December  25,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  A  XD  COTTAGE  GARDENER 
111. 
Aberdeen,  notes  from,  393 
cer  tribe,  the,  309 
Achillea  mongolica,  56 
Achimenes,  a  basket  of,  127 
Africa,  South,  547 
Afternoon,  314 
“A  good  sample”  (Webb’s  Gulden 
Perfection  Hyacinth),  264 
Agriculture,  Downton  College  of,  153 
Agriculture,  horticulture,  and  sylvicul¬ 
ture,  a  united,  £68 
Ajuga  reptans  purpurea,  propagation, 
416 
Aldersey  Grammar  School,  entomology 
at,  23 
Allamanda  Williamsi,  211 
Almshouse,  an  imposing,  541 
Alocasia  Sanderiana  nobilis,  172 
Alton,  Hants,  show  at,  199 
America,  irrigation  in,  470 
American  blight  on  Apple  trees,  165 
Anemone  japonica,  the  whit’,  in  a 
Cheshire  garden,  539 
Annual,  a  meritorious,  362 
Apple,  Allington  Pippin,  2S5  ;  and  Pear 
illustrations,  285  ;  Coronation,  449  ; 
Borsdorfer,  287  ;  diseised,  66  ;  Haw¬ 
thorn  Greening,  203  ;  leaf  blister,  66  ; 
Lord  Derby,  368  ;  Newton  Wonder, 
237 ;  in  Kent,  384  ;  notes,  537  ;  orchard, 
an  extensive, 357;  Peasgood’s  Nonsuch, 
249*;  Rival,  428  ;  rot,  a  new  and  de¬ 
structive,  452;  Royal  Laie  Cooking, 
649;  sprays  diseased,  188;  Tamplin, 
490;  trees,  cankered,  430,  469,  490; 
trees,  insects  on,  484 ;  trees,  some  old, 
580 
Apples  and  Pears,  leaves  diseased,  140  ; 
as  advertisers,  358;  culinary,  376  ;  in 
Texas,  313  ;  estimate  of  a  dozen 
varieties,  376;  profitable,  of  upright 
growth,  9,  36  ;  that  colour  well,  356  ; 
the  harvest  of,  242 ;  three  dessert, 
569  ;  value  of,  24 
Appointments— Daniel  Betts,  77  ;  Chas. 
H.  Buck,  198  ;  A.  Clark,  331 ;  A.  W. 
Culloch,  293  ;  Geo.  Goodall,  244  ; 
Herbert  Hall,  265;  W.  Hammond,  427; 
Geo.  Hawes,  427;  C.  H.  Holloway,  380  ; 
Wm.  Keay,  569;  John  Lowe,  129; 
J.  Marwood,  265  ;  Alex.  McLean,  427  ; 
C.  S.  Ritchie,  514;  F.  H.  Shinner, 
569  ;  Wm.  Taylor,  544  ;  John  Tunning  - 
ton,  427  ;  G.  F.  Welham,  129  ;  James 
Williams,  198;  John  Williams,  293  ; 
Wm.  Williamson,  198.;  Rich.  Wilson, 
357  ;  J.  Wright,  357:  Wm.  Bygrave, 
580 
Apricot  tree,  planting  and  pruning,  £91 
Arbor  days,  305,  330 
Arboriculturists,  Scottish,  in  Sweden, 
77 
Arbutos  berries  in  decoration,  549 
Ardgowan,  N.B.,  516 
Argentine  Republic,  seeds  and  plants 
for  the,  379 
Arnica  montana,  171 
Ash,  a  weeping,  398  ;  species  of,  282 
INDEX. 
Asparagus,  forcing,  558  ;  growing  on 
the  American  method,  191  ;  shed 
berries  from,  461 
Aster  Thompsoni,  362 
Asters,  perennial,  310 
Astilbe  chinensis  var.  Davidi,  197 
Athyrium  attacked  by  grubs,  65 
Australian  fruit  trade,  possibilities  of 
the,  387 
Autumn  (leader),  191 
Bally wa' ter,  presentation  at,  494 
Bananas,  pot-grown,  357 
Bank,  sowing  a,  530 
Barmouth,  plants  at,  78 
Barrow,  plant,  an  improved,  391 
Bateson,  Mr.  W.,  310 
Bath  Show,  fruit  at,  247 
Bay,  across  the,  146 
Beans,  French,  and  Peas,  preserving 
for  winter  use,  279 
Beds,  borders,  rockeries,  and  rooteries, 
565 
Bedding,  carpet,  at  Grove  Park, 
Weston- super -Mare,  241;  carpet, 
plants  for,  202 ;  Coronation  carpet, 
147  ;  edging  plants  for,  202  ;  general, 
mixed  plants  used  in,  202  ;  plants  with 
foliage  and  flowers  for,  202  ;  sub¬ 
tropical,  foliage  plants  for,  202  ;  sum¬ 
mer,  plants  and  arrangements,  200  ; 
at  Hampton  Court,  246  ;  at  Ravens- 
court  Park,  246 ;  at  Regent’s  Park, 
247  ;  at  Victoria  Park,  247 
Beech,  the  stately,  282 
Bes-keeper  (Bees),  comb-honey,  42; 
extracted  honey,  91  ;  fertile  workers, 
528 ;  purchasing  and  moving  bee3, 
139  ;  the  heather  season,  185  ;  uniting, 
390  ;  wintering  bees,  277 
Bees’  hum,  the,  567 
Beet,  sugar,  and  sugar  cane,  569 
Begonia,  leaf-rust  mite,  300 ;  leaves 
of,  disfigured,  309 
Begonias  and  Cannas,  81 ;  Yeovil,  451 
Bennet-Poe,  Mr.  J.  T.,  310 
Birches,  the,  236 
Boiler,  end  saddle,  furnace  of  water 
way,  not  drawing,  597 
Boilers,  hot  water,  360 
Bone-flour,  steamed,  553 
Book  Notices— Chemistry  of  the  Farm, 
439  ;  European  Fungus  Flora,  Agari- 
cacere,  365  ;  Garden  Cities  of  To¬ 
morrow,  365  ;  Garden  and  Grounds, 
141 ;  Irrigation  Farming,  32  ;  Orchard 
and  Bush  Fruit  Pests,  252  ;  Pictorial 
Practical  Rose  Growing,  471 ;  Roses 
for  English  Gardens,  76  ;  The  Natural 
History  of  Plants,  310 ;  Thompson’s 
Gardeners’ Assistant,  365  ;  Vegetables 
and  Flower  from  Seed,  310 
Boots,  the  “  Pattisson  ”  lawn,  300 
Borders,  herbaceous,  661 ;  herbaceous, 
stock-taking  in,  565  ;  narrow.  Vines 
in, 484 
Botanical  Association,  formation  of  a 
British,  580 
Botanic  Gardens,  381,  405,  425,  468,  517 
Botanist,  a  Brazilian,  171 
Bothy,  the,  9,  151 
Bothy  plan,  acompetition  for  a,  544,  562 
Bothies,  baths  for,  204 
Bougainvillea  Sanderiana,  404 
Box  edgings,  treatment  of,  362 
Bradford,  botanical  garden  at,  129 
Bridal,  flowers  of  the,  522 
Brussels  Sprout,  Solidity,  512,  £88 
Bucklebury  Place,  Woolhampton,  178 
Budding,  care  in,  318 
Buddleia  variabilis  Veitchiana,  381 
Bulb,  culture,  commercial,  261 ;  grow¬ 
ing,  in  baskets,  glasses,  &c,  397  ; 
mite,  2V2;  number,  the,  259;  the 
“  home,”  259 
Bulbs,  a  chat  about,  369  ;  border,  some 
suggestions,  271  ;  cheap,  314  ;  do  they 
rest?,  36  ;  Dutch,  steeping  in  paraffin 
before  planting,  392  ;  expensive,  314  ; 
for  early  forcing,  194 ;  in  grass-, 
naturalising,  264  ;  potting,  269  ;  their 
insect  enemies,  267 
Bull  &  Sons’  nursery,  Chelsea,  3S6 
Business  premises,  flower-adorned,  331 
Cabbages,  crossing  among,  23 
Calceolarias,  herbaceous,  a  good  strain, 
78 
Calcutta,  a  letter  from,  450 
Californian  crops  379 
Calla,  a  new,  313  ;  another  yellow,  355 
Cambridge,  University  garden  of,  468 
Canada,  a  nurseryman’s  visit  to,  243  ; 
British  folk  for,  545 
Canadian  Wheat  belt,  the,  293 
Cannas,  new,  for  1903,  522 
Cant,  B.  E.,  474 
Cant,  F.,  475 
Cant,  illness  of  Mr.  Cecil,  568 
Cape  Town,  173 
Cape  Town  exhibition,  156 
Cardiff  Gardeners’  outing,  171 
Career,  a  promising,  cut  short,  32 
Carnation,  a  seedling,  403  ;  Duchess  of 
Portland,  445  ;  Lady  Nora  Fitz- 
herbert,  540  ;  Miss  F.  Sims,  525  ; 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Lawson,  536 
Carnation  leaves  diseased,  4S4 
Carnations  from  Swindon,  171 ;  Mal- 
maison,  £64  ;  notes  on,  369  ;  Scotch, 
331 ;  the  favourite,  265 
Carter's,  of  Forest  Hill,  571;  “  Vade 
Mecum,”  569 
Cattleya  and  Lfelia  cross,  159 
Cattleya  Luddemanniana  alba,  213 
Cedar  wood,  429 
Centaurea  orientals,  127 
Ceratonia  siliqua,  596 
Cinerarias,  314 
City,  the  Garden,  158 
Clematis  Jackmani,  292 
Clubbing  and  gas  lime,  65 
Cheddar  Pink  at  home,  144 
Chelsea  Physic  Garden,  8,  129 
Chemistry,  book  on,  461 
Cherry  house,  513,  558 
Cherries,  242  ;  budding  on  Mahaleb 
stock,  93  ;  fish  which  like,  33 
•  Chestnuts,  the,  236 
Chiswick,  notes  from,  424 
Christmas,  from  a  horticultural  point 
of  view,  £82 
Chrysanthemum  analysis,  Mr.  Moly- 
neux’s,  555;  audit,  585  ;  groups  at  the 
Drill  Hall,  467;  leaf  blight,  300;  N.C.S. 
Floral  Committee,  467  ;  the  difficulty 
of,  618  ;  treatment  of  Henry  Barnes, 
422 ;  C.  II.  Curtis,  422 ;  Christmas- 
Glory,  156  ;  Matthew  Hodgson,  156  ; 
Miss  Alice  Byron,  586;  Mons.  Free¬ 
man,  156;  Mrs.  D.  V.  West,  584;  Mrs. 
E.  Thurkell,  586 ;  Mrs.  T.  W. 
Pockett,  492  ;  S.  T.  Wright,  467,  492, 
519  ;  W.  Duckham,  492  ;  W.  R.  Church, 
492;  Chrysanthemums,  a  Birming¬ 
ham  amateur’s  collection,  359 ;  after 
flowering,  484  ;  at  Belfast,  519  ;  at 
Cardiff,  378  ;  at  Draycot  House,  332  ; 
at  Exmcu'h,  449  ;  at  Lewisham,  422  ; 
at  New  Town  Nurseries,  Bedford, 
378  ;  at  Regent's  Park,  492  ;  a  time- 
for  watchfulness,  307  ;  at  Westbury, 
398,  450  ;  Christmas,  586;  culture  of 
J apanese  varieties, 537 ;  cutting  blooms 
for  exhibition,  156 ;  date  of  shows, 
1903,  566 ;  early  flowering  varieties, 
307  ;  English  flowers  for  the  United 
States,  423;  exhibiting,  3D2 ;  God¬ 
frey’s  collection  at  Exmouth,  518 ; 
housing  the  plants,  332  ;  in  the  last 
(February,  1902)  analysis,  540 ;  in 
curved,  36;  best,  557  ;  in  Oxfordshire, 
422  ;  Japanese  varieties,  156;  Japa¬ 
nese,  60  best  vars.,  556  ;  list  of  voters 
in  analysis,  557  ;  leaves  blighted,  300  ; 
manipulating  the  petals,  422  ;  Mr. 
Molyneux’s  selection  of  Japs,  492  ; 
new  decorative,  519;  new  forms 
wanted,  686  ;  new  incurved, 
519;  new  Japanese,  44S,  491,  519; 
notes  on  the  incurved  section,  557  ; 
October  flowering  varieties,  3)7 ; 
October,  403  ;  plants  at  Victoria  Park, 
240  ;  pompon,  378 ;  results  of  shows, 
636  ;  seasonable  note,  265  ;  sporting 
of.  509  ;  taking  the  buds,  156 ; 
time  of  striking  cuttings,  566  ;  the 
collection  at  Heywood,  Wilts,  44S 
the  Earlswood  collection,  410  ;  the 
height  in  growth  of  some  novelties, 
537, 566  ;  too-much-alike  varieties, 359  ; 
watering,  feeding,  and  selecting 
buds,  133 
Cider  as  a  drink,  153 
Clematis,  large-flowered  for  spring,  590 
Coal,  misuse  of,  78 
Codlin  moth,  a  remedy  for  the,  376 
Columbia,  British,  a  spring  day  in,  149 
Cold-storage  steamers,  8 
Commodities  and  luxuries,  349 
