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Abelia  uniflora,  250 
Acacias,  wood,  67  ;  flowering  in  Scot¬ 
land,  78  ;  notes  on,  250 
Adiantums,  capillus  Veneris  fissum,  5 
Aerides  Godefroyse,  247 
Agapanthus  umbellatus,  312 
Akebia  quinata,  405,  427 
Allamanda  Williamsi,  208 
Allen,  Mr.  Grant,  death  of,  380 
Allington  revisited,  422 
Alpine  flowers,  125,  379,  470,  526 ; 
Australian,  234 
Alum,  ferric  of,  for  vegetables,  324 
Ammonia  from  gas  house,  44 
Ampelopsis  Veifcchi,  359  ;  Haggi,  359 
Analyses  of  kainit  and  double  sulphate 
of  potash  and  magnesia,  437 
Anemones,  notes  on,  75  ;  sylvestrisfl.-pl., 
125  ;  early  spring  and  summer,  463  ; 
Poppy,  568 
Anemonopsis  macropliylla,  549 
Angnecum  virens,  515 
Ainshea  Walkeri,  565 
Annuals,  about,  279 
Anthemises,  549 
Anthericums,  549 
Anthurium  Scherzerianum,  251 
Antirrhinums  from  seeds,  135 
Ants,  destroying,  202 
Apples,  American  blight  on,  21 ;  seed¬ 
ling,  220  ;  twin,  236,  291  ;  caterpillar 
on  twig,  242  ;  finishing,  230  ;  Thomas 
Andrew  Knight,  265  ;  Milecross,  276  ; 
unknown  and  useless,  271 ;  Kerry  Pip¬ 
pin,  291  :  Blenheim  Pippin,  291 ; 
Maltster,  324;  Yorkshire  Greening, 
324;  prices  of,  345  ;  large,  spots  on, 
346  ;  small,  diseased  patch  on,  346  ; 
grub  in,  346  ;  Potts’  Seedling,  334  ;  in 
the  Carse  of  Gowrie,  355  ;  transparent 
patches  in,  370  ;  slitting  bark  of  seed¬ 
ling,  370  ;  Nanny,  376,  406,  451,  475  ; 
Lucombe’s  Seedling,  392  ;  Charleston 
Pippin,  331,  380  ;  our  shortage  in,  405  ; 
from  India,  415 ;  Ben’s  Red  422  ; 
Mrs.  Phillimore,  423  ;  bark  upheaving 
and  bursting  in  vertical  patches,  438  : 
which  is  the  best  late  Apple  ?  442 ; 
splitting  of,  442,  495,  548,  566  ;  colour 
in,  442  ;  dessert  varieties  for  espaliers, 
462  ;  Fairy,  as  ornamental  trees,  472  ; 
Paroquet,  481 ;  Lemon  Pippin,  474  ; 
Hillier’s  Easter  Orange,  475;  Cissy, 
494 ;  Bassaleg  Pippin,  495 ;  the  pro¬ 
duce  of  a  county,  494 ;  Kentish 
Pippin,  495,  513,  548  ;  and  Grapes  in 
Buffalo,  504  ;  Small’s  Admirable,  508  ; 
thinning,  497  ;  Hoary  Morning,  513, 
648  ;  storing,  521 ;  root-pruning,  632  ; 
all  the  year  round,  648  ;  the  best  late, 
548;  in  Holderness,  East  Yorkshire, 
648  ;  Venus  Pippin,  566  ;  too  large  for 
dessert,  566 ;  home  of  the  Ecklinville 
Seedling,  566  ;  soil  influence  on,  566 
INDEX. 
Arabis  coerulea,  470 
Aralia  spinosa,  257 
Arbutus  unedo,  422 
Aristolochia  elegans,  358 
Armeria  setacea,  125 
Artichokes,  Globe,  99 
Aristolochia  Sipho,  propagating,  416 
Arums,  italicum  fruiting,  302  ;  blooms 
deformed,  573 
Arundina  bambussefolia,  539 
Asparagus,  Mushroom  bed  refuse  for, 
111  ;  raising  and  growing,  159 ;  pre¬ 
paring  ground  for,  302  ;  deflexus,  357  ; 
verticillatus,  397  ;  davuricus,  422 
Asters,  China,  diseased,  67  ;  perennial, 
among  the,  307  ;  diffusus  orientalis, 
359 
Auriculas,  a  note  on,  309 
Auricula  and  Primula  Society  (Southern 
Section)— annual  meeting,  554 
Australian  beauty  spots,  483 
Autumn,  harvest  of  the,  286 
Azaleas,  indica  from  cuttings,  155); 
Deutsche  Perle,  521 
’’"’'TTTTl  j 
Bahmias,  437,  504  ’  .  „ 
Barometer,  aneroid,  370’j ' 
Basic  slag  and  kainit  for  sandy  clay 
soil,  532 
Battle  Abbey,  102 
Beans,  Broad,  fungus  on  leaves  of,  67  ; 
French,  forcing  for  market,  134 ; 
Runner,  Ne  Plus  Ultra,  259  ;  French 
Magnum  Bonum,  250  ;  Dwarf  Kidney, 
291  ;  French  in  pots,  560 
Bees — increase  of  stocks,  20  ;  rearing 
queens,  20  ;  seasonable  notes,  43,  507  ; 
swarms  returning  to  other  hives,  43  ; 
work  in  the  apiary,  65  ;  stray  swarms, 
89  ;  introducing  young  queens,  89  : 
bees  a  nuisance,  90  ;  removing  supers, 
110  ;  bell-glasses,  110  ;  the  end  of  the 
season,  133 ;  storing  combs,  133 ; 
queenless  stocks,  153  ;  killing  drones, 
153  ;  close  driving,  178  :  open  driving , 
178  ;  bumping,  178  ;  utilising  brood 
from  skeps,  201 ;  placing  the  brood  in 
frames,  201;  unhealthy  bees,  202; 
feeding,  219 ;  Tilia  petiolaris,  219 ; 
making  syrup,  241 ;  feeders,  241  ; 
when  to  feed,  259  ;  covering  for 
winter,  260  ;  rendering  wax,  281 ;  mar¬ 
keting  honey,  301 ;  grading  honey, 
301 ;  review  of  the  past  season,  323  ; 
honey  from  the  Heather,  323  ;  preven¬ 
tion  of  swarming,  345  ;  the  swarming 
mania,  345  ;  making  hives  rainproof, 
369 ;  repairing  hives,  369 ;  which 
system  gives  the  greater  yield,  391 ; 
which  is  the  more  profitable,  391 ; 
preparing  for  spring,  415 ;  what  to 
Bees — continued. 
plant,  415 ;  aspect  of  hives,  437  ; 
opening  entrances,  437  ;  packing  run 
and  comb  honey,  461 ;  bees,  flowers 
for,  485,  507,  655 ;  concerning  straw 
skeps,  507  ;  have  prices  deteriorated? 
631 ;  prices  obtained,  531 ;  useful 
hints,  555 ;  Sumach  for,  556 ;  how  to 
commence  bee-keeping,  572 
Beet,  Cheltenham  Green-top,  249  ;  sow¬ 
ing  seeds,  313 ;  soft  and  flabby  after 
storing,  486 
Begonias,  progress  in,  30  ;  at  Yeovil,  275 
Belladonna  Lily,  the,  236 
Berberis,  fruits  for  preserving,  106 ; 
Tliunbergi,  191 
Bignonia  radicans,  603,  508 
Birds  and  fruit  buds,  475,  497,  508,  526, 
545 
Birmingham  gardeners  at  Woburn,  76 
Bisulphide  of  calcium  for  mildew  on 
Peaches,  392 
Blackberries,  118 
Bladder  Senna,  the,  173 
Blet  and  Blut,  416 
Bluebell,  324 
Bonemeal,  sample  of,  486 
Borders,  mixed,  226 
Broccoli,  late,  7  ;  heads,  size  of,  33 
Brussels  Sprouts,  insects  on,  463,  627 
Bulbophyllum  reticulatum,  35 
Bulbs,  Dutch,  181  ;  useful,  287 
Buttonhole  bouquets,  121 
Cacti  as  greenhouse  plants,  250 
Caladiums,  resting,  191 
Calceolarias  at  Anningsley  Park,  7  ; 
past  and  present,  31 
Calcium,  bisulphide  of,  making,  392 
Callunas,  the,  207 
Camellia  buds  falling,  552 
Campanulas,  persicifolia  Mont  Blanc, 
99;  Portenschlagiana,  470 
Canker  fungus,  the,  481,  544 
Canna  iridifolia,  190 
Cape  Gooseberry,  2S2 
Carnations,  winter  flowering,  47,  101 ; 
at  Chelsea,  84 ;  show  at  Crystal 
Palace,  86 ;  Malmaisons  at  Barford 
Hill,  78  ;  St.  Anne’s,  121 ;  border  and 
Picotees,  culture  of,  146 ;  Agne3 
Sorrel,  Don  Carlos,  and  Galileo,  147  ; 
raising  at  Liverpool,  171 ;  from 
cuttings,  178 ;  at  Horringer,  163 ; 
propagating  Malmaison,  242  ;  Mal- 
maison  culture,  305, 498  ;  and  Picotees, 
309  ;  at  Sundridge  Park,  666 
Carnation  and  Picotee  Society  (South¬ 
ern  Section) — annual  meeting,  554 
Carrot  rot,  the,  115 
Caryopteris  mastacanthus,  368 
Catasetum  tridentatum,  377 
Cattleyas,  Mossise  aurea,  4  ;  superba,  4  ; 
Warneri,  35 ;  Mossise,  35  ;  Mendeli, 
35  ;  gigas,  73  ;  Harrisonise  alba,  97  ; 
Eldorado,  97  ;  Hardyana,  117,  166  ; 
Luddemanniana  alba,  247  ;  Harri- 
sonise,  276  ;  Gaskelliana,  341 ;  aurea, 
341 ;  Loddigesi,  342  ;  guttata,  342  ; 
Eudora  Madame  Albert  Hye,  406 : 
Mantini  nobilior,  428 ;  Bowringiana 
lilacina,  444  ;  Maroni,  444  ;  Maggie 
Raphael  515 ;  labiata  and  Gaskelliana, 
515  ;  Schofieldiana,  515  ;  Chocoensis, 
562 
Cauliflowers,  55  ;  wintering  without 
protection,  44  ;  a  note  on,  335 
Cedar  of  Lebanon,  propagating,  242 
Celery  leaves  destroyed,  44 
Celosias  at  Bache  Hall,  145 
Cephalotus  follicularis,  189 
Charge,  the  first,  95 
Cherries  and  quassia,  17 
Cherry  house,  the,  64,  300,  369,  530 
Chilwell  Nurseries,  Lowdham,  310 
Chilworth  Manor,  Romsey,  342 
Chionodoxa  Tmolusi,  379 
Chironia  linoides,  190 
Christmas  Day  in  the  Riviera,  542 
Christmas  reminiscences,  661 
Christmas  Roses,  616,  550 
Chrysanthemums— Ulster  Horticultural 
Society,  6  ;  N.C.S.  annual  outing,  6  ; 
at  Reigate,  142;  N.C.S.  Executive 
Committee,  187  ;  fungus  on,  187 ;  dis¬ 
budding,  187  ;  housing,  232  ;  season¬ 
able  notes,  252  ;  Madame  Carnot 
and  G.  J.  Warren  buds  turned 
black,  260  ;  buds  rotten  in  the  centre, 
282;  prospects  in  Wiltshire,  274  ; 
show  fixtures  for  1899, 314, 338,  362, 382; 
schedules  of  shows,  314,  338,  365  ; 
the  N.CS.  Floral  Committee’s  rules, 
338,  362,  382 ;  presentation  to  Mr. 
T.  W.  Sanders,  362  ;  a  battle  with  the 
rust  fungus,  363,  382  ;  Australie,  363  ; 
R.  Hooper  Pearson,  363  ;  home  raised, 
363  ;  outdoor,  364  ;  round  Liverpool, 
364  ;  Earls  wood  Nurseries,  364  :  South¬ 
wark  Park,  364  ;  the  N.C.S.  Floral 
Committee,  382  ;  Florence  Molyneux, 
382 ;  exhibiting  cut  blooms,  383 ; 
culture  of  single  varieties,  384  ;  over- 
rown,  385 ;  French  raisers  of,  385 ; 
G.  H.  Kerslake,  jun.,  385;  Monk- 
hams,  Woodford,  385  ;  Summit  Road 
Nursery,  Walthamstow,  385  ;  Arundel 
House,  Dumfries,  386  ;  Malton,  386 ; 
Mrs.  Langtry,  399  ;  N.C.S.  Floral 
Committee,  399  ;  rust  fungus,  397  ; 
enemies  to  blooms,  400 ;  Highgate 
Society,  400  ;  Woodhatch,  Reigate, 
400  ;  Duncombe  Park,  400  ;  Finsbury 
Park,  400 ;  Victoria  Park,  400 ; 
Battersea  Park,  401;  Chelsea,  401; 
