A

ABBOTSBURY, early flowers from, 127
Aberdeen, a botanic garden for, 250
Abnormal Cattleya Trianæi plumosa,

94

Abutilon insigne, 229
Acæna glabra, 28
Acænas, 45

Acanthosonchus spinosus, 28
Aceras Bolleana, 365

Acidanthera tubulosa, 318
Acokanthera spectabilis, 293
Acrophyllum venosum, 316
Adaptation, the origin of species by,
152

Esculus Hippocastanum, 228

Agriculture in Aberdeen University, 25
Albuca prolifera, 396

Allotments, at Eynsford, 128; in the
county of Surrey, 26

Aloe concinna, 226; A. Schweinfurthi,
197

Alpine garden, the, 28, 50, 89, 111,
170, 283, 322

Alsine juniperina, 28
Alströmerias, 205, 220, 237, 244; as pot
plants, 187

Amateur gardeners, 216
America, Potatos in, 142

American Cowslips, new varieties of,
317

American Notes, 31, 52, 95, 202, 326
Amonium hemisphoricum, 312
Analysis, ash, and the manuring of
plants, 322

Androsace lanuginosa, 112

Anemone blanda atro-coerulea, 140;
A. fulgens and A. hortensis, sowing
seeds of, 356; A. japonica Queen
Charlotte, 234; A. rubra, 28
Angræcum leonis, 306

Annuals, spring-flowering, pot, 299
Anoiganthus breviflorus, 79

Anthracite coal burnt in grates, 12
Antigua, the Sugar-cane industry in,
371

Antirrhinum glutinosum, 28
Apiary, the, 55, 183, 215, 279, 311,
343, 377

Apogamy, and the development of
sporangia upon Fern prothalli, 201
Apple, a twin, 174; Blenheim Orange,
205; at Ruxley Lodge, 117; blossom,
the ornamental qualities of, 391; Bors-
dorf Reinette of Doberan, 70; crop
of Tasmanian, 109; culture, some
causes of failure in, 257; Dumelow's
Feedling, 141, 157; Gascoigne's
Scarlet, 221, 236; Gloria Mundi and
others, 286; Newton Wonder, 221;
Lord Sudeley, 221; Royal George,
129, 142, 172, 204, 236; Royal Snow,
11, 28; the Gooseberry-, 157
Apple and Pear-tree pruning, 13, 30,
45, 60, 74, 104
Apple-trees, the growth of, 59
Apples, cold storage of, and other
fruits, 377; from Nova Scotia, 202;
late keeping dessert, 156; seedling,
145; valuable late, 116; why not
plant them according to affinity of
blossom? 391
Aquilegia formosa, 28

Araucaria imbricata, 188; ripening
seed at Petworth, 205

BALTET, C., Rus-iau decoration for,
115

Banks, Sir Joseph, the portraits of, 140
Barberry and Wheat mildew, 45
Baron's Holt, Twickenham, Orchids at,
306

Bauhinia variegata, 178
Beans, canker in French, 293
Beech, edible fungus on, 62
Bees, early swarming of, 91; in a block
of stone, 91

Begonias, diseased leaves, 318, 398;
giant fringed, 234
Belfast Botanical Gardens, the, 50
Belgium, notes from, 128, 290
Belgrove, notes from, 316
Belvoir Castle, the mildness of the
season at, 130

Benefit and Provident Society, United
Horticultural, 30
Benevolent Institution, Gardeners'
Royal, 29, 58, 70, 73, 89, 126, 141,
157, 172, 205, 234; annual dinner,
367; Victorian Era Fund, 219;
Devon and Exeter auxiliary of the,
399; Worcester branch of the, 10
Bersaba, notes of the district of, 364
Books, NOTICES OF-A Flower-

hunter in Queensland and New Zea-
land (Mrs. Rowan), 140; Aquatic
and Bog Plants (Wilh. Mönkemeyer),
10; Botanical Magazine, 42, 102,
152, 233, 312, 380; Botanical Obser-
vations (Dr. Trelease), 133; British
Flora (Rev. E. F. Linton) (announced),
154; Cobbett's English Gardener,
209; Die Sumpf and Wasserpflanzen,

Ihre Beschreibung, Kultur and
Verwendung (Wilh. Mönkemeyer),
10; Flowers of the Field (Johns),
new ed. (announced), 152; Flora of
Tropical Africa, Rejuvenescence of,
10; Flora of Tropical Africa, 281;
Flora Pyrenæa per ordines Naturales
gradatim digesta, vol. i. (O. Penzig),
11; Flower Favourites: their legends,
symbolism, and significance (Lizzie
Deas), 313; Garden Notes for the
Colonies and Abroad (James Carter
& Co.), 69; Herbals, Early, 133;
Home Gardening (W. D. Drury),
297; Hooker's Icones Plantarum,
346; Icones Bogorienses, 154;
Journal of Kew Guild, 378; Kalen-
darium Hortense (Evelyn's, pub-
lished in 1664), 187; Kew Bulletin,
115, 126, 297, 380; La Maison
Rustique (Carolus Stephanos and
Dr. Chas. Stevens), 229, 275, 325;
La Question de la Protection des
Oiseaux en Europe, 154; La Semaine
Horticole, 115; Les Végétaux et les
Milieux Cosmiques (M. J. Constantin),
152; Nature Notes, 169; Osbeck's
China, 241; Palmenzucht und Pal-
menflege (Propagation and Cultiva-
tion of Palms), (Dr. Udo Dammer),
77; Publications Received, 11, 26,
58, 71, 102, 115, 140, 154, 219, 250,
267, 282, 329, 363, 380, 395;
Report of the Michigan Board
of Agriculture, 394; Revisio Spe-
cierum Generis Crataegi imprimis
earum quæ in Hortus Daniæ coluntur
(Hawthorns), (J. Lange), 261; Rosa-
rian's Year-Book, 42; The Advertisers'
A B C, 58; The Australian Kitchen
Garden (Frank Finedon), 86; The
Cactus Journal, 169; The Chemistry
of the Garden (Herbert Cousens), 153;
The Culture of Vegetables and
Flowers from Seeds and Roots
(Sutton & Sons, Reading), 71; The
Culture of Vegetables for Prizes,
Pleasure, and Profit (Toogood), 380;
The Fern Bulletin, 250; The Flora of
Berkshire (G. C. Druce, M. A.), 155 ;
The Flora of the Azores (Dr. Tre-
lease), 133; The Fruit Growers'
Aunual, 344; The Genus Cycla
men (Dr. F. Hildebrand), 169; The
Illustrated Bouquet, 282; The New
Flora Britannica, 340; The Origin
of Plant Structures by Self-adaptation
to the Environment, 307; The Rose
Garden (Supplement), (W. Paul),
169; The Silva of N. America (Prof.
Sargent), 378; Toogood's Treatise
on Pastures and Pasture Plants, 380;
Transactions of the New Zealand In-
stitute, 321; Treatise on Pastures and
Pasture Plants (W. Toogood), 169;
Who's Who, 216

Boron food-preservatives, 395
Boronia megastigma, 293

Botanical discoveries, recent, in New
Zealand, 321; gardens, Belfast, the,

50

Botany in schools, 328
Bougainvillea glabra at Moatlands,
Paddock Wood, 168
Bouquets, water, 105

Broccoli, fasciated, 139; sprouting, 173;
white, 316

Bulb garden, the, 4, 392
Bulb-mite, preventions and cures for,
396

Bulbs, relative merit of, 362

C

CABBAGE, pitcher on leaf of, 394
Cabbages for market growing, 134
Cairo, the Ezbekieh Park at, 26
Caladenia alba, 140

Calanthe Veitchi, 116; abnormal
flowering of, 104

Calanthe Veitchi splendens at Weston-
birt, 33

Calcutta, Royal Botanic Gardens, 43;
appointment of surgeon-major D.
Prain as superintendent of, 267
Callicarpa purpurea, 30

Callis Court, Peach and Nectarine
trees at, 116

Calochortus Purdeyi, 394
Calypso borealis, 227

Camellias out-of-doors, 373, 396
Campanula mirabilis, 50

Canker in Cocoa, 344; in French
Beans, 293

Cannamois virgata, 308

Cannas in Stuttgart, 80; the Italian or
Orchid-flowering, 2

Cantua dependens, 136

Cape, fruit from the, 185; orchards
and vineyards at the, 219
Cape Town, a view in Mr. Arderne's
garden at, 233

Carnations, disease of, 200; Queen of
the Fancies, 375; Harrow Weald
Beauty, 349; manuring and wire-
worms, 382

Carnations and caterpillars, 119
Carne, near Penzance, 298
Carnivorous slugs, 12

Carrots, early, 82

Cartridge, artificial manure, 264
Caryota urens, the home of, 193
Catasetum splendens x var. Grignani,

94

Cattleya, William, 116

Cattleya, a malformed, 362; C. aurea,
94; C. candida, 78; C. x Cecilia,
226; C. citrina, 306; C. Hardyana x
var. Fanyauiana, 94; C. x var. Re-
ginæ, 226; C. Mendeli, Empress
Queen, 226; C. Trianæi var. albida,
161; C. Broome's var., 134; C.
Chardwar var., 134; C. varieties,
148

Cattleyas, and other Orchids, the culti-
vation of, 268; a paper on the culti-
vation of, 195; the culture of, 210
Ceara Rubber, 344

Cedrus Deodara, varieties of, 229
Celandine, the growth of the, 267
Celastrus articulatus, 28

Celeriac, 82

Cereal, Soudanese, 232
Cereals, the mildews of, 232

Ceylon, botanic gardens, tea, coffee,
rubber, &c., at, 260

Ceylon, rubber cultivation in, 221
Charities, gardeners, and their wages,
298, 383, 397; canvassing in the
garden, 104

Cheam Park, Orchids at, 389
Chimonanthus fragrans, 94

"China" steamship, wreck of the, 201
Chiswick gardens, the, of the Royal
Horticultural Society, 282
Chorizemas, the, 364

Chrysanthemum, a gigantic trained, as
grown in the imperial gardens, Tokio,
139

Chrysanthemums, market, 20; C.
maximum Daviesi, 329; C. Princess
Blanche as a late flower, 165; notes
on the cultivation of, 5; novelties
in, 96, 116; too-much-alike, 278
Carysanthemum Society, the National,
138; a National, in Italy, 281
Cinchona in India, the, 162, 180
Cineraria hybrids, 318

Cirsium candidissimum, 161
Clare Lawn, Orchids at, 273

Clematis calycina, 78; C. heracleifolia,

50

Ciip, pot-suspending, a, 105
Cliveias, propagation of, 356
Clover and Grass seed crops, 27
Clyne Castle, Azalea indica out-of-
doors at, 392; Peaches at, 397
Cobbett's English Gardener, 209
Coboa scandens foliis marmoratis, 234
Cocoa, canker in, 344

Cocus Weddelliana, Hort, what is, 221
Coelogyne cristata, 139

Coffea stenophylla, the merits of, 362
Coffee-growing in Queensland, 323
Colchicum cilicicum, 34; C. libanoti-
cum, 140

Coleus thyrsoideus, 79

Colonial Notes, 30, 186, 221, 260, 323,
371

Colour in Daffodils, 236

Combe Abbey, treatment of a swamp
at, 277

Commons, the protection of, 363
Conifer forests, new species of trees
succeeding, 157

Conifers at Melton Constable, 212
Continental novelties, 221

Convallaria Fortini, 149

Coombe House, Croydon, a fine plant
of Dendrobium nobile at, 340

Coprosma Pehei, 50

Coriaria terminalis, 110

Corms and bulbs, the propagation of,
164, 371

Cornish garden, a little, 33, 93, 148,

196, 273, 353

Cornus mas, 78

Corokia Cotoneaster, 50

Cotoneaster, a monograph of, 167

Cotton, Central African, a, 300

Cotton-plant, a new, 96

Cotula squalida, 50

Courtlands, near Penzance, 363

Crassula columnaris, 66

Crocus zonatus, 85

Crocus, the, in the spring-garden, 172
Crocuses and sparrows, 187

Crops, suggestions for the manuring of
various, 346

Cucumber "Every day," 216
Cultivator, a revolving, 73
Culture of Cattleyas, the, 195
Culture and variation, 307, 347
Curcuma Roscoeana, 197
Currant, a golden-leaved, 383
Currant bud-mite, the, 119
Cuttings, raising, 280, 348

Cyclamen, a sportive, 2:6, 299
Cyclamen cilicicum, 81
Cyclamen development, 173
Cyclamen persicum giganteum, 156
Cyclamen persicum-What is it?, 45
Cyclamens, various modifications in the
flowers of, 134
Cymbidium pendulum, 226
Cypress, diseased, 174
Cypripedium Beeckmanni × L. Linden,
94; C. Crawshay, 18; C. insigne
var. citrina, 94; C. i. var. Janus,
94; C. i. var. Sander, 15, 30
Cypripedium, monstrous, a, 14
Cypripediums with fungus, 119
Cyrto perma Afzelii, 226

Cytisus Adami, 398; C. Andreanus x,
300; C. Ardoini, 289; C., proli-
ferous, 142

Date Palm in Bussorah, the, 380; in
India, the, 4

Datura suaveolens, as cultivated at
Thelwall Heys, 70
Dendrobium nobile, at The Cedars,
Harrow Weald, 338; at Coombe
House, Croydon, a fine specimen of,
310; a fine plant of, 161; varieties,
112; a variegated-leaved, 299, 316
Dendrochilum filiforme, 274
Deutzia corymbiflora, 121
Devon, a south, garden, 330
Diacrium bicornutum, 178
Dianthus Boissieri, 50; D. diutinus,
50; D. gracilis, 50; D. graniticus,
50;
D. microlepis, 50; D. pinifo-
lius, 50; D. spinosus, 50; annual, 329
Dickson, Mr. Hugh. presentation to, 44
Didiera mirabilis, 110, 308
Diospyros Kaki, 14, 59
Dipladenias, the cultivation of, 186
Diseased Pinus monticola, 244
Diseases of Carnations, the, 200
Divris maculata, 161

Dodecatheon, new hybrids of, 317
D'Ombrain, Rev. H. H., presentation
to, 297

Dorstenia arabica, 354

Dover House Gardens, Roehampton, 348
Downes, The, Hayle, 219

Draba repens, 170; D. tridentata, 170
Dracæna thalioides, 140

Drummond & Sons, Stirling, fire at the
premises of, 346
Dryandra calophylla, 308

F

FALCARIA scioides, 283

Faquet, M., retirement of, from the
Jardin des Plantes, 184
Fasciated Broccoli, 139

Fatsia japonica, 6

Feeding of plants, 264

Felicia echinata, 308

Ferments in plants, 312
Fern, the created birds-nest, 20
Fern-variations, pouch-bearing, and
other, 211

Fernery, the, 155, 163, 290
Ferns, hardy, 155, 163, 290
Ferns, in America, 31; of Nicaragua,
the, 169

Ferraria antherosa, 318
Ferula asafoetida and F. Narthex, 283
Finger and-toe disease on Swedes and
Turnips, 281

Fish-refuse as manure, 129, 142
Fish River, notes of the district of the,
315, 364

Flax produce in Ireland, 15, 139
Flora, the, of arid regions, 175
Floral device, political, in U.S.A.,

281

Florists' flowers, 5, 96, 165, 181, 230,
278, 375

"Flourishing," 391

Flower garden, the, 7, 22, 39, 54, 69,
82, 99, 112, 125, 136, 151, 166, 182,
199, 214, 231, 246, 263, 295, 310,
827, 342, 359, 376, 393
Flowering plants for Easter decoration,
228

Flowers, cultivation of, in the open,

156; for cutting, hardy plants for
furnishing, 205, 299; from the
Riviere, not to be sent by sample
post, 267

Food-preservatives, boron, 395
Forcing-houses, heating of, 52
Forcing Tomatos, 6

Foreign correspondence, 80, 103, 314
Forestry, 97, 212, 350, 358

Forest school, a, for the U.S.A., 272
Forests of Siam, a tree in the, which
causes irritation, 85
Forests, working plans for, 150
Forsythia, a European, 71
Fountains, miniature, 198

France, the table Grape industry in,

109

Freesia bulbs, arrested growth in,

318

Freesias, 117, 130, 142, 205; more
about, 104; the cultivation of, 4
French Asparagus industry, the, 225,
283

French garden, a, in 1545, 12, 26
Frost damage in America, 326
Frost on June 15, at Belvoir, 397
Fruit crops in East Kent, 384
Fruit, from Australia, 281; the Cape,
154, 201; judging, 12, 30, 61, 90;
prospects, the, 300

Fruit show, the coming, at the Crystal
Palace, 360, 382

Fruit trade, the, lecture by Mr. Garcia
on, 30

Fruit-tree labels, 60
Fruit-trees, evaporation from, 337;
researches in pruning, 289; the
effects of the summers 1896-97 on,
88; the pruning of, 116; the
weather and the, 24

Fruits under glass, 7, 22, 39, 54, 68,
83, 99, 112, 124, 136, 151, 166, 183,
198, 215, 230, 247, 262, 279, 294,
311. 326, 343, 358, 377, 392
Fry, Geo., 87

Fuels, the working value of, 324
Fungus, edible, on Beech, 62
Fungus on Orchid roots, 206
Furcrca gigantea var., 227

G

GALANTHUS cilicicus, 79; G. grandi-
florus, 116; G. Ikariæ, 140
Galium tyrolense, 284
Garden and Forest, suspension of, 26,
52

Garden, a French, in 1545, 12, 26
Garden pictures and landscapes at the
New Gallery, 260

Gardener, what is expected of a, 362
Gardeners' charities and gardeners'

wages, 298, 348

Gardeners' self-help, 367

Gardenia Devoniana, 22

Gardenias, culture of, 134, 157, 172,
182

Gardenias grandiflora and radicans,
197
Gazanias, 210

Genista horrida, 284

Gentiana Favrati, 284; G. pyrenaica
and G. Rostani, 284

Geraniums Traversii and sessiliflora,
284

Germany, notes from, 201
Germination of seeds, 354
Geum speciosum, 284

Ghent Quinquennial Exhibition, 24,
216, 248, 251, 297, 316
Ghent, the coming exhibitions at, 24;
reminiscences of, 276, 290, 308
Gladiolus, for late-flowering in pots,
197; origin of G. gandavensis, 170
Gladstone, Mr. W. E., and Clumber,
344; favourite flower, 380
Glass-house, a tropical, in Trinidad,

163

Globularia cordifolia alba, 284
Gloeosporium Lindemuthianum (French
Bean Canker), 293
Gooseberry mildews, prevention of,
203, 233
Gourds, 105

Graft hybridisation, 395
Grafting, a mixed method of, 84; the
effects of, upon the Grape-vine, 365,
397; the principles and practice of,
356,372; with a strip of bark carried
over the end of stock, 286
Grape, Madresfield Court, 117; Gros
Colmar, 130

Grape, the table, industry in France,

109

Gray, J., presentation to Mr., 346
Greenwich Park, the grounds of the
Ranger's Lodge at, opened to the
public use, 346

Grevillea fasciculata, 308

Griselinia littoralis, 367; flowering in
Dorsetshire, 299

Gunnersbury House gardens, 314
Gunnersbury Park, Vanda teres at, 78;
gardens at, 282

H

HALL for horticulture, a, 14, 29, 45, 60,
73, 90

Hamamelis or Witch Hazel, 45
Hammock, how to sling, 294
Hampstead Heath, tree-planting, 128
Hardy flowering plants, 236
Hardy fruit garden, the, 6, 23. 38, 55,
67, 83, 98, 113, 124, 137, 150, 167,
182, 199, 214, 230, 247, 262, 279,
310, 326, 343, 358, 377, 393
Hardy plants for furnishing flowers for
cutting, 188, 299
Hatfield, Strawberries at, 333
Heating forcing houses, 52
Hellebores, diseased, 14
Hen's freak, a,

IBERIS Bernardiana and I. Gartoni, 284;
I. stylosa, 237

India, gardening under difficulties in, 4;
the Cinchona in, 162, 180; the Date
Palm in, 4

India-rubber, sources of commercial,
255

Insects, the present plague of, 384
Ireland, the growth of Flax in, 15, 139
Iris cristata, 111; I. sibirica and its
hybrids, 392; I. stylosa varieties,
140; I. tectorum, 181
Ischarum eximium, 126
Ivy sports, 206

Ivy stem, a large, 174

JAMAICA Botanic Gardens, 222
Japanese Plums again, 52
Japanese tree strangler, the, 28
Jasminum nudiflorum, 94
Jubilee Year, retrospect of the, 8
Judging, the method of, at the Ghent
Exhibition, 297, 316

Juglans regia var. rubra, 346; J. rubra,
139

K

KAKI, Loti, or Date Plums, the, 59
Kennedya and Hardenbergia, 229
Kensington Palace, 86

Kew Gardens, the earlier opening of,
233, 267, 280

Kew, horticultural training at, 56

Kew notes, 2, 49, 78, 94, 115, 140, 177,
226, 308

Kew Palace, 56; given to the public by
the Queen, 43; grounds at, opened
to the public use, 346

Kew, the rockery plants at, 325
King, Sir Geo., of Calcutta, 25, 168
Kitchen garden and other crops, thin-
ning, 367

Kitchen garden, the, 6, 23, 39, 53, 68,

83, 98, 113, 124, 137, 151, 167, 182,
199, 214, 231, 246, 263, 278, 295,
310, 327, 342, 359, 376, 393
Kniphofia primularia, 49

Canton, Cardiff (Debtor), 349; How-
croft v. Laycock (Non-guarantee of
seeds), 268, 398; Failure in business
cases, 268, 287; Sheppard, H. J.,
florist (debtor), Bedford, 349; Smith
and others (Agricultural Rates Act),
237; Smith v. Richmond (Rating of
Glasshouses in Market Gardens), 168;
Thomas Fox (Bankrupt), 398

Lawn-tennis court, how to make a,
120

Lawton's patent clip, 105
Leaf-miners, tar-water for, 201
Lee, a public park for, 250
Leguminous plants, propagation of, 66
Lepidium flexicaule, 284
Lettuce-forcing, 298
Libertia ixioides, 308
Lilies in Scotland, 390
Lilies, propagation of, 355

Lilium, auratum, 130; rubellum, 321
Lily of the Valley, the large-flowered,
149; rose-coloured, 348, 384
Linaria æquitriloba, 284
Linden, Jean, death of, 40; funeral of,
57; proposed monument to, 233
Liparis longipes, 274

Liverpool, new Palm-house for, 132
Livistona Woodfordi, 177

Lobelia, intertexta, 49; "Klothilde
Pfitzer," 234

London, congested spaces in, 363; open
spaces in, 250, 362

Lonicera, fragrantissima, 221; × L.
Standishi, 78

Luculia gratissima, and others, 88
Lycaste, fulvescens, 122; L. Schiller-
iana, 194

Manure, fish as, 129
Manures, artificial, the, superior quality
of British, 264; the abuse of, 184;
the use of artificial, 274
Manuring of plants, ash analysis and
the, 322; of various crops, sugges-
tions for the, 346

Marantas, the cultivation of, 144
Marguerites, yellow-flowered, 330
Market Chrysanthemums, 20
Market-cultivation under glass, exten-
sion of, 268

Market-garden, where and how to
start a, 20

Market-gardening, 52, 80, 103, 118,
134, 156, 194, 222, 292, 317, 381; at
Loans, Ayrshire, 392
Masdevallia Pourbaxi, 178
Mattogrosso, Palms of, 234
Melon-Pear, the, 227

Melton Constable, Conifers at, 212
Methods of propagation, 213
Microbes in water, 317, 366, 382
Mildews of cereals, the, 232
Missouri Botanical Gardens, 297, 395
Moortebeek, the Orchids at, 297
Morchella species, 318
Morello Cherry-trees, fan-trained, 314
Morisia hypogæa, 89, 104, 116
Mottisfont Abbey, trees at, 24, 60, 73
Muscari azureum, 140
Mushroom-growing extraordinary, 316
Mushrooms, "cluster," 381
Myrmecodia echinata, 5
Myrmecophilous plants, 5
Myrsiphyllum asparagoides, nitrogen
in, 184

N

NARCISSI, seedling, 284

Narcissus attacked by mite, 237
Narcissus bicolor, Victoria, 140

Narcissus blooms from East Anglia,
380

Narcissus dubius, a yellow, 222; N.
× Lady Margaret Boscawen, 275
Narcissus, relative merit of varieties of,
362

Nectarine Félix Faure, 221
Neill prize in horticulture, award of
the, 313, 329
Nepenthes, Queensland, 26; N. ventri-
0038, 380

Nepeta glechoma variegata, 382
New Zealand, agricultural reports from,
222; recent botanical discoveries in,
321; some of the flora of, 260
Nicaragua, the Ferns of, 169
Nicotiana colossea variegata, 235
Nitrates in the soil, 210

Nitrogen, excessive, in Myrsiphyllum
asparagoides, 184

Nova Scotia, Apples from, 202; a
school of horticulture in, 260
Novelties of 1897, 1, 18, 34
Nurserymen's catalogues in continental
languages, 58

NURSERY NOTES.-Balchin & Sons,
293; Beerlere, M. Van, 292; Car-
ter & Co., Jas., 105; Charlesworth
& Co., Heaton, Bradford, 128;
Collins & Gabriel, Hampton, 294;
Dereyghere Van Compernolle, Ed.,
Bruges, 276; Dobbie & Sons, Orping-
ton, 373; Imschoot, M. Alf. Van,
308; Laing, J., & Sons, 205;
Lewis & Co., W. L., 171;
Linden & Cie., Brussels, 95;
Linden et Cie., L., Moortebeek,
276; Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill
Park, 340; May, H. B., Edmonton,
372; Metdepenningen's, M., 291;
Pauwell's, M. F., Antwerp, 342; Perry,
Amos, Winchmore Hill, 245; Pet-
rick, M, 292; Pynaert van Geert, M.
Ed. 309; Sander, F., & Co., 290;
Smet-Duvivier, M. de, 292; Smet,
de, frères, 309; Smet Louis de, 309;
Société Horticole Gantoise, 309;
Sutton & Sons, Reading, 44, 64;
Van Houtte, Louis, père, 309;
Veitch, J., & Sons, 205; Vincke-
Dujardin, M., Bruges, 276; Wil-
liams & Son, Holloway, 44, 222

Nuttallia cerasiformis, 143
Nymphæa Froebeli x, 380
Nymphæas, Marliac's, at Abbotsbury,
397

OAK, a Diamond Jubilee, planted by
Princess Christian, 10
Oak-caterpillar, the, 384, 396

OBITUARY: - Beckwith, Geo., 74;
Blick, A., 287; Brown, Jas., 14;
Chapman, Jas., 287; Cullingford,
W. H., 287; Deegen, Max, 47;
Dyke Acland, Bart., Sir Thomas,
346; Edwards, George, 349; Gib-
son, John, 368; Girard, M.A., 250;
Hemsley, H., 384; Hulin, Dr. (Bel-
gium), 71; Kirk, T., 175; Linden,
Jean, 40; Lord Playfair, 349; Law-
rence, Michael. 47; Lynch White,
jun., 287; March, Thomas, 398;
Prof. Anton Kerner Ritter von Ma-
rilaun, 398; Morse, E., 269; Pailleux,
N. A., 127; Paterson, Dr. Alexander,
301; Signor Rovelli, 363; Simpson,
A., 300; Spooner, Stephen, 368;
Weir, John, 301

Odontoglossum bictonense, 94; 0.
crispum roseum, 306; 0. c. Baroness
Schroder. 164; O. c. var. Prince of
Wales, 390; what becomes of the
plants of, imported into England,
164; O. Halli, varieties of, 306; 0.
Insleayi, 18; O. Thibautianum, 226
Oncidium Batemanianum, 226; 0.
spilopterum, 121; O. unguiculatum,

78

Onion-bed, trampling on an, 330, 374
Onion trade, the lost. 213, 244, 285
Onions, imported, 237
Opuntias, papery spined, 339
Orange, a trifacial, 58
Orchards, old, 17

Orchards in Victoria, 118

Orchid houses, the, 7, 22, 38. 55, 68,
82, 99, 112, 136, 150, 167, 182, 198,
214, 231, 246, 262, 278, 295, 310,
327, 343, 359, 376, 392

Orchid Notes and Gleanings, 15, 18.
33, 78, 94, 112, 148, 161, 194, 226,
273, 306, 338, 370, 389
Orchid, prices, 34; roots, fungus upon,
173, 206

Orchid sale, an, at Walton Grange,
313

Orchids at Barons' Halt, Twickenham,
306; at Cheam Park, 389; at Clare
Lawn, East Sheen, 273; Glebelands,
South Woodford, 180; Moortebeek,
the, 297; Oakwood, 127; Sunning.
dale Park, 370

Orchids, degenerate, do they? 49, 66,
67, 118; leaf-soil as a rooting medium
for, 259; the loss of, from the
Temple Show, 366, 344, 382; re-
tarding flowers of, 57

Orchis Robertiana, 140
Ornithogalum lacteum, 73
Orphan Fund, the Royal Gardeners', 9,
25, 86, 126, 143, 157, 201, 249, 256,
330, 344; annual dinner, 256;
annual meeting of the, 126
Ostrya carpinifolia, death of a fine speci-
men of, at Kew, 127
Oswald House, Edinburgh, 61
Oxalis crenata, 50

Ρ

PEONIAS, diseased, 398
Palisota Maclandi, 140
Palm-leaves, discoloured, 206
Palm, the Date, in India, 2
Palms, in the living-room, 77; of
Mattogrosso, 234

Pancratiums, continuous flowering of,

91

Paris Exhibition, the, to be held in
1900, 394

Park, Widnes, the proposed, and its
cost, 383

Parks, London, the cost of, 102
Parks and open spaces, London, 85
Passiflora alata, 104; P. Bonapartea,
383; P. edulis, 52, 90, 102, 104,
117, 130, 204; P. Im Thurnii, 305
Pasteur's precautions when propagating
plants, 280

Peach bloom, protecting, 286, 300, 316,
330

Pear, Beurré d'Amanlis, 311; Duchesse
d'Angoulême, 46, 91; tree scale
insects, 260; trees, Carmichael's, at
Sandringham, 383; P. triomphe de
Vienne, 246, 286, 311

Peas, decaying, 318; forced, for market
sale, 366

Pelargonium Wilh. Langguth, 234;
P. Meteor, 434

Pelargoniums, large-flowered, 181
Pennisetum Ruppelianum, 235

Perennials, hardy, for cutting, 194,

222

Phalaenopsis John Seden, 171; P.
Schilleriana, 161

Phoenicophorum sechellarum, 246
Phytelephas macrocarpa, 177
Phytoptus on Hazel, 173; P. ribis,
173

Picea Omorika, a fossil species of, in
Saxony, 169

Pine-apple culture, 220
Pine, Weymouth, disease of, 202
Pines, diseased, 119

Pinus, monograph of, 378
Pinus monticola, diseased, 244
Pitcher on leaf of Cabbage, 394
Pitcullen vineries, the, 71
Pittosporum bicolor, 115

Plane-tree, a grand, at Mottesfont
Abbey, 24