Juno  26,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER 
Vll, 
notation  in  the  kitchen  garden,  57 
Royal  Horticultural  Societyks  exam¬ 
ination,  177, 190 
Royal  Horticultural  Society  —  (see 
under  Societies)  ;  an  historical 
sketch,  471  ;  Chiswick  shows, 
473  ;  Council’s  report  of  1837,  474 ; 
experimental  garden  at  Kensington, 
472  ;  financial  troubles,  473  ;  forma¬ 
tion  of  the  society,  471 ;  importation 
of  new  plants,  472  ;  Prince  Consort 
and  South  Kensington,  474  ;  publica¬ 
tions  of  the  society,  475;  R.H.S.  col¬ 
lectors,  472;  Royal  Charter  granted, 
472  ;  the  garden  at  Chiswick,  476  ; 
vicissitudes  of  the  society,  473 
Runner  Beans,  433 
“Rust,”  Chrysanthemum,  is  it  dying 
out  ?  207,  243,  297,  338  ;  and  Corn¬ 
flower,  126 
Rye-grass,  Italian,  482 
Sale  of  dwarf  trees,  291 
Sarracenias,  446 
Saunders,  memorial  to  Sir  Edwun,  102 
Saxifraga  apiculata,  186  ;  crassifolia,  82 
Scale  pest,  a  new,  182 
Scientific  Committee,  R.H.S.  (see 
R.H.S.  under  Societies) 
Schizanthus  Wisetonensis,  603 
Schizocodon  soldanelloides,  348 
Schizophyllum  commune,  325 
School  gardens,  German,  367 
Scholanship.  gardening,  252 
Scilly  flower  trade,  record  export,  252 
Scottish  Horticultural  Association, 
semi-jubilee  year  of  the,  280,  407 ; 
horticulturists,  54,  242 
Screen  and  shelter  belt,  a,  278 
Seakale,  Beddard’s  Improved,  183  ; 
Lilywhite,  44 
Seakale,  cutting  crowns  of,  396 
Seasonable  hints,  122 
Seed — grower,  the,  314  ;  list,  the,  63,  82  ; 
harvesting  at  Orpington,  14  ;  selling 
scheme,  a  pernicious,  318 ;  sowing, 
the  garden  and  greenhouse,  140  ;  test¬ 
ing  inquiry,  468 
y;eeds— germination  of  those  of  Crinum 
and  other  Amaryllids,  202 ;  required 
for  a  garden  of  oue  acre,  55 
Sesdsman,  starting  as  a,  223 
Self-educated  gardener.s,  324 
Semi-jubilee  year  of  the  .Scottish  Horti¬ 
cultural  Association,  280,  407 
Sew'age,  deodorising,  352 
Shakespeare  and  Crocuses,  291,  363 
Sheffield,  horticulture  in,  291 
Shelters,  wicker,  274 
Sherwood  silver  cup,  228 
Shop-keeper,  the,  314 
.Shows  (see  under  Societies). 
Shrewsbury  Show  (note),  165 
Shrubs  (see  also  Trees),  moving  hirge, 
C8  ;  spring  flowering,  337 
“  silver  leaf,”  389 
Situation  in  public  parks,  263 
Sleepers,  suspected,  41 
Slime  fungus,  259 
Slugs,  destroying,  309 
Smith’s  seed  catalogue,  54 
Snails  in  Cucumber  house,  22 
Snowdrops  in  grass,  12 
Soil  cultivation,  73  ;  for  Apricots,  51 
Solitaires  in  landscape  gardening,  252 
Somersetshire,  Apple  and  Pear  pro¬ 
spects  in,  452 
Somerville’s  promotion.  Dr.,  8 
Spade,  the  Cornish,  533 
Spider  killing  made  easy,  208 
Spider  runners  and  linkers,  342 
Spitacli  and  its  substitutes,  162 
Sprain  iu  Potatoes,  311 
.Spraying  for  mildew,  7 
Sluing  gardening  250  yea's  ago,  267 
Spring  pruning,  182 
Squash,  the  Hubbard,  22Q 
Squashes  at  Orpington,  It 
staging  iu  houses,  arranging,  156 
Staking  trees,  122 
fcU'.rlirg  in  bu-iness.  223 
Stephanotis,  treatment  of  small  plant 
of,  278 
Stipa  viridula,  injurious  to  cattle,  498 
Stocks— for  Apricots,  51 ;  Paradise  and 
Doucin,  264 
Storage,  cold,  in  country  houses,  274 
Strawberry  —  proliferous,  325  ;  St. 
Joseph,  to  flower  late,  626 
Strawberries — assisting,  422  ;  for  keep¬ 
ing  in  hot  weather,  245;  in  pots,  79, 
163,  306 
.Stuart  &  Mein,  Messrs. ,  incorporated 
with  Messrs.  Laing  &  Mather,  68 
Subtropical  plants,  140 
Suburban  garden,  designing  and  plant¬ 
ing  a  small,  4-22 
SHlphurie  acid  as  'an  insec  icide  and 
weed  killer,  441 
.Sunday  flower  shows,  102 
Sundials  and  sundial  mottoes,  527 
.Sunflower  culture  as  an  industry,  354 
Sunflowers,  the  value  of,  80 
Superphosphate  of  lime  for  Cabbage 
ground,  176 
Suttoifs— at  Reading,  530  ;  Primulas, 
107 
.Swanley  Horticultural  College,  252 
Sweden  and  its  trees,  319 
Sweet  Corn,  cultivation  of,  ICO 
Sw'eetPea,  a  note  on  the,  456;  proper¬ 
ties  of  the,  145 
Sweet  Peas,  early  outdoor,  £33;  in 
pots,  145 
Syon  House,  Brentford,  3:5 
.Syringe,  an  undeniable,  481 
Societies. 
American  Chrysanthemum  Society,  407  ; 
Beckenham  Horticultural,  43,  90,  152, 
211,  261;  Binflehl  and  District,  78, 
286,  306,  349  ;  Birmingham  Gardeners’, 
78,  132,  145,  166,  212,  261,  286,  305, 
350,  393 ;  Blairgowrie  and  Rattray 
Fruit  Growers’, 77;  Bolton  Gardeners’, 
212,  242  ;  Brighton  and  Sussex  Horti¬ 
cultural,  327  ;  Bristol  Gardeners’ 
Association,  20,  78,  152,  173,  260,  306, 
193,  498  ;  Cardiff  Chiysanthemum, 
112;  Cardiff  and  County  Horti¬ 
cultural,  78  ;  Cardiff  Gardeners’,  67, 
153,  184,  286  ;  Chester  Paxt.ui,  67,  77, 
131,  173,  212,261;  spring  show,  394; 
Chiswick  Gardeners’,  54,  67,  145,  152, 
173,  242,  305  ;  Croydon  Gardeners’ 
Mutual  Improvement,  64,  67,  111,  145, 
241,  286,  319,  460;  Devon  and  Exeter 
Gardeners’,  10,  67,  78,  129;  Dulwich 
Chrysanthemum,  153,  407  ;  Dundee 
Horticultural,  78,  319  ;  Dutch  Hoi'ti- 
cultural  and  Botanical,  498  ;  East 
Anglian  Daffodil,  371,  390 ;  English 
Arboricultural, 341;  Forfar  Gardeners’, 
55 ;  Gardeners’  Royal  Benevolent 
Institution,  29  ;  alteration  of  rules, 
lOS ;  annual  report,  108 ;  balance- 
sheet,  109  ;  (Liverpool  and  the),  165, 
252,  260  ;  Grassendale  and  Aigburth 
Horticultural,  305 ;  Hailstorm  In. 
surance  Corporation,  349  ;  Hanley 
Horticultural,  153;  Hereford  Fruit 
and  Chrysanthemum,  152  ;  Hessle 
(Hull)  G.ardeners’,  78,  131,  242,  243  ; 
Highgate  and  District  Chrysanthe¬ 
mum,  111,  129, 132,  212  ;  Horticultural 
Club  (annual  general  meeting),  154, 
151,  319,  311  :  Ipswich  Gardeners’.  29, 
43,  90,  128,  132,  241,  274,  293,  319,  406  ; 
l  ie  of  Wight  Horticultural,  559; 
Irish  Gardeners’  Association,  12), 
155,  513;  Kidderminster  Gardeue-rs’, 
7  ;  Kirkcaldy  Chrysanthemum,  7  ; 
Kyrlc,  the,  318;  Liverpool  Amateur 
Gardeners’,  261,  319,  407  ;  L’verpool 
Horticultural,  90,  112,  191,  286,  spring 
show,  S72 ;  London  Dahlia  Cnion, 
384,491;  Massachusetts  Horticultural. 
i;l;  Metropolitan  Public  Gardens 
Association,  44,  155,  349,  469  ;  Mid¬ 
land  Carnation  and  Picotee,  166 ; 
Midland  Daffodil,  spring  show,  392  ; 
National  Auricula  (southern  section), 
112,  166,  340  ;  spring  showq  370  ;  (mid- 
'  Soc'iETin.s— Continued. 
land  "section  show),  415;  National 
Carnation  (northern  section),  112; 
National  Chrysanthemum,  89,  102; 
(.annual  general  meeting),  130  ; 
National  Dahlia,  145  ;  annual  report, 
411  ;  National  Fruit  Growers'  Fede¬ 
ration,  general  meeting,  468,  491 ; 
National  Rose,  77  ;  resignation  of 
IMr.  D’Gmbrain,  165;  National  .Sweet 
Pea,  77,  112  ;  balance-sheet  for  1901, 
132 ;  Nottingham  Chrysanthemum, 
190  ;  Nottingham  Gardeners’,  145  ; 
Nursery  and  .Seed  Trade  Association, 
203,  318  ;  Paignton  Gardeners’,  306  ; 
Prescott  Horticultural,  43,  145 ; 
Reading  Gardeners’,  111,  131,  175, 
286,  306,  350  ;  Royal  Botanic,  spring 
show,  392 ;  Royal  Caledonian,  90, 
145;  annual  report,  153,  392  ;  annual 
spring  show,  436  ;  Roy.al  Gardeners’ 
Orphan  Fund,  55  ;  annual  report  and 
balance-sheet,  175,  384  ;  annual 
dinner,  437 ;  Royal  Horticultnrai 
(Drill  Hall  meetings),  66,  109,  148 ; 
annual  general  meeting, 148;  Council’s 
report,  148  ;  balance-sheet,  150  ;  com¬ 
mittees,  lists  of  the  members  of, 
172,  190,  241,  281,  325,  368,  412,  458  ; 
Temple  Show,  469,  496,  519  ;  plants 
certificated,  66,  110,  148,  190,  241,  285, 
327,  370,  437,  459,  480.  496,  520, 
(Scientific  Committee),  89,  126,  173, 
212,  259,  325,  349,  389,  438,  497,  542  ; 
Royal  Horticultural  of  Ireland,  spring 
show,  390;  Royal  Meteorological,  19, 
41,  90,  145,  305,  389,  427  ;  Royaj 
National  Tulip,  406 ;  show  in  Drill 
Hall,  459  ;  Northern  Show,  543  ;  Royal 
Oxford,  559  ;  Royal  Scottish  Arbori¬ 
cultural,  131  ;  Scottish  Horticultural, 
54,  67,  131,  145,  242  ;  semi-Jubilee 
meeting,  280,  329,  392,  407,  415,  499  ; 
Scottish  Natural  History,  155  ;  Shir¬ 
ley  (Southampton)  Horticultural- 
8,  20,  112,  191,  350;  .Shropshire  Horti; 
cultural,  annual  general  meeting, 
191 ;  Southampton  Royal  Horticul¬ 
tural,  annual  general  meeting,  173; 
balance-.shoet,  261 ;  Southern  Coun¬ 
ties  Carnation,  291 ;  Spilsby  Narcissus 
and  Tulip,  437  ;  Tamworth  P.ansy 
Show,  521  ;  Truro  Daffodil  show, 
392  ;  TJnitedHorticulturalBenefitaiul 
Provident,  64,  153,  242  ;  committee’s 
annual  report,  260,  349,  427,  614  ; 
Wargrave  Gardeners’,  499 ;  West 
Derby  Horticultural,  175  ;  West  of 
England  Chrysanthemum,  132  ;  Win. 
Chester  Gardeners’,  129  ;  Woolton 
Gardeners’,  78,  89,  111,  241 ;  Worship¬ 
ful  Company  of  Fruicerers,  319  ;  York 
Florists’,  90  ;  Yor'.c  Ga'a,  512 
Tacca  cristata,  438 
Taj  gardens,  Agra,  India,  298 
Tasmania  and  Jamaica,  318 
Tate,  death  of  Mr.  Henry,  165 
Tegg,  the  late  Mr.  James.  259 
Temple  House  Gardens,  Great  Marlow, 
513 
Tciuple  show,  the,  469  ;  certificates  and 
awards  of  merit,  480;  Ferns,  Cacti, 
and  Insectivorous  plants,  469  ;  fruit, 
479  ;  medals,  480 ;  Orchids,  469 ; 
plants  and  groups,  469  ;  Roses,  469  ; 
trees  and  shrubs,  496  ;  vegetables, 
479  ;  some  impressions  of  the,  487 
Tennis  court,  size  of  a,  22 
Things  I  shouULliko  to  know,  40,  62,  98 
Things  unusual,  some,  220 
Thistles,  eradicating  from  a  pasture, 
503 
Thladiantha  dubia,  245 
Thornton  Heath  flower  shows,  212 
Tlirushes  and  blackbirds,  incubation 
of,  535 
Thuia  gigantea,  47 
Timber  used,  the,  273 
Tits,  long-tailed,  39,  .76,  12.'i 
Tomato— branch  disea.sed.  547  ;  Coro¬ 
nation,  110 
Tomatoes,  254  ;  comments  on,  82  ;  dis¬ 
infecting  pots  for,  46 ;  outdoor  or 
bush  plants,  329  ;  white-fly  infesting, 
22 
Trade  notes— 68,  93;  J  ames  Baldwin, 307; 
Barker  &  Son’s  sundial  list,  547  ; 
Be.ach's  weed  extractor,  417  ;  Blackie 
and  Sou,  341  ;  F.  Braby  &  Co.,  Ltd., 
481 ;  Bull  &  Sous,  538  ;  Carter  &  Co., 
175  ;  Cassell  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  217  ;  Cl.ay’s 
Successful  Gardening,  175 ;  .John 
Downie,  Edinburgh,  93,  134  ;  Henry 
Eckford,  175  ;  Heathman  &  Co.,  481; 
Horne  &  Sons,  102,  175  ;  Kelway’s 
Manual,  157  ;  Kent  &  Brydon,  68 ; 
J ohn  King  &  .Sons,  525  ;  W.  Logan.  157 ; 
Messenger  &  Co.,  417  ;  Native  Gu.ano 
Co.,  Ltd.,  134;  “Nonex,”  261;  Por. 
ter’s  coil  stakes,  417  ;  R.ansome’s 
lawn  mowers,  462  ;  Richardson  &  Co., 
Darlington,  68 ;  Seeds  for  South 
Africa,  307,  547  ;  E.  C.  Walton  &  Co., 
134 ;  Ware’s,  Ltd.,  330  ;  Webb  &  .Sons, 
157,  261;  Weeks  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  525; 
.J.  Williams,  Ealing,  93 ;  W.  Wood 
and  Sons,  Ltd.,  63 
Trap  lanterns,  182 
Tiee— planting  at  Eynsford,  292  ;  plant¬ 
ing,  the  need  for,  366  ;  the  Judas,  534 
Trees — a  few  ornamental,  329 ;  and 
flowering  shrubs  for  shady  spot,  157  ; 
and  shrubs,  flowering,  456;  and 
shrubs  in  borders  around  bowling 
green,  arranging,  114  ;  Ash,  infested, 
524  ;  Coronation,  612  ;  Dundee  Coro¬ 
nation,  468 ;  dwarf,  sale  of,  291 ; 
hunting  for  Coronation,  514  ;  injured 
at  Kew,  366  ;  in  Kensington  gardens, 
7  ;  in  the  .Strand,  367  ;  in  towns,  the 
preservation  of,  319;  planting  Coro¬ 
nation,  301,  495  ;  quick-growing  de¬ 
ciduous  for  shady  spot,  157 ;  shade, 
wanted  for  London,  52  ;  staking,  122  ; 
their  date  of  introduction,  98 
Trenching  and  digging.  122 
Tropieolum,  hybrid,  3'25 
Ti'opaiolums  at  midwinter,  220 
Tiuro  Daffodil  show,  145 
Tuberoses,  notes  on,  84 
Tulipa  sylvestris,  389,  498 
Tulip  bulbs  for  examination,  441 ;  four- 
flowered,  502  ;  virescent,  542 
Tulips— Darwin,  498  ;  Darwin  at  Peters- 
field,  448  ;  in  gras.s,  12  ;  the  season  of, 
434 
Turner,  Dr.  William,  .and  others,  460 
Turnip,  seedling.s,  438  ;  varieties,  389, 
498 
Turnips,  425 
Turpentine  barrel  for  vegetables,  441 
y  iventy-five  ye-ars’  service,  7 
'1  yninghame  House,  East  Lothian,  227 
Fneut  .Journal,  the,  62,  411  ' 
Unheated  wall  cases,  202 
Union  Jack,  flowers  for  bedding  design, 
264 
Valeriana  arizonica,  126 
Vallisneria  spiralis,  374 
Variorum— Celtic  race,  symbolic  flower 
of  the,  55;  covering  flow  pijies  with 
asbestos,  77  ;  Dewar,  Mr.  Daniel,  55  ; 
Gerber.x  Jamesoni,  55  ;  Greek  and 
Roman  wines,  366  ;  hardy  plants, 
forcing  some,  55  ;  houses  for  Violets, 
268 ;  Peach,  Elberta  3,000,000  trees 
of,  planted,  55  ;  ripe  Tomatoes  and 
stains,  366;  sun’s  temperature,  366  ; 
the  lawn,  2o8  ;  30,000  fruit  trees,  an 
order  for,  77 ;  weather  abnormally 
mild  in  eastern  Europe,  55 
Vegetable  drying  iu  Worcester,  106 
Vegetables— a  chat  .about,  484  ;  and  tho 
Royal  Horticultural  Society,  448 ; 
culinary,  254  ;  evaporating  fiuit  and, 
68  ;  food  value  of,  187  ;  forced,  386 
Venus’  Fly  Trap,  445 
Verbenas  from  seeds,  192 
