VI. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
June  30,  19(M. 
Mulberry,  Paper,  fruiting,  '534 
Mulching  and  surface  cu.ture,  450 
Munson,  Professor,  419 
Mushroom  spores  and  spawn  bricUs, 
352 
N 
Names,  curious  Scottish  plant,  257 
Narcissus  Elaine,  385 ;  Horsefieldi  and 
similar  varieties,  transferring,  175; 
propagation  by  offsets,  374 
Narcissi,  cross-fertilising,  223  ;  not 
flowering,  418 
Natural  phenomena,  1903,  171 
Nature-study  exhibition,  72 
Nature  study  in  schools,  134 
Nectarines  dropping,  494 
Nephrolepis,  decorative,  408 
Nephrolepis  Piersoni,  373 
Netting,  garden,  cost  of,  374 
Nettle-tops,  forced,  257 
New  Hebrides,  Peter  Barr  at,  14 
Newton  Mearns,  notes  from,  406,  450, 
493 
New  York  Botanic  Garden,  118 
New  York  State  fruit  prospects,  513 
Nitragin,  108 
Nitrate  and  phosphate,  397 
Nitrogen,  atmospheric,  109 
Notes  and  notices,  8,  30,  50,  72,  94, 
118,  162,  182,  199,  230,  253,  283,  275, 
319,  340,  428,  468,  512 
Nova  Scotia,  fruit  growing  in,  280 
Novelties,  45 
Novelties  and  rarities,  179,  227 
Nursery,  Old  Mile  End,  162 
o 
Oakwood,  Wisley.  the  new  garden  of 
the  Royal  Horticultural  Society,  29 
Obituary— Ainsworth,  Mr.  Samuel, 
253;  Booth,  Chas.,  182;  Carmichael, 
Wm.,  346 ;  Cole,  Wm.,  163 ;  Dod, 
Rev,  Charles  Wolley,  523 ;  Fidler, 
J.  C.,  16;  Findley,  John,  30;  Herbst, 
Mi‘.  H.,  253;  Horne,  W.,  16;  Jor¬ 
dan,  R.,  199;  Hill,  Edwin,  346;  Rat- 
chelous,  William,  73  ;  Smith,  Mr. 
James,  31 ;  Smith,  Mr.  Thomas,  450 ; 
Weils,  Benj.,  73;  Wray,  Thomas,  50 
Odontoglossum  crispum  Harold,  553 
Offices,  laboratories,  workshops,  35 
Onions,  223 
Oranges  and  Pomeloes,  275 
Orchards,  a  plea  for  small,  89 ;  grass 
V.  tillage,  178 
Orchids — Ada  aurantiaca,  113  ; 
Aerides,  136  ;  Anguloas,  336  ;  Arach- 
nanthe  Cathcarti,  228 ;  Calanthe 
Veitchi,  48 ;  Calanthe  Veitchi  at  Ash¬ 
by  St.  Legers,  48 ;  Cattleya  citrina, 
a  yellow-lipped,  379  ;  Cattleya  Dowi- 
ana,  49;  Cattleya  Schilleriana,  510; 
Cattleya  Statteriana,  466;^  Cattleyas, 
487 ;  Coelogyne  cristata  varieties, 
272 ;  Coelogyne  cristata,  well- 
flowered,  247 ;  Chysis,  157  ;  Chysis 
and  their  culture,  379  ;  Cymbidiums, 
446 ;  Cj'pripedium  aureum  virginale, 
179;  C.  X  Beckmani,  272;  C.  x  God- 
seflianum,  48 ;  C.  insigne  in  small 
pots,  26 ;  C.  insigne  Sanderse,  290 ; 
C.  X  Le  DouxEe,  446;  C.  x  Morteni, 
113;  C.  tessellatum  porphyreum,  92; 
C.  Thompsoni,  179 ;  Dendrobium 
Thwaitesse,  Teitch’s  var.,  401 ;  D. 
thyrsiflorum  at  Rothesay,  313 ;  D. 
Treacherianum,  136 ;  Dendrobiums, 
178,  487 ;  Dendrobiums  and  Mil- 
tonias,  49;  Diacrum  bicornutum, 
313  ;  Laelia  anceps,  26  ;  Lselio-cattleya 
X  Cassiope,  Westonbirt  var.,  26; 
L.-c.  Digbyana  Trianse,  290;  L.-c. 
Myra  Charlesworthi,  157 ;  Masde- 
vallias,  157 ;  Odontioda  x  Vuyl- 
steke®,  487,  510 ;  Odontoglossum  cir- 
rhosum,  Pitt’s  var.,  336;  O.  citros- 
mum,  92,  446 ;  O.  crispum  Preben¬ 
dary  Bevan,  379 ;  O.  crispum  xan- 
thotes  Cooksoniae,  336 ;  O.  grande, 
446  ;0.  Pescatorci,  4;  0.  x  Vuyl- 
stekei  vivicans,  4 ;  0.  W’altoniense 
Rosefieldiense,  335 ;  Odontoglossums 
and  leaf  mould,  379 ;  Odontoglos¬ 
sums,  Mr.  de  Barri  Crawshay’s,  335  ; 
Oncidium  leuchochilum,  379 ;  Phry- 
slsiphon  Loddigesi,  71 ;  Saccolabium 
Bellinum,  423 ;  Saccolabiums,  136 ; 
Sophronitis  grandiflora,  92  ;  Sophron- 
itis  grandiflora,  a  handsome,  336 ; 
Stanhopeas,  510 ;  Vanda  Amesiana, 
313;  Vandas,  136;  Vanilla,  the  113; 
Zygopetalums,  70 
Orchids :  cultural  notes,  4,  26,  49, 
70,  92,  113,  136,  222,  228,  247,  272, 
290,  313,  336,  356,  379,  401,  423,  446, 
466,  487,  510,  531,  553 
Orchids  and  leaf  mould,  178 ;  at  Chel¬ 
tenham,  92 ;  at  Dusseldorf,  419 ;  at 
Woodhatch  Lodge,  Reigate,  229 ; 
cleaning,  26 ;  culture  for  amateurs, 
335  ;  Oypripediums  at  Henbury,  290  ; 
Cypripediums,  the  hybridising  of ;  a 
(luery,  4,  26  ;  epiphytic,  and  their  suii- 
port,  379 ;  ;  genera  and  suitable  tem¬ 
peratures,  4 ;  in  the  sale  rooms,  313  ; 
potting,  26;  potting  operations, 
228 ;  sale  at  Manchester,  313 ;  sale 
at  Wilmslow,  272 ;  sale  of  the  Oak- 
wood,  469,  487  ;  sending  home,  396  ; 
stud  book,  247 
Order  sheet,  the  early,  26 
Orphan  Fund,  children’s  subscriptions 
for  the,  454 
Oxalis  crenata,  440 
P 
Packing  fruits  and  vegetables,  46 
Psonia  lutea,  364 
Paeonies,  herbaceous,  312 ;  Kelway’s 
new  tree,  215 
Paines,  presentation  to  Mr.  E.,  Bin- 
field,  140 
Paint,  Lubrose,  265  ;  the  best  for  paint¬ 
ing  hot^ater  pipes,  20 
Palm  with  scale  insects,  527 
Papaw  in  Queensland,  408 
Paraffin  oil  fumes  and  Arum  Lilies,  153 
Parasitism,  specialism  of,  134 
Parks  and  small  fires,  256 ;  in  praise  of 
the,  329 
Parnassus,  the  Grass  of,  253 
Pea  and  seedling  protector,  130 
Peas,  green,  in  1828,  433 
Peach  house  at  Wilton,  102 ;  shoots 
dying,  194 ;  the  Alexander,  outdoors, 
293 ;  trees  dropping  their  buds,  130 
Peaches  cracking  and  splitting  (see 
also  Disease),  483 ;  failure  of  young 
to  set  fruit,  300 ;  comparative  hardi¬ 
ness  of  outdoor,  540 ;  spot  on,  548 ; 
on  walls,  554 
Pear,  Beurre  Baltet  Pere,  104  ;  Beurr6 
Ranee,  146 ;  Fondante  de  Thirriot, 
39;  Jersey  Gratioli,  60 
Pears  affected  with  maggots,  495 ;  in 
Belgium,  60,  77 ;  for  examination, 
527 ;  swollen  and  blackened,  549 
Pelargonium  Lady  Decies,  494 
Pelargoniums,  Cactus,  452 ;  decorative, 
254 
Pellsea  cordata,  283 
Peristeria  elata,  441 
Pests  and  parasites,  237 
Petrol  V.  Potato  spirit,  8,  30 
Petunias,  double,  217 
Philadelphus  for  forcing,  494 
Philodendron  scandens,  227 
Picea  Nordmanniana,  200 
Pineapples,  giant,  142 ;  notes  on,  13, 
300,  449 
Pine,  the  Umbrella,  256 
Pink,  Snowdrift  (new),  516 
Plan  drawing  competition  for  under¬ 
gardeners,  141 
Plant  notes,  seasonable,  40,  106,  138 ; 
notes,  hardy,  232  ;  when  to,  140 
Plants ,  certificated— genus  Primula, 
the,  91;  hardy,  Heleniums,  191; 
North  American  foliage,  340;  notes 
on  hardy,  97 ;  parasitic,  281 ;  pro¬ 
ducing  new  breeds  of,  187 ;  racial 
variation  in,  8 ;  rarer  woodland,  of 
Scotland,  183 ;  stimulants  for,  308 ; 
tropical,  315,  411 ;  tropical,  and  their 
treatment,  139  ;  tropical,  trailers  and 
climbers,  180 ;  under  cultivation,  the 
resting  of,  336,  360,  ,388,  403 
Plum  cultiire.  111 
Plums,  protecting  against  frost,  145 
Poinsettias,  giant,  76 
Polyanthus,  the  hose-in-hose,  390 
Pomologist,  visit  of  a  Californian,  231 
Pomology,  American,  340 
Poppies,  a  medley  in,  34 
Porphyrocoma  lanceolata,  227 
Potato  culture,  127,  363 ;  cultivation  by 
electricity,  132 ;  disease,  and  preju¬ 
dice  against  spraying,  324 ;  history 
of  the,  38,  69,  115,  171 ;  notes,  384  ; 
plot,  a,  237 ;  precocity  of  tuberation 
in  Northern  Star,  299;  spirit  v. 
petrol,  8 ;  trade  in  America,  61 ; 
white  Beauty  of  Hebron,  76,  100 
Potatoes,  a  judge  samples,  8  ;  and  the 
food  supply,  359;  and  the  Potato 
boom,  218,  278,  296,  342,  366 ;  boom¬ 
ing,  51 ;  from  Scotland  to  Yarmouth, 
101 ;  £160  per  lb,  £358,400  per  ton, 
13  ;  manuring,  353 ;  Mr.  Findlay  and 
his,  292 ;  on  very  sandy  soil,  175 ; 
plural  ending  of  the  word,  the,  108 ; 
propagating,  12 ;  returns  for  Great 
Britain,  1903,  39;  Potentillas,  dwarf, 
232 ;  hybrid,  191 
Polygonum  spectabile,  319 
Potting,  soils,  and  watering,  16 
Primrose,  Barr’s  green,  493 
Primroses,  Chinese,  at  Chrysanthenium 
shows,  100 
Jackanapes-on-Horseback,  and  the 
Galligaskins,  439 
Primula  Holborn  Blue,  168 ;  the  double 
white,  186 ;  the  genus,  91 ;  verticil- 
lata,  408 
Primulas  at  Reading,  137  ;  at  W'arfield 
Hall,  98 ;  the  perils  of,  100 
Prize — £5  for  one  Pelargonium,  195 ; 
silver  cup  and  £5  for  new  plants 
at  Shrewsbury,  195 
Producer  to  consumer,  8 
Prunus,  the  genus,  249 
Prussia,  horticulture  in,  31 
Pteris  semipinnata,  284 
Publications  received,  43,  72,  136,  323. 
375,  451 
Puddling  to  make  a  pond,  441 
Pyrethrums  and  other  herbaceous 
plants,  dividing,  441 
Q 
Question  Night,  9,  112 
R 
■Radium,  35;  apd  seed  germination,  69 
Rain,  an  inch  of,  85 
Rainfall  for  1903,  at  Alton,  Hants,  19 ; 
at  Borden  Wood,  Liphook,  Hants, 
223;  Camp  Hill,  Woolton,  Lancs,  43; 
at  Castlemilk,  Lockerbie,  Dumfries¬ 
shire,  1903,  85;  at  Crediton,  Devon, 
63  ;  at  Edinburgh,  43  ;  in  East  Perth¬ 
shire,  63 ;  in  Glasgow  district,  19 ; 
Rood  Ashton,  Wilts,  43;  Temple 
House  Gardens,  Bucks,  19 
Rain,  the,  and  the  fine  crops,  473 
Ranunculus  amplexicaulis,  408 
Raspberry  cultivation  in  Scotland,  189 
Readers’  views,  9,  34,  52,  76,  100,  120, 
144,  166,  278,  297,  324,  342,  473,  497, 
518 
Redesdale,  Lord,  358 
Red  spider,  remedies  for,  538 
Reinwardtia  trigynia,  117 
Repopulation  of  rural  districts,  360 
Resting  of  plants  under  cultivation, 
336,  360,  388,  403 
Resurrection  plants,  370 
Retardation  v.  forcing,  119 
Rhododendrons  at  Regent’s  Park,  429 ; 
Rose,  Killarney,  its  names,  430 ;  at 
the  Temple  Show,  489 ;  Messrs.  J. 
Waterer’s,  491 ;  pruning,  494  ;  Hima¬ 
layan,  530 
Rhubarb,  sma'.l,  309 
Riehardia  leaves  blotched,  243 
Ripened  wood,  384 
Riviera,  flowers  in  the,  in  Apiil,  320 
Rose,  Caroline  d’Arden,  518;  Crimson 
Rambler  not  flowering,  494 ;  Sir  T. 
Upton,  275  ;  Wichuraiana,  Hiawatha, 
364 
Rockery,  general  hints  on  the  making 
of  a,  20 
Rock  plants,  16 
Rood  Ashton,  view  in  the  kitchen  gar¬ 
den  at,  75 
Roots,  the  varied  action  of  Vine  and 
tree,  246,  279,  325 
Rosarians,  congress  of,  at  Nancy,  4i.8 
Rose  garden,  a  formal,  83 ;  show  at 
Bristol,  proposed,  275;  trees,  ata¬ 
vism  in,  518 
Roses,  buttonhole,  514;  for  old  trees, 
249 ;  how  to  produce  good  Liberty, 
380  ;  mildew  on,  504  ;  pot,  and  their 
culture,  250,  271 ;  pruning,  265 ; 
pruning  Tea,  321 ;  top-dressing  for, 
309  ;  under  glass  and  outdoors,  232 ; 
work  among  the,  314 
Roxburghshire,  Larch  and  Scots  Pine 
in,  30 
Ro3'al  Horticultural  Societ}'’e  commit¬ 
tees,  1904,  96 
Runeh  and  Charlock  spraying,  534 
Russian  war  hurts  French  gro'wers,  429 
S 
Saccolabium  Bellinum,  423 
Saccolabiums,  136 
Saint  Louis  Exhibition,  Joseph  H.  Had- 
kinson,  95 
St.  Louis,  British  horticultural  exhibits 
at,  95 
Salads,  282 
Salad,  wayside,  533 
Salvia  gesner®flora,  142,  191 
Sargent,  Prof.  C.  S.,  tour  in  Europe 
and  Asia,  94 
Sarracenias,  culture  and  uses  of,  536 
Sarracenia  specialist,  a,  357 
Sawdust,  554 
Saxifraga  Burseriana,  209 
Scale  insects,  palm  with,  526 
Schizanthus  Wisetonensis,  526 
Sehizanthuses,  10 
School  gardens,  513 
School  gardens,  elementary,  for  War¬ 
wickshire,  358 
School  teachers’  examination  in  cottage 
and  alotment  gardening,  385 
Science,  men  who  build  up,  131 
Scientific  Committee  R.  H.S. 
Acari  in  bark,  280 
Arabis  albida,  proliferous,  412 
Beans  defective,  146 ;  in  houses, 
the  failure  of,  192 
Biological  analog}-— epizoetic  lym¬ 
phangitis  of  horses,  and  plant 
diseases,  367 
Bulbophyllum  saurocephalum,  412 
Buttercup  fasciated,  456 
Cabbage  with  funnel-shaped  ex¬ 
crescence,  367 
Camellia  leaf  diseased,  36 
Capsicum  with  pungency,  412 
Carnations,  hybrid,  544 
Carrots  destroyed  by  insects,  544 
Cedars  at  Chelsea,  367 
Cherry,  double,  with  caterpillar, 
456 
Cineraria,  supposed  disease,  182 
Clematis,  hybrid,  544 
Codlin  moth,  the,  36,  104 
Cypripedium  malformed,  132 
Daffodil  with  fringed  trumpet,  327 
Eucalyptus  with  nodules,  1C4 
Iris  diseased,  104 
Jasmine  with  tuberous  growths, 
237 
Lobelia  nicotiansefolia,  237 
Maggots  in  moss  litter,  1C4 
