VI. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
December  27,  1900, 
Pears — continued. 
Ernest,  640,  561 ;  Nouvelle  Fulvie, 
641  ;  Fondante  d’Aucomne,  662  ; 
Doyenne  du  Comice,  557  ;  pruning, 
567  ;  root  pruning,  585 
Peat,  anything  from,  491 
Pelargoniums— Zonal,  136  ;  cuttings, 
325  ;  leaves  spotted,  567 
Peristeria  elata,  329 
Peronospora  in  Greece,  36 
Persimmons,  644 
Petunias— culture  of,  154  ;  single,  169 
Phalffinopsis  violacea,  349 
Phloxes,  herbaceous,  116 
Photography,  floral,  145 
Phytolacca  electrica,  610 
Pictorial  practical  gardening,  110 
Pimeleas,  culture  of,  380 
Pines,  treatment  of,  258,  338,  404,  467, 
638 
Pinks,  white,  for  early  spring,  269 
Pistachio  nuts,  516 
Plagianthus  Lyalli,  156 
Planes  of  London,  the,  124, 181 
Plantain  flour  in  bowel  complaints, 
102 
Plantains  on  lawns,  188 
Planting — preparations  for,  385  ;  season 
for,  406 
Plants— importation  of,  80  ;  phosphoric 
acid  for,  134  ;  mythology,  103  ;  some 
September,  250 ;  European,  and  com¬ 
merce,  308 ;  armoured,  359 ;  white 
leaved,  360  ;  certificated  by  the 
R.H.S.  from  1859  to  1899,  374,  484, 
550  ;  Australian,  432  ;  Egyptian,  421  ; 
elements  of,  457,  557  ;  discoveries 
during  the  century,  518  ;  electric 
shock,  610  ;  for  indoor  decoration, 
664 
Platycodon  grandiflorum  semi-duplex, 
219 
Pleione  lagenaria,  188 
Plums— notes  on,  244 ;  dessert,  244  ; 
uenniston’s  Superb,  269;  packing 
choice,  272 ;  the  best,  272  ;  culinary, 
288  ;  Grand  Duke,  317  ;  late,  460  ;  in 
pots,  650,  575 
Poinsettias,  cultivation  of,  22  ;  failing, 
544 
Poplar,  fungus  under,  188 
Potatoes — growth  of,  61 ;  grub  infesting, 
67  ;  non-earthing,  68 ;  potash  for,  80  ; 
collapsing,  92 ;  early,  at  Chiswick, 
134,  247 :  spraying,  156 ;  Ashleaf 
Kidney,  181 ;  disease,  221 ;  certificat¬ 
ing,  269  ;  storing,  310  ;  from  Germany, 
380, 399  ;  in  Assam,  404  ;  and  manures, 
404 
Primroses  in  bloom,  338;  in  autumn, 
377i 
Primulas— grubs  at  roots  of,  455 ;  with 
crested  leaves,  455 
Privet  hedge,  367 
Prize  cards  at  exhibitions,  490 
Proxy  voting,  33 
Pruning,  458 
Pruning  Roses,  Vines,  and  fruit  trees, 
346 
Primus  myrobalana  and  myrobella, 
545 
Pteris  Victoria,  361 
Pynaert,  Mons.  Edward,  death  of, 
418 
Pyrethrums,  150 
Plants,  Flowers,  Fruits  and  Vege¬ 
tables  Certificated  by  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society. 
Anemone  japonica  Mont  Rosa, 
252 
Angrsecum  filicorne,  64 
Apples— St.  Everard,  262;  Rival, 
342 
Asters— the  Hon.  Edith  Gibbs,  342  ; 
the  Hon.  Vicary  Gibbs,  342 ; 
Captivation,  342 
Begonias— S.  T.  Wright,  113 ;  Mrs. 
Andrew  Tweedy,  113 
Plants,  &c.,  Certificated  —  con¬ 
tinued. 
Cabbages — Cannell’s  Defiance,  252  ; 
Dobbie’s  Selected,  Winningstadt, 
462 
Campanula  carpathica  Riverslea, 
64 
Carnations— Major  Harbord,  64  ; 
Midas,  64  ;  Bomba,  64  ;  Benbow, 
64;  America,  420;  Mrs.  T.  W- 
Lawson,  420;  Mrs.  Welbore  E. 
Ellis,  420 
Cattleyas — F.  W.  Wigan,  113  ; 
porphyrophlebla,  113 ;  Eldorado 
enfieldiensis,  154  ;  bicolor,  207  ; 
Illuminata,  207  ;  bicolor  Glebe- 
lands  variety,  252  ;  H.  S.  Leon, 
462  ;  Dowiana  Rosita,  564 
Chrysanthemums— Mrs.  J.  Williams, 
342  ;  J.  R.  Upton,  387  ;  Mrs.  F.  G. 
Smith,  jun.,  387  ;  Mrs.  Coombs, 
387  ;  Earl  of  Arran,  387 ;  Mrs.  S. 
Fryatt,  387 ;  Mrs.  Emma  Fox, 
387  ;  Chas.  Longley,  387  ;  Matthew 
■Russell,  387  ;  Master  E.  Sey¬ 
mour,  387  ;  Lily  Mountford,  387  ; 
C.  J.  Salter,  420  ;  Glorious,  420  ; 
Khaki,  420  ;  Lady  Esther,  420 ; 
Lizzie  Adcock,  420  ;  Lord  Ludlow, 
420 ;  Loveliness,  420 ;  Madame 
von  Andre,  420  ;  Matthew  Smith, 
420  ;  Miss  Florence  Southam,  420 ; 
W.  E.  Vounden,  420 ;  W.  R. 
Church,  420  ;  Major  Plumbe,  462  ; 
Miss  Jessie  Cottee,  462  ;  Mrs.  J. 
Bryant,  462 ;  Golden  Gem,  518 ; 
Jessica,  664 
Colchicum  speciosum  album,  300 
Coleus  thyrsoideus,  564 
Cupressus  Lawsoniana  pygmsea 
argentea,  342 
Cypripediums  —  Rothschildo-Law- 
renceanum,  64 ;  Vidor,  387  ; 
Dora  Crawshaw,  420;  Cobbiae, 
462  ;  Priam,  462  ;  Prospero  majus, 
618 
Dahlias— Galatea,  252  ;  Sybil,  252  ; 
Artus,  252  ;  Imperator,  252  ; 
Rosine,  252  ;  Lyric,  252  ;  J.  W. 
Wilkin-son,  252;  Galliard,  252; 
Vesta,  252  ;  Dinorah,  252  ;  Eclipse, 
252  ;  Jealousy,  252  ;  Prince  of 
Wales,  300  ;  Shamrock,  300; 
Venus,  300:  Mrs.  Jowett,  300  ; 
General  French,  300 ;  Lord  Ro¬ 
berts,  300 ;  Kathleen,  300  ;  Grac- 
chu.s,  300  ;  Doris,  300 ;  Thalia, 
300  ;  Mrs.  H.  J  Allcroft,  342 
Delphiniums  —  Blanche  Fitzmau- 
rice,  7  ;  Blue  Butterfly,  64 
Dendrobium  Leeanum  atro-purpu- 
reum,  387 
Dracaena  Offeri,  342 
Gladioli— Mrs.  Wood,  154 ;  Sir 
Evelyn  Wood,  207  ;  Jules  Tous- 
saint,  207  ;  Ocean,  207  ;  Althaea, 
262  ;  Delicata,  252 
Glycenia  spectabilis  fol.  variety, 
207 
Grape  Prince  of  Wales,  300 
Gypsophila  repens  monstrosum,  207 
Hedychium  var. ,  1 13 
Helianthus  rigidus  Mrs,  H.  G. 
Moon,  300 
Heliotropiums — Picciola,  7  ;  Doc- 
teur  Jerlise,  252 
Kniphofias— Triumph,  342  ;  Leicht- 
lini  aurea,  342 
Lselias— pumila  :^sh  Hill  variety, 
342  ;  Gottoiana  Mrs.  J.  Douglas, 
462  ;|  Mrs.  M.  Gratrix  grandis, 
564 
Plants,  &c..  Certificated  —  con¬ 
tinued. 
Laelio-Cattleyas— Henry  Greenwood 
superba,  7  ;  Wigani®,  7  ;  remula, 
113 ;  Hermione,  154  ;  elegans  J. 
Davis,  207  ;  Mrs.  Birkbeck,  462 ; 
Lucasiana,  564  ;  Cassiope  major, 
564 
Magnolia  macrophylla,  7 
Masdevallias— deorsa,  64  ;  Booking 
Hybrid,  420 
Maxillaria  scurrilis,  64 
Melons  —  Free  Chase  Scarlet,  7  ; 
Free  Chase  Favourite,  342 ; 
Royalty,  387  ;  Late  Perfection, 
420 
Nectarine  Locksley  Hall,  7 
Nepenthes  —  Sir  Wm.  Thiselton 
Dy  r,  154  ;  Chelsoni  excellens,  300 
Nerines— Purple  Prince,  342  ;  Lady 
Louisa  Longley,  420 
Nut  Early  Prolific,  252 
Nymphmas— Leydekeri  fulgens,  64  ; 
stellata  pulcherrima,  64 ;  marli- 
acea  rosea,  64  ;  sanguinea,  113  ; 
marliacea  rubro-punctaca,  113 
Odontoglossums  —  coronarium,  64  . 
Adrian®  Countess  of  Morley,  207  ; 
Maud  Rochford,  387 ;  Rolfe® 
meleagris,  518 
Pea  Edwin  Beckett,  7 
Pears— Glastonbury,  387  ;  Doyenn6 
du  Comice,  420  ;  Reurr6  du  Buis- 
son,  462;  Nouvelle  Fulvie,  618; 
Charles  Ernest,  518 ;  Olivier  des 
Serres,  664 
Pentsiemon  Strain,  113 
Phaius  oakwoodiensis,  64 
Platycodon  grandiflorum  semi¬ 
duplex,  207 
Plum  President,  342 
Polygonum  orientale,  342 
Potatoes— Beauty  of  Hebron,  164  ; 
Sharpe’s  Victor,  164  ;  Pioneer,154  ; 
Baden  Powell,  252 ;  Sir  J.  Llewel- 
wyn,  252  ;  Centenary,  252 ;  Sut¬ 
ton’s  Supreme,  252 
Raspberry  Yellow  Superlative,  64 
Roses— Souvenir  de  Catherine  Guil- 
lot,  64 ;  Mrs.  B.  R.  Cant,  300 ; 
Morning  Glow,  342 ;  Lady  Batter¬ 
sea,  387  ;  Liberty,  420 
Sophro-L®lia  Eros,  387 
Sternbergia  macrantha,  300 
Strawberry  St.  Antoine  de  Padoue, 
207 
Tacsonia  militaris,  462 
Thalictrum  Chelidoui,  154 
Veronica  Diamante,  387 
Zygocolax  Veitchi  Kromeri,  420 
Ragged  Robin,  botanical  name  of,  9 
Rain,  the,  464 
Rake,  cultivating  with  a,  61 
Ramie  fibre  as  a  substitute  for  cotton, 
267 
Ranunculuses,  planting,  667 
Raspberries,  making  new  plantations, 
385  ;  planting,  616 
Rats  attacking  Gloxinias,  201 
Redwell,  357 
Reinwardtia  tetragyne,  183 
Reminiscences  of  an  old  florist,  122 
Rhododendrons— cutting  back,  302  ; 
colour  massing  of,  308 
Rhubarb— once  more,  13  ;  forcing,  516 
Roots,  the  care  of,  506 
Ro.sa  setigera,  205 
Roses —  budding,  4  ;  Catherine  Mermet 
and  its  sports,  4 ;  fragrant,  4,  31 ; 
bedding  and  pillar,  7  ;  not  satisfac¬ 
tory,  22  ;  past  and  present,  25  ;  the 
standard  Brier  as  a  stock,  26  ;  Mr. 
Machin’s  garden  Roses,  27  ;  feeding, 
28 ;  the  nature  of  the  beast,  28 ; 
Beauty,  28  ;  Mr.  Lindsell’s  champion 
trophy,  29  ;  trellis  or  pillar,  29  ; 
types  of  show,  29 ;  current  notes, 
30 ;  exhibiting  cut,  30  ;  a  raid  on 
Gateford  Hill,  31  ;  history,  34,  132  ; 
judges  at  the  Crystal  Palace  show, 
35  ;  Ulrich  Brunner,  37  ;  Muriel  Gra- 
hame.  39 ;  Mrs.  W.  J,  Grant,  41  ; 
Hybrid  Perpetual,  60 ;  RSve  d’Or, 
50;  the  Bose  garden,  60;  N.R.S. 
Metropolitan  Show— a  gallant  fight, 
57,  104  ;  some  hybrids,  108  ;  the 
three  N.R.S.  shows,  108;  an  ama¬ 
teur’s  Rose  garden,  109  ;  Rubens,  110  ; 
IVm.  Allan  Richardson,  110,  181 ;  and 
Lilies,  111  ;  exhibition  classes  for 
scented  Roses  and  Carnations,  129  ; 
outside  the  arena,  146 ;  leaves  dis¬ 
eased,  163 ;  in  London,  194  ;  looking 
back,  198,  242 ;  ^mildewed,  30-2 ; 
Sombreuil,  335  ;  Mr.  Mawley’s 
analysis,  369,  421,  443  ;  dried,  scent 
in,  410  ;  heps,  432  ;  book  on,  432  ;  for 
back  wall  of  span  roofed  house,  478  ; 
for  east  walls,  478  ;  garden,  503,  674  ; 
Marechal  Niel,  brown  spots  on,  622  ; 
National  Rose  Society,  annual  general 
meeting,  541 ;  planting,  652  ;  new, 
562 
Rubus,  phoenicolasius,  153,  294,  307  S 
deliciosus  in  the  Rockies.  359  ;  mo- 
luccanus,  491 
Rust  on  Beans  and  Mint,  116 
Rhythmic  growth,  409 
Salvia  patens,  buds  of  flowers  falling, 
188 
Satan’s  garland,  283 
Saving  his  reputation,  638 
Scale  on  Pears,  302 
Scented  Roses  and  Carnations,  classes- 
for,  129 
Schizanthus  for  spring,  205 
Schomburgkias— notes,  98  ;  Sanderiana, 
98 
School  boys  as  professional  gardeners, 
247 
Schroder,  Baroness,  death  of,  534 
Scuticaria  Keyseriana,  217 
Sedum  spectabile  in  pots,  180 
Seeds — quality  of,  9  ;  and  temperatures, 
57  ;  vitality  of,  151 ;  warranty  case, 
177  ;  germination  of,  359 
Sefton  Park  Palm  house,  12,  31 
September  at  Kew,  289 
Sewage,  London,  577 
Sherwood,  Mr.  N.  N. ,  74 
Sherwood  cup,  the,  for  fruit,  333, 
355 
Shows — Southampton,  15  ;  Richmond, 
15;  Canterbury,  16 ;  Colchester,  16; 
Isle  of  Wight,  16  ;  Westminster,  17  ; 
Windsor,  17  ;  Croydon,  18  ;  Reigate, 
19  ;  National  Rose  Society,  "Crystal 
Palace,  37  ;  Hereford,  41 ;  Bath,  42  ; 
Ipswich,  42  ;  Norwich,  42  ;  Sutcon, 
43  ;  Hanley,  44  ;  Harrow,  44  ;  Maid¬ 
stone,  44;  R.H.S.  of  Ireland,  46; 
Bootle,  45  ;  Formby,  51 ;  Woodbridge, 
61 ;  Manchester,  62  ;  Ulverston,  62  ; 
Wolverhampton,  64;  Birmingham, 
85 ;  Carlisle,  88 ;  New  Brighton, 
88  ;  Cardiff,  89  ;  Huyton  and  Roby, 
89 ;  Southern  Carnation,  90  ;  Newton 
Mearns,  103;  Shrewsbury  great  show. 
