VI. 
■JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER.  December  28,  1899. 
Peaches,  and  Nectarines,  19, 65, 109, 153, 
201,  241,  280,  323,  369,  414,  461,  506,  555  ; 
as  standards,  53,  142 ;  on  low  walls 
in  Hertfordshire,  104  ;  Hale’s  Early, 
123  ;  Goshawk,  163  ;  work  amongst, 
254 ;  not  turning  soft,  260  ;  trans¬ 
planting,  273  ;  the  Nectarine  Peach, 
282;  in  the  Isle  of  Wight,  288; 
thinning,  312 :  Princess  of  Wales, 
313 ;  planting,  340;  mildew  on,  392; 
bisulphide  of  calcium  for  mildew  on, 
392 ;  excrescences  on  the  roots  of, 
462 
Pears,  trees  dying,  154  ;  Williams’  Bon 
Chretien,  250  ;  decaying  at  the  core, 
389 ;  Bear  re  Capiaumont,  377,  405, 
450  ;  Beurr6  d’ Anjou,  413  ;  diseased, 
416  ;  Marguerite  Marillat,  444  ;  dessert 
for  espaliers,  462  ;  Doyenn6  du  Comice 
for  back  wall  of  a  lean-to  house,  462  ; 
General  Todleben,  521 
Peas,  haulm  infested  by  insects,  111 ; 
on  strike,  99;  in  1899,  158  ;  northern, 
209  ;  preparing  ground  for,  473 
Peat  moss  litter  and  garden  crops,  6, 52, 
104  ;  for  Tomatoes,  110 
Pelargoniums,  Zonal,  housing,  270 ; 
variegated  Ivy  leaf,  334  ;  winter 
flowering,  388  ;  Zonal,  at  Reigate,  404 
Pentstemon  glaucus,  125 
Penzance,  Lord,  death  of,  520 
Peppermint,  271 
Periploca  gneca,  54 
Periwinkle,  common,  transplanting,  133 
Petunias,  single,  for  bedding,  312 
Phaius,  bicolor  purpurascens,  34 ; 
tuberculosis,  563 
Phahenopsis,  Ludde-violacea,  37  ;  Lud- 
demanniana,  73  ;  a  note  on,  444 
Physalis  Franchetti— are  the  fruits 
poisonous  ?  556 
Phyteumas,  258  ;  P.  comosum,  258 
Picking  and  stealing,  475 
Picksley,  Mr.  W.,  death  of,  270;  the 
late,  290 
Pine  cones,  519 
Pines,  growing,  69 ;  seasonable  notes, 
,  177,  207,  436 
Pittosporum  Mayi,  375 
Plant  breeding,  new,  23 
Plantains  on  a  lawn,  135 
Planting  season,  the,  397,  468 ;  autumn 
versus  spring,  475 ;  late  spring,  570 
Plants,  Flowers,  and  Fruits  Cer¬ 
tificated  by  the  Royal  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society— 
Abies  Douglasi  pumila,  Colorado 
variety,  83 
Acer  californica  aurea,  83 
Adiantum  Burni,  367 
Antholiza  sethiopica,  404 
Apples  — Early  Victoria,  143;  Venus 
Pippin,  229  ;  Ben’s  Red,  229  ;  Charles 
Ross,  229,  320  ;  Paroquet,  367  ;  Mrs. 
Phillimore,  404  ;  Cissy,  449 ;  Bassaleg 
Pippin,  449  ;  Stainway  Seedling,  553 
Arundo  donax  macrophylla,  S3 
Asters— R.  Parker  'nanus,  320  ;  amellus 
Distinction,  320 
Begonias  — Mrs.  John  Caulfield,  S3; 
M.  Wannot,  83;  Mrs.  Leopold  de 
Rothschild,  229 ;  Caledonia,  404  ; 
Sylvia,  449 
Caladiums— A.  Siebert,  27;  Jean  Dy- 
bowski,  83 
Campanulas— Mayi,  83  ;  Warley,  83 
Canna  Beaute  Poitevin,  189 
Carnations— Heather  Bell,  27  ;  Rosa¬ 
lind,  27  ;  The  Baron,  27 
Caryopteris  mastacanthus,  269 
Cattleyas— Harrisonise  alba,  27  ;  Whitei, 
Wigan’s  var.,  143;  Luddemanniana, 
alba,  229  ;  Keinastiana  aurore,  229 ; 
No  Name,  269;  aurea,  Little’s  var., 
320 ;  Princess,  367  ;  labiata  alba 
Princess  of  Wales,  404 ;  labiata,  404  ; 
labiata  Gilmouri,  404  ;  labiata  var. , 
404;  Bowring-Massaiana,  449;  ves- 
talis,  449  ;  Maggie  Raphael,  506  ; 
elatior,  553 
Plants,  &c.,  Certificated  —  con¬ 
tinued. 
Centaurea  americana  alba,  143 
Cherry  Noble,  83 
Chrysanthemums — Florence  Molyneux, 
367  ;  Le  Grand  Dragon,  367  ;  Miss 
Alice  Weeks,  367  ;  Miss  E.  Pilkington, 
367  ;  R.  Hooper  Pearson,  367  ;  Mrs. 
Alfred  Tate,  449  ;  Madame  R.  Cad¬ 
bury,  506 ;  Oscar,  506 
Cornus  macrophyllus,  83 
Cucumber  Achievement,  229 
Cupressus  Lawsoniana  Wisseli,  143 
Cymbidium  longifolium,  506 
Cypripediums — Schillianum,  27  ;  Stonei 
candidum,  27  ;  Captain  Holford,  189  ; 
Milo,  Westonbirt  variety,  449 ;  Hera 
var.  Euryades,  506 ;  conco-callosum, 
553 ;  Lord  Roberts,  553 ;  Euryades 
splendens,  553 
Dahlias— Ajax,  143  ;  Antler,  143 ;  Sylph, 
143  ;  Mrs.  J.  H.  Luscombe,  189  ;  Mrs. 
Stephenson  Clarke,  189  ;  Green’s 
White,  229  ;  Red  Rover,  229  ;  Major 
Weston,  229;  Mayor  Tuppenny,  229; 
Augustus  Hare,  229  ;  Maurice  J. 
Walsh,  229  ;  Uncle  Tom,  229 ;  Inno¬ 
vation,  229  ;  Emperor,  229 ;  Lodestone, 
229 ;  Mrs.  J.  J.  Crowe,  229 ;  Cheer¬ 
fulness,  229;  Veronica,  229;  Daisy, 
229  ;  Flame,  229  ;  Empress,  229  ;  Edie 
Oblein,  229;  Nellie  Nicholson,  229; 
Madame  Medora  Henson,  269 
Delphiniums — Michel  Lando,  27  ;  Jose 
Marie  de  Heredia,  83 
Dendrobiums— ccelogyne,  •  404  ;  specta- 
bile,  563 
Disa  Clio  superba,  S3 
Dracaena  The  Queen,  449 
Epilselia  Charlesworthi,  27 
Eucharis  burfordiensis,  229 
Gladioli — Burne  Jones,  143  ;  F.  Paynter, 
143  ;  Lady  Montagu,  143  ;  Henri  Ven- 
drier,  143  ;  Lemoinei  Jean  Dieulafoy, 
143  ;  Jas.  H.  Veitch,  189 
Grapes  —  Lady  Hastings,  83  ;  .  Reine 
Olga,  367 
Hollyhock  Black  Knight,  143 
Laelias— tenebrosa  gigantea,  27  ;  Mrs. 
M.  Gratrix,  367 
Lselio-Cattleyas— Adolphus,  27  ;  Marti" 
neti,  27  ;  Duvaliana,  27  ;  Bertha 
Fournier,  143  ;  Wiganiana,  143 ; 
callistoglossa  Leon’s  variety,  229  ; 
Duchess  of  York,  367  ;  Wellsiana 
ignescens,  653 
Melon  No  Name,  143 
Nepenthes  Balfouriana,  143 
Nennes  —  Mrs.  Berkley,  404  ;  Miss 
Willmott,  404  ;  Mrs.  Godman,  404 
Nicotiana  sylvestris,  83 
Odontoglossums— crispum  Basano.  269 ; 
Daphne,  320  ;  graude  Pittianum,  320  ; 
loochristyensis  Canary  Bird,  449 
Oncidiums  —  Forbesi  moortekeekensis, 
506  ;  varicosum  Lindeni,  506 
Pea  Glory  of  Devon,  27 
Pears  —  Triomphe  de  Vienne,  269 ; 
Emile  d’Heysfc,  404  ;  Marguerite 
Marrillat,  320 ;  Double  de  Guerre, 
449 
Pelargonium,  Zonal,  Lilian,  449 
Phloxes  —  Fiancee,  83  ;  Le  Mahdi, 
143 
Polygonum  Baldschuanicum,  189 
Raspberry-Blackberry  hybrid,  143 
Raspberry  Golden  Queen,  27 
Renanthera  Imschootiana  superba,  83 
Plants,  &c.,  Certificated  —  con- 
tinned. 
Retinospora  obtusa  aurea  Crippsi,  229 
Robinia  inermis  albo-variegata,  189 
Roses  —  White  Maman  Cochet,  27  ; 
Madame  Cadeau  Ramey,  27  ;  J.  B.  M. 
Camm,  83  ;  Grussan  Teplitz,  143  ; 
Corallina,  229 
Schomburghia  Lyonsi,  143 
Sophro-Cattleyas — Queen  Empress,  83  ; 
Chamberlainianum  triumplians,  506 
Stauropsis  lissochiloides,  143 
Strawberries  —  Lord  Kitchener,  27  ; 
Lady  Suffield,  83 
Sweet  William  Elizabeth,  27 
Tomato  Chiswick  Peach,  143 
Vanda  teres  var. ,  83 
Violet  Mrs.  J.  J.  Astor,  404 
Vitis  Thunbergi,  83 
Zygocolax  Amesiana,  553 
Rock,  gardens,  168  ;  and  water  garden, 
252  ;  rock  plants,  538 
Rondeletia  anomala,  100 
Root  excrescence,  486 
Rosa  rugosa,  621 
Roses— rub  it  in,  9  ;  the  Rev.  H.  H. 
D’Ombrain,  28  ;  Tea  Roses  under 
glass,  28  :  at  Kew,  76 ;  comments  on 
the  N.R.S.  Crystal  Palace  Show,  77  ; 
comments  on  the  N.R.S.  Colchester 
Show,  101 ;  at  Catterick  Bridge,  119  ; 
climbing,  119  ;  exhibition  and  lecture 
on  at  Dumfries,  120  ;  second  bloom, 
133 ;  Comtesse  de  Nadaillac,  186 ; 
Rosa  Wichuriana,  186,  208  ;  plants  in 
pots,  186,  208  ;  Hybrid  Teas,  226  ;  the 
oldest,  303 ;  training,  324 ;  Mr. 
Mawley’s  analysis,  327  ;  Isabella 
Sprunt,  333  ;  in  October,  333  ;  Mrs. 
John  Laing,  358  ;  Killarney,  358 ; 
forcing  Tea,  403  ;  N.R.S.  official  cata¬ 
logue,  471;  planting,  471;  N.R.S. 
annual  general  meeting,  518 ;  con¬ 
stitution  of  Rose  soils,  546 ;  in  pots, 
568 
Royal  Nurseries,  Newtownards,  551 
Rubus  leucodermis,  359 
Rudbeckia  purpurea,  210 
Plants,  groups  of,  at  Great  Marlow, 
145  ;  topping  herbaceous,  270  ;  dry 
weather,  270 ;  poisonous,  316  ;  and 
shrubs,  importation  of,  427  ;  for 
shading  rockery  and  border,  509  ;  for 
the  back  wall  of  a  lean-to  vinery, 
556 
Pleione  lagenaria,  360 
Plow  and  Plo,  33 
Plums  under  glass,  199,  238 ;  Golden 
Drop  rusted,  220  ;  caterpillars  in, 
220  ;  maggoty,  242  ;  Czar  in  a  pot, 
350 
Poinsettias,  losing  their  leaves,  242 ; 
culture  of,  332 
Poisonous  compounds,  liability  of 
persons  selling,  144,  502 
Polygonum  Baldschuanicum,  231 
Posts,  protecting,  123 
Potatoes,  curious  growth  in,  6  ;  breed¬ 
ing,  199  ;  oddities,  191  ;  at  Chiswick, 
209 ;  Windsor  Castle,  231 ;  to  follow 
Parsnips,  370  ;  early,  858 ;  county 
competitions  with,  343,  359,  380  ; 
early,  planting  before  winter,  439 ; 
at  Birmingham,  483,  496 ;  storing, 
475  ;  early,  475  ;  Lord  Raglan,  520  ; 
starting,  521;  blackening  when  cooked, 
538 
Primulas,  obconica,  dividing,  21 ;  invo- 
lucrata,  526 
Privet  and  Bryony,  475 
Prizes  and  wins,  163 
Products  at  shows,  naming,  134 
Propagating  house,  bottom  heat  for. 
345  ;  heating  a,  438 
Protheroe,  Mr.  W.  H. ,  death  of,  496 
Pruning,  root,  356 
Prunus  Pissardi,  276 
Prussic  acid  fumes  for  destroying 
insects,  462 
Quince  plants,  utilising,  220  ;  jelly,  496 
Raspberries,  growing  for  market,  44  ; 
grubs  in,  155 ;  attention  to,  202  ; 
fertilisers  for,  632 
Rating  of  market  gardens,  123 
Reminiscences  of  an  old  florist,  419,  513 
Remuneration,  more,  242 
Renanthera  Lowi,  73,  360 
Rhododendrons,  Malayan,  493  ;  dauri- 
cum,  519 
Rhubarb,  forcing,  480 
Rhus,  typhina,  227  ;  Osbecki,  340 
Ricinus  and  Scabious,  163 
Rivers,  Mr.  T.  Francis,  death  of,  161 
Roby  Mount,  276 
Sabbatia  campestris,  173 
Saccolabium  Blumei,  118 
Saintpaulia  ionantha,  351 
Salvias,  253  ;  splendens  grandiflora, 
340 
Sambucus  giauca,  164 
Saponarias,  ocymoides  alba,  125  ;  Bois- 
sieri,  319 
Saxifraga  Boydi,  470 
Scabiosa  caucasica,  84 
Schedule  making,  162 
Sciadopitys  verticillata,  554 
Scorzonera  unsatisfactory,  220 
Scum  from  ponds  for  light  soil,  154 
Seakale,  forcing  for  market,  281 
Seeds,  the  influence  of  camphor  on  the 
germination  of,  122 ;  cold  endurance 
by,  282 
Senecio  pulcher,  218 
Sherborne  Castle,  275 
Shortening  days,  317 
Shows  —  Southampton,  11  ;  Bath,  11  ; 
Croydon,  12  ;  Richmond,  12  ;  Ryde, 
13 ;  Canterbury,  13  ;  Dublin,  13  ; 
Sutton,  13  ;  National  Rose,  Crystal 
Palace,  14 ;  Harrow,  17  ;  Ilitchin, 
36  ;  Ipswich,  37  ;  Reigate,  37  :  Hanley, 
37  ;  Colchester,  38  ;  Hereford,  40  ; 
Manchester,  41  ;  Wolverhampton,  59  ; 
Formby,  60  ;  Norwich,  61 ;  Weybridge 
61;  Woodbridge,  62;  Ulverston,  63; 
New  Brighton,  63  ;  Newcastle-on- 
Tyne,  84  ;  Cardiff,  85  ;  National  Car¬ 
nation  at  the  Crystal  Palace,  86 ; 
Tamworth,  87 ;  Huyton  and  Roby, 
86;  ;  Ashtead,  86  ;  Eootle,  106  ;  Beck¬ 
enham,  106 ;  Kenley,  107  ;  Smeth¬ 
wick,  107  ;  Prescot,  107  ;  Newport, 
108  ;  Midland  Carnation,  128  ;  Liver¬ 
pool,  130 ;  Ewell,  131  ;  Beddington 
and  Carshalton,  131 ;  King’s  Norton, 
146  ;  West  Derby,  147  ;  Acock’s  Green, 
148 ;  Harborne,  148 ;  Moseley  and 
King’s  Heath,  148;  Weston-super- 
Mare,  148  ;  Leicester,  149  ;  Mai  ton, 
150  ;  Taunton,  150  ;  Harborne  Goose¬ 
berry,  151  ;  Northern  Carnation,  173  ; 
Cranleigh,  174 ;  Trowbridge,  174 ; 
Crystal  Palace  (One  and  All),  175  ; 
Brighton,  175;  Shrewsbury  Floral 
F6te  (telegraphic  report),  165 ; 
Shrewsbury,  193  ;  Saltley,  197  ;  Dublin, 
198 ;  Chippenham,  198  ;  Kingswood, 
198 ;  Perth,  199 ;  National  Dahlia, 
215 ;  Sandy,  214 ;  Bath,  213 ;  New¬ 
townards,  238  ;  Wellingborough,  239  ; 
Edinburgh,  254  ;  Derby,  256 ;  West¬ 
minster,  257  ;  Loughborough  Fruit, 
320  ;  Isle  of  Wight  Fruit,  320 
Shrewsbury— Bizarre  notes,  211 ;  Salo- 
pian  notes,  212  ;  view  of  Quarry,  213  ; 
the  judges,  212  ;  Mr.  Lunt’s  champion 
exhibit,  207  ;  a  growl  about,  231 
