December  30,  1897, 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
Y. 
INDEX. 
Abutilon  culture,  96, 121 
Acacia  grandis,  369 
Aoxnas  mlcrophylla,  120 ; 
argentea,  188 
Acanthollnum  glumaoeum,  246 
Achilleas,  ageratifolia,  246  ; 
toiiieutosa,  371 
yEsi'liynanfhuses,  571  ;  ,K 
tricolor,  571 
Agricultural  Katings  Act  aud 
market  gardens,  123 
Allium  pedemontanum,  273 
Alpine  flowers,  brief  notes  on, 
10,  53. 120, 168,  246,  371,  488,  513, 
524 
Ammonia  In  plant  culture,  454 
Amorpba  canescens,290 
Androsace  cliamaijasme,  488 
Anemone  japouica  alba,  529 
Angelica,  preserving,  326 
Annuals  for  autumn  sowing, 
216 
A  northern  tour,  287 
Anthracnose  In  Melons,  143 
Antirrhinums,  272 ;  Hender- 
8oni,362 
Ants,  destroying,  255 
Apples  — Trees  with  straight 
flown  rootstocks.lS ;  Harvey’s 
Wiltshire  Defiance, 206;  Pears 
"nd  Plums  at  a  high  eleva¬ 
tion.  207 ;  Qravenstein,  230  ; 
Apple  twig  and  branch,  and 
some  things  on  them.  292  ; 
twig  Infested  with  Mussel 
scale,  292;  fructifying  form 
of  canker  fungus  on  Apple 
twig,  293;  canker  fungus  on 
Apple, 293;  Kerry  Pippin, 290; 
for  forming  a  screen,  826 ; 
Apple,  Kei,  as  a  hedge  plant, 
838 ;  Irish  Peach,  374 ;  a  fair 
crop  of,  386;  planting,  late 
varieties  wanted,  412;  large 
dessert,  421 ;  an  old,  468 ;  for 
export,  478  ;  in  a  dell,  492  ; 
Bramley’s  Seedling,  600;  notes 
on,  623 
Aquatic  plants,  waterproof,  347; 
hardy,  476 
Arbutus  unedo,  431 
Architects  and  architecture 
garden,  117 
Armeria  Lauchcana,  10 
Ascott,  notes  about,  126 
Asparagus  ‘‘  Pern,”  351 
Assessment  of  nurseries,  576, 
601 
Asters  dying,  188 
Auricula,  the,  197, 416 
Baillie,  Mr.  K,  J,,  death  of, 
417 
Bananas,  50 
Banksia  integrifolia,  468 
Bardney  Manor  House,  550 
Barford  Hill,  27 
Bark,  coloured,  for  winter 
effect,  498 
Baskerville  House,  619 
Bateman,  Mr,  J„  death  of 
550  » 
Beans  —  Buttons’  Best  of  All 
218 ;  Sutton’s  Prizewinner, 
261 ;  Buttons’  Epicure,  290  ; 
large,  326;  dwarf  late,  432  ; 
French,  622 
Bedding,  summer,  fantastic, 
,  862, 392 ;  hints  on  spring,  380 
Bees— Seasonable  notes,  13,  37, 
360,  539,  611;  rearing  queens, 
13 ;  removing  sections,  87 ;  ex¬ 
tracting  honey,  88;  honey 
prospects,  62 ;  in  straw  skeps, 
62 ;  from  skeps  to  frame  hives, 
62 ;  the  swarming  mania, 
85,  325;  stray  swarms,  85; 
swarms  deserting  their  hives, 
85  ;  removing  supers,  109 ; 
glass  supers,  109 ;  carbolic 
versus  smoke,  109;  after  tlie 
honey  flow,  133  ;  honey  fer¬ 
menting,  134 ;  storing  honey, 
131 ;  a  heavy  swarm,  134  ; 
driving,  157;  bumping,  167  ; 
uniting,  157 ;  breeding  in 
autumn,  182;  drones  still  in 
hives,  182,  350;  feeding,  205; 
making  syrup,  205  ;  quan¬ 
tity  of  stores  required,  206  ; 
feeders,  206;  queen  introduc¬ 
tion,  230 ;  oaging  queens,  230 ; 
direct  introduction, 230 ;  ball¬ 
ing  queens,  280;  marketing 
honey,  253  ;  grading  honey, 
263 ;  packing  honey.  253,  277 ; 
utilisation  of  spare  bees,  301 ; 
uniting  driven  bees  to  straw 
skeps,  301 ;  feeding  driven 
bees  in  straw  skeps,  301  ; 
the  season’s  review,  325  ;  the 
weather  and  its  Influences, 
326;  late  crops  of  honey,  825; 
examining  stocks,  350 ;  queen 
lessness.  350;  storing  spare 
comb9,3r8 ;  unsealed  sections. 
373;  reduction  of  entrances, 
374 ;  notes  from  the  Heather, 
397 ;  autumn  flowers,  398  ; 
winter  passages,  398 ;  lec¬ 
turers  on  bee-keeping,  419; 
disappointments  in  bee-keep¬ 
ing,  419 ;  flowers  for,  420,  515  ; 
examination  of  hives,  443  ; 
making  roofs  waterproof,  448; 
dampness  in  hives,  444  ;  the 
weather,  467  ;  reduction  of 
frame  hives,  467  ;  colonies 
strong  in  autumn,  468;  mak¬ 
ing  mead.  491 ;  bottom  venti¬ 
lation,  515;  rendering  wax, 
618 ;  packing  hives  for  win¬ 
ter,  539 ;  foul  brood,  563 ;  how 
foul  brood  is  spread,  563 ; 
treatment  of  affected  bees, 
664 ;  protection  of  straw  skeps, 
588  ;  straw  skeps  lor  increase, 
688 ;  shading  entrances,  611 ; 
making  roofs  secure,  611 ; 
artificial  versus  natural 
swarming,  ell  ;  removing 
stocks,  627 ;  when  to  remove 
slocks,  627  ;  dry  floor  boards, 
628 
Beetroot,  growing,  210 
Begonias,  fibrous -rooted,  2; 
tuberous  -  rooted,  103  ;  at 
Yeovil,  241;  Gloire  de  Lor¬ 
raine,  527 
Beilis  rotundifollacosrulescens, 
168 
Berlcote  House,  535 
Birmingham  Amateur  Gar¬ 
deners’  Association,  104 
Blood  manure,  640 
Bodorgan,  reminiscences  of. 
199 
Bollea  coalestis,  102 
Bones,  for  a  Vine  border,  410  ; 
ash  of,  as  manure,  664 
Boronia  polygallfolia,  105 
Bothy  customs  —  on  duty, 
384 
Bowden  Hill  House,  222 
Bradford  public  parks,  104 
Bramley  Park,  2oo 
B'^iars,  moving,  206 
Brown,  Mr.  J.,  death  of,  617 
Bmssels  Sprouts.  593 
Bud  variation,  598 
Bulbs— the  season,  257  ;  notes 
00,287,  340,368,379 
Bunyards’,  a  visit  to,  449 
Cabling'’,  preventing  club  in, 
279;  growing,  534 
Calceolarias,  herbaceous,  93 
Calendar,  Japanese  floral,  290 
Callas,  shaking  out  and  re¬ 
potting,  222;  lifting  and 
potting.  286 
Callicarpa  purpurea,  98 
Calopogon  pulchellus,  45 
Camassia  esculenta,  340 
Carab  idge  Botanic  Garden, 
434 
Camellias,  growing.  150.176 
Campanula  graudiflora  Mariesl 
(illustrated),  28;  pelviformls, 
120;  alliarisefolia,  168;  Iso- 
phylla  alba,  501,  527 
Camphor  culture,  313 
Canada,  young  gardeners’  ex¬ 
perience  in,  598 
Canker,  the  conquest  of,  359 
Canterbury  Bells,  27;  with  de¬ 
formed  flowers,  86 
Caper  culture,  454 
Cariiamine  pratensis  flore- 
pleno,  371 
Carex  japonica  varlegata,  261 
Carnations,  supports,  4  ;  at 
lekworth,  10;  Marguerite, 44 ; 
at  Chelsea,  78 :  Malmaison 
plants  dving,  86:  at  Hayes, 
116;  border,  135;  at  Bowden 
Hill,  144;  and  Picotees,  147, 
198  ;  northern  show  of,  203  ; 
preparing  border  lor,  231  ; 
diseased,  278,  291,  302;  and 
Picotees,  416 ;  Malmaison  dis¬ 
eased,  540;  blooms  diseased, 
612 
Carrots,  culture,  210 ;  Empson’s 
Exhibition,  363 ;  hard,  612 
Carton,  456 
Cassinia  fulvida,  11 
Caterpillar  amongst  weeds 
183 
Cattleyas, watering,  254;  Dow- 
lana,  361 ;  Bowringeana  vio- 
lacea,  451 ;  notes  on,  475  ; 
Fabia,  499  ;  Olivia,  602 
Ceanothus,  892 
Celery  culture,  858, 434 
Cephaiotus  follicularls.  260 
Cestrums,  546 
Change  or  decay,  409 
Character  sketches— Busy  men, 
118,  143 
Chemistry  in  the  garden,  186, 
212,  522,  604 
Cherry  house,  132, 637 
Chillingham  Castle,  403 
Chllwell  and  Lowdham,410 
Ghinchas  guano,  432 
Chiswick,  its  work,  wants,  and 
possibilities,  65;  the  vinery 
at,  218 
Christmas  Boses,  549 
Christmas  thoughts  and 
wishes,  591 
Chrysanthemums  —  Sheffield 
Society,  76, 171 ;  in  April,  76 ; 
in  New  South  Wales,  126 ; 
certificated  Australian,  126  ; 
bud  eaten,  134 ;  Stockport 
autumn  show,  144;  Wolver¬ 
hampton,  144 ;  Paris  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  Committee,  144  ; 
fungus  on  leaves,  231;  N.C.S. 
disqualified  exhibits,  267  ; 
National  Chrys,anthemum 
Society,  295  ;  feeding,  295  ; 
leaves  diseased,  302;  leaves 
yellow,  302;  .at  Stoneleigh, 
319 ;  a  note  from  Ireland,  319  ; 
seasonable  notes,  319;  the 
season,' 319;  foreign  shows, 
346;  Welsh.  346;  prevention 
of  the  leaf  miner,  346;  at 
Overcliffe,  Gravesend,  346  ; 
the  Chrysanthemum  era,  347 ; 
shoot  diseased,  361 ;  N.C.S. 
Committee  meeting,  367 ; 
Dundee  Society,  367 ;  Orleans 
Conference,  367  ;  a  lady 
grower,  367;  early  fiowerlng, 
367  ;  sport,  374  ;  diseased, 
374 ;  Crown  of  Thorns,  374 ; 
leaf -rust,  880;  preventing 
mildew  and  damping,  382  ; 
from  Rothesay,  382  ;  at  Bar- 
ford  Hill,  882 ;  Sheffield  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  Soeiety,  382 ;  in 
the  North,  382  ;  show  fix¬ 
tures,  404  ;  N.C.S.  Floral 
Committee,  404  ;  N.C.S. 
General  Committee,  404 ;  leaf 
ru«t,  405  ;  early  flowering, 
405 ;  early  flowering  varieties 
at  the  Aquarium,  405 ;  pro¬ 
minent  new  varieties,  405  ; 
damping,  405 ;  how  growers 
are  made,  406  ;  prospects 
round  Bolton,  406;  Glasgow 
Botanic  Gardens,  406;  Stone¬ 
leigh  Abbey,  407  ;  at  Chelsea, 
407  ;  Calvat’s  novelties  at 
Swanley,  407 ;  in  the  North, 
407 ;  Crow  Nest  Park,  Dews¬ 
bury,  4o7 ;  Sand  Hutton, 
Yoik,  407  ;  Madame  G. 
Bruant,  411  ;  at  Exmouth, 
437 ;  amateur  growers,  437 ; 
Westhall,  Byfleet,  437 ;  Bag- 
lan  Hall.  438;  Yarborough 
House,  Brading,  438 ;  Wood¬ 
lands  Vale,  near  Byde,  438 ; 
Moreton,  Sandown,  488;  Os¬ 
borne  House,  Cowes,  438 ; 
Saltwood,  East  Cowes,  438; 
Lady  Harpur  Crewe’s,  East 
Cowes,  438 ;  Clarence  House, 
East  Cowes,  438  ;  Welton 
House,  Brough,  488;  Brant- 
inghamthorp,  439 ;  Ellough- 
ton  Vicarage,  489 ;  Swanland 
Manor,  439  ;  Tran  by  Croft, 
489 ;  Hessle  Wood, 438;  Hessle 
Cliff,  439  ;  Woodleigh,  439  ; 
notes  from  the  far  north,  439 ; 
Liverpool  notes,  439;  list  of 
shows,  436  :  N.C.S.  Floral 
Committee,  436;  the  B.H.S. 
award  of  merit,  436;  in  Surrey, 
436 :  in  Italy,  436  ;  leaf  rust, 
455,557 ;  an  amateur’s, 456 ;  at 
Earlswood,  456;  for  the 
masses,  456 ;  at  Ryecroft  Nur¬ 
sery,  457;  Grantully,  West 
Hartlepool,  457  ;  round  York, 
457 :  classification,  468  ;  leaves 
diseased,  468;  N.C.S.  Com¬ 
mittee  meeting,  479 ;  nipponi- 
cum.  479  ;  county  challenge 
competitions.  479  ;  at  Ipswich, 
479  ;  in  the  north,  480;  hints 
CHRTSANTHEMUMS-Confd. 
on  judging  groups  and  plants, 
496 ;  Geo.  Foster,  507 ;  N.C.S. 
Floral  Committee,  503 ;  N.C.8. 
General  Committee,  503  ;  the 
N.C.S.  and  the  Royal  Aqua¬ 
rium,  503;  Robert  Owen,  603; 
staging  Chrysanthemums  at 
ex  hibitions,  503,582,566;  Chrys¬ 
anthemums  for  general  pur¬ 
poses,  504;  the  conservatory 
at  AVestonbirt,580  ;  N.C.S.  an¬ 
nual  dinner,  580  ;  N.C.S.  Flo¬ 
ral  Committee,  630,581;  N.C.S. 
and  the  Royal  Aquarium,  530, 
554  ;  yellow  sport  from 
Charles  Davis,  532,  556;  re¬ 
porting  shows,  632 ;  Derby 
Chrysanthemum  Society,  532 ; 
Carnarvon  Chrysanthemum 
Society, 632;  leal  rust  in  632; 
treatment  of  late  Chrysanthe¬ 
mums,  533;  bondage  of  the 
N.C,S.,  653 ;  Hull  Society,  656  ; 
Julia  Scaramanga,  556  ;  at 
Twerton  -  on  -  Avon,  566  ; 
naming  at  shows,  657 ; 
treatment  of  cuttings,  657  ; 
select  new  Japanese  varie¬ 
ties,  568;  a  rejoinder  to 
Mr.  J.  W.  Moorman,  580 ; 
freedom  for  the  N.C.S..  580  ; 
popular  varieties,  681 ;  timing 
buds,  682;  appointment  of 
judges,  582  ;  naming  va¬ 
rieties  at  shows,  682 ;  prize 
cards,  682  ;  single  varieties, 
682  :  odd  notes,  682 ;  notes 
from  Wales,  683;  naturally 
grown  plants  for  exhibition, 
589 ;  Cardiff  Chrysanthemum 
Society,  584;  N.C.S.  General 
Committee,  604  :  the  bond¬ 
age  of  the  N.  C.  S.t  604 ; 
the  object  and  obstacles  of 
the  N.C.S.,  606 ;  the  fettered 
N  C.S.,  605 ;  a  Horticultural 
Hah,  605;  late  flowering 
Japanese,  606  ;  the  Queen, 
606  ;  Red  L,  Canning,  607  ; 
yellow  Charles  Davis.  607  ; 
staging,  607  ;  a  select  twenty- 
four  Japanese,  607 ;  select  new 
Incurved  varieties,  624 :  sixty 
Japanese,  625  ;  the  N.C.S., 
why  not  the  Agricultural 
Hall  or  Earl’s  Court?  626; 
the  N.C.S.  and  its  dungeon, 
626 
Chrysanthemum  shows— Royal 
Aquarium,  368 ;  Torquay,  440 ; 
Battersea,  440  ;  Brighton,  440 ; 
Croydon,  441 ;  Southampton, 
440  ;  Blackheath,  441  ;  De¬ 
vizes,  458 ;  Coventry,  468  ; 
Sevenoaks,  468 ;  Cardiff,  469  ; 
Brixton,  460;  Dublin,  460; 
Lewes,  460  ;  Woking,  460  ; 
Wolverhampton,  461;  Rorts- 
mouth,  461 ;  Ascot,  462 ; 
Harrogate,  462 ;  Highgate, 
462;  Avoolwich,  462 ;  Water¬ 
loo,  463 ;  Liverpool,  463 ;  King¬ 
ston,  463  ;  Royal  Aquarium 
(N.C.S.),  464;  Isle  of  Wight, 
465;  Guildford,  480;  Leeds, 
481 ;  Llveirool,  481 ;  Birming¬ 
ham,  482;  Yeovil,  482;  Bourne¬ 
mouth,  483  ;  Bromley,  488  ; 
Doncaster,  484  ;  Frome,  484  ; 
Lincoln,  484  ;  Weston-super- 
Mare,  485  ;  Monmouth,  485 ; 
Winchester,  486;  Stratford, 
486  ;  Windsor,  486  ;  Eccles 
and  Patricroft,  487  ;  Sheffield, 
487  ;  Bradford,  487  ;  Batley, 
