  38,  63 ; 
the  best  varieties— who's  to 
decide  ?  38 ;  an  American 
best  twenty-five,  62  ;  the  best 
varieties,  62,  85;  presenta¬ 
tion  to  Mr.  J.  W.  Wilkinson, 
62;  the  N.C.S.  and  theR.A., 
62;  the  rescue  of  the  N.C.S., 
62 ;  an  international  audit  in 
France,  63, 84, 122 ;  show  and 
congress  at  Lille,  63 ;  np  to 
date,  73 ;  Mr.  Molyneux’s 
election  of  fifty  .Japanese,  74 ; 
the  N.C.S,  and  the  Royal 
Aquarium  —  a  review,  84 ; 
J.  Chamberlain.  85 ;  Mrs. 
Fllkins,  86;  the  N.C.S.  Com¬ 
mittee,  85  ;  the  N.C.S.  and  its 
management,  106 ;  R.A,C.(not 
N.C.S.)  dividends,  106 ;  up  to 
date,  thirty-six  incurved  and 
eighteen  new  Japanese,  107 ; 
rusty  spots  on  leaves  of,  114 ; 
equal  prizes,  108,  152,  178  ;  a 
handy  manual,  108;  leaves 
diseased,  136 ;  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Lees,  136 :  Sheffield  Society, 
122  ;  the  N.C.S.  proxy  voting, 
122  ;  equal  prizes  for  premier 
blooms,  122 ;  Highgate  So¬ 
ciety,  123;  Belfast  Show  re¬ 
flections,  122, 152, 172,  188,  228  ; 
the  N.C.S.  general  meeting, 
ISO;  a  garden  drama -Mum’s 
the  word,  150;  notes  on,  161 ; 
leaf  rust  fungus,  161,  188 ; 
collarets  at  Belfast,  152,  172, 
188 ;  Sheffield  Society,  152, 178 ; 
the  N.C.S.  smoking  concert, 
153 ;  new  French  varieties, 
153,  172,  222  ;  the  N.C.S.  and 
the  R.A. :  Mr.  Moorman’s 
i  pamphlet,  172 ;  N.C  S.  General 
i  Committee,  172;  N.C.S. annual 
general  meeting,  187 ;  damp¬ 
ing,  187;  decline  of  Incurved, 
222;  Kingston  and  Surbiton 
Society,  243 ;  Sheflleld  Society, 
243 ;  early  flowering,  243 ;  rust 
on  cuttings,  2,50  ;  N.C.S. 
annual  meeting  and  elections, 
264;  balance-sheet,  264 ;  Batley 
Society,  265 ;  Highgate  So¬ 
ciety,  265 ;  leaves  discoloured, 
270  ;  a  successful  year  at 
Winchester,  285;  the  “Car¬ 
not  ”  mystery,  285,  308,  826  ; 
seasonable  notes,  285,  808 ; 
G,  J.  Warren,  326;  layering, 
837  ;  leaves  diseased,  899, 
473  ;  spring  notes,.' 410;  in 
May,  448  ;  dwarf  plants,  448 ; 
current  work,  potting,  496  ; 
New  Zealand  shows,  Austra¬ 
lian  varieties,  Hull  Society, 
517 
Cinerarias,  in  midwinter,  39  ; 
and  Celerv  pests,  117 ;  from 
suckers,  417 
Cissus  berries,  34 
Clark,  Mr.  G.  T.,  death  of,  124 
Clerodendron  fatlax,  rust  on, 
181 
Cockchafer  grub,  115 
Cocoa-nut  fibre  for  plunging 
material,  115 
Coelogyne  pandurata,  871 
Coleus,  about,  392;  from  seeds, 
463 
Coloured  light  and  plants, 
89 
Convolvulus  cneorum.  387 
Cornfields,  vanishing,  100 
Crataegus  pyracantha  Lelandi  , 
538 
Crocus  Sieberl,192 
Cuckoo  and  caterpillars,  518 
Cucumbers,  about,  19,  112 ; 
syringing,  200;  size  of  house 
for,  200 ;  Every  Day,  302  ; 
Plants  with  large  leaves,  358 ; 
gumming.  381 ;  a  study  in, 
888;  in  cold  pits.  420  ;  young 
turning  yellow  and  decaying, 
435;  eelworm  and  phenyle, 
453 ;  roots  knotted.  453 ;  The 
Keener,  505 ;  late.  537 
Currant,  B'ack,  the,  95,  163; 
B'ack,  cropless,  544 
Cyclamens,  seedling.  292 
Cyclobothra  amoena,  481 
Cvcnocbes,  267  ;  maculatura,  533 
Cymbidlum  Lowlanum.  412 
Cyphomandr.i  betacea,  452 
Cypripediuras,  concolor,  8 ; 
seedling, 98  ;  F.  S.  Roberts,77 ; 
otenus,  Burford  variety,  371 
Cyrtanthus  Maokeni,  309 
Cytisns  kewensis,  480 
Daffodils,  prizes  for,  239  ;  at 
Tresoo,  274;  at  Ditton.  363; 
popularity  of,  388 
Dahlias,  showing  “eyes,”  46; 
the  Dahlia  Society,  125 ;  new, 
of  1897,  154  ;  Mr.  Mawley’s 
analysis  of,  253 ;  at  Rowledge, 
389 
Daisies  on  a  lawn,  180, 398 
Dendrobiuras,  noblle,  143 ; 
spsciosnm  Hi  Hi,  143,  185,  259  ; 
Brymerianum,  165  ;  pul- 
chellum,  277:  noblle  Ash¬ 
worth' anum,  299  ;  rhodoptery- 
gium,  499 
Deron,  fair,  27,  82,141,240 
Digging  and  trenching- spring 
versus  winter.  49,  106,  119, 142, 
166,  411.  428,  482  ;  spring  work¬ 
ing  and  results,  281 ;  the  phi¬ 
losopher  in  the  trench,  119 
Diplacus  glutinosus,  78 
Dipladenlas  and  their  culture, 
384,  408;  profu8a,408;  grow¬ 
ing,  478 
Dlscursi ye  notes  and  questions 
—Cineraria  pests, 58 ;  squirrels 
versus  Walnuts,  66 ;  flued 
garden  walls,  56 
Dodecatheon  Hendersoni,  280 
Domain,  young  gardeners’— 
Onions  lor  exhibition,  19; 
early  forcing  Peaches  .and 
Nectarines,  19;  Onion  cul¬ 
ture,  43;  Chrysanthemum 
Princess  Victoria,  44 ;  for 
large  blooms,  111 ;  Cyclamens, 
