June  30,  1904. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER 
111. 
INDEX, 
A 
Abercrombie,  life  of  Jobn,  258 
Abies  losing  leaves,  397 
Abutilon,  Pink  Beauty,  430 
Acalypha  Hamiltoniana  (new),  179 
Acalyjjha  hispida,  272 
Achimenes,  234 
Acre,  measurement  of  an,  1C8 
Ada  aurantiaca,  113 
Address,  Xew  Year’s,  1 
Adiantum  Croweianum,  283;  A.  reni- 
forme,  283 
Aerides,  136 
Agapetes  in  flower  at  Birmingham, 
73 
Agricultural  College  in  the  Yorth,  the 
proposed,  95 ;  College,  Mich.,  231 ; 
co-operation,  385 ;  correspondents, 
182 ;  problem,  an  Irish,  334 
Agriculture,  recent  research  in,  95 
Alake  of  Abeokuta,  the,  493 
Alarm,  the  false,  253 
Alisma  plantago,  326 
Allosorus  crispus,  158 
Alpinia  natans,  249 
Alstromeria  roots  not  growing,  419 
Amaryllis  at  Chelsea,  318 ;  Bella¬ 
donna,  117 
America — Chrysanthemum,  fruit,  and 
vegetable  exhibition,  512 ;  floral 
map  of  the  United  States,  385 
American  agricultural  bulletins,  397 ; 
directory  of  seed  merchants,  175 ; 
florists’  and  ga-  leners’  clubs,  112 ; 
people  not  ho  ulturally  inclined, 
135 
Ammoniacal  .ui.ate  of  copper  so¬ 
lution,  441,  463 
Anemone  coronaria  or  Poppy  Ane¬ 
mone,  383 
Anguloas,  336 
Annuals,  hardv,  a  selection  of  dwarf, 
20 
Antirrhinums  as  winter  pot  plants,  7 
Ants,  notes  on  the  sexes  of,  440,  454 ; 
their  damage,  419 
Aphides,  or  plant  lice,  510 
Apple,  Adam’s  Pearmain,  168 ;  Ailing- 
ton  Pippin,  221 ;  Blenheim  Orange 
not  fruiting,  440 ;  Charles  Ross, 
189 ;  Cox's  Orange  Pippin,  344 ; 
Court  of  Wick,  168 ;  Duchess  of 
Oldenburg,  168 ;  Ecklinville,  13 ; 
Golden  Russet,  280  ;  Lord  Burleigh, 
188  ;  Northern  Greening,  249  ;  Peas- 
,  good’s  Nonesuch,  168 ;  Potts’  Seed¬ 
ling,  168 
Apple  blossom,  430 ;  bud-mite,  the, 
366 ;  diseased  shoot  of  Cox’s  Po¬ 
mona,  351,  366 ; ,  history,  some 
American,  448 ;  new,  on  the  market, 
119 ;  shoot  of  Cox’s  Pomona  with 
excrescences  near  the  bud,  331 ; 
trade,  Liverpool,  341 ;  trees,  canker 
in,  473 
Apples  from  the  Antipodes,  72 ;  notes 
on,  168  237,  257,  279,  296;  storage 
of,  513;  Tasmanian,  320;  varieties 
of  bush,  65 ;  cold  storage  of,  542 
Arabis,  the  double-flowered  white, 
386,  454 
Arachnanthe  Cathcarti,  228 
Aralia  fllicifoHa,  337 
Arrhenantherum  erianthum  at  Kew, 
275 
Artichokes,  Globe,  103 
A.«li,  beauty  of  the  flowering  or 
Manna,  516 
Asparagus,  cultivation  of,  127 ;  in  the 
slums,  446  ;  thinning,  353;  growers 
in  Evesham,  549 
Association,  National  Gardeners’,  164 
Aster  Diadem,  158;  Miss  Kate  Lock 
(new),  292,  430 
Asters,  China,  294 
Aubrietia,  Dr.  Mules,  320 
I  ^ 
Azalea  amoena,  200 ; 
;  Aquatics,  403 
i  Aquatic  plants,  12  good  and  diversi- 
!  fled,  418 
B 
Bavteria  of  the  soil,  280 
Barr,  Mr.  Peter,  182,  429 
Battersea  Park,  guide  to,  183 
Ray  trees,  trouble  with,  504 
Bedding,  487 
Bedding,  plants,  10 ;  preparing  flower 
beds  for  summer,  430  ;  spring,  386 
Beetroot  cultivation  in  Greenock,  156 
Begonia  socotrana,  114 
Begonias,  double  fringed,  217;  new, 
294 ;  tuberous,  117 
Belvoir  Castle,  447  ;  encomium  on, 
469  j 
Benefit  society,  professional  gar¬ 
deners’,  163 
Berry,  Mr.  Charles,  Devonshire,  6 
Beech-tree  pest,  531 
Bee-keeper,  the  (Bees) — Answers  to 
iiueries,  152 ;  bee-moth,  462 ;  bees 
and  fruit,  462 ;  colonies,  building 
up,  396 ;  feeding,  352 ;  handling 
bees,  462 ;  hives,  supering  Stewar- 
ton,  152,  241 ;  hive,  the  Stewarton, 
62,  ICO,  130,  194,  283,  330  ;  ants 
and  bees,  648;  larvae,  dead,  at  hive 
entrances,  418  ;  mouldy  combs,  462 ; 
planting  for,  47 ;  preparation,  286 ; 
purchasing,  330;  queen  excluder, 
440 ;  queen  raising,  352 ;  Stewarton 
hive,  108;  subjugating  and  manipu¬ 
lating,  525 ;  when  to  start  bee-keep¬ 
ing,  418;  supering,  462;  swarming 
and  swarm  prevention,  525 ;  swarms, 
utilising,  562 
Bible,  flowers  of  the,  27 
Birds,  British;  203,  228,  264 
Birds,  British — 
Accentor,  Hedge,  203 
Blackbird,  228 
Bullfinch,  276  | 
Bunting,  common,  302  | 
Chaffinch,  276  j 
Coot,  461 
Corncrake,  461 
Crossbill,  302 
Crow,  the  carrion,  424 
Crow,  the  hooded,  424 
Cuckoo,  228 
Dipper,  461 
Flyciitcher,  204 
Goldfinch,  204 
Grebe,  461 
Greenfinch,  302 
Gull,  461 
Harrier,  hen,  424 
Hawfinch,  302  ! 
Hawk,  sparrow,  424  j 
Heron,  461 
Jackdaw,  303 
Jay,  302 
Kestrel,  204 
Kingfisher,  461 
Lapwing.  204 
Magpie,  424  ^ 
Mallard,  461 
Martin,  Chimney  or  Swallow,  228 
Martin,  common  or  window,  228 
Swallow,  228 
Nightjar,  228 
Nuthatch,  276 
Owl,  barn,  204 ;  tawny,  or  brown, 
424 ;  the  long-eared,  424  ;  the  j 
short -eared,  424 
Pipit,  204 
Red-backed  Shrike,  229 
Redpoll,  204 
Ringdove,  424 
Redbreast,  276 
Rook,  303 
Skylark,  303 
Sparrow,  hi)use,  3C2 
Starling,  303 
Stockdove,  424 
Swift,  228 
Teal,  461 
Thrush,  song,  missel,  228 
Titmouse,  blue,  276;  great,  276 
Titmice,  203 
Turtle-dove,  424 
Wagtail,  204 
Warbler,  blackcap,  303 ;  garden, 
303 
Waterhen,  461 
Woodpecker,  204 
Wren,  203 
Wryneck,  204 
Yellowhammer,  302  j 
Birds  and  Gooseberry  bushes,  278 ;  ' 
eggs,  preservation,  397,  410;  pre¬ 
venting  from  taking  fruit  buds,  195 
Birmingham  councillors  as  gardening 
experts,  366 
Blickling  Hall,  Norfolk,  316 
Blossom,  the  season  of,  355 
Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries, 
its  officers,  work,  and  management, 
212 
Board  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry,  95  | 
Bog  garden,  a  natural,  337  ! 
Bones,  burnt,  309;  in  the  garden,  | 
means  of  using,  42  I 
Book  illustrating  and  designing  i 
flower-beds  on  grass  and  gravel.  42 
Bookshelf,  a  gardener’s,  with  selec¬ 
tion  of  twelve  "  best  books  ”  for  a 
gardener's  library,  201 
Books  on  market  gardening,  20 
Books  on  Roses,  483 
Books — notices  of — Alcohol,  notes  on, 
141 ;  Agricultural  Economist,  520 ; 
Australian  gardening,  57 ;  Battersea 
•Park,  guide  to,  183 ;  Bee-keeping 
for  Beginners,  451 ;  Bees,  Book  on, 
265 ;  Botanic  Terms,  A  Glossary  of, 
94;Casseirs  Popular  Gardening,  275, 
341,  429,  513 ;  Chrysanthemum  Cul¬ 
ture,  Pictorial,  Practical,  136 ; 
Chrysanthemums  (IVell’s),  Culture 
of,  114 ;  Chrysanthemums  and 
How  to  Grow  Them  for  Exhibi¬ 
tion,  136 ;  Country  Gentleman’s 
Estate  Book,  468 ;  Dahlias,  culture 
of,  114 ;  Derbyshire,  Flora  of,  114 ; 
Diary,  My  Garden,  19 ;  England’s 
National  Flower,  71;  Entomological 
Catalogue,  195;  “Estate  Magazine,” 
the,  119;  Farmers’  Yearbook,  Sut-  j 
ton’s,  129 ;  Flora  and  Sylva,  315,  ! 
429,  513 ;  Flora  of  Europe,  72 ;  For¬ 
ester’s  Diary  and  Pocketbook,  1904, 
M’ebster’s,  72 ;  Fruit  Farming,  Prac¬ 
tical  Hints  on,  513 ;  Fruit  Garden, 
250,  273 ;  Garden,  Decorative,  the, 
7  ;  “  Geological  Magazine,”  the,  95  ; 
Heather,  the,  8 ;  Heather  in  Love, 
Lyric,  and  Lay,  71 ;  Holidays  on 
the  Continent,  513 ;  Jounial  of  the  ! 
Board  of  Agriculture,  274,  429 ;  Man¬ 
ures,  a  Treatise  on,  469 ;  Mealy 
Bugs  and  Scale  Insects,  157,  274 ; 
Lawns,  136;  Old  West  Surrey,  412; 
“  One  and  All  ”  Gardening,  1904, 
115 ;  Orchid  Review,  513 ;  Orchid 
Stud-book,  247 ;  Origin  of  Culti¬ 
vated  Plants,  108 ;  Paradisi  in  Sole, 
Paradisus  Terrestris,  429 ;  Rose  Gar¬ 
den,  the,  25 ;  Roses  and  their  Cul¬ 
ture,  136;  Small  Culture,  468; 
Smithsonian  Institution,  Annual 
Report  of  the,  25;  South  African 
Flowering  Plante,  157;  Systematic 
Pomology,  381;  Vegetables  and 
Flowers,  Culture  of,  70 ;  Vegetable 
Farming,  Practical  Hints  on,  513 ; 
Wheldon’s  Catalogue,  182 ;  Who's 
IVho,  1904,  119 ;  Forestry,  Adaptation 
of  Land  for,  531 
Botanising,  use  and  abuse  of,  248 
Botanists  make  bad  gardeners,  145 
Botany,  gardeners  and  the  study  of, 
92,  167 ;  lectures  on  advanced,  73, 
275 ;  School  Board  and  botany,  513 
Bouquets,  water,  5 
Bowdon,  retirement  of  Mr.  Frederick, 
73 
Bowood,  Caine,  Wiltshire,  474 
British  gardeners’  Association,  pro¬ 
spectus,  490,  495.  (See  also  under 
“  Societies.”)  Seed  trade  and  the, 
497 
Broccoli  from  Cornwall,  385 
Brodisa  uniflora  alba,  340 
Brussels  Sprouts,  Sutton's  exhibition, 
52 
Brussels  Sprouts,  productive,  158 
Bugs,  beautiful  and  otherwise,  402 
Bulbocodium  vernum,  249 
Bulbs,  planting  out  after  forcing,  410 
Burbank,  Luther,  101 
Burn,  retirement  of  Mr.  John,  51 
Briar  cuttings,  153 
Business  houses,  progressive,  276 
G 
Cabbage  “  Collard,”  167 
Cabbages  taxed  l^d.  each,  105 
Cacti  at  Handsworth,  58 ;  the  Darrah 
collection  of,  182,  221 ;  notes  on,  532 
Caladiums,  200 
Calanthe  Veitchi  at  Ashby  St.  Legers, 
48;  Veitchi  culture,  49 
Calceolaria,  Webb’s  specimen,  494 
Calceolarias  from  Messrs.  Veitch,  469 
Calderwood  estate,  Hamilton,  50 
Camellia  with  yellow  foliage,  309 
Camellias  in  the  open  air,  452 
Canada  and  the  fruit  supply,  451 ; 
Scottish  emigrants  to,  341 
Canna,  garden  history  of  the,  543 
Cannas,  186 
Canon  Ellacombe’s  garden,  491 
Carnation  Mrs.  Leopold  de  Roth¬ 
schild,  113 
Carnation  Mrs.  Thus.  W.  Lawson,  184, 
294 
Carnations,  new  American,  138 ; 
notes  on,  320 ;  select  tree,  441 
Carpet-bedding,  plan  for,  375,  414 
Caryota  excelsa,  125 
Caterpillars,  some  early,  227 
Cattleya  citrina,  a  yellow  lipped,  379  ; 
Dowiana,  49;  Schilleriana,  510; 
Schroder*,  356 ;  Statteriana,  466, 
487 
Cedars,  the  Chelsea,  272,  325 
Cedrus  Libani,  200 
Cercidophyllum  in  spring,  beauty  of,^ 
476 
Certificated  Plants,  Flowers,  Fruits, 
and  Vegetables  i  by  the  Royal 
Horticultural  and  other  Societies. 
Auricula,  Triumph,  392 ;  Vesta, 
392 
Azalea  Mme.  Emile  Eckhaut,  304  ; 
mollis  X  sinensis,  var.  Ellen 
Cuthbert,  479 
Begonia  Avalanche,  479  ;  Lady  Cur- 
zon,  479 ;  Morrisiana  speciosa, 
521;  Mrs.  H.  T.  Di.xson,  123; 
Mr.  W.  H.  Edwards,  479 
Bulbophyllum  micropetalum,  16 
Camellia  Jui)iter,  261;  Mercuiy, 
261 ;  Minerva,  261 ;  Waltham 
Gl'iry,  261 
