LIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE no.. 3QS.k4.__ date . JEdLrASigg SOURCE. C^^€r_— JurV.d§._..__ ~YfcF Jul -(-Dec not December 29, 1906.1 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE % aalcehln Illustrate Journal OF HORTICULTURE AND ALLIED SUBJECTS. (ESTABLISHED IN 1841.) VOL XL. -THIRD SERIES. JULY TO DECEMBER, 1906. LONDON : 41, WELLINGTON STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 1906. The Gardeners' Chronicle,] [December 29. 1906. INDEX OF CONTENTS JULY TO DECEMBER, 1906. (For Special Headings see under Books; Certificates; Law Notes; Nursery Notes; Obituary; Plant Portraits; Plants New ; Scientific Committee ; Societies ; and Illustrations.) Abercrombie, John, 437 Aberdeen botanists pilfering plants, 15 Aberdeen School of Agriculture, 12 Abutilon vitifolium, 11 Acetylene gas, use of, in plant- growing, 213 Agave americana, 342 ; flowering in the Zoological Gardens, 214 Agave Celsiana nana, 74 Agricultural College, South- Eastern, at Wye, 165, 229, 294 Agricultural Laws, the, and gar- deners, 326. (See also under " Land Tenure Bill.") Agriculture, Aberdeen School of, 12 Agriculture and Forestry in Ger- many, 151 Agriculture and science, 113 Agriculture, electricity as applied to, 71 ; in the United States of America, 135 ; lectures on, 279 ; the transition in, 10 Alabaster, how to clean, 20 Alga, a parasitic, 229 Aloes, Cape, 151 Alpine botanic garden, an, 310 Alpine garden, the, 28, 44, 224, 385 Alpine plants, British, the distri- bution of, 393 Amaryllis Belladonna in Ches- shire, 313 America, English gardeners in, 278; Scotch gardeners in, 381, 422, 446 American Fern-sports, 387 American Gooseberry mildew, the, 294, 301, 370, 409, 411; dis- covered in England, 317 American Paeony Society, 40 American parks and squares, 279 Ammonia vapour and plant growth, 262 Andre, M. Ed., 91 Anemone apennina and its varie- ties, 385 Annuals at Reading, 206 Ants, white, and timber, 150 Apiary, the, 8, 49, 129, 211 Aplopappus croceus, 182 Aponogeton angustifolium, 341 ; A. (Ouvirandra) Henkelianum, 270 Apple and Pear scab, 21, 93 Apple Bee-bench, 358 ; Brandy, 439; Early White Transparent, 154, 199 ; "Holland Pippin, 327 ; James Grieve, 295, 311 ; judging at the fruit show, 295, 314 ; Lord Lennox, 311 ; Miller's Seedling, 239, 273 ; Sam's Crab, 439 ; Yel- low Summer Reinette, 154 ; rot disease in, 220 Apples at Copped Hall, 274; at Sandringham, 273; buried for keeping, 80, 100, 155 ; colour in, 337; dessert at the R.H.S. fruit show, 328 ; early dessert, scarcity of, 249, 290, 334; from Erddig gardens, 431 ; in the United States, 197 ; results of grafting upon, 52 Apple-trees, proposed census of, 232, 296, 328 April. its, 288 Aquatic and bog gardens, 46 Arabis, a disease of, 172 Aralia manchurica, 152 Araucaria, the genus, 352 Arauja sericifera, 313, 359 Arbor-day at Eynsford, 409 Arctotis grandis, 286 Aristolochia Goldieana flowering in Liverpool Botanic Garden, 177 Artemisia lactiflora, 387 Arthropodium cirratum, 47 Asclepias Douglasi, 162 Ash-bark scale (Chionaspis frax- ini), 188 Ashbourne Gardens, 369 Asperula hirta, 28 Asplenium Iaceratum, 263 ; A. lucidum, 263 ; A. Mayi, 263 Aspleniums, some choice, 262 Asters, the ray, 249 Astilbe astilboides, 25 Astragalus alpinus, 11 Auricula in winter, the, 365 Auriculas and Carnations, the cross-fertilisation of, 116 Australian Rust-fungi, 25 Azores Island Lily, the, 111 Azaleas, Epsom salts for, 393 Baker, C. F., and economic plants, 387 Balmae, Kirkcudbright, 141 Bananas and Oranges, 419 Bank Holiday at Kew Gardens, 130 Bankruptcy statistics relating to gardeners, 295 Barter, John, F. [Mushrooms, and How to Grow Them), 161 Bateson, William, 85 Batsford, the gardens at, 167 Battersea, flower gardening at, 92, 279 Bean, Sutton's Evergreen Dwarf, 137, 248 Beans, broad, 78, 93 ; wax-podded and butter, 6 Beech trees and lightning, 112, 130, 154, 167, 184 Beech as coppice, 396, 409 Bees in Peach houses, 233 ; stupe- fied by pollen, 198 Beetles, to destroy, 435 Begonia, a new white variety of, 215 ; ornamental-leaved, 426 ; Gloire de Lorraine raised from seed, 408, 445 Belgian horticultural paper, a new, 40 ; a progressive, 392 Bell-flowers, hybrid, 28, 93 Belgrove gardens, 369 Belvedere gardens, 320 Benevolent Institution, Gardeners' Royal, 31, 271, 341 Bequests to gardeners, 229 Berberis X stenophylla, seedlings of, 313 ; fruiting, 262 Berlin Botanic Garden, 341 Bernard, M. Noel, 85 Bignonia grandiflora, 152 Birds and fruits, 432 Bitton Vicarage gardens, 386 Blackberry Eldorado, 114 Blackberries, 137, 155 Blackbirds and Tomatos, 396, 412 Black Currant leaves, hew pest on, 247 Blancard Fund, the, 396, 409, 431 Bog gardens, 46 Boiler, the Robin Hood, 413 Boilers, low pressure, 400 ; imper- fect circulation in, 436 Bois de Boulogne, 229 Bolle, Dr. Karl, 112 Books, Notices of: — A Book of English Gardens (M. R. Gloag), 3S3 ; A Year in My Garden (Mrs. Arthur Tuckctt), '310 ; A First Course in Practical Botany (G. F. Scott Elliot), 193 ; Botanical Magazine, 50, 71, 110, 197, 246, 341, 409 (Index to the), 50, 71 ; Budding Life (Jessie .11. King), 392 ; British Rainfall (G. /. Sy- mons), 212 ; Bulletin de la So- ciete Francaise d'Horticulture de Londres, 358 ; Concise Handbook of Garden Shrubs (//. M. Gwyn Lewis), 368; Commercial Re- search in the Tropics, 279; Con- servancy or Dry Sanitation versus Water Carriage (/. Donkin), 342 ; Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees, 366 ; Ferns and How to Grow Them (G. A . Wool- son), 168 ; First Steps in Garden- ing (W. P. Wright and E. J. Castle), 374; Flora of New Zea- land (T. F. Cheeseman), 258; Flora of Tropical Africa, 40 ; Forest Flora of New South Wales (/. H. Maiden), 262; Formosa, Mora of, 310 ; Fungoid Pests of Cultivated Plants (M. C. Cooke), 223 ; Gartenkultur Bodenheizung Klimaverbesserung, 322 ; George Bentham (B. Daydon Jackson), 244; How to Buy a Business (A. W. Bromley), 279; Icones Se- lectae, 111 ; Index Filicum (Carl Christcnsen), 342 ; Index Kewensis (Supplement), 72; Insect Pests of the Farm and Garden (F. Martin Duncan), 151 ; Jugendformen und Bluthenreife im Pflanzenreich (Dr. L. Diels), 178; Kew Bulletin, 111 ; Kumaon, the flora of (/. F, Duthie), 203; Le Bambou, 91; Le Caoutchouc en Indo-Chine, 193; La Tribune Horticole, 40; Letters to Young and Old (Mrs. C. W. Earle), 426; Mush- rooms and How to Grow Them (John F. Barter), 161 ; Book- keeping Down to Date (Andrew Munro\, 181 ; Ma Pratique de la Culture Maraichere (M. J . Cure), 434; National Rose So- ciety's Catalogue, 390 ; Nature- knowledge Diary (Blackie's), 392 ; Nos Arbres (M. Correvon), 40 ; 196 ; Old-fashioned Flowers (Maurice Maeterlinck), 392 ; Pic- torial Practical Potato-growing (W. P. Wright and E. J. Castle), 420 ; Plants of the Bible (Rev. G. Henslow), 426, 445; Publications received, 12, 52, 112, 132, 166, 198, 213, 231, 247, 262, 294, 279, 326, 358, 393 ; Roses and How to Grow Them (G. A. Wool- son), 168: Soils (E. W. Hilgard), 210 ; Text Book of Botany (M. Yates), 3; Text Book of Fungi George Masses), 368; The Book of Market-Gardening (R. Lewis Castle), 153; The Garden, You, and I (Barbara), 151; The New Earth (IF. S. Harwooi), 194; The Rusts of Australia (D. Mc Alpine), 25 ; The Scots Gard'ner (John Reid), 421 ; The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland (H. J. Elwes and Augustine Henry), 372; Vil- las et Maisoris de Campagne, 91 ; Who's Who? 409; Wild Flowers at Home (Gowans and Gray's Series), 391 ; Woburn Experimen- tal Farm (Duke of Bedford and S fencer Pickering), 334 Borough Market, the, 4 I!, .stall Woods, threatened destruc tion of, 150 Botanical conference in Paris, 166 Botanical Magazine, index to the, 50,71 Botanical travellers, 294 Botanists, pilfering, 15 ; portraits of, 50 Botany, modern, 175, 215, 225 Bothy at Tring Park, 369 Boulger, Prof., 294 Bound's patent plant stand, 199 Bracebridge, Roses at the Manse, 127, 146" Brentford Market. 5 Brier, the Austrian, 1 British Columbia, fruit-growing in, 384 Brussels Botanic Garden, 11 Budapest, a proposed Palm house at, 213 Budding, propagation by, 134 Bud-grafting the Rose, 367 Bulbophyllum grandiflorum, 239 ; B. Lobbii Claptonense, 146; B. virescens, 261 Bulbous plants, hybrids and hybri- disation of, 132 Bunyard, Mr. George, business jubilee of, 213 Burbank, Luther, as a plant breeder, 246, 391, 443 Burford, Dorking, 87 Button-hole holder, a rubber, 381 Buysmann, M., as a Javan nursery- man, 391 Cabbage growing on a wall, 305 Cabbages, Ellam's Dwarf and Flower of Spring, 6 ; spring, 6 Cactus Dahlias as garden flowers, 373 Caesalpinia Gilliesii, 78 Calceolaria amplexicaulis as a bor- der subject, 282; C. polyrrhiza, 23 The Cardcners' Chronicle,] INDEX. [December 29, 1906. Ill Calcium cyanimide, experiments with, 151 Cambridge, chair of botany at, 341 Camellia tree, an old, 358 Campanula amabilis, 54; C. imere- tina, 123; C. laciniata, 165; C, phyctidccalyx, 23 ; C. Raddeana, 23'; C. X Stansfieldi, 93; C. sul- phurea, 23; C. versicolor, 126 Campanulas, hybrid, 28, 93 Canada, fruit-growing in, 186 i anhamo braziliensis, a new textile plant, 213 ( 'anna, old and new varieties uf, 306 Cann House, Plymouth, 4 Cape Aloes, 151 Carduus Kerneri, 52 Carnation-raising at ''The Warren/' Hayes, 107 I 1 1 nations, American varieties of, 314; cross-fertilisation of, 116; layering, 126; re-naming, 328, 337, 358, 430 ; some new varieties of, 391 ; the running of the colours in, 91 Carpenteria califnrnica, 6 Carrots, blai k, 342 Carving initials and names on trees, 185 Cassia remigera flowering in India, 394 Castle Ashby gardens, 304 Castle, E. J. {Pictorial Pro. Potato-growing), 420 Castle, R. Lewis [The Book of Mar- ket Gardening), 153 < astlewellan gardens, 351 Catalpa bignonioides, 154 Catalpas in flower, 137 Catasetum laminatum at Glebe- lands, 385 Cattleya Chamberlainiana, 239; C. X Davisii, 221; C. labiata, peloria in, 366 Cedronella cana, 182 Celeriac, home-grown, 341 ; the cul- ture of, 359 Celmisias, 2 Centaurea babylonica, t82 Cereus candicans, 74 Certificated Fruits and Vege- tables : — Apple-; : Encore. Ill James Grieve, 329; Miller's Seed- ling, 235 ; Broccoli: Michaelma White, 299 ; 1'e i : Quite Com. nt, 139; Pear: Collis's Hesslc, 23 Potatos : Brj Ion's I 'ham] i m, 299; Dr. Gillespie, 205; Ru Queen, 299. Certificated Plants. Aeridi 1 1 lulletiannm, Fowler's variety, 56 ; A. virens Sanderas, 36 ; \ plenium laceratum, 234; Begonia elatior x, 297; B. Miss May Sutton, 35; B. Purity 35; Brasso- Cattleya Madame live, 36"; B.-C. Mrs. J. I.eeman inversa, 298 ; B.-C. striata splendidissima, 36; Brasso-Laslia Mrs. M. Gratrix, Westfield variety, 414; Bulbo- phyllum virescens, 36 ; Capsicum annuum Cel-estial, Supp. p. iv., Nov. 10; Caladium Dorothy Peto, 97; Calanthe alpha, 414'; Carnation Britannia, 398; C. Cupid, 54; C. Mrs. H. Burnett, 398; C. Mrs. Robert Norman, 265; C. Robert Berkelev, 54; C. Robert Craig, 297; C. St. Louis, 297 ; C. White Perfection, 297 ; Cattleya As'itoni, Westonbirt variety, 98; C. Atalanta, Fow- ler's variety, 98 ; C. Claud'an, 96; C. Cleopatra (Leda), Wes- tonbirt variety, 357, sr pp. p. iv., Nov. 10; C Dowiana aurea, Westfield variety, 298 ; C. Dusseldorfei var. Undine, 414 ; C. X Fabia Bradshawiana, 329, Supp. p. iv., Nov. 10; C. X Fabia Goodsoni, 360; C. x Fabia superba, Supp. p. iv., Nov. 10 ; C. fulveseens delicata, Supp. p. iv., Nov. 10 ; C. F. W. Wigan, Goodson's variety, 36 ; C. Hardy- ana. "Our Queen,'' 265; C. H. •'Rex,'' 234; C. X Ins "Coun- tess of Morley," 169; c. labiati Capt. ]. V . Laycock, 323, Supj p. iv., Nov. 10; C. 1. Peeler'- variety, 298; C. Lord Rothschild, Westonbirt variety, I'M; ('. Man- tini, Fowler's variety, Supp. p. iv., Nov. 10; C. Mai-teis una superba, Supp. p. iv., Nov. 10; C. Mrs. J. w. Whiteley, " Ross- lyn variety, 265; C. "Mrs. Mvi.i Peeters," 56; C. Octave Doin var. Herbert Goodson, 298; C. Pittiana, Low's variety, 205; C. Warscewiczii saturata, 98; C. W. "White Queen," 36; Chrysanthe- mums ; Beauty of Weybridge, Supp. p. in., Nov. 10; Algernon Davis, 297; Buttercup, Supp. p. iv., Nov. 10; Dora Godfrey, 297; Dorothy Gouldsmith, 251; Edith Hading, 360; Ethel, 200, 217; Fred Duck, Supp. p. iii., Nov. 10; Glitter, Supp. pp. iii., iv., Nov. 10; Hector, 251; II Hearn, 360; Lizzy, Supp. p. iii., Nov. 10 ; Mad. R. Oberthur, 360 ; Mile. G. Rivol, 300: Mercedes, 217; Merstham White, 360; Mis, H. Hampson, 360 ; Miss Olive Dumsdav, Supp. p. iii., Nov. 10; Mis. Arthur Beech. 217; Mrs. A. T. Miller, 297; Mrs. Bi. Supp. p. iv., Nov. 10 ; Mrs l' Redden, Supp. p. iii.. Not 10; Mrs. J. W. Scott. 250; Mrs. v,,. man Davis, 297 ; Mrs. . fox, 360 ; Tapis de Neige, 2.(1 -. White ( iountess, 217 , t In a tlieinum maximum Mi I harl< Lowthian Bell, 35 ; Ca ,r, i. 414 ; < '• ill hil "Hi Bivouac, 265; Crocus var. Mai tthi miseus, Supp. p. iv., Ni iv. 10 : C ch I ertoni- anum vii ide, 133 ; I erythn istj lum, -ii"> ; Cypi dium Actaeus, Bank I ir. 414; C A ;aeus lang!. 414; C. Actaeus superbum, -111; i '. liar in Schroder, \ 169; C. callo-Rothschildi; 36 ; C. eboraicum, 414; C I K Sander, var. King I laakon, 360 , C. Fletcherianum, 234; i maine Opoix, Westfi X, 360, and 10; C. Godefroyae leucochilum i. SG : C. H.ii anum, Park Lodge variety, 139; C. insigne Harefield Hall, 41-1; C. Leeanum "Corona," 360; I'. Muriel Hollington, 298; I". Niobe, Oakwood variety, 11-1 ; C nitens. Ball's variety, Supp. p. iv., Nov. HI; C. Stephanos, 360: C. Thalia Mrs. Francis W'elleslev, 414; C. Vii tory, 234 ; C. W anum, Westonbirt variety, 414; C. Zeno, Craven's variety, 414 ; Dahlias: Claret Cup. 202"; Daisy Staples. 234 ; Dr. G. G. Gray, 169, 202; Diavolo, 202; I ugi - in, 169; G ell . Jim ; Gl ria, 202; Hamlet 201 ; Hyacinth, 234; Kitty, 234: Mavourneen, 202: Meteor, 202, 234; Portia, 234; Princess Mary, 169 ; Rev A. Hall, 200, 202; Rodney, 234: Ruby Grinsted, 234; Sunshine, 234;" White Perfection, 202; Davallia elegans, var Mayi, 35; Delphinium Cintra, 54 ; Dendro- bium Arthur Ashworth, 234 ; D. Phalamopsis, 329; D.P., Gatton Park varietv, 414 ; D.P., " Phyllis Moore," 298 ; D.P splendens, Supp. p. iv., Nov. 10 ; Epiden- drum floribundum, Supp. p. iv., Nov. 10; Gilia coronopifolia, 169 ; Gladiolus : Golden Ray, 138 ; Mrs. Cecil Baring, 138 ; Mrs. Coddington, 138; White Knight, 138; Hemipilia amethy- stina, 36 ; Laelia pumila superba, 298 ; Laelio-Cattleva Berthe Four- nier, 139 ; L.-C, Holford's variety, 234 ; L.-C. elegans His Majesty, 169; L.-C. ('.. G. VVhite- li gge, 265 : I..-C. Golden Beauty, Supp. i>. iv., Nov. 10; L.-C. Mrs. de Vere Beauclerk, 201 : L.-C. Nysa gloriosa, 139; L.-C. Phryne, < Jatton Park variety, 205 ; L.-C. Sunset, 201 ; L.-C. Wood- fordiensis, 201 ; Lisianthus x eythropensis (Russellianus), 35 ; Lycaste tricolor albens, 56; Mas- llaria nigrescens, 329 ; Miltonia Clowesii rosefieldiensis, 265 : Mormodes, Buccinator variety, 329 ; Nemesia Orange Queen, 55 ; lephrolepis cordata tesselata, 298 : X. pectinata canalicu- Iata, 97; X. Todeaoides, 265: Verines : Crimson King, 265 ; flexuosa alba, 297 , Xvmphaea atro-purpurea, 97 ; N. James Brydon, 35; Odontioda Bohn- hoffi.e, 234; O. Heatonense St. Vincent, 414 ; Odontoglossum amabile, Glebelands variety, 414 ; O. crispo-Harryanum, Rosslyn variety, 98 ; I >. I urydii e. 36 ; I I Fletcherianum, 98; O. grande Zandaghe variety, 36; Oncidium Stanleyi, 169; Osmund a palus- tris, vat . Mayi, 35 ; Pel irgi mium Hector Piacomelli, 35 ; Phlox Tapis Blanc, 169 : Pi ily >tai rrj a grandiflora, 201; Roses Doro- thy Page Roberts, 217, Gottfried Keller, 13s ; Mis. fardine, 35; Mrs. Stewart Clarke, 217; Nellie Johnstone, 265; Queen of Spain, 35; Richardia Mrs Roosevelt, 35; Sobralia Lowii, 169; Sophro- | Htleya eximia, 329; Sophro- Laelia Phroso, 98 ; Stokesia cya- nea precox, 97; Sweet p, Audrey ( 'rier, 38, 97 : D 1 '■ > I j • r. 38 ' .iii ert, Etta Dyke, 38; Hoi Wright, 38; Maud Guest, 38; Princi ■ Maud ol Wales, 38 ; Que n m "- ' I : I i . ■ . 23 1 armata Veitchii, 298 llotanical G ISO, 310; rubber exhibition in, 421 : ii. rubbei culture in, 213, 421 i 'Impair, i Pine, the, 11 ir use in teai hing fruit culture, 131 Chatham Islands, flora of the, 340 tsworth gardens, appointment at, 131 i i , quels i lourt, Bucks, 285 ter, the late William, 114. 155 China, the flora of, 11 ; the Primu- la of, I'.'l. 206, 230 Chris! I FilU urn), 342 Chrysanthemum blooms, big. 359; congress at Caen, 309 ; Eleanor Duchess of Northumberland, 264 ; exhibition of children's. 165, 229; Edith Ilarling, 439; Exhibitions and showboards, 430 : French varieties of, 422 ; notes, 342. 393, 422; Robert Morgan, 445: Rust fungus, 327 ; Tokio, 12 ; American, 393 ; at the Crystal Palace, 342, 377, 412 ; 'certificated at the Paris show, 342 ; in a market nursery, 248 ; single varieties of, 402 ; yellow varieties of, during 1908, '393; at Shaw's Gardens, U.S.A., 445 (see also under "Certificated Plants") Cider-making, 427 Citrate of lime in Dominica, 229 Clarke, C.B., the late, 341 Classification of plants, the authors of the various, 262 Clathrus caneellatus (rare British fungus), 248 Clematis flowers, the lasting pro- perty of, 182 Cockroaches, to destroy, 435 Cocoa, a new variety of, 406 Codiaeums at Brent Hill Nursery, 296 Coleus thvrsoideus. 304 Colonial Notes, 47, 151, 286, 320, 334, 384, 406, 421, 440 Commercial corruption, 71, 182 Conference on plant hardiness i acclimatisation, a, 391 ; hybridisation, 81, 90, 94, 111, 115 < 'onifers, the propagation of, 353 i lonnaught Park, Dover, 287 Cooke, M. C. [Fungoid Pests of Cultivated Plants), 223 Co-operative flower show, a, 149 Copped Hall, Apples at, 274 Mine Banksii at Castlewellan, 240 ; C. indivisa raised from seed ii I astlewellan, 245 Cornish trip, a, 159, 185 lorrevon, M. (Nos Arbres), 196 ( i rruption, commercial, 182, 197, 229 Cortaderia argentea growing in Mr. Goff's nursery, 295 | orylus Colurna (Constantinople mil, 257 i ovent Garden maiket, new build- ings at. 417 ; at Christmas, 417 Crocus Boryi Marathoniseus, 335 i nuns species, 235; autumn flow; iing, 335 i ronartium ribicolum (on Black I 'nrr.inti, 247 ( luba, note from, 387 i npressus nootkatensis, 166 Currant-bud mite, researches at Wisley, 356, 377 I nrrant. Black, new pest of the, 217 Cyclamen culture, 302 Cyder-making in Normandy, 4111 I - inliidiuni erythrostylum, 286; lieties of, from Glasnevin, 41!) Cypripedium Fairrieanum, 239; C. Germaine Opoix, " Westfield variety," 411 ; C. X Harri-Lce- .uium. Park Lodge variety, 166; | insigne, double inflorescence, 419; C. i. Sanderae, 366; C. x Lawrenceano-Niobe, 224; C. x Youngianum var. superbum, 439 ; C. seedlings flowering early, 385 (see " Certificated Plants.") ni polifolia var. alba, 153 Dahlem, Germany, state biologii al titution at, 151 Dahlia Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 242 Dahlia Society in the United States, 391 Dahlias at Wisley, a trial of, 216; Cactus, 373; new, of 1906, 427 Darrah's, the late Mr., succulent ts given to Manchester, 427 Darreen gardens, 368 Dasylirion glaucophyllum flower- ing at Imvood, 247 Dawes, James, appotntm—t in New Zealand, M Debating societies, federation of, 282, 296, 313, 327 Dendrobium Chrysanthemum, re- markable plant of, 374 Dendrology in France, 52; in Ger- many, 52 Devon garden, plants in a. 53 Dianthus alpinus, 44 Diels, Dr. L. (jugendformen Bluthcnreife im Pf\anzenreich\, 178 Dioon edule, 288 Discounts to gardeners, 313, 341 (See also " Prevention of ' ruption Bill ") Dishonest exhibiting, 311 Distylium racemosum, 303 Dogs Act, 1906, 393 D'lJmbrain, Rev. II. II., proposed memorial to, 229 Donegal garden, a, 113 Dresden "Horticultural Exhibition, 11, 50 Duncan, F. Martin (Insert Pests *f the Farm and Garden}, 151 30864 The Gardeners' Chronicle,] INDEX. [December 29, 1806. Earle, Mrs. C. W. [Letters to Young and Old), 426 Economic entomology, 294 Economic plants, herbarium speci- mens of, 387 Edinburgh Chrysanthemum show, an American view of the, 393 ; Rose show, 31 Edmonton, Alberta, a note from, 440 Electricity and plant growth, 71, 180 Ellacombe's, Canon, garden at Bit- ton, 386 Ellis, C. J., presentation to, 181 Elwes, H. J. (The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland), 372. •■'.ncephalartos Alstensteinii, 206 ^ English gardeners in America, 278 Entomology, economic, 294 Epilobium luteum, 23 Epsom salts for Azaleas, 393 Errera, Leo, bust of the late, 19 Eria flava, 23 Erica, hardy species of, 253; hints on propagating, 45 Erythroxylons of Grenada, the, 47 Ether and plant-growth, 200 Etherisation of Lilacs, 392 Eugenia apiculata, 152 Eupnorbias, succulent, a mono- graph of, 409 Eustoma Russellianum, the culture of, 78 Events of the year, 442 Examinations in horticulture, 149, 276 Exhibition Roses, old and. new, Exhibiting vegetables, 8, 31, 120 Earrer, the late William, 91 Eern crests, 27 Fern-culture for town dwellers, 199 Eern sports, American, 387 ; and species, 296 (see Christensen's In- dex) Ferns, anatomical classification of certain, 75 Ferns, hardy, in autumn, 214 Fernery, the, 214, 262, 387, 444 Fertilisation, the nature of, 246 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Bill, 51 Fertilisers, lectures on, 341 Fire-resisting tree, a, 11 Fixtures, garden, the law of, 221 Flora of China, 11 Florist, the art of the, 392 Florists' flowers, 23, 91 Flower garden, the, 9, 28, 48, 63, 89, 146, 162, 179, 195, 211, 227, 242, 258, 274, 291, 307, 323, 338, 354, 388, 407, 424, 441 Flower-pot with a movable tray, 137 Flower show arrangements, 10 Flowers in season, 11, 70, 72, 110, 197, 213, 278, 294, 309, 341, 359 Flowers, wild, for cutting, 14 Forcing fruit trees in pots, 157, 183, 192 ; Strawberries, 103 Foreign correspondence, 42, 79, 108, 190, 226, 270, 319, 387, 402 Forestry, 290, 388 ; at Oxford, 261 ; British, 11 ; in Germany, 154 Fota gardens, 368 Frogmore gardens, 263 Fruiterers' Company vis.it Maid- stone, 181 Fruit at the Mansion House, 309 ; conference at Dublin, 314 ; at Wye College, 341 ; crops and birds, 358, 432 ; crops and the weather in N.W. Scotland, 137 ; crops in Ireland, the, 19 ; crops, remarks on the, 64, 70, 83, 104, 123, 144 ; notes, 273; register, 239, 311, 334, 439 ; sales in Austria, 71 ; show, 109 j marketing of, 337 ; preserva- tion of, 131 ; transit by rail, 205 Fruit-culture, explanatory charts on, 131 ; in Gloucestershire, 150 ; in British Columbia, 384 ; in Canada, 189 Fruit-gathering, 264 F'ruit-trees in pots, forcing, 157, 183, 192 ; in springtime, a protection for, 232 ; the value of limewash on, 262 Fruits, some tropical, 309 ; the breeding of, 116 ; under glass, 9, 29, 48, 63, 89, 109, 128, 147, 162, 178, 195, 211, 227, 243, 258, 274, 290, 307, 323, 339, 355, 371, 389, 406, 425, 440 ; walls at Wrotham Park gardens, 402 ; cold-resisting, 116 Fumigating wiih tobacco paper, 252 Funkia lancifolia var. tardiflora, 321 Fungi, Australian rust, 25 Fungus, a rare, 248 Fusicladium dendriticum attacking Apples, 21 Gardeners, bequests to, 229 ; dis- missed for their political views, 59; presentations to, 410; two aged, 311 Garden-fixtures, the law of, 'JiM Garden near Mount Vesuvius, a, 319 Garden-outings in America, 112 Garden, the season in the, 15 Gasteria X Pethamensis, 377 Genetic research, the progress of, 81 Gentiana ornata, 182 ; G. scabra in Kew Gardens, 386 Gerbera Jamesoni, natural varia- tions in, 288, 314, 328, 421 German nurserymen, 71 Germany, note from, 42 Gesnera cardinalis, 153 Gilia coronooifolia, 276 Gladiolus-culture, profitable, 180 Gladioli as annuals, 261 ; G. Mrs. Cecil Baring, 158 ; G. psittacinus, 137 ; seedlings, 79, 154 ; G. tristis, 47 Glass, rough plate, for garden uses, 281, 296 Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 351 ; Cymbidiums from, 419 Glaziou, the late M., 442 Gloag, M. R. (A Book of English Gardens), 393 Gloxinia with petaloid stamens, 215 Goeldi Museum, Brazil, 278 Goodacre, Mr. J. H., in America, 50 Gooseberry, a striped, 280 ; disease and the Red Currant, 294 ; mil- dew, the American, 294, 301, 317, 370, 409, 411 Gooseberries, 93 Grafting, bud, 367 ; grafting, dou- ble, the Pear, 150 ; influence of scion on stock in, 279; investiga- tions in, 150; results of, upon Apples, 52 Grapes : Gros Colmar, 274, 313 ; Mrs. Pince, 20 Grassites, the (a parable), 428 Greenhouse at Kew, the, 91, 213, 335, 443 Greenhouse building with patent cement, 151 ; constructing a cheap, 235 Guevina Avellana, 174 Gunnera leaves eaten by pheasants, 396, 412, 431 Gunnersbury House, 101 Gunnersbury Park, 121 Gymnosporangium Sabinae (Pear rust disease), 134 H HABENARIA repens, a floating Or- chid, 146 Hailstorms, severe, 15, 71 Hampton Court, the flower garden at, 23S Hanley Show, children's exhibits at the, "74 Haplocarpa scaposa in Pretoria, 320 Hardy flower border, 28, 46, 218 Hardy fruit garden, 8, 29. 48, 63, 89, 129, 146, 163, 179, 195, 210, 226, 243, 259, 291, 306, 322, 339, 355, 371, 389, 407, 424, 440 Harwood, W. S. (The New Earth), 194 Hawaii, nursery catalogues for, 443 Hay crop of 1906, the, 113 Heaths, the hardy, 255 Helianthus decapetalus, commer- cial value of the tubers of, 393 Henry, Dr. Augustine (The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland), 372 Henslow, Rev. G. (Plants of the Bible), 426 Ileracleum Mantegazzianum, 52 Herbaria, the uses of, 276 Hilgard, E. W. {Soils), 210 Hoe, the use of the, 27 Holder, Randall's tilting plant, 312 Hole, memorial to the late Dean, 249 Holland House, flower show at, 10, 30, 31 Hollies in Kew Gardens, 186 ; planting, 288 Honey season in the north, 213 Hoodia Currori, 62 Hopetoun House, border Pinks at, 224 Horn-beam, the pyramidal, 229 Horse-Chestnut tree flowering in October, 281 Horticultural Improvement Socie- ties, proposed federation of, 248, 282, 296, 313, 327; science, a society for, 92 Hot-wafer systems, faulty circula- tion in, 436 Hyacinths for beds and groups, 377 Hybridisation, conference on, 81, 90, 94, 111, 115 Hybridisation among bulbous plants, 132 Hybridists, some famous, 85 Hydrangea Hortensia in tubs, 215 ; blue, 443 I Imtatiens Holstii as a bedding plant, 296 : I. Oliveri in green- house at Kew, 293 India, note from, 126 ; potato cul- ture in, 334 Inventions, new, 137, 199, 381 Tonopsis utricularioides, 23 Ireland, the fruit crops in, 19 Irish gardens, some noted, 351, 368 ; Potatos as " seed," 336 Iris tectorum, a white variety of, 216, 226 Italian gardens, two famous, 428 Jackson, B. Davdon [George Bent- ham), 244 Jasminum primulinum, its history and culture, 44 Johannsen, Prof., 85 Joint Railway and Parliamentary Committee, 393 Jordan, A. J.,, the late, 229 Jordan, F., appointment of, 247 Judging at flower shows, 204 Juniperus Cedrus, 14 K Kales, a trial of, at Wisley, 230, 388 Kennedyas, propagating, 45 Kensington Gardens, flower gar- dening at, 154 Kerchove, the late Count de, 71 ; Memorial, 427 Kermadec Islands, flora of the, 240 Kew Gardens, Bank Holiday at, 130 ; Hollies in, 196; notes from, 14, 23, 47, 78, 91, 153, 182, 242, 306, 320, 335, 386, 443 ; the green- house at, 213 ; the rock-garden in June, 154 ; the succulent house at, 373 ; gardeners, the wages of, 310 Kilmacurragh Gardens, 351 Kitchen garden, the, 8, 28, 49, 63, 89, 109, 129. 146, 162, 179, 195, 211, 226, 242, 259, 275, 291, 307, 322, 338, 335, 371, 388, 407, 424, 441 Kniphofia (Tritoma) X Goldelse, 43 Kochia scoparia, 154, 167 Kumaon, the flora of, 203 Lachenalia hyacinthina, 304 Ladia majalis alba, 44 Lailio-Cattleya exoniensis, 286 Land Tenure Bill, the, and nursery- men, 292, 311, 338 Larch, a new insect pest of the, 197 Larix leptolepis as a timber tree, 290 Larkspurs, 78 Lastrea montana var. truncata, 137 Lattice-leaf plant, a new, 270 Laurus Camphora, propagating, 6 Lavender water, to make, 140 Law Notes : — Agricultural laws and gardeners, 292, 311, 326; Claim for a Cattleya at Salford, 430 ; Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Bill, 51 ; Prevention of Cor- ruption Act, the, 182, 197, 229, 279, 261, 328, 338, 356, 376, 390, 394 ; florists and the Factory Act, 262 ; law of garden-fixtures, 221 ; legis- lation for nurserymen, 376; Or- chids sold from coloured draw- ings, 391, 445 Layering, propagation by, 46, 126 Leaves, pitcher-shaped, 52 Lecomte, Prof., M.P.H., 31 Legacy to the Gardeners' Benevo- lent Institution, 357 Legacies to gardeners. 357 Lemon juice, to preserve, 60 Leonardslee, Horsham, 272; late flowers at, 314 Leonotis Leonurus as a garden plant, 377 Lewis, H. M. Gwyn (A Concise Handbook of Garden Shrubs), 368 Lightning and Beech trees, 112, 130, 154, 167, 184 Lilacs, the etherisation of, 392 Lilford Hall rock-garden, 225 Lilium auratum var. platyphyl- lum, 218, 313; L. neilgherrense, 160; L. philadelphicum, 153; !.. polyphyllum, 126 ; L. sulphur- eum, 190; L. Sutchuanense and I.. Maximowiczii, 20 Lily of the Valley, retarding, 149 Lily season in Scotland, the, 171 Lime tree, unusual flowering <7 ; M. Badiura at Tring Park, 419 Morris, Sir Daniel, 31 M isses, Mitten's collection sold to the American Government, 391 Montbretias, some new varieties of, 197 Mount Harry, Brighton, Orchids at, 224 Mount Usher gardens, 352 Motmton, near Chepstow, 241 Mount Vesuvius, a garden near, 319 Mowing machines, motor, 20 Mulgedium Plumieri, 126 Miinro, Andrew (Book-keeping vn to Date), 181 Mutisia decurrens, 110 Myoporum rosmarinifolium, 21G N Naples, a garden in, 319 Narcissus viridiflorus, 375 Natural History Museum, 279; an interesting exhibit at, 262 Natural order of plants, a new, 149 Nature-knowledge, 392 Nematus Erichsonii (insect pest of Larch), 197 dies, four new hybrid, 3*7 Xephrolepis exaltata var. canali- culata, 198 ; the genus, 444 Nerines, the culture of, 336 New Zealand International Exhibi- tion, 374 New Zealand plants, 240 Xitrates from a fresh source, 131 Nitrogen in rainfall, 294 Normandy, a lecture on, 357; i j der making in, 401 Ni irth-west, the i Ireat, 440 Nurseryman as magistrate, 70 Nurserymen and the agricultural laws, 311, 322: and the Land Tenure Bill, 292, 338; and the Prevention of Corruption Bill, 390; legislation for, 376, 409; German, 71 Nursery Notes : — Comacho & Co., Brighton, 100 ; Clark, G. & A., Ltd., Dover, 280; Craven Nursery Co., Clapham, Yorks, 107; Cutbush, W., & Son, Bar- net, 383; Jannoch, 'P., Dersing- liam, 237; McBean <.V Sons, Cooksbridge, 190; Paul & Sons, Cheshunt, 106; Paul, WiLiam, & Son, Waltham Cross, 142 ; Rus- sell, L. R., Richmond, 13; Spath, Herr, 42 ; Sutton iV Sons, 'Reading, 209 ; Tulley, Joseph, Enfield^ 394; Veitch, J., & Sons, Ltd., Feltham, 374; Watkins iv Simpson's, Feltham, 53 Nymphaea thermalis, 324 ; N. zan- zibarensis rosea, 248 Nymphaeas, 135 I Ismunda palustris var. Mayii, 161 Oxalis adenophylla, 14; O. bra- ziliensis, 304 Oxford, forestry at, 261 Obituary : — Archduke Otto of Austria, 409; Ballantine, Mrs. II., 168; Boyd, |ohn Brack, 445; Chester, 'William, 93, 114. 155; Churchill, G. C, 309; Clarke, Charles Baron, 164, 241 ; Cock, Robert, 93; Eisenbarth, Gottlieb, 284 ; Ellwanger, George, 43): Farrer, William, 91; Fletcher, R. G., 364; Froebel, Otto, 21S; Glendinning, Robert Pince, 347 ; Henderson, Andrew, 218; Huntley, II. .race, 315; Johnson, Jos. Forsyth, 93; Jor- don, A. f., 229; Law-Schofield, G. W., 188; l » khurst, Ilenrv, 168; Marks, Benjamin, 59 Meyer, I. W., 120; Oudemans I). , 262: Pamell, W., 379, 400 Pfitzer, Prof., 408; Pun, Grei n wood. 364: Reid, E. G., 284 Shepherd, Mrs. Theodosia, 261 Shingler, [ohn, 815; Squibbs Robert, 155; Taylor, A., 364 Thomas, M. O., 379; Turner 11 any, 218; Ward, Prof. Dr Marshall, 164; Wilshere, Charles Will-s, 246 Ochna multiflora, 212 Odontioda Vuylstekeae, 47 Odontoglossum amabile "Royal Sovereign," 152; O. crispum, double flowers of, 419; 0. c. Jean Linden, 419; O. c. Madam Linden, 419 ; O. c. variation in, 404: O. x Euphrosyne, 239; O. Londesboroughianum, 366 ; O. Queen Alexandra var. Carmen, 13 ; O. at Warrington, 317 CEnothera (Godetia) Schamini, 341 Omphalodes Luciliae, 53, 445 Oni i hum sarcodes ornatum, 23; O. Limminghei, 23 Oni m mildew, 236 Onions, the culture of large. 305, 336 Orangeries, 42 Oranges and Bananas, 419 Orchard houses, placing bees in, 233 Orchid house, a model, 404 Orchid houses, work in the, S. 29, 49, 63. 88. 109, 129, 147. 163, 179, . 194, 210. 227, 243, 2 9. 275, 290, 306, 323, 339, 355, 370, 389, 407, 425, 441 ; placing ammonia in, 262 : maintaining of moisture in, 278 Orchid notes and gleanings, 23, 146, 199, 224, 239, 271/286, 317. 366, 385, 404, 419 Orchid show at Dresden, 11 Orchids and nitrifying bacteria, 262; at Mount Harry, Brighton, 224; a sale of Imperial, 149; at the KruoD wedding, 278 ; in Manila. 403: sold from coloured drawings, 391 ; the germination of, 115 Orphan Fund, Royal Gardeners', 31, 181, '09 l'.EONi society, an American, 40 Pachira aquatica, 308 Palm house, a proposed, at Buda- pest, 213 Palms in the Mediterranean region, 405 Pampas grass, a fine plant of, 295 Paradise, a riverside, 61 Parks and squares of the United states, 279 Park superintendents, official si of, 300 Parliamentary Committee, the Joint Railway and, 205, 325, 393 Partridge canes, 15 Peach culture out-of-doors, 127. 154, 167, 184, 199, 215, 232, 281 ; at Diddington Hall gardens, 2-1 Peach "Thames Bank," 154, 167 Pear Conference, 337 ; rust disease, the, 134 ; scab, the, 22 Peas, early dwarf, 54 Pedicularis sceptrum carolinum in Upsal Botanic, 385 Peeters, M. A., 85 Pelargonium Mrs. Lawrence, 248 Pelargoniums in Parliament Square destroyed by creosote funics, 166; Zonal, improved varieties of, 213 Pentas carnea, 304 ; variety alba, 246 Periploca graeca, fruits of, 321 Pfitzer, Prof., 85; death of, 408 asants and Gunneras, 396. 412. 431 Phlox, the herbaceous, 222, 333 Phoenix canadensis in Sicily, 404 Photographs in colours, 131 ; of plants taken in darkness, 358 Phylloxera in Switzerland, 216 Physianthus albens, 313 Picotees, yellow-ground. 7-1 Pinks, border, at Hopetoi i: use 224 Pinus sylvestris bed prematurely, 278 Pitcher-shaped leaves, .", j Plane trees on Thames Embank- ment, 229 Plantago maxima, 182 Plant enemies in Saxony, 149 Plant food constituents, necessary, 26 ; for fruiting trees, 71 Plant holder, Randall's tilting, 342 Plant names, and the Vienna Con- gress, 279; costers', 11 I'l mt notes, 78, 126, 152, 162, 301, 322 Plant Portraits: — Abies Mariesii, 246; Acer japonicum ficifolium, 257 ; A. negirndo cali- fornicum aureum, 257 ; A. n. var. aureo-marginata elegans, 257 ; A. platanoides var. Schvvedleri, 257 ; A. polymorphum laciniatum pur- pureum, 257; A. pseudo-platanus var. Leopoldi, 257 ; Adenia lo- bata, 379 , .Echmea gigas, 409 ; Angraecum Arnoldianum, 257 ; Anthurium Andreanum hybrids, 238, 312; Apples Calville Du- quesne, 166; Krugers Dickstiel, 137; Aristolochia ornithocephala, 168; Berberis stenophylla, 23-: Blakea gracilis, 246 ; Boronia fas- tigiata, 110; Brasso-Laeha X Ed- ward ML. 257; Bulbophyllum Ericssoni, 110; Catasetum gal ri- tum var. pachyglossum, 197 ; Cereus Scheerii, 197 ; Chloraea virescens, 246 ; Chrysanthemum Mme. Th. Carvet, 405 ; Clematis Lady Northcliffe, 418 ; Clematis mor.tana rubens, 418; Codon- opsis Tangshen, 110; Coreopsis Grantii, 409 ; ' i devensis, 341 ; ( rinum Laurentii, 418; i pripedium Germaine Opoix, 168; Deutzia Wilsoni, 30; Echinops Tournefortii, 379; Euphorbia procumbens, 30 ; Ficus Knshnae, 197 ; Francoa appendiculata, 238: Genista cinerea, 30; Gor- donia grandis, 379 ; Gurania malacophylla, 30; Haemanthus Eetveldeanus Queen Victoria, 312; Hedychium Bousigon- ianum, 224, 257; Hedysarum multijugum apiculatum, 110; Iris Lorteti, 137 ; [asminum niti- dum, 137; J, primulinum, 312; Laelia anceps Williamsi, 257; Lselio Cattleya >. Bletchleyensis, 257; Lilium Brownii var. leu- cantha, 6; L. myriophyllum, 341; Linospadix Mn ' - li'.i , 197; Lvcaste Dyenana, 341 ; Odont i. glossum naevium, 246 ; < (n< idium tigrinum splendidum, 2"i7 ; Ophi- opogon Regnien, 168 ; Papaver orientale var. Mrs Perry, 312 ; Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum, 30; Passiflora punctata, 246; Pear Doyenne G i Boucher, 379; Pentas carnea var. alba, 246; Petunia Rheingold, 312; Phalaenopsis amabilis Rimestad- tiana alba, 257; Pleione yunnan- ensis, 341 ; I : cordata, 409; Rhododendron Fordii, 409; Rhodostachys pitcairniifi ilia, 1 10 ; Ribes cruentum, 341 ; R. "iburni- folium, 197; Roses: Mme. Georges liruant, 405; Cam 405; 7 Crocus Boryi var. Marathomseus, 335 < 'romwell, B., portrait of, 440 Cupressus nootkatensis, a weeping variety of, 167 Currant, a striped, 280 < Miibidium erythrostylum, 286 Cypripedium Germaine Opoix, "Westfield variety," 410; C. Godefroyae variety Hodgkinscni, 32 ; C. Flecherianum, 255 ; C. Harri-Leeanum, Park Lodge var- iety, 166 ; C. insigne Sanderae flowering in Mr. Bolton's collec- tion, 367; C. Youngianum var. superbum, 439 Dasylirion glaucophyllum flower- ing at Templecombe Gardens, 247 Dendrobium chrysanthum bearing 1,016 flowers, 374 Dioon edule with female cone, 289 Distylium racernosum, flowering branch of, 303 Donegal garden, views in a, 112, 113 Dover, Connaught Park, 287 Encephalartos Altensteinii in natural habitat, 206 Erica -garden at Gunnersbury House, 102 Eustoma (Lisianthus), Russelli- anum, 55 Exhibition stand for vegetables, 120 Froebel, Otto, portrait of the late, 218 Geaster Michelianus, 315 Gibson, J., portrait of, 441 Gilia coronopifolia, 277 Gladiolus Mrs. Cecil Baring, 158 Glendenning, Robert Pince, 347 Gloxinia flower with petaloid sta- mens, 215 Gooseberry, a striped, 280 Grammatophyllum speciosum flow- ering at Burford, 86 Guevina avellana, a tree of, 174 ; a shoot of, 175 Gunnersbury House gardens, views in, 102, 103, 104 Gunnersbury Park, Acton, the lower lake : views in the grounds at, 122, 123, 133 i '.ymnosporangium Sabinae, the Pear rust disease, 134 H Haplooarpha scaposa, 124 Hoodia Currori, 62 Hudson, James, portrait of, 105 Iris tectorum, a white variety of, 216 Iris tingitana, 24 Tapanese garden at Gunnersbury House, 103 Juniper branch attacked by Gymno- sporangium Sabinae, 134 Kniphofia (Tritoma) x Goldelse, 43 L^elia majalis alba, 45 Larix leptolepis, cone of, 290 Lathyrus violaceus, 145 Lava from Mount Vesuvius, tree uprooted by, 319 Leonardslee, views in the gardens at, 272 Lilford Hall gardens, views in the rock-garden at, 225 Lilium sulphureum flowering in Mr. Sprenger's garden, Naples, 190 Linnaeus' garden, a view in, 385 M Marasmius oreades, the Cham- pignon, 316 Meconopsis bella, 197 Melon house at Buxted Park gar- dens, view in the, 153 Michauxia campanuloides, 111 Montbretia Prometheus, 223 Mount Vesuvius, views in a garden near, 318, 319 N Narcissus viridiflorus, 375 Nepeta Veitchii, a new Chinese species, 334 Nephrolepis exaltata var. canali- culata, 198 Nerine flexuosa alba, a batch of plants of, 336 Nymphaea gloriosa, 135 ; N. ther- malis, 325 Odontioda Vuylstekeae, 47 Odontoglossum amabile Royal Sovereign, 152; O. crispum Jean Linden, 418 ; O. c. Madam' Lin- den, 418 ; O. X Queen Alexandra var. Carmen, 13 Omphalodes Luciliae, 53 Osmunda palustris var. Mayii, 161 Palm leaves, harvesting, in Sicily, 405 Pampas grass, a fine plant of, 295 Pea, culinary, Quite Content, 98 Pear affected with Fusicladium pirinum, 22 Pear rust disease, the, 134 Pear scab fungus, on young shoots, 22 ; spores of the, 22 Pedicularis sceptrum carolinum growing in the Upsala Botanic Gardens, 385 Pettisrew, Hugh A., portrait of, 441 Phlox Tapis Blanc, 181 Phoenix canariensis in Sicily, 404 Picotees Gronow and Amphion, 77 Picotee Mr. Nigel, 76 Pinus Pinea uprooted by lava from Mount Vesuvius, 319 Potato flower showing staminoid petals, 305 Potato tuber pierced bv Couch- grass, 236 Primula Cockburniana, 249 ; P. farinosa, 193; P. Forbesii, 192; P. japonica, 207; P. obconica, 208 ; P. sinensis, a wild plant of, 191 ; P. tangutica (printed as Cockburniana), 231 ; P. vines- flora, 230 ; P. vittata, 209 Ramoxdias and Cypnpediums in Lilford Hall gardens, 225 Reynolds, George, portrait of, 125 Rome, views in two noted gardens at, 428 ; a railway station at, 429 Roses Anna Olivier, 16 ; David R. Williamson, 143; Dr. William Gordon, 142 ; Queen of Spain, 33 Rubber, natives of Ceylon tapping a tree for, 420 Rubus villosus var. Lucretia, 25 St. Paul's churchyard, a flower bed in, 182 Salvia dichroa, 177 School gardens, views in two, 148 149 Spiraea Millefolium, 183 Stand for exhibiting vegetables, 120 Stand, plant, Bound's patent, 199 Stepping-stone path through Bam- boo garden at Gunnersbury House, 104 Strawberries, scenes in the market- ing of, 72, 73 Sweet Pea Rosy Morn, 84 Tomato Sunrise in the gardens at King's Walden Bury, 281 Tregothnan, the residence at, 159 Tring Park, the new bothy at, 369 Tschermak, Prof. Erich, 137 Tuber aestivum, the Truffle, 316 Turner, Harry, portrait of the late, 218 Upsala Botanic Gardens, view in the, 385 Vatican garden, view in the, 428 Vegetables, a stand for exhibiting, 120 Victoria regia flowering in the old Nymphaea house at Kew, 321 Views in a garden near Mount Vesuvius, 318, 319; in the gar- dens at Leonardslee, 272 W White, W. H., portrait ot, 87, HI Yew tree trimmed in the shape of a cross, 232 July 7, 1906. J THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. THE 6;irbcncrs'(!ibronicIc No. 1,019.— SATURDAY, July 7, 1906. CONTENTS. Aberdeen Agricultural Propagator, the 5 College 12 Rainfall, a heavy ... 12 Agriculture, the transi Rose, Austrian Brier ... 1 tion in 10 Rose Otto von Bismarck 12 Books, notices of — Smith, W., presentation Text Book of Botany 3 to... 12 Brussels Botanic Gar- Societies dens 11 Dutch Horticultural... 17 Cann House, Plymouth 4 Linnean 16 Celmisias 2 National Rose- 18 China, E. II. Wilson's National Sweet Pea ... 18 travels in 11 Royal Agricultural 9... 17 Chrysanthemum, a long Royal Horticultural Detailed 12 (Scientific Committee) 15 Dresden Orchid show, Royal Meteorological 17 the forthcoming 11 Southampton Royal Fire-resisting tree, a . . 11 Horticultural 17 Flower show arrange- Sweet Peas, new 12 ments 10 Trees and shrubs — Flowers in season 11 Juniperus Cedrus 14 Forestry, British 11 Trees, moving large ... 5 ■Garden cities 15 Vegetables — Gardeners*, Scotch, out- Beans, Cabbages, Par- ini; 12 sley, and Shallots, Hailstorm, a severe 15 notes on 8 Holland House Flower Walking-sticks from Show 10 Palm stems ... 15 Kew notes 14 Water gardens •j Lime flowering, late ... 12 Week's work, the — London Markets and Apiary, the 9 their supplies 4 Flower garden, the ... 9 National Chrysanthe- Fruits under glass ... 9 mum Society's annual Hardy fruit garden ... 8 outing 12 Kitchen garden, the ... 8 Nursery notes — Orchid houses, the ... 8 Mr. L. R. Russell's ... 13 Plants under glass ... 9 Odontoglossum crispum, Wild flowers for cutting 14 var. "Carmen " 13 Wright, John, Y.M.H.... 11 ILLUSTRATIONS. Bouquet, a prize Cann House, Plymouth, (Supplementary Illustration). Carpenteria californica, a flowering spray of Carpenteria californica, flowering in Cambridge Botanic Gardens .. Celmisia coriacea, flowering at Glasnevin Botanic Gardens Celmisia spectabilis as a rock garden plant Horse-Chestnut tree, a large, after transplanting Odontoglossum crispum, variety Carmen Rose Anna Olivier THE AUSTRIAN BRIER. WHAT is the Austrian Brier, and whence did it come? These questions oc- curred to us in a singular way. Not long since a correspondent enquired about a yellow-flowered Rose occurring- in Syria, where the profusion and beautv of the flowers were very noteworthy, as noted also on the slopes of Lebanon by Sir John Llewelyn. From the description given, we conjectured that the plant was the Rosa lutea of Miller, of the Botanical Maga- zine (tab. 363), and of Lindley's Monograph of Roses (1820, p. 84). This conjecture was verified by the inspection of Syrian specimens obtained subsequently by Mr. Arthur Sutton. This plant was called by Linnaeus Rosa Eg- lanteria, a name adopted in the Index Kewen- sis, which is unfortunate for many rea- sons, which we need not discuss here. When the Syrian flowers just mentioned were subsequently submitted to Col. Prain, the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew, he at once recognised them as those of an Indian Rose — R. Eglanteria of Linnaeus, which is, as we have said, synonymous with R. lutca of Miller. It is described in Sir Joseph Hooker's Flora of British India (II., 1S97, p. 360), and stated to be a native of the drier parts of the Himilayas from Kistwar westward, and in Western Tibet. Afghanistan, Asia Minor, and Siberia are also mentioned as countries where- in this Rose is found native. Hooker ex- pressly calls this the Austrian Rose, and cites Jacquin, Hort. Vindob, I., t 1. Nicholson also calls it by this name. Sir Dietrich Brandis and Boissier both name it Rosa lutea. Boissier in his Flora Orientalis (II., 1872, p. 671), mentions the "Persian yellow " as pos- sibly a form of this species (lutea), and in William Paul's Rose Garden, Rosa lutca is made to include the following varieties : Cop- per, double yellow, Harrisoni, a hybrid said to have been introduced from America, Per- sian Yellow, etc. In Gibelli's Flora I tali- ana (p. 677) Rosa lutea is mentioned as growing wild in hed^i-s in Piedmont, Venice and Naples. Gremli, in his Flora of Swit- zerland, translated by Pailson, speaks of this species as apparently quite spontaneous on the gypseous rocks near Nax, Decaisne, and Naudin Manuel (p. 102) remarks that it (lutea or Capucine) seems to be indigenous to the centre and south of Europe, where, however, it may be merely naturalised. Coste in his Manual of the Flora of France does not mention it, nor is it entered in the Belgian floras. Nyman in his Conspectus Florae Europac tells us that R. lutea has been men- tioned as occurring in Southern Europe, but that it is then- only sub-spontaneous. I.ind- Iey in his monograph above cited mentions a variety punicea, "lloribus bicoloribus," which we mention bi 1 ause he cites as synony- mous R sylvestris Austriaca, florc phoeniceo, Hort. Angl. 66, 18, and R. lutea bicolor, Jacquin Hort. Vind., 1. t. i.-TSims Bot. Mag., t. 1077, and others which it i- not necessarj for our present purposS to enumerate. Cn'-pi 1 included tin species lutea in his section Lu- teae. Baker in these columns, August 15, 1885, p. 199, kept up Miller's name of lutea and arranged it in his group Rubiginosa, but in his more recent revision in the Journal of the Linnean Society, February 16, 1905, he alters his opinion, adopts Linnaeus' name of Eglanteria (giving Miller's name lutea as a synonym), and places it in his Group VII. Spinosissimae. We might pursue this part of the subject much more fully, but only at the risk of wearying the reader. From what has been said it seems clear that Rosa lutea or the so-called Austrian Brier is of Eastern origin and that it is not really native in any part of Europe, though met with here and there in a natura- lised condition. How it received the name Austrian is a mystery, though it is easy to conjecture that it may have been introduced from the Levant into Austria and distributed thence into Flanders in the 15th or 16th century. Thus Dodoens and Bauhin both speak of Rosa lutea, but we have not their works at hand to verify our reference. Matt- hiolus in his Commentaries on Dioscorides (155S) mentions Roses growing in Italy as conspicuous for their golden colour (quae aureo colore fulgent). Our own Gerard, who is generally rather credulous, narrates the following story, but he publishes it with all reservations : — " The yellow Rose which (as divers do re- port) was by Art so coloured, and altered from his first estate, by graffing a wilde Kose upon a Broome-stalke ; whereby (say they) it doth not onely change his colour, but his smell and force. But for my part I having found the contrary by mine owne experience, cannot be induced to beleeue the report : for the roots and off-springs of this Kose have brought forth yellow Roses, such as the maine stocke or mother bringeth out, which event is not to be seen in all other plants that have been grafted. Moreover, the seeds of yellow Roses have brought forth yellow Roses, such as the floure was from whence they were taken ; which they should not do by any conjecturall reason, if that of themselves they were not a naturall kinde of Rose. Lastly, it were contrary to that true principle, Natures sequitur femina quodque sua : that is to say. Every seed and plant bringeth forth fruit like unto it selfe, both in shape and nature : but leaving that errour, I wiil proceed to the description : the yellow Rose hathe browne and prickly stalks or shoots, five or six cubits high, garnished with many leaves, like unto the Muske Kose, of an excellent sweet smell, and more pleasant than the leaves of the F.glantine : the floures come forth among the leaves, and at the top of the branches of a faire gold yellow colour: the thrums in the middle, are also yellow : which being gone, there follow such knops or heads as the other Roses do beare.'' The double form is also mentioned by Ger- ard, who speaks of it as " a prime rariety about London, where it is kept in our chiefe gardens." Parkinson in his Paradisus (1629, p 417) thus speaks of the single yellow Rose :— "16. Rosa lutea simplex. The single yellow Rose. This single yellow Rose is planted rather for variety than any other good use. It often groweth to a good height, his stemme being great and wooddy, with few or no prickes upon the old wood, but with a number of small prickes like haires, thickeset, upon the younger branches, of a darke colour somewhat ieddish, the barke of the young shootes being of a sad green- reddish colour: the leaves of this Rose bush are smaller, rounder pointed, of a paler greene colour yet finely snipt about the edges, and more in number, that is, seven or nine on a stalke or ribbe, than in any other kinde, ex- ihe double of the same kinde that followeth next: the flower is a small single Rose, con- sisting of five leaves, not so large as the single Spanish Muske Rose, but somewhat bigger then the Eglantine or Sweete Briar Rose, of a fine pale yellow colour, without any great sent (sic.) at all while it is fresh, but a little more, yet small and weake when it is dryed." The same author in his Theatrum, pub- lished in 1640, speaks of the vermilion Ruse of Austria, or Rosa sylvestris Austriaca, quot- ing, no doubt, from his Flemish predece-sms. Then we come to Philip Miller, who, in the eighth edition of his Gardener's Dictionary, speaks thus of the Austrian Rose. We quote the eighth edition as being the one in which the Linnean nomenclature for plants in gen- eral was first adopted, but, no doubt, the details relating to this species were also printed in the earlier editions. It will be ob- served that the plant he describes is the one with copper-coloured flowers, which he dif- ferentiates from the "single yellow Rose" : — " The twelfth sort is commonly called the Austrian Rose. The stalks, branches, and leaves are like those of the last [the single yellow variety], but the leaves are rounder ; the flowers are larger ; the petals have deep indentures at their points ; thev are of a bright yellow within, and of a purplish copper colour on the outside ; they are single, have no scent, and soon fall away. There is frequently a variety of this with yellow Sowers upon one branch, and copper colour upon another. This sort of Rose loves an open free air and a northern aspect." This yellow Rose has also been confounded with R. sulphurea and was by oil mis con- sidered to be a yellow form of R. gallica, but both these suggestions may, we think, in the face of the evidence here summarised, be dis- missed as untrustworthy. M.T M- THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. [Jc;.\ 7, 1906. CELMISIAS. The Celmisias constitute a very charming genus of New Zealand plants, known in their own country as the Mountain or Horse Daisy — why horse, I wonder ? They do not seem to be as well known in this country as their beauty and good habit of growth would lead one to expect ; tor to a very handsome blossom they add the attraction of foliage which is always decorative, and at its best period very handsome. Their stiff, compact leaves, with matted, flannel- like lining on the undersides, are often covered on the upper side with silky hairs lying pressed down on the leaf, giving a silvery appearance to the whole plant. After they are once established their culture appears to be quite simple. We grow them in sunny places in the valley, raised a little by pre- ference, and with ample drainage ; and though generally giving' them a special mixture of soil which contains always a good deal of leaf mould, sown in the autumn, or in about three or four weeks if sown in the spring under ordinary cold frame treatment, but as we find much, even of our own seed, is immature, it is worth while to go over it carefully, when it is easy to select plump, matured ones, if there are any, as it may be that in a whole seed-head there are none really likely to germinate. The dangerous time in the life of the seedling appears to be between the period when it has formed its second pair of leaves and its thorough establishment in its new quarters, whether it be thumb pot or box. Unless the water can is very carefully used the young plants seem liable to rot oft at collar, and we have suffered some wholesale disasters at this period. We like to get them out as soon as we can into their permanent places, as the long roots of the young plants are easily broken, and seem to require greater freedom than they can have in a pot. Generally speaking they may be said to want no coddling, but ask only for care in growth and Presuming that a rock-pool 200 square feet in extent is proposed to be made, an area of 300 square feet should be excavated, and the bot- tom and sides securely cemented, as though 300 square feet of wai»er surface were really required. Define the actual pool 200 square :