June  29,  1899. 
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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
Hackwood  Park,  winter  trees  at,  9 
Hafodunos,  45 
Hailstorm  Insurance  Corporation,  275, 
306 
Halesia  tetraptera,  509 
Hampton  Court,  469 
Hardenbergia  Comptoniana,  299 
Harris,  Mr.  Wm.,  death  of,  213 
Headley,  Rev.  A.,  death  of,  143 
Heliophila  scandens,  28 
Highbury  notes,  511 
Hippeastrums,  procerum,  79  ;  at  Chel¬ 
sea,  370  ;  at  Aigburth,  393 
Hodsock  Priory,  a  day  at,  511 
Hollyhocks,  seedling,  157 
Horseradish,  83 
Horticultural  (Royal)  Society  —  Com¬ 
mittees  for  1899,  68  ;  Committees,  33, 
92,  122,  166,  222,  260,  325,  371,  414,  442, 
495,  533  ;  Scientific  Committee,  50, 
107,  146,  201,  238,  275,  348,  384,  4v7, 
513  ;  certificates  and  awards  of  merit, 
34,  93,  123,  223,  260,  326,  372,  415,  446, 
496,  534  ;  annu.al  general  meeting.  130  ; 
medals,  146 ;  the  Temple  Show,  259, 
431,  441  ;  conference  on  hybridisation, 
513,  525  ;  what  is  a  new  fruit  or 
vegetable?  526  ;  examinations  in 
horticulture,  526 ;  Drill  Hall  meet¬ 
ings,  530 
Horticultural  exhibitions  —  how  to 
make  them  a  success,  133 
Horticultural  possibilities  in  Bermuda, 
304 
Horticultural  Society,  London  French, 
44 
Hoya  bella,  363 
Hydrangeas,  hortensis,  339;  notes  on, 
382,  471 
Ice  plant,  the,  is  it  edible  ?  331 
Incarvillea  Delavayi,  455 
Indiarubber,  export  of  from  the  Amazon 
region,  28 
Inga  seed,  353 
Insects,  garden,  as  weather  prophets, 
191  ;  some  injurious  insects  of  1898, 
506 
In  the  dawn  of  the  year,  22 
Ireland,  notes  from,  171 
Irises,  June,  529 
Isle  of  Wight  notes,  220,  476 
Ivy,  leaves  eaten,  96  ;  eaters  of  the, 
124 ;  coloured  le.aves  of,  170  ;  as  a 
timber  spoiler,  494 
Ixoras,  culture  of,  356,  383 
Jacaranda  mimosifolia,  prop.agating, 
330 
Jasminums,  white,  pruning,  309 
Jerusalem,  early  spring  around,  258 
Jottings,  51 
Juniper  infested  with  fungus,  419 
Kainit,  chemical  composition  of,  439 
Kelway.  Mr.  Jas.,  death  of,  427,  454 
Kew  in  spring,  201 ;  notes,  261  ;  trees 
at,  421 
Kitchen  garden,  the,  35,  73,  115,  155, 
203,  245,  285,  329,  373,  417 
Knowledge,  scientific,  139 
L.-elias,  anceps,  151,  161  ;  fiava,  2.50  ; 
Digbyana  hybrids,  250;  lobata,  292; 
purpurata  versicolor,  3.57 ;  latona, 
401 ;  majalis,  450  ;  grandis  tenebrosa, 
485  ;  purpurata  Annie  Louise.  514 
Laplio  Cattleyas,  Krnesti  Princess  Olga, 
2.50  ;  Bella,  250  ;  elegans,  269  ;  Golden 
Gem,  335  ;  highburyensis,  470 
Lfcliopsis  domingensis,  450 
Lasiandra  macrantha,  226 
Lavender  on  grass,  396 
Lawns,  grasses  for,  116 ;  patchy,  246  ; 
artificial  manure  for,  247  ;  mowing  in 
dry  weather,  522  ;  machines  clogging, 
522 
Lazenby,  Mr.  J. ,  presentation  to,  273 
Leaf  miner  on  Marguerites,  preventing, 
368,  419,  454,  468 
Lee,  Mr.  John,  death  of,  63 
Legal  rights  and  obligations  of  market 
gardeners,  424 
Leptotes  bicolor,  470 
Lettuces,  fever  fiy  on  roots  of,  130,  226  ; 
culture  of,  121 
Libonia  floribunda,  272 
Lichens  and  fungi,  85 
Life  and  food,  59,  79,  103 
Lilac  alba  grandiflora,  510 
Liliums,  auratum,  planting,  18  ;  and 
their  treatment,  106 
Lily  of  the  Valley,  age  of  crowns,  226  ; 
patchy  bed  of,  480 
Lime,  the  value  of,  33  ;  a  simple  way  to 
tell  if  soil  needs  lime,  490 
Lin.aria  macedonica,  424 
Liverpool  Amateur  Gardeners’  Associa¬ 
tion,  305 
Liverpool  notes,  393,  4S4,  512 
Londesborough  Park,  342 
London  gardens  over  fifty  years,  5,  43,  80, 
141,  241,  291,  336,  425,  463 
Loniceras,  fragrantissima,  93 ;  Hilde¬ 
brand!,  467 
Looking  backward,  198 
Luton  Hoo  Park,  30 
Magic  of  spring,  the,  333 
Manettia  bicolor,  234 
Manures,  black  flies  from,  265  ;  artificial, 
in  the  garden,  300  ;  on  ground  for 
second  crop,  438 
March  frosts,  254 
Marguerites,  propagating,  184 ;  and 
their  leaf  mining  enemy,  368 ;  leaf 
miner  and  coal  tar,  419,  454,  468 
Market  gardeners’  outlook  in  W orcester- 
shire,  410 ;  legal  rights  and  obliga¬ 
tions  of,  424 
Masdevallias,  Geleniana,  293 ;  triari- 
stella,  357  ;  Shuttryana,  381 ;  ephip- 
pium,  401 ;  muscosa,  401 
Melons,  seasonable  notes,  17,  115,  203, 
245,  351,428,521  ;  raising  and  growing, 
77  ;  potting  young  plants,  246  ;  ,and 
ants,  352  ;  old  and  new,  362  ;  William 
Tillery,  384 
Memory,  a,  196 
IMeteorological  observations  at  Chis¬ 
wick,  125 
IMeyenias,  71,  85  ;  M.  erecta,  71 
Mice  eating  seeds,  418 
Microscope  in  the  garden,  the,  53 
ISIile  Ash  Nursery,  Derby,  368 
Miltonia  flavescens,  402 
Mimulus  glutinosus,  272 
Mistletoe,  propagation  by  birds,  273  ; 
establishing  a  farm  for,  352 
.Monkshood  poisonous,  247 
:Moth,  tiger,  the,  539 
Murray,  Mr.  IVilliam,  death  of, 
234 
Mushrooms,  199  ;  deformed,  37  ;  manure 
for,  from  horses  fed  on  Carrots,  97  ; 
non-succes3  with,  204  ;  in  trenches, 
226  ;  spawn,  204,  331 ;  fungus  on  beds, 
438 
Musks,  hybrid,  319 
Mutisia  Clematis,  173 
N.spgelia  (Gesnera)  cinnabarina  culture, 
331 
Nanodes  Medusae,  335 
Narci.ssi,  forcing,  126  ;  and  Daffodils, 
manure  for,  205  ;  King  Alfred,  281  ; 
at  Ditton,  364 ;  intermedins  Sunset, 
364  ;  a  group  of  Leedsis,  365 ;  and 
Daffodils  after  flowering,  481 
Nature,  the  study  of,  386 
New  year’s  .address,  1 
Nitrate  of  soda,  151 
Nymphwas  .and  bees,  170 
Oaks,  the  fruiting  of,  511 
Odontoglossums,  Rossi,  5  ;  pulchellum, 
48  ;  miniatum,  209  ;  Edwardi,  209  ; 
crisi)um  Sultan,  232 ;  crispum  Duke 
of  York,  269;  nebulosum,  269;cri.spum 
Ashworthianum  335  ;  Wilcke.anum, 
335 ;  crispiim  Raymond  Crawshay, 
430  ;  crispum  Purity,  430  ;  Cor.adinei 
mir.abile,  460  ;  In.sleayi  splendens,  470  ; 
crispum  Arthur  Brisco,  484  ;  Linden! , 
485  ;  Adriana?  Ashworthianum,  534  ; 
crispum  augustum,  534 
Oil  stove,  75 
Oldfield  Nurseries,  53 
Oncidiums,  C.avendishianum,  81 ;  pec- 
torale,  151 ;  cheirophorum,  151  ; 
cucullatum,  335  ;  m.acranthum  and 
its  .allies,  401 ;  Brunleesianum,  450  ; 
unguicul.atum,  450  ;  c.arthaginense, 
470  ;  a  note  on,  534 
Onions,  The  Aristocr.at,  8 ;  fertilisers 
for,  56  ;  the  deep  rooting  of,  65  ;  well 
ripened,  324  ;  Ne  Plus  Ultra,  384  ; 
manure  for  exhibition,  418  ;  and 
maggots,  487,  531 
Orch.ards,  notes,  209  ;  sprajing  in 
Nova-Scotia,  230  ;  f.arm — imports  and 
prices  of  Apples,  251  ;  fertilising  in 
Nov.a  Scoti.a,  334 
Orchids  —  Cypripedium  insigne.  Hare- 
field  Hfill  wariety,  5,  315 ;  C.attleya 
dolosa,  5,  48  ;  Cactleya  Bowringiana 
Lady  Wigan,  24  ;  Cypripediums  and 
their  culture,  24  ;  Cypripedium 
Godefroy.'e  leucochilum,  25  ;  Cypripe¬ 
dium  insigne,  26 ;  Ada  aurantiaca, 
38  ;  Angriecum  Veirchi,  48  ;  Restre- 
pias,  48 ;  Cypripedium  IVottoni, 
61  ;  a  floriferous  Cypripedium,  61, 
315  ;  Saccolabium  giganteum,  61; 
Dendrobium  atroviolaceum,  81 ; 
Calanthe  Veitchi,  81 ;  Cypripe¬ 
dium  Arthurianum,  81  ;  Cymbidium 
Hookerianum,  103  ;  ch.arcoal  for,  103, 
161  ;  Saccolabium  Hendersonianum, 
103  ;  Phalpenopsis  Sanderiana,  103  ; 
Cypripedium  Orion,  151  ;  Lreli.a  .an¬ 
ceps,  151,  161  ;  Epidendrum  W.allisi, 
161  ;  on  blocks,  161  ;  Dendrobium 
nobile  MLallichianum,  161  ;  Colax 
jugosus,  161  ;  Phal<a?nopsis  Mrs.  Jas. 
H.  Veitch,  195  ;  notes  on  Phaius,  195  ; 
the  future  of  growing,  195  ;  mini.atum, 
209  ;  Edwardi,  209  ;  Trichocentrums, 
209  ;  Eijidendrum  Endresi,  209  ;  Zy- 
gopetalum  Perrenoudi,  209  ;  char¬ 
coal  for  Orchids,  210  ;  at  IVoodh.atch 
Lodge,  210  ;  Dendrobium  nobile,  210  ; 
Dendrobium  Boxalli,  232,;  hybrid 
Phal.amopsis,  232  ;  shading  Orchids, 
232  ;  Cattleya  Lawrenceana,  232  ; 
Dendrobiums,  233;  at  Bowden  Hill 
House,  233  ;  Dendrobium  Venus,  233  ; 
“The  Orchid  Hybrids,”  233;  L;elio- 
Cattleya  Ernest!  Prince.ss  Olga,  260  ; 
Lwlia  fiava,  250  ;  L.adio-Cfittleya  Bella, 
250  ;  Bulbophyllum  barbigerum,  250  ; 
Dendrobium  rubens  granditlorum, 
250  ;  Lnelia  Digbyana  hybrids,  250  ; 
DendroViium  Wigana?,251 ;  Angiwcum 
citr.atum,  251 ;  a  note  on  Dendro¬ 
biums,  2.51  ;  imported,  265  ;  Calanthe 
lVilli.am.si,  269  ;  Cypripedium  Sallieri 
Hyeanum,  269  ;  La>lio-Cattley.a  ele- 
g.ans,  269;  Cymbidium  Devonianum, 
292  ;  Dendrobium  micans,  292  ;  Ladia 
lobata,  292;  Masdev.allia  Geleni.ana, 
293  ;  Sobralia  xantholeuca,  293  ; 
Orchids — continued. 
Bulbophyllum  Ericsoni,  293  ;  Cypripe¬ 
dium  bellatulum  album,  293 ;  Dendro- 
bium  infundibulum,  293  ;  D.  Jamesif 
anum,  293  ;  Orchids  at  Mr.  W.  P 
Burkinshaw’s.atHes.sle,  293 ;  VenubeL 
61,  315 ;  albino  Cattleyas,  315 
Dendrobium  subclausum,  315  ;  D. 
Brymerianum,  315  ;  Phahamopsis  Lowi, 
315  ;  Nanodes  MeduStT,  335 ;  Dendro* 
bium  Rolfas  roseum,  335 ;  Ladio- 
Cattleya  Golden  Gem,  335 ;  l>ella- 
tulum  hybrids,  357  ;  William  Lloyd, 
357  ;  Laplia  purpurata  versicolor,  357  ; 
Epidendrum  v.aricosum,  357  ;  Cattleya 
citrina,357,  381,430;  Masdevallia  triaii- 
stella,  357  ;  Epidendrum  elegantulum 
luteum,  381 ;  M.asdev.allia  Shuttryana, 
381 ;  Dendrochilum  glumaceum,  381  ; 
Cypripedium  Pollettianum,  401  ; 
Renanthera  Imschootiana,  401  ; 
Masdevtillia  ephippium,  401 ;  M.asde- 
Vtallia  muscosa,  401 ;  Cattleya  Mossia? 
Reinecki.ana,  401 ;  La?lia  latona,  401 ; 
Miltonia  flavescens,  402  ;  Cattley;r 
citrina,  430  ;  Dendrobiums  tauri- 
num,  430;  cretaceum,  430;  Jenkinsi, 
430  ;  Aerides  nobile,  430 ;  Phaius 
Phcebe,  450  ;  s.ale  at  Tyntesfleld,  4.50  ; 
Lieliopsis  domingensis,  450  ;  Lfclia 
maj.alis,  450  ;  Cypripedium  c.allosuna 
Sanderie,  450,  470 ;  macrochilum 
giganteum.  470  ;  Cattleya  Mossire 
Beauty  of  Bush  Hill,  470  ;  Leptotes 
bicolor,  470  ;  Lielio-Cattleyahighbury- 
ensis,  470  ;  .Saccolabium  coeleste,  484  ; 
Vand.a  Denisoniana,  484  ;  Pleuro- 
thtallis  Roezli,  485  ;  Aerides  Houlleti.- 
anum,  485  ;  La>lia  g'randis  tenebrosa, 
485 ;  Dendrobium  Johnsoniae,  485  ; 
Lfeli.a  purpurata  Annie  Louise,  514  ; 
Epiphronitis  Veitchi,  514  ;  Dendro¬ 
bium  5Vardi.anum  album,  514  ;  D.  Fal- 
coneri  gig.anteum,  514  ;  Thunia. 
Marshalliana,  514 ;  the  atmosphere- 
of  Orchid  hou.ses,  514 
Orobus  hirsutus,  459 
Osage  Orange,  the,  258 
Our  Gardens  (Mr.  Hole’s  book),  472_ 
Padu.a  Bot.anicG.ardens,  276 
Palms,  notes  on,  270  ;  profit  in,  319 
Pansies,  167 
Parsley,  kainit  for,  286  ;  manure  for„ 
309 
Parsnips,  sowing,  317 
P.aulownia  imperialis,  449 
Peaches,  compost  for  borders,  11,  32,. 
47  ;  .and  Nectarines,  55,  95,  100,  127, 
135,  175,  224,  263,  307,  351,  394,  437,  479,, 
521;  to  ripen  in  .Inly,  137;  boardeil 
fences  for,  75  ;  the  best,  119,  148,  174, 
219,  252,  294,  347  ;  liming  borders,  136  ; 
outdoor,  95  ;  buds  dropping,  38,  283, 
294,  323,  405  ;  destroying  black  fly  on, 
396  ;  leaves  from  a  fumigated  house, 
418  ;  outdoor,  436  ;  under  glass,  437  ; 
le.aves  blistered,  459 ;  as  stand.ards, 
472;  packing,  475;  a  loose  surf.ace 
for  borders,  477  ;  leaves  spotted,  480 
pruning  early,  517 
Peacocks,  are  they  mischievous  ?  352 
Pe.ars,  for  appearance,  37  ;  lifting  old, 
60  ;  I’resident  Bar.ab6,  65 ;  growths 
disea.sed,  397  ;  fruits  filled  with  mag¬ 
gots,  502  ;  the  Pear  tree  slug,  5‘22 
Peas,  e.arly,  62,  88  ;  raising  under  glass, 
88  ;  notes  on,  129  ;  pots  versus  boxes 
for  early,  129  ;  and  vermin,  130  ;  notes, 
on,  210 ;  sowing,  264 ;  a  persistent 
enemy  of,  2,53;  non-<appe.arance  above 
ground,  309  ;  autumn  sown,  361 ;  Har¬ 
binger,  510 
Pel.argoniums,  for  winter,  120  ;  history 
of,  153,  172  ;  le.aves  spotted,  247  ;  from 
eyes,  2s7  ;  Ivy- leaved,  leaves  dying, 
330  ;  a  brilli.ant  w.all  of  Raspail,  368  ; 
Dorothy,  362 ;  silver  bicolor,  396  ; 
Regal,  White  Gem,  448  ;  Ivy-leaved, 
464  ;  radula,  491 
