June  30,  1904. 
JOURJSAL  CF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDFjNER. 
V. 
Ferns,  a  group  of,  323 ;  and  Rhodo¬ 
dendrons  for  garden  effect,  127 ; 
planting  hard.v,  364 ;  shade  screen 
for,  526 ;  temperate,  283 
Fertilisers  for  market  garden  crops, 
455,  488 
Figs,  English,  518 
Figs  under  glass,  notes  on,  448  ;  second 
early,  103  ;  trees  in  borders,  earliest, 
103 ;  trees  in  pots,  earliest  forced, 
300  ;  in  pots,  280  ;  trees,  planted  out, 
280 ;  with  brown  spots,  331 
Findlay,  Mr.,  and  his  Potatoes,  292 
Fifes,  swarms  of,  in  North  London,  512 
Floods  in  the  Thames  valley,  119 
Flower  garden,  19,  41,  64,  85,  106,  129, 
151,  173,  193,  223,  241,  163,  285,  307, 
329,  350,  373,  395,  416,  439,  460,  482, 
503,  524 
Flower  garden,  the,  its  summer  em¬ 
bellishment,  425 
Flowers,  among  the  hardy,  399,  552  ;  at 
Christmas,  14  ;  collection  of  cut,  374  ; 
cutting  and  preserving  in  water — ■ 
result  of  essay  competition,  293;  for 
Britain,  24 ;  fortunes  in,  51 ;  from 
France,  114 ;  market,  for  Easter, 
293 ;  of  the  Bible,  27 ;  the  influence 
of,  359 ;  unisexual,  and  catkins,  287 
Forcing  plants,  4 ;  time  required  to 
bring  Spiraeas,  &c.,  into  flower,  153 ; 
V.  retardation,  119 
Foremen  and  “jurneymen,”  402 
Forestry,  Board  of  Agriculture  and,  95 
Forestry,  book  on,  419;  British,  432; 
problem  of  the  United  Kingdom, 
119 ;  re  afforesting  of  the  Black 
Country,  358 ;  Scottish  instruction 
in,  118 
Forestry,  Professor  Schlicli  on  British, 
90;  are  future  supplies  safe?  90; 
dangers,  external,  172;  economic 
forestry,  135 ;  experience  of  Saxony, 
91 ;  financial  aspect  of,  91 ;  manage¬ 
ment,  objects  of,  135;  planting,  cost 
of,  172;  production,  average  annua', 
171 ;  rate  of  interest,  135  ;  soil,  135  ; 
soil,  value  of,  for  forestry,  172 ;  steps 
to  be  taken  in  this  country,  90;  tim¬ 
ber  supply,  sources  of  the,  90 ;  trees, 
indigenous  v.  exotics,  172 
Forestry  lecturer,  appointment  to  a 
(Mr.  Fraser  Story),  406 
Foxgloves  in  the  garden,  212" 
Freesias  and  their  culture,  128 : 
coloured,  179 
Friendly  Benefit  Society  (Leeds),  Pro¬ 
fessional  Gardeners’,  163 
Fritillaria  meleagris,  430  ;  Whittali,  386 
Frost  on  windows— anti-frost  solution, 
341 
Frosts,  spring,  155 
Fruit  and  railway  rates,  468 ;  and 
sugar  in  the  West  Indies,  292;  and 
vegetables— returns,  462;  at  Christ¬ 
mas,  13 ;  crop,  possibilities  of  Kent, 
319 ;  culture,  happy-go-lucky,  34, 
52,  76 ;  culture  in  Ireland,  319 ;  cul¬ 
ture  in  Ulster,  253;  culture  in  West 
Middlesex,  184 ;  culture,  to  encou¬ 
rage,  275 ;  culture,  want  of  knowledge 
in,  9;  extra  garden,  422;  farm  in 
1903,  my,  38 ;  good  out  of  evil,  167 ; 
growing  industry,  the,  341 ;  growing 
in  Nova  Scotia,  model  orchards,  280 ; 
growing,  the  N.F.G.F.  and  the  de¬ 
partmental  inquiry,  50  ;  inquiry  into 
.British  fruit  culture,  13;  the  in¬ 
quiry  into  (Scotland),  166,  199;  in¬ 
dustry,  the,  406;  inquiry,  512;  mar¬ 
ket,  condition  of  the,  450 ;  packing, 
174 ;  production,  commercial,  325 ; 
prospects  in  New  York  State,  513; 
prospects  in  Warwickshire,  432;  re¬ 
cent  supplies  of,  469  ;  South  African, 
163 ;  supply,  Canada  and  the,  451 ; 
trees,  old,  153 ;  trees,  ordering,  53, 
76,  120 ;  bearers,  529 ;  why  fruit 
fails,  -551 ;  the  drying  of,  554 
Fruit  forcing,  18,  40,  63,  84,  106,  128, 
150,  173,  193,  222,  240,  262,  285,  306, 
323,  350,  372,  394,  416,  438,  460,  482, 
*=02,  524 
Fruit,  hardy,  40,  84,  128,  173,  222,  262, 
306,  350,  394,  438,  482,  524 
“  F.  R.  H.  S.,”  the  inspiring  letters, 
410 
Fungi,  origin  of  parasitic,  537 
Ct 
Gadding  and  gathering,  3,  35,  60,  136, 
190,  279,  317,  357,  491,  536 
Garden,  a  water,  17  ;  cities,  49  ;  glean¬ 
ings,  10,  142,  158,  200,  249,  364,  430, 
452 ;  life,  odd  things  in,  218 ;  new 
ornamental,  for  London,  182 ;  village 
of  the  Small  Holdings  Association, 
509,  541 
Gardens,  ancient  and  modern,  282 ; 
and  gardening  in  the  Isle  of  Wight, 
295;  experiment,  198;  school,  212 
Gardener  and  his  emplo3’er,  189,  221 
Gardeners  and  benefit  societies,  297; 
and  their  duties,  281,  296,  342,  367  ; 
and  the  study  of  botan)^  92,  167,  188, 
236 ;  association,  national,  proposed, 
120,  140,  144,  221,  231  ;  report  of  the 
February  meeting,  164,  188  ;  plea  for 
a,  389,  410 ;  in  distress,  69 
Gardening,  cottage,  encouragement  of, 
10 ;  for  the  young,  289 ;  market, 
notes,  274  ;  the  luxury  of,  342 ;  old- 
time,  the  seventeenth  century,  23 ; 
old-time,  close  of  seventeenth  cen- 
tur3%  159 ;  old-time,  plants  produced 
in  the  seventeenth  centur3',  382 ; 
old-time,  rise  of  botany  and  botanic 
gardens,  256 
Gardenia  culture,  234 
Gas-lime,  application  of,  397 
Gant,  Mr.  R.  C.,  428 
Geonoma  PynDertiana,  56 
Geranium  pratense,  fl.-pl.,  294 
Gerberas,  hybrid,  494 
Gladioli  bulbils,  440 ;  earl3-  flowering, 
408 
Glasshouse,  a  small,  399 
Glass  structures,  311 ;  areas  of,  129 
Glaucium  luteum,  309 
Gloriosa  Rothschildiana,  555 
Gloxinia,  Carter’s  Invincible  prize,  516 
Gloxinias,  leaves,  crumpling,  549 
Gooseberries,  3'oung,  448 
Gorse,  covering  a  hillside  with,  for 
covert,  108 
Gouville  garden,  149 
Grading  and  packing  fruits  and  vege¬ 
tables,  46,  116 
Grafting,  bottle,  264 
Grape  competition,  Scottish  challenge 
trophy,  118 ;  culture,  some  notes  on, 
103 ;  Madresfield  Court,  344 
Grapes,  Barbarossa  not  swelling,  175, 
194  ;  British,  406  ;  scalded,  353  ;  thin¬ 
ning,  404,  434 ;  three  heaviest 
bunches  grown  in  British  Islands, 
•441,  454 
Grasses,  ornamental,  452 
Grass  land  fogged,  374 
Greenhouse  construction,  231 ;  piping 
for,  374 
H 
Iladkinson,  Joseph  H.,  95 
Hall,  the  Horticultural — (see  Royal 
Horticultural  Society) — 15,  73,  120, 
182,  199,  428 ;  donations  to  the 
Royal  Horticultural,  415 ;  the  name 
of  the,  141 ;  the  trade  at  the  95 ; 
Ware  horticulturists  and  the,  50 
Hamilton,  notes  from,  199,  493 
Hanbury,  Sir  Thomas,  Veitchifttlemo- 
rial  Medal  to, '  95 
Hanbury’s  garden.  Sir  Thomas,  320 
Hazel-nut,  fruiting  of  the,  516 
Heating  house,  175 
Heleniums,  191 
Herbs,  400 
Herbst,  will  of  the  late  Mr.  H.,  nur¬ 
seryman,  407 
Ilewell  Grange,  Worcestershire,  160 
Hippeastrums,  culture  of,  509,  541 
Holl.vhock,  the,  444,  516 
Hollyhocks,  the  puccinia  of,  516 
Hopefulness,  the  season  of,  3 
Hope,  .Mr.  Andrew,  Exeter,  8 
Horticultural  instruction  in  Scotland, 
298 
Horticulture  and  Science,  133 
House,  a  lean-to,  458 
Houses,  angle  of  elevation  for  plant, 
20 
Huml)Ie,  presentation  to  Mr.  E.,  319 
Hurdle,  wicker  or  reed,  419 
Hutchison,  Mr.  D.  C.,  of  Storrie  and 
Storrie,  512 
Hyacinth  competition,  monster,  at 
Sheffield,  253 
Hyacinths  and  spring  flowers  in  Lon¬ 
don,  341 ;  and  Tulips,  treatment  of 
the  bulbs  after  flowering,  387 
Hydrocyanic  .acid  gas,  384,  410,  432; 
for  Tomatoes,  53 
Hymenanthera  crassifolia,  516 
Hj'pericum  calycinum,  cutting  down, 
223 
I 
Impatiens  Olivieri,  227 
Insecticides — Cook’s  softsoaj)  emul¬ 
sion,  492 ;  Cook’s  hardsoap  emul¬ 
sion,  492 ;  arsenic,  214 ;  arsenites, 
214 ;  gas  tar,  253 ;  hellebore,  274 ; 
bisulphide  of  carbon,  230 ;  hydro¬ 
cyanic  acid  gas,  274 ;  gas  liquor, 
230  ;  gas  lime,  230  ;  water,  hot,  274  ; 
carbolic  acid,  230 ;  lime,  330 ; 
methylated  spirit,  330 ;  paraffin  oil 
or  petroleum,  330 ;  potash  fertili¬ 
sers,  492 ;  pyrethrum,  492 
Insectivorous  plants,  262 
Insects ;  Caterpillars,  some  early,  227 
Inverewe  House,  Ross-shire,  experi¬ 
mental  gardening  at,  25 
Ireland  :  County  Armagh  fruit  in¬ 
dustry,  410 ;  fruit  prospects  in  the 
south  of,  432 
Iris  plicata,  Madame  Chereau,  516 ; 
sindjarensis,  97 ;  squalens,  469 ;  tu- 
berosa,  “  the  Widow,”  360 
Irises  at  Kew,  486 ;  notes  on,  360 ; 
Spanish,  405 ;  various  beautiful,  97 
Ito,  Marquis,  439 
Ivy  and  Euonymus  under  trees,  186 
Japanese  dwarf  plants,  407;  garden, 
a,  450 
Jasminum  primulinum,  139 
Jottings,  487 
‘‘  Journal,”  the,  in  Egypt,  317 
‘‘  Journal,”  where  it  circulates,  119 
K 
Kalosanthes  coccinea,  117 
Kashmir,  botanising  in,  179 
Kentucky,  the  mammoth  caves  of,  14 
Kew  gardeners  and  organisation,  319 ; 
gardeners’  social  evening,  50 ;  gar¬ 
dens,  199 ;  guild  gardeners’  dinner, 
429,  468 ;  museums,  the,  423 ;  not¬ 
able  appointments  from,  86 ;  plants 
at,  61 ;  the  greenhouse  in  February, 
191 ;  the  greenhouse,  358 ;  the  T- 
range,  359 ;  visitors  to,  on  W’hit- 
Monday,  451 
Kewite,  diploma  in  agriculture  for 
an  old,  429 
Khartoum,  notes  from,  167 
King,  the,  as  patron  of  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society,  279 
Kitchen  garden,  18,  84,  107,  150,  193, 
240,  285,  329,  372,  417,  460,  503  . 
Kitley,  presentation  to  Mr.  II.,  385 
Labour,  amount  of,  per  1,000  sq.  ft. 
of  glass  in  private  gardens,  374 
Laburnum  Adami,  534 
Laelia  anceps,  26 
Land  for  agriculture  and  for  market 
gardening  purposes,  374 
La;'.io-cattleya  x  Cassiope,  Weston- 
birt  var.,  26 ;  L.-c.  Myra,  var. 
Charleswortbi,  157;  L.-c.  Digbyana 
Trianae,  290 
Land  rents  round  Prestonpans,  .Mid 
Lothian,  118 
Larch,  the  -Japanese,  105 
Latania  borbonica,  185 
Lavender  for  hedges,  65 
Lawn  from  seeds,  liints  on  making, 
20 
Lawns,  eradication  of  moss  in,  87 
Lawn-mowers,  Royal  Botanic  Society 
and  motor,  340 
Lily  bulbs,  carrying  over,  463 
Lily-house,  Edgbaston  botanical  gar¬ 
den,  340 
Lilium  auratum  bulb  decayed,  195 ; 
candidum,  foliage  of,  destroyed,  42 
Lime,  observations  on  using,  162 
Literature,  horticultural,  421 
Liverpool  Botanic  Garden,  plants  at, 
186 
Leaves,  377 
Legal  notes — claim  for  damaged 
Chr3'santhemuni  blooms,  223,  265 ; 
Potatoes  disconform  to  contract,  44 
Leucophjdon  Browni,  propagating, 
287 
Lobelias,  increasing,  287 
Lonicera  tartarica  grandiflora,  142 
Luculia  gratissima,  452 
Lupinus  polj'phyllus  albus,  340 
Lycopodium,  d.veing,  19 
Liverpool  Botanic  Garden,  296 
M 
Mandevilla  suaveolens,  411 
Manure  and  hoof  parings,  527 ;  arti¬ 
ficial,  for  Asters  and  outdoor  Chrys¬ 
anthemums,  287 ;  artificial,  tor  the 
garden,  210  ;  artificial,  for  Violets  in 
pits,  42 ;  chemical,  170 ;  cowdung, 
for  mixing  with  horse-droppings  for 
growing  mushrooms,  20 ;  for  mixing 
with  soil  for  "Geraniums,”  64; 
blood,  manufacturing,  43 ;  natural 
and  concentrated,  167 ;  relative 
values  of  cowdung,  sheep-droppings, 
and  swine  manure,  42 ;  something 
about,  362 
March  7,  1804— March  7,  1904,  182 
Market  Gardeners’  Act,  the,  292 ;  Gar¬ 
deners’  Compensation  Bill,  428 ; 
British  flower  culture,  390  ;  garden.s, 
rating,  309 ;  gardening  notes,  293, 
359 ;  prices  of  fruits  and  vegetables, 
341,  390,  429 
Marketing  bunch  of  Rhubarb,  Onions, 
Turnips,  374 
Marsilea  and  other  water  ferns,  283 
Masdevallias,  157 
Massachusetts,  horticultural  instruc¬ 
tion  in,  469 
Matters  of  moment,  101,  120 
Jlelon,  a  December,  128 
Melrose,  Roxburghshire,  iruit  culture 
at,  60 
Metcalfe,  presentation  to  Mr.,  73 
Meteorological  observations  at  Wisley, 
396,  419,  437,  463,  483,  503,  526 
Metric  system  of  weights  and  mea¬ 
sures,  512 
Metrostigma  axillaris,  179 
Michie,  presentation  to  Mr.  -John,  Ba’.- 
moral,  451, 
Mildew,  recipe  for  solution  to  destro.v, 
130 ;  what  is  the  cause  of?  540 
Mimuli  for  garden  beds,  32 
Miscellaneous  notes.  Four  Oaks  Nur- 
ser3'  Co.,  440;  Land  Co.,  London, 
440 
Mitraria  coccinea,  468 
Mitrostigma  axillaris,  452 
Mollusc  for  identification,  242 
Moss  in  lawns,  eradication  of,  87 
Moth,  the  Gipsy,  142;  the  Wood  Leo¬ 
pard,  190 ;  Grape  Tortrix,  242 ;  the 
Hawk,  at  Lambeth,  518 
Motor  cars  and  Strawberry  culture, 
341 
