VI. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
December  ‘J9.  1898. 
Cucumber.0,  tops  of  young 
plants  necaying,  57  ;  season¬ 
able  notes,  95,  195,  808,  407, 
445  ;  mildew  on,  96;  failing, 
137 ;  growth  blind  and  fruit 
curling,  176 ;  aspect  for  frame 
fo",  888  ;  disinfecting  houses 
infested  with  mi'dew.  447 
Cyclamens  persicum.  120;  grub 
eating,  486 
Cyperorchis,  notes  on, 470 
Cyphomandra  betacea,  289 
Cypripedium  I’Ansoni,  9;  Oli¬ 
via.  142  ;  insfgne,  growths 
white,  177;  from  Aberdeen, 
302  ;  Wm.  Lloyd,  491 
Cytisus  nigricans,  46 
Daffodil  Society,  M’dland,  sro 
Dahlias— the.  101  ;  new  Cactus, 
205  ;  in  November, 418 
Dalkeith  Palace  Gardens,  495 
Damsons,  67 
Darlington  Park,  28 
Decorations,  floral,  279,  37  , 
443;  house,  391.422 
Delphiniums,  252 
Dendrohiums,  stratiotes,  69 ; 
Dear ei, 203  ;  Aphrod'te.  224 
Dermatobotrvs  Saundersire,  47C 
Deufzia  crenata,  126 
Digging,  trenching, and  manur¬ 
ing,  450 
Dis»s,  Clio,  163  ;  grandiflora, 
191 
Disease,  the  eccentricities,  371 
Doddington  Dali,  103 
Domain,  young  gardeners’— 
General  observations,  14; 
bardv  fruit  garden,  14  ; 
Erythrina  crista-galli,  34  : 
foliageeffects,34 ;  Stephano'is 
floribunda,  54;  Humea  ele- 
gans,  65;  Peaches  and  Necta- 
rines.74,194 :  S*reptocarpns,94; 
useful  greenhouse  climbers, 
94;  Solanum  jasminoides,  94  ; 
Gtoriosa  superbs,  94;  dwarf 
Poinsettias,  114:  earlv  ard 
late  Peas,  114;  Lapsgerias, 
134  ;  Ficbardias.134 ;  Liliums, 
154;  early  and  late  Peas,  174; 
the  Violet,  174;  Clivia  mini- 
at8,  194  ;  Heliotrope,  214; 
Freesiae,  214 ;  Red  and  White 
Currants  on  walls,  214;  Achi- 
menes.  234;  early  and  la'e 
Peas,  234;  Campanula  pyra- 
mldalis,  254;  Disas,  254  ; 
Callicarpa  purpurea,  254  ; 
Scbubertia  grandiflora,  272; 
winter  Cucumbers,  272  ;  Be¬ 
gonia  Gloire  de  Lorraine. 
290,346;  Hydrangeas,  290  ;  Cro¬ 
tons  in  frames,  307;  Bouvar- 
dias,S07;  Tuberoses  for  win¬ 
ter,  326  ;  Lobelia  cardinalis. 
826;  Salvias,  846;  Nerines, 
867  j'Kalosanthes,  387  :  hardy 
Cyclamens,  406 ;  Violet  cul¬ 
ture,  406;  Phyllocactns  cul¬ 
ture,  476  ;  Humea  elegans, 
444  ;  hardy  plants  for  furnish¬ 
ing,  444 ;  Oxalis  crenata  as  a 
vegetable,  464  ;  Rouvardias, 
464  ;  Nerines,  488;  pruning 
Apples  and  Pears,  483  ;  St 
Bridget  Anemones,  484  ;  on 
visiting  flower  shows,  500  ; 
PoinBettias,  500 
D’Ombrain’s,  Mr.,  garden.  42 
Drought,  some  results  of  the, 
220;  versus  rioep  cultivation, 
232  ;  inconvenienoes  of  the, 
282  ;  records  of, 283  ;  a  defence 
of  the,  833;  and  vegetables, 
S67 
Dumfries  gardens,  26 
Ecoremocarpus  soaber,  319 
Eden  Hall,  29 
Education,  topsv-turvy,  457 
Endive,  and  Lettuce  tying,  37  ; 
for  winter, 493 
Epidendrum  nemorale,  1 91 
Epiphyllum  truncatum,  425 
Erythrina  Humei.100 
Euphorbia  myrsinites,  498 
Ex°minations  in  horticulture, 
436 
Farm— Cow  keeping  on  a  small 
or  large  scale,  17;  spring 
duckling,  37;  gleanings.  58 ; 
agricultural  implements,  77; 
in  case  of  famine.  98;  a  Willow 
garth,  117;  big  records,  137; 
harvest,  157;  an  adjunct  to 
bread,  177 ;  for  next  harvest, 
197 ;  the  ultimate  end  <  f 
Wheat, 217  ;awetting  wanted 
and  where  to  find  It,  218 : 
autumn  cleaning,  237;  from 
September,  1897,  to  August, 
1898,  257  ;  a  perennial  torn’r, 
275  ;  female  workers,  293  ; 
winter  keen  and  feeding- 
stuffs,  311  ;  Liverpool  District 
Farmers’  Exhibition,  312 : 
training  for  women  worker-', 
829;  farm  implements,  330; 
Profes°or  Long— His  Book, 
3t9 ;  destroying  charlock,  359 ; 
Islington  in  1898.369  ;  masters 
and  men.  389;  hay  for 
animals, 399;  the  advantages 
of  cold,  409:  fowls  versus 
turkeys.  410;  aqna  pura,  429  ; 
bacon  curing,  430;  Birming¬ 
ham’s  Jubilee,  448  ;  trials  of 
field  Potatoes, 467  :  American 
prosperity  and  grain  prices, 
468;  a  hundred  years  ago, 
487  ;  Live  8toek  Journal,  488  ; 
American  ch«ffcutter.  488  ; 
the  vanishing  year,  563  ; 
Lady  Warwick’s  Ho°te',  594; 
work  on  the  home  farm,  17, 
38,  58.  78,  98,  118,  138,158,178! 
198,  218,  288.  258,  276,  294,  312, 
830,  359,  370,  390,  410,  430,  448, 
468, 488,  504 
Fashion,  159 
Fatsia.iaponiea,897,  457 
Ferns  infested  with  insects,  56; 
Killarney,97  ;  exhibiting,  286  ; 
disappointment  with,  417 
Figs,  seasonable  notes  on,  55 
114,  155,  212,  398.  407,  464  ; 
border  for.  157 ;  outdoor  cul¬ 
ture.  227,  241,  267,  839;  leaves 
browned.  292  ;  pinching 
shoots,  318 ;  forcing,  428 
Filbert,  purple.  66 
Flora.  West  Australian,  484 
Floral  decorations,  279,  375,443 
Flower  beds  in  summer,  12 
Fiowers — Improving  the  colour 
of ,  16 ;  hardy  in  other  gardens, 
26;  farming  in  England,  59; 
hardy,  60;  packing,  103;  and 
vegetable  preservation,  133  ; 
hints  on,  142  ;  hardy  in  Au¬ 
gust,  160  ;  show  amenities, 
166;  cutting,  packing,  and 
arranging,  199 ;  September, 
202  ;  late  autumn,  270  ; 
florists’,  hints  on,  424  ;  eblour 
in,  466  ;  fertilisation,  489  ;  pre¬ 
serving,  487 
|  Fruit— Hardy  fruit  garden,  15, 
I  55  ,  95,  184, 174,  214  ,  254,  291,  346, 
i  497,  444,  484 
Fruit  forcing,  15,  35,  55,  65,  95, 
114,  134,  155,  175,  195,  215,  234, 
255,  272  291,  308,  326  ,  347,  367, 
387,  407,  426,  445,  464, 4(-5,  591 
Fruit— Destroying  inst-cts  on 
trees.  55;  on  walls,  attention 
to,  55;  the  fruit  harvest,  165; 
Kentish  sales,  166 ;  examples 
in  fruit  g  owing,  176  ;  choice 
trees  in  pots,  181;  young 
versus  old  trees,  219  ;  judging 
at  Stirling,  224;  small  fruit 
and  vegetable  farm,  286 ; 
planting  trees,  239  ;  Crystal 
Palace  show,  259 ;  preparing 
soil  for  planting,  291 ;  review 
of  the  season  1898,  320 ;  arti¬ 
ficial  manure  for,  327;  selec¬ 
tions  of  varieties,  327;  im¬ 
proving  trees,  331 ;  winter 
dressing  trees,  348  ;  why  fruit 
does  not  set,  378  ;  growth  on 
FRUIT — continued. 
trees,  380  ;  renovating  trees, 
380;  winter  pruning  trees. 
888 ;  plantin  g,  407  ;  attention 
to  trees,  428  ;  training  trees, 
444  ;  grafting,  435;  pruning, 
452  ;  freaks  of  trees  and  men, 
453  ;  pruning  for  fruit,  470 
Gardenia  Rothmani,  28 
Gar’ening,  Victorian.  208  ; 
"  Geranium  ”  leaf  large, 216 
Garden  manures.  411 
Garden  pyrotechnic0, 424 
Garden  ’  efuse.  423,  486, 458,  476 
Oast  onema  cniture,  328 
Gentiana  septemflda  cordifolia, 
498 
Geranium  tuberosum,  256 
Gladioli,  424 
Glover's  Island,  future  of,  166 
Gnats  ar  d  mosquitoes,  181 
Goodia  lat'folia.  253 
Gooseberries,  126;  green,  46; 
heavy,  486 
Grafting,  Mr  Merryweather’s 
system  of,  435  ;  regrafting  on 
young  branches  of  stork  or 
stem,  435  ;  o'd  stems,  457 
Grapes— at  Grove  Hill  House 
Kidderminster,  13;  scalding 
and  shacking.  19;  scalded, 
37  ;  Rucklnnd  Sweetwater, 
shanked.  56;  scalded,  63,  100; 
Golden  Hamburgh  102  ;  pack¬ 
ing,  116;  spotted.  137;  at 
Forest  H'l1,  171;  Gros  Col- 
man,  176 ;  Golden  Hamburgh, 
184;  Diamond  Jubilee,  222  ; 
at  Hewell  Grange.  249  ;  at 
Cardiff  Castle.  252  ;  exhibition 
quality  in,  289;  at  Melton 
Constable,  392;  diseased,  310 : 
exhibition  quality  in,  300.317; 
Lady  Downe’s  not  colouring. 
328 ;  museat  flavoured,  348  ; 
sports,  879;  keeping,  388; 
bottling,  388  ;  good  Grape 
growing  in  England,  Wales, 
and  Scotland,  420  ;  Grapes 
grown  at  Keir,  420 ;  the 
heaviest  bunch  of  428,  446, 
466  ;  record  prizes  for  at 
Shrewsbury,  417,  436,  458, 482  ; 
growing,  Scottish,  473 
Greenhon  e,  heating  a  small, 
17;  in  suburban  London,  57; 
cleaning  gla’s,  292 
Grevilleas,  fasciculata,  476  ; 
Banksi,  482 
Grimston  Park,  128 
Gypsophila  cerastioides,  357 
Hake«  suaveo'ens,  477 
Ham  House,  113 
Harton  Cemetery,  S.  Shields.  63 
Heat,  August,  125;  September, 
206 
Hedgerows,  372 
Hedges,  treatment  of.  141 
Hedychium  Gardnerisnum.  236 
Hedysarum  multijugum,  113 
Helianthemums,  28 
Herbaceous  gardens,  121 
Hibiscus  pnngens,  246 
Holidays,  tour,  a,  179,  184,  210 ; 
reminiscence,  a,  242 
Hollyhocks,  growing,  125 
Honeydew,  247, 301 
Horticultural  Club,  the,  473 
Horticultural  (Royal)  Society- 
Committees,  31,  70,  104,  145, 
182,  281,  281,  315,  359,  393,  462  ; 
certificates  and  awards  of 
merit,  81,  70.  195,  145,  183, 
231,  282,  316,  359,  394,  462  ; 
Scientific  Committee,  12.  85, 
139, 301, 346. 375, 419,  483 ;  Chis¬ 
wick,  182  ;  Crystal  Palace  fruit 
show,  259  ;  examination,  274 
Horticulture,  the  unit  in,  431, 
460 
House  decorations,  391,  422 
Hoya  bella,  898 
Hunnemannia  fumarl®folia,183 
Hyde  Park,  113 
Hypericum  olympicum,  281 
Indiarnbber,  Jamaica,  export 
of,  187 ;  Cantor  lectures  on 
rubber  plants,  379 
Ireland,  notes  from,  162 
Irish  notes,  434;  Apples  at. 
Boyle,  435 
Isle  of  Wight,  271,  282,  357; 
Horticultural  Association, 
145;  visit  to  Reading,  12 
J  apan’s  Flora,  some  of,  202 
Jasminums,  revolutum.  184; 
nudiflorum,  494 
Jottings,  245 
Judging,  the  business  of,  147, 
165  ;  and  judges,  memories  of, 
232 ;  anomalies  in,  257  ;  point, 
at  Edinburgh  and  Shrews¬ 
bury,  289,  318  ;  by  points,  300  ; 
by  w  ight,  319  ;  rules  for.  436 
experiences  of  judges,  475 
Keir,  Grapes  grown  at,  420,  456 
Kitchen  garden,  the,  35.75,  114, 
195,  285,  273,808,867,  465 
Kniphofla  atoides,  383 
Labels,  green,  498 
Lachenalia0,  notes  on,  178 
Lackey  moth,  the,  65 
Laelia  Perrini  leucophaea,  393 
Laelio  -  Cattleyas  —  Admiral 
Dewey,  9;  Ingrami  gigan’ea, 
108  ;  Dominiana  lang  ey 
ensis,  317 
Lagerrtroemia  indica,  124 
Langley,  notes  from,  316 
Laurustinus  prunings  —  are 
they  injurious  to  cattle  ?  466 
Lawn  mowing  oomp-tition,  27 
Lazenby,  Mr.  J„  retirement  of, 
475 
Leaves  falling,  452 
Leek  culture,  156 
Leonotis  dubia,  266 
Lettuce  growing,  493 
Ligustrum  Walkeri, 271 
Lilac  growing,  310 
Liliums  in  August, 211 ;  Henryi, 
211;  notes  oa,  240;  Hum¬ 
boldt!.  800 
Lily  of  the  Valley,  351 ;  forcing, 
446,  486 
Lindley  Library  Catalogue,  494: 
Linum  arboreum,  103 
Lincoln  Gardeners’  Society, 
299 
Liverpool  garden,  notes  from 
a,456 
Lobelia  Revoirei,  299 
Lonicera  Hildebrandiana,  358 
Lycaste  aromafica,  108 
Lychnis  alpina,  190 
Magnolia,  pruning  257 
Mandevilla  suaveo'ens,  897 
Manet. ia  bicolor,  483 
Mango,  the,  186 
Manure0,  farmyard,  392  ;  gar¬ 
den,  411  ;  Mr.  Hall’s  lectme 
on,  411 ;  experience  with,  432, 
452  ;  chemical,  how  to  obtain 
them,  458 
Marrows  without  manure,  206 
Masdevallias,  122;  muscosa, 
224 
Meconopsis  Wallichi,  72 
Medicago  echinus,  207 
Melon  Cactus,  246 
Melons— Seasonable  notes  on, 
15,  155 ;  plants  diseased,  llo  ; 
roots  diseased,  236  ;  Royal 
Sovereign,  225;  successful 
culiure  (Cardiff),  334 
Men  and  medals,  473 ;  that 
V.M.H.,  485 
Mentha  Requieni,  498 
Mercury,  246 
Meteorological  equipoises,  462 
Metropolitan  notes,  10 
Mignonette,  232 ;  for  pots,  86 
Mince  pie,  a,  489 
Mint,  planting,  466 
Mistletoe,  477 
Momordia  cochinchinensis,  437 
Montbretias,  280 ;  crocosma;  - 
flora  plena,  22 
Moths,  garden,  harmful  and 
harmless,  2,  62,  108  ;  the  lac¬ 
key,  65 
Mushrooms,  horse,  197  ;  manure 
for  beds,  292;  mixiDg  lime 
with  material  for  beds,  868  ; 
from  under  Laurels,  409  ; 
manure  for  beds  or  ridges, 
447 
Nasturtiums,  93 
Nectarines,  Lord  Napier,  lea  vea 
yellow,  16 ;  discoloured  at  the 
apex,  77;  roots  of  Lord 
Napier,  knotted, 486 
Nerines,  culture  of,  828;  elegans 
alba, 443 
Nitrogen  and  the  food  supply. 
204 
Nursery,  renting  a  small,  236 
Nymphaias.hardy, 189,188;  and 
bees,  835,378,  393,419 
Odds  and  ends,  360,442 
Odontoglossums,  cristatellum, 
191 ;  bic’onense,  250 ;  grande, 
250  ;  miniatum,  398  ;  lyro- 
glossum,  893  ;  Kramerl,  491; 
Triouowskyanum,  491 
oiearia  Haasti,  167 
Oncidiums— longipes,  108  ;  Lan- 
ceanum,  142  ;  incurvum,  19L  ; 
pulvinatum,  224 ;  incurvum 
album.  250 
Onionism,  201,  248,339  ;  the  pro¬ 
posed  great  contest,  374 
Onions,  leaves  diseased,  77  ; 
winter,  126;  classes  for,  146  ; 
decaying,  216;  exhibition, 
207  ;  and  Celery  growing  and 
showing  in  the  North,  271  ; 
at  Kendal, 319  ;  from  Ampt- 
hill  Hou  e,  321 ;  under¬ 
ground,  318  ;  about,  336  ;  The 
Aristocrat,  495 
Onosma  alba  roseum,  190 
Orange,  Osage,  the,  453 
Orchards  and  vineyards  in  Aus¬ 
tralia,  398 
Orchids  —  Cypripedium  I’An- 
soni,  9;  Laelio  Cattleya  Ad¬ 
miral  Dewey,  9  ;  Orchids  at 
Riverdeie,  Morpeth,  9;  Onei- 
dium  concoior, 21 ;  Stanhopea 
eburnea,21;  Trichopilia  mar- 
glnata,  21;  Rodriguezia  se- 
cunda,21;  Dendrobiurn  stra- 
ttotes,69;  Palumbinacandida, 
69;  Lai  io-Ca't  eva  Ingram! 
gig  ntea,  1<'8;  Cypripedinm 
hybridum  Watsoniauum,108  ; 
Lycaste  aromatica,  108;  An¬ 
gulo*  unifloia,  108;  Masde- 
valliHS,  122  ;  Cypripedium 
Olivia,  142  ;  Disa  Clio,  168  ; 
Lailia  elegans  at  The  Wood¬ 
lands,  163 ;  for  a  small  gree-  - 
house,  176;  Bulbophyllum 
arnplnm,  191;  Epidecdrnm 
nemorale,  191;  Di-a  grand'- 
flora,  191 ;  Oattleva  Ella,  208  ; 
Cattleya  Gaskelliana,  203; 
Dendrobiurn  Dearei,  203  ; 
Vanda  ccerulea,  2'3  ;  Masde- 
va'lia  musco°a,  224;  Dendio- 
bium  Aphrodite,  224  ;  Zygo- 
petalum  Gantieri,  250  ;  Cai- 
tleya  Loddigesi,  250 ;  Cattlee  a 
maxima,  302  ;  Cypripediums 
from  Aberdeen, 302  ;  Cattle' a 
Maroni,  360  ;  coloured  draw¬ 
ings  of  Burmese  Orchids,  86  j  ; 
Catt'eya  aurea,374;  Tricho¬ 
ma  sauvis,  374;  notes  on 
Phalamopsis,  374 ;  Ltelia  Per¬ 
rini  leucoph®a,893  ;  notes  on 
Cyperorchis,  420  ;  Cattleya  bi¬ 
color,  434  ;  arranging,  472  ; 
repotting,  496  ;  Cypripedium 
Wm.  Lloyd,  491 ;  Orchids  at 
Cheltenham,  491 
