IV. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER 
December  27,  1900. 
Chry.SANTHEMUMS— con«ireue(f. 
on  the  N.C.S.  Show,  441,  492  ;  Edwin 
Molyneux,  441  ;  Lord  Ludlow,  440 ; 
N.C.S.  Floral  Committee,  440,  461 ; 
overfed,  440 ;  Royal  Exotic  Nursery, 
Chelsea,  442  ;  Stanstead  Park  Nur¬ 
sery,  442;  wanted,  dark-coloured,  440  ; 
Abbey  Park,  Leicester,  461 ;  bush  or 
decorative,  401,508,628  ;  dark  coloured, 
461  ;  Japanese  and  incurved,  select, 
478  ;  overfed,  461,  492  ;  reflexed,  461  ; 
Weston  Il.all,  Otley,  461 ;  a  handsome 
quartette,  492  ;  Finsbury  Park,  494  ; 
Waterlow  Park,  495  ;  W.  R.  Church, 
493  ;  Ryecroft  Nursery,  494  ;  notes 
on  varieties,  491;  round  Bradford, 
494  ;  N.C.S.  annual  dinner,  509 ;  pro¬ 
pagating,  508 ;  the  rust,  609,  665  ; 
December  varieties,  528  ;  N.C.S. 
classification  committee,  628 ;  notes 
on  the  past  season,  628  ;  Robert  Owen, 
544  ;  boxes,  565  ;  Chatsworth,  565  ; 
good  late  varieties,  565  ;  Mr.  G.  Car¬ 
penter,  565  ;  Pink  Madame  Cam  t, 
565  :  staging  cut  blooms,  581 
Chrysanthemum  shows — Croydon,  403; 
Battersea,  429;  Kent  County,  429; 
Penarth,  428 ;  Portsmouth,  428 ; 
N.C.S.  Royal  Aquarium,  426 ;  Al¬ 
trincham,  451 ;  Birmingham,  448  ; 
Bournemouth,  449 ;  Brighton,  446  ; 
Bromley,  4‘t9  ;  Cambridge,  449  ;  Car¬ 
diff,  450  ;  Coventry,  446 ;  Eccles,  451  ; 
Horticultural  (Royal)  Society  of  Ire¬ 
land,  447  ;  Kingston,  446  ;  Leeds,  452  ; 
Putney,  450  ;  Sheffield,  451  ;  South¬ 
ampton,  447  ;  Weybridge,  450  ;  Wind¬ 
sor,  451 ;  Bishop’s  Stortford,  470  ; 
Bolton,  476  ;  Bradford,  470  ;  Chester, 
471  ;  Edinburgh,  475  ;  Hull,  471  ; 
Liverpool,  473  ;  Maidenhead,  470  ; 
Rugby,  473 ;  Solihull,  473  ;  Sutton 
Coldfield,  473  ;  Tamworth,  474  ;  Win¬ 
chester,  471 ;  York,  474  ;  Birkenhead, 
497  ;  Leamington  and  Warwick,  497  ; 
N.C.S.  late  show,  610 
Cider  making,  wholesale,  467 
Cladosporium  disease  in  Tomatoes, 
410 
Clay — burning.  212  ;  basic  slag  on» 
226 
Clematis — the,  8 ;  for  arbours,  180  ; 
grata,  436 
Clerodendrons— notes  on,  134  ;  Thom- 
sonoe,  135 
Clianthus  Dampieri,  205 
Climbers  for  house  walls,  324 
Coal  ashes  for  Tomatoes.  223 
Cobcea  scandens  buds  not  expanding. 
600 
Cocoa  in  the  Philippines,  267 
Codonopsis  clematidea,  206 
Coelogyne  cristata  —  leaves  browned, 
499 ;  culture  of,  573 
Coir,  310 
Colax  jugosus,  140 
Coleus  Verschaflfelti,  propagating, 
212 
Combretums  not  flowering,  667 
Coniferse,  176.  264,  460;  Manual  on, 
530 
Convolvulus  cneorum,  616 
Cordylines,  treatment  of,  453 
Correas,  463  ;  cardinalis,  452 
Cork— whence  it  comes,  133 
Cowper,  the  poet,  as  a  gardener,  143, 
201 ;  a  favourite  haunt  of,  145 
Crabs,  Siberian,  310 
Crotons— Prince  of  Wales,  105;  War- 
reni,  106 
Crowley,  Mr.  Philip,  639;  death  of, 
682  ’ 
Crystal  Palace,  the,  71,  73 ;  great  fruit 
show,  312 
Cucumbers— seasonable  notes  on,  66, 
116,  162,  211,  801,  343,  366,  477,  499  ; 
diseased.  280 ;  Cardiff  Castle,  84  ; 
roots  diseased,  164 ;  and  Melons,  pit 
for  growing,  234 
Currants— Black,  buds  not  opening,  280  ; 
and  Gooseberries  as  standards,  425  ; 
Black,  pruning,  600  ;  Black,  bud  mite 
in,  663,  568 ;  and  Gooseberries,  prun¬ 
ing,  683 
“  Cut  Flowers  and  Have  Flowers,” 
227 
Cuthbertson,  W.,  and  Dean,  R.  Messrs., 
75 
Cyclamens— grubs  in,  479  ;  persicum, 
495  ;  liquid  manure  for,  522 
Cynorchis  purpurascens,  527 
Cypripedinms— Sander-superbiens,  149 ; 
Stonei,  217  ;  Cyris,  263  ;  Spicerianum, 
349 ;  Vidor,  393  ;  Dora  Crawshaw, 
437  ;  a  record  group  of,  437  ;  Parishi, 
483 ;  Priam,  605  ;  James  Bucking¬ 
ham,  527 
Daffodils— iu  pots,  288,  306 ;  a  chat  on— 
a  historical  sketch  by  Peter  Barr, 
V.M.H.,  396,  416 
Dahlias— Cactus,  240 ;  Crystal  Palace 
Show  of,  262  ;  Cactus,  at  the  Crystal 
Palace,  269 ;  centenary  of,  267  ;  at  the 
Royal  Aquarium,  297  ;  Cactus,  the 
best  dozen,  328,  355,  421 
Dangerous  knowledge.  676 
Daphne  Blagayana  538 
Datura  Stramonium,  499 
Death’s  Head  moth,  212 ;  pupm  of, 
324 
De  la  Devansaye,  Mens.,  death  of, 
534 
Dendrobiums- imported,  22  ;  Pierardi, 
122  ;  phalmnopsis,  193  ;  Leeanum, 
627 
Dendromecon  rigidum,  136 
Denmark  and  the  rural  exodus,  631 
Deutzias  in  winter,  389 
Digging,  a  bishop  on,  156 
Disa  lacera,  239 
Dodds,  Mr,  Wm.,  death  of,  221 
Domain,  young  gardeners’ — the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society’s  examinations, 
364,  498,  567;  a  little  sermon,  403; 
Ferns  in  cottage  windows,  520 ;  Iris 
fimbriata,  520  ;  Broccoli,  584 
Domestic  floriculture,  199 
Douglas,  Mr.  J. ,  of  York,  death  of, 
611 
Dunardagh,  co.  Dublin,  136 
Durian,  the,  36 
Eckford,  Mr.  Henry,  77 
Edgings,  walk,  147 
Elements  of  plants,  657 
Epacris,  a  word  for,  661 
Epidendrum  sceptrum,  373 
Ermine  moths,  small,  the,  243 
Erythrinas,  culture  of,  268 
Escrick  Park,  178 
Euphorbias— splendens,  268  ;  jacquinise- 
flora,  367 
Eyesores  of  the  garden  in  winter,  627 
Fairy  rings  on  lawn,  164 
Farm— wool  for  clothing,  23 ;  Essex 
farmers  in  Denmark,  24 ;  more  expe¬ 
riments,  24 ;  sugar  Beet,  24  ;  women 
farmers,  24  ;  making  the  best  of  it,  69  ; 
the  American  Wheat  crop,  70  ;  soldiers 
in  the  harvest  field,  70  ;  the  irrepres¬ 
sible  Charlock,  70  ;  the  Russian  har¬ 
vest,  70;  systematic  drugging  of  food, 
93 ;  Association  of  British  and  Irish 
millers,  94 ;  preventing  the  Turnip 
fly,  94 ;  destruction  of  locusts,  94 ; 
harvest  difficulties,  94  ;  the  Agricul¬ 
tural  Holdings  Bill,  94  ;  how  farmers 
are  trained  elsewhere,  117 ;  import 
your  farm  labourers,  118  ;  increase  in 
creameries,  118  ;  bean  and  pea  meals 
as  cattle  food,  118 ;  butter  making, 
118  ;  women  gather  the  harvest,  118  ; 
harvesters,  118  ;  exhaustiveness  of 
milk  production,  141  ;  useless  cows, 
141 ;  watering  places,  142  ;  English 
cultivation,  142 ;  Ayrshire  Potato 
Farm — continued. 
crop,  142  ;  Oat  smut,  142  ;  long  rows 
save  labour,  142  ;  a  tight  corner,  165  ; 
the  outlook,  is  it  good?  189  ;  harvest¬ 
ing  by  moonlight,  190  ;  a  coming  in¬ 
secticide,  190 ;  foot  and  mouth  disease 
in  Wales,  190  ;  crops  destroyed  by 
fire,  190  ;  Kentish  Hop  prospects, 
192  ;  the  Paris  exhibition,  214  ;  the 
wages  question,  236;  the  pestilence 
that  walketh  in  darkness,  260  ;  agri¬ 
cultural  improvement,  282  ;  old  books, 
303  ;  forced  farming  and  forced  sales, 
326  ;  excessive  infant  mortality,  345 ; 
does  Barley  straw  deteriorate  ?  34  f ; 
French  Beans  for  horses,  344  ;  old  v. 
new  hay,  344  ;  profitable  courses,  367  ; 
the  autumn  and  winter  dairy,  389 ; 
farmer’s  independence,  412;  agricul¬ 
tural  returns,  412 ;  one  of  the  great 
dead  and  his  life  work  (Sir  J.  Bennet 
Lawes),  433,  480  ;  electricity  in  agricul¬ 
ture,  456  ;  flies  injurious  to  stock, 
456 ;  farming  without  capital,  501  ; 
Webb’s  root  competition,  502  ;  the 
winter  egg,  524  ;  the  labour  question 
again,  546  ;  winter  rations  for  stock, 
569  ;  looking  back,  585  :  work  on  the 
home  farm,  24,  70,  94,  118,  142,  166, 
190,  214,  236,  260,  282,  304,  326,  346, 
368,  38',  412,  434,  356,  480,  502,  524, 
546,  570,  586 
Fenn,  Mr.  Robert,  31,  177 :  accident 
to,  9 
Ferns  —  in  cottage  windows,  520 ; 
Maidenhair,  culture  of,  560,  674 
Fertility  of  the  garden,  123 
Fieldsia  australis,  294 
Figs — cracking,  22  ;  seasonable  notes 
on,  58,  130,  220,  384,  437,  520,  561  ;  top¬ 
dressing  for,  478 
Flora  of  Ohio,  226 
Floral  photography,  145 
Floriculture — domestic  (Kingston  Gar¬ 
dens),  199  ;  of  the  ancients,  444 
Flowers— July,  61  ;  hardy,  83,  131  ; 
and  foliage  at  Kew,  105  ;  sweet 
scented,  133  ;  farming  in  United 
States,  199 ;  hardy,  disqualifying 
stand  of,  212 ;  London’s  wild,  250 ; 
hardy  at  St.  Catherine’s,  Dumfries, 
271 ;  and  berries,  310  ;  as  food,  332  ; 
at  the  Royal  Aquarium,  355  ;  hardy, 
in  October,  373  ;  wild,  of  old  English 
gardens,  391,  606  ;  florists’,  seasonable 
hints  on,  416 ;  hardy,  in  November, 
485  ;  on  tombs,  516  ;  as  mental  healers, 
632 
Fly  Agaric,  the,  and  the  Puff-ball, 
380 
Foods  of  plants,  457 
Forestry  in  Sweden,  380 
Fossil  water  plant  found,  56 
Fragaria  indica,  338 
Freesias— culture  of,  196  ;  refracta  alba, 
197 
Fruit— forcing,  21.  66,  91,  115,  138,  162, 
186,  211,  232,  258,  279,  301,  323,  343, 
366,  387,  409,  431,  454,  477,  499, *521,  544, 
566,  583 
Fruits  —  from  the  Cape,  9  ;  in  South 
Africa,  36,  84  ;  in  the  land  of,  48  ; 
tasters,  57  ;  a  glut  of  Jjush,  80  ; 
American  Apple  and  Peach  crop,  80  ; 
the  canning  industry,  105  ;  and  prices, 
157  ;  stopping  trees,  168  ;  in  Mon¬ 
mouthshire  and  South  Wales,  174, 
195,  218  ;  popularity  of,  198  ;  in  Cey¬ 
lon,  200 ;  for  centre  of  span-roof 
Peach  house,  213 ;  Crystal  Palace 
Show,  223,  312  ;  gathering  and  storing, 
220,  360 ;  scraping  the  bark  of,  226 ; 
early  root  pruning,  241 ;  market¬ 
ing,  244  ;  in  Kent,  272  ;  renovating 
trees,  262  ;  at  Downside,  286 ;  grow¬ 
ing  for  profit,  298 ;  the  orchards  of 
the  west,  290 ;  white  root  rot,  289 ; 
shows  of  British  grown  fruit  at  the 
Crystal  Palace,  312  ;  preserving,  309, 
355  ;  colouring,  335  ;  dried,  342  ;  mois¬ 
ture  for  trees,  350 ;  mulching  newly 
planted,  359  ;  prices  of,  355  ;  the  Sher¬ 
wood  cup  for,  333,  355  ;  automobiles 
for  the  carriage  of,  377  ;  birds  and 
Fruits — continued. 
fruit,  377  ;  preparations  for  planting, 
385  ;  quality  in,  383,  -399  ;  in  Somerset, 
397  ;  colour  in,  399  ;  phanting,  408  ; 
wall  trees,  453 ;  common  mistakes  in 
fruit  culture,  463  ;  imported,  466  ; 
pruning,  458  ;  distances  for  planting, 
482 ;  the  care  of  roots,  506  ;  cordon 
trees  643  ;  late  dessert,  539  ;  new,  533  ; 
next  season’s  crop,  538  ;  planting,  529; 
winter  cleansing,  540  ;  at  Allington, 
562  ;  the  promise,  561 ;  pruning  wall 
trees,  583  ;  bushes,  583 
Fruits— hardy  fruit  garden,  20,  65,  114, 
162,  210,  257,  301,  365,  408,  453,  498, 
543,  583 
Fuchsias— Riccartoni,  345  ;  triphylla 
hybrida,  491  ;  on  rafters,  633 ; 
Dominiana,  561 
Galtonia  candicans,  417 
Gardeners,  the,  404  ;  the  duties  of,  514, 
581 
Gardens— my,  20  ;  in  Nature’s  garden, 
36  ;  wild,  a,  61 ;  railway  station,  380  ; 
refuse,  442 ;  of  the  ancients,  490 ;  in 
autumn  and  winter.  484  ;  other 
people’s,  632 
Gardening — in  the  Polar  regions,  19  ;  the 
literature  of,  95  ;  under  difficulties, 
80  ;  fancies,  167  ;  as  a  diversion,  267  ; 
in  Africa,  359 ;  in  Western  Canada, 
352 ;  spring,  553 
Garrya  elliptica,  57 
Gas  lime,  205  ;  and  soil  for  grass  land, 
522 
Gas  liquor,  ammoniacal,  as  a  manure, 
242,  351 
Gater,  Mr.  W.  A.,  death  of,  382 
Genista  capitata,  68 
‘‘  Geranium,”  the,  in  a  new  light,  250 
Gladiolus  Colvillei,  249 
Glass  houses,  heating  and  ventilating, 
518 
Gloriosa  superba,  258 
Gloxinias— eaten  by  rats,  201  ;  from 
leaves,  212 
Gooseberries— growing  prize,  180  ;  as 
standards,  415  ;  Red  Warrington,  491 ; 
cordon,  643  ;  and  Currants,  pruning, 
583 
Gooseberry  Gourd,  the,  92 
Gordon,  Mr.  G.,  jun.,  death  of,  10 
Gossip,  648 
Grafting,  on,  169 
Grapes— colouring  Muscat  of  Alexan¬ 
dria,  47  ;  spotted,  92 ;  Duke  of  Buc- 
cleuch  cracking,  116  ;  Spanish,  133  ; 
packing,  140 ;  malady  of,  164 ;  twin 
bunch  of,  164 ;  late,  202  ;  shanking, 
205  ;  Alnwick  Seedling,  219  ;  book  on 
Grape  culture,  235 ;  saving  from 
wasps,  235 ;  keeping  in  autumn.  270  ; 
Foster’s  Seedling,  small,  325 ;  Muscat, 
324  ;  Black  Morocco,  336  ;  Black  Ham¬ 
burgh,  shrivelling,  367  ;  hardy,  499  ; 
late,  481,  581 ;  new,  513,  639 ;  for 
market— yield  per  acre,  644 
Grasses  worth  growing,  616 
Greenhouse,  a  lady  amateur’s,  154  ;  in 
winter,  406,  425 
Grevillea  robusta,  498 
Groups  of  plants  for  effect,  335 
Grove  Hall,  Notts.,  332 
Growth,  rhythmic,  409 
Grubs  in  soil,  302,  432 
Habenarias  —  Susannse,  239  ;  carnea, 
605 
Hfemanthus,  187 
Hamwood,  468 
Hanged  Man,  the,  272,  335 
Harper,  Mr.  John,  the  late,  418 
