December  31,  1903.  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
A 
Acacia  Drummondi,  buds  falling,  478 
Acacias,  a  selection  of;  196 
Achievement,  a  notable  (Dickson’s, 
Chester),  52 
Action,  187 
Adaptation  in  a  Pelargonium,  611 
Agathsea  ceelestis,  419 
Agriculture,  the  study  of,  206 
Akebia  quinata,  417 
Allium  neapolitanum,  282 
America,  lack  of  “push”  in,  296 
American  Florists’  Convention,  294 
American  friends  in  England,  62 
American  Society  for  Horticultural 
Science,  1S9 
Ampelopsis,  syn.  Vitis,  150 
Anemone  alpina  and  its  variety 
sulphurea,  631 
Anemones,  Irish,  81 
Anomatheca  cruenta,  242 
Antirrhinums  to  succeed  Chrysanthe¬ 
mums,  485 
Aphelandra  nitens,  582 
Apple— Adam’s  P<aimain,  640  ;  Annie 
Elizabeth,  337,  442,  460,  490  ;  Dutch 
Mignonne,  640  ;  Fearn’s  Pippin,  540  ; 
Gascoigne’s  Scarlet  Seedling,  444; 
Golden  Pippin,  311 ;  Golden  Spire, 378; 
Lane’s  Prince  Albert,  640  ;  Lord  Hind- 
lip,  314  ;  Middle  Green,  462 ;  Scarlet 
Nonpareil,  516  ;  Stirling  Castle,  540  ; 
Sturmer  Pippin,  516  ;  Ribston  Pippin, 
516;  Warwickshire  or  Wyken,  516; 
White  ’Fransparent,  313;  Yorkshire 
Greening,  541 
Apple  and  Pear  culture,  paper  on,  331 ! 
crop,  the,  53 ;  imports,  494  ;  scab, 
combating,  403;  scale  on  Waltham 
Abbey  Seedling,  365  ;  tree,  a  profit¬ 
able,  444  ;  tree,  remarkable,  330 ; 
trees,  bad  effect  of  grass  on,  290 ; 
trees  cankered,  524 
Apples— American,  99;  and  the  recent 
gale,  307  ;  British  v.  foreign,  481,  634  ; 
Canadian,  for  England,  464  ;  crop  of, 
a  heavy,  417  ;  colouring  of,  369,  380, 
400,  442,  476  ;  new  and  old,  306  ; 
profitable  varieties  of  bush,  618,  640 
Appointments  —  E.  Bambridge,  £9  ; 
— Benbow  (Abbotsbury),  219;  D.  Bliss, 
308  ;  Jos.  Booker,  99  ;  Geo,  Burrows, 
375  ;  W.  A.  Cook,  308  ;  A.  V.  Coombe, 
6  ;  Henry  Durnford,  308  ;  W.  Earp, 
308  ;  F.  Fennimore.  464  ;  H.  Foster, 
607  ;  James  Foster,  191 ;  A.  Garner, 
607  ;  A.  Grant,  557  ;  Geo.  Gregory,  331 ; 
Mark  Huntley,  72  ;  F.  Jacskon,  31; 
W.  J.  King,  308;  —  Mabbott,  124;  John 
MacLellan,  308;  .James  Moir,  149; 
Jos.  Mottram,  52  ;  David  Murray,  99; 
C.  Nevil,  331;  W.  P.age,  72;  John 
Peatlie,  5;  W.  J.  Penton,  72; 
G.  Pike,  294  ;  Richard  Roberts,  219  ; 
Ed.  Rutherford,  487  ;  .John  Stringer, 
375  ;  H.  Sweet,  487  ;  F.  Tapper,  308; 
.1.  Turton,  487 
Apricots,  brown  spots  on,  206 
Artindale  and  Sons,  Sheffield,  198 
Asparagus  bed,  making  a,  547 
Aspen,  the,  688 
Association,  a  Gardeners’,  460,  490,  636 
Aster,  Coombe-Fishacre  White,  371 
Aster  plants  destroyed  in  the  stem, 
276 
Aster  puniceus  pulcherrimus,  423 
Asters,  beautifnl  new,  282 
Asters,  perennial,  307 
Aubrietias,  8 
Australia,  Daffodil  King’s  tour  in,  78 
Autumn  thoughts,  280 
Azalea  amtena,  327 
iii. 
INDEX. 
— - 
B 
Bacteria,  symbiotic,  368 
Bamboos,  flowering  and  hardy,  167 
Banana,  weight  of  a,  693 
Banffshire,  newer  varieties  of  fruit  in, 
444 
Banks,  co-operative,  23 
B.arr,  Mr.  Peter,  241  ;  visit  to  Egypt, 
631 
Barr  and  Sons,  at  the  Royal  Botanic 
Gardens,  6 
Bath  Botanic  Gardens.  357 
Bath,  Garden  cf  the  Royal  School,  302 
Battersea  Park,  370 
Bee-keeper  (bees)— Age  of  worker,  622  ; 
apiary,  position  of  an,  206  ;  autumn 
feeding  and  preparation,  252  ;  autumn 
stimulation,  66  ;  bee-keepers’  lament, 
89  ;  bee-keeping,  modern,  364  ;  bees¬ 
wax,  230  ;  care  of  comb  honey,  89 ; 
colonies  short  of  stores,  622  ;  driving 
bees,  276 ;  feeding,  364  ;  finding  and 
introducing  queens,  168 ;  hive  of, 
without  brood  :  is  it  queenless?  298; 
hive  roofs,  429 ;  hive,  the  hexagonal 
Stewarton,  569  ;  hives,  locality  and 
position  of,  320  ;  hives,  stray  thoughts 
on,  66  :  honeydew,  89  ;  hornet  and 
wasp,  relative  size  of,  591 ;  how  to 
commence  bee-keeping  late  in  summer 
or  early  autumn,  168  ;  how  to  hive, 
40  ;  Italian,  522  ;  marketing  honey, 
230  ;  queen  bees  and  stings,  591 ; 
removing  sui  plus,  40  ;  re-queening, 
136  ;  robbing,  113,  364  ;  supers,  when 
to  put  on,  67  ;  swarming,  40  ;  wax- 
moth,  the,  184;  weak  colonies,  298; 
wintering,  386,  544  ;  hive,  the 
Stewarton,  607 
Bedding- combination,  355  ;  in  London 
parks,  210  ;  Hampton  Court,  210,  287  ; 
Regent's  Park,  287 ;  spring,  419 ; 
spring,  in  Hyde  Park,  London,  266 
Begonia  flower,  abnormal,  254  ;  Gloire 
de  Sceaux,  879 
Begonias,  an  amateur’s,  348;  at  Rock- 
lands,  Waterford,  29 ;  for  winter, 
647  ;  Ware’s  tuberous-rooted,  561 ; 
winter-flowering,  435 
Belgium  and  the  Ardennes,  holidays  in, 
98 
Birmingham  Botanic  Gardens,  152  ;  new 
curator  at,  80 
Birmingham  parks,  new  head  gardener 
for,  331 
Birmingham  University  and  plant 
diseases,  486 
Blackberries  in  Lines,  415 
Blackberry,  a  ‘  '  a  white,”  145 
Black  Currants,  French,  53;  mite,  281 
Blairgowrie  district,  fruit  crop  in,  75 
Book  dealing  with  compensation,  185; 
Book,  old:  value  of,  160 
Book  not'ces  —  Beautiful  and  Rare 
Trees  and  .Shrubs,  219;  “Botanical 
Names  for  English  Readers,”  265  ; 
Cambridge  Botanic  Garden  Report, 
31 ;  Canadian  Florist,  462  ;  Century 
Book  of  Gardening,  100 ;  Coniferte, 
Hand  list  of,  27 ;  Decorations,  book 
on  table,  277  ;  I  aimer’s  Busir.eis 
Hand  Book,  531  ;  Fruits,  Culture  of 
Hardy  Tree  and  Bush,  423  ;  Garden¬ 
ing  for  All,  423  ;  Heating  ;by  Hot 
Water,  624  ;  Horticultural  Journal, 
'Ihe,  246;  Irrigation,  Underground, 
72;  Jones’  Chrysanthemum  Guide. 
487  ;  Journal  of  the  Roy.al  Horticul¬ 
tural  Society,  £30 ;  Manuring  of 
Market  Garden  Crops,  531  ;  Naturj 
Study,  an  introduction  to,  423  ;  N.C.S. 
Catalogue  (a  critique),  535  ;  Cfficial 
Catalogue  of  the  Nat.  Chrys.  Soc.  of 
Book  Notices— continued. 
France,  503 ;  Orchid  Review,  607 ; 
Orchids,  their  Culture  and  Mana:  e- 
raent,  47  ;  Packing  and  Selling  Fruits 
and  Vegetables,  531 ;  Peach,  Book  of 
the,  228  ;  Pictorial  Practical  Bulb 
Growing,  531 ;  Principlesof  American 
Forestry,  607  ;  Roses, [Beautiful,  1£2  ; 
Violets  and  Pansies,  190  ;  Wild  Gar¬ 
den,  the,  169  ;  Zoology, [Economic,  423 
Botanists,  portraits  of,  364 
Fotany,  a  course  of  advanced  lectures 
on,  353 
Bothy,  ]  Ian  of  a,  112  ;  ancther,  382 
Bouvardias,  choice,  419 
Brambles  plentiful,  191 
Bricks,  price  of,  91 
Brodimas,  459 
Brown  rot  of  fruit  (Sclerotinia  fructi- 
gena,  Schriiter),  51 
Brugmansias  losing  their  lower  leaves,91 
Bulbocodium  vernum,  483 
Bulbous  plants,  notes  on,  469 
Bulb  growing  in  Lincolnshire,  170 
Bulbs,  Lincolnshire,  for  Holland,  52; 
neglected  lines  in  hardy,  261 ;  relative 
value  of  large  v.  small,  252  ;  reminders 
about,  377  ;  their  culture,  246 
Bunyard’s  nursery,  £06 
Butterfly,  small  copper,  296;  theCem- 
ma,  386 
C 
Cabbage,  a  monster,  439 
Cabbages  infested  with  grubs,  121 
Cabbages,  large  (one  9  feet  in 
diameter),  490 
Calceolaria  Burbidgei,  419 ;  20  feet  in 
circumference,  305 
Calceolarias  at  Bolehall  ji  Manor,  26  ; 
new,  8 
Campanula  garganica  and  its  varieties, 
46  ;  persieifolia,  104  ;  pyramidalis,  289 
Campanulas  for  June  and  July,  2£6 
Canada  calls  for  Britons,  466 
Canadian  exhibition,  permanent,  at 
Crystal  Palace,  487 
Canning  interest  in  New  Jersey,  204 
Cantaloup,  a  heavy,  81 
Cardiff  Botanical  Gardens,  441 
Carnation  League  of  America,  170 ; 
Mrs.  Lora  Armstrong,  214,  351 
Carnations,  Marguerite,  407  ;  new  cert, 
vars. ,  82 
Carnations  at  Keevil  Manor,  165 ;  flaked 
and  self,  79  ;  from  Milburn,  101 ;  Mal- 
maison,  407  ;  market  Tree  varieties, 
150  :  raising  seedling,  101  ;  winter 
blooming,  551;  with  flowering  stems, 
321 
Carrot  crop,  the,  80,  98,  127,  146 
Catalogue,  a  Japanesenurseryman’s,353 
Catalpa  bignonioides,  242 
Catalpa  wood,  547 
Cattleya  Atalanta  superba,  189;  Dowi. 
ana  Ro-.ita,  317;'gigas,  71;  Mendeli 
Bella,  436  ;  x  Pittiana,  Wilson-Fot- 
ter’s  variety,  281 ;  Rex,  143  ;  Schiller- 
ianaLowi,  303  ;  Warsrewiezi  v:  r.  Mr.-i. 
E.  Aihwcrth,  426  ;  Cattleya  gutt;  ta 
Prinzi,  599 
Cauliflowers  going  off,  21 
Cedars,  the,  of,  Goodwood,  327 
Celery,  earthing,  143 ;  for  rheumatism, 
509;  planis  diseased,  343 
Centipedes  and  millipedes,  424 
Cere  us  grandiflora,  160 
Certif.  Pits.,  96 
Certificated  Plants,  Flowers, 
Fruits,  and  'Vegetables  (by  the 
Royal  Horticultural  and  other 
Societies). 
Apple,  Middle  Green,  362 
Asparagus  plumosus  cristata,  82 
Bean,  Hackwood  Success,  179 
Begonia  x  Bavaria,  179 ;  x  His 
Majesty.  406  ;  x  Marie  Bouchett, 
82 ;  X  Our  Queen,  406 
Carnation  Ivo  Sebright,  84  ;  Mrs.  F. 
Wellesley,  84;  Richness,  84; 
Speranza,  84 
Cattleya  Atalanta  superba,  ISO;  x 
Fabia  var.  Marie  du  Waverin,400  ; 
X  F.  W.  Wigan,  Peeter's  var., 
406  ;  Gautheri,  406  ;  gigas,  variety 
White  Queen,  130;  Loddigesi, 
268  ;  X  Pittiana  Wilson-Potter’.s 
var.,' 220 
Chrysanthemum,  Allman’s  Yellow, 
666;  Dorothy  Pywell,  496;  F.  S'. 
Vallis,  406  ;  Lady  Cranston,  495; 
maximum.  King  Edward,  220  ; 
Maude  du  Cros,  406  ;  Miss  E. 
Holding,  406  ;  Mrs.  J.  Dunn,  495  ; 
The  Champion,  220 
Ccelogyne  fuscescens,  406 
Croton,  Turnfordiensis,  668 
Cypripedium  insigne  Sanderae^, 
Oakwood  Seedling,  666  ;  Law- 
renceanum  Gratrixianum,  268  ; 
X  Leeanum  Clinkerberryanum, 
666  ;  X  Leeanum  var.  Stafford- 
ianum,  495 ;  x  Queen  of  Italy, 
495;  X  Rappartianum,  268; 
X  Ultor,  82 
Dahlia,  Dainty  (Cactus',  268 ; 
Darkness  (single),  268  ;  Edina 
(pompon),  222  ;  F.  M.  .Stred- 
wick  (Cactus),  268  ;  George 
Gordon  (Cactus),  268 ;  H.  W. 
.Sillem  (Cactus),  222  ;  Mr.  H. 
Brousson  (Cactus),  268  ;  M  rs.  J. 
W.  Wilkinson  (Cactus),  222;  Pearl 
(Cactus),  222  ;  Princess  of  Wales 
(single),  268  ;  Queen  of  White.-t 
(pompon),  268  ;  Rosebank  scarlet 
(single),  268  ;  San  Toy  (.pompon), 
268;  Sirius  (Cactus),  122;  Sveet 
Nell  (Cactus),  268 
Dendrobium  amplum,  4C6 
Erica  gracilis  nivalis,  403 
Gladiolus  Ellington  Belle,  131  ; 
Lady  Muriel  Digby,  179;  Armph. 
172 
Hidalgoa  Wercklei,  220 
Laelia  Iona,  Southgate  variety,  179 
Lmlio  -  cattleya  x  Bletchleyensis 
var.  illuminata,  82  ;  x  Cassiope, 
495  ;  X  Haroldiana  var.  Jolm 
Bradshaw,  406 ;  x  Gottoiana 
Regale,  406  ;  x  Norma  superba, 
362 
Lilium  elegans,  Peter  Barr,  82 
Melon,  ‘‘  Fiscal  Problem,”  362 
Nephrolepis  x  Mayi,  362;  Piersoui, 
131 ;  Westoni,  406 
Odontoglos.ium  cri.^pum  Marim, 
£66 ;  X  Harryo-crispum  Ridens, 
566;  X  Vuyhtekei  vivicans,  566 
Phaio-cymbidium  x  Chardwarense, 
406 
Peach,  Libra,  131 ;  Peiegriue,  179 
Pteris  metallica,  82 
Senecio  tangiiiticus,  268 
Sidalcea  Candida,  Kosy  Gem,  268 
Smilax  sagitladolia  (aspera)  £68 
Tamarix  hi.--pida  a  stivalis,  22 
Odesana,  17M 
