June  27,  1901 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER 
Acaeias,  386 
Accidental  characters,  inheritance  of, 
77 
Aconites,  Winter,  17 
Adiantums— cuneatum  culture,  4  ;  Far- 
leyense,  158 
Aerides  Houlletianum,  450 
Aga\  e  attenuata,  392 
Agricultural  College,  Edinburgh,  412 
Agriculture,  Chinese,  426 
Alliston,  the  late  Mr.  John,  239 
Alocasia  odora,  393 
Alocasias  potting,  125 
Alpine  plants,  destruction  of,  211 
Amaryllises— from  seeds,  65 ;  formosis- 
sima,  148 
American  irrigation  project,  244 
Androsace  Chumbiense,  440 
An  Embankment  idyll,  223,  239 
Angrajcums — eburneum,  235  ;  fastuo- 
sum,  297 
Annuals,  some  useful,  366 
A  nonagenarian  gardener,  224 
A  novelty  garden,  244 
Aotus  villosa,  164 
Aphis,  the  Cherry,  380 
Apple  and  Pear  culture,  199  the  prince 
of  fruits,  306 
Apples— Borsdorfer,  22  ;  plethora  of 
varieties,  11 ;  Lane’s  Prince  Albert, 
59,  95  ;  late,  88,  175 ;  storage,  99  ;  Clay, 
gate  Pearmain,  122 ;  in  India,  115 ; 
Emperor  Alexander,  137;  seedling,  175; 
Diamond  J ubilee,  199  ;  Lamb  Abbey 
Pearmain,  248,  285 ;  Lane’s  Prince 
Albert,  265  ;  late  keeping  culinary, 
265,  286,  307,  329  ;  and  other  fruit, 
why  drop,  285  ;  the  John,  395  ;  cider, 
417  ;  brown  rot  fungus  on,  483  ;  blos¬ 
som  malformed,  498  ;  cancer  on,  521 
Appointments— Mr.  C.  Hewitt,  243  ; 
Mr.  T.  Singleton,  243  ;  Mr.  T.  F. 
Jones,  261  ;  Mr.  J.  P.  Kendall,  261 ; 
Mr.  H.  Plumeridge,  261  ;  Mr.  J.  G. 
Duncan,  324  ;  Mr.  J.  C.  Douglas,  324  ; 
Mr.  L.  Bayley,  347  ;  Mr.  J.  T.  Bur- 
ditt,  347  ;  Mr.  Wilkinson,  347  ;  Mr. 
F.  Linsdell,  368  ;  Mr.  H.  Taylor,  368  ; 
Mr.  G.  Cypher,  412 ;  Mr.  Chas.  W. 
Head,  412 ;  Mr.  E.  Horton,  412 ;  Mr. 
H.  Naylor,  455  ;  Mr.  W.  F.  Gullick, 
477  ;  Mr.  James  Davis,  520 ;  Mr.  J. 
Kelly,  520;  Mr.  J.  Caswell,  520;  Mr. 
Thos.  Cook,  540 ;  Mr.  J.  McClean,  540  ; 
Mr.  J.  Weathers,  640 
Apricots,  notes  on,  123 
April,  hardy  flowers  of,  372 
A  protector  novelty,  227,  258 
Aquatics,  320  ;  notes  on,  482 
Arabis,  a  double,  429 
Aralia  spinosa,  416 
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Ardlui,  76 
Artichokes— poison  in,  10  ;  Jerusalem. 
55 
Art,  our  ancient,  172 
Asparagus — forcing,  16;  soil  for,  59; 
dressing  roots  with  Bordeaux  mix¬ 
ture,  84  ;  treatment  of,  46  ;  monster, 
at  Evesham,  476  ;  depth  of  planting, 
611 
Asparagus  plumosus,  328 
Associations — East  Anglian  Horticul¬ 
tural.  245  ;  Hessle  Gardeners,  245 ; 
Newport  (Dundee)  Horticultural,  245 
A  Strawberry  support,  239 
Attendants  at  Drill  Hall  exhibitions, 
243 
Aucubas,  variegated,  propagating,  104 
Auricula— the,  241,  307  ;  virtuosos, 
414 
Awake !  362 
Balancing  the  growth  of  Peach  [trees, 
236,  307 
Ballimore,  Argyllshire,  304 
Bananas,  a  good  bunch  of,  239 
Barberry,  the,  as  a  hedge  shrub,  306 
Basic  slag  and  finger  and  toe,  14 
Baskets  for  wihter,  69 
Battle  of  the  Embankment,  266 
Beans,  Runner,  staking,  499 
Bedding  designs— carpet,  314,  412 ;  in 
London  parks,  520 
Beech,  a  plea  for  the,  14  ;  planting,  145  ; 
seedlings  as  a  salad,  390 
Bees— grading  honey,  19  ;  unsold  honey, 
19 
Beet  in  the  States,  244 
Beetles,  Rove,  444 
Beetroot  tumour,  420 
Begonias— tuberous  rooted,  20  ;  Cale¬ 
donia,  48  ;  tuberous,  for  bedding,  78  ; 
for  exhibition,  84 ;  in  baskets,  79  ; 
winter  flowering,  77  ;  fuchsioides,  133  ; 
Gloire  de  Lorraine,  314  ;  Queen  Alex¬ 
andra,  440 ;  Mrs.  W.  G.  Valentine, 
440  ;  Mrs.  H.  Clark,  440 
Belvoir  Castle,  w  eather  at,  301 
Benevolent  Institution,  Gardeners’ 
Royal,  430 
Berberis  Thunbergi,  178 
Birds,  Australian,  391 
Birthday  notes,  129 
Bladder  Wrack,  524 
Bloom  of  the  fruit,  fatal,  266 
Boiler,  saddle,  heating  power  of,  336 
Book  gardeners,  33,  73,  115,  196 
Book  notice — “Thompson’s  Gardener’s 
Assistant,”  3,  260,  428  ;  “The  British 
Gardener,”  418  ;  “Gardening  for 
Beginners,  ”  539  ;  “A  Practical  Guide 
to  Garden  Plants,”  181 
Borders,  watering  Vine,  327 ;  herba¬ 
ceous,  367 
Botanical  Gardens— Edinburgh,  206, 
282  ;  Edgbaston,  255 ;  Missouri,  393, 
492 
Botanical  problem,  a,  416 
Botany,  the  value  of,  in  the  garden,  254 
Brassia  verrucosa,  184 
Brayton  Hall,  Cumberland,  522 
Bridesmaids  and  flowers,  521 
Briton,  the,  and  his  commercial  rivals, 
286 
Broccoli  all  the  winter,  350 
Bulb— trade,  French,  346  ;  industry  in 
East  Anglia,  391 
Burning  question,  the,  23 
Business,  the  influence  of,  361 
Butley  Tulip  Show,  507 
Cacti  at  the  Temple  Show,  433 
Caladiums,  429 
Calanthes— starting,  47  ;  gigas,  129 
Calceolarias— shrubby,  280  ;  from  Al¬ 
trincham,  430 
“Calvary  Clover,”  314 
Camellias — outdoor,  at  the'  new  year, 
37  ;  treatment  of,  42  ;  revival  of,  55  ; 
grafting,  85  ;  largest  tree  in  Britain, 
124  ;  for  Aberdeen  parks,  279 
Cannas— Oscar  Dannecker,  486  ;  Grasse- 
herzog  Ernst  L.  von  Hessen,  486;  Jean 
Tissot,  486  ;  Elizabeth  Hoss,  486;  list 
of  varieties,  524 
Carnations  —  the  Lawson,  416  ;  Sir 
Hector  MacDonald,  440  ;  andPicotees, 
282  ;  seedling  tree,  402  ;  hybrid,  421 ; 
artificial  pollination  of,  416 ;  notes 
on,  4£0  ;  Malmaison,  457 
Carrots,  early,  104,  222 
Catalogues — old,  a  peep  into,  48  ;  horti¬ 
cultural,  74  ;  a  handsome  Orchid,  430 
Cattleyas— Dowiana  Rosita,  5  ;  Prince 
of  Wales,  25;  Mendeli  Queen  Alex¬ 
andra,  409  ;  Mendeli  gigantea,  439 ; 
Mendeli  Mrs.  R.  Tunstill,  439  ;  Mossise 
Mrs.  f.  W.  Ashton,  488 ;  Aclandise,  537 
Cauliflowers,  early,  526 
Cedars,  the,  392,  449 
Celery,  early,  184 
Certificated  plants,  66,  98,  150,  190,  264, 
330,  460,  618 
Chamberlain,  Right  Hon.  Joseph,  M..P, 
and  bis  Orchids,  615 
Chelsea  Physic  Garden,  110 
Cherry — house,  the,  123,  163  ;  crop  in 
danger,  143,  132 
Cherry  tree  feeding  on  itself,  266 
Chimonanthus  fragrans  in  pots,  43 
Chironias,  77 
Chorizemas,  411,  488 
Chrysanthemums— damp,  3 ;  decora¬ 
tive,  33, 73  ;  feeding,  11 ;  late,  16 ;  sug¬ 
gestions  for  1901,  16  ;  Japanese,  52  ; 
Mutual  Friend,  52  ;  Veltha  for  rust, 
52,104;  N.C,S.  annual  meeting,  120: 
rust,  108;  spots  on,  121;  bush,  139; 
rooting  cuttings,  139  ;  manipulating 
florets,  172  ;  specimen,  170  ;  decora¬ 
tive,  308 ;  seasonable  notes  on,  308, 
420.  453  ;  meritorious  new  varieties, 
384  ;  outdoor,  420 ;  leaves  diseased, 
445 
Chysis  Chelsoni,  255 
Cider  exhibition  at  Croydon,  526 
Cinerarias  —  double,  209  ;  at  Impney, 
258  ;  Cactus,  410 
Cleaning  houses,  59 
Clematis,  transplanting,  64 
Climbers — for  stove  and  greenhouse, 
42  ;  for  garden  arches,  358 ;  hardy, 
380 
Cocoa-nut  fibre  refuse,  21 
Coelia  macrostachya,  493 
Coelogynes  —  cristata,  repotting,  104  ; 
treatment  of,  149  ;  pandurata,  235; 
275  ;  cristata,  385 
Coleus,  a  new  winter  flowering,  224  ; 
from  seeds,  268 
College  Gardens,  St.  John’s,  Oxford, 
545 
Conifer*,  179,  212,  266,  475 
Conifers  as  rain  gauges,  158  ;  fossilised, 
454 
Cooke,  Mr.  S.,  death  of,  53 
Cool  house  Orchids,  235 
Coping  for  walls,  603,  525 
Copse  culture,  decay  of,  285 
Correas,  410 
Correspondence,  private,  278 
Cotoueaster  Simmonsi,  42 
Cranberry  growing,  158 ;  cultivated, 
325 
Crops,  the  weather  and,  260  ;  unsatis 
factory,  649 
Crowea  saligna  major,  30 
Croweas,  410 
(Jrowley,  Mr.  P.,  the  late,  9 
Cucumber  “Famous,”  440 
Cucumbers — winter,  6;  and  Melons, 
notes  on,  62,  123,  163 ;  and  Tomato 
eel  worm,  184;  successes  and  failures, 
233  ,  286  ;  not  swelling,  380 
