A

ABARIA caffra, 294; ripens fruit in

California, 266

Abies balsamea with globular excres

cence below the soil, 298; A. brac-

teata, cones of, 298; A. pectinata

pendula, 324

Acanthopanax sessiliflorum, 337

Acreage of Hops, the, 164

Africa, botanising in South-west, 338

Agaricus procerus, 385

Agave americana flowering at Engle-

field Green, 236

Agricultural Returns of Great Britain,

164

Airthrey Castle, Vines at, 360

Alberta magna, 416

Aldabra Island, 321

Aldenham House, Elstree, 266

Algeria, the condition of, 385

Allamandas, the culture of, 287

Almonds, the constituents of, 263

Almond, Walnuts, and Chestnuts, the

constituents of, 194

Amaryllis Belladonna, the Kew variety

of, 212

Amateur horticulturist, the, 434

America, English Tomatos in, 284; forest

reservation in, 290; the Apple crop

in, 398

American Institute Show, 284

American notes, 47, 142, 178, 284,
266, 342, 420

Amsterdam Chrysanthemum club, 435

Ananas nervosa maxima, 413

André Lenotre, 45

Angelonia grandiflora alba, 307

Anthracite coal, 293

Anthuriums, a group of, at Shipley

Hall, 118; monstrous, 298

Antigua, the botanical station at, 379

Antwerp Zoological Society,

new

winter garden at the, 109

Apera arundinacea, 282, 314

Apiary, the, 5, 19, 51, 105, 161, 181,

251, 289, 327, 365, 415, 431

Apple, Cox's Orange Pippin, a striped,

370; crop in America, the, 178;

in the United States, 236, 398;
Dameller's Seedling, 426; leaf, twin,
112; Peasgood's Nonsuch, 202

Apple-trees, pruning, 448

Apples, diseased, 112; some fine, from

Yorkshire, 331; Yorkshire, 349,

404

Apricot, the wild, and the graft, 139

Apricots, Damsons, and Cherries a

failure, 39

Aquatic-pond, a hardy, 36
Aralias, acari on, 259

Araucaria imbricata associated with
Golden-leaved Hollies, 256
Araucarias in Norway, 256
Arboricultural Society, the English,

165

Aristolochia, a hybrid, 112, 126

Artichoke, the Jerusalem, history of,

117

Asclepias curassavica, 414

Asparagus beds, digging alleys in,

437

Asparagus-rust, 203

Asphodeline imperialis, 397

Aspidium Purdiæi, 282

Aster Amellus, 214

Aster, English and German, seed, 220;

sickness, and its cause, 97; perennial

Ella," 286; worm, the, 97

Asters, a garden of, 220; injured by

worms, 129

Auricula, the, 214; in autumn, 306

Auriculas, the growth of the stem of,
404, 422
Australia, western, from a horticul-
tural point of view, 137
Autumn, the fine, 331, 386; tints, 312
Autumn v. spring digging, 349
Awards, the, of the Fruit Committee
of the R. H. S., 402, 404

Azolla filiculoides, 56

B

BACTERIAL diseases, the treatment of,

156

Bahamas, the, 205

Baillie, proposed memorial to the late

Mr., 366

Bamboos, Japanese, 128

Bananas, a fine bunch of, 166

Bardfield Oxlip, the true, 355

Basset Down House, 302

Bateman, the late Jas., 410, 436, 446

Bats fertilising flowers, 22

Birds useful to gardeners, 229

Bean, Bunyard's Exhibition, 111

Bedding in Battersea Park, 123;

in Hyde Park, 101

Beet-sugar industry, the, 417

Begonia, a crested, 203, 220; fuchsio-

ides, 437; Mrs. W. B. Hartland, 366;

Gloire de Lorraine, 384; President

Carnot, 212

Begonias, 212

Belgium, notes from, 254; special ex-

hibition of Cattleya labiata in, 350
Belladonna Lily, the Kew variety of, 212
Belvoir, autumn flowers at, 305
Benefit and Provident Society, United
Horticultural (Annual Dinner), 278

Benevolent Institution, Gardeners'

Royal, 54

Berberis, propagating by cuttings, 226
Berberis vulgaris and mildew, 184
Berlin, Chrysanthemums in, 413
Berlin, Primula sinensis fimbriata at,
413

Bermuda Lily disease, 368

Betteshanger, 286

Billington, Horace, the late, 421

Blackberry, the Kittatiny, 129

Blackberries, 147, 186, 219

Black Currants, 330

Boilers, experiences with horticultural,
238

Books, NOTICES OF: A Companion

for the Queensland student of Plant

Life (F. M. Bailey), 157; Botanical

Magazine, 37, 89, 184, 271, 348, 416;

Bulletin of the Essex Technical

Laboratories, 182; Catalogue of

plants at La Mortola, 272; Culture

des Fleurs par les Enfants et par les

Ouvriers (C. de Bosschere), 38; De

Re Hortensi Libellus (1545) (Carolus

Stephanus), 425; Des Jacintes,

de leur Anatomie, Reproduction

et Culture (Marquis M. H. de

Saint Simon), 377; Dictionnaire

Iconographique des Orchidées, 322;

Die botanische Institute der freien

und Hansestadt Hamburgh's (Dr. A.

Voigt), 194; "Die Muskatnuss"

The Nutmeg, &c. (Dr. O. Warburg),

1; First Report of the Woburn

Experimental Fruit Farm (Duke of

Bedford and S. N. Pickering), 33;

Flora Glimpses into Plant Life (Mrs.

Brightwen), 368; Hand-list of Mo-

nocotyledons grown under Glass at

Kew, exclusive of Orchids, 72;

Hardy Perennials and Old-fashioned

Garden Flowers (Jno. Wood), 382;

Hooker's Icones Plantarum, 8; How

to Grow Begonias (G. A. Farini), 17;

Illustrated Flora of the Northern

United States, Canada, &c., 2nd ed.,

72; Journal of the Royal Horticul-

tural Society, 162, 182; Kew Bulletin,

164, 402; Laboratory practice for

Beginners in Botany (W. H. Setchell),

402; Lawns and Gardens (N. Jöns

son-Rose), 120; Lindenia, the English

edition of, to be discontinued, 322;

Maladies des Plantes Agricoles, (Ed.

Prillieux), 164; Manuel des Cultures

Speciales) Dr. Paul de Vuyst), 358;

Manuscripts of Gilbert White, 366;

Memorials, Journal, and Botanical

Correspondence of Chas. Cardale

Babington, 329, 393; Modern Chrys-

anthemum Culture for the Million,

417; Open-air Studies in Botany

(R. Lloyd Praeger), 319; Orchidace-

arum Genera et Species (F. Kränzlin),

126, 322; Pasture and Pasture Plants

(W. Toogood), 403; Paying Pleasures

of Country Life, 90; Principles of

Fruit culture (E. S. Goff), 432;

Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden

(Mrs. C. W. Earle), 111; Publi-

cations Received, 39, 72, 165, 184,

203, 219, 236, 274, 293, 368, 418, 436,

447; Report of the Horticultural

Section of the Technical Education

Committee of the Surrey County

Council, 402; Synoptical Flora of

North America, 38; The ABC of

Rose Culture (Ed. Mawley), 72; The

Amateur's Flower Garden (Shirley

Hibberd), new ed., 368; The Average

Contribution of each of Several An-

cestors to the Total Heritage of the

Offspring (Francis Galton), 216;

The Commercial uses of Coal-gas,

417; The Fern Bulletin, 329; The

Flora of British India, 416; The

New Flora Britannica (in the Lindley

Library), 366, 405. 417; The Potamo-

getons of the British Isles (Alf.

Fryer), 292; The Principles of Fruit

Growing (L. H. Bailey), 268; The

Record of the Royal Society, 164;

The Scots Gard'ner, 301; The Useful

Fibre Plants of the World, 314; The

Water Garden (W. Tricker), 366;

The Yew Trees of Great Britain and

Ireland (Jno. Lowe, M.D.), 252;

Year Book of the United States

Department of Agriculture, 254

Bordeaux Mixture and the Potato

disease, 294, 313

Border, a Vine tester, 313

Borders, to test Vine-, 349

Botanical exploration in Yunnan, 231

Botanical garden, Old Calabar, 243

Botany of South-west Africa, 338

Bougainvillea glabra, 274

Bougainvilleas, bright-coloured, in cool

temperature, 238

Bramble, the Parsley-leaved, 166

Brassicas, notes on the cultivated, 195

British Association, 148, 166

British Guiana, the botanical stations

in, 304

British woodland, types of, 85, 267,
428

Browning, the, of plants (disease), 219
Brown-rot in Turnips and Cabbages,
437

Brussels Exhibition, the, 238

Buckingham Palace, decorations at, 6

Buckwheat, analysis of, 402

Bulb and Potato box, the Jersey, 422,
448

Burdock as a vegetable, 101
Burford, Dorking, notes from, 75
Buxus, the propagation of, 286

C

CABBAGES, brown-rot in, 437; weights
of large red, 436

Cactus, a large-fruited, 185

Caen, 193

Calathea species, 293

Calceolaria alba, 140; C. pelorian, 112;

C., the herbaceous, 340

Calceolarias, 182

Calcutta Botanic Garden, 124

Californian Oranges, 236

Calochortuses, 22

Camellias, the culture of, 74

Camoensia maxima, 22, 274

Campanula Balchiniana x, 17; C.
mirabilis, 307

Camptosema pinnatum, 32

Canada in Covent Garden, 339

Cape fruit cultivators, 184

Cape, importation of plants to the, 21

Cardiff public gardens, 282

Carnation, a new, 129

Carnation clip, a, 77

Carnation leaves, malformed, 334

Carnation Society, the Southern Coun-

ties, 202, 220

Carnation, Souvenir de la Malmaison,
the cultivation of, 394; the large
blush-flowered, 3

Carnations at Hamburgh, 109

Carnations, new varieties of, 174

Carnivorous slugs, 314, 348, 386, 437

Carpet bedding, Jubilee, 274

Carriers of commerce, 87

Carrot in India, the, 205

Carrot pudding, a sweet-savoured, 18

Castanopsis chrysophylla, 411

Catalogues, Continental and British, 385

Cattle show, side exhibits at Islington,

418

Cattleya, chemical composition of a,

57; C. Dowiana aurea, 312; C.

Empress Frederick var. Leouata, 428;

C. labiata special exhibition of, in

Brussels, 350; C. L, sport of, 370;

C. Mendeli, an irregular, 45; C.

Mossiæ, var. Rappartiana, 17; C.

Schilleriana, 31; C. Schofieldiana

gigantea, 246, 274; C. Warscewiczii,

162; C. W. gigantea, 81

Cattleyas, sub-pelorian, 334; two fine,

282

Cauliflower, early, 23; Veitch's Extra

Early forcing, 219, 287

Cauliflowers and Broccoli, 378

Cauliflowers forming heads a second

time, 237

Cedrela toona, fasciated, 298

Celeriac, when first used, 23

Celosias as bedding-out plants, 148

Cenchrus tribuloides and C. echinatus,

86

Cereals, cross-breeding in, 446

Ceropegia Woodi, 357

Ceylon Botanic Gardens, 32, 380

Chanousia Alpine Garden, the, 54

Cherries, articles of food, 263; French,

48; the chemical composition of,

174

Cherry crop, the, 89

Chestnuts, the constituents of, 263
Chestnuts, Walnuts, and Almonds, the
constituents of, 194
Children's Gardening, 70
Chiswick, early autumn Chrysanthe-
mums at, 247

Chiswick, luncheon and meeting at,
38; meeting and lecture at, 52
Chrysanthemum, Afsné, 417; a Bel-
gian competition, 435; club, Am-
sterdam, 435; culture, 446; evolution
of the big, 436; fungus, 294; gossip,
302, 331, 340, 357; herbaceous, var.
Ray Lankester, 72; leaves diseased,
220; Mrs. Chas. Birch, 406; Mrs. R.
Jones, 382; Pennsylvania, 381;
plants, specimen, 404; proliferous,
406; show, the, 346; shows, private,
369; sports, 432; W. H. Lincoln,
428

Chrysanthemums, 207; at Berlin, 413;
attacked by fungi, 256; by grubs,
132; at Stuttgart, 429; disqualified,
202; early-flowering, at Chiswick,
247; early-flowering, 272; in Novem-
ber, out-of-doors, 394; in the Vic-
torian Era, 14; leading exhibition
varieties of the year, 428; notes on
new, 419; seasonable notes on, 443
Cirrhopetalum Colleti, 46

Cistus, species and hybrids of, at Edge
Hall, 32

Clerodendron fallax, 325

Clifton Zoological Gardens, Bristol, the,
255

Clip for fruit trees, a leaden, 77

Clouds, the height of, 203

Coal, anthracite, 293

Coal, the first discovery of, 445

Cochlioda stricta, 410

Cocker, the late Mr. J., 221

Codiæums, the propagation of, 47
Codlin-moth, the, 203
Codonopsis ovata, 195
Coelogyne Micholitzii, 18

Colonial notes, 22, 32, 73, 124, 205,
303, 342, 363, 379

Comparettia macroplectron, 425
Coniferæ of the Santa Lucia Mountains,
the, 230

Conifers, rare, 165

Cypripedium, monstrous, 406; two-
lipped, 112

Cypripediums in cool houses, 433
Cyrtanthus spiralis, 303
Cytisus, the propagation of, 286

D

Elæagnus macrophylla, 426

Empirical knowledge, the value of, in
the culture of plants, 270
Enchytræis parvulus (Aster-worm),
97

Engineers and surveyors as gardeners,
165

Epidendrum x radico-vitellinum, 16;
E. Stanhopeanum, 29
Epilalia radico-purpurata, 61
Eriopsis Helenæ, 98

Erythea edulis at Santa Barbara, 157
Escallonia Langleyensis X, 17
Escallonias, the propagation of, 286
Eucomis punctata, 214
Eucryphia cordifolia, 246
Eulophia Wendlandiana, 262

Examination in horticulture, results of
the R. H. S., 38
Examinations in horticulture, 88
Eyes, propagation from, 138

F

FALCO tinnunculus (the Kestrel), 207
Fasciated Cedrela, 298
Feeding of plants, the, 284
Ferments in germination, the rôle of
the soluble, 420

Fern, an extraordinary hybrid (?), 179;
peculiarities of a hybrid, 447

Ferns of the Victorian Era, 13
Ferns, rock and sun-loving, 272
Fertilisation of Zamia and Ginkgo, 402
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act,
1893, 90

Fertilising flowers, bats, 22
Fibre, the Ramie, 333

Ficus, the creeping species of, 205;
radicans variegata, 185
Fig culture, Parisian, 153

Figs, Brown Turkey and others, 238
Finlay, J., the late, 56

Fir, a noble Scots, 55; the weeping
Silver, 324; woods, planting and
thinning Spruce, 360

Firing Strawberry-plants, 40
Flagstaff, the, at Kew, 21
Floral leaves, the use of, 330
Florist, the special meaning of the
word, 434

Florists flowers, 3, 207, 214, 306, 340,
394, 428, 443; the cross-fertilisation
of, 113

Flower-beds in Riviera gardens, 32
Flower-garden, the, 5, 18, 35, 50, 79,
86, 105, 125, 142, 161, 180, 199,
214, 233, 251, 268, 289, 308, 327,
344, 365, 382, 399, 414, 431, 445
Flower-tube for the preservation of
flowers in the button-hole, a, 151
Flowers, representations of, in coloured
paper, 36

Flowers, unseasonable, 345, 434
Flückiger Medal, the, awarded to Mr.

E. M. Holmes, 272

Fog, the exclusion of, from hothouses,
47, 75

Forcing, hardy plants for, 428
Forde Abbey, Chard, 322

Forest reservation in America, 290
Forestry, 85, 179, 267, 287, 322, 360,
398, 428

Forestry School at Nancy, the, 287
Forsythias, the propagation of, 285
French Cherries, 48

French garden, a, in 1545, 425
Frost, early, 186

Frost in July, 40, 56, 74, 90
Fruit, at the Hamburgh Exhibition,
254; conservation in America, 179;
crops in Essex, 186; crops of Greece,
the, 250; crop, the faulty, 148; crops,
report on the condition of the, 63,
70; crops, remarks upon the, 82,
100, 121, 141, 158, 176

Fruit culture, 111; in Her Majesty's
reign, 258

Fruit failure, the, 128

Fruit, foreign importations of, 71; from

the Cape, 202; judging, 404; show at
the Crystal Palace, the, 234, 241; the
storing and preserving of, 10
Fruits and vegetables, the consumption
of, in Manchester, 54
Fruits, bush, the propagation of, 177;
of the last sixty years, likely to
prove permanent additions, list of,
258; in the United States, 227; of
the Victorian Era, 40; the preserva-
tion of, by alcoholic vapour, 444;
tropical, 204; growth of, in Madeira,
123

Fruits under glass, 4, 18, 35, 50, 62,
87, 104, 125, 142, 161, 180, 199,
215, 233, 251, 268, 288, 309, 326,
345, 364, 383, 399, 415, 431, 445
Fruit trees, on outside walls, 256; a
lead clip for, 77; feeding mulches
for, 102; planting, 261
Fuchsias, some new, 295
Fuel supply of the earth, the, 149
Fungus on Chrysanthemums, 256

G

GALL on Jessamine, 370, 406
Galls on Oak roots, 298, 334
Garcinia mangostana (Mangosteen),
324

Gardeners' Company, the, 21
Gardeners' supplanters, 330, 349
Gateside, Drymen, 427

Gatton Park, Surrey, 342
Gerbera Jamesoni, 128

Germination, the, of Conifer seeds, 434
Germination, the role of the soluble

ferments in, 420

Ghent, notes from, 312; the coming,
show, 347

Gladiolus primulinus, 212
Glasgow, a new public park for, 21
Gleichenias, 252

Gloxinia bloom, a striped, 218
Gloxinias, bicolor, 128
Godetia Butterfly, 314
Gooseberry, the spineless, 184, 202
Gooseberries, heavy, 147
Grammatophyllum speciosum, 146
Grape, the outdoor crop, in Wales,
274; Gros Guillaume, heavy bunches
of, 384; judging, 314; juice as ink,
253; Muscat of Alexandria sporting.
437; the Chiswick Muscat, 348;
Lady Hutt, 202; Venn's Black
Muscat, 274; shrivelling of, 313;
Vines at Norwood, Alloa, 306
Grapes attacked by Glæosporium, 24;
at the Royal Aquarium, 437 ; Muscat
of Alexandria at Shrewsbury, 165,
313, 330, 349, 403; wanted for
typhoid convalescents at Maidstone,

368

Greece, fruit crops of, 250

Greenhouse, heating, 385; in winter,
the, 409

Grenada, notes from, 73
Gymnospermous Juniper berries, 298

H

HAILSTORM at Acton, Gunnersbury,
and locality, 147

Hailstorms in the Home counties, 8, 9
Hall for horticulture, 436, 448
Hamburgh, Carnations at, 109
Hamburgh Exhibition, 254; British
exhibits at the, 202
Hampton Court Gardens, 238
Hardy fruit garden, 4, 19, 34, 51, 62,
87, 104, 125, 143, 160, 181, 198,
215, 232, 250, 269, 288, 309, 325,
345, 364, 383, 398, 415, 430, 445
Harpalus ruficornis attacking Straw-
berries, 24

Harris, Mr. F., presentation to, 293
Harrison Weir's garden, Mr., 138, 220
Hatfield, notes on, 98

Heath, green-flowered, cross-leaved, 132
the Irish, 386

Helianthus annuus, 333

Herbaceous border, the, 214

Heredity, a law of, 216

Hibbertia volubilis, 22

Hibiscus Manihot, 249; H. splendens
212

Highbury, Orchids at, 2

Hippeastrum equestre, 73; in Holland,