December  30,  1897 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
Vll. 
Peas— Sutton’s  Peerless.  97  ;  at 
BIaid8tone.l21 ;  new.  185,243  ; 
Stourbridge  Blarrow.  173 ; 
Veitch's  Main  Croo,  194;  do  | 
tomtits  attack  ?  351 ;  culture 
of,  521 
Pelargoniums,  winter-flower¬ 
ing,  432 
Fentstemon,  the,  634 
Perennials,  cultivation  of.  498 
Perneltya  mucronata,  514 
Phenol,  soluble,  564 
Phenyle,  soluble,  versus  crude 
■  carbolic  acid,  14 ;  soiuble,  570, 
596 
PhiiadelDhus,  dwarf,  58 
Pines,  notes  on,  36, 1.32,  205,  275, 
662,  610 
Pink  albino,  26 
Finns  haiepensis,  278 
Plagianthus  Lyalli,75 
Plantainson  lawns, 351 
Plant  houses,  37,  109,  133,  157, 
181,  229,  277,  301,  349,  638,  563, 
610 
Pi  ANTS  ANB  Flowers  (ier- 
TIPICATED  BY  THE  ROY'AL 
HORTICDLTDRAL  SOCIETY— 
Adianlum  fasciculatura,  5 
Apera  arundinacea,  296 
Aster,  perer  nlal,  Mrs.lV.  Peter.», 
246 
llegonias  —  Lady  Pearson.  5  ; 
Miss  Griffith.  47  :  grandiflora 
erects  cristats,  370  ;  Julius, 
501 :  Winter  Cheer,  679  ;  ! 
Calanthes— Veitchi  alba,  450  j 
bnrfordlense,  579  ;  Harris!,  ' 
579  :  ssnguinarla,  579 ;  Veitchi 
splendens,  5T9  1 
Calceolaria  alba,  152 
Calochorti  clavatus,  5  ;  Plum- 
meraj  aurea,  47 
Canna.  Miss  Elsie  Parkins,  95  i 
Carnations— Ha'dee,  5 ;  Hamp¬ 
den,  5 
Cattleyas  —  Euphrasia,  246  ; 
Hardy  ana  Lowa,  298 ;  Meipo-  | 
mene,  414;  Olivia,  414;  Har- 
dyana  magniflca,  414 ;  Bow-  1 
ringlana,  414  ;  Fabia,  450  ; 
lablata  Lewlsi,  450 ;  Empress  | 
Frederic  var.  Leonats,  601 ; 
labiata  White  Queen.  501 
Chrysanthemums  —  Mytcbett 
White  2  '6 ;  Madame  G.  Bru- 
ant,  370 ;  Mrs.  Wingfleld,  870 ; 
Simplicity,  414  ;  Ladv  Ridg- 
way,  414;  Modesty  414  ;  Ma¬ 
dame  Phillip  Rivoire,  414 ;  , 
Sunstone,  414 ;  Ella  Curtis, 
414 ;  Robert  Powell ,  414 ;  Lady 
Hanham,414;  N.C.8.  Jubilee,  ! 
414 ;  Admiral  Ito,  450  ;  Geor-  j 
gina  Pit  ’her,.501 ;  Julia  Scara-  I 
manga, sol ;  Mary  Molynenx, 
501 ;  Mrs  H.  Folkes,  501 ;  Mrs. 
F.  A.  Bevan,  ,501 
Crassula  Cooperi,  296 
Croton  Shuttleworthi,  95 
Crinum  Powelli  album^lSO 
Cypripedlums— Mrs.E.V.  Lowe, 
5 ;  Haynaldo-  Chamberlain- 
ianum,  414 ;  Leeanum  magni- 
flcum,  450 ;  Beckmani,  501 ; 
Aesen  giganteum,579 
Dahlias  —  Daffodil.  152;  Miss 
Agnes  Box,  152;  Marjorie,  199 ; 
Hypatia,  199  ;  Vesta,  199  ; 
Phryne,  199:  Night,  199;  Am¬ 
ber,  190  ;  F.  C.  Pawle,  246 ; 
Falka,  296;  Casilda,  296;  Sal¬ 
mon  (Jueen,  296  ;  Muriel 
Hobbs,  296;  Island  Queen, 
296  ;  Nellie  Broomhead,  296 ; 
Harbinger,  296  ;  Keynes’ 
White,  296  :  Arachne,  296  ; 
Laverstock  Beauty,  296;  Mary 
Service  296;  Blaiuma,  298; 
Green’s  Gera,  296:  Miss  Finch, 
206  :  Mrs.  John  Goddard,  296 
Dracajna  Indivisa  var.,  450 
Epllailia  radico-purpurata,  95 
Ficns  radicans  variegata,  199 
Gesnera  amabilis,  414 
Gladioli— Carlton,  95:  .T.  G. 
Cla’ke,  95;  White  Lady.  95; 
General  Duchesne.  95  ;  Coun¬ 
tess  Amy,  152  ;  Mike  Lam- 
bourne,  162 ;  Countess  of  Lei¬ 
cester,  152 
Godetia  gloriosa,  95 
Ooodyera  Rolllsnni,  19!) 
Grammatophyllum  speciosum , 
199 
PLANTS  CERTIFICATED— 
continued. 
Heliopsis  Pitcheriana,  95 
Hibiscus— ccelestis,  195  ;  single 
Painted  Lady,  95;  Manlhot, 
246 
Hollyhock  Leander,  152 
Liellas— pr.'EStans  Gatton  Park 
variety,  296  ;  praestans  Low’s 
variety,  370  ;  pri'estaus  alhens, 
414;  nnrpurata  Mrs.  R.  I. 
Measures,  414;  pumiia  mag- 
niflcum.  414;  Olivia,  .501  ; 
auceps  Mr.s.  de  Barri  Craw- 
shay,  579;  Briseis,  579  ; 
prajstans  superbum,  579  ; 
rubescens,  579 
Lajiio  -  Cattleyas,  End  ora  su- 
perba,5  ;  Canharaiana  albida, 
47 ;  eiegans  Schriideriana, 
152  ;  Andreana,  190  ;  ,Tnno,  19 ) 
Lobelia  tenuior  grandiflora,  47 
Lvcaste  Denning  lana,  296 
Blaranta  picta,  370 
Marattia  Burkei,  414 
Michaelmas  Daisy,  Mrs.  W. 
Peters,  246 
Miltonia  reetersiana,'296 
Nandina  domestica,  870 
Nepenthes  Tiveyi.  246 
Nerines— Lady  Bromley  414  ; 
Lady  Ffolkes, 414;  Lady  T.aw- 
rence.  414 ;  Countess  of  Bath¬ 
urst,  414  ;  Lady  Llewellvn, 
414;  Lady  Mary  Shelley,  414 ; 
Lady  Dorrington,  414 
Nymphaias— Rllisiana.47:  Mar- 
liacea  albida.  47  ;  Marliacea 
flammosa,  152 
Odontoglossuras  —  Pescatorei 
Harrisianum,  1.52  ;  grande 
Pittiannm,  370;  Sunlight,  414  ; 
Dayanum,  501 
Oncidinm  papilio.  296 
P  largoninm.  Zonal,  Anna 
Bateson.  95 
Pbaius  Ashworthianus,  47 
Phloxes  —  Lord  Ravleigh.  95; 
Eugene  Danzanvilllers,  152 
Pink  albino,  5 
Platanus  oc.cidentalis  argentea 
variegatus,  47 
Primula  obconlca  flmbriata, 
296 
Petinosp.ora  obtusa  ulphurea, 
296 
Rhynchostylis  coolestis,  Cam¬ 
bridge  Lodge  variety,  246 
Rosa  rngosa  atro- purpurea  95 
Roses— Kaiserin  Augusta  Vic¬ 
toria,  5  ;  M  'dame  A.  Chate- 
nay,  5 ;  Marquise  L'tta.  5 ; 
Souyenir  de  President  Car¬ 
not,  5  ;  Sylph,  47  ;  G.  Nabon- 
nand,  95 
Rndbeckia  laciniata  fl.  -  pi. 
Golden  Glow,  152 
.Salyia  bicolor,  47 
Sonerila  Lady  Burton.  450 
Thuia  gigantea  aurea,  5 
Trichopilla  breyis,  580 
Vandas— amrana.  296;  coornlea 
Roohfordlana,  370 
Verbena  Tresserve,  152 
Veronicas— Le  Seduisante,  95 ; 
Silver  Star.  370 
Wallflower  Parisian  Early,  4.50 
Zfgipetalnm  Jorisianum,  3 
Plant" — Black  stuff  on  le  ves  of 
greenhouse,  39;  paper  recep¬ 
tacles  for,  158  ;  for  walls,  288; 
waterproof  aquatic,  347 :  intel¬ 
ligence  in,  377.  428,  497,  .522  ; 
flbre,  432;  on  Vine  borders, 
444;  and  flowers,  language  of, 
448;  watering,  449;  for  letters 
on  a  dov’s  grave,  491 ;  rest  'u 
plant  life. 519,  553,  570, 599,  618  ; 
for  a  wall  with  north-w'est 
aspeet,  540  ;  for  nnheated 
greenhouse,  540  ;  the  ehief 
constituents  of,  550 ;  for  win¬ 
dows,  589 
Pleiones,  notes  on.  547 
Plums  —  Trees  dvlng  when 
seven  or  eight  years  old,  14; 
broivn  rot.  94;  borer  beetle, 
94;  the  crop  of,  145  ;  grub  in, 
540 
Pomegranate,  propagating,  86 
Poppy,  use  of,  75 
Portnlacas  at  Reading,  194 
Potatoes  -Scab  in, 97:  spraying, 
195;  the  crop,  298.3.39;  erow- 
ing  experiments  in  Cumber¬ 
land,  463 
Potential  plant  food,  452 
Potting. hints  on,  298 
Precept  and  practice,  3,69, 114 
Primulas,  double  white, 
di.seased,  420  ;  obconlca  v. 
steilata.  527  ;  and  Cyclamens 
at  Reading.  680 
Prizes,  equal,  the  awarding  of, 
.597 
Pruning  —  Summer,  12,  113; 
young  orchard  trees,  87 ; 
young  fruit  trees,  398;  maiden 
trees  for  double  cordons  and 
pyramids.  445  :  tre^s  in  public 
thorouehfares,  429  :  root,  an't 
other  jottirgs,  447  ;  winter 
pruning  of  fruit  trees,  586 
Railway  platform  gardening, 
242 
Ranunculus  amplexicaulis,  345 
I  Raspberries,  planting,  ,537 ;  leaf 
rust  in,  578  ;  culture  of,  584  ; 
'  cutting  down  canes,  589 
1  Rest  in  plant  life,  619,  553,  670, 
■599,  618 
Rheola,  573 
Rhododendrons,  alpine.  624 
Rondeletia  anomala,  251 
Root  tubercles,  98 
Rose  Acacia,  the,  3 
Rose  of  Jericho,  313 
Rose  of  Sharon  and  Star  of 
Bethlehem,  327 
Roses— Show  fixtures  for  1897. 
4;  judging — “the  nature  of 
j  the  beast,”  4 ;  some  Roses  of 
theVictorianera,2S;  alKew, 
23 ;  for  town  gardens.  23 ; 
,  three  new,  52  ;  Medea,  Mare- 
chal  Niel,  Maman  Coehet, 
Muriel  Grahame,  62  ;  Rosa 
indica  sangulnea,  52 ;  com_- 
'  ments.  52;  Medea  and  Marc- 
chal  Nle',  73,  100,  119,  161, 
200 ;  comments  on  the  Crystal 
I  Palace  Show,  73  ;  leaves 
!  diseased,  86  ;  garden  Roses, 
100, 272. 314 :  an  old  Rose  hero, 
!  116  ;  “  The  Queen.”  119  ;  com- 
i  ments  on  Norwich  Show,  119 ; 
seasonable  work,  15i ;  stray 
notes,  175  ;  new,  175  ;  own 
[  root  Roses  and  the  Mangold 
heap,  224  :  to  the  members  of 
the  National  Rose  Society, 
247  ;  Souvenir  de  la  Mal- 
i  maison,  247,  271  ;  cutting.", 
2.54;  buds  of  Niphetos  and 
'  Marechal  Niel  browned.  279  ; 
Marcchal  Niel  on  Gloire  de 
Dijon,  272  :  Moss.  314 ;  Maman 
Coehet.  344  ;  Mr.  Mawley’s 
'  analysis,  8.53  :  Crim.son  Ram¬ 
bler,  388,  429.  474.  600,  536  ;  for 
market,  388.  430;  preparing 
soil  for,  429  :  seeds,  474  ; 
canker  in  Roses,  474;  mild- 
1  ness  of  November,  500 ;  from 
I  seeds,  500;  autumn  pruning, 
536 ;  N.R.S.  annual  meeting, 
.573;  the  N.R.S.,  598;  pruning 
j  when  planting.  612 
I  Rubber  plants,  219 
1  Rndbeckia  laciniata  Golden 
1  Glow.  243,  363.  380, 433 
Ryecrof  t  beauties,  24 
St.  Anne’s,  Clontarf.  562 
Saponaria  emspitosa,  63 
Sawbridgeworth,  a  visit  to, 
i  427 
Saxifragas,  biternata.  359  ; 
!  umbrosa  variegata,  488 
Schizanthus  pinnatns,  366 
Schedule  making.  618 
\  School  gardens,  10, 46 
Scorpion  and  flower,  26 
Season,  mildness  of  the,  601 
j  Seeds,  the  distribution  of,  377 
Senecio  pulcher  in  pots,  628 
'  Sherwood,  Mr.  N.  N.,  595 
Shows— York,  7  ;  Portsmouth 
7  ;  Richmond.  8  :  Crystal 
I  Palace,  8;  Colchester,  9; 
continued. 
Westminster,  10  :  Hereford, 
28;  Sutton,  29;  Ealing,  30: 
Croydon.  .30;  N.R.S.  Crystal 
Palace,  31;  Farnham,  54; 
Hanlev,  54 :  Diss,  54  ;  Ip.s- 
wich.  55;  Tunbridge  Welis, 
5.5  :  Hitchin.55;  Woodbridge, 
55;  Harrow,  56:  Leeds,  57  ; 
New  Brighton,  57;  Bath,  58: 
Newcastle,  78  :  Wolverhamp-  ‘ 
ton,  79;  N.R.S.  Norwich,  80; 
Viola,  82 ;  Carnation  and 
Picotec.  82 ;  Prescot.  106 ; 
Trentham,  106;  Brookleigh, 
106;  Ches'er.  128:  Huyten 
and  Roby,  129  ;  Liverpool, 
129  ;  Soutbamnton,  130  ; 
Acock’s  Green,  152  ;  Midland 
Carnation  and  Picotse,  153 ; 
Harborne,  164;  Beddlngton, 
164 ;  King’s  Norton.  154 ; 
Shrewsbury.  171  :  Weston- 
super-Mare,  177 ;  Malton,l77 ; 
Hastings.  178;  Cardiff,  178; 
Epsom,  179:  T.iunton,  179; 
Boscombe,  201;  Eastbourne, 
202  ;  Dublin,  202 ;  Crystal 
•  Palace  Co-operative,  203 ; 
i  Northern  Carnation,  203  ;  i 
Perth,  224  ;  Brighton,  224  ;  ' 
Kingswood,  225  ;  Swansea,  i 
226  ;  Reading.  247:  Bath,  248; 
Birkenhead  and  Wirral,  249  ; 
Glasgow.  249  ;  Crystal  Palace 
Dahlia,  2.50 ;  Roval  Aquarium,  j 
250  :  Edinburgh,  273  ;  Well-  i 
Ingboroueh.  274  ;  Cry.stal  t 
Palace  Fruit,  332;  Royal  , 
Aquarium,  368  ! 
I  Shrewsbury  Commemorative 
Show,  188 ;  Mr.  Meindoe’s 
collection  of  truit,  189;  Mr. 
J.  Cypher’s  group,  197;  Mr  j 
C.  Foster’s  collection  of  vege- 
'  tables,  201 ;  comments,  193 :  i 
mementoes  of,  220  ;  Lord 
Kenyon’s  medal  220  ;  epergne 
present  to  Messrs,  Adnitt 
and  Naunton,  221 ;  notes  | 
about,  220  ,  , 
Shrubs,  propagation  of,  91  ;  fo'' 
chalk  soil.  469:  evergreen,  524  I 
Silico-fluorides  in  horticulture,  i 
391,  417 
Silver  tree,  the,  516 
Slugs.  564  j 
Sobralia.  notes  on,  148  i 
Soils,  analysis  of.  278  :  pre¬ 
paring.  320;  working.  663 
Sophronitis.  notes  on.  602 
Smi’h’s.  a  visit  to,  271 
Starch  from  Sweet  Potatoes, 
242 
Stiles,  Mr.  W.  A.,  death  of,  409  i 
Stocks  —  Botanical  names  of 
Pear  and  Apple,  540 ;  raising 
Crab,  540 
Strawberries— Non-prodnctive, 
3:  inpols,36,228,515,587:flne, 
38;  diseased, 38:  ripe.  34;  cul¬ 
ture  of.  41,  69,  90:  Monarch, 
74;  Lord  Suffleld,  193:  plants.  ; 
trimming.  254  ;  chemical  , 
manures  for,  326  ;  jam,  491 
Stoneleigh  Abbey,  200  i 
I  Streptocarnus,  progress  in,  141  ! 
Subsoils,  about,  174 
!  Sudbrooke  Holme,  608 
i  Sugar  from  Potatoes,  313 
1  Sunflowers.  431 
i  Sutton’s,  a  visit  to,  5 
I  Sutton,  Mr.  Alfred,  death  of, 
;  138 
Sweet  Peas,  22, 512, 523, 6B0 
Tabern.'emontanas,  565 
Table  decoration,  the  art  of,  622 
Tar  and  c’av  mixture  for 
Pesch  trees,  664 
Temperatures,  the  influence  of 
on  plants,  123  ;  hill  and  valley 
386 
The  old  garden— a  memory,  282 
Thomas,  Mr.  Owen,  presenta¬ 
tion  to,  169 
Thunias,  notes  on,  22 
■Podea  Barbara,  434 
Tomatoes— Fruits  diseased,  14  ; 
freaks  of, 25, 48;  diseased.  Ill, 
158;  in  Vineries,  134;  notes 
TOM  XTOES— continued. 
on,  14',  215;  ripe.  176  ;  roots 
of,  176;  cause  of  fungi  on 
leaves  of,  207  ;  fruit  ripening, 
21.5;  roots, 2l5;atMalshanger, 
216  :  fungi  on,  2.30 ;  for  winter 
and  spring,  266  ;  diseased, 
Sf'  :  and  Cuenmbers,  root  eel- 
worm  in,  547  ;  outdoor.  Mr. 
Emp  on’s,  578  ;  outdoor,  670 
Trees -Planting  commemora¬ 
tive.  41  :  pruning.  87;  measur¬ 
ing  the  height  of,  492 
Tropicolum  speciosum.  289 
Tuberoses,  cu'ture  of,  665 
Tulips,  growing,  379 
Turnips,  culture  of,  280 
Vale  of  Neath,  in  the,  534 
Valletas.exhib  ting,  230;  pur¬ 
purea,  612 
Vandas,  Sanderiana,  585 ;  coern- 
163,535  ;  Agnes  Joachim  547 
Vases,  flowers  for.  267 
Vegetables— F'or  home  and  ex¬ 
hibition,  115,  210,  286,  358  4.31, 
62  ,  622  :  and  fruit,  progress 
in,  329 ;  manures  for,  529 
Vegetation,  effects  of  frost  on, 
75 
Veitch  medallists  of  1897. 72 
Veronicas,  shrubby,  224  ;  spe- 
ciosa,  552 
Vic  oria  medals  of  honour,  17 
Vines  —  Peasonable  notes  on, 
13,  60  107,  156.  205,  2.53,  323. 
372.  418,  466,  538,  587,  027  : 
thrjps  on,  62;  layering  old, 
67  ;  aerial  roots  on,  134  : 
whereabouts  are  the  roots  of, 
166  :  lime  for  border,  207  ; 
artificial  manure  for  border, 
278  ;  winter  dre8.*-ing  for,  278: 
youthful,  prize  Grapes  from, 
281;  attacked  by  ee’ worms, 
302 ;  growths  on,326 ;  a  Welsh 
vineyard,  367;  improving 
Musoats,36l;  historical  notes 
on,  364 ;  M'UBoat  roots,  374  ; 
raising  at  Combe  Abbey, 
393 ;  young,  fruiting,  417 ; 
phylloxera  on,  420 ;  vineries 
infested  with  mealy  bug, 
444;  pruning,  472  ;  chemical 
manures  for,  491  ;  loam  and 
manure  for,  491 ;  mealy  bug 
on,  516 ;  sulphate  of  iron  solu¬ 
tion  for  mould  on,  540;  Mr. 
Nelld’s  illustrated  Vine,  540; 
for  a  greenhouse,  549 ;  layer¬ 
ing,  6.59  ;  eelworm  on  young 
root  stems,  597  :  leaves  and 
shoots  diseased,  612  ;  notes  on 
Vine  borders,  622 
Viola  notes,  270 
Violet  leaves,  spots  on,  375 
Walkley  Floral  Society.  263 
Wall  space,  utilising.  516 
Watercress  in  pot",  628 
Watering,  hints  on,  392 
Weeds,  laws  against,  26;  and 
moss,  destroying  with  arseni¬ 
cal  composition,  326 
Weevils,  dfestfovint;,  146 
Westonbirt,  268  ;  the  conser¬ 
vatory  at,  531 
Wild  flbwers,  colours  of,  105 ; 
exhibits  of.  118;  prizes  for,  344 
Williams,  Mr.  H.  R.,  death  of, 
312 
Wines,  home  made.  187. 213, 236 
Woodcock.  Mr.  W.  K..  death 
of.  34:  portrait  of,  34;  the 
late  Mr.  W.  K.,  49 
Wbodlice,  trapping,  255 
Worcester,  a  visit  to,  271 
Wordsley  and  Kinver,172 
Worms  in  a  lawn,  539 
Year,  the  closing  and  roll  call, 
622 
Yew  tree,  removing.  302 
Zephyrauthes  Atamasoo,  629 
