December  27,  1900. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
Ill, 
Adages,  those  wretched,  33 
Adam’s  N  edle,  487 
Adiantums— cuneatum  for  cutting,  116  ; 
Pacotti,  140  ;  cuneatum  culture,  660, 
574;  unsatisfactory,  584  ;  for  shaded 
houses,  584 
.-Eschynanthus  splendidus,  212 
Agapanthus  umbellatus,  124 
Aids  to  profitable  culture,  486,  581 
Aldenham  House,  558 
Allington— fruit  and  shrubs  at,  662 
Allotments  at  Highgate,  61 
Aloysia  citriodora,  propagating,  344,  585 
Alpine  gardens,  294 
Alstromerias,  297 
Ammoniacal  liquor  as  a  manure,  242, 
351 
Anemones— polyanthes,  259  ;  in  pots, 
500  ;  ranunculoides,  553 
Angraecnm  sesquipedale,  393 
Annuals— for  spring,  140  ;  hardy,  au¬ 
tumn  sowing,  148,  424 
Anomatheca  cruenia,  161 
A  note  on  an  original  show,  240 
Anthurium  Scherzerianum,  187 
Ants  in  the  orchard,  36 
Aphis,  the  passing  of  the,  181,  223 
Apples  —  Mr.  Pearson’s  election,  11  ; 
eaten  by  insects,  22 ;  and  other 
fruits,  33 ;  Early  Strawberry,  104, 
129  ;  in  barrels,  120  ;  American,  133  ; 
Margaret,  140  ;  trees  from  pips  losing 
their  leaves,  164  ;  Cissy,  175  ;  colour¬ 
ation  of,  201  ;  late,  201 ;  storing,  205  ; 
Goodwood  Pippin,  234  ;  Lady  Sudeley, 
272,  291 ;  St.  Everard,  264  ;  select  early, 
273 ;  Lord  Sufifield  leaves  spotted  and 
patched,  302  ;  Bismarck,  321 ;  Stirling 
Castle,  313  ;  Charley’s  Kernel,  310  ; 
for  standards,  344  ;  Rival,  351 ;  mag¬ 
got  eaten,  388 ;  early,  394 ;  Cox’s 
Orange  Pippin,  soil  for,  410 ;  viewed 
from  various  points,  413, 443, 466  ;  from 
India,  454  ;  bush,  463  ;  competition 
at  Reading,  466  ;  for  profit,  600  ;  des¬ 
sert,  613  ;  disqualifying,  523  ;  grading, 
613  ;  naming  from  ■  description,  622  ; 
plethora  of  varieties,  672;  root  prun¬ 
ing,  685 
Ardencote,  607 
Armies  as  plant  distributors,  226 
Arsenic  in  farm  and  garden  crops,  677 
Artemisia  tridentata,  491 
Arum  Lilies,  treatment  of,  140 
Asparagus— noteworthy,  11 ;  rust  on, 
68 ;  plumosus  nanus,  propagating, 326  ; 
mulching  beds  with  manure.  377,  399, 
454;  fungus  in,  421  :  attention  to,  616  ; 
growing,  640 
Asphalt  paths,  432 
Asphodel  and  Sundew,  105 
INDEX. 
Aspidistras,  dividing,  139 
Aster  diplostephioides,  497 
Astragaluses,  83 
Astrantias,  83 
Atragene  alpina,  83 
Aubrietia  Leichtlini  and  Iris  pumila 
bicolor,  287 
Auricula,  a  farewell  to  the,  129 
Australian  plants,  432 
Automobiles  and  fruit  transit,  377 
Autumn— the  tints  and  tones  of,  308 ; 
and  its  work,  350 
Azaleas,  thrips  on,  116 ;  some  good 
352 
Babianas- a  note  on,  241 ;  rubro-cyanea, 
241 
Bamboos,  flowering  of,  9 
Bananas— the  sustaining  power  of,  133 ; 
in  Fiji,  308 
Barford  Hill,  264 
Barley  straw  deterioration,  344 
Basic  slag— how  it  is  obtained,  61 ;  on 
clay  soils,  226 
Beans— and  Mint,  rust  on,  116  ;  French 
and  Scarlet  Runners,  preserving,  187  ; 
French,  after  Tomatoes,  163,  234  ;  in 
frames,  517 
Bedding— spring,  preparing  for,  126 ; 
spring,  356 
Bees— early  crop  of  honey.  21 ;  leaving 
supers  on  in  winter,  21  ;  introducing 
queen  cells,  67  ;  shading  and  ventila¬ 
tion,  91  ;  removing  supers,  116  ;  the 
Porter  bee  escape,  115  ;  liabilities  of 
bee-keepers,  127  ;  introducing  queens, 
139  ;  carbolic  cloths,  163  ;  queenless 
stock,  163 ;  removing  surplus  cham¬ 
bers,  163 ;  robbing,  163 ;  the  end  of 
the  season,  163  ;  drones  still  in  hives, 
187  ;  surplus  queens,  187  ;  driving, 
211 ;  queenless  skeps,  211 ;  honey  har¬ 
vest,  226  ;  use  of  driven  bees,  233  ; 
feeding,  267  ;  reducing  entrances,  301 ; 
storing  combs,  301 ;  packing  hives  for 
winter,  343 ;  winter  passages,  343 ; 
work  in  the  apiary,  67  ;  review  of  the 
past  season,  388  ;  preparing  for  spring, 
409  ;  bee-keeping  for  beginners,  477  ; 
requisites  for  bee-keepers,  622;  pro¬ 
tection  for,  667 
Beet,  large  and  coarse,  668 
Begonias — tuberous  rooted,  68  ;  leaves 
diseased,  280 ;  Gloire  de  Lorraine,  pa¬ 
rentage  of,  344  ;  wintering  tuberous 
Begonias — continued. 
rooted,  388 ;  corallina,  466 ;  in  beds, 
467  ;  winter  flowering,  638  ;  Winter 
Gem,  551 
Biennials— Canterbury  Bells,  64  ;  Fox¬ 
gloves,  64  ;  Hollyhocks,  54  ;  Sweet 
Williams,  64  ;  transplanting,  324 
Bignonia  radicans,  302 
Birch  trees,  diseased,  in  Epping  Forest, 
404 
Birds— mischievous,  201 ;  and  fruit,  377 
Blackberries,  226 ;  all  the  year  round, 
359  ;  American,  388 
Blandfordias — notes  on,  276  ;  princeps, 
276 . 
Blood  for  Vine  borders,  684 
Blue  Pea,  the,  212 
Boiler  setting,  mortar  for,  600 
Botanical — nomenclature,  144  ;  speci¬ 
mens,  preparing,  396 
Botany  and  Indian  forest  officers,  289 
Bottles,  glass  stoppered,  188 
Bowling  green,  renovating,  68 
Box  edgings,  planting,  22 
Boys,  school,  as  professional  gardeners, 
247 
Brambles,  226 ;  the  Parsley-leaved,  223 
Brassias— notes  on,  3  ;  brachiata,  3 
Brodieeas— ixioides,  188  ;  laxa,  205 
Buddleia  variabilis,  294 
Buildings  at  Chiswick,  289 
Bulbs — for  early  forcing,  119  ;  in  pots, 
261 ;  spring  flowering,  340  ;  diamond¬ 
shaped  bed  for,  432  ;  retarded,  421 ; 
the  seeding  of,  467  :  hints  on  forcing, 
671 
Burlingtonias,  3 
Bute,  Marquis  of,  death  of,  333 
Buttercup,  Bermuda,  the,  661 
Buxton  Gardens,  378 
Cabbages— fly  maggots,  destroying,  68 ; 
Cannell’s  Defiance,  272 
Cacti — a  note  on,  250;  at  the  Royal 
Aquarium,  268 
Calanthes,  deciduous,  treatment  of,  605 
Calceolarias  —  herbaceous,  100 ;  am- 
plexicaulis,.  116 
Cambridge  Botanic  Garden,  36,  66 
Camellia  buds  falling,  600 
Cant,  Mr.  B.  R.,  death  of,  56 ;  the  late, 
86.  267 
Carbonic  acid  gas  as  a  fertiliser,  331, 
355,  496 
Cardiff  Castle,  pot  Vines  at,  171 ;  notes 
about,  224 
Carnations— from  seed,  2  ;  layering  Mal- 
maison,  60,  140 ;  at  Chelsea,  106 ; 
notes  on,  106 ;  and  Picotees,  107  ; 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Lawson,  133,  201 ;  Mai- 
maison  for  large  blooms,  140  ;  Parkin¬ 
son’s  connection  with,  204  ;  “spot" 
in,  213  ;  Clove,  294 ;  pink,  302  ;  Mar¬ 
guerite,  359 ;  Winter  Cheer,  diseased, 
455  ;  pests  on,  478  ;  in  pots,  491  ;  book 
on,  667 
Catalpa  bignonioides,  225 
Caterpillars,  lonely  winter,  654 
Cattleyas— F.  W.  Wigan,  121 ;  Eldo¬ 
rado,  239 ;  Gaskel liana,  239  ;  guttata, 
263  ;  Eldorado  Wallisi,  349  ;  H.  S. 
Leon,  483  ;  Dowiana  Rosita,  673 
Cauliflowers  —  early,  19,  228,  273 ; 
autumn,  310 
Celery — earthing,  170,  204  ;  maggot  in 
leaves,  187  ;  decayed,  478 
Cestrum  aurantiacum,  310 
Celmesia  Munroi,  294 
Charlock  spraying  at  Aspatria,  133 
Cherries  —  and  microbes,  61 ;  from 
France,  65 ;  and  Plums  in  pots,  113, 
650,  675 
Cherry  house,  the,  115,  323,  499,  666 
Chestnut  plantations,  61 
Chilwell  Nursery,  Lowdham,  31 
Chinese— gardens,  166  ;  feasts  of  flowers, 
176 
Chiswick  Garden,  the  future  of,  151 
Chorizema  cordatum  splendens,  425 
Chrysanthemums  —  taking  buds,  139  • 
seedlings  and  sports,  196,  227  ;  yellow 
thrips  on,  213  ;  early  flowering,  227, 
266;  feeding,  248,  266;  housing,  248; 
odd  notes,  248  ;  in  Ireland,  266 ;  pack¬ 
ing  for  market,  281 ;  enemies,  295 ; 
housing  and  after  treatment,  295  ; 
N.C.S.  shows  in  1901,  290 ;  October 
flowering,  296;  parasitic  and  insect 
pests,  311 ;  seasonable  notes,  311  ; 
forthcoming  shows,  295,  311,  339,  362, 
381,  400  ;  odd  notes  on  varieties,  339  ; 
Royal  Aquarium  (N.C.S.)  show,  339 ; 
early  flowering,  at  the  Royal  Aqua¬ 
rium,  363 ;  exhibition,  at  the  Royal 
Aquarium,  362;  for  January,  366  ; 
incurved,  363 ;  Lemon  Queen,  362 ; 
early  flowering,  381 ;  in  the  London 
parks,  381 ;  Victoria  Park,  381 ;  show 
varieties  in  October,  381  ;  N.C.S. 
Floral  Committee,  400  ;  Lily  Mount- 
ford,  400,  422 ;  old,  400  ;  damping, 
400;  bush,  402;  Warren  House,  402; 
Florence  Molyneux,  403 ;  single,  403 ; 
Battersea  Park,  424 ;  Southwark 
Park,  424  ;  specimen  plants,  422  ;  J.  R. 
Upton,  422 ;  in  South  Wales  and  dis. 
trict,  422 ;  C.  J.  Salter,  440  ;  comments 
