IV, 
oOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE 
JARDENER. 
December  26.  1901 
Colorado  beetle,  the,  240 
Colour  in  the  garden,  510 
Committeemen  as  exhibitors,  52,  77,  101, 
125 
Compensation  Act,  Workmen’s,  1900,  32 
Coniferie,  150,  244,  307,  481 
Contributions  to  our  Fruit  Number, 
334 
Cook,  Mr.  T.  II.,  14;  presentation  to, 
180 
Coping,  a  glass,  340 
Copings,  wall,  101 
Cordons,  Apples  growing  on,  384 ; 
Gooseberries,  as,  246 
Corn,  Indian,  266 
Cornus  Mas,  556 
Corporation  as  Hop  growers,  488 
Coryanthes  speciosa,  169 
Cotoneaster,  pest  on  branch  of,  279 
Cottage  gardeners,  South  African,  547 
Cox’s  Orange  Pippin  not  flowering,  232 
Crab  trees,  ornamental,  440 
Crataegus  pyracantha,  402 
Creosote  on  wooden  fence,  476 
Crinum  “  cotyledons,”  germination  in, 
228 
Crocus  speciosus,  362 
Crocuses— in  September,  241 ;  notes  on, 
271  ;  from  Greece,  424  ;  autumn  and 
winter,  509 
Crops  in  the  country,  81 ;  Canada’s,  142 
Cryptomeria,  proliferous  cones  of,  58 
Crystal  Falace,  the,  334 
Crystal  Palace  Fruit  Show,  265 
Cucumber  plant,  prolific,  134,  224  ; 
leaves,  fungoid  attack  on,  322 ; 
disease,  372 
Cucumbers,  notes  on,  98,  163,  222 
Cult  of  culture,  103 
Cumberland,  fruit  culture  in,  420 
Cupressus  funebris  glauca,  52 ;  Law- 
soniana  lutea,  401 
Curiosities,  natural,  396 
Currant  aphides,  98 
Currants,  148;  in  Kent  on  September 
19th,  311 ;  and  Gooseberries,  540 
Cusln,  death  of  M.  Louis,  199 
Cuttings  of  Magnolia  grandiflora,  476 
Cycas  revoluta  flowering,  45 
Cypher,  death  of  Mr.  James,  430 
Cypripediums— bellatulum,  49  ;  Druryi, 
49  ;  Maudise  magniflcum,  121 ;  Helena, 
564  ;  at  Cheltenham,  554 
Cyrilla  racemitlora,  196 
Daffodils  in  Scotland,  264 
Dahlia,  cult  of  the,  314  ;  books,  483 
Dahlias— at  the  Crystal  Palace,  200  ; 
disbudding  and  thinning  Cactus,  116  ; 
certificated  by  the  National  Dahlia 
Society,  251 ;  new,  317 :  notes  on, 
382  ;  new  Gloria,  460 
Damsons  at  less  than  2s.  per  cwt.,  311 
Daphne  Cneorum,  514 
Darwin  Tulips,  268 
Dates,  rearing,  210 
Dean  Hole,  tribute  to,  661 
Dean,  testimonial  to  Mr.  Richard,  377, 
460,  560 
Death  of  a  sylyan  monarch,  484 
Decorations,  table,  76 
Dendrobium  speciosum  Bancroftianum, 
73  ;  Dearei,  237  ;  bigibbum,  483 
Dendrochilum,  a  fine,  305 
Denmark,  the  forests  of,  202 
Devonshire  gardeners,  399 
Dichofisandra  tliyrsifiora,  263 
Dichorisandras,  JOS 
Disa— Veitclii,  145  ;  grandiflora,  from 
seed,  200 
Disbudding  of  fruit  trees,  skilful,  439 
Disease — in  bulbs,  264  ;  in  Odontoglos- 
sum,  274 ;  in  Plum  roots,  274  ;  resis¬ 
tive,  a  314  ;  Violet  leaves,  388;  Car¬ 
nation  “  rust,”  388 
Disinfecting  solutions,  265 
Dobbie  &  Co.,  Rothesay,  221 
Domain,  young  gardeners’,  208,  365, 
522,  546,  570 
Doryopteris  (Pteris)  ludens,  116 
Douglas,  Sir  George,  on  horticulture, 
266 
Drainage,  570 
Draycot  House,  Chippenham,  220 
Dried  fruit,  288 
Dublin  Field  Club,  513 
Dulwich  Park,  London,  294 
Dundee  horticulturists,  33 
Dye  plants,  British,  385 
Earl’s  Court,  bedding  at,  287 
Early  English  gardening,  213,  295,  306 
East  Suffolk  County  Council,  498 
“  Eden  Garden,”  of  Venice,  notes  from 
the,  656 
Edinburgh,  notes  from,  104,  123,  221  ; 
flower  show  (September),  248  ;  Salis¬ 
bury  Crags,  252  ;  seed  trade  assist¬ 
ants,  582 
Edgings,  walk,  237 
Editorial  notice,  233 
Eggs  in  Apple  stems,  134 
Elaeagnus  reflexa,  476 
Elderberries,  182 
Elm  and  Maple  seeds,  sowing,  52 
Elvaston,  Birmingham  gardeners  at,  104 
Epidendrum  fragrans,  73 ;  (Nanodes) 
Medusae,  98 
Epilobium,  monstrous,  274 
Equisetum  arvense,  13 
Eriobotrya  japonica,  423 
Erythronium  revolutum  Pink  Beauty, 
267 
Estate  agents,  and  gardeners,  416,  438, 
492,  562 
Eucharis  Lowi,  277,  493 
Euonymus  europaeus,  492 
Evelyn,  John,  and  London  “Smoak,” 
,507 
Evergreens,  planting,  454  ;  for  smoky 
locality.  455 
Examinations,  Royal  Horticultural 
Society’s,  270 
Excursion,  my  two  days’,  293 
Exeter  gardeners’  outing,  81 
Exhibit,  a  spoiled,  105 
Exhibition,  where  is  the?  200 
Exhibitors— as  committeemen,  52,  77, 
101,  125  ;  mistakes,  646 
Experimental  gardening,  119 
Falkland  Park,  75 
Farm— Reaping  machines,  20  ;  rearing 
fowls,  21 ;  Edinburgh,  Glasgow,  and 
adjacent  parts,  21  ;  plan  to  feed  Eng¬ 
land,  21 ;  our  candid  friends,  46  ;  a 
pleasant  drive,  70  ;  cutting  Cabbage 
for  poultry,  70  ;  the  diamond-back 
moth  —  Plutella  cruciferarum,  94  ; 
where  we  stand,  117  ;  U.S.  Wheat 
crop,  118 ;  grouse  prospects,  118  ;  the 
future  of  the  R.A.S.,  142  ;  rural 
economy,  142  ;  fattening  poultry,  142  ; 
farming  without  stock,  165  ;  value  of 
straw,  190 ;  resting  on  our  oars,  211 ; 
are  we  to  sow  Wheat?  233  ;  threshing, 
234  ;  fruit  and  Corn,  234  ;  decrease  in 
the  size  of  farms,  234  ;  land  improved 
by  consumption  of  cake,  234  ;  forage, 
258;  catch  crops,  258;  Workmen’s 
Compensation  Act,  258  ;  backward 
and  forward,  280  ;  another  tubercu¬ 
losis  commission,  280  ;  the  two  sides, 
302 ;  sheep  dips,  302  ;  more  about 
Potatoes,  324 ;  Potatoes  and  pork, 
324 ;  home  doctoring  of  live  stock, 
346  ;  some  minor  immoralities,  367  ; 
Dairy  show,  the.  368  ;  French  crops, 
368  ;  on  some  causes  of  failure,  411  ; 
river  pollution  and  water  supply, 
412  ;  Canadian  wheat,  411  ;  Mr.  Rider 
Haggard  on  farm  changes,  389 ; 
barbed  wire  in  Cheshire,  390  ;  Bracken 
as  litter,  390  ;  bishop  as  agriculturist, 
390 ;  the  coming  winter  and  cattle 
feeding,  433  ;  Cheshire  Potato  lifting, 
433  ;  Mr.  Lewis  Wright  of  Bristol, 
434  ;  Maize,  455  ;  Russian  Hops,  456  ; 
German  harvest  prospects,  456  ;  estate 
agents  and  gardeners,  477  ;  a  land  of 
sugar  and  milk,  478,  574  ;  pasturage 
of  parks,  525  ;  Webb  and  Sons’  root 
competition,  526 ;  by  order  of  the 
sas,  502  ; 
Yulon  river, 
549  ;  ex- 
Farm — continued. 
Board,  501  ;  Wheat  in  Kiu|s 
agriculture  along  the 
502  ;  wanted — for  Ireland, 
ports  of  agricultural  prodluce  from 
Missouri,  550  ;  London  Cattle  show, 
550  ;  Bran  and  its  usefulness,  573  ; 
dog-muzzling,  574  ;  “  The  Live  Stock 
Almanac,  1902,”  580;  work  on  the 
home,  21,  46,  70,  94,  118,  142,  166, 
190,  212,  234,  258,  280,  302,  324,  346, 
368,  390  ,  4  12,  434  ,  456,  478,  502,  526, 
650,  574,  581 
Fellows  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society,  311 
Feltham,  new  plants  at,  541 
Fenn,  Mr.  Robert,  6 
Fennell,  Mr.  G.,  310 
Fern— nursery,  a,  51  ;  fronds,  466 
Ferns,  filmy,  418  ;  growing  upon  Feins, 
424  ;  evergreen,  556 
Fernwood,  near  Birmingham,  400 
Fertilising  top-dress  for  lawns,  485 
Fibre-yielding  plants,  485 
Fife,  Potato  dispute  in,  420 
Fig  leaf  ascidiform,  385  ;  growing  in 
Smyrna,  485;  Grosse  Monstreuse  de 
Lipari,  493 
Figs— notes  on,  4,  106,  126,  217  ,  36jJ ;  378  ; 
at  Southfields,  338 
Filberts,  culture  of,  553 
Fir,  Silver,  gouty  swellingsfcn  a  Species 
of,  228  ;  old  Scots  in  verjiblealt  posi¬ 
tion,  301 
Fires,  forest,  556 
Flavour,  some  thoughts  on  j  381 
Flies,  scorpion,  and  other  iasects,  375 
Flora  and  fauna  of  Greenwich  Park,  12 
“Floral-Aid”  for  flower  decorations, 
129 
Florists’  flowers,  hints  on,  171 
Flowei- — notes,  2 ;  hardy,  lCu  124,  183, 
246,  415  ;  show,  57 ;  the  ojdest,  159 ; 
Queen’s  coronation,  506  vase,  a 
new,  534 
Flowers— wild,  of  old  English  .gardens, 
26,  48,  197,  236,  373,  436  ;  fn  season 
57  ;  unhealthy  ?  57  ;  chemis 
facial,  76 ;  for  the  poor 
difficulties,  107  ;  scented,  IS 
soil,  146;  preserving  the 
colour  of,  195  ;  preservation  of  wild, 
221,  511 ;  mission  of,  225;  deration  of 
cut,  290  ;  and  fruits  in  Queensland, 
307 ;  florists’ ,  preparing  for  vdnter,  382  ; 
in  industrial  centres,  380  ;  stop  traffic, 
513 
Flyless  !  flealess  !  frostless  !  29 
Fog,  London,  effect  upon  Orchi  ,  466  ; 
Kew  Gardens  and,  534 
F’oods  and  their  value,  81  1 1 
Forests,  to  study  French,  287 
Forest  trees  in  Scotland,  277 ;  fires,  556 
Foxglove  freak,  21 
Freesia  refracta  alba,  267 
Freesias  and  Lilies,  410 
French  Rose  growers,  152 
Frigi  Domo,  561 
F’roghopper  fly,  257 
Frost,  protecting  fruit  from,  443 
Fruit  number,  310 
Fruit-growing  for  exhibition,  12,  28  ; 
thinning,  1 ;  cheap  and  plenteous,  28  ; 
crops  and  their  enemies,  32  ;  ripening 
of,  133  ;  curing,  128  ;  summer  pruning, 
149;  an  excess  of,  153;  storing,  171, 
195  ;  sulphuring,  210  ;  yield,  224  ; 
blossoms,  good  effects  of  thinning, 
232  ;  wild,  298  ;  neglected  varieties 
of,  304  ;  in  the  West  Countrie,  327  ; 
room,  in  the,  327 ;  for  the  million, 
328;  surplus,  328;  cultureindoc,  331, 
383,  439,  482  ;  trees  at  Southfields,  333  ; 
culture,  interest  in,  360;  trees, hints 
on  establishing,  380;  show  notes, 
379  ;  bird’s-eye  view  of  the  C.P.show, 
378,  379;  “drops  of  1901,”  385 ;  pro¬ 
tecting  from  frost,  443  ;  thinuing, 
439  ;  skilful  disbudding.  439  ;  growing 
in  the  Channel  Islands,  441;  Lord 
Llangattock’s  at  Cardiff  show,  442  ; 
trade,  the  Jamaica,  442;  sales  of,  at 
Dundee,  518;  models,  419;  transit 
and  railway  rates,  513;  small,  p' ant- 
try  of  arti- 
'  under 
1 
on  poor 
irm  and 
Fruit — continued. 
ing,  488;  trees  unsatisfactory,  463  ; 
bottling,  484  ;  winter  wash  for  trees, 
487  ;  farm  at  Porto  Rico.  498 
“  hardy,”  grown  under  glass,  542  ; 
farming  in  Berwickshire,  560  ;  hardy, 
43,  187,  231,  320,  365,  409,  453,  547, 
571,  5S7  ;  forcing,  44,  92,  115,  139,  163, 
187,  209,  231,  255,  282,  320,  343,  366, 
387,  409,  431,  453,  523,  647,  587 
Fruits— tropical,  71  ;  “of  the  Earth,’ 
281  ;  and  flowers  in  Queensland,  307  ; 
crystallised,  417  ;  and  vegetables,  size 
in,  503 
Fuchsia  diseased,  164 
Fungicide,  club-i’oot,  466 
Fungus— Pear  scab,  279;  pests  of  the 
Carnation  family,  274 
Gadding  and  gathering,  6,  25,  60,  123, 
157,  196,  222,  244,  268,  289,  315,  338, 
361,  465,  541 
Galanthus  Whittalli,  274 
Galium  verum,  93 
Galls  on  Beech  leaves,  385,  466  ;  on  Oak 
leaves,  460 
Gardener — a  perplexed,  12  ;  landscape, 
trials  of  a,  168  ;  presentation  to  an 
old,  534 
Gardeners  —  “Assistant,  The,”  298, 
311  ;  scarcity  of  journeymen,  125  ; 
list  of  books  for,  319  ;  outing,  Sutton 
Coldfield,  318  ;  and  amateurs’  fruit 
classes  C.P.  show,  354  ;  Royal  Bene¬ 
volent  Institution,  377  ;  Royal  Orphan 
Fund,  377  :  right  on  leaving  situa¬ 
tion,  389 ;  and  estate  agents,  416,  438, 
492,  562, 585  ;  testimonials,  young,  422 ; 
Mutual  Improvement  Society,  422  ; 
in  distress,  help  for,  420  ;  holidays, 
524  ;  Company,  the,  4S9 
Garden — gleanings,  14,  62,  76,  202,  245, 
267,  298,  317,  372,  402,  424,  485,  514, 
640,  556 ;  a  Thames  Embankment, 
129  ;  Lily-pond,  178  ;  “  Annual,”  the, 
534 ;  walks,  545 
Gardens — in  the  sea,  202  ;  cottage,  222  ; 
and  orchards,  buried,  404  ;  formal,  in 
England  and  Scotland,  510 
Gardening— public,  81  ;  at  Glasgow 
exhibition,  101  ;  handy  man,  the,  122  ; 
in  the  Severn  Valley,  170  ;  early  Eng¬ 
lish,  213,  295  ,  306  ;  cottage  gardens 
and,  222  ;  at  Hoxton  in  the  olden 
times,  282  ;  changes  in  Perth  district, 
399  ;  literature,  380  ;  school,  420  ; 
instruction,  440  ;  styles  of,  479  ;  old- 
time,  528  ;  landscape,  528,  577 
Garrya  elliptica  hemina,  462 
Gas-lime,  utilising,  588 
German  Potatoes  for  British  troops,  513 
Gesneras,  76 
Gillenia  trifoliata,  188 
Ginkgo  biloba.  481 
Gladiolus,  171  ;  preparing  for  winter, 
382 
Gladioli,  273 
Glasgow  Exhibition— Rhododendrons 
at,  19  ;  great  show  at,  194  ;  notes  on 
the  show  at,  226 
Glass  coping  and  glass  shelters,  340 
Glass  houses,  462  ;  travelling,  309 
Goode,  death  of  Mr.  J.,  581 
Gooseberry  Cobham  Seedling,  124 ; 
Whinham’s  Industry,  467 
Gooseberries— as  cordons,  246 ;  and 
Currants,  540 
Gourds  at  Kew,  245 
Grafting,  heterogeneous,  238 
Grammangis  Ellisi,  3 
Grape — Gi-os  Maroc,  13,  53  ;  Duke  of 
Buccleuch,  93  ;  Mrs.  Pince,  young  v. 
old  wood  for,  336  ;  thinners,  among 
the,  337  ;  house  culture  of  the  Euro¬ 
pean,  354  ;  juice,  preparation  of, 
402 
Grapes— scalding  of,  51 ;  splitting,  116  ; 
for  export,  129  ;  rusted,  164,  200  ;  at  a 
standstill,  164  ;  scalded,  233  ;  not 
colouring,  256;  ulcerated,  256;  early, 
281  ;  maggots  in,  322,  384  ;  at  C.P. 
show-,  355,  359  ;  Algerian,  362  ;  thin 
skinned,  424  ;  diseased,  455 
