JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
V, 
June  25,  1903. 
Flowers,  alpine,  protection  of.  537  ; 
destroying  wild,  274  ;  for  cutting, 
•succession  of,  151 ;  Globe,  554  ;  of  the 
season  (May,  June),  487;  out  of  sea¬ 
son,  27 ;  some  national,  ICG  ;  v.  Tea, 
231;  tell  the  time,  489 
Ficus  repens,  160 
Figs— early  forced,  planted  out,  C5 ; 
early  forced  pot,  13;  forced  in  pots, 
198,  292  ;  in  pots,  198  ;  late  houses  of. 
202,  342  ;  notes  on,  95  ;  outdoor,  74  ; 
planted  out  trees,  198 ;  young  trees 
in  pots,  198 
Finances  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society,  379 
Fish,  Robert,  414 
Forestry  in  Russia,  200 ;  in  Sweden, 
78 ;  official  report  of  committee  on 
British,  97 ;  re  foresting  the  Black 
Country,  146 
Forsythia  suspensa,  363 
Fountain,  a  self-acting  table,  19,  64 
Frame,  heating  a,  42 
France,  Canada,  and  the  Apple  supply, 
156 
Freesia  culture,  successsful,  168 
Free  Trade  v.  Protection,  508 
Frost,  damage  by  the  recent,  377  ;  rain 
and  snow,  73 
Fh'ost?,  those  terrible,  364 
Fruit  and  flower  traffic,  French,  3G8 ; 
at  the  Cape,  252  ;  arrangement  of 
fruit  trees  and  bushes  in  mixed  plan" 
tations,  237;  British  farming,  342; 
Cape,  in  London,  275,  312  ;  Devonshire 
orchards,  their  possible  value.  252 . 
culture  in  Devonshire  and  Cornwall’ 
532  ;  effects  of  5°  of  frost  on.  364  ; 
forcing,  19,  41,  85,  107,  129,  150,  191, 
211,  240,  259,  282,  303,  326,  348,  369,  391, 
413, 435, 460, 480,  501, 524,  548.  562  ;  from 
Queensland,  275  ;  fresh,  for  new  year, 
6  ;  grader,  a  pneumatic,  74  ;  Growers’ 
Association,  British,  1C8;  Growers’ 
Federation,  National  (extended  notice 
of),  56 ;  growers,  north-west  Kent, 
331 ;  growing  in  Western  Australia, 
456  ;  hardy,  129,  259,  303,  347,  435,  479, 
523,  561 ;  hardy,  culture  of,  at  South¬ 
ampton,  12;  market  culture  of,  186, 
198  ;  notes  on,  28,  59,  82,  95,  119,  144, 
276,  610  ;  pests,  legislation  for,  341  ; 
prospects  :  the  critical  time,  293 ; 
ruined  prospects,  364  ;  thinning,  527  ; 
trees  and  bushes,  planting,  78  ;  trees, 
cleansing,  24  ;  trees,  mixed  planta¬ 
tions  of,  236 ;  trees,  planting  of,  371 ; 
trees,  soils  for,  199 ;  trees,  unproduc¬ 
tive,  356,  404,  424  ;  trees,  wall,  74 
Fugitive  notes,  37,  128 
V 
Gadding  and  G.ithering,  76,  144,  178, 
267,  333,  376,  3,99,  426,  456,  491,  518, 
519,  541 
Garden  Gleanings,  13.  58,  73,  115,  158, 
184, 199,  247,  288,  336, 335,  406.  423, 450, 
489,  614,  540 
Garden,  boy,  the  modern,  541;  intruders 
of  a,  9  ;  making  an  alpine,  27, 48 ;  my, 
and  its  flowers,  118 ;  the,  and  the 
hall,  164 
Gardens  round  Sheffield,  447  ;  some 
famous,  161 ;  typical  v.  the  suburban 
garden,  135  ;  some  types  :  the  cottage 
garden,  289  :  station  flower,  13 
Gardener,  fortune  for  a,  79  ;  £400  a  year 
for  a,  80  ;  the,  as  a  man,  248,  269,  314  ; 
the  poor,  531 
Gardeners,  and  employers,  an  appeal, 
93;  at  football  (Edmonton  and  Turn- 
ford),  79;  bad  outlook  for  market, 
566;  bothies,  488  ;  commissions,  318, 
.  378.  403,  423,  454,  469,  496,  5f8. 
530,  658  ;  dinner,  the  proposed,  384, 
,  537  ;  Saturday  half-holiday  for,  187, 
454,  509,  531,  556 
Gardening  as  affected  by  climate,  50  7; 
in  the  Black  Country,  128;  in 
Warwickshire,  447 ;  market  women 
in,  10;  old-time  (Bacon’s  essay),  517 
Garrick’s  Mulberry  tree,  96 
Geological  field  class,  London,  341 
Geranium  argenteum,  540 
Gesneras  from  seed,  245  ;  propagating, 
649 
Ghent  Quinquennial  .Show,  3S8 
Gladiolus  Gandavensis  hybrids,  534 
Gloriosa  Rothschildiana,  541 
Gloxinias  from  seed,  46 
Gooseberries,  time  for  striking  cuttings 
of,  131 
Grafting,  181,  264  ;  wax,  371 ;  choice 
kinds  of  Oak  or  Horse  Chestnut,  562 
Grape,  Alicante,  with  blackish  marks 
on  young  wood,  130  ;  M.adresfield 
Court,  437 
Grapes,  American  traders  and  imported, 
122;  iate,  60,  64;  packing,  114,  146, 
168 ;  setting  up  exhibition,  103,  128, 
146  ;  to  ripen  in  June,  59 
Grass,  beside  drive,  152  ;  manure  for. 
152 
Grasses,  ornamental,  233 
Grass  land,  broken  up,  infested  with 
wireworm,  152 
Greenhouses  and  conservatories,  345 
Greenlands.  Henley,  162 
Ground,  cultivating  between  rows  of 
fruit  trees,  by  horse  labour,  414 
Gymnogrammas,  333 
Habrothamnus  Newelli,  336 
Hall,  the  .Horticultural,  123,  146,  187, 
274,  296 ;  a  good  example,  29  ;  the, 
and  the  garden,  164 
Hamilton,  echoes  from,  187  ;  N.B,,  notes 
from,  4 
Hartham  Park,  Wilts,  cordon  Pears  at, 
449 
Harton  Cemetery,  .S.  .Shields,  316 
Hats,  Panama,  538 
Hawkweed,  the  Orange,  199 
Hazelton,  presentation  to  Mr.,  80 
Hedgehog,  the,  146 
Hedge  pruning,  403 
Hedges  for  all  purposes,  221— Bamboo, 
Beech,  Bay,  Box,  Briar,  Conifer, 
Holly,  Hornbeam,  Ivy,  Lavender, 
Privet,  Roses,  Thorn,  Yew 
Hedges,  worn-out  and  defective,  222 
Herefordshire  fruit  growers  and  insect 
pests,  407 
Hieracium  Bornmuelleri,  199 
Hippeastrums  at  Aigburth,  427  ;  at 
Chelsea,  335 
Holland  House,  West  Kensington,  58 
Holly  Court,  Sheffield,  313 
Holmes  Chapel,  Cheshire,  274 
Hopetoun  House,  South  Queensferry, 
223  ;  family  history,  224  ;  gardens, 
225  ;  mansion,  224 
Horsetail,  the  Field,  406 
Horticulture,  for  Ireland,  76 ;  gold 
medallist  in,  531  ;  in  England,  51 ; 
Devonshire,  430  ;  popular,  468  ;  rural, 
wasted  opportunities  in,  62 
Hctbeds,  preparing  material  for,  5 
Huir,  and  American  Apples,  79 
Hunter,  retirement  of  Mr.  James,  97, 
332,  384 
Hyacinth  roots  decayed,  42 
Hybridisation,  the  possibilities  of,  45, 
93 
Incarvillea  grandiflora,  357,  363 
Indian  corn  (Maize)  notes  on,  70 
Industries,  development  of  rural,  440 
Insecticide,  petroleum  an,  437 
Insect  pests,  Herefordshire  fruit  grow¬ 
ers  and,  407 
Insect  pests  Bill,  533 
Insects  as  garden  adornments,  39,  446  ; 
Wood  Leopard  moth,  170 
Inventions,  37 
Ireland,  notes  from  the  south  of,  177 ; 
the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  techni¬ 
cal  instruction  for,  297 
Iri.-h  forestry,  297  ;  garden,  a,  289  ; 
Land  Bill,  551  ;  mostly,  455  ;  Royal 
Horticultural  Society  of,  297 
Iris  orchioides,  406 
Irises,  culture  of  Spanish,  549  ;  hardy 
hybrid,  75 
Isle  of  Wight,  a  garden  in  the, 486  ;  and 
In  rticiriture,  374 
Jasminum  hirsutum,  437  ;  ptimulinum, 
295 
Johannesburg,  gardening  at,  182 
Journal,  Royal  Horticultural  Society’s, 
165,  467 
Judges,  National  Sweet  Pea  Society’s, 
338,  364,  378 
Judging  at  flower  shows,  298,  318,  428 
.Juniperus  scalulorum,  115 
Kainit  and  basic  slag  for  Tomatoes,  86  ; 
for  vegetables,  260 
Ker’s  of  Liverpool,  519 
Kew— Gardens,  Colonial  office  and,  362  ; 
gardeners’  social  evening,  79  ;  Guild, 
Journal  of  the,  6;  Herbarium,  452  ; 
January  notes  from,  96;  on  the  first 
Coronation  day,  13  ;  plants  in  flower 
at  (June),  537  ;  then  and  now  at,  7 
Khartoum,  a  letter  from,  544 
King,  the,  and  East  Londoners,  512 
Kitchen  garden,  107,  150,  191,  241,  282, 
326,  370,  413,  460,  501,  548 
Knots  in  trees  as  pseudomorphs,  193 
Kubelik,  Jan,  violinist,  320 
Labels,  garden,  379,  429;  plant  and 
tree,  325 
Labyrinths  and  mazes,  60 
Lady-bird,  the  seven-spotted,  106 
Lalio-Cittleya  x  Doris  magniflca,  366 
Land,  a  good  crop  from,  153 ;  back  to 
the,  337,  373,  403,  454,  469,  496,  508,  530, 
556 
Landscape  gardening,  book  on,  130 
Lapager.a,  tn  in-flowered,  152  ;  un¬ 
healthy,  21 
Lavender,  78 
Lawn  mowers,  motor,  461 
Lawns,  destroying  Daisies  and  Plan¬ 
tains  on,  549  ;  the  making  of,  59 
Leek,  Suttcn’s  Prizetaker,  338 
Leeks,  varieties  of,  54 
Legal  notes  :  A  gardener  and  Chrys¬ 
anthemums,  16 ;  Fife  Potato  mer. 
chant’s  claim,  122;  fruit-growers’ 
appeal,  important  case  at  the  Nor¬ 
folk  Quarter  Sessions.  521 
Legislation  for  fruit  pests,  341 
Lettuces  and  Cucumbers  on  a  large 
scale,  50  ;  varieties  of,  70 
Lilium  giganteum,  336 
Liliums,  culture  of,  117  ;  for  growing 
amongst  Azaleas,  371 
Lily  of  the  Valley,  condensed  moisture 
on  bells  of,  64  ;  flowers  damping  off 
87  ;  making  a  new  bed,  86  ;  the  new, 
429 
Lime,  and  its  application  to  the  soil, 
272  ;  quantity  to  be  applied,  272  ;  use 
of  in  fruit  growth,  272  ;  w'hat  it  does, 
272 
“  Lindenia,”  English  edition  of,  338 
Linn*an  Society  admits  women,  89 
Little  Hadham  Hall,  Herts.,  641 
Liverpool  gentleman,  munificence  of  a, 
79  (T.  Sutton  Timmis,  Esq.);  im¬ 
proving,  495  ;  note,  a,  166  ;  Parks  and 
Gardens  Committee,  166,  319  ;  pro¬ 
posed  recreation  ground  for  Walton, 
79 
London  Dahlia  Union,  a  justification 
of  its  action  in  the  form  of  a  plain 
statement,  114  ;  the,  114  ;  open 
spaces  and  trees  for,  274  ;  spring 
bedding,  376 
London’s  fruit  and  flower  supplies,  427 
Los  Angeles,  severe  frost  at,  251 
Loudon,  J.  G.,  29 
Lunt,  honour  for  Mr.  Thomas,  467 
Lupinus  polyphyllus  albus,  213 
Magnolia  stellata,  a  specimen,  537 
Maidstone,  the  Royal  Nur.series,  6 
Mammillaria  pectinata,  379 
Mammfllarias,  299 
Margosteen,  46 
Man,  the  minister’s,  533 
Manures  (see  Land,  a  good  crop  from\ 
158 
Market,  Covent  Garden,  43 
Market  produce,  steam  traction  for.  468 
Martin,  Mr,  Charles,  376 
Matthews,  Mr,  A.  T.,  secretary  of  the 
National  Fruit  Growers’  Federation. 
57 
Mazes  and  labyrinths,  60 
Meconopsis  Wallichi,  489 
“Meehan’s  Monthly,”  discontinuation 
of,  20 
Melon,  Earl’s  Favourite,  249  ;  P.aradise 
Gem,  510 
Melon  notes,  53,  144,  252,  293,  455 
Melons  in  pits  and  frame.s,  198,  343 
Message  of  sympathy,  a,  29 
Meteorological  observa’  ions  at  Ch  s- 
wick,  21,  42,  64,  86,  109,  123,  172,  193, 
204,  242,  258,  283,  297,  326,  347,  370,  393, 
414,  437,  453,  501,  513,  547 
Meteorological  records,  381 
Meteorology— Rainfalls  for  1902,  34  (see 
also  'Weather) 
Mexico,  North,  flora  of,  448 
Mignonette  in  pots,  for  winter,  222 
Mint,  5 
Mistletoe,  the.  9 ;  and  the  trees  it 
affects,  283 
Monro  Concert  Committee,  362 
Morals  and  men,  293 
Morocco,  its  physical  features,  51 
Moth,  Codiin,  destroying  the,  78  ; 
Orange  Under-wing,  293  ;  Vapourer, 
eggs  of,  for  identification,  414  ;  Wood 
Leopard,  i:0 
Moths,  wholesale  slaughter  of,  385 
Mulching,  327 
Muscari  conicum  Heavenly  Blue,  371 
Muscats,  planting  young  Vines,  121 
Mushroom  growth,  the  power  of,  422  ; 
with  gills  mouldy,  1;  2 
Mylnhurst,  Sheffield,  294 
Narcissus,  a  classification  of  the  genus, 
316  ;  classification  of  the  (Prof.  Hill- 
house’s  letter),  382 ;  conference  at 
Birmingham,  360 
Narcissi,  notes  on,  400  ;  species  of,  492 
Nature,  despoiling,  338 ;  notes,  402 
Nectarines  cracking,  434  ;  cracking  at  the 
apex  and  splitting  at  the  suture,  392 
Neillia  opulifolia,  406 
Nomenclature,  plant,  175,  2C6,  254,  271 
Notes  and  notices,  6,  29,  50,  79,  96.  122, 
139,  166,  182,  203,  239,  250,  274,296,319, 
362,  384,  407,  429,  495,  512,  537 
Nottingham  Industrial  Exhibition,  1903, 
274 
Nova  Scotia  School  of  Horticulture, 
report  of  the,  452 
Nymph.-ea stellata,  the  Blue  Water  Lily, 
320 
Oak,  an  historic,  247 
Oak  wood  and  Glebe  Farm,  Wisley 
Common,  Ripley,  sale  of,  6 
Oakwood,  Sheffield,  380 
Obituary— Harriet  Mary  Arnott,  12/; 
A.  F.  Barron,  363  ;  Charles  Darrah, 
409;  W.  Edwards,  320;  James  T. 
Fromow,  251 ;  Right  Hon.  W.  Han- 
bury,  390  ;  Superintendent  Jennings, 
140  ;  L.  G.  King,  127;  JohnS.  Murray, 
251  ;  Wm.  Oates,  537 ;  J.  D.  Pawae, 
467  ;  John  Peed,  7 ;  Austin  Peppin, 
495  ;  P.  S.  Peterson,  Chicago,  239  , 
A.  Pettigrew,  390  ;  Geo.  Rawlings ; 
105  ;  J.  Smeatham,  182  ;  J.ames  Ward, 
29  ;  Thomas  Weaver,  409  ;  J.  Withers, 
391 
