JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
December  27,  1900. 
JSnows — continueil. 
113, 172,  208,  228;  Prescot,  114  ;  Becken¬ 
ham,  114  ;  Midland  Carnation  and 
Picotee,  137  ;  unfortunate,  151 ;  Acocks 
Green,  151;  Syston,  152;  King’s  Nor¬ 
ton,  152  ;  Leicester,  158  ;  Moseley  and 
King's  Heath,  158  ;  Harborne  Goose¬ 
berry,  160  ;  Malton,  160  ;  Ewell,  161 ; 
Capel,  176  ;  Weston-super-Mare,  182  ; 
Taunton,  182  ;  Trowbridge,  182  ;  One 
and  All,  183  ;  Smethwick,  209  ;  Chip¬ 
penham,  209  ;  Wordsley,  210  ;  Bath, 
231 :  Brighton,  230  ;  Royal  Horticul¬ 
tural  Society  of  Ireland,  230;  Well¬ 
ingborough,  231 ;  an  original,  240  ; 
National  Dahlia,  252  ;  Boston  Dahlia, 
276 ;  Derby,  276  ;  Edinburgh,  277  ; 
Royal  Aquarium  Dahlia,  278  ;  in  New 
York,  290  ;  Crystal  Palace  fruit 
show,  312  ;  early  show  of  N.C.S.,  339  ; 
Hereford  fruit,  430  ;  Harrison’s  root 
and  vegetable,  476  ;  Darlington,  520  ; 
challenge  cup  classes  at,  568 
Shrubs— and  trees,  514,  636 ;  at  Ailing" 
ton,  562 
Siberian  Crabs,  310 
Skimmia  japonica,  475 
Slugs  in  soil,  destroying,  410 
Soil — grubs  in,  302  ;  trenching  and  dig¬ 
ging,  382  ;  improving,  405,  431 
Sophro-Cattleya  eximea,  373 
Spade  versus  fork,  466,  490,  513,  539,  557 
Sparrows  eat  Grapes,  359 
Spiders,  long-legged,  324 
Spinach- Beet  for  winter,  92 
Spraying,  the  value  of,  308,  638 
Spring  bedding,preparing  for,  126,356,653 
Stable  manure,  129 
Stanhopeas — notes  on,  415  ;  S.Amesiana, 
415 
Stenactis  speciosa,  105 
Stephanotis  not  dowering,  -22 
Sternbergia  lutea,  256 
Storing  root  vegetables,  238 
Strawberries — diseased,  67 ;  sun-scalded, 
61,  104  ;  for  gout,  103 ;  seasonable 
notes  on,  114  ;  failure  of  a  crop,  129  ; 
culture,  186  ;  alpine,  213  ;  in  1900, 191 ; 
perpetual,  202,  223,  247,  443,  539,  557  ; 
in  pots,  300,  499,  582 ;  October  plant¬ 
ing,  305  ;  St.  Joseph,  380,  639 
vii. 
Streptocarpus— Rhexi,  116  ;  Fannini, 
491 ;  hybrid,  577 
Strobilanthes  Dyerianus,  519 
Styrax  japonica,  20 
Sugar  Beet,  experiments  with,  308 
Sulphur,  burning  in  vinery,  410 
Sweet  Peas— dwarf,  36  ;  bicentenary, 
56 ;  the  festival,  72 ;  the  visit  to 
Kelvedon,  72  ;  at  the  Crystal  Palace, 
73 ;  the  luncheon,  74 ;  Mr.  N.  N. 
Sherwood,  74  ;  the  germ  of  the  bicen¬ 
tenary,  76  ;  the  conference— history, 
75 ;  classification,  75  ;  points  in  the 
culture  and  decorative  uses,  76  ; 
evolution,  76 ;  in  America,  76  ;  report 
of  the  bicentenary  show,  76  ;  Mrs. 
H.  Eckford,  77  ;  the  Robt.  Sydenh-am 
class,  79 ;  the  Sutton  class,  82  ;  L.  J. 
•  Ching’s  silver  medal  exhibit,  87  ;  a 
glance  at,  100  ;  artistic  arrangements 
of,  100 ;  a  corner  in  the  great  show, 
101 ;  cottagers’,  104  ;  a  subject  of 
the  bicentenary,  109 ;  autumn  sown, 
425 
Table  decorations,  frost  and  snow,  585 
Tacsonias,  615  ;  militaris,  515 
Tar  as  a  dressing  for  wounds,  65 
Tares,  chemical  manures  for,  324 
Tatton  Park,  59 
The  old  order  changeth,  347 
Thladiantha  dubia,  384 
Thorn,  Glastonbury,  legend  of,  576 
Those  wretched  adages,  33 
Thrips— on  Peaches,  46  ;  on  Azaleas, 
116  ;  on  Chrysanthemums,  213 
Tigridias,  337 
Timber,  ancient,  396 
Tomatoes— leaves  curling,  22  ;  diseased, 
46,  116  ;  outdoor,  84;  in  winter,  148; 
the  vagaries  of,  123  ;  and  coal  ashes, 
2-23,  377  ;  fruits  patchy,  234  ;  Lister’s 
Prolific,  294,  330  ;  Fairfield,  330  ; 
Cladosporium  disease  in,  418  ;  white 
fly  on,  522 ;  manure  for,  645 
Tombs,  flowers  on,  616 
Topiary  work,  33 
Torenia  culture,  617 
Trees— planting,  84 ;  the  Planes  of 
London,  124,  181 ;  covering  wounds  in, 
516  ;  and  shrubs  for  bleak  and  smoky 
district  in  Lanarkshjre,  545 
Trenching  and  digging,  382 
Trichosma  suavis,  459 
Tropseolums,  greenhouse,  604 
Trutties,  133  ;  hunting,  438 
Tulips  in  pots  and  beds,  417 
Turnip  disease,  244 
Two  great  aids  in  profitable  culture, 
486,  581 
Ulmus  pyramidalis  with  hole  in  stem, 
280 
United  Horticultural  Benefit  and  Provi¬ 
dent  Society — annual  dinner,  364 
Vagaries  of  seasons  and  Tomatoes, 
123 
Vandas— teres,  149  ;  ccerulea,  437  ;  notes 
on,  459  ;  Amesiana,  459 
Varieties,  the  muddle  of,  547 
Vegetables— marketing,  244  ;  storing 
root,  238 ;  amongst  the,  298  ;  culture 
of,  335  ;  preparing  for  winter,  336  ;  the 
storage  of,  394 
Vegetarian  Bazaar,  a,  566 
Veitch’s,  “  Manual  of  Coniferae,”  530 
Verbena,  lemon-scented,  propagating, 
344,  585 
Veronica  Colensoi,  84 
Vines— growths  browned.  22  ;  leaves 
turning  yellow,  68  ;  leaves  minutely 
spotted,  92  ;  culture  in  pots  at  Cardiff 
Castle,  171 ;  poisoned  borders,  178 ; 
as  town  plants,  180  ;  leaves  diseased, 
188  ;  seasonable  notes  on,  66,  91,  138, 
186,  232,  279,  323,  336,  409,  454,  521,  566  ; 
mealy  bug  on,  269  ;  forming  borders 
for,  294;  treatment  o',  302  ;  watering 
borders  with  town  water,  325  ;  re¬ 
novating  borders,  327,  378  ;  thrips  on. 
V  itiKS— continued. 
336  ;  burning  sulphur  in  vinery,  410  ; 
treatment  of  borders,  4,33  ;  insects  on 
leaves,  479 ;  wireworms  in  soil  for, 
544  ;  fungus  in  border,  646  ;  planting 
fruiting  canes  between  permanent, 
568 ;  pruning,  in  houses  from  which 
frost  is  not  excluded,  568 ;  blood  for 
borders,  584 
Vineyards,  South  African,  103 
Vintage  in  the  champagne  country, 
380 
Violets,  notes  on,  274 
Wallflower  cuttings,  68 ;  Golden  Beauty, 
467 
Walk  edgings.  147 
Walnuts,  keeping,  366 
Wardian  plant  cases,  163 
Water  Lilies  at  Kew,  130 
Weather— extraordinary  rainfall,  152  ; 
and  commerce,  490 
Weed  killer,  liquid,  188 
Wem,  an  hour  at,  358 
When  is  growth  most  active  ?  156 
Winter  eyesores,  627 
Winter  Greens,  105 
Winter  moth,  the,  410 
Wireworms,  207  ;  in  new  ground,  68 ; 
in  loam,  544 
Women  as  gardeners,  381,  421,  513,  657, 
581 
Wood  pulp  from  Canada,  250 
W  orms  in  Box-edged  path,  344 
Wounds  in  trees,  covering,  516 
Yews,  growths  on  twigs,  432 
Yuccas— fllamentosa  at  8t.  Catherine’s, 
Dumfries,  271 ;  notes  on, 487  ;  gloriosa, 
487 
Zygopetalums,  -284  ;  Z.  cerinum,  285 
