iv, 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
December  28  1899. 
Chrysanthemums— continued. 
Swanley,  401 ;  Wellington,  Swanley, 
401 ;  Exmonth,  401 ;  schedules  of 
shows,  402  ;  buds  not  expanding,  416  ; 
disqualifying,  439:  N.C.S.  Floral 
Committee,  424  ;  challenge  vases,  424  ; 
the  vase  class  at  the  Aquarium, 
424  ;  dwarf,  424  ;  King  of  the  Yellows, 
425  ;  an  ardent  amateur  (Mr.  T.  Bird). 
426  ;  Bankfield,  Bingley,  426  ;  Fern- 
cliffe,  Apperley,  425  ;  good  varieties 
for  cutting,  425;  dividing  Japanese  into 
sections,  425,  446,  476  ;  French  raisers, 
425  ;  early  bud  selection,  446  ;  rooting 
cuttings,  446  ;  Madame  C.  Desgranges, 
447  ;  the  culture  of  large-flowering 
(Mons.  Morel’s  work),  447  ;  at  Hack- 
bridge,  447  ;  Highgate  Chrysanthe¬ 
mum  Society,  447  ;  Ryecroft  Nursery, 
447  ;  Mrs.  Alfred  Tate,  476  ;  for  deco¬ 
ration  and  cutting,  486  ;  sport,  486  ; 
N.C.S.  Floral  Committee,  476,  500; 
N.C.S.  Executive  Committee,  476  ; 
culture  for  beginners,  476,  500 ; 
challenge  vases,  477  ;  provincial  notes, 
479  ;  a  few  good  novelties,  478  ;  notes 
from  Ireland,  478  ;  a  novel  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  exhibit,  478  ;  N.C.S.  annual 
dinner,  500 ;  synonymous,  500 ;  in¬ 
curved,  501 ;  single,  501 ;  a  gold  cup 
for,  501  ;  small  shows,  501,  524  ;  in  a 
F  rench  park,  501  ;  Miss  Rose,  502  ; 
Madame  R.  Cadbury,  522,  542  ;  notes  on 
shows,  522  ;  Pompon,  523  ;  retirement 
of  Mr.  Robinson  of  Heywood,  524 ; 
the  N.C.S.  midwinter  exhibition,  524  ; 
yet  another  cup,  624 ;  a  prize  group, 
525 ;  in  the  Liverpool  parks,  525  ;  Edwin 
Molyneux,  525  ;  Belle  Paule,  525  ;  two 
plants  in  a  pot— disqualification,  542  ; 
notes  and  reminders,  542  ;  decorative, 
561;  show  schedules,  561;  the  after- 
math,  565 
Chrysanthemum  shows— Royal  Aqua¬ 
rium,  321 ;  Southampton,  386  ;  Lee 
and  Blackheath,  387  ;  Taunton,  406  ; 
Torquay,  408  ;  Wolverhampton,  406  ; 
Exmouth,  408  ;  Dorking,  408  ;  Isle  of 
Wight, 408;  Portsmouth, 408;  Birming¬ 
ham,  409  ;  Highgate,  409  ;  Weybridge, 
409  ;  Evesham,  409  ;  Battersea,  410  ; 
French  N.C.S.  show  at  Lyons,  410; 
Brighton,  410;  Croydon,  411  ;  Dublin, 
411 ;  National  Chrysanthemum  Society 
at  the  Royal  Aquarium,  411 ;  Birken¬ 
head,  428 ;  Coventry,  428 ;  Isle  of 
Wight,  428  ;  Cardiff,  429  :  Birming¬ 
ham,  430  ;  Chesterfield,  431  ;  Ascot, 
431  ;  Bath,  431  ;  Bournemouth,  431  ; 
Bromley,  432  ;  Kingston,  432 ;  Mon¬ 
mouth,  432  ;  Putney,  433  ;  Launces¬ 
ton,  433  ;  Weston-super-Mare,  433  ; 
Windsor,  433 ;  Bristol,  434  ;  Altrincham, 
434  ;  Eccles,  434  ;  Leicester,  435  ;  Shef¬ 
field,  435  ;  Liverpool,  435  ;  Oxford, 
453  ;  Belfast,  454  ;  Chester,  454  ;  Win¬ 
chester,  454;  Banbury,  455;  Chippen¬ 
ham,  455  ;  Hull,  455  ;  Solihull,  456  ; 
Sutton  Coldfield,  456;  York,  456; 
Bolton,  457  ;  Manchester,  457  ;  Edin¬ 
burgh,  458  ;  Bradford,  458  ;  Hudders¬ 
field,  459  ;  Leeds,  459  ;  Dundee,  478  ; 
Woolton,  478  ;  Westminster,  502 
Cinchona  officinalis,  333 
Cinerarias,  repotting,  324  ;  diseased,  416, 
508;  points  in  the  culture  of,  536; 
leaf  miner  of,  570 
Cissus  discolor,  311 
Cistus  floreutinus,  99,  122 
Clematis,  notes  on,  173 ;  dying  sud¬ 
denly,  346  ;  in  pots,  398 
Clerodendron  triehotoinum,  232 
Clethra  arborea,  121 
Climbers,  in  pots,  21 ;  notes  on,  551 ; 
greenhouse,  569 
Coal  ashes  for  grass  land,  66 
Coboea  scandens  variegata,  312 
Coelogyne  cristata,  282,  572 
Coleus,  insects  on,  45 
Colours,  in  shrubbery  gardens,  29 ;  a 
dictionary  of,  74 
Colutea  arborescens,  173 
Compost  for  flower  beds,  270 
Convallaria  prolificans,  324 
Coreopsis  lanceolata,  128 
Cote  House,  Westbury-on-Trym,  289 
Crassula  Saxifraga,  562 
Creepers,  neglected,  2 
Cucumbers,  seasonable  notes,  65,  109, 
201,  280,  436,  506  ;  leaves  diseased,  66  ; 
and  eelworms,  220  ;  Royal  Osborne, 
311 ;  spotted  and  unhealthy,  531 ; 
roots  diseased,  532 
Cupressus  macrocarpa  lutea,  483 
Cyclamens,  1837—1897,  41  ;  persicum,  75; 
rust  on,  416 ;  notes  on,  529 
Cycnoches  chlorochilon,  377 
Cymbidium  cyperifolium,  406 
Cyperus,  71,  99 
Cyphomandra  fragrans,  164 
Cypripediums,  Ashburtonise  giganteum, 
73  ;  Antigone,  117  ;  venustum,  154  ; 
niveum  and  its  hybrids,  192  ;  Vipani, 
192;  Fairrieanum  and  its  hybrids, 
308  ;  Arthurianum  pulchellum,  308  ; 
ceno-superbiens,  341 ;  Memoria  Mo- 
ensi,  341  ;  Parishi,  360  ;  Milo,  428  ; 
niveum,  444  ;  Milo  Westonbirt  variety, 
469  ;  notes  on  insigne,  469  ;  Chamber- 
lainianum,  515  ;  Leeanum,  639  ;  Ilera 
var.  Euryades,  562 
Dahlias  (National)  Society,  special 
meeting,  79  ;  annual  show,  215 ;  in 
pots,  271 ;  green,  346  ;  history  of,  334 
Dalkeith  and  its  new  gardener  (Mr. 
James  Whytock),  225 
Daphnes,  hardy,  310 
Day  Lilies,  99 
Day  with  a  Somerset  fruit  grower,  a, 
278 
Decorating  a  Christmas  dinner  table, 
549 
Dendrobiums,  nobile,  at  Hollycombe, 
34  ;  Nestor,  35 ;  Dearei,  36  ;  Aphro¬ 
dite,  166  ;  chrysotis,  342  ;  resting,  360  ; 
Phalsenopsis,  377;  Treacherianum,  444; 
nobile,  469 ;  spectabile,  562, 
Deutzia  leaves  browned,  572 
Dianella  aspera,  164 
Dickson,  Mr.  George,  551 
Dictionary,  colour,  74 
Dipladenia  atropurpurea,  334,  416 
Disa  racemosa,  3 
Doddington  Hall,  452 
Domain,  young  gardeners’— The  Straw¬ 
berry,  18  ;  Aquilegias,  18  ;  Strepto- 
solen  Jamesoni,  42 ;  Cyclamen  cul¬ 
ture,  42  ;  Delphiniums,  64  ;  herba¬ 
ceous  Calceolarias,  64  ;  Gloxinias,  88, 
108  ;  floral  decorations,  88  ;  Mushroom 
culture,  108, 132  ;  layering  Carnations, 
151 ;  bedding,  176  ;  Kalosantlies,  176, 
279  ;  early  Grapes,  200,  217  ;  Cam¬ 
panulas,  240  ;  imported  Orchids,  258  : 
Sweet  Peas,  279  ;  the  herbaceous  Cal¬ 
ceolaria,  279,  322 ;  Seakale,  300  ; 
Sweet  Peas  from  cuttings,  322 ; 
Cauliflower  and  Broccoli,  322  ;  Glox¬ 
inias,  343;  Chrysanthemums,  343,  413, 
460  ;  Eupatoriums,  368  ;  Salvias,  390 ; 
Clerodendron  fallax,  484  ;  the  pleasure 
grounds,  484 ;  Chinese  Primulas,  530 
Dracocephalum  grandiflorum,  526 
Dublin,  notes  from,  59  ;  parks  of,  251 
Eales,  Mr.  J.,  death  of,  451 
Echium  Wildpreti,  7 
Edging,  a  novel,  265,  290 
Education  in  rural  districts,  357,  374 
Eelworms  and  Cucumbers,  220;  the 
poor,  565 
Elseagnus  macrophylla,  470 
Epidendrums,  nemorale,  117;  ciliare, 
247  ;  radiatum,  360  ;  Endresi,  562 
Erigeron  aurantiacus,  526 
Eryngium  Oliverianum,  208 
Escallonia  Phillippiana,  54 
Eucalyptus  in  the  Transvaal,  100 
Eucharis,  burfordiensis,  273  ;  at  Hooton 
Grange,  331 
Evergreens  for  Christmas,  537 
Examination  in  horticulture,  58 
Experiment,  a  curious,  79 
Ey  ns  ford  via  Swanley,  105 
Farm— Maidstone,  1899,  21  ;  can  we 
beat  the  French  ?  45  ;  preparation  for 
harvest,  68 ;  the  great  exodus,  91 ; 
Australian  agriculture,  92  ;  canine 
ailments,  92  ;  the  wool  prospect,  112  ; 
food  for  animals,  112  ;  a  real  danger, 
136  ;  the  agricultural  puzzle,  155  ; 
the  poultry  savants  at  Reading,  179  ; 
women  as  agriculturists,  180  ;  milk¬ 
ing,  203  ;  a  Danish  butter  preserva¬ 
tive,  204;  Hornbeam  hedges,  204  ;  hay 
crops,  204  ;  the  murrain  worm,  204  ; 
Raiffeisen,  221  ;  thistles  for  pastureo, 
222  ;  secure,  243  ;  the  Hop  crop,  244  ; 
how  to  get  rid  of  rats,  244 ;  the 
Potato  harvest,  261  ;  hay  measure¬ 
ment,  262 ;  Irish  Flax,  262  ;  butter 
production,  262  ;  an  English  calf 
breeder’s  mixture,  262 ;  the  feeding 
and  treatment  of  young  stock,  262  ; 
the  Hop  crop,  262 ;  how  to  summer 
draught  horses,  283 ;  demand  for 
small  holdings,  284  ;  Hop  picking 
over,  284  ;  goat  keeping,  284  ;  pigeons, 
284  ;  chickens,  284  ;  a  dangerous  fo6, 
304  ;  mental  work,  325  ;  farm  animals 
in  the  Philippines,  326  ;  faulty  shoeing 
of  horses,  326  ;  the  advantages  of 
crushing  Oats,  326  ;  Potatoes,  326  ; 
fences  and  gates,  326  ;  Wheat  experi¬ 
ments,  326  ;  our  chambers  of  agricul¬ 
ture,  347  ;  Fen  farmers  in  a  fix,  348  ; 
scrambling  for  small  holdings,  348  ; 
Clover  for  manure,  348 ;  are  Ferns 
poisonous  to  stock  ?  348  ;  peat  moss 
litter,  348  ;  skim  milk  excellent  for 
human  food,  348 ;  Liverpool  Grain 
and  Fruit  Show,  348  ;  autumn  food  for 
cows,  371 ;  the  Women’s  Agricultural 
Association,  372  ;  biological  science  in 
its  relation  to  agriculture,  372 ;  feed¬ 
ing  pigs  on  acorns,  372  ;  hand-weeding 
versus  hoeing,  372  ;  the  Hop  crop,  393  ; 
how  to  detect  formaline  in  milk,  394  ; 
Webbs’  Barley  competition,  394  ;  gold¬ 
finches  and  thistles,  394  ;  determining 
the  age  of  a  horse,  394  ;  ropy  milk,  394  ; 
the  village  boy,  417  ;  Russian  Wheat, 
418  ;  the  world’s  Wheat  crops,  418  ; 
the  destruction  of  Charlock,  418 ; 
dairy  herds,  418  ;  odds  and  ends,  439  ; 
“pink  eye ”  amongst  the  Greys,  440  ; 
•  the  objection  to  sudden  changes  in 
food  rations,  440  ;  town  and  country 
wages,  464 ;  the  colour  of  milk,  464  ; 
applied  science,  487, 534  ;  curing  bacon, 
488  ;  destroying  Charlock,  488  ;  North 
Yorkshire— bad  prices  for  lambs,  488  ; 
conditions  affecting  the  raising  of 
cream,  488  ;  food  supply  of  the  United 
Kingdom,  488  ;  millet  aS  a  cow  feed, 
488 ;  growing  the  best,  509 ;  best 
butter  producing  cattle,  510 ;  con¬ 
demning  judges  unjustly,  510  ;  where 
to  satisfy  land  hunger,  533;  curing 
hams  for  smoking,  634 ;  Improvement 
of  Land  Act,  1899,  534 ;  cow-house 
space,  534  ;  colouring  margarine,  534  ; 
sheep  in  orchards,  534 ;  Potatoes  as 
cattle  food,  534 ;  winter  egg  produc¬ 
tion,  534 ;  child  labour,  534  ;  the  im¬ 
portance  of  fine  tilth,  534 ;  the  Live 
Stock  Almanack  for  1900,  557  ;  Prickly 
Comfrey,  558  ;  wintering  in-foal  mares 
at  grass,  558 ;  breeding  ewes,  558 ; 
adulteration  of  drugs,  558 ;  finis,  573  ; 
English  and  Canadian  turkeys,  574 ; 
work  on  the  home  farm,  22,  46,  68, 
92,  112,  136,  156,  180,  204,  222,  244,  262, 
284,  304,  326,  348,  372,  394,  418,  440, 
464,  488,  510,  533,  558,  574 
Fertilisation  by  insects,  7 
Fertilisers  for  Raspberries,  532 
Ficus  elastica,  5 
Pigs,  seasonable  notes  on,  97,  172,  277, 
421 ;  Brown  Turkey,  249  ;  in  London, 
303 ;  unfruitful,  392 ;  on  back  and 
front  of  house,  462 
Filbert  culture,  127 
Firs,  Scots,  suddenly  dying,  21  ;  un¬ 
healthy,  44  ;  rate  of  growth  in,  163 
Floral  season,  the,  387,  420 
Floreat  Salopia,  113 
Flowers,  in  July,  30  ;  the  flirtation  of, 
33  ;  cottagers’,  58 ;  colours  of,  74, 
145 ;  a  colour  dictionary,  74,  145 ; 
hardy,  notes  on,  93,  157  ;  exhibiting, 
163 ;  herbaceous,  at  Newton  Hall. 
Chester,  166  ;  in  the  parks,  187,  236, 
242 :  hardy,  274  ;  dry  weather,  270  ; 
florists’,  seasonable  hints,  309  ;  British 
wild,  in  gardens,  366,  402  ;  cut,  and 
their  arrangement,  489  ;  exhibiting  in 
vases,  564 
Forde  Abbe  ,  Chard,  275 
Forests,  Canadian,  190 
From  west  to  east,  206,  226 
Fruit — hardy  fruit  garden,  19,  64,  109, 
152,  200,  240,  280,  322,  369,  414.  460, 
507,  554 
Fruit  forcing,  19,  64,  88,  109,  132,  153, 
177,  201,  218,  241,  259,  280,  300,  323, 
344,  369,  390,  414,  436,  461,  484.  506,  530, 
555.  571 
Fruiterers  Company,  new  Master’s 
badge,  145 
Fruits— blossom  bud  formation,  2 ; 
cleansing  trees,  19 ;  pinching  fruit 
trees,  48,  94,  277  ;  watering  trees,  152  ; 
regulating  growths,  152 ;  gathering- 
fruit,  152,  201,  240  ;  quality  in,  160  ; 
feeding,  200 ;  eating,  191 ;  borders 
for,  211  ;  cleaning  the  fruit-room, 
240  ;  storing,  240  ;  grease  bands,  260  ; 
raising  from  seeds,  260  ;  bud  forma¬ 
tion,  277,  365,  388  ;  lifting,  280  ;  root 
pruning,  280  ;  nourishing,  280  ;  home 
grown  at  the  Crystal  Palace,  285, 
292  ;  colour  in,  300  ;  preparations  for 
planting,  322 ;  digging  and  trench¬ 
ing,  322  ;  grubbing  old  trees,  323  ; 
at  Hesslewood,  316 ;  fruit  industry, 
313  ;  of  the  Philippines,  312  ;  mistakes 
in  eating,  334  ;  trees  in  pots,  349,  423, 
S  471, 514  ;  decorative  outdoor,  352  ;  reno¬ 
vating  trees,  368  ;  from  Canada,  380  ; 
as  medicine,  381 ;  tropical  at  Kew,  396  ; 
planting,  395,  414  ;  hardy  fruit  for 
r  profit,  406 ;  farmers  and  fruit  cul¬ 
ture,  427  ;  her  Majesty  the  Queen’s 
exhibit  of  fruit  at  Cardiff,  429 ; 
cordon  trees,  460 ;  planting  cordons, 
460  ;  hardy,  at  Syon  House,  449  ;  the 
fruit  crop  of  1899,  466 ;  preserving 
fruit  in  colours,  475  ;  canker  in,  481, 
544 ;  birds  and  buds,  475,  497,  508, 
526,  545  ;  forced  hardy,  509  ;  forced, 
at  Syon,  530  ;  cleansing,  554 
Fuchsias,  culture  of,  172 ;  autumn- 
rooted,  189  ;  Mr.  Jas.  Lye’s,  275  ; 
new,  380  ;  Lye’s  Marvellous,  361 
Fungoid  diseases,  565 
Fungus  on  woodwork  and  walls  of 
cellar,  66 
Funkias,  123 
Galtonia  candicans,  335 
Gardeners’  Orphan  Fund  annual  dinner, 
58 
Gardeners’  Royal  Benevolent  Institu¬ 
tion  annual  dinner,  6 
Gardenias,  in  beds,  179  ;  Thunbergi,  339 
Gardening— »Is  it  advancing?  263,  375; 
distinctive,  517,  560 
Garden  jottings  on  an  autumn  day,  352 
Gardeners’  talks,  397 
Gaura  Lindheimeri,  177 
Genista  sethnensis,  100 
Geranium  Wallichianum,  379 
Geum  reptans,  526 
Gillenia  trifoliata,  49 
Gladiolus,  a  note  on,  309 
Gloxinias,  rust  on,  221 
Gomphia  decora,  508 
Gongora  atro-purpurea,  503 
Gooseberries  at  the  Drill  Hall,  100 ; 
affected  with  mildew,  ill ;  Telegraph, 
128  ;  and  Currants,  pruning,  154  ;  and 
Currants  for  dessert,  165  ;  bunch,  235, 
282 
