IV. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  '  GARDENER.  December  31,  1903. 
Certificated  Phnt.=,  &v..- cor.td. 
Vitis  annatn,  247  ;  flexuosa 
Wilsoai,  247  ;  incgaphylla,  247  ; 
linensii,  247;  Tliomsoni,  217; 
Wilsoni,  217 
Zygopetaluin  lialli  roebliiigi.inuiii, 
COS 
Cinerarias  (lying  olf,  230 
Clenntis  x  Connies^  of  Onslow,  170 
Clematis  recta,  104 
Clematis,  species  of,  at  Kew,  212 
Chamberlain,  BIr.  Jos.,  M.P.,  and  his 
new  garden,  338 
Chambe  s,  .Sir  William,  287 
Chelmsford,  County  Technical  Labora. 
tories,  375 
Cherry  House  (October  notes),  351 ; 
(December  note-),  586 
Chilw.ll  Manor,  Romsey,  3.54 
CLiswiik  Conference  and  gardeners' 
dinner  in  liOiulou,  119 
Chiswick  .Show,  lessons  from  the,  31 C 
Chiswick,  fruit  show  aa  1  vegetable 
conference  at  312;  last  great  meating 
at,  312  ;,  Christm.as  gifc«,  571 
Chrysanthemum  —  P.rightness,  612  ; 
Cheltoni,  481;  leucanthemum,  semi¬ 
duplex,  1C4  ;  Mrs.  J.  Dunn,  533; 
Mrs.  J.  P.  Eryce,  463  ;  AV.  Duckham, 
481 
Chrysanthemums— A  ciimson,  610; 
America,  proceedings  in  the  U.S.A., 
f32;  and  the  r  names,  410  ;  analysis 
Mr.  Moljnenx’.s,  695;  a  notab’e 
((uarlet,  420  ;  iU  the  Botanic  Gardena, 
Liverpool,  420  ;  at  Earlswood,  238  ; 
Eillingbear  ]>ark,  AVokingham, 
Berki,  at,  512;  blooms,  how  to 
.iudge,  420  ;  bud  sdecticn,  190  ; 
criticiue  controverted,  601,  678  ;  cul¬ 
tural  notes,  332;  cuttings,  352; 
Dewsbury  Paik,  A'oik-hire,  at,  463; 
diseases  and  insect  pests,  ItO;  dwarf, 
C7  ;  early-tlowering  at  Taysido,  370  ; 
English  flowers  in  America,  513; 
feeding,  370  ;  feeding  plantcd-out 
stock,  190;  feeding  the  idants,  166; 
four  good,  332  ;  group,  of  a  fine,  463  ; 
hints  to  exhibitors,  312,  370; 
incurved  varieties,  new,  653,  580: 
incurving.! ;ipanesc  varieties,  533;  Japs, 
liud-taking  on,  166;  Japs,  new,  658,  580; 
judges,  hints  to,  420  ;  leaves,  browned 
.and  withered, 233  ;  lecture  on,  at  Peck- 
ham  Town  Hall,  353;  Liverpool  col¬ 
lection,  a,  513 ;  manure,  the  com¬ 
plete,  166;  names,  463  ;  N.C.S. 
offici  il  catalogue,  37n ;  nitrogen, 
what  it  may  do,  106 ;  novelties  in 
America,  English,  438;  novelties 
in  s’ngle-flowered,  580  ;  Queen 
Alexandra  piize  for  cut  blooms  at 
Edinburgh,  401,  416,  4 .'3,  491  ;  packing 
and  transit,  IflO ;  phcsphcric  .tcid 
3jnti.il  for,  166;  plant  with  leaves 
browned,  321;  propagating,  512; 
Royal  Kew,  cDllection'  at,  512 ; 
.  rust,  478;  rust  on,  580;  School  of  Ilandi- 
■craft’s  Garden,  Chertsey,  612  ;  season¬ 
able  notes  on,  54 ;  sec  etariei  of  shows, 
liinls  to,  403  ;  seedling,  at  West  II  ill, 
Byfleet,  463 ;  .jhow  board  for  ex¬ 
hibition  blooms,  408;  show  date.s, 
463;  South  AVales,  notes  from,  481; 
successful  varieties,  5(2;  terminal 
buds,  securing,  332;  Trinity  Grove, 
Edinburgh,  at,  484  ;  vaiietie’,  early 
flowering,  166;  varieties,  new.  4S4  ; 
unsuccessful  varieiie’,  632  ;  AVey- 
bridge,  a  gre;it  exhibit  of,  at,  -tOl 
Cobtea  sjandens  variegata,  485 
Cocoa  trees  iu  fruit,  690 
Codliu  Moth,  Mr.  Iforae  and  the,  52 
CiHlogyno  I)ay:inawi,b 486 blooms,  ISO; 
L.agenaria,  552 
Colcbicnms  or  IMc.adow  Saffrons,  558  ; 
winter  flowering,  568 
Colour  iu  foli.ngo  and  flowers,  030 
Colours  of  lear  e(  ami  fruits,  417 
Cidumbus's  Tree  dying,  21 1 
Commissions,  gardeners’,  9,  28 
Competitiiui,  tlie  Lenuox  Cuo,  121 
Competitions,  co-operation  iu  horti¬ 
cultural,  146 
“  Comno.sitos,”  the  family  of,  352 
Conifer  C'onfereuco,  73 
Conifers  for  window  boxes,  4s6 
C'on''(rvatorie3,  idustratiius  of,  404  ; 
winter  g.ardeu,  376 
Cook,  tlic  lady,  what  she  has  to  say, 
623 
Cooks,  236 
Co-operation  iu  ho.ticultuial  compe¬ 
titions,  It! 
Coping,  portable  Peach-t  ce  w.ill,  454 
Copings,  glass,  60S 
Corn  at  Hamilton,  uncut  (Octolwr  16). 
Co  respoiuleuts,  answers  to,  21,  43,  67, 
91,  114,  138,  ICO,  184,  206,  254.  27(’,  298, 
342  363,  386,  4  .4,  478,  502,  524,  547,  fC8 
Cornell,  Gladioli  at,  319 
C(  rnus  brachypoda  variegata,  147 
County  Council  Instruciion:  Horti- 
cuUuve  (Buckinghamshire  to  Shrop- 
.shir. ),  489;  (.Somerset  to  A'orkshire), 
5  6  ;  (Scotland,  Ireland,  AVales),  543 
Counly  Council  Instruction,  Oxford¬ 
shire,  372 
Covent  Garden  Market,  extensi-ns  a\ 
676 
Credit,  534 
Cricket  ground,  sheep  on,  408 
Cricket,  R-H-.S.  Committees,  73,  124 
Crocus,  Scharojani,  483 
Croft,  the,  Burcote,  Oxford,  265 
Crnp.s,  garden,  and  weather  records,  49; 
(he  fruit,  160 
Cro-field  conscrv.atory,  AA'arrington,  148 
Cross-breeders,  a  compliment  to,  348; 
the  earliest  experiments  of,  352 
Crotons,  142,  443  ;  treatment  of  old 
plants,  225 
Crowea  saligua’ma  jor,  513 
Crown  Imperi.als,  268 
Cryptomeria  elegans,  3D 
Cucumber  culture  for  market,  1C3,  284 
Cucumber--,  eolworm  in,  528 
Ciirr.ants  as  standards,  120  ;  cordon,  and 
Gooseherrie  ,  510 
Cuttings— Dressing  for  cutting  boxes, 
454 
Cycas  fruits,  43 
Cyclamen  culture,  281 
Cyclamens,  hardy,  533  ;  is  Springtail 
injuiious  to  ?  430 
Cypripedium  x  Arthnriamim  pulchel- 
lum,  574  ;  x  Constance,  2,39  ;  x  Gode- 
frovt-E  leuchochiluin,  483 ;  x  Gode- 
froycTj’s  parentage,  511  ;  insigue  at 
I^gbrooke  Park,  4.39  ;  iusigiie  in  small 
pots,  4S3  ;  Lawrencianum  Gratrix,ia- 
iium,  369,  leuchorrodum,  119;  niveum, 
at  llighbuiy,  347  ;  spect.abile,  26; 
venustum  Measuresianuin,  71 
Cyp.  leaf  injured,  5-24 
D 
Daffodil,  experts  —  Anderson,  Back¬ 
house,  Ellacoml),  Haworth,  llerbeit, 
Leeds,  Salisbury,  Sw-eet,  241 
“  Daifodil  King,”  The,  on  tour,  Aus¬ 
tralia,  78  ;  Australian  Kurseries,  145; 
C.alifornia,  0  ;  .lapaii,  China,  and  the 
Philippine  Islands,  60 ;  Melbourne, 
145;  New  Zeal.and,  192,213:  .Sjiith 
Ss.a  Islands,  572,  598 
Daffodil,  rise  of  the,  302 
Daffodils,  Ancient  and  Modern,  240  ; 
forcing  homegrown,  236  ;  naturalised, 
244 
Dahlia  rcot.s,  storing,  6-2,3;  the,  as  a 
vegetable,  74 
Dahlias  at  Ottershaw,  461;  Cactus, 
August  notes  on,  1  9  ;  colours  of 
C.actus,  202  ;  good  wet  weather 
flowers,  416 
I  >ecc  rating,  the  art  of,  459 
Decorations,  autumn,  359  ;  floral,  485, 
514;  dinner  table,  simple,  514,  163  ; 
Realism  in  floral  design,  514 
Becorators,  house  and  Church,  318; 
Jottings  for,  286;  Phaln-noiisis,  281  ; 
X  A'enus,  325;  AVilliamsiar.um,  468 
I 
Dicks.  Mr.  S.  B.,  393 
Dicksons,  Chester,  4 
Dinner,  the  gardeners’,  in  London,  J14; 
the  recent  gai-deners’,  416  ;  dis- 
.appointnient,  .a  great  (R.  Fenn)',  300 
Disa  racemosa,  313 
Diseases  of  plants— Applo-scab,  £01; 
Apricot  brown  spot,  206 ;  Black 
mould  on  Iris  leaves,  365  ;  Brow-n 
rot  of  fruit  (fclerotinia  fructigena), 
51;  Celery  plants,  343  ;  Cucumber, 
162  ;  oelworm  iu  Cucumber,  528  ; 
Gladiolus,  5-24  ;  Melon,  196;  Parsley, 
206;  Peach.  195;  Pea  spot  (A  o--byta 
pisi),  67;  “.Spot”  in  Grapes,  £65; 
Tomato  plant,  115;  “Tubers”  on 
Cucumber  plants,  525 
Di  eases,  plant, ’Biriuingh.am  University 
and,  486 
Doe,  pre.sentalion  to  Mr.  .1.,  262 
Dom.ain,  Amoving  Gardeners’  —  Appren¬ 
ticeship  of  a  German  gardener,  386  ; 
Browallia  speciosami  jor,  545  ;  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  culture,  452  ;  Chrysanthe¬ 
mum  cuttings,  567;  Freesias,  523  ; ' 
Oloire  de  Lorr:iine,  567  ;  Hellebores, 
623;  Lachenalias,  greenhouse,  691  ; 
Lily  of  the  A’alley,  for  forcing,  545; 
Principle.s  of  Propriety,  501,  544  ; 
Steph.anotis  floribunda,  523,  .as  an 
intermediate  house  plant,  691 ;  Win¬ 
ter  Season,  tlie,  363 
Drainage  of  a  field,  454 
E 
East  Burnham  Park,  Berks,  301 
Echoes,  tr.ini-atlantic,  482 
Economics,  national,  5-28,  560 
Edinburgh  —  Botanic  Garden  staff, 
annual  meeting  of  the,  577 ;  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  Show,  436  ;  horticulture 
.at,  62  ;  proposed  international  fruit 
and  flower  show,  262  ;,  seed  trade 
(Mr.  Sclaier’s  presentation),  52  ; 
seed  trade  assistants’  dinper,  538 
Kdw.ardes  Squa  e,  Kensington,  536 
Elderberry  syrup  or  wine,  recipe  for 
for,  292 
Electricity,  cutting  frees  by,  576 
Elm,  about  the,  104  ;  the.  348 
Emigrants’  information,  73 
Empire,  commerci.al  needs  of  the,  535 
EmployO,  sad  end  of  a  nur.sery,  601 
Entomology — the  AA’aberian  Moth,  501 
Epacrises,  Heaths  and  Camellias,  pro¬ 
pagating,  fi47 
Epiga'a  repeiis  (May  Flower,  Ground 
Laurel,  or  'I’railing  Arbutus),  485 
Eremarus,  a  new  (E.  Himrob),  2:2 
Erica  propentlens,  543 
Eryngiums  or  Sea  Hollies,  104 
£rythroniums(see  Dog’s-tooth  A'iolets) 
242 
Essay  prize  of  £10.  262 
Estate  changes  name,  an,  375  ; 
man.aging  an,  161 
Ether  treatment,  the,  441 
Eucalyptus  in  flower,  31  ;  treatment  of 
a,  91 
Evergreens,  the  planting  age  of,  436  ; 
transplanting,  305 
Exhibition  ot  Bri.ish-grown  fruit  and 
vegetables,  124 
Exhibitors,  notes  for,  2,  74;  Melons, 
Figs,  Apples,  Pears,  74 
F 
Farm  (the  borne)— Agricultural  es  ays, 
prizes  for,  548  ;  autumn  days,  these, 
387  ;  buildings,  necessary  repairs  iu, 
290 ;  buildings  of  the  farm,  general, 
525  ;  census  of,  1901,  the  agricultural, 
479  ;  chihlien’s  employment  bill,  322  ; 
corn  harvest,  end  of  the,  343  ;  dairy 
congress  at  Brussels,  322  ;  departure^ 
a  new,  431;  dis.appoin’ments,  207; 
editor,  the  omniscient  and  courteous. 
E  A  lui — f  onf  <■  n  u  “J. 
91 ;  1879,  .as  against  19D3  ,  255  ;  farrow¬ 
ing,  prolific,  388  ;  fi.-cal  policy,  the 
new  departure,  03  ;  liver-rot  amongst 
sheep.  IGl ;  hand,  the  w.ater-logged, 
455 ;  London  dairy  .show,  the,  383  ; 
hedges,  thorn,  547  ;  holding,  small, 
wanted,  409  ;  holdings,  sm.all,  344 ; 
master’s  eye,  the,  232  ;  midsummer 
outlook,  22  ;  motor  versus  li  ,rse,  504  ; 
notes,  139;  pigs,  breeding  and  feed¬ 
ing,  593;  Pot  do  harvest,  the,  278; 
PotJitoes,  '  manuring,  330;  Potatoes, 
new,  and  the  di  ;ease,  409  ;  poultry 
keeping,  suburban,  162;  R.A.S.  and 
Paik  Royal,  2JS  ;  Royal  Scottish  Agti- 
cultaral  Benevolent  Institution,  543  ; 
“Royal”  Show-,  the  inevitable,  43; 
rural  districts  .and  milk  supply,  3S8; 
slieep,  heahhy,  300;  “Something 
wrong  in  the  state  of  Denmark,”  669  ; 
villages,  b.ad  times  in  the,  456  ;  wages, 
fifty  years  of  agricultural,  185  ;  AVebb 
and  Sons’  stand  at  Biimiagham,  526; 
AVebb  and  Sons’  stand  at  London 
Cattle  Show-,  518  ;  AVheat,  preparing 
■  land  for,  110  ;  A' .ale  !  609  ;  work  on 
the,  22,  44,  6?,  92,  116,  140.  162,  186, 
207,  232,  278, 300,  322,  344,  366,  388,  410, 
452,  456,  480,  501, 52’,  548,  670,  591,  61P, 
Pence  on  wheels,  a,  244 
Fencing,  average  price  per  yard  of 
barbed  wire,  184 
Fens,  crops  in  the,  167 
Fern,  the  Pierson,  371 
Ferns,  a  talk  .about,  325 ;  Briti.sh 
Scolopendiium  vulgare,  636 
Ficus  diversifolia,  £82 
Fife,  fruit  crop  (July)  in  North  AA'est, 
53 
Figs,  earliesUtrees  in  ]tots,  463  ;  suc¬ 
cession  houses,  494  ;  trees,  early 
forced,  in  pots,  402 ;  under  glass, 
115,  168,  269 
Fir,  the  beautiful  Nordmann,  486 
l'lor:il  arr.angement,  a,  214,239;  decora¬ 
tions,  310 
Flower  show,  in  a  far  country,  228  ; 
support,  a  handy,  407  ;  the  Golden, 
491 
Flower,  the  life  of  a,  607 
Flowers,  hardy,  at  Edinburgh  (Sept.) 
show,  295  ;  of  princes  and  nobles, 
128  ;  of  the  season,  30  ;  the  price  of, 
522,  53  j  ;  to  the  Continent,  sending, 
557 
Forestry,  at  Park  Royal,  576  ;  book  on, 
07  ;  cutting  trees  by  electricity,  576  ; 
Midland  Reafforesting  Association, 
434  ;  Prairie  transplanting,  576  ; 
Iirinciplt's  of  American,  507 ;  tha 
results  of  disafforeitation,  318 
Formaldehyde  as  a  fruit  preservative, 
171 
Frames  and  glass  copings,  308  ;  pro¬ 
tection  of,  507 
Freeskis,  tS2 
Fritillarias,  238 
I'ront,  study  of  a  formal,  537 
Fruit— bottling -a  neglected  industry. 
494  ;  brown  rot  in,  51  ;  among 
the  fruit  trees,  195  ;  and  vege¬ 
tables  :  summer  crops,  30  ;  arrivals, 
huge,  31  ;  crop  in  Blairgowrie 
district,  75 ;  crops,  failure  of,  31, 
1-23 ;  foreign— enormous  volume  of 
trade,  171 ;  failure  of  English,  171 ; 
famine  in  Cambridgeshire,  168 ; 
flavour  in,  358;  growers  and  railway 
rates,  149 ;  importation  of,  £9 ;  in 
Banffshire,  newer  varieties  of,  444  ; 
in  Blairgowrie  district,  1'.8  ;  in 
Herefordshire,  63  ;  iu  Hexham  dis¬ 
trict,  168;  in  Kent,  99;  jottings  on 
Pines,  328  ;  Loganberry,  the,  328  ; 
Melon  pl.ants  going  off  at  the  root, 
196;  nursery,  a  gre.at,  306;  origin  of 
our,  144  :  our,  w-here  it  comes  from, 
102  ;  packing  for  export,  687  ; 
prices  of,  10!  ;  room,  a  model, 
305;  Scottish,  171;  show  and  vege¬ 
table  conference  at  Chiswick,  £12 ; 
supply,  a  new  w  inter,  236  ;  supply- 
crops  and  prices,  1C8  ;  supply,  the,  53  ; 
