December  31/  1903.  JOURNAL  OF  HORTTCULTUUE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
Societies — Snows  and  Meetings. 
Aberdeen  Chrysanthemum,  £18 
r.  isinaistoke,  133 
Hath  Floral  Fete,  222 
liath  Ilorlicultural,  60 
Beckenham  Gardeners’,  330,  SC2, 420, 
566 
Kiliast  Chrysanthemum  Show,  497 
Belfast  Bose,  131 
BirmiiighamChrysanthemum  Sho  w, 
473 
Birminsham  Gardeners’  Outing,  73i 
427,  470,  4S7,  590 
Birmingham  Hoot  and  Cattle  Show, 
610 
Bishop’.s  Waltham,  131 
Bolton  Chrysanthemum,  500 
Boston,  Bineolnshire,  131 
Bradford  Chrysanthemum  .show, 474 
Brentwood  Horticultural,  108 
Brighton  and  Sussex  Summer  Show, 
202 
Bristol  Gardeners’,  135,  2'2.s,  427  : 
Chrysanthemum  Sliow,  497,  5SS 
British  Pteridological,  155 
Canterbury  Hose,  36 
Cardiff  Gardeners’,  249,  SC2,  487, 
666,  589 
Cardiff  Horticultural,  106;  summer 
outing,  IS?,  427;  Chrysanthemum 
Show,  449,  500 
Chard,  Somerset,  201 
Chelmsford  Chrysanthemum,  490 
Cheltenham  Chrysanthemum,  470 
Chester  Paxton  Clnysanthemuni 
.Show,  500,  567 
Chippenham  Summer  Show,  179 
Co-operative  Flower  Show,  Crystal 
Palace,  65 
Croydon  Horticultural,  summer 
show,  56,  418 
Croydon  Mutual  Improvement,  250, 
•;94,  353,  423,  533,  577 
Dartmouth  Show,  441 
Devizes  Chrysantheinitm,  470 
Devon  and  Exeter  Gardeners', 
annual  outing,  64  ;  summer  show, 
201  ;  Chrysanthemum  Show,  451, 
588 
Diss  Rose,  54 
Dublin  Field  Naturalists’  Club,  401 
Dublin  Seed  and  Nurserymen’s 
Employes  Association,  589 
Dudley,  Worcestershire,  153 
Dumfries  -  shire  and  (ialloway 
Chrysanthemum,  497 
Dumfries-shire  and  Galloway  Horti¬ 
cultural  .Show,  225 
Dundee  Chrysanthemum,  518 
Dundee  Horticultural,  223 
Kaglestield,  Dumfries-shire,  249 
Ealing  Horticultural,  CS 
East  Anglian  Horticultural  Club,  Gt 
Erst  Kent  Gardenei'o’,  suggested 
amalgamation,  441 
Edinburgh  Autumn  Show,  ?50 
Edinburgh  Chrysanthemum,  498 
Forinby  Horticultural,  88 
Frome.  152  ;  Chrysanthemum  Show, 
473 
tiardeners'  Royal  Benevolent  Insti¬ 
tution,  annual  festival  dinner,  C  ; 
hrlp  for  the  (Chertsey),  3.06 
Guildford  Chrysanthemum  Show, 
.508 
Hulherton,  Devon,  155 
Handsworth  Horticullural,  111 
Hanley  Horticultural,  34 
Harborne  Gooseberry  Show,  181 
Harrow  Horticultural,  38 
Hereford  and  West  of  England 
Rose,  53 
Highgate  Chrysanthemum,  450 
Highgate  Horticultural,  annual 
show,  88 
Horticultural  Club,  annual  outing 
(Windsor),  80,  353,  47  ,  590 
Hull  Cl;rysanthemum  Show,  517 
Hull  Iloiticultural.  541 
Hiiyton  and  Roby,  110 
Ipswich  Horticultural,  summer 
show.  87  ;  autumn  show,  470 
Ipswich  Jlutual  Improvement,  2.9, 
330,  566,  590 
Societies,  cctiUnui-d 
Irish  Gardener.s',  484  i 
isle  of  Wight  Horticultural  Associa¬ 
tion,  Sweet  Pea  sliow,  171,  590 
Isle  of  Wight  Rose,  19 ;  Clirys- 
anthemum,  452 
Kilhiaruock  Show,  27 4 
Lonnington,  lVarwick,and  District, 
499.  . 
Leeds  Paxton  Clirysanthemnm 
Show,  474 
Le’cescer,  134 
Leith  (N.B.)  Show.  180 
Lincolnshire  Gardeners’  Outing,  156 
Liverpool  Amateur  Gardeners',  64 
Liverpool  Horticultural,  353;  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  Show,  471,  476,  563 
London  Dahlia  LTnion,  273 
Malton,  I'orks,  15! 
Maltoii  eV'orks)  Floral  and  Horti¬ 
cultural,  418 
Manchester  Chrysanthemum,  499 
Manchester  Summer  Show,  62 
Metropolitan  Public  Gardens’ 
Association,  39.  64,  529,  567 
Midland  Carnaticn  ;ind  Picotee 
Show,  164 
Midland  Reafforesting  Association, 
434 
Moffat,  N.B.,  autumn  show,  274 
National  Carnation  and  Picotee, 
London  show,  8’,  106  ;  (Northern 
division),  181 
National  Chrysanthemum,  annual 
dinner,  518;  autumn  show  at 
Crystal  Palace,  333 ;  Executive 
Committee,  318,  396,  512  ;  Floral 
Committee,  309,  42  h  487,  542; 
November  show,  444  ;  December 
show,  541 
National  D.ahlia,  annual  general 
meeting,  564  ;  show  in  Drill 
Hall,  220  ;  Manchester  show,  272  ; 
and  R.H.S.  and  Crystal  Palace 
Company,  534  ;  pointers  for  the, 
292 
National  Potato  (proposed),  401, 
416,  534,  557  ;  meeting  and  forma¬ 
tion  o',  606 
National  Rose,  annual  gener.il 
meeting,  563;  at  Gla.sgovv,  85; 
date  of  the  Metropolitan  exhibi-  . 
tion  (controversial),  249;  Temple 
show,  16 
National  .Sweet  Pea,  annual  show, 
63;  annual  meeting,  512 
Newcastle  Horticultural.  107 
Newport,  Mon.,  427,  500,  5S9 
North  Midclleie.x  Dahlia,  272 
Norwich  Rose,  37 
Nottingham  and  Notts  Chrysanth.e- 
mum,  309  ;  show,  496 
Notts  Horticultural  and  Botanical, 
summer  exhibition,  72 
Oxfordshire  C.  C.  Horticultural 
.Students  Association,  2  3 
Paignton  (Devon)  Gardeners’,  406 
Parkstouo  (Dorset)  Chrysanthe¬ 
mum,  47? 
Plymouth  Chrysantliemum,  419 
Port  Isaac,  Cornwall,  155 
Portsmouth  Summer  Show,  36 
Prescot  Dahlia,  294 
Prescot  .Summer  Show,  132 
Reading  and  District,  36,  294,418, 
521 
Reading  Chrysauthemum  Show,  473 
Richmond  Horticultural,  35 
Rock  Ferry  Summer  Sliow,  181 
Royal  Botanic,  42  5 
Royal  Caledonian  Horticultural, 
autumn  show,  270 
Royal  Gardeners’  Orphan  Fund, 
£25  for  the,  52 
Royal  Horticultural,  Chiswick 
Vegetible  Conference  and  Fruit 
Exliibition,  315,  339;  Drill  Hall 
meetings,  32,  82,  130,  178,  229,  265, 
360,  405,  418,  495,  DCS;  gift  of  a 
new  garden  (Wisley).  by  SirThos. 
Hanbury,  149;  Holland  Park 
.Show,  12;  Scientific  Committeo, 
54,  200.  247,  295,  425,  470,  517,  587 
Royal  Horticultural  of  Ii eland 
Sliows,  64,  452 
,Si>CI ETI ES,  Ac.  —  continued. 
Royal  Horticultural  of  Penh- 
shire,  202 
Royal  Meteorological,  441,  520 
Royal  .Scottish  Arboricalt’.iral,  150 
St.  Ive.x,  133 
,St.  StepIieas-in-Rramwell,  Corn- 
w;Ul,  15,5 
Saltley,  near  Birmingham,  200 
Sandy,  Beds,  224 
Scottish  Horticultural  Association, 
65,  156,  219,  362,  441,  520 
Sheffield  Chrysanthemum  Show, 
475 
Siieliiehl  Floral  and  Horticultural, 
64,  152  ,  560,  588 
Shirley  (Southampton)  Gardeners’ 
Outing,  73  ;  215,  500 
.Shirley  (South;imptou),  Millbrook 
and  Freemantle,  200 
Shropshire  Horticullural  Floral 
Fete,  172  ;  statistics  of  the  shovv 
for  27  years,  274 
Small  Holdings  Association,  418 
Soutliampton  Horticultural.  59; 
Chrysanthemum  Show,  448 
Southern  Counties’  Carnation,  110 
South  Shields  and  Northern 
Counties  Chrysanthemum,  519 
Sparkhill  and  District,  182 
Sparkhill  Chrysanthemum  Show, 
496 
.Sutton  Coldfield  Chrysanthemum 
Show,  457 
Sutton  Rose,  38 
Tavistock  Summer  Show,  179 
Tauuton  .Summer  Show,  179 
Trowbridge  Summer  Show,  209 
L'lverstou  Rose,  62 
L’nited  Horticultural  Benefit  and 
Provident,  52,  149,  353  ;  anni¬ 
versary  dinner,  405  ;  427,  441,  557 
I'pton,  Clieshire,  154 
Wargrave  Chrysanthemum,  520 
AVese  Derby,  134 
West  Hartlepool,  475 
Weybridge  Chrysanthemum,  451 
Winchester  Chiysanthemum,  471 
Windsor  and  Eton,  37,  451 
Wolverhampton  Floral  F6te,  55 
Woodbridge  Rose  and  Horticul¬ 
tural,  Gt 
Woolton  Gardeners’,  464 
York  Chrysanthemum  Show.  497 
York  Dahlia,  272 
Yorkshire  Gala,  10 
Soil,  improving  tlie,  582 
Solanums,  berried,  485 
Solomon’s  Seal,  265 
Sophioniti.sgranditiora,  574 
South  Africa,  gardens  in,  73  ;  tree 
planting  in,  100 
South  American  cotton,  123 
Southampton's  summer  show ;  illus¬ 
trations  flora,  75 
SpartiUM  junceiim,  harrlinesj  of,  184 
Sphinx,  an  arboreal,  123 
Spiraea  Thuubergi,  337,  380 
Spruce,  a  giant,  10 L 
Squirrels,  poisoning,  161 
Statistics,  national,  274 
Stings,  wasp  and  bee,  262 
Stocks  for  Roses,  12’',  148;  winter- 
flowering,  423 
St.  Louis  fair— pomology  at,  462 
Strawberry  cultivation,  31  ;  fiend,  a 
new,  8;  plants  at  Cork,  48;  plants, 
barren,  and  their  runners,  21 
Str.uvberries  and  Peas,  wire-net  for, 
490  ;  autumnal,  381  ;  in  Cornwall, 
402  ;  for  forcing  throwing-up  tiower- 
ing  trusses,  408  ;  in  October,  350  ;  in 
pots,  48,  269.  4C2,  586  ;  produce  small 
fruit,  91  ;  second  crop  of,  330  ;  the 
care  of  runners  and  making  new 
beds,  74 
Streptocarpus  seedling  treatment,  454 
Sub-irrigation,  490 
Sundriesmen’s  tent  <at  Ciiiswick,  170 
Superphosphate  of  lime,  43 
Sweet  Pea  fungoid,  67  ;  “  spot,”  157 
Switzerland,  the  largest  tree  in,  308 
.Sydenham,  Mr.  Robert,  73  ;  in  South 
Africa,  244  ;  presentation  to,  533 
.Symonds  gol  1  medal  in  meteorology 
(Hofrath  Dr.  .lulius  Hann,  Vionr.a) 
396 
“  Sympathy  ”  in  idants,  283 
T 
'ranks,  underground  rainwater,  103 
Tan  (spent),  as  manure,  255 
Tapton  Court,  Chesterfield,  ,26 
Tasmania,  horticulture  in,  128 
Tate,  gift  by  Sir  W.  IL,  Bart.,  1?4 
Teacliers,  school,  and  horticulture,  353 
Teaching,  commendahls  method  of,  600 
Tecoma  Smithi,  342 
Tennis-court,  230  ;  ash,  342 
Thingwa.l  Hall,  Liverpool,  the  future 
of,  375  , 
Tigridias,  244 
Tilia(Lime),  caterpillar  on,  43 
Timber  growing  on  a  commercial  scale, 
478 
Todd,  honour  to  Mr.  Matthew,  441 
Tomato  plant  diseased,  115 
Tomatoes  decayed,  139  ;  diseased,  146  ; 
ill  a  bar,  £35  ;  not  swelling,  138  ;  win' 
ter,  516  ;  productive,  C05 
Trade  notes—"  B.akers,”  of  Codsall, 
299 ;  Barr  and  Sons’  bulbs,  185,  229 ; 
Bull  and  Sons,  W.,  431 ;  Chase's 
Beetle  Poison,  385  ;  Clibran’s  new 
grounds,  250  ;  Cooper,  Taber  and 
Co.,  591  ;  Dicksons’,  Chester,  229  ; 
Dobbie  and  Co.’s  new  nursery  in 
Essex,  20  ;  F.  C.  Edwards,  138  ; 
laddennan’s  belt,  £44;  Leek  .show  ,at 
Kelso,  N.B. ,  478  ;  paint,  iniperi-shable 
horticultural,  42 ;  Ant.  Roozen  and 
Sou,  299;  Roses,  the  "Dean’s  col¬ 
lection,”  478  ;  John  Russell,  Brent¬ 
wood,  4’/S  ;  Sutton’s  bulb  catalogue, 
185  ;  timber  growing  on  a  commercial 
scale,  478;  Vaporite,  385;  Thos.  S. 
Ware,.  Ltd.,  London  depot,  250  ;  Henry 
West,  Bristol,  385 
Trans-Atlantic  echoes,  482 
Transvaal,  the  grassy,  582  ;  tree  plant¬ 
ing  in  the,  16) 
Ti-avellers,  indictment  against  horti¬ 
cultural,  490.  510,  561 
Tree  planting  in  the  Transvaal,  ItO  ; 
planting  schema,  a  wise,  464  ;  the 
largest  in  Switzerland,  308  ;  within  a 
tree,  340 
Trees  and  shrubs,  439,  629  ;  a  wondev- 
1  ind  of,  99;  in  an  Isle  of  Wiglit 
garden,  81  ;  ornamental,  307  ;  orna¬ 
mental  fruited  kinds,  439  ;  Pojilar 
and  Aspen,  the,  583 
Trees,  doctoring,  170 ;  4,CC0  for  nine 
novels,  177  ;  hardy  Coniferous,  4£0  ; 
law  with  regard  to  cutting,  43  ;  Oak, 
the  scarlet,  439  ;  of  the  Bible,  492, 522  ; 
old,  preservation  of,  308;  rare  and 
curious,  308  ;  the  storms  and  the,  335  ; 
town,  six  of  the  best  street  and  town, 
593  ;  transplanting  at  Stancliffe,  4!  1 ; 
transplanting  large,  226,  292 
Tienching  and  its  advantages,  362 
Tiicker,  Wm.,  New  Jersey,  191 
Tritoina  uvaiia,  232 
Tropieolura  pentaphyllum,  what  treat- 
merit?  358 
Tubeholders,  Ilandy-clip,  204 
Tubs  for  shrubs,  112 
Tulipa,  the  genus,  581 
Tulips,  a  spray  of  double,  237 
Tulip  Tree,  cutting  off  the  top  of  a,  231 
Turnip  seed,  the  reproductive  power 
of,  36 1 
Turnips,  a  new  disease  of,  282 
U 
Unemployed,  fa  lu  colonies  for  Lon- 
djn’s,  657 
V 
Yauda  cierulea,  507;  cristata,  530 
Denisojiana,  559  ;  Hookeiiann,  £30’;’ 
in-ignii,  £07 
