FASTIGIATE trees, 149, 184, 200
Fern, an abnormal form of the Elks
Horn, 285

Fern dimorphism, 310

Fernery, the, 183, 310; a suitable
lean-to, 376

Fern grown in a sealed bottle, 304
Fern-house in Brussels Botanic
Garden, 312

Ferns, Adiantum, in Covent Gar-

den Market, 150; hardy, in
spring, 183; of Western China,
the, 57; in Sikkim, 158

Fig, the reproductive organs of the,
301

Filberts and Cobnuts, culture of, 81
Fire at a nursery, 73

Fir Grange, Weybridge, 411; Den-
drobiums at, 198; spring flowers
at, 211

Fir, the Douglas, 53, 73; and its
varieties, 228, 381

Fisher, Prof. (Quarterly Journal of
Forestry), 301

Flora of New South Wales, 105
Florida garden, a, in November and
December, 1, 26, 45, 68, 91
Florists' flowers, 5, 37, 59
Flower border, planting the, 83
Flower garden, work in the, 6, 22,
39, 55, 70, 87, 103, 119, 137, 153,
170, 186, 203, 219, 235, 251, 266,
283, 299, 315, 330, 346, 385, 404,

421

Flower-pots, glazed, 46
Flower shows at Birmingham, 284,
351

Flowers and the phylloxera regula-
tions, 206

Flowers, change of sex in, 57; early
spring, 175, 256; in season, 105,
139, 157, 206, 317, 350, 387
Foliage, poisonous, 374

Food requirements of hybrid climb.
ing Roses, 301

Forcing plants by immersion in hot
water, 140, 177, 320

Foreign correspondence, 18, 35, 168,
199, 216, 248

Foreign horticulturists, dinner in
honour of, 371

Foreign
and secret
nurserymen
commissions, 73, 173
Forestry, 3, 53, 409; in Germany,
135; a journal devoted to, 301;
at Oxford, 74; at the Royal Agri-
cultural Society's Show, 221
Foster, Sir Michael, the late, 104
France, English gardeners in, 63
French, Allan (The Book of Vege
tables), 342

French Beans in Covent Garden
Market, 150

French Industrial Exhibition, a
proposed, 123

Frenchmen, some noted, 11; 46
French Riviera, Acacia flowers
from, 74

French touring club offers prizes
for beautifying landscape, 388
Fritillaria imperialis, 287
Frogmore Gardens, 166
Frost, effect of, on spring-flowering
plants, 159; at Abbotsbury,
Dorsetshire, 174; at Whitsuntide,
351; in Cornwall, 77, 93, 141;
protecting fruit trees from, by
smoke smudges, 318

Fruit, a new, from Uruguay, 42
Fruitarian Hospital, the, 414
Fruit committee of the R.H.S.,
wanted work for the, 338
Fruit culture, 115; diagrams of
diseases of, 140

Fruit from Cape Colony, 239;
growers, and bad debts, 286;
growers' federation, 286; legisla.
tion for, 173; growing in Japan,
62; packing, need for grading in,
140; plantations, winter work in,
115, 158, 165; plantations, obser-
vation in, 309; spring work in,
245; prospects for 1907, 241; in
Canada, 387; in Middlesex, 384;
in the Evesham district, 270;
in South-East Essex, 423; re-
gister, 37, 67, 125, 133, 174, 246,
384; pests in the Evesham dis-
trict, 74; pests of the season,
343; two neglected pests of, 379;
wash, the Woburn, 98

Fruit trees, boring pests of, 318;
gas-tar on, 94; lead-arsenate as a
spray for, 271, 304; "lysol" as a
winter wash for, 157; spraying,
57; summer pruning of, 400, 424;
the action of frost on, 239; the
pruning of, 204, 223, 240, 248, 256,
288, 304, 320, 338, 373
Fruits of Jasminum officinale, 28
Fruits, seedless, 316

Fruits under glass, 6, 22, 39, 54, 69,
86, 102, 118, 137, 155, 170, 186,
203, 219, 235, 250, 266, 282, 298,
314, 331, 347, 366, 384, 404, 421
Fungus pests in Ceylon Botanic
Garden, 215

G

GALANTHUS nivalis flavescens fl.
pl., 198; G. n. var. virescens,
264; G. plicatus "Romeo," 157
Galloway House, Wigtownshire,
123

Gardener appointed as school-
manager, 255

Garden, a Scottish manse, 293;
the country, 11, 83, 134, 210, 281,
346, 377

Gardeners, Anglo-American, 205
Gardeners: their duties, 211; at

cricket, 373; at Kew described as
apprentices, 371; foreign, enter-
tained at dinner, 371; in New
Zealand, 308, 320; in the United
States, 80, 191; the future of,
104; young, and their literary
accomplishments, 305, 374;
soldier, 423

Gardener's remarkable length of
service, a, 255

Gardens, cats in, 160, 211; ex-
traneous work in, 211
Gardening employment in U.S.A.,
80; in Madras, 239; sub-tropical,
in public parks, 213
Garden walks and drives, the con-
struction of, 397
Gas-lime as a remedy for eel-
worms, 15

Gas-liquid for Tomato soil, 32
Gas tar as an insecticide, 94, 106,
145

Gatton Park, festivities at, 43
Gaut, Alfred (Seaside Planting of
Trees and Shrubs), 328
Genetics, the Royal Horticultural
Society's report of the conference
on, 252

HAARLEM Orchid exhibition, 121
Hailstorm insurance corporation,
238

Hampton Court, Crocuses at, 205
Hanbury, the late Sir Thomas, 205
Hardy flower garden, the, 83, 410
Hardy fruit garden, work in the,
6, 23, 39, 55, 70, 87, 103, 119, 136,
153, 171, 186, 202, 218, 234, 251,
267, 282, 299, 315, 330, 347, 366,
384, 405, 421
Hasluck, Paul N. (Greenhouse and
Conservatory
Construction and
Heating), 247
Heaths, hardy, at Kew, 222
Heckel, Prof., honoured, 25
Hedges of Rhododendrons, 16
Hellebore-blotch disease, 80
Hellebores, 160; the proper season
to shift, 94
Helleborus corsicus, 233; H. niger
in Kew Gardens, 139
Hemp Magney or Sisal, 317
Henslow, Rev. Prof. (Plant
Ecology), 220; (How to Study
Wild Flowers), 285
Herbs placed on a coffin, 42
Hibiscus hybrids, 254

Hillingdon Court, Middlesex, 319
Himalayan scenery and vegetation,
a lecture on, 162
Hippeastrum Queen of Spots,"
268; Mrs. Carl Jay, 425
Hippeastrums, seedling, at Oak-
wood, Wylam, 199

Holly Lodge, Highgate, for sale,
317

Holly, the horned, 125
Holmes', E. M., collection of Algæ,
73

Hooker, Sir Joseph, an American
appreciation of, 300
Horticulture, American congress of,
26; in Egypt, 300

Horticulturists, foreign, dinner in

honour of, 371

Hot-water systems in greenhouses,

16

Hunnewell's, the late Mr., pinetum,
139

Hyacinths, prizes for, 302

Hybridisation of Orchids, 333; the
Royal Horticultural Society's
conference on, 252

Hybrid Rhododendrons, hardy, 341,
374

Hydrangeas in tubs, 374, 424; with
blue-coloured flowers, 68, 93,
106, 126, 144
Hypodermic injections in plants, 8

JAMAICA and its future, 65; the
earthquake at, 43, 122, 138;
tobacco culture in, 410
Japanese garden, plants suitable for
a, 96

Japan, fruit-growing in, 62
Jasminum officinale fruiting at Has-
socks, 28; J. primulinum at
Gunnersbury Park, 223; J. p. in
the open, 280

Jerrold, Tom (Our Kitchen Garden),

121

Johannesburg public parks, 239;
transplanting large trees at, 263
Jonquils as pot plants, 241
Juniperus Cedrus at Teneriffe, 134

K

KALE Chou de Russie, 192, 240
Kales, a trial of, 192
Kelf, Geo., Mr., 63
Kennedya prostrata, 20
Kensington Gardens, tree-topping
in, 204

Kerchove, Comte de, the late, pro-
posed memorial to, 11, 43, 121
Kew, Aloes in flower at, 26; Al-
pine garden at, 365; attempt to
obtain poison at, 173; hardy
Heaths at, 222; Hellebores at,
139; notes from, 26, 100, 185, 280,
313, 365; the greenhouse at, 100,
280, 284; the lake at, 189; the
Palm-house at, 317; the tem-
perate house at, 172; the Rhodo-
dendron "dell" at, 386; a seed
company at, 269

Kew gardeners described as appren-
tices, 371

Kew Guild dinner, the, 359, 370
Kinfauns Castle, trees and shrubs
at, 118

Kingston hospital, flower show in
aid of, 238

Kingston, Jamaica, the earthquake
at, 122

Kirklevington Hall, Narcissi at, 295
Kitchen garden, the, 7, 23, 38, 55,
69, 86, 102, 119, 136, 154, 171,
187, 203, 219, 234, 250, 267, 283,
299, 314, 330, 347, 367, 384, 404,
420

Klebs, Prof. Dr., 105

L

LABORATORY, a botanical and seed-
testing, 268

Laburnum X Adami, 396; garden
varieties of, 404
Lachenalia Nelsoni, 224
Lake in Kew gardens, 189
Lamarck memorial, a proposed, 158
La Mortola, flowers at Christmas at,
10

Larch, the Japanese, at Gravetye,
176

Larix Griffithii at Coldrenick, 130;
L. leptolepis at Gravetye, 176

Lecture on Meteorology and its re-
lation to horticulture, 254
Legacies for servants, 388
Lenten Roses from seed, 193

eny gardens, trees and shrubs at,
118

eonardslee gardens, 209, 300; a
large Camellia at, 208; Magno-
lias at, 223

ettuce, Cabbage, Maikönig, 370
ewisia, the garden species of, 295
ilies and their characteristics, 361
ilies attacked by mice, 389

ilium auratum at Tittenhurst Gar-
dens, 344

ilium candidum, the market cul-
ture of, 116

ly culture in Germany, 254

ly of the Valley, retarded crowns
of, 4, 46

me trees, Mistleto on, 224, 240,
257

ndley Medal of the R.H.S., 222
Linnæus" bi-centenary celebra-
tion at Upsala, 121, 253, 325, 348
riodendron tulipifera at Leon-
ardslee, 209; with deep-orange
coloured flowers, 28, 45

ck, R.H. (Recent Progress in the
tudy of Variation, Heredity, and
Evolution), 53

icera Maackii, 264

Ed Howe's Island, 105

-d Mayor's cripple fund, the, 317
cas, Dr. F., 141

caste Skinneri, 66

ol as a winter-dressing of fruit
ees, 157

ney or Sisal Hemp, 317
nolias at Leonardslee, 223
en, J. H. (Critical Review of
Genus Eucalyptus), 302;
rest Flora of New South
les), 301

=, hereditary variations in,
duced by mutilation, 41
ws, new varieties of, 254
coombs as manure, 128
ester Botanic garden leased
company, 157

el Wurzel, 60

a and Sofala, East Africa, a
from, 35

a, the gardens of, 216
heim international exhibition,
253, 323

re for Carnations, 396; for
table garden, 64
es and their uses, 120
ing of Potatos, 140
Chrysanthemums, 5
-gardening business, to start

3

-gardening, 4, 38, 116, 150,
329, 340

s, custard and bush, 286
George (Text Book of Plant
ses), 222

Dr. M. T., botanical works
late, 377, 398, 418; pro-
memorial to, 408

Mathias, Hayward, and P. Smith

(The Modern Carnation), 136
McColl, W., presentation to, 72
McDonald, Donald, retirement of,
286

McIntyre, Malcom, retirement of,
371

Medal for cottage gardeners, 105
Medeola asparagoides, 13
Megacaryon armenum, 14, 28, 45
Melons scorched by the sun, 32
Meteorological notes from Glasgow,
284

Meteorology and its relation to hor.
ticulture, 254

Mice attacking Lilies, to prevent,

389; attacking vines, 79, 92, 125
Michauxia Tchihatcheffii, 365
Mildew, the American Gooseberry,
8, 24, 29, 43, 60, 139, 238, 269
Mildew, the vine, 244
Miltonia and Odontoglossum hy.
brid, 294

Miltonia Endresii, 21; M. vexil-
laria x Odontoglossum crispum,
294

Mistleto on Lime, 224, 240, 257
Mohwa tree, the, 207, 223
Moncreiffe, Odontoglossums from,
420

Monilia fructigena (brown-rot of
fruit), 379

Monreith, trees and shrubs at, 192
Monroe, Geo., Ltd., concert, 72
Monzie Castle gardens, trees and
shrubs in, 168

Motor exhibition, 173

Murthley Castle, trees and shrubs
at, 117

Musa Basjoo (syn. japonica), 105,
145; fruiting in Cornwall, 101;
M. Ensete as a bedding plant,
193

Mussel scale, the, 222

N

NAMES of garden plants, 17, 91, 138,
146, 156, 193, 333
Narcissus dubius, 246; Narcissi at
Kirklevington Hall, Yorks., 295;
Homespun and Open Face, 240;
failing to flower, 159, 193
National Vegetable Society, a pro-
posed, 93

Nephrolepis exaltata, 14

Neviusia alabamensis as a plant for
forcing, 40

New South Wales, a note from, 83;
the flora of, 105

New Zealand, gardeners in, 308,
exhibition,

international

320;
awards for plants at, 284
Nice Agricultural Exhibition, 42
Nicotiana Sanderæ hybrids, 193
Nitrogen, free, as plant food, 190
Nomenclature of garden hybrids,
the, 138

Nomenclature of plants, 17, 91, 138,
146, 156, 193, 333
Nomenclature, rules regarding,
adopted at the Vienna Con-
gress, 17

Novelties in plants during 1906, 4,
27

November and December in my
Florida garden, 1, 26, 45, 68, 91
Nursery, fire at a, 73
Nurseryman's diamond wedding,
254

Nurserymen, foreign, offer secret
commission, 73, 284

NURSERY NOTES:-Barr & Sons,
Ditton, 287; Bull, Wm., & Sons,
Chelsea, 26; Carter, Jas., & Co.,
Forest Hill, 143; Drost, K., Rich.
mond, 264; May, H. B., & Sons,
Edmonton, 280; Sutton & Sons,
Reading, 142; Veitch, Jas., &
Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, 334; Veitch,
R., & Son, Exeter 363; Wallace,
R., & Co., Colchester, 334
Nymphæa atro-purpurea, 104
Nymphæas, blue, 95

OBITUARY: Allis, George R.,
180; Barnes, Dr. Robert, 323;
Bourne, Rev. S. Eugenie, 323;
Brandis, Sir Dietrich, 376;
Broome, Joseph, 79; Byers, John,
32; Cannell, Ernest A., 395;
Cater, R. B., 32; Cochrane, J.,
196; Dixon, Abraham, 307; Far-
mer, Leo, 243; Foster, Sir
Michael, 78; Glass, Neil, 243;
Hanbury, Sir Thomas, 172; Jer.
rold, T. S., 64; Johnson, E. Ran-
ger, 360; Kjellman, Prof., 276;
Kropatsch, Alois, 276; Kuntze,
Dr. Otto, 105; Lane, Frederick
Q. 376; Lee,
323;
Jessie,
McCulloch, Graham, 307; Mar-
shall, John, 180; Masters,
Dr. Maxwell Tylden, 368; McHat-
tie, John, 162;
Morrison,
George, 110; Mertens, E., 276;
Oliver, Joseph W., 48; O'Reilly,
William, 323; Peeters, Edouard,
15; Ramsay, Dr. Robert Hamil-
ton, 307; Roemer, George, 340;
Rolle, Hon. Mark, 292; Rostrup,
E., 141; Schlerff, Adam, 105;
Strickland, Walter, 122; Temple,
William, 307; Upex, J. S., 127;
Vickery, John, 148; Wallis, John,
95, 111; Warrington, Prof., 196,
205; Waveren, Hendrick van,
276;
White, Hill, 260;
White, Lynch, 111; Wigan, Sir
Frederick,
162; Wigan,
Sir
Frederick W., 243; Winter, Dr.
John Newnham, 64
Ochtertyre, trees and shrubs at, 168
Odontioda Bradshawiæ, 36
Odontoglossum Andersonianum,
399; O. Beauté Celeste x, 59; O.
caloglossum, 76; O. crispum
Fowlerianum, 277; O. c. Harrya.
num F. Sander, 142; O. c. Heaton.
ense, 409; O. c. "Rosemary,"
216; O. mulus X at Gunnersbury
Park Gardens, 230; O. nobile, 399;
O. x Prince Edward of Wales,
303; O. Ruby, 76; O. Wattia-
num princeps, 135; O. seedlings
at Messrs. Bull's nursery, 26
Odontoglossums at Pittsburg, 333;
from Moncreiffe, 420
Enothera, a monograph of the
genus, 157

Onion-seed crop in California, 388
Onions, 85

Orchid collecting in the Andes, 156
Orchid-houses, work in the, 7, 22,
38, 55, 71, 86, 103, 119, 136, 155,

171, 187, 202, 218, 234, 250, 266,
282, 298, 314, 331, 346, 367, 385,
405, 420

Orchid hybrids and their parents, a
lecture on, 226

Orchid notes and gleanings, 12, 21,
36, 66, 82, 132, 198, 230, 277, 294,
378, 398, 420

Orchids, a sale of, 139, 173, 190,
238, 275; at The Shrubbery, Ox-
ford, 278; Brazilian, 191; new
species in the Kew Bulletin, 378;
sale of the Clare Lawn collection
of, 350; the hybridisation of, 333
Orphan Fund, Royal Gardeners',
92, 317, 349, 359; annual meet-
ing, 110

Oxalis adenophylla, 365
Oxford, forestry at, 74

P

PEONIES in a Japanese nursery,
253; tree, in pots, 257
Palm, a European, 213
Palm-house at Kew, the, 317
Palms, hardy, 254

Pansies as bedding plants, 295
Paphiopedilum villosum, 156
Park, Edith (Farming for Ladies),

292

Parks and gardens, the manage-

ment of public, 5, 23, 38, 54, 70,
86, 103, 118, 137, 154, 170, 187,
203, 235, 250, 267, 282, 299, 315,
331, 347, 367, 385, 405, 420
Parks and open spaces, 28; Bir-
mingham public, 302; sub-tropi.
cal gardening in, 213, 235; sum-
mer bedding in, 337; in Johan-
nesburg, 239; Swansea public,
304

Pea, Carter's Forcing, 362
Peaches, classification of, 238
Peach-Plum hybrid, 255

Peake, C. M. A., (A Concise Hand-
book of Garden Annual and Bi-
ennial Plants), 301

Pear Beurré Diel, 327

Pears, late varieties of, 37, 67, 125,
133, 210

Peas, early and successional, 176;
some good autumn cropping,
293; the culture of, on turves, 94
Pelargonium sport, a, 272
Pentstemon

glaber, 410

cœruleus, 365; P.

Perennial plants for sub-tropical
gardening, 336

Pestalozzia Guepini, a fungus pest

of Palms, 215

Pigmy trees, 253

a bedding

Pillar plants for the shrubbery, 218
Pineapples in Queensland, 83
Pinetum at Canterbury, 305; the
Hunnewell, 139
Pinus canariensis as
plant, 26
Pipes made from the Calabash, 134
Pith-moth, the (Laverna atra), 379
Plagianthus Lyallii at Castlewel-
lan, 332

Plane leaves, withering of, 224, 241
Plant houses, water supply in, 14
Plant nomenclature, 17, 91, 138,

146, 156, 193, 333; rules adopted
at the Vienna Conference, 42
Plant notes, 13, 19, 101, 116, 183,
247, 294, 310, 363

Plant novelties in 1906, 4, 27, 51,
44

PLANT PORTRAITS: Acacia
podalyriifolia, 247; Aconitum
gymnanthum, 25; Aloe pallidi-
flora, 156; Anthyllis montana,
247; Apple Friandise, 247;
Arctostaphylos Manzanita, 238;
Begonias, crested varieties of,
98; winter-flowering, 247; Bil-
bergia nutans, hybrid form of,
98; Blepharocalyx spiræoides,
156; Caiophora coronata, 156;
Calliandra portoricensis, 238;
Campanula grandiflora, 141;
Celsia arcturus, 98; Ceratolo-
bus concolor, 98; Chrysopsis
villos var. Rutteri, 247; Cori-
aria terminalis, 247; Cymbidium
erythostylum, 238; Cypripedium
insigne Sanderæ, 98; Dendro-
bium Ashworthiæ, 370; Diospy.
ros Kaki, 238; Eupatorium glan-
dulosum, 370; Gentiana ornata,
370; Hypericum calycinum, H.

patulum, H. perforatum, H.
elodes, 247; Impatiens Oliveri,
247; Iris pumila, 247; Lobelia
Kathleen Mallard, 19; Lomatia
ferruginea, 25; Meconopsis bella,
238; M. punicea, 89; Nerine
Bowdeni, 89; Odontoglossum
crispum var. Jean Linden, 98;
O. c. var. Mdme. Linden, 98;
Enothera Havardii, 247; Olearia
speciosa, 89; Paederota Bona-
rota, 247; Pear Belle Gueren-
daise, 247; Pentstemon linari.
oides, 247; Paphiopedilum villo-
sum, 156; Plum Coe's Golden
Drop, 141; Polygonum Aubertii,
141;
Primula deorum,
156;
Pteris lucida medio-picta, 98;
Renanthera annamensis, 25;
Rhododendron Delavayi, 370;
Rhyncanthus Johnianus, 247;
Ribes Mogollonicum, 89; Rose
Dean Hole, 247; Rose Queen of
Spain, 19; Rubus platyphyllus,
19; Saccolabium rubescens, 89;
Sweet Peas, Helen Lewis and
Audrey Crier, 247; Tamarix pen.
tandra, 370; Tricuspidaria de-
pendens, 25; Viburnum Carlesii,

25

Plants absorb water, how, 293
Plants and atmospheric nitrogen,
190

Plants, bedding, 64

Plants, climatic effects on, in the
Himalayas, 408

Plants from the Congo, 25
Plants, hypodermic injections in, 8
Plants injured by pheasants, 14, 28,
46, 77

PLANTS, NEW or NotewoRTHY:-
Agapetes speciosa, 230; Ancis.
trochilus Rothschildianus, 51;
Clematis quinquefoliolata, 3;
Disa
Clematis Sanderi, 310;
equestris, 114; Odontoglossum X
Leo, 326; Plagiospermum sinense
65; Pycnostachys Dawei, 18;
Rhododendron intricatum, 262;
Strobilanthes Micholitzii, 246;
Woodwardia paradoxa, 98
Plants, retarding of, 206
Plants suitable for a dry bank, 271
Plants, suspected poisonous, of
Queensland, 254

Plants, the preservation of, by
sand-drying, 372

Plants under glass, 7, 22, 39, 54,
71, 87, 102, 118, 137, 155, 171,
186, 202, 218, 234, 251, 267, 283,
298, 315, 330, 346, 367, 385, 405,
421

Plants with poisonous foliage, 374
Platycerium alcicorne, an abnor-
mal form of, 285
Pleione yunnanensis, 152
Plum, a graft hybrid, 140
Plumbago rosea, propagation and
culture of, 19

Plum Peach, hybrid, 255
Pobéguin, M. (Essai sur la Flore
de la Guinée Française), 86
Podophyllum versipelle, 365
Poinsettias, the culture of, 51
Poisons, horticultural, Bill to per-
mit sale of, 146
Polemoniacea, a monograph of the
genus, 191

Pollination of Daffodils, the, 271
Polygala chamæbuxus, 297

Polygonum Baldschuanicum, 399
Pond, valve for a, 79, 96

Pond weeds killed by copper sul-
phate, 140

Pontederia crassipes, a pest in Aus.
tralia, 41

Portuguese East Africa, 35

Postcards, trading by means of, 140
Potato, immature "seed," 412;
Midlothian Early, 388; seed
tubers, 10; trials at Reading, 10;
at Wisley, 202

Potatos, Irish, as seed-tubers, 25;
manuring of, 140; Violet Com-
mersoni and Blue Giant, 140, 173
Poultry, a conference on, 370

Pouteria suavis, fruits of, for gar-
den purposes, 42
Presdales near Ware, 97
Pretoria, a note from, 20
Prevention of Corruption Act, 11,
42, 60, 73, 93, 105, 173; and
foreign nurserymen, 73, 284
Primrose, a green, 304
Primroses, market varieties of, 240
Primrose with succulent foliage,
332, 372

Primula sinensis alba plena, 247;
P. deorum, 156; P. x Kewensis,
77; P. Palinuri, the home of, 19;
P. stellata as two-year-old plants,
148; some hardy species of, 379;
P. x Unique, 390
Propagating Roses and conifers, 75
Propagation of plants by means of
leaves, the, 382

Propagator, the, 75, 124, 207, 264,
329, 382

Pruning of fruit-trees, the, 204, 223,
240, 248, 256, 288, 304, 320, 338,
373; of Roses, the, 181, 200;
summer, report on the effects of,
400, 406; in the Transvaal, 407
Pseudomonas campestris (black-rot
disease of Cabbages), 371
Pseudotsuga Douglasii, 53, 73; and
its varieties, 228, 381

Psylla Mali, the Apple sucker, 338
"Punch" pictures for Paris, 300
Punnett, R. C. (Mendelism), 158
Pyrus Sorbus, the history of, 236;
beverage made from the fruits of,
272

in

RAILWAY rates for garden produce,
176
Rainfall at Leonardslee, 105;
Co. Down, 77; in 1906, 57
Ranawara Tea, 334
Ranunculus rutæ folius, 100
Raspberries and brambles, 33, 77
Rates for market gardens, 308
Rats, poison for, 192; and
pheasants in the garden, 93
Rendle, Dr., and J. Britten
(British Plants), 285
Reproductive organs of the Fig, 301
Research, 73

Retarding plants, 206
Retinosporas, 217
Rhemania angulata, 364
Rhododendron barbatum, 26, 60;
"dell" at Kew, the, 386; Duke
of Cornwall, 407; hybrid, hardy,
341, 374; hybrid, a hardy yellow-
flowered, 389; R. indicum
(Azalea), at Leonardslee, 280;
R. racemosum, 313; R. X ses-
terianum, 363
Rhododendrons as hedge plants,
16; in the Royal Botanic Gar-
dens, Regent's Park, 383, 407;
the cultivation of, 335
Rhubarb at Christmas, 80; Bur-

bank's Crimson Winter, 106;
show in 1858, 126
Ribes aureum as a stock for the

Gooseberry and Red Currant, 93
Ridley, H. N., 173
Rock garden at Dunfermline, 121;
at Lealholme, Yorkshire, 84
Romulea pylea, 183
Root-rot fungus (Thielavia basi-
cola), 361

Rosa lævigata, 388; R. Wichurai-
ana, 260, 271

Rosary, the, 13, 36, 84, 114, 133,
232, 266, 296, 313, 345, 382
Rose Aennchen Müller, 349;

canker, 313; conference at Mann-
heim, 408; culture in pots, 36;
Frau Karl Druschki, 233; gar
den, work in the, 13, 133, 232,
296, 345; growers, amateur and
professional, in America, 371;
Paradise, 380; Penelope, 333;
rust, disease of, 396; stems bored
by bees, 64; the Cherokee, 388
Roses, cultural notes on, 13, 75,
133, 181, 200, 232, 296, 345; early
varieties of, 412; for market sup-
ply, 128; hybrid climbing, experi-
ments in feeding, 301; in pots,
60; new, of British origin, 266;
proof against mildew in Austra-
lia, 333; rambling, varieties of,
382; the propagation of, 75; the
pruning of, 181, 200
Rothamsted agricultural station,
donations to, 63; the weather at,
in 1906, 52

Rubber culture in Ceylon, 11
Rubber-producing trees, 300
Rubus, garden species of, 77;

species with whitish bark, 107;
the terminal buds of, in winter,
388

Rubus quentlandicus, 77
Rudbeckia Heliopsis X, 72
Ruellia Portellæ, 101
Ruscus aculeatus, 116; R. racemo.
sus, 116

Ruskin's works, cheap edition of,

193

S

SALTER, C. J., Mr., 63
Salvia splendens compacta
"Zurich," 338; S. s. compacta,
13

Sanders, T. W. (Alphabet of Gar-
dening), 410

San Francisco after the earthquake,
73

Sangwin, W., retirement of, 25
Saxifraga Boydii, the history of, 95
Scale, the Mussel, 222

Schlich, Dr. (Manual of Forestry),

191

Schizanthus at Cote House gar
dens, 389

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE :-Abies
lasiocarpa, 77; Agapetes speciosa,
224, 241; Amaryllis bulbs and
mites, 77; Apple canker, 126;
Apple mildew (Sphaerotheca
mali), 77; Apple-spotting caused
by heat, 126; Apples, the relation
of colour in the flowers and fruits
of, 339; Aquilegias, spurless,
412; Auricula with petaloid sta-
mens, 305; with striped petals,
272; Bramble, a fasciated, 126;
Bulb mites, how to destroy, 77;
Cabbage in Patagonia, 178; Car-
nation, axile prolification in, 242;
curious contortion in a, 305, 338;
Carum nigrum, fruit of, 412;
Caterpillars on Gooseberries,
126; Cedar, a spirally twisted,
412; Ceropegia Woodii, seeds of,
305; Chili, Narcissi from, 241;
Colletia spinosa synonymous
with C. cruciata, 241; Conifers,
some uncommon, 77; Cotyledon
macrantha, 178, 224; Crinum,
African species of, 272; C. gigan
teum, 305; C. Macowanii, 305;
Cyclamen, a malformed, 178;
with adventitious flower-buds in
the axils of the sepals, 224; Cy.
aniding plant-houses, 46; Cypri-
pedium, a malformed, 46, 77, 126,
178; Daffodils flowering without
roots, 126; Destructor, refuse
from a dust, as manure, 77;
Fern growing in a sealed bottle,
338, 412; Geaster fornicatus,
305;; Genetics, the study of,
412; Gladiolus corms diseased,

178; Gooseberry bushes, the
pruning of, 272; Gooseberry mil-
dew, English, 77; Gooseberry
shoots diseased, 77; Gooseber-
ries, caterpillars on, 126; Grapes,
shanking of, 46; Gymnosporan-
gium Clavariiforme, 338; Haw-
thorn leaves coloured red through
injury by insects, 305; Hellebore,
a diseased, 46; Henry, Dr.,
travels of, in America and
Europe, 126; Hippeastrum X
Vallota, 241; Kale, Asparagus,
dying, 224; Lenticels in Labur-
num, 178; Magnolias and mealy
bug, 46; Manure from dust
destructors, 77; Masters, the late
Dr. M. T., 412; Mealy bug, to
destroy, 46; Miltonia vexillaria,
a malformed flower of, 412;
Mistleto, monoecious, 46; Nar-
cissi from Chili, 241; Oak,
fungus on, 178; Oak galls, 224;
Orchid hybrid, 224; Pelargonium
sport with regular flowers, 305;
Phaius hybrids, pollen of, 241;
Phyllosticta violæ, a disease of
Violets, 224; Picea orientalis, in-
florescence of, 339; Pinus Mal-
letii, 77; P. ponderosa, 77;
Pistacchio nuts eaten by insects,
412; plants exhibited, interesting
and rare, 272; plants, rare
British, 412; Pleurothallis, a rare
species of, 46; Plum-Peach hy-
brid, 272; Potato species and
varieties, 177, 339; Potato, win-
ter-rot disease of, 242; Primrose
leaf, a succulent, 242; Ravenala
madagascariensis, seeds of, 178;
Retinospora attacked by a fungus,
305, 338; Ribes sanguineum with
abnormal double flowers, 339,
412; Richardias with spathaceous
leaf, 339; Roses, dying of, 77;
Seeds, curiously-coloured, 178;
Sloe with swollen stem
224;
Sphærotheca mali, the Apple mil-
dew, 77; Stocks attacked by a
slime fungus, 77; Tchihatchewia
isatidea, 272; Torreya myristica,
77, 117, 168; Trichilia indica,
seeds of, 178; Vallota X Hippe-
astrum, 241;, Viburnum, intumes-
cence in, 178; Violet disease
(Phyllosticta viola), 224; Wid-
dringtonias in the Transvaal,
126; Winter-rot of Potatos, 242;
Wood coloured
green by
fungus, 272

a

Scion, influence of, on stock, 302
Scoliopus Bigelowi, 256

Scone Palace, trees and shrubs at,
117

Scottish gardens, trees and shrubs
in, 117, 152, 168

Scottish Manse, garden in a, 293
Seed and Nursery Trade employees,
proposed union of, 271
Seedless fruits, 316
Seeds, sowing small, 106
Seed testing, a laboratory for, 208
Semele androgyna flowering in the
open in Devon, 350
Senecio pulcher, the culture of, 83
Sequoia sempervirens, date of in-
troduction of, 390

Sex in flowers, change of, 57
Shasta-fir, the, 114

Shells, crushed, as a fertiliser, 339
Shrewsbury flower show, prizes for
vegetables at, 74, 122

Simpson, John (Game and Game
Coverts), 418

Sinningia Helleri, 342

Sisal hemp, 317

Slugs and broken bricks, 373
Slugs and snails, how to trap and
destroy, 303

Slugs in gardens, 389
Slugs killed by sulphate of iron,
285

Smeaton-Hepburn, trees and shrubs
at, 168

Smith, Worthington G., awarded
the Veitchian medal, 104, 188
Smoke-smudges in an Evesham
orchard, 318

ails, how to trap and destroy, 303
owdrop, the green, 264; the
yellow, 198

owdrops from Ireland, 157

CIETIES:-American Carna-
ion, 146; Association of Econo-
nic Biologists, 47; Bath and
West and Southern Counties,
75; Beckenham Ilort., 47, 147,
80; Birmingham Botanical and
fort., 413; Brighton and Sussex
Hort., 147; Bristol and Dist.
Gardeners', 179; British Gar-
eners' Association, 40, 127, 146,
73, 205, 270, 307, 338, 375; Car-
iff and County Hort., 96;
Cardiff and Dist. Chrys., 146;
ardiff Gardeners', 47; Chester
axton, 47, 179; Cornwall
Daffodil and Spring Flower,
12; Coventry Chrys., 127; Craw-
y and Dist. Gard., 47, 147;
roydon and Dist. Hort., 47;
30, 275, 307; Debating, 47, 147,
27, 274, 307; Devon and Exeter
ardeners', 179; Devonshire
affodil, 259; Dorchester Gard.,
'9; Guildford and Dist.
ard., 47, 307; Hailstorm In-
rance Corporation, Ltd., 238;
orticultural Club, 109, 162, 292,
19; Hunts Daffodil, 274; Kew
uild, the, 359; Leeds Profes-
onal Gardeners', 162; Linnean,
, 78, 126, 226, 274, 306, 413;
anchester and North of Eng.
rchid, 31, 62, 95, 162, 195, 226,
0, 323, 375; Midland Daffodil,
2; Nat. Auricula and Primula,
9; (Midland Section), 305;
outhern Section), 290;
rnation and Picotee (Southern
ct.), 15; Nat. Chrysanthemum,
7, 147, 428; (annual meeting),
; Nat. Potato, 63, 78, 104,
7 ;
Nat. Sweet Pea, 157;
ursery and Seed Trade Asso-

Nat.

tion, 292; Reading and
st. Gard., 47, 179, 275; Red-
1, Reigate, and Dist. Gard.,
, 180, 307; Royal Botanic, 226,
393; Royal Horticultural, 30,
88, 104, 107, 139, 160, 194, 224,
,288, 321, 391, 425; (Temple
wer Show), 352; Royal Hort.
reland, 15, 242; Royal Meteor.
gical, 15, 146, 211, 292, 340;
wal National Tulip, 339; Royal
ttish Arboricultural (Aber-
n Branch), 292; Salisbury and
t. Gard., 179; Scottish Hort.
oc., 14, 109, 127; Sevenoaks
deners', 180; Shropshire
t., 127; Société Française
orticulture de Londres, 62;
thampton Royal Hort., 146;
ted Hort. Benefit and Provi-
-, 178, 394; Vienna Hort.,
Wargrave and Dist. Gard.,
307; Winter-flowering Car-
on, 178; Yorkshire Gala, 413
Oculation, a lecture on, 291;
nfluence of bacteria in, 386;
sterilisation of, 129, 152, 159,

Soraurer, Dr. (Handbuch der Pflan-
zen-krankheiten), 209

South African Products Exhibition,
141, 157, 161
South-West, effect of winter in the,
270

Spiræa arguta, 363

Sports, Chrysanthemum, 37, 301
Spraying fruit-trees in winter, 42, 57
Spray, lead arsenate as a, 271, 304
Spring flowers at Fir Grange, 211;

Brocolli, 241; flowers, 175, 256
Stereoscopic flower slides in natural
colours, 58

Sterilisation of soil, the, 129, 152,
159, 182

Storm in Co. Mayo, 28
Strasburger, Dr. (Rambles on the
Riviera), 69

Strawberry, a proliferous, 308;
Kentish Favourite, 389, 423;
Royal Sovereign, 304, 320, 337,
373
Strawberries, deterioration in, 268,
304; forcing, after etherisation,
302
Sub-tropical gardening in public
parks, 213; perennial plants for,
336

Sugar canes, seedling, 423
Sugar-culture in Queensland, 83
Summer pruning of fruit-trees, re-
port on, 400, 406; in the Trans-
vall, 407

Sundial, adjustment of a, 324
Swanley Horticultural College, the,
221

Swansea, Tulips in the public parks
at, 304

Swede, Sutton's garden, 94
Sweet Peas of recent introduction,

208; flowering in January, 28;
the culture of, 90; the sowing of,
106, 144

Sweet William, a disease of, 244

T

TAR as an insecticide, 45, 60, 94,
145

Tasmania, emigration to, 3
Tea, Ranawara, 334
Temple, Augusta A. (The Flowers
and Trees of Palestine), 285
Temple Flower Show, 320, 348, 352
Teneriffe, Juniperus Cedrus at, 134
Teratology, vegetable, a new work
on, 302

Tervueren, arboretum at, 122
Thalictrum, the species of, 113
The Heights, Witley, 197
The Shrubbery, Oxford, Orchids at,
278

Thielavia basicola, root-rot fungus,
361

Thomas, Edward (The Book of the
Open Air), 222
Threader, a simple, 76, 126
Timber supplies, our future, 409
Timber-tree, Douglas Fir as a, 53
Tittenhurst, Lilium auratum at, 345

Tobacco culture at the Royal
Botanic Gardens, 157, 190; in
Jamaica, 410

T. c.,

Tomato culture for market, 231
Tomatos and gas-liquid, 32
Torreya californica, 209;
seedling forms of, 99
Transon, M., 11
Transplanting an old Yew tree,
222, 408

Transvaal, native trees of the, 239
Tree-ferns in Sikkim, 158
Tree Pæonies in pots, 257
Tree stems, the earthing of, 366
Trees and shrubs, 99, 125, 209, 217,
231, 264, 280, 297, 327, 366, 380,
404

Trees and shrubs in Scottish gar-
dens, 117, 152, 168, 192
Trees, dead wood on, 366; fasti-
giate, 149, 184, 200; of the Trans-
vaal, 239; pigmy, 253; rare, at
Coldrenick, 130; transplanting
large, 222; in Johannesburg, 263
Tree topping, 204

Trespass, the law of, 388
Trillium grandiflorum, 412
Trilliums, species and varieties of,
328

Tropical culinary plants, 42
Tubs, Hydrangeas in, 374
Tulip, a branched, 157

Tulip disease, its prevention or
cure, 168

Tulips in the Victoria Park, Swan-
sea, 304

Tulip tree with deep-orange col-
oured flowers, 28, 45

U

UNITED States of America, garden-
ing employment in, 73, 80, 191
Upsala, Linnæus bi-centenary cele-
brations at, 325, 348

V

VALVE for a pond, 96
Vanda tricolor suavis, 420
Vegetable garden, manure for, 64
Vegetables, 13, 37, 66, 85, 192, 201,
247, 293, 327, 362
Vegetables at Shrewsbury, prizes
for, 93

'Vegetation and climate, 42

Veitch medallists of the year, 188
Veitch Memorial Trust, 104
Ventnor, the season at, 193
Viburnum Carlesii, 327; V. utile,
381

Vienna, horticulture at, 74, 141
Vine mildew, 244

Vine pests destroyed by electric
current, 388

Vines eaten by mice, 79, 92, 125;
inarching of, 276; insecticides
for, 145; iron sulphate for, 128
Vintage in France in 1906, 57
Violets in pots and frames, the
culture of, 28, 46

W

WALKS and drives, the construction
of, 397, 419

Wanstead Park, improvements at,
388

Wash, the Woburn, 98
Wasps, a big haul of, 105
Water-courses, the cleaning of, 170
Water, forcing by means of, 177;
how plants absorb, 293; supply
of, in plant houses, 14; tanks, the
cleansing of, 29

Water-Hyacinth a pest in Austra-
lia, 41

Water-Lilies, blue, 95

Watsonia Ardernei, the culture of,
373, 389

Weather and the crops, 57; in
Cornwall, 223; in Devonshire,
304; in West Herts., 223
Webber, Dr. Herbert (appointment
at Cornell), 73

Webb, Wilfred Mark, (The Prin
ciples of Horticulture), 247
Weeds and suspected poisonous
plants of Queensland, 254
Wellingtonia, a tree of, and its re-
cord of forest fires, 73

West Indies, Agricultural Confer-
ence at, 138; seedling sugar
canes in the, 423

Wildeman, E. de (Congo Flora),
298; (Mission Emile Laurent), 298
Willard, Jesse, Mr., 157
Willow, change of sex in, 57
Willows, ornamental, 366
Willow Wood, Cypripediums at,
100

Wilson, E. H., in China, 422
Wilton Park, Beaconsfield, 151
Wiltshire, W. D. (Floral Designs),
301

Winter in 1660-61, a mild, 14
Winter work in fruit plantations,
115, 158, 165

Wisley Gardens, 177; Kales at,
new laboratory at, 233;
trials at, 2, 85

192;

Wistaria at Lathom House Gar-

A

ABIES magnifica var. xanthocarpa,
cones, foliage, bracts and scales
of, 114, 115

Abies nobilis, A. magnifica var.
xanthocarpa, and A. magnifica,
cones of, 144

Acacia caffra growing wild in the
Transvaal, 20

Acantholimon echinus, a cushion
plant, 311

Agapetes speciosa, 237

American Gooseberry mildew, the,
43

Ancistrochilus Rothschildianus, 50;

A. Thomsonianus, 51

Anemone blanda var. scythinica,
297

Ansellia gigantea, 362

Apple Ard Cairn Russet, 174
Apples, Encore, 3; High Canons,
133; Ross Nonpareil, 182
Araucaria imbricata, with upright
basal growths, 100

Artist working under difficulties,
our, 189

Asparagus falcatus in flower, 82
Asparagus-packing at Evesham, 329
Auricula Miss Berkeley, 286

B

BAKER, John Gilbert, V.M.H., 191
Balaninus nucum (Nut weevil), 81
Banana, a hardy, 101

Bartlett, A. C., portrait of, 6
Beech, a pyramidal, 151

Bees, apparatus for feeding, 251
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, female
flowers and seed capsules of, 145;
seedlings of at Cleveley gardens,
29; Gloire de Sceaux, 267
Betula alba var. pyramidalis, 151
Brasso-Cattleya Mrs. J. Leemann
var. Rajah, 351

Brasso-Lælio-Cattleya Fowleri, 303
Bryophyllum crenatum, 419

D

DENDROBIUM fusiforme, 337
Dombeya rotundifolia flowering
near Pretoria, 21

E

ELM, the Wheatley, 150
Erinacea pungens in Cambridge
Botanic Garden, 310
Eryngium proteæflorum, a plant of,
248; flowers of, 249

Eucharis grandiflora, a fine batch
of, 71

F

FERN-HOUSE in the Botanical Gar-
den, Brussels, 312

Ferns, tree, in Sikkim, 158
Ficus cordata overgrown with Tel-
fairia pedata, 35

Filbert shoot, a properly-pruned, 81
Fir Grange, Weybridge, 411
Foster's, the late Sir Michael, gar-
den at Shelford, 78, 79
Fruit-trees protected from frost by
means of smoke-smudges, 318

G

GLADIOLUS atro-violaceus, 378; G.
The Bride, 398

Gloxinias exhibited at the Temple
flower show, 364
Gnidia polystachya, 294
Gooseberry mildew, the American,
43

Grafting, cleft and tongue, 186;
side, 201

Greenwich Park, a bed of succulent
plants in, 67; the lake in, 58

OAK, the Cypress, 149
Oak trunk, a large, 216
Odontioda Bradshawiæ X, 36
Odontoglossum Aliceæ X, 26; O.
Beauté Celeste X, 59; O. calo-
glossum, 76; O. crispo-Harry.
anum "F. Sander," 142; Ŏ.
crispum Fowlerianum, 278; O. c.
Heatonense, 409; O. c. Lord
Cromer, 352; O. c. Prince of
Asturias, 353; O. c. Rosemary,
217; O. Prince Edward of Wales,
302; O. x Phoebe magnificum,
355; O. "Ruby," 76; Ŏ. Watti-
anum princeps, 135
Orange Excelsior, 124
Orchid seedlings, a house full of,

75; at Messrs. Bull's nursery,
75; a group of, exhibited at the
Temple Flower Show, 372

TELFAIRIA pedata in Portuguese
East Africa, 35
Temple, the late William, 307
Thielavia basicola, a fungus caus-
ing root-rot, 361

Thuya plicata (gigantea) a pyra
midal shaped tree of, 200
Tittenhurst Gardens, Lilium aura-
tum flowering in, 345
Tree-ferns in Sikkim, 158
Trillium grandiflorum flowering in
Sir Herbert Maxwell's garden,
412

с

CALANTHES flowering at Oakwood,
Wylam-on-Tyne, 91

Calceolaria, Veitch's hybrid, 426
Camellia, a large, in the open at
Leonardslee, 208

Carnations, a group of Souvenir de
la Malmaison, exhibited at West-
minster, 175

Cat used as a bird scarer, 189
Chamærops humilis var., 214
Chittenden, F. J., 233
Choisya ternata, a flowering spray
of, 387; flowering in Fir Grange
gardens, 382; flowering for the
third time in one season, 53
Chrysanthemums Miss H. Hamp-
son and Thyrza Cherry, 9
Cockchafer or May bug, 80
Coelogyne x Colmanii, 108
Cones of three American Silver
Firs, 144

Cordyline australis in a Norfolk
garden, 313; C. indivisa and C.
australis at Enys, 123
Crataegus Oxyacantha var. stricta,
184

Cyclamen latifolium, the wild form
of, 207

Cypripedium Actæus langleyense,
12; C. californicum, 418; C.
Morganiæ X, a well-grown plant
of, 66
Cypripediums at Willow Wood,
Riding Mill-on-Tyne, 99

H

HANBURY, the late Sir Thomas, 172
Helleborus corsicus, 232

Hillingdon Court, a water garden
at, 319

Hippeastrum "Mrs. Carl Jay,"

424

Hippeastrums, hybrid, at Oakwood,
Wylam, 199

Honess, W., portrait of, 7

K

KALE Chou de Russie, 242
Kirk, Alexander, portrait of, 6

L

LABORATORY in Wisley Gardens,
the, 233
Lælio-Cattleya "Golden Glory,"

357

La Mortola, the residence of the
late Sir Thomas Hanbury at,
167; view in the garden at, 169
Larix Griffithii, a tree of, at Cold-
renick, 130; branch with cones,
131

Lealholme, Yorkshire, views in the
rock garden at, 84, 85
Lilium auratum flowering in Titten-
hurst gardens, 345
"Linnæus" Hall, Upsala, 326
Linné, Carl von, 325
Lonicera Maackii, 265

disease of Palms, 215
Pettigrew, W., portrait of, 5
Phaius species and hybrids, 343
Phlox subulata lilacina, 383
Pipe, the Calabash, 134
Pleione yunnanensis, 152
Polygonum Baldschuanicum, 399
Portuguese East Africa, a plantă-
tion of Agaves in, 35
Primrose leaf, a succulent, 332, 333
Primula sibirica, an improved
variety of, 350; The Czar, 143; P.
Palinuri, 18; habitat of, 19; P.
pulverulenta flowering in Coombe
Wood
391;
P. X
nursery,
Unique, 390
Plagianthus Lyallii, a flowering
spray of, 335

Plum-Peach hybrid, flowers of 256;
foliage of, 257

Pyrus pinnatifida var. fastigiata,

185