The Gardeners' Chronicle.]

INDEX OF CONTENTS.

JANUATiY TO JUNE, 1893.

Abies SIabiesi, 299

Abraxia grossulariata, 393

Abutilone, 301

Acacia, the falae, for forage, 170

Aconite and Celerj, 362

Adiantum cuneatum for cutting, 292

Africa, South, fruit from, 7G

Agricultural Benevolent Inatitution, 47

Agricultural returns for 1892. ..257

Allamandii Williamail, 142

Alocaaia Duaaii, 6.")8

Amiena. market gardens of, 258

Amorphophallua oncophyllus, 658; A.

giganteua, (j.38 Anemone blanda, .'J,?."}; the garden, 77 Anthurium Chamberlaini. 259, 719; A. Scherzerianum, 358; effect of manuring, 579 Antibee, hardy Palms in, 132 Antirrhinum glutinoaum, 298 Apiarv, the, 15. 71, 144, 198, 262, 359,

417, 520, .57.3, 660, 717 Aposporoua Lastrea. an, 549 Apple, Armorel, 268. 301 ; Atalanta, 293; Beauty of Stoke, .308; Bi«- marck, 194 ; Cockle Pippin,. 3(58, 4,57 ; crop in South Wilta, 606 ; decay, interesting, 47 ; Hormead Pearmain, 203 ; Jas. Grieve, 53 ; Reinette du Canada, 521 ; Royal Somerset, 368; Sturmer Pippin, 4.57 ; tree-pests in France, 540 Apples, American and British, 141, 203, 267, 3.33. .393; and Peare, chemiatry of, 577 ; British, 174 ; new, 454 ; pests in France, 579 ; spraying of, 419 Aquilegias, hybrid, 572, 750 Araucaria imbricata, the original at

Kew, 2.32 Arboriculture in Kent, 628 Ard-Cairn, Dad'odils at, 296 Ariatolochia, internal structure of

flower of the. 484 Art and Science, Summer Schoal of,

329 Arum palajstinum, 174, 204 Arundina bambosaifolia. 298 Asclepias curaasavica, 444 Aacott, Leij^hton Buzzard, 721 Ash, speciea of, 364 Aah, the, 293 Asparagus for forcing, 78; manures

for, 259 Auricula seeds, raising of, 422 ; the,

445, 579 Auriculas, 176 Australia, Iruit from, 452 Auatralian fruit, packing of, 692 Azolea indica, growth and culture of,

626,712 Azaleodendronx Count de Ker- chove, 665

Bactebia and leguminous plants, 742 ;

in Elxagnus nodules, 577 Bacteria in the soil, 505 Baker, Mr. J. G., 746 Bamboos at Kew, 299 Binanas for the table, 14(> Bangalore Botanic Garden, 391 Barn Elms, liarnea, 392 Bjrrier Island, 161 Barron, Mr. A. F.. 633 Bean, Girtford Giant Runner, 665 ;

the Windsor, .334 *

B.'ans, preserved, 454 B-'audesert, 161 Beaumontia grandiflora, 547 Beech Lawn, Audenshaw, 166 Bsgonia cinnabarina (Hybtida var,

albo vittata), 19; Lansberga'. 720 B'goniaa, winter-Bowering, 106 Belgian notes, 108. 132, 230, 356 Belgium, 658

Belvoir, spring-flowering at, 741 Benary, Ernst, 385 Benefit and Provident Society, I'nited

Horticultural, 202 Benevolent Institution, Gardeners'

Royal, .52, 74, 107, 112, 174,202,361,

513 Bennett, Mr. E., 547 Bergmann, M. Erneat, 747 Birda of New Zealand, native, 391 Birmingham Botanical Gardens, 208,

.5.53, (i83 Blackraoor House, 328 Blinds, paper Venetian, 723 Boilers, 578

Books, Notices of : — Annales

Agronomiques, 170 ; Bibliographia de la Rosa, 2.35 ; Boletim da So- ciedade Broteriana, 201 ; Botanical Magazine, the, 46, 200, 420, 546, 719; Batanische Zeitung, 170; Casaell's Popular Gardening, 265; Celery for Profit (7'. Gre/ner), 605; Ceylon, Handbook to the Flora of, 18 ; Contributions from the Botani- cal fiaboratory of the University of Pennsylvania. 106 ; Cottage Gar- dening, 633, 720; Country Gentle- man's Catalogue, 721 ; Dis Kleine Haus mit Garten {L;thar Ahel), 81 ; Diclionnaire Pratique d'Horticulture, 201 , .544 ; English Botany, 234 ; Kerns of South Africa ( Thos. B. Sim, F.H.a.N.). 145 ; Field Club, the, 201 ; Food of Plants, the (A. P. Lmrie)X>Or); Fruit Culture (./. Cheal), 720; Gardener's Story, a {Geo. H. Ellwangrr), 81 ; Garden Oracle, the, 170; Geographical .Journal, 17; Grasses of the Pacific Slope {Lr. Vasei/), 107 ; Histoire des Plantes,

48; Iconea Flantarum, 746; lUus- trierte Monatshefte, 719 ; Index Kewensis, 748 ; Johnson's Gar- denera' Dictionary, 2,34, 368 ; Journal of the American Pomological So- ciety, 201 ; Journal of the Kew (iuild,604; Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, 2iK); Kew Balletin. 'MV2, 632 ; Les Plantes de Grande Culture, Vilmorin, Andrieux et Cie., 266 ; Les Plantes Pota- geres et la ('ulture Maraichore, 201 ; Les Orchid6:!S de Semis, 171 ; Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, Part IX., 515; Odorographia : a Natural His- tory of Raw Materials and Drugs used in the Perfume Industry (J. Ch. Sawer, F.L.S.). 20 ; Orchidoes Rua- tiques (H. ComV'-in) . 718; Orchid Review, the, 46, 201, 420 ; Pamphlet on the Potato (Jas. Bobbie), 300 ; Primer of Horticulture (J?»o.H''n>/iO. 296 ; R-port on Insects and Fungi Injurious to Crops, 514 ; Revue de rUorticulture Beige, 170; Rosarian's Year Book, 106; The Rose (ff. B. £Z/wan^<r),266; Text-Book of Tro- pical Agriculture (Alfred Kic/ml/s, M.D.), 145; The Wild Rabbit (J. S. Simpsoit), ,544 ; Vegetable and Fruit Farming, Hints on, 48

Bordeaux Mixture, 666. 722 BoBCawen. the late J. T., 172 Botanic Garden, Glasgow, 107 Botanic Gardena, Manchester, 1 10 Botanic institutions, list of. 108 Botanist, the selfish, 7.5, 110 Bougainvilleas, .32.3 Bouvardias, .323, 714 Brentford market, the, .599 Broccoli, 421 ; hardy, 333 ; and the

frost, .'!63 ; the preservation of, 230,

3.33 ; Suttons' Late Queen, .'i66 Bruges, Orchids at, 356 Brussels, cut flower trade of, 749 ;

Orchids at, 18 Buitenzorg Botanic Garden, 68 Bulbophyllum comosum, 298 ; B.

Pechei, 298 Bull's, W., new plants at, 413 Burnpark, Orchids at, 6.56 Burns, Robert, and gardening, 265 Byatock, Orchids at, 10

Caisbaqk, Ellam's Early, 635 Cacao, 24

Caladium argyrites, 630 Calanthe Oweniana, 712 California, 289, 388, 6.57, 739 Cdlla Pentlaudii, 516

Calochortus, the, 748

Camellia reticulata, 485

Camellias at Titsey Park, 267 ; hardi- ness of. Ill ; lifting, 323

Canna, synopais of the species of, 42, 70, 164, 196

Cannas, 142, 743

Cannes, the recent winter at, 628

Canning, 422

Canton, letter from, 260

Cape, fruit from the, lOfi

Caralluma campanulata, 47

Carex iaponica variegata. 172

Carnation, the, 176, 682; Duke of York, .520; chemical constituents of the, 570

Carnations and Picotees, 744

Carrot, monstrosity of the flower of the, 137

Catalpa specioaa, 721

Caterpillars, 484, 7.50

Cattleya, a mis-shapen, 665; C. Gas- kelliana, 741 ; C. labiata. 235 ; C. 1. Mendelii, Clarke's var., 688; C. Tri- aniO " Fairy." 292 ; C. T. var. Gravesiic, 357 ; C. Warocqueana alba, .50 ; C. Warscewiczii, 712

Celastrus buxifolius, 397

Centenarian gardener, a, 692

Cereus grandifiorua, 661

Chamterops excelsa in Cornwall, 661

Chicago Exposition, 48, 201, G')^ ; Primulas at the exhibition at, 2U3

Chicory, 3H7

Chiswick, Pteonies at, 693

Chlorophvtum elatum variegatum, 101

Chou de Bedford, Laxton's, 71

Chrysanthemum cinerariajfolium, 7.50

Chrysanthemum exhibition in Vienna, 719; grafting, 18; variation, 36.3

Chrysanthemums, 140, .578 ; all the year round, 667 ; for training, 393; in the colonies, 82 ; single-flowered, 364, 454

Cladophora aegagropila, 265

Clerodendron Baronianum, 231

Clifton Cottage, Irises and Ilemero- callis at, 743

Cliveden House, 511

Coccida; or scale-insects on Orchids, 548

Coccocypselum hirsutnm, 201

Cocoa-nut, double, at Kew, 74

CiJologyne Hookeriana, .'i22; C. San- ders, 360, 391

Coffee disease in Jamaica, 303 ; planta- tions, 146

Coir, paving blocks of, 331

Clolorado, West, 660

Coltsfoot, 231

Conditions, effect of local, on horticul- ture, 100

Conifers, trimming of, 454

Continent, a journey through, 686, 741

iV The Gardenors' Chronicle,]

INDEX.

[July 1, 1893.

Coombe Warren HoDse, 663 Copperas in plant manures, 719 Coproama Baaeriana variegata, 13 1 Coris monspeliensis, 748 Count Kerchove de Denter^hem, 449 Crichel House Gardens, 508 Crickets, remedy against. 363 Crinodcndron Hookeri, 634 Crinum pednncnlatum, 138 ; C. ye-

mense, 658 Crocus Sieberi, 293 ; C. striped, 422 Crotalaria juncea, 138; C. longi-

rostrata, 234 Cucumber disease. .579 ; rot, 668 Cultural science, 746 Cupressus (Retinospora) obtusa and

its varieties, 715, 743 Currant-bud mite, the, 2-32 Curtains, India-rubber, 754 CvHnophjUum magniBcum from seed,

■50 Cycnoches pentadactylon, .'i97 Cymbidiam grandiflorum. 135 Cynorchis grandiBora, 197 Cypress, Lawson's, IlaBkins' variety,

146 Cypripedium Albertianumx, 19; C.

calceolus, 667; C. Eucharis, 195;

C. fasciculatum, 47 ; C. xHebe,

857; C. Lucicnianum, 132. 322;

C. Xmemnria Moensi, 132; C.

Moens, 322; C. Paris x, 444; C.

villosum violacenm, 195; C. Tacita,

357 Cypripediums, hybrids, variability of,

163 Cyrtopodium AliciiE, 711

DiFFODiLS at Cork, 296 ; at the Anti- podes, 174 ; for market, 383 ; in South of Ireland, 422

Dahlia, the, 607

Dahlias, new, 367

Daisy, the Michaelmas, 228

Dalmatia, insect-flower crops of, 742

Dammann & Co., new plants of, 414

Damper, an automatic. 48

Dandelion as a salad, 422

Daphne Mezereum, varieties of. 476

Dell, Egham, Orchids at the, 443

Dendrobium Hilli. 292; D. nobile, a fine plant of, 508 ; D. nobile no- bilius, 386; D. OwenianumX. 226; D. Wardianum, 386; D. Wardi- anum var. gigantea, 292

Devonshire, flowers from, 298

Dianthus, the, 546

Dioon pectinatum, 718

Dioscorea in the Caucasus, 331

Diospyros costata, 50

Disa tripetaloides, 711

Dombeya rotnndifolia, 397

Douglas Fir, the, 48

Dracaena Draco, 687 ; D. Sanderiana ? = D. thalioides, 576, 634

Dracsenopsis australis at Belgrove, 133

Dragon's Blood, 687 Drought, the, 750 Dryden Bank, 79

Erythronium Hartwegi, 516

Eucalypts, hardy, 207, 665

Eucalyptus coccifera, hardiness of, 237; E. cordata. 634 ; E. globulus, hardi- ness of, 234, 268

Eucalyptus, grafting of, 194

Eucalyptus oil, 604

Eacbaris amazonica, 547

Eupatoriums, 301

Evergreens in pots, 164

Examination for gardeners, 22

Examinations in horticulture, 110, 390

Examinations of the Royal Horticul- tural Society, 267, 331, 747

Experiments at Ivothamsted, 265

Eagus Moorei, 720 Fairlawn, Wimbledon Common, 268 Falmouth, climate in winter, 172 Fernery at Mr. May's, Edmonton, 323 ;

the hardy, 323, -.iSii Fertilisers, law relating to the sale of,

719 Ficus elastica, 133 " Finches," the, Lindfield, 625 Finnochio, 366 Fish, gold, treatment of, 204 Flower garden, the. 14, 45, 72, 102,

134, 167, 199, 231, 262, 295. 327,

3.')9, 380, 417, 447, 478, 611, 542,

.572, 601, 631, 661, 689, 707, 745 Flowers under deciduous trees, 141 Fog, the town, 328 Folk-lore and Sace, 237 Fonthill Abbey, 39 Footpath IVeeervation Society, 171 Footpaths, 301 ; in pleasure-grounds,

334 Forestry, 13, 102, 197, 293, 324, 521 Forestry and Gardening Exhibition,

opening of, 602 Forget-me-Not, sweet-scented, 13 Forsyth ias, the, 332 France, &c„ a journey through, 741 ;

Double Daffodils and Koman

Hyacinths from, 606 Freesias, 130, 174. 394 l>08t at Belvoir, 362 ; and the Koses,

100 Frosts and the fruit bloom, 483 Frozen flowers from New Zealand, 2.34,

751 FVuit cultivation and imported fruits,

139 ; from the Cape, 106 ; Colonies,

transport of, 626 ; South Africa, 76 ;

in Wilts, 749 ; prospects, 548, 686 ;

selling and growing, 136 ; trees,

summer pinching, 578, 606, 662,

666, 694, 728, 749 Fruits, preserved, 142 Fruits under glass, 45, 73, 102, 135,

166, 198, 231, 263, 294, 326, 358,

388, 417, 446. 478, 510, 542, 573,

601, 631, 661, 688. 716, 744 Fuchsia triphylla, 683 Fuchsias at Chelsea Nursery, 200 Fungi on flowers, influence of, 235 ; on

the human body, action of, by C, B.

Plowright, 138 Furcroei Bedinghansii, 747

Eael's Court Exhibition, 193, 330, 513

Echinm arborescens, 690

Elfeagnus angustifolius, root-nodules of

( Bacteria), 577 Elder, the golden-leaved, 721 Emigration to Colonies and South

America, 77 Environment, effect of, 100 Epidendrum spondiadum, 46 Eranthis cilicica, 266 Eremnrns robustus, 694 Eritrichinm nanum, 422; E. notho-

fulvum, 13 Eryngium campestre. 301 Erythea ediO.is, 507, 678 Ervthrin'i crista-galli, 476 ; E, Zeyheri,

397

GAUNTmjsFoateri, 237; winter bloom- ing, 142 Gardenias, 143 ; in Sierra Leone, 207 " Gardens, grave and gay," 67 Gazania pygmiea, 397 Germany, hardy plants in, 132 Germination under difliculties, 104 Gentiana acaulis, watered with ice- water, 552 Ghent Quinquennial Exhibition, 203, 420, 480, 512; new plants at, 442, 471 ; hints for visitors to, 441 Gladiolus Childsii, 78 ; G. Nance-

ianus, 130 ; G. oppositiflorus, 291 Glascow Botanic Gardens and Parks, 107

Glasnevin Botanic Gardens, 18

Gold fish, management of, 141, 174, 267, 333, 364

Gomphocarpus, 397

Gooseberry caterpillar, the, 392; saw- fly, remedy for, 551

Graft hybrid, a, 514

Grafting of Rhubarb leaves, natural, 392

Grange, Alresford, fruits of the, 634

Grape, Barbarossa, 174, 204 ; Gros Colmar, 111, 172, 205,238,301,3.33 ; Muscat Champion, 50, 78, 111, 2.38

Grapes, English, in American markets, 24 ; packing, 515

Greece, Currant crops in, 646

Grevillea robusta, 142

Gastavia pterocarpa, 130

Hamamelis. the genus, 303

Hampton Court, the home park at, 104

Hardv fruit garden, 14. 44, 72, 103,

135, 166, 193, 231. 263, 295. 327,

359, 389, 416, 447. 479, 511. 642, 573,

600, 630, 661,689,717,745 Harvest of 1892... 633 Hasskarl, Dr. Justus Karl, 331 Hawfinches, destruction caused by, 141 Hazel, a hermaphrodite, 633 Hazelbourne, Dorking, 712 Heating greenhouses, 141 Helichrysum r^cspititium, 397 Helleborus (cutidus, poisoning by, 301 Hemerocallii, a new, 394 llippeastrum, the, 323 Hives, wrappings for, 71 Holly and Oak, 422 ; growing on Oak,

364 Hollyhock, the, 176, 628 Honesty, 678 Hong-Kong, 228; ice in, 418; O.chid

cultivation in, 83 Horticultural Club, 203 Horticultural College, Swanley, 331,

634, 693. 719; instruction, 75 Hybrids, 16 ; analogy of, 3B0 Hyde Park, sprine bedding in, 652 Hydnophytum, 2.59 Hydrangea hortensis, blue colouring

of, 684, 750 Hye-Leyaen, M. Jules, the garden of,

60G Hypericum Moserianum, 476 Hypoestes moachata, 77

Ice in Hong-Kong, 418

lUicium floridanum, 386

Insect enemies of the Rose, 682

Insects on fruit trees, 607 ; on Pear trees, 749

Institute of Horticulture, 635 ; pro- posal for, 006

Investment, a profitable, 129

Iris alata, 50; var. Leichtlinii, 171

Iris Hookeriana, 47; I. stylosa for winter, 694

Irises and Hemerocallis at Clifton Cottage, 741 ; Irises, the Japanese, 168, 204; the Oncocylus group of, 266

Irish garden, Kilmacurragh, 709

Isle of Man, the, 655

Isopyrum thalictroides, 364

Italy, a journey through, 741; notes from, 13

Ivies, tender, 300

Ixnra siphonantha, 234 ; I. Westii, 723

Jaffa, Orange trade of, 719 Jamaica, Coffee disease in, 303 Japan, flora of, 170 Jardin des Flantes, 137, 615

Jjhannesburg, a public park for, 330 ; notes from, 630

Kaki, 50

Keele Hall, 10

Keir House, Dunblane, 537

Kew, Bamboos at, 299

Kew Bulletin, 632

Kew, Eyot, 691 ; Guild, the, 690 ; Lilies at, 743 ; hardy plant- house at, 423 ; notes, 130'332, 658 ; the show- house at, 106

Kilmacurragh Gardens, 709

Kitchen garden, the 15, 44, 73, 103, 133, 167, 199, 231, 263, 295. 3'26, 359, 389, 416, 446. 479. 510. 642, 573, 600, 630, 661, 689, 717, 745

Kniphofias, 170

Kumaon, notes from, 627

Label, Wood's Plant Club, 236

Labels, 265, 333

Lachenalia aurea gitrantea, 290, 364,

394 ; L. tricolor, 394 Lachenalias at Kew, 423 L.-clia vitellina, 365 La^lio-Cattleya amcuna X var. delicata,

443 Laelio-Cattleya X Maynardi, 715 Landscape gardening, English style of,

567 Lapagerias, 452 Lastrea, an aposporoue, 549 Lathyrua latifolius, in pots, 606

Law Notes :— Grimwood i'. Weekes, 610; Kingp. End, 24; Royal Horti- cultural Society of Aberdeen v. Jas. Cocker & Sons, 426 ; Williams V. Keynsham Hort. Soc, 521

Leaf-mould, properties of, 110, 227

Leaves, the colouring matter of, 18

Lee, Mr, Jno., 259

Leguminous plants and bacteria, 742

Lemoine's new plants, 414

Leschenaultia biloba major, 763

Lightning on the Vine, action of, 720

Lilies, 227 ; Chinese, 235

Lilium speciosnm, 129

Lily culture in pots, 163

Lime in the garden, 99

Lime-juice industry of Montserrat, 604

Liquorice culture in Russia, 664

Livistona inermis, 748

Lodoicea seychellarum at Kew, 74

London and the provinces, certificated exhibits at the Royal Horticultural Society, 136

Lonicera fragrintissima, 228 ; L, Standishii, 228

Luton Hoo gardens, 749

Lyperia multiiida, 397

Maceozamia spiralis, 74 Madresfield Court, 100 Mammillaria prismatica, 201 Manchester Botanic Gardens, 140,

297 Manchester, gardens near, 166 Manure, liquid, and Paris gardening,

232 Manures, 168, 175 Manuring Potatos, 196 Maples, hardy Japanese, 415 Market gardening under class, 353,

415. 457, 617, 542, 699, 633, 715 Marseilles, oleaginous seeds at, 754 Masaranga Porteana, 668 Maxillaria Sanderiana, 712 Mesa, the grand, West Colorado, 660

The Gardeners' Chronicle.]

INDEX.

I-Iuly I, 189.-5.

Metropolitan Public Gardens ABSocia-

tion, 138, 170 Middleman, the, 300, 334 Mint, 3S6 Models, Apple, 22 Monstrosity of the flower of the Carrot,

137 Montserrat lime jaice, industry of, 604 Mormodes igneum var. maculatum, 323 Mncuna rostrata, 445 Mulberries, 48

Mulching wall frait trees, 445 Mnsa rosacea, 259 Mushroom growing, 578 ; on beds of

tree leaves, 668

Nahcisscs at Kew, 332 Narciesus cjclaminens, 422 ; hybrid, 423; in the Scilly laics, 363; N. major, 422; N. poeticns ornatus, forcing of. 294 ; N. poeticus pras- cox, 47 ; N. Snowdrop, 454 Nectarine, Uiver's Eirly, 664 Nemesia struraoaa, 46 Nepenthes MaatersianaX, 683 Nepenthes, large pitchers on, 484 Nettle leaves and protection, 692 New plants (»ee Plants New,and Plants

New and Noteworthy) New York spring flower show, 637 New Zealand notes, 416; preserva- tion of the flora and fauna of, 161 Nidularium digcneura, 633 Novelties of 1892... 7

Nursery Notes:— Backhouse & Co., York. 334 : Birr & Sons, Long Ditton, 344. 477; Bull, William, 109, 714; Charlesworth, Shuttle- worth & Co.. 659; Cock, Jules de, Ledeberg, 683; Dalliire, Alexis, 6.59 ; Dereyghere van Coppennlle, M. Ed., 547; Desbois, M. F., 627; Ilartland's, VV. Baylor, Nurseries, Cork, 23 : Houtte, Louis van, Ghent, 627 ; Imschoot, Alf. van, Ghent, 627 ; Jones, II. J.. Hither Green, 6.'j9 : Knowles, A., .582; Knjck, M. K. J., Mont St. Amand, (Jhent, C8H; Laing & Sons, 424, 750; Low. Hugh & Co.. 79, 109; Pearson, J. and 11. & Sons, 2-36 ; Peeters, M. A. A., Brussels. 658; Petrick, M., Mont St. Amand. Ghent, 688 ; Pitcher and Manda, New Jersey, 084; Hinder, F., & Co., St. Albans, l.'!9; Smet-Davivier, M. de, Ghent. 027 ; Smet, de. Fit-res, Ghent, 659 ; Smet, Louis de, Ghent, 6.59; Smith, M'ssrs., Uitenhage, South Africa, 207 ; Sutton & Sons, 42; J. Veitch & Sons. Amaryllis at, 363; Vervaet & Co., Mont Sr. Amand, Ghent, 688; Vincke-Du- jirdin, M. G, Bruges. 6.59; Vuyl- steke, Cbas., Ghent, 627 ; VVaterer, A.. Knap IIill. .581; Williams, B. S. & Son, .53. 421

Oakwood, spring flowers at, 302

Obituary :'-Barlow, Samuel, 668; Benarv, Ernst, 234; Burnett, S. M., 112 ; Chantin. M. Antoine, 269 ; Chaure, Jean, 330; Da CandoUe, Alphonse. 44.S ; Ghiesbrecht, Au- gust B, 6.'U; Harrison. Thos., 210; .Tohnson, C. P., 298; M'Kelvie. W. 1! , 458; McKenzie, A., 397 ; New- berry, Dr. John Strong, 16 ; Pas- quale, ProfeiBor, 234 ; Passerini, Professor, 633; Phippen, G. W., 239. 269; Sanderson Edwin, 553; Schlumberger, F.. 298: Sheppard, .T.,83; Treseder, W., 397 ; Webster, J. B., 642; Westwood. Professor, I. O , 21 ; Woolls, Kev. Dr. 337

Observatory, the Greenwich, 719

Oiontoglossum Cervantesi var. punc- tatisaima, 234; O. crispom. a new variety, 194; O. Eiwardii, 163; 0. polyxanthum, 667; Wilckeauum, 422 OdontogloasumB at Burnpark, 656 CEceoclades maculata, 355 Oils, can plants digest fatty ?, 330 Oleaginous seeds at Marseilles. 754 Oncidium Jonesiannm, 292 ; 0. Saint-

legerianum, 195 Ojion, the Crown, 634 Oodeypore. 665 ; the Maharana's gar- den at, 82 Orange trade at Jaff"d. 719 Orchard-house, the, 423 Orchid cultivation in Hong-Kone, 82 O.chid-hnuses. the. 15, 44. 72. 103, 134, 166. 198, 2.30, 263. 294, 327, 3.58, 389, 417, 446, 479. 511, 542, 572, 600, 631, 688, 716, 745 Orchid ineecta, 543

Orchids at Brussels, 18 ; at Burford Lodge, 510; at Bjstock, Exmouth, 10 ; at Castle IIill. 444 ; at the D-ll, Egham, 443; at llazelbourne, 712 ; at Jas. Cypher's nursery, Chelten- ham, 265 ; at M. A. A. Peeters, Ghent, 230; at North Eiston. Mass., 196 ; at Oakwood, .596 ; at Osborne House, Edinburgh, 207; at Oswald House, N.B.. 22 ; list of garden, 6?2; scent of, 390 ; sold for high prices, 458 O.-phan Fund, the Royal Gardeners', 16. 22. 47. 52. IOC. 163. 17.5, 202, 265, 2(!7, 234. 4.59, 514 .575 719 Orphan Fund election, 175, 201 Osborne House, Edinburgh, 177 Oswald House, Orchids at. 22 Oxford Botanic Gardens, '298, 547 Uxvgen and the respiration of plants, 19

Packini; of Australian fruit, 692 Piconies, herbaceous, at Chiswick, lV.13 Palms and their culture. 51'.l ; gardi-n,

lint of, 26<J, 3.'!2 ; bardv, in Autibes,

132 Pansy, the. 713 Pansies, 723 ; tufted. 204, 238 Papaver umbrosum, 451 Parks, improvement in the, 171 Parks, public, and lawn-tennis, 266 Parsley, Hamburgh, 50 Parsnip eaten by vole, 301 Parsons, Mr. A., paintine in Japan, 76 Pea Eoglish Wonder, 716 ; Sutton's

Bountiful, 22 IVas, 722; early, 605. 667, 691; ex- treme earliness of, 692 P ach buds dropping, 551, 574, 635,

69.3 Peach tree, an old, 722. 749 Peaches, early, 74 S, 750 Pear .Josephine de Malinea, 203 Pears on Thorn stocks, 516; late, 6)6 Pentatemon, the, 713 People's Palace, Koae show for the,

451 Perennials, hardy, gronnd seeds. 723 Perfume in flowers, origin of, 107 Perfume plants at Grasse, 483 Petroleum as an insecticide, .'!61, 4.5.'j,

516 Petroleum oil and Vine dressing, 50 Phains Gravesii, 357; P. tubercnlosus,

231 Piialanopsis culture, 71 Philadelphus, the genus, 742 Pbloroglucinol in plants, 19 Phlox, the, 713 Picea Breweriana, 12; P. Eigelmaani

glauca, 600 Picture gallery, a botanist's, 202 Pictures, garden, exhibition of, 67 Fine, the cluster, value of in Britain,

172 Pink, the garden, 744 Pinks, ,520 Finos Laricio, 606 Pitcher-p'lants and Frankincense, 11

I'lttosporum sp., 416 Planter's Friend, the, 209 Planting, 476

Plants New or Noteworthy,

Descsibed : — Alocasia coriacea, 475 ; A. Watsoniana, 442 ; Arum Palses- tinum, 93 ; Asplenium (erroneously printed Adiantum) duale, 10; Azalea Vaaeyi, 539 ; Barbacenia squamosa, 414 ; Begonia Glory of Lorraine, 63 ; Bletia Godsefliana, 442 ; Bra- chionidium Sherringii, 290 ; Bul- bophyllum Sanderianum, 291 ; B. vitiense, 291 ; Caladium sagitta- tum, 475 ; Calamus gracillimus, 475 ; Calanthe vestita var. Cor- nelius Vanderbilt, 322; Calypso borealis, 421; Cattleyax sub var. Reineckiana, 253 ; C. Trianiei Broomeana, 291 ; Chlorophytum brachyatachyum, 710 ; Ctclogvue Clarkei,741 ; Cotyledon Barbeyi, 624; Crasaula centauroides, 656 ; Crocus Tauri, 226; Cyanophyllum asper- sum, 475 ; Cypripedium Albertia- num, 19; C. Alfred Bleu, 226; C. Calypso (Cypher's variety), 130 ;

C. concolor var. striata, ; C. Lr>wianum aHreum,632 ; C. X sylva, 6^2; C. villosum var. Gortoni, 40; Crrtanthus intermedins, 413; C. obliquus, 596; Uendrobiam Benita, .'j54 ; D. (hybridum) Cassiope, 290;

D. nobileBallianum,322 ; D. Owen- iannm X, 226; D. rubens X, 226; D. (hybridum) Venus, 291 ; Di- chorizandra angustifolia, 475; Disa keweniis, 625 ; Dracceaa Sand^ri- ana ? = D. thalioides. 412; Epi- dendrum Palmeri, 322; Eranthis cilicica, 201!; Eucharis Lowi, 538; Ffitillaria citrina, 5^3; F. Whit- talli, .5IX); F. Zigrica. 568; Galan- thus Bvzantinns. 226 ; G. Elwesii var. robustus. 226 ; G. gracilis, 656 ; G. Ikariaj, 506; G. maximus, 351; G. Perryii, 256; Gladiolus papilio, xGandavensia, 596; G. victoralis X Sprenger, .596 ; G. hybrid, 596.624 ; Hfliconia illusiris, 413 ; Ilillia te- trandro, 414 ; Hypolytrum Schroder- ianum, 414; Iris Atboa, 711 ; I. Bismarckiana, 506; Koiphotia lon- gicollis. 6H2 ; Pholidota Ligardi, .'!22 ; Kniphofia Tuckii, 68 ; Lache- nalia aurea gigaatea, 290 ; Liclia Finckeniana, 191 ; L. hybrida Nor- manni, 98; L, X Oweniana, 682; Liulio-Cattleya Schilleriana. 596 ; Lathyrus splendens, 2.58 ; Ludovia crenifolia, 412; Magnolia salicifolia, 2.58; Masdevallia Henrietta X, 740 ; M. Rebeccax. 740; Megaclinium minutum, 291 ; Narcissus, Uam- mann's hybrid, .507 ; hybrid, 428 ; Nepenthes mixta X, 46; Nerine mu- tabilis, 130 ; novelties of 1892, 7 ; OJontoglossum blandum var. albo- cupreum, •i55; O. crispum. Hunter's variety, 194 ; O. c. var. Mrs. X)s Barri Crawshay, 741 ; O. Kniizlinii, 442; O. lanceana var. Graveaianum, 322; O. Williamsianum, 740; On- cidium Saintlegerianum, 10, 227 ; O. apilopterum, 10 ; Oreopanax Sanderianum, 442 ; Papaver um- brosum, fl.-pl., 40; Pelexia ma- culata, 322; Phaius amabiliBX, 226 ; P. roseus, 291 ; Phyllogathis ciliata, 475 ; Picea Breweriana, 2.58; Pleurothallis rhoinbipetala, 290; Richardia Lutwvchei, 568; Saintpaalia ionantha, 682; Salmia Laucheana, 442; Sarcocbilus mus- cosua, S22 ; Schizocodoa soldanel- loides, 415; SciUa Buchanani, 568; leucophylla. 506 ; Scopolia carnio- lica var. Hladnickiana, 418 ; Sela- ginella usta, 414 ; Senecio sagitti- folius. 258, 3.55 ; Stachys floridana, 40; Strobilanthes Dyerianua. 442; Tradescantia velutina, 476 : Tulipa coccinea. 533: Vandax Miss Joa- quim, 740; Vriesia tesielata var. Sanders, 442

Plant Portraits: Acer nikoense, 547; Agave Victoria U?gina, 332; Anthurium Andreanam var, Warn- beckeanum, 547 ; Apple Eliza Kithke, 107 ; A. MacMahon, 547 ; Aristolochia gigantea, 547 ; As- cyrum crux Andreae, 721 ; Aster roseus. 332; Azalea (hybrida) Da- viesi, 203 ; A. indica Marie Tharesa, 332; Bagonia Baumanni, 163; B. fulgens, 163 ; Bagonia Lans- bergii, 475; Bilbergia Bruanti, 332; Balbophyllnm tesselatum, 475 ; Bo- ronia heterophylla, 721 ; Brug- mansia aurea, 162 ; Baddleia Col- villei, 743 ; Calamus robustus, 332 ; CalochortUB Kennedyi, 332 ; Catt- leya Alexandra, 162 ; C. Hardy- ana X , 547 ; C. labiata, 332 ; C. labi- ata vara., 721 ; C. Moaeiie Reinecki- ana, 721 ; Cherry, Early Prin, 748 ; Cherry, Bigarreau Lemercier, 203; Clerodendron haatatum, 162 ; Coch- lioda Noetzliana, 107 ; Coslogyne Sanderae. 547 ; Colax jugosus, 721 ; Cornus Kousa, 547 ; Crocus luteua var. striatus, 385 ; Cupania elegans, 474 ; Cymbidium Liwianum, 547, 677 ; Cypripedium Chamberlainii, 577 ; C. Dibden x , 162 ; C. Galatea, 577 ; C.Huybrechtianum,748;C. Leonajx , 162; C. Rjthschidianum, 577; C. Sniceriannm var. Mercatellianum, 721 ; Cyrtopodium Aliciic 721 ; Cyr- tosperma ferox, 474 ; Dendrobium (hyb.) Cassiope, 332 ; D. Phalaanop- 818 Schroderianum, 577 ; D. (hyb.) Venus, 332; Dichorizindra musaica gigantea. 471; Diclfi-nbachiamelea- gris, 474 ; I), olbia. 475 ; Disanthus cercidilolia, 748; Dracicna cuprea, 203; Epimedium macranthum, 107 I Eiilophiella Elisabethm, 474; Gle- ditschia janonica, 577 ; llabenaria m<litaris,721 ; lliemanthus Lindeni, 474, 577 ; lleliconia spectabilis, 475 ; Iris atrofusca, 384 ; Labisia smarag- dina,174; Lielio-CattleyaRidolfiana, 517; Lathrici clande«tina, 721; Lathyrus grandifloru8,'20.J ; Lycaste macrobulbon, .577; Mitchella repens, 577 ; Narcissus Fenzlii, 385 ; N. Margaritic. 381 ; N. Sprengeri. 386 ; Oiontoglossum Harryanum, 203 ; O. Insleayi, 577; O. ramosissimum, 3.32; O. Rackerianum splendens, 385; Oncidium loxense, 577; Opuntia prolifera, 108 ; Papaver orientale, 108; Pavonia Wrightii, 108; Pelliea gracilis, .577 ; Pepero- mia metallica, 474 ; Phalienopaia Luddemanniana, 577 ; Philodendron verrucosum. 721 ; Prunus cerasifera var. PiBBardi, .577 ; Rhodochiton vo- lubile, 203; Hudbeckia purpurea, 721; Senecio Bonin-Simic, 577; Smilax argyrea, 474 ; Solanum jas- minoides, 332 ; Stenandrium (hy- bridum) Goosenianum, 203 ; S. Lin- denii, 474 ; Stuartia pseudo-Ca- mellia, 577 ; Tradescantia elongate, 474 ; T. regina;, 474 ; T. superba, 474 ; Tricyrtis nana, 721 ; Triteleia uniflora crerulea. 721 ; Tritoma ca- rallina, 203 ; Vanda tricolor var. planilabris, 721 ; Vriesia (hybrida) Pommer Escherana, 721 ; Wahlen- bergia pumiliorum, 203

Plants for decoration, select foliage,

133, 262, 477, 572 Plants, new, of 1892 ... 7, 52 (see al

Plants new and noteworthy). Plants, new substances from, 484 i Plants under gloss, culture of, 14, 45,

73. 102 134. 167. 199. 231. 262, 294,

3'26,358, 388,417,447.479.511. 542,

572, 601, 631, 661, 689, 716, 744 Pleurospermum Franchetianum, 234 Plumbago capensis, .334 ; bedded out,

302 Plum crop in France, 542 Plum, violet, of East Anglia, 421, 516,

551, 634 Poisoning by Hellehorua foetidua, 301 Poisonous plants, 748

VI The Gardeners' Chronicle,]

INDEX.

Pollen, influence of, on ovary and

seed, 48 Polyanthuses, border, 722 Poplar, Ontario, the, 582 Poppies, 516 Postal money notes, 633 Potato, an old variety of, 646 Potato culture, 267 ; disease, 201 Potatos, experiments in manuring, 195 ;

planting, early, 267 Potatos, book on culture, a new, 452 Potatos, early, 174 ; from Scotland,

602 Potatos in Ireland, 602 ; manures for,

175 Poulton, Professor E. B., 748 Pretorian plants, 397 Primula cortusoides Sieboldii, 635 Primulas at Reading, 42 Protea effusa, 658 Protection in France, 664 Protheroe, Mr. W. H., 664 Provident and Benefit Society, United

Horticultural, 330 Pseudotsuga Douglasi, 48 Pynaert's, M, Ed., new plants, 415 Pyrethrum, the, 660 Pyrethrum roseum, seedling, single,

606 Pyrus angustifolia, 43 ; coronaria, 234

Queen's birthday honours, 691 Quince, Apple-shaped, 172 Quinine in America, 483

Hailway rates, deputation to the Board of Trade on, 264. 269

Ilailway rates, the new, 16, 46, 75. 104, 137, 146, 202, 204, 264, 265, 419

Rain, the fall of, 720

Eamsgate public park, 268

Reinwardtia tetragyna, 1.38

Respiration of plants and lessened oxygen, 19

Restrepia antennifera, 2.34

Rhaphidophora decursiva, 298

Rhododendron Nobleanum, 363, 484 ; E. racemosum,719; Thom8oni,332;

Rhododendrons at Kew, 356; cross- bred, 641 ; exported to America, 451; greenhouse, 476; Himalayan, in flower. 363

Rhubarb, 386

Eichardia iethiopica, a curious, 452 ; R. Lutwychei, 722

Richardias, treatment of, 629

Eobinia, for forage, 170 ; R. hispida, 688

Root-nodules (Bacterial) of Elaeagnus angustifolius, 577

Rosa gigantea, 163, 201 ; R. polyantha Crimson Rambler, 635, 720

Rose, Austrian yellow, 722 ; grafting, 23 ; insect enemies of; 682 ; Jaune Desprez, 454 ; Mar&hal Niel, 142, 175, 197 ; prospects, 396, 665, 681

Roses, among the, 292 ; and the frost, 100 ; at Kew, 721 ; for general cul- tivation, 70; garden, the, 225; in pots, 143; in a cold house, 444; Madame Desprez and Jaune Des- prez, 366 ; Tea, 366 ; Noisette, 97 ; ,■/ EcL pruning. 366

jjljggise show fixtures, 691 's,— V ' ^Vmsted experiments, 265 ; jubilee,

''d"f,

l\„£fil Horticultural Society, annual meeting of, 200; Certificates, 136; examinations, 747 ; list of com- mittees, 49

Sage and folk-lore, 237

Salary of an estate manager, 138

Santa Paula, Lemon growing at, 639 Sarracenia flava, Manda's variety, 201 Sarracenia, the history of, 11 Sarracenias, 599 Say, M. L6on, 657 Scent of Orchids, 391 Scholarships, 80 ; in horticulture, 46 Scilla campanulata vars., 716

Scientific Committee : Acacia galls, 517; African produce, 239; Apple roots, with burr knot, 238; Aquilegia var. without spurs, 608 ; Arum with two spathes, 2.39 ; Bard- field Oxlips, changing colour, 552; Cecidomya Taxi, 366 ; Citron in Egypt, antiquity of the, 425 ; Coto- neaster, fasciated, 425 ; Cucumber roots, diseased, 425 ; Dimorphic Aralias, 426 ; Erythronium grandi- florum, giant form of, 552 ; Euca- lyptus galls, 552; Euonymus at- tacked by caterpillars, 608 ; Egypt, antiquity of Citrons in, 425 ; fas- ciated Cotoneaster, 425 ; fog report, 238 ; Gentiana acaulis, 617 ; Gram- matophyllum with spinescent roots, 517 ; Myosotis alpestris multipetal- ous var., 608; Myosotis alpestris, Victoria proliferous and many- petalled, 552 ; Oak branch, knotted, 366 ; Oranges, Californian, 517 ; Oxlip variety, 617 ; Oxlip Bard- field, changing colour, 502 ; Pars- nips devoured by a vole, 238 ; Peach leaves, malformed, 5.52; Perider mium Strobi, 425 ; Polyanthus, Blue Primrose, 425 ; Primulas, blue, 366 ; Retama, scale insect on, 608 ; roots, spinescent, on Grammato- phyllum, 517 ; Richardia, monstrous, 517 ; Sargasso weed and Cocoa- nuts, 366 ; soil with mites, 238 ; Sugar-cane moth, 608; Tipulaa in soil, 366 ; Ustilago on Psamma arenaria, 425

Seakale, 387

Season, in the Isle [of Wight, 602;

the early, 577 ; the exceptional, 602 Sedum Ewersii ? 393 Seed trade, the, KXi Seeds, importing of, 104 S?lpnipedium (hybridum) Sedeni var.

Weidlichiannm, 292 Shamrock, 138

Sheppard, the late Mr. Jas. 107, 111 Smithsonian Institute, 665 Snowdrops, 13S; the date of flowering

of, 394

Societies : — American Pomo-

logical Society, 201 ; Bantfshire Horticultural, 144 ; Beckenham Horticultural, 390 ; Birming- ham Horticultural and Botanic, 552 ; Birmingham Spring .Show, 456 ; Botanical of Edinburgh, 642 ; Brighton and Sussex New Horticultural, 457 ; Brussels Or- chidesne, 233, 362, 658; Butley Tulip, 635; Crystal Palace, 396, 608; Croydon Chrysanthemum, date of, 75 ; Devon and Exeter, 19 ; Dundee Horticultural, 4.52 ; Dutch Horticultural and Botanical, 692 ; Earl's Court Exhibition, opening, 609 ; Earl's Court Rose Show, 724 ; Edinburgh Royal Botanical, 1-fli, 206, 367, 519 ; Ghent Quinquennial, 485 ; see also under Ghent Quinquen- nial Horticultural, 230 ; Linnean, 105, 200, 230, 360, 449, 513, 575, 632, 719, 747 ; Manchester Royal Botani- cal and Horticultural, 137, 234, 337 ; Midland, Carnation, and Picotee Union, 107 ; Moseley Botanical, 610; National Auricula (Northern Section), 652; National Auricula and Primula, .518 ; National Chrvs- antbemum, 24, 201, 239, 482 ; National Rose, 752; Newcastle- on- Tyne Botanical and Horticultural, 520 ; Norfolk and Norwich Horti- cultural, 581 ; Provident and Bene-

fit, United Horticultural, 330 ; Royal Botanic, 367, 518, 575, 609, 664 ; Roval Botanic of Man- chester, 632. '636; Royal Cale- donian Horticultural, 426 ; Royal (Jxfordshire Horticultural, 753 ; Royal Horticultural, 79,80, 200,201, 205, 238, 335, 394, 425, 454, 617, 652, 580, 662, 695, 723, 751 ; revised list of awards of the, 76; R.H S., Temple show, 632, 638; Scottish Horticultural, 76, 234, 239, 576; Tamworth Pansy show, 668 ; Tor- quay Horticultural, 137 ; York Florists, 17, 552; York Gala; the great, 724, 752

Sodium, as a plant food, 576

Soil, bacteria in the, 505

Soil moisture, and its effects on plant

life, 193 Solanum Wendlandi, 683 Sowing, 476

Spider and its remedies, 174 Spinach, 421, 484 ; winter and summer,

546 ; round v. prickly, 364, 394, 578 Spraying for insects or blight, 746;

fruit trees, 550 Spraying of Appl'es, 419 .Spring flowers, 475 ; gardening at

Belvoir, 741 ; at Wilton House,

517 Spring, the first flush of, 321 ; the

early, 486 Spruce, the American Weeping, 12 Squirrels, 363, 393

Stable manure, a new chemical treat- ment for, 747 Stand Hall, Whitefield, 99 Stenandrium Bseckmannianum, 19 Stevensonia grandifolia, 200 Stigmaphyllum ciliatum, 684 Stock-taking. December, 1892, 76;

January, 171; February, 298; March,

450 ; April, 604 ; May, 720 Strawberry Jno. Ruskin, 422, 452, 485,

516 Strawberries, and vegetables, earliness

of, 605 ; strawberries, layering of, 7'53 Stravadium insigne. 658 Streptocarpns and Rehmannia hybrid,

453 Strepto- Gloxinia X, 19 Streptosolen Jamesonii, 520 Sulfosteatite cuprique, 576 Surveyors' Institution, 75 Swainsonia galegifolia, 6.34 Switzerland, a journey through, 741 Symphyandra Hofmannir 619, 749 ;

hardiness of, 722 Syon House, 19 ; winter flowers at,

Tacca pinnatifida, 719

Tacsonia Van Volxemii, 323

Tangley Manor, 473

Tasmanian Apples for England, 361 ; truit reports, 138

Tea from India, 665

Tea Roses, hardiness of, 393

Technical education, 106, 420, 483, 632, 634 ; at Cambridge 514 ; in horticulture, 694 ; see also under Examinations, instruction, 450

Tecomas, culture of, 651 ; Tecophilsea cyanocrocus, 393

Temperature of London, 634

Temple Show, the, 632, 662

Thistle, the Russian, 544

Thorns, double-flowering, for conser- vatory, 454

Thyrsos of Dionysos, 692

Tillandsia xiphioides var, arequita, 450

Timber growing, obstacles to home, 43

Timber, home-grown, prices of, 78

Tomato Conference, 141 ; Veitch's Early Ruby, 750

Tomatos and cancer, 78 ; winter, 364

Traveller's notes, a, 68, 130, 228, 260, 387, 568

Trees and shrubs, notes on floweiiag,

597; picture, 628 Trees in towns, 146, 453 Trentham, 623 Tresco Abbey Gardens, 694 Trichocentrum iridifolium, 445 Trichodesma angustifolium, 397 Trichopilia sanguinolenta, 201 Tritonia rosea, 201 Tropa3olum polyphyllum, 750 Tsuga Pattoniana, 659 Tuberoses, 606 Tufted Pansies, 238 Tulip the, 579, 667 Turin, the RoyaJ Academy of Sciences

of, 75

Utricclaeia longifolia, 713

Vanda tricolor var. planilabris, 711 Vanilla, production and trade of, 478 Vegetables, arrival and prices of, 386 ;

hardy spring, 551 ; in Scotland, 300 Veitch, H. J., presentation to Mr.,

604 Veitch, J. H. (see Travellers' notes). Veitch Memorial Fund, 233; prizes, 76 Vellosia equisetifolia, .'197 Venetian garden, a, 604 Venidium calenduloides, 454 Verbascum cupreum, 754 Verbena, the, 484 Verbenas from seed, 99 Viburnum plicatum, 476 Vine, action of lightning on the, 720 Vine disease, Californian, 598 Vine dressing. 111; and petroleum

oil, 60, 78, 204 Vine, on the growth of the, 550 Vines, origin of the colouring matter

of, 24 Viola, the, as a decorative plant, 165 Violas and Viola culture, 570 Violets, King of, 333

Walnut crop in France, -542

Wardour Castle, 39

Washingtonia filifera, 13

Weather, and the crops, the, 666]; in

Aberdeenshire Highlands, in 1892,

3.57 ; in March, 451, 453