VI, 
JOURNAL  OP  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
December  30,  1897. 
ClIHYSANTHEMUM  SHOWS  — 
continued. 
488  ;  Manchester,  488 ;  Gras- 
sendale  and  Aigbiirth,  60.5 ; 
Belfast,  506  ;  Chippenham, 
506;  Chislehurst,  .506  ;  Read¬ 
ing,  506  ;  Carlisle,  507  ;  Soli¬ 
hull,  508  :  South  Shields,  508  ; 
Sutton  Coldfield,  .508  ;  York, 
.509; Barnsley, 509 ;  Bolton, 509; 
Bury  St  Edm'inds,S09;  Edin¬ 
burgh.  510;  Chester,  511 ;  Hull, 
611  ;  The  Hartlepools,  512 ;  j 
Ijeaniington,  533  ;  Pallanza, 
Lago  Maggiore,  633;  Beccm- 
her  Show  of  N.C.S.,  658 
Cinerarias,  364 
Cissus  discolor.  262 
Clay,  burning,  207,618 
Clematis  Jackmannl  at  War¬ 
wick  Castle,  ISO 
Clerodendrons,  hardy,  217 
Closing  year  and  roll  call,  the, 
615 
Clumber,  576 
Cockchafers,  exterminating,  63 
Cocker,  Mr.  James,  death  of, 
290 
Cockscomb  plant  diseased, 111 
Ccelogynes,  Sanderaj,  451  ; 
fnliglndsa,  451 
Coleuses,  wintering,  628 
Colntea  arhorescens,  183 
Combe  Abbey,  393 
Conifers,  propagation  of,  91 ; 
and  the  late  winds,536;  seeds, 
600 
Convolvulus  lineatus,S46 
Coombe  Wool  Nursery,  297 
Cornus  Kousia,  7;  notes  on, 
433 
Coronilla  varia,  120 
Cotoneasters,  311 
Country  visitor’s  jottings,  a, 
365 
Crataigus  Lelandl,86G 
Cricket  St.  Thomas,  294 
Crocuses,  386 
Cucumbers— notes  on,  13,  180, 
227,  514,  562,  610  ;  plants 
diseased,  llO;  stem  diseased, 
135;  falling,  135;  cow  and 
horse  manure  for,  182 ; 
insects  on  stem, 206  ;  collapse 
of  plants, 492;  failing,  612 
Culford, impressions  of, 99 
Ounila  Mariana,  321 
Currants,  notes  on,  209  ^  The 
Comet,  211;  Black,  artificial 
manure  for,  326 ;  Black,  buds 
swollen.  640 :  pruning,  626 
Cyenoches  chlorochilon.286 
Cyclamens,  notes,  70;  culture 
of,  217  :  grubs  on  roots,  420  ; 
and  Primulas  at  Reading.  580 
Cypripedlnm  Chaptnani  mag- 
nificum,  21;  and  skin  irrita¬ 
tion, 266  ;  hirsulo-Sallieri,889 ; 
vennstnm  Measuresianum, 
475 
Daffodils,  planting,  322 
Dahlias,  at  Kingston,  338;  at 
Rothesay,  339  ;  the  season, 
468;  Cactus,  620 
Dahlia  shows— Crystal  Palace, 
250;  Wellingborough, 274 
Daisy  roots  on  a  lawn,  492 
Damsons,  313 
Davalliafljiensls,313 
Decay  of  ga’'denlng,  170 
Deceptive  appearances,  645 
Decorations,  fruit  and  table, 
402,  425 
Decorative  work,  233,  262,307, 
342,  384 
Delphinium,  Wehh’s,172 
Dendrobiuma,Fytchiannm,2I2; 
biglbbum,  499  ;  notes  on,  572 
Dendrochilums,  70 
Devon,  fair,  568 
Dianthus,  alpinus,  53 ;  atro- 
rubens,  488 
Dlcksonia  antarctica,254 
DiervlUa  japonica,  99 
Dipladeniaholiviensis,75 
Domain,  young  gardeners’— 
Cucumber  culture,  il,  S5; 
the  means  and  modes  of  pro¬ 
pagating,  11, 59,83,106. 204,226, 
417 ;  practice  with  science,  12  ; 
Acalyphas,  34  ;  Lilium  Har- 
risi,  34  ;  Peaches  and  Nec¬ 
tarines,  34,  69;  Richardias, 
35;  Humeaelegans,35;  Melon 
culture,  60,  83,  106;  Aristo- 
lochia  elegans,  83 ;  Orange 
cultivation.  84  ;  our  wild 
flowers.  131;  Luculla  gratis- 
slma,13l ;  manures  for  Vines, 
131;  Dracaenas,  1.55;  Straw¬ 
berries,  155,  204;  Mushrooms 
for  winter,  179;  thoughts  on 
colour,  179;  Mignonette  in 
po’s,  227 ;  Vine  culture,  227, 
252,  299,  395,  466,  513  ;  Mal- 
maiaon  Carnations.  251,  442  ; 
Anthurinms,  274,299  ;  Indoor 
rockwork,  275;  Clerodendron 
fallax,275;  Apple  Cellini, 299 ; 
spring  bedding,  299;  Palms, 
823;  Apples  in  Ireland,  323; 
Bougainvillea  glabra,  323  ; 
Schizanthus,  347;  Asparagus 
cu'ture,  347  ;  Carnations  in 
beds,  348  ;  Coleuses,  371  ; 
Cyclamens,  371 ;  Pigs  under 
glass,  395,417  ;  bothy  customs  1 
DOMAIN,  YOUNG  GARDENERS’ 
—  continued. 
—on  duty,  442  ;  Polnsettia 
pulcherrima,  466 ;  Cleroden¬ 
dron  Balfourianum,  4^!l ; 
winter  flowering  tree  Car¬ 
nations.  489;  Dendrobium 
Phal.'cnopsis  Schrbderianum, 
514  ;  early  forcing  Straw¬ 
berries,  536;  Calanthes  ,536  ; 
notes  on  Violets,  537 ;  Primu¬ 
las,  .561 ;  Tomato  culture,  661 ; 
Raspberries,  562 :  Euphorbia 
jaeguinixfiora,  .585;  Carna¬ 
tions  in  pots,  585  ;  no’es  on 
Cucumbers,  586;  a  bothy 
Ynletide,  609  ;  the  reserve 
garden,  609;  stoking,  626 
Douglas,  Mr.  Jaa.,  145 
Dublin,  notes  from,  386, 560 
Earth,  burnt,  lls 
Eaton  Hall,  246,552 
Edgbaston  Botanic  Gardens, 
626 
Edinburgh  School  of  Rural 
Economy,  146 
Edwardsia  grandiflora,  607 
Endive  and  Lettuce  io"  winter, 
314;  Batavian,  protection  for, 
520 
Epilobiums.  ©bcordatum,  93; 
D  idona;i.488 
Ericas  —  Shannoniana,  1.58  ; 
vagans  alba, 246;  winter,  628 
Eriobotrya  japonica.  290 
Erythronium  revolutum.  623 
Escallonla  langleyensis,  237 
Bucharls.woodliceon,  110;  not 
flowering,  158;  amazonica 
infested  with  mite.  183 
Eucomis  punctata,  255 
Euphorbia  cyparissiaa.  477 
Exacum  macranthnm.  195 
Eynsford  cottage  gardeners,  620 
Fair  Devon,  568 
Farm— The  difficulties  of  home 
farming,  15  ;  an  English 
Chicago,  39;  cron  prospects 
and  the  food  svipply,  63 ;  ex¬ 
tremes  meet,  87  ;  sailing  the 
lowland  seas.  111 ;  the  crops 
of  1897,  136  ;  poultry  schools 
for  England,  159;  to  help 
armors,  160 :  the  stackyard, 
188 ;  South-Eastern  Agricul¬ 
tural  College,  184;  the  joy 
of  harvest.  207 ;  her  Majesty’s 
Commissioners  and  their  re¬ 
port,  231;  a  retrospect  and  a 
forecast,  256 ;  sheep,  256;  side 
by  side.  279  ;  good  news  at 
last,  303;  swine  fever,  327; 
our  friend  in  velvet,  852  ; 
birds,  injurious  and  other¬ 
wise,  376 ;  autumn  manuring, 
399;  accidental  poisoning  or 
otherwise.  421  ;  sanitary 
science,  445 ;  fowls  picking 
out  each  other’s  feathers,  446 ; 
a  glance  at  Islington,  469  ; 
working  at  high  pressure, 
493 ;  Webb’s  root  competition, 
494 ;  the  world’s  year’s  Wheat 
crop,  494 ;  a  model,  617,  665  ; 
abortion  in  cows.  541 ;  not 
what  they  seem,  589;  is  there 
a  relationship  ?  613;  beyond 
recall— 1897,  629  ;  British  egg 
production,  630 ;  work  on 
the  home  farm,  16,  39,  64, 
88.  112.  136,  160.  184,  208.  232. 
256,  280,  804,  328,  362,  876,  400, 
422,  446,  470,  494,  518,  542,  666, 
590,  614.  630 
Felts,  roofing,  478 
Ferndale.  370 
Ferns  —  Stag’s  -  horn,  223;  in 
bsskets,  .318 
Fertilisers,  natural  versus  arti¬ 
ficial,  258, 306 
Figs,  notes  on.  84,  132,  181,  276, 
514,587  :  at  Chiswick,  219 
Fir,  Soots,  shoot  bored  by 
insects,  374  ;  silver,  infested 
bv  insects  and  fungus,  517 
Florists’  flowers,  hints  on.  416 
Flower  garden,  the.  6i,  108,  228, 
824,  418,  587 ;  reflections  in 
the,  168. 276. 324 
Flowers,  exhibiting,  183 
Flowers,  hardv,  notes  on,  19. 89, 
140, 196, 284, 288. 357, 428, 47 1, 648  ; 
wild,  colours  in,  106 ;  exhibits 
of  wild,  118;  florists’,  season¬ 
able  notes  on,  197 ;  the  last  of 
autumn,  451 
Flower  vases,  267 
Fog,  exclusion  from  green¬ 
houses,  98 
Foresight  in  ’gardening,  98 
Frltillaria  armena,  83 
Fruit  forcing,  13.  86,  60,  84. 107, 
132.  156,  180,  205,  227.  252,  27.5. 
300  .  872,  396,  418,  442,  466,  490, 
514,  637, 562,  587,  610,  627 
Fruit  garden,  hardy.  12, 60,  107, 
155,  204, 252, 299, 396, 442, 490, 587, 
586,  626 
Fruits— Crops  in  Ire  and,  5  ; 
in  Surrey,  60;  watering  wall 
trees,  139;  shipm"nt8  from 
Colorado,  144 ;  growing  and 
S“lling,  164;  the  decadence  of 
wall  tree  culture,  185, 213, 235. 
260,283,309,310;  securing,  194. 
239;  gathering  and  storing, 
252;  wiuterdresslng  for  trees, 
278 ;  varieties  fo'r  walls,  302 ; 
the  pleasures  of  fruit  grow¬ 
ing,  305,340;  progress  in  fruit 
and  vegetables,  329  ;  Crystal 
Palace  Show  of,  332  ;  the 
truth  about  fruit  trees,  858; 
at  Langley,  394  ;  pinning 
young  tree.s,  398;  healthy 
trees,  402;  fruit  and  table 
decorations,  402, 426 ;  for  cool 
house,  420  ;  pruning  maiden 
trees  for  double  cordons  or 
py  ramid8,445 ;  trees  on  cottage 
yvalls,  465 ;  planting  trees,  490 ; 
orchard  houses,  525 ;  planting 
bush  trees,  637 ;  thirning,  528 ; 
our  fruit  supply,  foreigners’ 
profits  that  should  be  ours, 
543;  notes  on,  567;  winter 
pruning,586:  the  development 
of  the  foreign  fruit  trade,  677 ; 
cleaning  trees,  626 
Fnchsiws,  woodlioe  on,  110; 
hardy,  167 ;  at  Egham,  313 
Fumigation  with  tobacco,  95 
Fungi,  of  the  Wrekin,  240; 
freaks  of,  326 
Galeandras,  notes  on,  166 
Gardeners’  Royal  Benevolent 
Institution,  223 
Gardening,  decay  of,  170;  esti¬ 
mates  of,  424 
Gardening,  kitchen  and  flower, 
books  on,  278;  broad  views 
of,  497 
Gas  tar  on  hot-water  pipes,  589 
Gentiana  bavarica,  685 
Ginseng,  export  of,  478 
G'adiolns,  416 ;  gandavensis, 
595 
Gloomy  time,  the,  548 
Goge  ddan,  notes  on,  247 
Gooseberries— Trellis,  a,  165 ; 
Gooseberry  competiti9n,194 ; 
and  Currants,  prunihg,  378 ; 
cordon,  399 ;  in  pots  as  cor¬ 
dons  for  walls,  640  ;  pruning, 
621 
Gourds  and  Melons,  inscrip¬ 
tions  on,  628 
Grapes  —  Appley  Towers,  11; 
photograph  of,  63  ;  rust  on, 
63 ;  Duke  of  Buccleuch  split¬ 
ting,  86;  exhibiting  white, 
87;  Madresfleld  Court,  87;  an 
amateur’s,  100 ;  Madresfleld 
Court  diseased, 110 ;  colouring 
indifferently,  134 ;  colouring, 
137;  cutting  Muscat  of  Alex¬ 
andria  and  Foster’s  Seedling 
a  week  before  exhiblting,158 ; 
colouring  Gros  Colman,  182; 
outdoordisease(i,l82;  exhibit¬ 
ing— the  splicing  system,  196, 
219,  296,  812,  338;  Muscat 
of  Alexandria  shanking, 
200.  284.  412  ;  dlsea.sed,  230  ; 
exhibiting,  219;  is  Grape 
growing  depreciating?  238; 
prize  Grapes  from  youhful 
Vines,  281;  at  Swanmore,3G2  ; 
at  Tewkesbury  Lodge,  383; 
Gros  Colman  at  Cobham,  452 ; 
lor  Maidstone,  478 :  at  Byfleet, 
SOI ;  successful  Grape  gr  w- 
ing  (Tllehnrst),  621,  652,  599, 
617 ;  showing  and  judging,  592 
Grass  seeds, sowing, 87 
Green  in  plants,  preserving,  453 
Groups  and  plants,  hints  on 
judging,  496 
Growth  fome,  170 
Grubs,  destructive,  in  gardens, 
303 
Ilahrothamnuses,  546 
Hackthorn  Hall,  651 
Hal  ton,  315 
Hampton  Court,  autumn 
flowers  at,  321 
Harewood  House,  76 
Harton  Cemetery,  195 
Hedge  plant, neat, 469 
Hellebore  powder  and  the 
Onion  maggot, 370 
Hemp,  “Fysal,”  135;  cultiva¬ 
tion  in  Bologna,  146 
HerbadEbUs  beds,  renovating, 
194 
Herbs  and  aromatic  plan’s,  602 
Holden,  Sir  Isaac,  death  of, 
169 
Holiday,  a  gardener’s,  387 
Hollies  losing  their  leaves,  492 
Hollyhocks  and  Watsonia 
Ardernel,  278 
Hop  leaves  browned,  15 
Horticultural  history  notes— 
The  Apothecaries’  Garden, 
Chelsea,  19 
Horticultural  (Royal)  Society’s 
Committees,  4,  28.  46,  94,  151, 
199,244,295,369,413,450.  500,578; 
HORTICULTURAL  (ROYAL) 
SOCIETY’S  COMMITTEES  — 
continued. 
certificates  and  awards  of 
merit,  5,  47, 95. 152, 199, 246, 296, 
370,  414, 450,  600,  579  ;  Scientific 
Committee,  28,  77,  126,  165, 
383,  429,  477,  534,  596  ; 
examination  in  horticulture, 
.50;  Chiswick,  152;  Crystal 
Palace  Fruit  Show,  382 ;  for¬ 
mation  of  Committees,  364  ; 
exhibitors’ cards  at  the  Drill 
Hall,  388 ;  the  R.H.S.  award 
of  merit,  436 ;  Kales  at  Chis¬ 
wick,  452  ;  Fruit  Committee 
awards,  534 
Horticulture,  honours  in,  17, 
42;  distribution  of  the  Vic¬ 
toria  medal,  401, 414  ;  experi¬ 
mental  work  in,  20;  sixty 
years  of  progress  in,  214, 239 
Hoya  bella,  5 
Hurst  &  Son’s,  annual  dinner, 
505 
Hyacinths,  Roman,  potting, 
171 ;  growing,  217 ;  are  Roman 
Hyacinths  poisonous?  308; 
about,  340 
Hydrangea  panic, ulata,  314 ; 
culture  of,  345 
Melons— Fermenting,  38 ;  notes 
on,  61, 108, 228;  leaves  diseased , 
63 ;  crossing  and  spoiling,  71 ; 
anthracnose  in,  14$;  growing, 
troubles  of,  167;  Hero  of 
Locklnge,  241  ;  the  Monarch, 
453 
Men,  the  management  of,  403 
Mina  lobata,  420 
Minley  Manor,  124 
Moths,  garden,  harmful  and 
harmless,  45,  92,  142,  221,  288, 
360, 473, 549, 594 
Mushrooms,  in  pastures,  326; 
on  a  bench,  399 
Mustard  and  Cress  for  market, 
102 
NaurdesMedu-sx,  102 
Naphthalene,  47, 73,96 
November,  a  rare,  602;  a  benig¬ 
nant,  524 
Nutmeg,  the,  254 
Nut  growing  and  pruning,  546, 
569 
Nymphsea  lilacina,  242 
Indigofera  Gerardiana,127 
Inula  glandulosa,  162 
Ireland,  notes  from,  139, 294,  475 
Iris,  leaves  diseased,  255 ; 
Bakeriana,  396 
Is  gardening  decaying  ?  308, 
344, 346, 390 
Isle  of  Wight,  notes  from,  160  ; 
shows  in  the,  198;  horticul¬ 
tural  Association, 289 :  Macro- 
carpa,  Ventnor,  474  ;  Ventnor 
show,  474 
Ismenes,  calathlnum,  183  ; 
growing,  541 
Ixoras,  198 
Jubilee  reflections,  1, 43 
Judging  groups  and  plants, 
hints  on,  496 
Kales  at  Chiswick,  312 
Kalosanthes  coccinea,  240 
Kent  championship  belt  com¬ 
petition,  223 
Kew,  onening  of  a  new  house 
at,  127 ;  notes,  871 
Kinver  and  Wordsley,  172 
Kitchen  garden,  36,  85.  132,  228, 
276, 373,  419, 467.  515,  663 
Kitchen,  serving  the,  608 
Knowledge,  early  struggles  for, 
593 
Labour  for  a  garden,  628 
Lachenalias  as  basket  plants, 
502 ;  growing,  529 
Ladybirds  and  fruit  pests,  160 
Lxlias,  Mexican.  285 
Lxllo-Cattleya  Dlgbyana  Tii- 
anx,  244 
Langley,  fruits  and  flowers  at, 
394 
Lasiandra  macranthnm,  312 
Lathyrus,  rotnndifolius,  99  ; 
platyphyllus  albus,  363 
Leather  jacket  grubs,  851 
Leaves,  photographing,  689 
Leeks,  culture  ot,  858 
Lespedeza  Sieboldi,  362 
Lessons  'of  the  season— flower 
beds,  263 
Light  and  its  Influences,  19 
Liliums  —  candidum  leav’s 
diseased,  39;  introduction  of 
aiiratum,  26  ;  concolor,  69  : 
candidum.  71 ;  auratum  at 
Logan  House,  241;  auratum, 
2.59;  notes  on,  626 
Lily  of  the  Valley.  628 
Linum  alpinum,  10 
Liverpool  and  district  fruit 
reports,  270 
Loam,  turfy,  for  Cucumbers 
and  Grapes,  158 
Locke  Park.  Barnsley,  291 
London  trees  and  flowers,  489 
Lowdham  and  Chilweil,  410 
Lycium  enropxum,  899 
Marigolds,  striped  French, 
219 
Measuring  the  height  of  trees, 
492 
Odontoglossums,  grande,  389 ; 
Edwardij45l 
Old  Park,  Ventnor,  601 
Olearia  macrodonta,  49 
Olive  culture  in  America  576 
Oncldiums  crlspum,  426 ;  notes 
on,  518  , 
Onions  —  Culture  oL  115  ;  at 
Malshanger,219;  the  crop  of. 
311 ;  Banbury  Show,  322 ;  the 
maggot  and  hellebore  powder, 
370;  prevention  of  the  mag¬ 
got,  386;  and  successive  crops, 
495 
Onosma  echloides,  10 ;  aibo- 
rosenm,S3  ,  ^  _ 
Oranges,  trees  infested  with 
scale,  182 ;  grafting  seedling, 
468 
Orchards ,  Calif  orni  an ,  58 
Orchids— Cambridge  Lodge,  21 ; 
Cyprlpedium  Chapman!  mag- 
nifleum,  21 ;  Thunias,  22  ; 
Diamond  Jubilee  Orchid  tro¬ 
phy,  22 ;  at  Mere  Bank,  Dis¬ 
card,  70 ;  Dendrochilums,  70  ’, 
Nanodes  Medusx,  102 ;  Bollea 
coelestls,  102;  litigation  h»- 
tween  growers,  122  ;  the 
Orchid  hybrids,  148;  Sobra- 
llas,148 ;  notes  on  Galeandras, 
166  ;  Dendrobium  Fytchi- 
anum,  212 ;  Lx’io-Cattleya 
Dlgbyana  T'ianx, 244;  Orchid 
specimens,  244  ;  Cyc  oches 
ehlorochilon,  285 ;  Mexican 
Lxlias,  285  ;  Cypripedinms 
and  skin  irritation,  286 ;  cool, 
309  ;  Saccolabium  bellinum, 
309;  Caitleya  Dowiana,  861 ; 
Cyprlpedium  hlrsuto-Sallieri, 
389  ;  Odontoglossnm  grande, 
389 ;  Oncidlum  crispum,  426  ; 
drying  Orchid  flowers,  444; 
Coelogyne  Sanderx.  451 ;  C. 
fullginosa,  451 ;  Cattleya  Bow- 
rlngeana  violacea,  461 ;  Cypri- 
pedium  venustnm  Measuresi¬ 
anum,  475  ;  notes  on  Catt- 
leyas,  475;  Cattleya  Fabia, 
499;  Dendrobium  bigibbum, 
499 ;  Vanda  Sanderiana,  635  ; 
V.  coernlea,586;  Vanda  Agnes 
Joachim,  547  ;  Pleiones,  647  ; 
notes  on  Dendrobiums,  572; 
Cattleya  Olivia,  620  ;  Sophron- 
itis,  602 
Oxalis,  culture  of,  621 
Oxylobium  calll8tachy8,34 
Pxonies,  herbaceous,  387,  430, 
577 
Palms,  notes  on,  561 
Pampas  Grass,  bleaching,  588 
Pansies,  675 
Parsnips,  growing,  286 
Parsley,  sowing,  176 
Peaches  and  Nectar'nes,  36, 84, 
166, 252, 300, 349. 397, 443, 490. 662, 
610;  hollowed  and  decayed,  86; 
in  pots,  87 ;  American,  195  ; 
large,  206;  outdoor,  262;  for 
wall  cases,  874;  training 
trees,  398;  insects  in  Peach 
house,  517 ;  tar  and  clay  mix¬ 
ture  for,  564 ;  scale  on,  689 
Pears— leaves  eaten,  lio ;  com¬ 
mon,  122  ;  tree  blister  moth, 
255 ;  Gansel’s  Bergamot,  297 ; 
diseased,  802;  excellence  in 
culture,  311;  keeping  Catil- 
lac,  326;  late,  and  Goose¬ 
berries,  890 ;  stubborn,  444  ; 
notes  on,  672;  improving 
diseased  trees,  584;  notes  on, 
631 
