The Gardeners' Chronicle,]

[June 29, 1907.

A

ABBOTSBURY, Dorsetshire, damage by frost at, 174 Abercairney, trees and shrubs at, 168

Abies Douglasii as a forest tree, 74; A. magnifica var. xanthocarpa, 114, 159; A. nobilis and its allies, 144; A. religiosa at Trevince, 46

Acacia Decaisniana, 160; A. caffra flowering near Pretoria, 20 Acacia flowers for the English mar. ket, 74, 145

Academy, pictures at the Royal, 312

Acantholimon echinus, a cushion plant, 311

Adaptation of plants to their environment, 332, 372

Adiantum Ferns in Covent Garden Market, 150

Afforestation of waste lands, 409
Afghanistan, gardening in, 73
Africa, British Central, summer in,
229, 262

Agapanthus as a hardy plant, 256
Agaves, a disease of, 389
Agricultural College,

South

Eastern, 139, 253, 333 Agricultural Education Committee, 205, 302, 317, 371, 388, 408

- Agricultural Exhibition at Nice, 42 Agricultural research, donations to, 63, 190

Agriculture at Cambridge, 40; in 1906, 26

Alexandria, horticulture at, 286
Algæ, collection of, presented to
Birmingham University, 73
Almond, early flowering of the, 191
Alnus incana aurea, 105
Aloe pallida, 156

Aloes in flower at Kew, 26
Alpine garden at Kew, 185, 365
Alpine garden, the, 21, 100, 198,
249, 264, 297, 379, 404, 418
Allwood, Montagu C. (The Per-
petual-Flowering Carnation), 370
Alyssum Mollendorfianum, 418
Amateur gardeners and horticul
tural law, lecture on, 290
America, Arbor Day celebrations
in, 121; British gardeners in, 73,
80, 205

American Goosebery mildew, the, 8, 24, 29, 43, 60, 139, 238, 269 American Irises, 418

America, opportunities for gar
deners in, 80, 191
Anchusa italica "Opal," 387
Andrena fulva, a burrowing bee,

320

Anemone blanda var. scythinica, 297

Ansellia gigantea, 362

Apiary, the management of the, 87, 119, 155, 219, 251, 283, 298, 331 Apple and Pear culture in Co. Cork, 19

Apples: Ard Cairn Russet, 174; Aus Lunow, 384; Cox's Orange Pippin, 408; Encore, 3; High Canons, 133; Lord Grosvenor and Manx Codlin, 206; Minchull Crab, 94, 107; Ontario, 247; Ross Nonpareil, 182; the seedless, 59, 105; seedless, in America, 285

Apples, some late-keeping, 223, 247 Apple sucker, the (Psylla Mali), 338 Apricot trees, caterpillars on, 60 Aquatic weeds, to destroy, 140 Araucaria imbricata, the fertilisation of, 209; with upright basal growths, 100, 126, 160

Arbor Day at Nebraska, U.S.A., 121

Arboretum at Tervueren, 122
Arboriculture in Germany, 135
Ard Cairn, Cork, flowers at, 203
Arpophyllum giganteum, 378
Arundo Donax and its forms, 364
Asparagus beds, the making of, 192
Asparagus falcatus, 82
Asparagus, phosphatic manures for,
41; care needed in cutting, 374;
culture in the Evesham district,
329; exhibition at Evesham, 370
Aspidistra punctata, 107
Auricula Miss Berkeley, 286
Australasia, emigration to, 3
Azara microphylla, 297

B

BACTERIA in soil, 386

Baker, J. G., awarded the Veitchian
medal, 104, 188
Bamboo, a hardy, 145
Banana, a hardy, 101

Bank, a dry, plants suitable for, 271 Bank Holidays and flower show arrangements, 222

Bassia latifolia, the Mohwa tree,
207, 223

Bayford, C. A., presentation to, 89
Beans, butter or wax-podded, 288;
stringless and haricot, 201
Bedding plants, the effective ar-
rangement of, 261, 279
Bedding, sub-tropical, 337; sum-
mer, in public parks, 337
Beech, purple, the hardiness of, 373
Beeches, South American species
of, 42

Bees, the management of, 87, 119,
155, 219, 251, 283, 298, 331
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine raised
from seed, 29, 45, 61, 94, 141, 145,
176

Begonia Limminghei, 247
Belgian horticulturists, 121
Benevolent Institution, Gardeners'
Royal, 40, 72, 221, 422; annual
meeting, 78

Berberis buxifolia, 412; the gar den species and varieties of, 374, 412

Berger, Alwin (Succulente Euphorbien), 13

>Berlin, international horticultural

exhibition at, 284; old Botanical -Garden sold, 317

Bill, Destructive Insects and Pests, 317

Biology, economic, 11
Bird life in London, 146
Bird-lime, to make, 148
Birds and buds, 288

Birmingham, flower shows at, 284, 351; public parks, 302; University presented with a collection of Algæ, 73

Blackberries and Raspberries, 33, 60, 77

Black Currant-bud mite, the, 221; a remedy for, 56, 145, 193 Black-rot of Cabbages, 371 Blair Castle, trees and shrubs at, 153

Blancard Fund, the, 11, 25 Blepharocalyx spiræoides, 156 Boiler, the Cornish Trentham, 180;

the Deflecta, 107; incrusted, 16

sur

Books, NOTICES OF: A Concise Handbook of Garden Annual and Biennial Plants (C. M. A. Peake), 301); Alphabet of Gardening (T. W. Sanders), 410; Alpine Plants (W. A. Clark), 90; Beautiful Gardens (Walter P. Wright), 239, 269; Book of the Open Air (Edward Thomas), 222; Botanical Magazine, 25, 89, 156, 238, 370; British Plants (Dr. Rendle and J. Britten), 285; Chrysanthemums, and How to Grow Them for Exhibition (J. B. Wroe), 73; Cocoanut Planters' Manual (John Ferguson), 317; Critical Review of the Genus Eucalyptus (J. H. Maiden), 302; Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees, 82; Die Parthenocarpie oder Jungfernfrüchtigkeit der Obstbäume, (Dr. Richard Ewert), 316 Dillenian Herbaria (G. Claridge Essai Druce), 191, 284; la Flore de la Guinée Française (M. Pobéguin), 86; Etudes sur la Flore du Baset du Moyen-Congo E. de Wildeman), 298; Farming for Ladies (Edith Park), 222; Fern Dimorphism (Dr. Christ), 310; Floral Designs (W. D. Wiltshire), 301; Flore de France (Abbé Coste), 69; Forest Flora of New South Wales (J. H. Maiden), 301; Fruit-Farming for Profit (Geo. Bunyard), 90; Gardening Year-Book (Geo. Gordon), 90; Greenhouse and Conservatory Construction and Heating (Paul N. Hasluck), 247; Game and Game Coverts (John Simp son), 418; Haandbogi Norges Flora (Axel Blytt), 42; Handbuch der Pflanzen-krankheiten (Dr. Soraurer), 209; How I Work My Small Garden (F. E. Green), 206; How to Study Wild Flowers (Rev. George Henslow), 285; Icones Plantarum, 58; Indian Trees (Sir Dietrich Brandis), 231; Journal of Agricultural Science, 56; Icones Selectae

Horti Thenensis (M. de Wildeman), 231; Journal of Forestry, 57, 301; Journal of the Kew Guild, 56; Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, 42; Kew Bulletin, 25, 89, 221, 378; Lady Dorothy Neville's Reminiscences (Lady Dorothy Neville), 89;

12;

Landschaftliche Gartengestaltung (Camillo Karl Schneider), 21; Le Bambou, 11; Les Cattleya Traite de Culture Pratique (Leon Duval), 36; Life and Flowers (Maurice Maeterlinck), 301; Lindenia, Manual of Forestry (Dr. Schlich), 191; Mendelism (R. C. Punnett), 158; Mission Emile Laurent (E. de Wildeman), 298; Missouri Botanical Garden Report, 42; Mitteilungen der Dendrologischen Gesellschaft, 1906 (Graf V. Schwerin), 135; My Garden Diary (Sutton & Sons), 56; National Chrysanthemum Society's YearBook (C. H. Curtis and C. H. Payne), 239; National Rose Society's Annual, 115; Nature's Own Gardens (Maud U. Clarke), 285; New Garden Plants of the Year 1906 (Kew List), 140; One and All Gardening (E. O. Greening), 56; Ootheca Wolleyana (Prof. Alfred Newton), 205; Our

Kitchen Garden (Tom Jerrold), 121; Plant Ecology (Rev. Prof. George Henslow), 220; Potato Year-Book (H. Wright and W. H. Adsett), 25, 48; Potatos (Hon. H. A. Stanhope), 205; Progressus Rei Botanica (Dr. Lotsy), 57; Publications Received, 11, 58, 74, 105, 122, 141, 191, 239, 303, 318, 388, 423; Quarterly Journal of Forestry (Prof. Fisher), 57, 301; Rambles on the Riviera (Dr. Strasburger), 69; Recent Progress in the Study of Variation, Heredity, and Evolu. tion (R. H. Lock), 53; Revue Hor. ticole, 25; Royal Horticultural Society's Report on the Conference on

Genetics (Rev. W. Wilks, M.A.), 252; Seaside Planting of Trees and Shrubs (A. Gaut), 328; Seasonal Botany (Mrs. M. O'Brien Harris), 58; Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art, 253; Succulente Euphor. bien (Alwin Berger), 13; Sweet Pea Annual, 42; Text Book of Plant Diseases (George Massee), 222; The Book of the Open Air, 285; The Book of Vegetables (Allan French), 342; The Dillenian Herbaria (Claridge Druce), 284; The Flowers and Trees of Palestine (Augusta A. Temple), 285); The Modern Carnation (Hayward Mathias and P. Smith), 136; The Perpetual Flowering Carnation (Montagu C. Allwood), 370; The Principles of Horticul ture (Wilfred Mark Webb), 247; The Unheated Greenhouse (Mrs. K. L. Davidson), 366; Trading Made Easy (Charles A. Houfe), 140; Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 26 Boring pests of fruit trees, 318 Botanical nomenclature, international rules of, 17

Botany, economic, at Manchester, 105

Bothy accommodation for young gardeners, 122

Bramble hybrids, 60
Brandis, Sir

Trees), 231

Dietrich

(Indian

Brandegee herbarium presented to
California University, 10
Brasso-Lælio-Cattleya Fowleri, 303
Brazilian Orchids, 191

Bribe to gardeners, offered by foreign nursery firm, 73

British Central Africa, summer in, 229, 262

British gardeners in the United States, 73, 80, 205

British Guiana, exports of rice from, 410

Britten, J., and Dr. Rendle (British
Plants), 285

Broccoli, spring, 241
Brown-rot of fruit, 379
Brussels Botanic Garden,
house in, 312
Bryophyllum calycinum, 422
Buds destroyed by birds, 288
Bulb-mite, to destroy, 77
Bulbs, Guernsey, 57

fern

Bulgaria, the vegetable products of, 388

Bunyard, Geo. (Fruit-Farming for Profit), 90

Burbank, Luther, 141

Burdett-Coutts, the late Baroness, 173

Burn, John, Mr., 238

Business, how to start a nursery, 243

C

CABBAGES and Cauliflowers, black-
rot disease of, 371
Cabbage, red, the hardiness of, 373
Cabbages, autumn and winter, 13;
bolting and non-bolting, 327
Caiophora coronata, 156

Calabash used for making pipes, 134
Caladiums, variegated, raising, 125
Calanthes, deciduous, the culture
of, 90

Calceolarias, a monograph of the
species of, 254

Calcutta Botanic Garden, 25
California, herbarium presented to,
10; the Onion seed crop in, 388
Callas (Richardia africana) planted
in an open lake at Byram Park,
320

allipsyche mirabilis, 101

altha palustris "polypetala," 256
ambridge University farm, 40
amellia, a large, in Leonards!ee
Gardens, 208; the hardiness of
the, 193, 374, 389

mellias out-of-doors, the culture
of, 297

mpanula garganica hirsuta alba,

bon supply of plants, a puzzle,
77, 304, 374

diff City gardeners, 173
nation flowers, a sheath for, 73
nation house, best kind of, 125
nation pest (Alternaria sp.), 371
nations, American winter-flow.
ing, 190; at Porter's Park, 174;

Swan Lane Nurseries, 38;
audulent sale of, 211, 241, 256;
America, 139; manure for,
5; select varieties for winter-
wering, 93; suitable structure
96; winter-flowering,

ench note on, 301

a

ts, winter and spring, 66
-n, D., presentation to, 203
a auriculata, a Tea plant,

- Kennedy, trees and shrubs

H. G. Alexander, 161; B.-C.
Pluto, 31; Brasso-Catt.-Lælia
× Veitchii, 259; Brasso-Lælia
Gipsy, 290; Brasso-Lælio-Cat-
tleya "Fowleri," 290; B.-L.-C.
Lido, 354; Caladium Thomas

66

Tomlinson, 358; Calceolaria
Veitch's Hybrid, 426; Carna-
tions: Jessica, 289; Marmion,
358; The Squire, 426; Cattleya
Maggie Raphael alba, 31; C.
Mendeli Francis Wellesley, 393;
C. Mossiæ Princess of Wales,
354; C. Triana Mooreana, 226;
C. T. The Premier, 161; Cirrho-
petalum gracillimum, 427; Clivia
miniata var. citrina, 322; Cœlo-
gyne asperata, 427; C. Colmanii
X, 109; Coleus Cordelia, 426;
Cymbidium Colmanæ, "Edenside
variety," 195; Cymbidium in-
signe, "Glebeland's variety,"
161; Cypripedium Dicksonianum,
161; C. Mrs. Francis Welles-
ley," 161; C. Tautzianum nigri-
cans, 62; C. tibeticum, 353; C.
vill.-exul., 161; Cyrtomíum falca-
tum Rochfordii, 160; Cytisus
Firefly, 358; Davallia brazilien.
sis, 392; Dendrobium chryseum
giganteum, 290; Dendrobium
Wilsonii, 290; Ervum gracile,
426; Freesia Chapmanii, 160; F.
Tubergenii Amethyst, 258;
Gladiolus atro-violaceus, 322;
Haberlea rhodopensis var. vir-
ginalis, 322; Hartwegia purpurea,
427; Hippeastrum Lady Howick,
225; H. Mrs. Carl Jay, 392; H.
Vulcan, 225; Hydrangea arbores-
cens var. grandiflora, 322; Irises:
Aspasia, 160; x Caterina, 392;
King of the Whites, 426; x
Luna, 322; l'Unique, 426; Me-
lusine, 160; Mrs. W. T. Ware,
426; paracina, 392; Kalanchoe
Dyeri, 108; Lachenalia May
Crosbie, 160; Lælia
Schröderæ "Grace Ruby,"
62;
Lælio-Cattleya Baroness
Schröder, Westonbirt variety,
226; L.-C. Frederick Boyle var.
Kerchoveæ, 290; L.-C. Gany-
mede, 290; L.-C. Golden Glory,
353; L.-C. Lawrie, 226; Lis-
sochilus giganteus, 427; Loni-
cera Maackii, 392; Lycaste Bal-
liæ, South Lodge variety, 161;
Magnolia Soulangeana nigra,

anceps

194; Maxillaria grandiflora,

62; Meconopsis racemosa, 392;
Miltonia vexillaria chelsiensis
superba, 393; M. v., Westonbirt
variety, 353; Narcissi: Ailsa,
289; Aphrodite, 273; Homespun,
225; Brilliancy, 273; Corallina,
273; Glitter, 273; Kestrel, 273;
Miss Willmott, 289; Nephrolepis
exaltata var. Whitmanii, 108;
Odontioda Bradshawiæ,
Odontoglossum "Aliceæ,"

30;
31;

O. ardentissimum "Herbert
Goodson," 259; O. a. Robsonæ,
353; O. caloglossum, 62; 0.
coeruleum, 354; O. crispum al-
bum, "Orchid Villa " variety,
226; O. c. Rosemary, 195; O. c.
Lily Bourdas, 195; O. c. Mossiæ,
161; O. c. Solum, 353; O. c.
"White
xanthotes, 353; O. c. x.
Lady," 323; O. eximium "King
of England," 353; O. ganda-
vense, 353; O. Lady Howick,
195; O. Lambeauianum "Ideal,'
109; O. Thompsonianum super.
bum, 354; O. mirum "Lady
Howick," 161; O. "Othello,"
259; O. Prince Edward of Wales,
290; O. Roi d'Angleterre, 226;
O. Ruby, 62; O. venustulum
"Apollo," 109; Oncidium leucho.
chilum "Mr. F. J. Hanbury,"
323; Papaver Princess Ena,
358; Jennie Mawson, 426;
Phaio-Calanthe Colmannii, 31;
Plocoglottis Lowii, 427; Pri-
mula Cockburniana, 258; P.
stellata (strain), 160; P.

X

Unique, 358; Pyrus (Cydonia)
japonica Simonii, 289; Rhodo.
dendron amoenum Hexe, 160; R.
Duke of Cornwall, 194; R. in-
tricatum (nigro-punctatum), 225;
R. Kewense x, 194; Roses: Dr.
William Gordon, 358; Pharisær,
258; Richmond, 161; Saxifraga
aizoon rosea, 358; S. Burseriana
Gloria, 194; Sophro-Lælia-Phroso
superba, 259; Spathoglottis Col-
manii aureum, 161; Sweet Peas
Carmine Paradise, 427; Evelyn
Hemus, 427; Syringa Josikaa
eximia, 392; Tulips: Gorgeous,
358; Le Grandeur, 289; Verbena
Aubletia compacta, 358
Ceylon Botanic Garden, 215
Ceylon, rubber culture in, 11
Chamærops Fortunei, 254; C. hu-
milis, a European Palm, 213
Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus as a
vegetable, 287

Cherry, Early Rivers, 67
Chicago University, gifts to, 105
Childrick, an old Cedar at, 223
China, a letter from, 422
Chionoscilla "The Queen," 249
Chittenden, F. J., 56, 233
Chlorophyll, the action of, in rela-
tion to light and temperature,
254

Choisya ternata at Fir Grange Gar-

dens, 382; flowering three times
during 1906, 10, 53
Christ, Dr. (Fern Dimorphism), 310
Christmas Roses (Helleborus), the
proper time to shift, 94
Chrysanthemum sports, peculiari-
ties in, 37, 301
Chrysanthemums at the "market "
show, 5; how to pack for transit,
5; for cut blooms, 182; for exhi-
bition, a list of, 59; single-
flowered, 8

Churchill, G. C., the late, 25
Cinerarias with revolute florets, 222
Clarke, Maud U. (Nature's Own
Gardens), 285

Clark, W. A. (Alpine Plants), 90
Claydon Park, Bucks, 49
Clayton, H. J., retirement of, 190
Clematis montana, 412
Climate and vegetation, 42
Climatic effect on plants in the
Himalayas, 408

Cobnuts and Filberts, culture of, 81
Cocoanut planting for profit, 317
Cocoanut, the seedless, 285
Colchicum autumnale, 56, 144; C.
crocifolium, 198; Colchicum,

species of, at Kew, 56; the
planting of, 80
Coldrenick, rare trees at, 130
Cold storage, 28

Colonial appointments, need for
care in accepting, 141

Colonial notes, 3, 20, 38, 83, 383,
410

Colorado Douglas Fir, the, 381
Coltsfoot as a garden plant, 221
Commissions, secret, 351; offered
by foreign nurserymen, 284
Commons and footpaths preserva-
tion society, 206

Conandron ramondioides, 365
Condy's Fluid not permanganate
of potash, 224

Conference on plant hardiness and
acclimatisation at New York,
forthcoming, 370
Congo, plants from the, 25
Conifers, an old work on, 193; at
Durris, Aberdeenshire, 217;
smoke and frostproof, 318
Cordyline australis

in

Norfolk,
313; C. Banksii in the late Dr.
Ramsay's garden, 120
Cordylines, garden species of, 122
Cornwall, frost in, 77, 93, 141
Corridor, plants suitable for a, 112,
228

Corynostylis Hybanthus, 101

Cosmeas, hybrid, the cultivation of,
294

Cote House gardens, Schizanthus
at, 389

Cotoneaster rotundifolia, 231

Country garden, the, 11, 83, 134,
210, 281, 346, 377

Covent Garden Market, return of
"empties," 350

Cricket, gardeners excel at, 373
Crick, Mr., diamond wedding cele-
bration of, 254

Cripple children, a fund to aid, 317
Crocuses at Hampton Court, 205
Crops and weather influences, 57
Croquet lawn, how to plan a, 228
Culinary plants of the tropics, 42
Cultural memoranda, 51, 314
Currant-bud mite, the, 221; de-
stroyed by lime and sulphur, 56,
145; a cure for, 193
Cushion plants, 311

Cuttings, propagation by means of,
124

Cyaniding plants to destroy mealy
bug, 46

Cyclamen, a malformed, 94; cul-
ture of, 132
Cyclamen latifolium, the wild form
of, 207

Cydonia japonica rosea, 271
Cypripedium Actæus langleyense,.
12; C. A. Tracey's variety, 12;
C. californicum, 418; C. insigne
"Clare Dow," 21; C. Miss Dora
Webb, 132; C. Morganiæ, 66; C.
Mrs. Sutton Willoughby, 66
Cypripediums at Willow Wood, 100
Cytisus albus, 364; C. x Beanii,
313

D
"blindness"

in, 107,

DAFFODIL,
193
Daffodils, the pollination of, 271
Dahlem, biological institute at, 317
Dahlias, an American paper de-
voted to, 238; grafted, 254
Dalkeith Palace, trees and shrubs
at, 168

Daphne ordora (indica) varieties
rubra and alba, 101, 193
Davidson, Mrs. K. L. (The Un-
heated Greenhouse), 366
Debts owing to fruit-growers for
produce, 286

Decimal system of weights and
measures, 190
Dendrobium Dartoisianum, 198;
D. fusiforme, 337; D. nobile
with more than 200 flowers, 230;
D. thyrsiflorum Galliceanum,
399

Dendrobiums at Fir Grange, 198
Destructive Insects Act, 221

Disease, root-rot, 361

Diseases of fruits, charts illustrat-
ing some, 140

Diseases of plants, 209
Dombeya rotundifolia
near Pretoria, 20

flowering

Douglas Fir, the, and its varieties,
228, 381; as a timber-tree, 53, 74
Dresden International Horticul-
tural Exhibition, 173, 238, 253,
318

Drives and walks, the construction
of, 397, 419

Druce, Claridge (The Dillenian
Herbaria), 284

Drummond Castle,

shrubs at, 153

trees and

Drying and preserving of plants,
the, 372

Dunkeld, trees and shrubs at, 152
Durris, Aberdeenshire, Conifers at,
217

E

EEL-WORMS, gas lime as a remedy
for, 15

Egypt, horticulture in, 300

Elæis guineensis var. Lisombe, 394
Electricity used for killing vine
pests, 388