Juno  25  1903. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE'  GARDENER. 
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Shrewsbury,  celebration  of  the  500tb 
anniversary  of  the  battle  of,  430 
Shrublanil  Park,  Suffolk,  60,  55t 
Shrubs  and  evergreen?,  clipping,  78 ; 
cheap  book  on  tree?  and,  S3  ;  forcing 
branches  of  hardy,  85  ;  ornamental 
trees  and,  197,  263,  287  ;  planting,  42 
Silkworms  and  silkworm  rearing,  522 
.Sisyrynchium  pauiculatum,  376 
Size,  the  craze  against  (see  fugitive 
notes',  37 
Slugs,  capturing  garden,  557 
Smilax  argyrea  and  others,  76 
Snaith  Brook,  Sheffield,  447 
Snowdrop  disease,  247 
Snow,  rain,  and  frost,  73 
Sobrali  r  leucoxantha.  331 
Societies— Royal  Horticultural  and  the 
Royal  Botanic  Society’s  debt.  408 
Societies— MEETINGS  and  shows. 
Bath  and  West  of  England  ana 
Southern  Counties  Show  at 
Bristol,  499 
Beckenham  Horticultural,  30,  80, 
166 
Birkenhead  and  Wirral  Show,  660 
Birmingham  Amateur  Gardeners’ 
Association,  80,  169 
Birmingham  Gardeners’  Associ¬ 
ation,  123,  208,  345,  387  ;  High¬ 
bury  visit,  558 
Bolton  Horticultural,  Self  help  and 
Benevolent,  513,  538,  556 
Bristol  Gardeners’,  62,  124,  167,  209, 
257,  433,  550 
Cambridge  Botanic  Garden,  62 
Canterbury  Gardeners’,  51 
Cardiff  Gardeners’  Association,  6, 
97,  102,  139,  149,  167,  183,  208,  251 
Che.ster  Paxton,  106,  125,  203,  239, 
363 
Chislehiir.st  (Kent)  Gardeners’,  208 
Co-operative  Banks’  Association, 
the,  annual  report,  513 
Croydon  Horticultural  Mutual  Im¬ 
provement,  29,  80  ;  annual  social 
dinner,  SO  :  103,  140j  239,  2S1,  345, 
333,  433,  5C0 
Darlingtou  Spring  Show,  3SS 
Devon  and  Exeter  Gardener,?’,  119, 
.  183 
Devon  Daffodil  and  Spring  Show, 
467 
Dorchester  Gardeners’  (new),  50, 167 
Dumfries  shire  and  Galloway  Horti¬ 
cultural,  96 
Ealing  Horticultural,  190 
East  Liverpool  Chrysanthemum,  257 
Edinburgh  Market  Gardeners’,  6 
English  Arboricultural,  363 
Gardeners’  Royal  Benevolent  Insti¬ 
tution,  50  ;  annual  general  meet¬ 
ing,  93  ;  Liverpool  Gardeners’  and 
the,  203  ;  239,  280 
Hamilton  Gardening  and  Forestry, 
140 
Highgate  Chrysanthemum,  280 
Horticultural  Club,  62,  139,  166,  344 
Hull  and  East  Biding  Chrysanthe¬ 
mum,  453 
Huyton  and  Roby  Horticultural,  183 
Ipswich  Gardeners’,  30,  103,  125, 
148,  182,  257 
I.sleof  Wight  Horticultural,  279,  314 
I.sle  of  Wight  Rose,  388 
La  Society  Royale  d'Agriculture  et 
de  Botanique  de  Gand,  383 
Linnetn  Society,  30 
Liverpool  Amateur  Gardeners’,  23"), 
453 
LiveriJe.ol  Grain,  Root,  and  Fruit 
Show,  annual  meeting  and  pre¬ 
sentation,  102 
Livei  pool  Horticultural  Association 
(annual  dinner),  84,  97  ;  annual 
meeting,  139  ;  183 
London  Dahlia  Union,  a  justifi¬ 
cation  of  its  action  in  the  form  of 
a  plain  statement.  114 
Manchester  Botanical,  12  j 
Manche.ster  Horticultural,  168 
Manchester  Whit  Show,  499  • 
Metropolitan  Public  Gardens  Asso¬ 
ciation,  62  149,  218,  431,  511 
Societies,  &c.— continued. 
Midland  Daffodil,  annual  spring 
exhibition,  368 
National  Amateur  Gardeners’, 
Liverpool  Branch,  280,  453 
National  Chrysanthemum,  IS,  167, 
209 
National  Dahlia,  30,  51  ;  annual 
report,  103, 123 
National  Fruit  Growers’ Federation 
(extended  notice),  56,  84,  167,  251 
National  Primula  aud  Auricula 
(Southern  section),  166,  (NortlD, 
79,  131,  (Midland)  281 
National  Sweet  Pea,  annual  report, 
18  ;  its  judges,  338,  364,  373 
National  Tulip,  annual  show,  457 
Newport-  (Mon.)  Gardeners’,  84,  126, 
167,  208,  2S0,  344,  546 
Notts  Horticultural,  459 
Pharmaceutical  Socitty,  the,  187 
Reading  and  District  Gardeners’, 
19,  125,  167,  203,  280,  345,  430  ; 
outing  to  Bear  Wood,  558 
Redhill  and  Reigate  Gardeners’, 
102,  183,  363 
Royal  Agricultural  of  England, 
London  Show,  564 
Royal  Agricultural  Benevolent,  7 
Royal  Botanic,  80,  280;  its  history, 
505  ;  “New  Plants  ”  meeting,  560 
Royal  Caledonian  Horticultural 
Spring  Show,  499 
Royal  Gardeners’  Orphan  Fund, 
annual  general  meeting,  169 
Royal  Horticultural  of  Ireland,  IS 
Royal  Horticultural,  Drill  Hall,  61, 
101,  147  ;  annual  general  meeting, 
118  ;  189,  233,  255,  277,  313,  365, 
468,  519  ;  committees,  lists  of,  162  ; 
Scientific  Committee  (see  also 
column),  101, 189,  255,  343,  387,  431, 
497,  519,  645  ;  minute  of  Council, 
adopted  April  21,  1903,  concern¬ 
ing  photography,  384  ;  communi¬ 
cation  relating  to,  538;  Temple 
Show,  470 
Royal  Meteorological,  50,  103,  110, 
190,  239,  388,  430,  479,  558 
Royal  National  Tulip  (Show),  545 
Royal  Scottish  Arboricultural,  7 
Royal  Southampton  Horticultural, 
June  Show,  546 
Scottish  Horticultural,  63,  126,  204, 
344,  433,  500  ;  annual  excursion, 
643 
Semi-Teetotal  Pledge  Association, 
513 
Sheffield  Floral  and  Horticultural, 
281,  430  ;  schedule  of,  203 
Shirley  (Southampton)  Gardeners’, 
12,  103,  183,  281,  387,  500,  558 
Shropshire  Horticultural,  annual 
meeting,  277 
Sutton  Coldfield  Gardeners’  Asso¬ 
ciation,  239 
Traders  in  Poisonous  Compounds 
for  Trade  Purposes  Protection,  250 
United  Horticultural  Benefit  and 
Provident,  50,  239,  361,  512  ; 
annual  general  meeting,  report 
and  balance-sheet,  256 
Waterford  Horticultural,  166 
Soil,  tightening,  about  newly  planted 
stock, 489 
Soils  for  fiuit  trees,  199 
Solanum  Wendlandi,  385 
Sophro-Cattleya  X  eximia,  3 
South  Africa,  emigration  and  fruit 
culture,  50  ;  flora  of,  514 
.South  Kensington  Garden  (Royal  Hor¬ 
ticultural  Society).  4i.3 
Spinach,  notes  on,  53  ;  summer,  205 
“  .Sparrers,”  421 
Sparrow,  the  house,  413 
Spiraea  confusa,  510 
Sprays  and  .sprayers  for  fruit  trees,  333, 
371 
Spring,  in  the  flower  garden,  386  ; 
Number,  the,  271  ;  the  guerdon  of,  354 
Springtail,  a,  210 
Springtide,  250 
Strawberry  forcing,  423 ;  plan'.s  gone 
blind,  304 
Strawberries  at  Box  Hill  Gardens,  Bath, 
423  ;  affected  by  leaf-spot,  481  ;  in 
pots,  28,  119,  184,  404 ;  large,  469 ; 
mildew  in,  415 
Strathfleldsaye,  Reading,  161 
Stem  growth,  341 
Stock,  Princess  Alice,  391 
Stocks,  Ten-week,  288 
St.  George,  Royal  Society  of,  321 
Stork,  a  young,  25 
Sulphate  of  copper,  spraying  Potatoes 
■with,  502 
Sundriesmen,  horticultural,  and  the 
Holland  House  show,  537 
Sunflowers  and  malaria,  541 
Superphosphates,  379,  403 
Sutton’s,  a  party  visit  to,  98  ;  new 
plant  houses,  145 
Swallows  re-appear,  275 
Swanley  Horticultural  College,  283 
Sweet  Corn,  notes  on,  70 
Sweet  Peas,  146,  207 
Switzerland,  plant  protection  in,  453 
Tapton  Court,  Sheffield,  340 
Tasmania,  Cactus  Dahlias  in,  483 ;  its 
springtime,  71 
Temple  Flower  Show,  470  ;  certificates 
and  awards  of  merit,  479  ;  floral 
groups  (hardy  flowers)  &c  ,472  ;  fruits 
and  vegetables,  477  ;  list  of  medal 
awards,  478 ;  miscellaneous  (plant 
groups),  477  ;  Orchids,  470  ;  Rose.=, 
476  ;  trees  and  shrubs,  476 
Temple,  Sir  William,  267 
Tennis  court,  maiking  out  a,  305 
Thames  Conservancy,  the,  ^75 
Thingwall,  a  memory  of,  182 
Thinking,  25 
Thomson,  W.  H.,  coming  of  age  of,  302 
Thrush,  the  Missel,  402 
'Thunderstorm,  a  London  winter,  29 ; 
London,  495 
'Thymes  for  rockeries,  336 
Tigridias.  317 
Timber  crop,  the  value  of  a,  307 
Tomato  plants,  caterpillar  destroying, 
34;  the  Tree,  406  ;  with  tissue  dir 
coloured,  625 
Tomatoes,  cow  aud  horse  manure  for_ 
525;  outdoor,  510;  proportions  of 
kainit  and  ba‘'ic  slag  for,  86  ;  syring¬ 
ing  when  flower,  525  ;  thinning,  to 
increase  size,  523  ;  varieties  of,  70; 
with  leaves  curled  (“Sleeping’’ 
disease),  502 
Trade  notes— Barr’s  Hardy  Plant  Cata¬ 
logue,  200;  Bar.’s  Seed  Guide,  61  i 
Alfred  Chandler,  415  ;  John  Forbe.«, 
172;  A.  Le  Gwillim,  172;  Peter 
Henderson  aud  Co.,  172  ;  H.  J.  Jones, 
172  ;  Kelway  and  Sou,  172  ;  John  K. 
King  and  Sons,  108  ;  Pattisson  Lawn 
Boots,  193  ;  J.  Peed  and  Son,  200 ; 
Redlands  Nursery  Co.,  193 ;  Ant. 
Roozen  and  Son,  172  ;  Shanks’  Lawn 
Mowers,  210  ;  Ware’s  new  Catalogue, 
64 ;  Ware’s  Plant  Catalogue,  210 ; 
Webb  and  .Sons,  172— Begonia  special, 
ists  (B.  R.  Davis  and  Son),  260  ; 
Bitter-oil  Insecticide,  459  ;  native 
guano,  260;  “Nicoticide”  vapouriser, 
543  ;  recent  catilogues,  172  ; 
season,  a  w’et  and  sunless,  and  the 
seed  crop,  64 ;  sprayer,  the  Tala, 
561 ;  sprayers  for  garden  purposes, 
283  ;  syringe.  West’s  patent  spray,  513 
Transvaal,  gardening  in  the,  232 
Tree,  a  history,  348 
Trees,  affect  soil  temperature,  115 ; 
average  age  of,  115;  big,  in  California, 
65 ;  distance  apart  for,  288 ;  for 
London,  153;  historic  Oak,  63;  in 
London’s  new  streets,  452  ;  Ivy-clad, 
557  ;  knots  on,  as  pseudomorphs,  196 
Trees  and  shrubs,  new,  376;  orna¬ 
mental,  197,  216,  253,  287 
Tulip,  English  floriats’,  399 
Tulips,  a  hint  for  forcing,  233  ;  early- 
single,  337  ;  flowering  close  to  the  soil, 
130  ;  in  Lincolnshire,  430 
Turnip,  culture,  537  ;  the  old-fashioned^ 
155 
Turnips,  finger  and  toe  i.-i,  450  ;  vaiietie.s 
of,  53 
Vegetable  (see  kitchen  garden)  notes, 
5,  536  ;  seed  order,  the,  53,  70 
Vegetables,  food  requirements  of,  133 ; 
Irish,  for  the  English  market,  166 ; 
kainit  for,  260 
Veitch  Memorial  Fund,  122 
Vine,  Gros  Maroc  not  showing  fruit, 
348  ;  manure,  Thomson’s,  502 ;  the 
(leading  article\  396 ;  shoots  and 
leaves  for  opinion,  393 
Vines,  about  thirty  years  old,  cutting 
down,  108  ;  cut  back.  247  ;  from  eyes, 
247  ;  disbudding,  241  ;  early  forced, 
59  ;  eyes  and  cut  backs,  119  ;  outdoor, 
74  ;  scorched,  437  ;  six  varieties  of 
Grape,  to  supply  from  Sept,  to  Xmas, 
108 
Viola  cucullata,  357 
Violet  frames  in  an  American  nursery, 
450  ;  notes  from  Bristol,  112 
Violet,  a  bank  of,  354  ;  manure  for,  86 
Vitality,  persistent,  49 
Walks  and  promenades,  58;  construc¬ 
tion  of,  233;  drives  and  rides,  233  ; 
the  sward  pathway,  233 
Wallflower.i  at  Chester,  427 
Water  Lily,  the  Blue,  457 
IV’ater  Lilies,  depth  of  water  for  the 
growth  of,  86  ;  planting  hardy,  540 
Water  plant  going  rotten,  131 
Watson,  George  C.,  a  Scotch  American, 
363 
Weather,  April,  in  mid-Sussex,  363  ; 
at  Abbots  Leigh,  Sussex,  51,  123.  203, 
3-20  ,  407  ,  524  ;— December,  at  Belvoir 
Castle,  1902,  51,  87  ;  January,  140  ; 
February,  251 ;  March,  320 ;  April, 
407  ;  May,  524  ;— Chiswick,  London 
(see  meteorological  observations  at) ; 
at  Hamilton,  N.B.,  87,  97,  123,  166, 
1^7,  239,  251,  275,  320,  341,  363,  407, 
430,  46’,  557  ;  of  1902,  the  (H.  H.  Hard¬ 
ing),  67;  foiecasts,  daily,  during 
harvest.  467  ;  in  Lanarkshire,  51 ;  in 
the  neighbourhood  of  Inverness,  123  ; 
in  the  north,  7,  51,  87,  96,  123,  140, 
166, 192,  -203,  239,  275,  297,  3-20,  341,  363, 
407 ;  notes,  Scottish,  140  ;  Temple 
House  Gardens,  Bucks,  140,  204,  320, 
407,  524  ;  the,  204  ;  the  (R.V.).  271; 
the  cold,  341 
Weathers,  Mr.  J.,  209 
Webster,  Mr.  A.  D, ,  251 
Weeds  on  greens,  objectionable,  58 
Week,  a  wet,  430 
Weevil,  the  red-legged,  85 
IVelwitschia,  Dr.,  and  W.  mirabili.i, 
38 
Wheat  after  Sainfoin,  unsatisfactory, 
21-2 
Whittinghame,  Haddingtonshire,  33 
Williams  and  Son,  B.  S.,  267 
Williams’  Memorial  Trust,  250 
Willow,  Napoleon’s,  429;  propagation. 
131 
Willows,  Weeping,  in  the  I’nited 
States,  340 
Wilson.  John  H.,  D.Sc.,  F.R.S.  E  ,  159, 
137 
Windsor,  the  long  walk  at,  512 
Wines,  Italian,  428 
Winter  moth,  the,  276  ;  caterpillar, 
destruction  of  the,  298,  333 
Wisley  estate,  the,  334 
Wokefield  Park,  Mortimer,  161 
Women  as  gardeners,  463 ;  field  work 
for,  144  ;  in  market  gardening,  10 
Woodlands  menaced,  362 
Work  for  the  week  (see  also  kitchen 
garden,  fruit  forcing,  hardy  fruit, 
vegetable  notes.  Orchids),  19,  41,  63, 
85,  1-29,  150,  171,  191,  240,  259,  232,  303, 
■  326,  347,  391,  413,  4'33.  501,  543 
Worms  casting  u))  on  gravel,  193 
Worth  Park,  Sussex,  120 
Vucca  acutifolia,  324;  gloriosa,  at 
Bridge  Hill,  Canterbury,  514 
Y  UCC33,  433 
Zone,  the  tropical,  3-29 
Zygopetalum  crinitum  cwruleum,  197 
