December  28,  1899. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
v, 
Grapes,  Muscat,  shrivelling  and  going 
black,  44 ;  cracking,  45  ;  ripe,  and 
sulphur,  133  ;  showing  and  judging, 
137  ;  popular,  139  ;  shanked,  202  ;  Gros 
Colman  not  colouring,  202  ;  Cooper’s 
Black,  220  ;  exhibiting,  a  disqualifica¬ 
tion,  208.  234, 254;  Mr.  Lunt’s  champion 
exhibit  at  Shrewsbury,  207  ;  prizes 
for,  231 ;  at  Shrewsbury — audit  of, 
224,  267  ;  Diamond  Jubilee,  230,  250  ; 
notes  on,  272 ;  Gros  Maroc,  272  ;  Fos¬ 
ter’s  Seedling  spotted,  302  ;  unsatis¬ 
factory,  302 ;  the  great  class  at 
Shrewsbury,  311,  314  ;  proposed  na¬ 
tional' Grape  trophy,  314,  330,  360,  378, 
403,  491,  511 ;  Gros  Colman,  312 ;  ad¬ 
vance  Black  Hamburgh,  333  ;  thoughts 
on  exhibiting,  354, 390  ;  Muscat  flavour 
in,  392;  New  York,  427  ;  a  plea  for 
Gros  Colman,  472  ;  open  air,  496  ; 
fresh  from  Canada,  497 
Greenhouse,  an  amateur’s,  168  ;  small, 
heating  by  oil,  260  ;  oil  stove  in  a, 
437 
Griselina  littoralis,  171 
Guano,  native,  359 
Guelder  Rose,  wild,  propagating,  556 
Gunnersbury  House,  80 
Gypsophila,  paniculata,  144  ;  as  a  deco¬ 
rative  material,  184 
Habenarias,  503 
Hackwood  Park,  318 
Hsemanthus  albiflos,  519 
Heat,  abnormal,  79 
Heating,  methods  of,  55 
Hedychium  Gardnerianum,  191 
Heliconia  Sanderi,  125,  164 
Henderson,  Mr.  Alfred,  death  of,  290 
Hibiscus,  heterophyllus,  54  ;  esculentus, 
504 
Highclere  Castle,  318 
Hindlip,  notes  from,  235 
Hints  from  our  garden  office,  356 
Hole,  Dean,  birthday  of,  496 
Hollyhocks  the,  206 
Horseradish  and  Nettles,  eradicating, 
202 
Horticultural  (Royal)  Society— Com¬ 
mittees,  26,  82,  142,  188,  228,  269,  319, 
366,  403,  448,  506,  553 ;  Scientific  Com¬ 
mittee,  8,  98,  188,  343,  449,  473,  529  ; 
certificates  andawardsof  merit,  27,  83, 
143,  189,  229,  269,  320,  367,404,  449,  506, 
553;Peas  at  Chiswick,  4;  theDrill  Hall 
meetings,  4  ;  conference  of  hybridisa¬ 
tion,  opening  day,  24 ;  concluding 
day,  49 ;  the  banquet,  51 ;  the  Chis¬ 
wick  Conference,  57  ;  Fruit  Commit¬ 
tee  at  Chiswick,  83  ;  special  awards 
at  the  Chiswick  Conference,  98  ;  Mr. 
Luckhurst  on  instructional  fruit  sta¬ 
tions,  269  ;  Crystal  Palace  Fruit  Show, 
292 ;  the  injurious  scale  insects  of  the 
British  Isles,  320  ;  dates  of  meeings  in 
1900,  336 ;  Chiswick  trials  in  1900, 
336  ;  meeting  of  the  Committees  at 
Richmond,  336;  the  growth  of  the 
fruit  trade,  368  ;  fruit  culture  in  South 
Wales,  449  ;  Fruit  Committee  awards, 
473  ;  the  R.H.S.  charter,  32,  54,  82 
Hothouse  industry,  expansion  of  the, 
268,  2S7 
Hoveas,  growing,  126,  170 
Hyacinths,  in  beds,  336  ;  and  Tulips  in 
beds,  346  ;  new  glasses  for,  334  ;  wild, 
procuring  bulbs  of,  556 
Hydrangeas,  hortensis  culture,  154 ; 
paniculata  grandiflora,  248 
Hypericum  Moserianum,105 
Indian  corn,  437 
Indian  garden  in  winter,  95 
Indiarubber  plant,  the,  5 
Indigofera  Gerardiana,  170 
Insect,  or  other  plant  pests,  450  ;  pests 
of  1899,  496,  520 
In  Wicklow,  167 
Ireland,  notes  from,  182,  279  ;  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society  of,  571 
Irises,  the,  31,  118,  140;  English,  171 ; 
Kaempferi,  447,  482,  494  ;  Susiana,  447, 
482,  525,  540 
Isle  of  Wight,  210 
Ixiolirion  montanum,  527 
Jam  for  our  soldiers,  497 
Jamieson,  Mr.  A.,  presentation  to,  189 
Judging,  cottage  gardens,  67  ;  wild 
flowers,  110 
Juniperus  virginiana,  525 
Ivainit,  analysis  of,  437 
Kalanchoe  flammea,  32 
Kalmia  latifolia,  547 
Kent  County  Council  Potato  shield,  343, 
359 
Kentias,  scale  on,  417 
King,  Mr.  W.,  death  of,  552 
Kinver,  a  visit  to,  126 
Kitchen  garden,  the,  19,  89,  132,  177, 
218,  259,  301,  344,  391,  485,  571 
Kolreuteria  paniculata,  271 
Laelias,  crispa,  117 ;  Mexican,  166 ; 
Dayana,  247  ;  Mrs.  M.  Gratrix,  377  ; 
anceps  alba,  539  ;  autumnalis,  539 
Lpelio-Cattleyas,  Aphrodite  Ruth,  34  ; 
Digbyano-Triame,  35 ;  Canhamiana, 
35  ;  eximia,  97  ;  Wiganae,  192  ;  Clonia, 
192  ;  elegans  Harold  Measures,  308  ; 
exoniensis,  444 
Lagging  behind,  535 
Land,  rank,  dressing  for  370 
Larch,  young,  dying,  179 
Lathyrus  grandiflorus,  99 
Law  case,  XL  All  vaporiser,  502 
Lawns,  leaving  box  off  mower,  21 ;  Mr. 
Challis’  sweeper  for,  291 
Leaves,  assimilation  of  carbon  by,  271 ; 
the  harvest  of,  465 
Lessons  of  the  season,  245 
Lilacs,  avenues  of,  4 
Liliums,  Henryi,  127  ;  rubellum,  316 ; 
auratum,  563 
Lily  of  the  Valley,  growing  and  forcing, 
66 
Lime  trees,  infested  by  mites  and  borers, 
260  ;  holes  in,  556 
Linum  trigynum,  562 
Lithospermum  prostratum,  123 
Liverpool  notes— Visitors  from  Leeds, 
53 ;  Liverpool  still  advances,  53 ; 
Sir  John  Willox,  M.P.,  on  “  Garden¬ 
ing,”  171;  English  Iris,  171;  Carnation 
raising  at  Liverpool,  171 ;  at  Woolton 
Wood,  171  ;  Griselina  littoralis,  171 ; 
in  the  Liverpool  parks,  171  ;  Green- 
bank,  Wavertree,  184;  Rose  Souvenir 
de  la  Malmaison,  184  ;  Lord  Latliom 
and  horticulture,  184 ;  Ophiopogon 
Jaburan  variegatum,  184  ;  Rudbeckia 
purpurea,  184  ;  Allamanda  Williamsi, 
208 ;  Ervngium  Oliverianum,  208  ; 
Rosa  Wichuriana,  208  ;  successful 
Parsley  growing,  229  ;  Golden  varie¬ 
gated  Privet,  229 ;  Cheltenham  Green- 
top  Beet,  229 ;  Gladiolus  Childsi, 
229  ;  Prunus  Pissardi,  276  ;  Apple 
Milecross,  276  ;  Cattleya  Harrisoniae, 
276;  Spiraea  Anthony  Waterer,  276; 
Roby  Mount,  276 ;  the  year’s  fruit 
crop,  527  ;  the  late  Sir  Henry  Tate,  Bt. , 
527  ;  Poinsettias,  527  ;  Cyclamens  at 
Aigburth,  527 
Logan  Berry,  the,  249 
London  County  Council  horticulture,  6 
London  gardens  over  fifty  years,  28,  124, 
183,  266,  353,  444,  504 
Lowdham  Nurseries,  291,  310 
Manure,  liquid,  312 ;  farmyard  and 
stable.  355,  421 ;  fibre,  460 
Manuring  light  soil,  438 
Market  gardeners’  dinner,  505 
Market,  produce  for,  392 
Marmalade,  243 
Martin,  Mr.  Jas.,  death  of,  290  ;  the 
late,  544 
Masdevallias,  Peristeria,  117 ;  Veitch- 
iana  Estradse,  406 
Mason,  Major,  death  of,  54 
Maxillarias,  503  ;  nigrescens,  342  ;  ve- 
nusta,  342  ;  Sanderiana,  503 
Medicago  orbicularis,  66 
Melons,  seasonable  notes  on,  88,  132, 
436  ;  flavour  in,  230  ;  should  fruits  be 
cut  in  judging?  223,  248;  excellence 
in,  278,  360 ;  judging,  565 
Mertensia  virginica,  387 
Micro-organisms  and  their  work  in  the 
garden,  540 
Mignonette,  standard,  248 
Millipedes  in  a  garden,  178 
Montbretias,  popularity  of,  308 
Mormodes  pardinum,  97 
Moseleya,  163 
Mossy  parkland,  134 
Mountain  Ash  tree  dying,  134 
Mushrooms,  300 :  beds  in  houses  or 
sheds,  261 ;  fungus  from  beds,  438  ; 
woodlice  on  beds,  438  ;  culture  of,  443 
Myrtles,  propagating,  179 
Narcissi,  and  Daffodils,  planting,  261 ; 
for  outdoor  culture  and  marketing, 
345  ;  minimus,  470 
Nectarines,  Early  Rivers,  100 ;  Lord 
Napier,  190 
Nepenthes,  571  ;  mixta,  38  ;  at  Chelsea, 
315  ;  Balfourianum,  315 
Newtownards  show,  302 
New  Zealand,  a  garden  in,  495  ;  troubles, 
529  ;  a  Narcissus  show  in,  553 
Nicotiana  sylvestris,  334 
Notts,  North,  a  summer  day  in,  48 
Nurserymen  and  mosquitoes,  288 
Nuts,  purple,  249 
Nymphfeas,  114  ;  stellatain  Ireland,  249 
Oaks,  old,  lopping  branches  from,  20  ; 
galls  on,  324 
Odontoglossums,  Harryano-crispum,  3  ; 
eitrosmum,  3  ;  Harryanum,  117  ;  Halli, 
117  ;  cirrhosum,  117  ;  grande  su¬ 
perbum,  377  ;  tripudians,  377 
Oil  stove  in  a  greenhouse,  437 
Old  Parsonage,  Gresford,  236 
Old  Sneed  Park,  2S8 
Olearia  Haasti,  164 
Oncidiums,  Croesus,  73  ;  olivaceumLaw- 
renceanum,  73  ;  tigrinum,  166  ;  pumi- 
lum,  342 ;  preetextum,  503  ;  Forbesi, 
515,  539 ;  tetrapetalum,  539  ;  Forbesi 
moortekeekensis,  539 ;  Bruuleesia- 
num,  562 
Onions  and  maggots,  8  ;  spring  and 
winter,  111,  120  ;  culture  of,  120,  171  ; 
winter  sown,  144 ;  at  Derby  Show, 
256  ;  large,  forty  years  ago,  270  ;  har¬ 
vesting,  290  ;  preparing  ground  for, 
443 ;  a  note  on,  474 ;  an  Aldenham 
House  bed  of,  498 
Orchids — Disa  racemosa,  3  ;  Cattleyas 
Mossise  aurea,  4  ;  superba,  4  ;  Lselio- 
Cattleya  Aphrodite  Ruth,  34;  L.-C. 
Digbyano-Triame,  34  ;  Dendrobium 
nobile,  34 ;  Thunia  Winniana,  34 ; 
Phaius  bicolor  purpurascens,  34  ; 
Cattleya  Warneri,  35  ;  Cattleyas  Mos- 
siaa  and  Mendeli,  35  ;  Lselio-Cattleya 
Canhamiana,  35  ;  Bulbophyllum  reti- 
culatum,  35  ;  Dendrobium  Nestor,  35  ; 
Zygocolax  Veitchi,  27  ;  Phalsenopsis 
Ludde-violacea,  37  ;  Sophro-Cattleya 
Queen  Empress,  73  ;  Vanda  teres,  73  ; 
Phalsenopsis  Luddemanniana,  73 ; 
Renanthera  Lowi,  73 ;  feeding  Or¬ 
chids,  73  ;  Cypripedium  Ashburtonise 
Orchids— continued. 
giganteum,  73  ;  Cattleya  gigas,  73  ; 
Cattleya  Harrison  iso  alba,  97  ;  Mor¬ 
modes  pardinum,  97 ;  Lselio-Cattleya 
eximia,  97  ;  Cattleya  Eldorado,  97  ; 
Paphinia  cristata,  97;  The  Dell,  116; 
Cypripedium  Antigone,  117  ;  the 
Woodlands  Cypripediums,  117  ;  Lselia 
crispa.  117  ;  Epidendrum  nemorale, 
117  ;  Masdevallia  Peristeria,  117  ; 
Cattleya  Hardyana,  117  ;  Saccolabium 
Blumei,  118  ;  at  Walton  Grange,  139  ; 
Vanda  Kimballiana,  140;  Cattleya 
Hardyana,  166 ;  Warscewiczellas, 
166  ;  Vanda  Sanderiana,  166  ;  Dendro¬ 
bium  Aphrodite,  166  ;  the  Mexican 
Lselias,  166  ;  Lselio-Cattleya  Wiganse, 
192 ;  Lselio-Cattleya  Clonia,  192 ; 
Cypripedium  niveum  and  its  hybrids, 
192  ;  Cypripedium  Vipani,  192; 
Cattleya  Luddemanniana  alba,  247  ; 
autumn  Orchids,  247  ;  Aerides 
Godefroyse,  247  ;  Epidendrum  ciliare, 
247 ;  Lselia  Dayana,  247 ;  Cattleya 
Harrisonise,  276  ;  Coelogyne  cristata, 
282 ;  Lfelio-Cattleya  elegans  Harold 
Measures,  308  ;  Cypripedium  Fairrie- 
anum  and  its  hybrids,  308 ;  C. 
Arthurianum  pulchellum,  308;  C. 
oeno-superbiens,  341;  C.  Memoria 
Moensi,  341 ;  Cattleya  Gaskelliana, 
341  ;  C.  aurea,  341  ;  C.  Loddigesi,  342  ; 
C.  guttata,  342  ;  Maxillaria  nigrescens, 
342  ;  M.  venusta,  342 ;  Dendrobium 
chrysotis,  342  ;  Epidendrum  radiatum, 
360  ;  Cypripedium  Parishi,  360 ; 
Renanthera  Lowi,  360  ;  Pleione 
lagenaria,  360  ;  resting  Dendrobiums, 
360 ;  Lselia  Mrs.  M.  Gratrix,  377  ; 
Stenoglottis  fimbriata,  377 ;  Cycnoches 
chlorochilon,  377  ;  Vanda  multifiora, 
377  ;  Dendrobium  Phalsenopsis,  377  ; 
Catasetum  tridentatum,  377  ;  Cattleya 
Eudora  Madame  Albert  Hye,  406 ; 
Masdevallia  Veitchiana  Estradse,  406  ; 
Cymbidium  cyperifolium,  406 ;  sale 
at  Manchester,  428  ;  Cattleya  Mantini 
nobilior,  428  ;  Cypripedium  Milo,  428  ; 
C.  niveum,  444  ;  Dendrobium  Trea- 
cherianum,  444  ;  Phalsenopsis,  444  ; 
Cattleya  Bowringiana  lilacina,  444  ; 
C.  Maroni,  444  ;  Lselio-Cattleya  exoni¬ 
ensis,  444  ;  Cypripedium  Milo  Weston- 
biro  variety,  469;  notes  on  Cypri¬ 
pedium  insigne,  469  ;  wintering,  469  ; 
Dendrobium  nobile,  469  ;  Maxillarias, 
503  ;  M.  Sanderiana,  503  ;  Habenarias, 
503  ;  Gongora  atro-purpurea,  503 ; 
Cattleya  Maggie  Raphael,  515 ;  C. 
labiata  and  Gaskelliana,  515 ; 
C.  Schofieldiana,  515 ;  Sophronitis 
cernuus,  515  ;  Angrsecum  virens,  515  ; 
Cypripedium  Chamberlainianum,  515 ; 
propagating,  539  ;  Lselia  anceps  alba, 
539 ;  L.  autumnalis,  539 ;  Arundina 
bambussefolia,  539  ;  Cypripedium  Lee- 
anum,  539  ;  Orchids  and  Orchid  hunt¬ 
ing,  540 ;  Dendrobium  spectabile,  562  ; 
Cypripedium  Hera  var.  Euryades, 
562  ;  Epidendrum  Endresi,  662  ; 
Cattleya  Chocoensis,  562 ;  Phaius 
tuberculosis,  563 ;  brightly  coloured, 
563  ;  Coelogyne  cristata,  572 
Origanum  hybridum,  313 
Ornithoeephalus  grandiflorus,  3 
Outram,  Mr.  Alfred,  death  of,  517; 
the  late,  552,  564 
Pseony  Alfred  Crousse,  99 
Painful  sights,  480 
Palms,  roots  infested  with  maggots,  324 
Panax  Victorise,  474 
Pancratium  fragraus,  520 
Pansies,  and  Violas,  376  ;  points  of  show, 
178 
Paphinia  cristata,  97 
Papyrus  antiquorum,  167 
Paris  green  and  lime,  302 
Paris  International  Exhibition,  299 
Park  Vale,  Edgbaston,  128 
Parks,  points  in  the,  186,  236,  242 
Parsley,  cutting  back,  249 
