June  25,  1903. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
111 
Abbeyfield,  Sheffield,  401 
Abies  Douglasi,  115 
Acacia  platyptera,  20 
Aconitum  Hemslayanuni,  3S5 
Address,  Xew  Year’s,  1 
Adiantum  hybridum,  365. 
Afforestation,  England’.s,  97 
Africa,  Central,  Apple  trees  from 
cuttings  in,  260 
Agapetes  macrantha,  120 
Agriculture,  Edinburgh  men  in,  362  ; 
new  President  of  the  Board  of,  467 
American  nursery,  Violet  frames  in  an, 
450 
Anemone  angulosa  lilacina  grandiflora, 
338;  (Hepatica)  angulosa  vars. ,  326; 
Hepatica  triloba  alba-plena,  S38  ; 
narcissiflora,  13 
Anemones,  double  garden,  404 
Annuals,  border,  34  ;  list  of,  34  ;  notes 
on,  115  ;  notes  on  the  culture  of,  336  ; 
Anthurium  Andreanum,  423 
Antirrhinums  as  ‘‘  half-hardy  annuals,” 
247 
Ants,  destruction  of,  21 ;  in  Melon 
frame,  461  ;  recipe  for  compounding 
an  article  to  destroy,  414  ;  ridding 
hardy  Ferns  of,  481 
Apple,  Bismarck,  209  ;  Cellini  Pippin, 
363  ;  Cox’s  Orange  Pippin,  78  ;  King 
of  the  Pippins,  300 ;  Nelson  Codlin, 
254  ;  Rambour  Franc,  324 
Apple  growing  in  small  gardens,  202, 
239  ;  origin  of  the  Baldwin,  312; 
supply,  France,  Canada,  and  the,  150  ; 
tree  with  double  flowers,  549 ; 
trees  from  cuttings  in  Central  Africa, 
260 ;  trees,  pruning  Cox's  Orange 
Pippin,  152  ;  trees,  stocks,  atd 
branches  of  Apple  trees  green,  260 
Apples,  a  profitable  use  of  culinary, 
97 ;  at  Clonmel,  a  collection  of,  298  ; 
for  succession,  242  ;  North  American, 
287  ;  notes  on,  456 ;  three  samples  in 
one  barrel,  186 
Appointment  —  Important,  in  agricul¬ 
tural  science  (Win.  Angus),  79; 
important  agricultural,  372  ;  C.  Best, 
362  ;  C.  F.  Blackford,  140  ;  .James 
Clark,  495  ;  C.  J.  Elllis.  495  ;  E.  F. 
Ilazelton,  182  ;  Wm.  Jennings,  512  ; 
11.  B.  .Johns,  80  ;  D.  M.  Mackinnon, 
80 ;  T.  J.  Powell,  182  ;  R.  S.  Rais- 
beck,  467  ;  Geo.  St.anton,  182  ;  E. 
Stokes,  612 ;  G.  H.  Street,  166 ; 
G.  Tyler,  122  ;  H.  Weaver,  122 
Arabis  alpina,  406 
Aralia  Siebokli,  199 
Architecture  in  gardens,  234  ;  vases, 
statuary,  sundials,  and  fountains, 
234 
Arctotis  grandis,  235 
Arden  Vale,  Warwickshire,  447 
Artichoke,  Globe,  .as  an  ornamental 
pl.ant,  247 
Ashgate  Lodge,  Chesterfield,  518 
Asparagus  beds.  Mushroom  bed  manure 
dressing  on,  152  ;  French,  453 ;  roots 
in  alleys,  20  ;  the  best  for  market, 
503 
Associations,  value  of  mutual  improve¬ 
ment,  291 
Aster,  Top  .Sawyer,  13 
Auricula,  the,  in  April,  330 ;  the  season 
of  the,  352 
Auriculas,  Show,  321 ;  and  Daffodils  in 
.Scotland,  363  :  a  prize  collection  of 
(Mr.  J.  Douglas’s),  399 
INDEX. 
Australia,  Eastern,  33  ;  recent  drought 
in,  96  ;  Western,  fruit  growing  in,  455 
Azalea  Sigismunde  Rucker,  557 
Azaleas,  Ghent  and  mollis,  371 
Bailey,  Prof.  L.  H.,  264,  297 
Banana  fruiting  eight  months  from 
potting,  538 ;  trade  in  the  West 
Indies,  the  originator  of  the,  50 
Bananas,  Jamaica,  274 
Barr,  Mr.  Peter,  V.M.H.,  home  coming, 
453 
Barron,  illness  of  Mr.,  310;  death  of, 
368 
Basic  sl.ag,  proportions  of,  for  Toma¬ 
toes,  86 
Bean,  Williams’  E.arly  Prolific,  49 
Beans,  Broad,  54  ;  French,  454  ;  French 
and  Runner,  53 
Beauties,  local,  217 
Bedding  season,  445,  466 
Bee  food,  355 
Bee  keeper  —  Artificial  pollen,  253  ; 
bees, balling  bees.  40  ;  bees,  dysentery, 
347  ;  bees,  feeding  for  stimulation, 
434  ;  bees’  sting  and  rheumatism, 
547  ;  flower  and  the  honey  bee,  390  ; 
increase  by  swarming,  547  ;  seasonable 
notes  for  the  opening  year,  149 ; 
seasonable  notes  on,  199  ;  when  to 
start  bee  keeping,  522 
Beet  varieties,  54 
Begonia,  President  Carnot  brown  in 
stem,  549  ;  semperflorens,  528  ;  Winter 
Cheer,  le.aves  blighted,  173 
Begonias,  tuberous,  for  beds,  484 
Ben  Nevis,  snow  on,  50 
Bill,  the  Corruption,  264 
Birds  V.  Gardening,  8,  81 
Birds  and  Gooseberry  buds,  254,  271, 
298,  319,  SS8,  378 
Birds,  vagaries  of,  37,  83 
Birthday  episode,  a,  164 
Black  Country,  the,  and  forestry,  140 
Black  Currant  mite,  271,  403  (see  also 
Phytoptus) 
Boats  in  London  parks,  97 
Boiler,  closing  the  valves  of  duplicate, 
64 
Bennington,  Ware,  Herts.,  529 
Book  notices— “  Advertiser’s  ABC  :  the 
Standard  Advertisement  Press  Direc¬ 
tory,”  242  ;  “Alpine  Flowers  for 
Gardens,”  274,  634;  “Amateur’s 
Greenhouse,”  182  ;  “American  Gar¬ 
dening,”  544  ;  “  Book  of  British 
Ferns,”  400;  “Book  of  Corn,”  443  ; 
“British  Inventor,”  468;  “Chil¬ 
dren’s  Gardens,”  80;  “Dahlia,  its 
History  and  Cultivation,”  288  ;  “Dic¬ 
tionary  of  Gardening,”  Cassell’s,  29, 
283  ;  “  Der  Deutsche  Gartenrat,”  468  ; 
“Easily  Grown  Hardy  Perennials,” 
.  145;  “  Englishwoman’s  Year  Book,”  0; 
I  “  Estate  Book,  The,”  443  ;  “Flora  and 
Sylva,’’  297,  430  ;  “  Forester’s  Diary,” 
Webster's,  50;  “Garten  Diary  for 
1903,”  29;  “Garden  Gazette,”  251; 
“Gardening  Year  Book  and  Garden 
Oracle,  1903,”  275;  “Gardener’s 
Assistant,  The,”  408;  “Greenwich 
Park,  its  History  and  Associations,” 
Eoox  Notices— font, HMfd. 
240;  “Handyman’s  Book,”  452  ; 
‘Horticultural  Directory,”  SO; 
“  House  Annual,”  51 ;  “Index  Kew- 
ensis,”  246;  “Indian  Agriculturist, 
The,”  467;  “ Indian  .Planting  and 
Gardening,”  90;  “Journal  of  the 
Kew  Guild,  1902,”  6;  “  Journ.al  of 
Royal  Horticultural  Society, ”  165, 
467  ;  “  Kew  H.and  List  of  Trees  and 
Shrubs,”  7  ;  “London,  Everybody’s 
Street  Guide  to,”  468  ;  “Meehan’s 
Monthly,”  discontinuation  of,  20; 
“Mushrooms  for  the  Million,”  348; 
“  Natural  History  of  Plants,”  166, 
240,  275  ;  “New  Forestry,”  7  ;  “  One 
and  All”  Gardening,  204  ;  “Orchid 
Review,  The,”  47,  245  ;  “Paradisi  in 
Sole,”  443;  “Report  of  Nova  Scotia 
School  of  Horticulture,”  452 ; 
“Rosarians’  Year  Book,”  discon¬ 
tinuation  of,  4;  “Rose  Garden, 
The,”  495;  “Rules  for  .Judging,” 
alteration  in,  1S2;  Sowerby’s 
“English  Bocany  ”  supplement,  61 ; 
“Tomato,  the  Cultivation  of  the,” 
635  ;  “'Trees  and  Shrubs  for  English 
Gardens,”  65  ;  “  Vegetables  for 
Profit,”  513  ;  “Veitchian  Nurseries, 
The,”  463  ;  “Who's  Who)”  29 
Books,  cheap,  wanted,  6 ;  recently 
published,  495 
Borecoles  and  Brussels  Sprouts,  v.rrie- 
ties  of,  63 
Botanical  Gardens,  331 
“Botanical  Magazine,”  foun  ler  of 
the,  490 
Bothy  plan  competition,  the  awards, 
80  ;  first  prize  plan,  104  ;  second  do., 
126,  128  ;  the,  509 
Box  edging,  transplanting,  241 
Broccoli,  four  good  late,  423  ;  varieties 
of,  53 
Browne,  Mr.  William,  retirement  of, 
from  Hyde  Park,  140 
Brunfehia  eximia,  406 
Brussels  Sprout,  .Solidity,  17 
Brussels  Sprouts,  crossing  Kale  with 
Broccoli  and,  299 
Bryophyllum  calycinum,  204 
Budding,  181 ;  choice  kinds  of  Oak  and 
Horse  Chestnut,  662 
Bulbs,  date  of  flowering  forced,  436  ; 
for  flowering  in  winter,  131 
Bull,  marriage  of  Wm.,  613 
Burbank,  Luther,  honoured,  537 
Butterfly,  the  tortoiseshell,  188 
Cabbages,  Japanese,  406;  varieties  of, 
53 
Cactaceous  plants.  180,  205,  '266,  *299, 
332,  300,  398,  486  ;  general  summary, 
553 
Caladium  culture,  311 
C.alceolarias,  Jefferies’  hybrid,  540 
California,  labour  wanted  in,  250 
Camellia  j  iponica  Countess  of  Orkney, 
361 
Camellias,  272  ;  from  the  open  air,  6  ; 
in  the  open  air  (at  Windsor),  95 
Camp.anula  Medium  calycanthema, 
forcing,  158 ;  pyramidalis  affecte<l 
with  black  bPght,  l!3 
Canada,  agricultural  schools  in,  468  ; 
emigration  to,  468  (see  Colonies) 
Cannas,  327 
Carboline,  staging  steeped  in,  193 
Carn.ations,  cross  fertilising,  461 ; 
Malmaison,  culture  of,  3, -98,  106; 
Malmaison  diseased,  86 ;  to  dye 
green,  371  ;  transplanting,  242  ; 
winter-flowering,  106,  202 
Carpet-bedding,  book  on,  437 
Carpet  bed,  plan  and  plants  for  a,  503 
Catalogue,  N.R.  Society's,  42 
Cattleya  Bowringiana,  70 ;  x  Enid 
magniflea,  265  ;  Harrisoniie,  70  ; 
Magneana,  442  ;  x  Maroni,  287  ; 
Mossia?  Arnoldiana,  Low’s  variety, 
91  ;  Whitei  magniflea,  538 
Cauliflower,  a  giant,  562 
Cauliflowers,  varieties  of,  53 
Ceanot.hus  x  Marie  Simon,  69 ;  papil- 
losus,  451 
Ceanothuses,  the,  450 
Cedar,  the  Western  Red,  character¬ 
istics,  115 
Celery,  293  ;  Sutton’s  Solid  White,  168, 
187 
Celmisia  coriace",  291 
Cemetery  superintendent,  duties  of  a, 
108,  173 
Centaurea  dealbata,  614 
Cereus,  notes  on,  360 
Certificated  plants  (R.  Dean),  559 
Certificated  Plants,  Flowers, 
Fruits,  and  'Vegetables  (by  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society). 
Adiantum  scutum  ramosum,  521 
Anemone  Hepatica  alba-plena,  279 
Apple,  Rowe’s  Edward  VII.,  279 
Asperula  tuberosa,  306 
Aubrietia,  Pritchard’s  Al,  459 
Az.alea  x  Floradora,  478 
Begonia,  Hon.  Lady  Neeld,  478  ; 
Lady  Howe,  478 ;  Mrs.  Moger, 
478  ;  Mrs.  Portman  Dalton,  478  ; 
Sir  Thomas  Lipton,  478 
Brasso-Cattleya  x  Striata,  473 
Bulbophyllum  ocul.atum,  238 
Caladium  Mossamedes,  343 
Calochortus'pulchellus,  521 
Carnation,  Alma,  459 
Cattleya  x  Enid  magnific.r,  238  ; 
Whitei  magniflea,  478 
Chrysanthemum,  Harry  Whately. 
02  ;  Miss  Edith  Davy,  62  ;  Ruby 
Martin,  62 
Clivia,  T.  E.  Arnold,  238 
Cordyline,  Pere  Charon,  478 
Cucumber,  Mortimer’s  I’nique,  473 
Cymbidium  eburno-Lowi,  var.  con- 
color,  '279 
Cymbidium  x  Lewgrinum,  279 
Cypripedium  x  Empress  Alexandra, 
62;  X  Gratrix,  var.  .Minnie,  62: 
X  Hindeanum,  62  ;  Minos,  Yonng's 
var.,  148  ;  x  Mrs.  Pitt,  343 
Dendrobium  glomeratum,  459 ;  x 
Ophir,  189  ;  x  Salteri,  189  ; 
splendidissinium,  var.  Mrs.  Hay¬ 
wood,  189  ;  X  Sunray,  189  ;  x 
ThwatiesiC.  238 ;  Venus  grandi- 
florum,  365 ;  Wiganie  xantho- 
chilum,  148  ;  x  Wiganianum 
album,  189 
