UMASS/AMHERST I'll'll iii ;I!l ''ii : 1 312066 0332 3088 7 ;,. i .. ;i , OiriN' ^ ■'■■■■'i'.::i,'.H';. i?Sv';'^^J):;('|^:'i:!^!ji;i,t;.,.;:-:i:;;;^^ '!!.,.',. if. ■'•',V.l'v>'''. i :i'/'y %mmi..:.m:'r''y:^ri Hlyy 'S^^>il: ,;';|v: * i ;;;;-.j,'y. ■,'/..r: il'.C '^''" ■ ''■^:';' ■ LIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE so u Bc E _ .CoJie^.e^- — ^u ria.s> . v.SI The Garden.] [December 29, 1917. AN Illustrated Weekly Journal OF Horticulture in all its Branches. Founded by W. Rtbinson in 1871. Edited by HERBERT COWLEY. VOL. LXXXl. CHRISTMAS, 191 7. LOUXDO[N^- Office: 20, TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, V^.C. Published by "COUNTRY LIFE," Ltd., 20, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, W.C, and by GEORGE NEWNES, Ltd., 8-1 1, Soutliampton Street, Strand. The Garden 1 - ^ [December 29, 1917. V^ THIS VOLUME OF "THE GARDEN" Is dedicated by pepmission to THE RT. HON. SIR HERBERT MAXWELL, BART, A .Ci., D.Ct.L., LL.D., F.R.S. IT is given to few to possess great knowledge and at the same time the gift of imparting it with grace and charm. Yet this may be claimed for Sir Herbert Maxwell, to whom we have the honour and the pleasure of dedicating this volume of The Garden. r He combines an intimate and practical acquaintance of the craft of gardening with an accomplished pen, and a style which never fails to delight and instruct. In many branches of science and art his name is honoured, but in none is he held in higher or more affectionate esteem than among those where trees and flowers are cultivated. Who has not read with pleasure his " Memories of' the Months," " Meridiana," " Scottish Gardens" and "The Woodland Note-book," to say nothing of countless articles on. horti- culture, or on art and archaeology, sport and history ? Those who have been privileged to visit Monreith — that famous Galloway garden about which so many delightful accounts have flowed from his pen — can attest to the zeal and knowledge bestowed on an exceptionally rich and interesting collection. The West of Scotland, with its enviable climate, can boast of many fine gardens, but of none in which an owner's personal labour, attention and wide experience are so successfully combined. This is the secret of Sir Herbert's renown. His life has covered wide and varied fields. For twenty-five years Member of Parlia- ment, for many years a Minister of the Crown, Lord-Lieutenant of his County, Privy Councillor, Fellow of the Royal Society, President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and Chairman of Ro}^! Commissions and Committees — -these indicate some of the activities amid which he has become a recognised authority on all that pertains to horticulture and forestry'. Sir Herbert Maxwell takes the keenest interest in national affairs. For some years he has been President of the Territorial Force Association of his county, and his two sons have died in the service of their covmtry — one in South Africa in 1897, and the other at Antwerp at the commencement of this war. We are confident our readers will join us in olfering an expression of hope that he may long be spared to cany on his useful and interesting] work, coupled with gratitude tor the ^ many and signal services he has rendered. The Garden.] [December 29, 191 7* The Right Hon. Sir Hkrricrt ilAxwEi.r.. Bart., F.R.S Vol. LXXXI. The Garden," December 29, 1917. INDEX AberucliiU and its gardens, 544 Abutilons, 101 ^gle separia, 185, 220 Agave americana, 446 Agricultural workers, wages for. 449 Aliens, some naturalised. 238, 251 Allotment, a reader's, 87, 345 ; cropping a 10-rod, 90 ; National Union of, 277, 489, 523 ; security wanted, 573 ; week by week, 52, 58, 74, 89, 98, 115, 143. 162, 186, 225, 246 Allotments, 69, 70, 333, 347, 453 ; exhibi- tion, 415 Alnus glutinosa, 119 Alyssum saxatile, 369 Analysis, 268, 392, 416, 453, 456 Anchusa, 216 ; Dropraore Variety, 229 ; root cuttings of, 244 Androsace ciliata, 158 Anemone blanda Ingram's Variety, 133 ; Pulsatilla, 150 ; P. alba, 119 ; vitifolia tomentosa. 326 Anemones, St. Brigid, 422 ; Wood, and Snowdrops, 138 Annuals, 565 Antirrhinum Prima Donna, 224 Ants, 248 ; and Lily flowers, 353 Apple AUington Pippin, 2 ; Annie Eliza- beth, 91 ; Blenheim Orange, 432. 514 ; Court Pendu Plat, 78 ; Cox's Orange Pippin, variation in, 96, 121 ; crop, 506 ; Early Victoria, 341 ; eating, 517 ; Ellison's Orange, 474 : I'rench Crab, 551 ; Gloria Mundi, 416, 442, 478 ; hybridisation of, 173, 197 ; Irish Peach, 490, 542 ; Lane's Prince Albi'rt, 233 ; Miller's Seedling, 281 ; Newton Wonder, 367,422; Ne^vtown Pippin, 344 ; orchard, planting an, 534 ; Orleans Keinette, 35 ; Peacemaker, 341 ; shoots, woolly aphis on. 10 ; St. Everard, 416, 442, 455 ; Stirling Castle, 292 ; trees for enclosed garden, 414 ; grafting, 134 ; high planting, 490 ; injury to. 78 ; pruning, 400, 446, 500 ; silver-leaf in, 173 ; three " quality," 416 Apples, 475 ; analysis of, 12, 39 ; choice, 385, 433, 455 ; flavour in, 4, 65, 479, 502, 561 : Crab, 203 ; Golden Pippin, 342 ; little-known, 542 ; many-seeded, 501 : storing, 442 ; windfall, 377 Apricots, 288 ; limiting spurs, 561 Arch, creepers for an, 110 Arsenate of lead spray, 247, 289 Artichokes, Globe, 103, 109, 311, 474; Jerusalem, 492, 510, 514, 322, 335, 537, 557, 566 ; two recipes for, 65 Arum, a red, 280 Asarum europaeura, 369 Asparagus, 93, 134. 215, 221, 338, 496 Aster J. Vaughan. 423 ; paniculatus, 427 Asters, Chinese JIarguerite, 404 Astilbc grandis, 253 Astragalus maximus, 1 Bamboos, the, 391 Barberry, 538 Barr Cup liolders, 184 Bastia, Corsica, 6 Battlefield, of a year ago, 304 Bean, Broad, tops, 208; Dutch. 417. 513; Dwarf French Masterpiece. 160; Phenomenon. 72 ; Runner, as a winter vegetable, 171 Beans, 223 ; Broad, 84, 109, 214, 450 ; fly on, 195 ; resowing, 103 ; Climbing, 216 ; coloured, 437 ; Dwarf, for Scottish gardens, 153 ; early. Marrows, and Ridge Cucumbers, 131 ; French, 16, 70, 93, 255, 311 ; and red spider, 219 ; Haricot, 140, 543 ; harvesting, 208 ; Kidney, 178 ; Runner, 98 ; cooking seeds of, 280 ; preserving, 184 ; staking, 106, 128, 171, 174 ; to sow now, 164 ; value of, 27 ; watering, 267 ; White Emperor, 112 ; White Runner, and Roses, 331; without sticks, 151, 171 "' Beastly days," no more, 451 Bee-keeping, 128, 138, 150, 160 Bees, flowers lor, 48, 56, 64, 80, 97 ; purchasing, 241 Beetroot, 423 ; as a bedding plant, 343, 353 ; Crimson Globe, 44 ; trial, 219, .522 Beetroots, 145, 175 ; to store, 353, 425 Begonia tuchsioides, 101 ; Gloire de Lorraine, 7 ; Hatton Castle Bedder, 428 ; weltonensis, 167 Berberis Aquifolium, 525 ; pulyantha, 474,; Thunbergii, 538 Berkshire garden notes, 482 Bibulous, column for, 412 Bilberry, land of the, 36? Birds, black and other, 109 ; friends and foes, 538 ; ingenuity of, 4 Blackberries, heavy cropping, 466 ; our native, 431, 490 Books — " All About the Potato," 249 ; " .Ameri- can Indian Corn," 520 ; "' Annuals and Biennials," 24 ; " Booklet on liottling Fruits and Vegetables," 243 ; " John- son's Gardeners' Dictionary," 202 ; ■' Paynter's System of Poultry-Keeping," 135; "Rhododendrons," 556; "Soil Conditions and Plant Growth," 364; "Standard Cyclopedia of Uortieul- ture," 439 Books — continued " The Beginner's Allotment," 262 ; " The Novelist in the Garden," 281 ; " Theophrastus," Sir .Arthur Hort's, 180 ; " The Perpetual-flowering Carna- tion," 413 ; " Vegetable Growing in War- Tim'." 85 Border, herbaceous, 53, 70, 93, 427, 531 ; south, 21, 304 Bramble, American, 280 Brassica " clubs," 449, 477, 480, 52:3, 541 Broccoli, 37, 4:S, 117, 216, 338, 474; Green Sprouting, 91, 175 Brooklime, 264 Brooms, late, 453 ; Spanish, 513 Brunsvigia Josephinai, 550 Brussels Sprout Dwarf Gem, 96, 493 Brussels Sprouts, 28, 61, 117, 132, 145, 175, 209, 233, 256, 268, 325, 487, 538 Buddli'ia variabilis, and butterflies, 383 Bulbs, 410, 439 ; early, 40 ; home-grown and foreign, 88 Bullflncii bfography, 199 Burnham Sands, 486 Bush houses, 292 Butterflies in France, 128 ; in the lane, 357 Cabbage, Chinese, 392, 415 ; Harbinger. 172; patch, 221 ; Root Magiot, 256.265. 277 ; Tonic, 183 ; Whites, 319, 368, 383 Cabbages, 103, 117, 124, 221, 258. 263, 279, 291, 299, 325, 333, 338, 438 Calceolaria Clibranii, 7 ; John Innes, 369 Calceolarias, 547 ; hybrid, 77 Calendula officinalis, 453 Camellias, hardiness of, 2, 13 Campanula pnlla, 356 ; rupestris, 219 Caraway, cultivation of, 488 Cardoons. 156, 338 Cardus heterophyllus, 342 Carnation b'ooms, record of, 21, 56 ; Countess of Wilton, 61 ; .Maldroii Drunimond, 224 ; Marian Wilson, 546 ; Mrs. Edward Douty, 546 ; Red Ensign. 431 ; Wheatear, 513 ; Winter Glow, 546 Carnations, 239, 436, 533 ; border. 41. 53, 56, 410, 522 ; Malmaison, 156 ; propagiiting. 263; Perpetual. 118 Carrots, 436 ; cultivation of, 283 ; storing, 413 ; thinning, 165 Castor Oil Plants and Azaleas, 414 Catalogues. 87 Catalpa bignonioides, 398 ; Tree, 505 Cauliflowers, 111, 13(1, 216, 263, 275, 509 Ceanothus Gloire dt- Versailles, 401 Celeriac, 79, 101 Celery, 124, 236, 239, 263, 288, 338, 400, 475 ; and Celeriac. ways of using, 532 ; blanching, 171, 370, 394 Cerastium, 243 Ceratostigma Willnmttiana, 423 Ceteracli, 97 Chantarelle, 371 Cherries, 191 Cherry, .Morello, double, 184 ; wild, 489 ; trees, black fly on, 207 Chestnuts, 157 Chicory, 164, 291 ; Brussels, or Witloof, 156 ; forcing, 325 Chimonanthus fragrans, 9 Chives, 289 Clioeo, Sechiuiu edule, 309 Chrysanthemum .-Vlex. Hervcy, 498 ; Brilliant, 521 ; Crusader. 498 ; Domvid, 498 ; General Petain, 498 Chrysanthemums 124, 239, 263, 423, 522, 533. 561. ; from .seed,.489 Chutney, windfall, 404 Cinerarias, 216, 312, 325. 401. 347 Clematis among shrubs. 491 ; Armandi, 519; catvcina, 11; "die-back," 441, 466, 491, 526, ,541 561 ; freed, 515 ; Jacknianii, pruning, 103; loss of, 466 ; montana. 216 ; nutans, 519 ; paniculata, 478 ; recta, 391 Clematises. 118 Climbers, pruning, 34 Clove Gilliflower, 40 Cobsea scandens, 318 Codlins, Pippins and other -\pples, 506, 557 Colour, an aspect of, 459, 478 ; descrip- tion, 330, 354, 382, 392. 404. 416, 429, 455, 502 ; standardisation. 13 Comments on THK 0.4I1DES, 364, 390, 451, 463. 496, 555 Conservatory, eoid. in winter, 313 Contrast, a, 85 Cordyline australis, 293, 319 ; leaves as tying material, 393 Corn, Indian, 435, 523 ; pudding and Com fritters, 220 Cornus controversa, 219 Corylus Avellana contorta, 34 Cotswolds, fodder plant from the, 535 County Derrv garden notes, 437 ; Down garden notes, 256, .322, 363, 431, 498. Crab Apple Jelly, 352 Cratsegus monogyna. 27 Crinums, 490 ; dividing, 414 Crocus biflorus var. Weldenii, 150 ; chrysanthus Warley Variety, 100 Crocuses, autumn, 478 ; in grass, 137 Cropping notes, 306, 319 Croi>s, earthing-np, 191; kitchen, 153; produce of, 500 ; some good root, 27 Crown Imperials. :J5l) Cucumbers, 93, 134. 178. 216, 227, 311, :189, 423 ; and Marrows, 157 ; and .Melons, 250 ; autumn, 531 ; in fruit, 16 Currants, Black, big-bud on, 28, 56, 113 ; drying, 292 ; Gooseberries and Plums, 313; Red and White, 101 Cyclamen Cherry Ripe, 84 ; Crimson St. George, 34 Cyclamens, 16, 239, 496 Daffodil diseases, 188 ; Distingufi, 178 ; notes, 166, 296, 322 ; season, 150 Daffodils at Westwick, 189 ; costly, in New Zealand, 64 ; replanting, 180 ; what is wanted in, 28 Dahlias, 312 ; P»ony-flowered, 135, 146 ; single, 61 Dendrobimn Illustre Florence Bartels, 179 Desfontainea spinosa, 11, 20 Deutzia Vilmorinii, 224 Devonshire, effects of winter in, 185 Dianthus Allwoodii, 16, 20, 28, 49 ; Napoleon, 321 Dictamnus Fraxinella, 135 Digging, different forms of, 105, 121 Digitalis alba, 93 Drop-scene, the, 494, 514 Duckweed, 368, 418 Barlham HaU, 114, 372 Earwigs, invading,, 261 Easterman Giant, 97 Elder, common, 244 ; Golden, 267 Elm, useless, 527 Endive, 361. 521 ; as an autumn salad, 320 Engraving, French, 151 Epacrises, double, 72, 80, 96 Eseallonia Donard Seedling, 42S ; langley- ensis, 317 Eschscholzia, double, 455, 465, 502 Eustonni Ellisii, 376 Evenings, winter. 30 Exochorda .\lbcrtii grandirtora, 202 Fabiana imbricata, 421. 442 Pernervr hardy. 273, 292 Fig Brown Turkey, 371 Figs, drying, 281 ; on walls, 338 Flower bed, war-time, 419 ; garden notes, 224. 252. 285, 323 ; parts of a, 227 Flowers, winter, 554, 563 ; and music, 544 Food, increasing, 38 ; values, 129 Forget-me-not, saving seed of, 526 Formal and informal gardens, 248, 405, 429, 466, 527 ; in garden and literature, 280 ; and wild, 354 Fowl-manure. 212 Fo.xgloves, white, 361 Frames, cold, 48 ; substitutes for, 95 Fn'csia La France, 66. 71 Freesias, 12 ; hybrid, 49 FritiUaria aurea, 166 Frost, 128, 151, 220, 403 Fruit blossom, 196 ; bottling, 260, 295. 360, 368, 385 ; crop, drying the, 222, 247 ; survey, 526 ; crops, good, each year, 221, 244 ; gardens of England, 412, 460 ; gathering, 406 ; growing in .Australia, 288 ; notes, 307 ; preserving, :i43, 373, 403 ; pulp, bottling, 187 ; trees, cordon, pruning of, 288 ; training. 371 ; culture of, 406, 422, 429, 432, 448, 476. 481. 492. 517, 529, 556 ; felling, 160 ; grease-banding, 448, 461 ; heavy cropping, 467 ; in pots, 70, 84, 178 ; nmlching, 118 ; planting, 403, 442, 486 ; protecting. 134 ; pruning, 32, 88, 297 ; restoration of, 344 ; saving French, 255 ; spraying, 65, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, 112 ; unfruitful, 456 ; unpruned, 456 ; work among. 344 Fruits, fertilisers for, 209 ; list of, 144 Fuchs and technical terms, 1 Fuchsias, 53 Fumigating with hydrocyanic acid gas, 85 Galanthus Ikarise, 2 ; nivalis and varie- ties, 67 ; plicatus, 97 Garden, always a flower in the, 2 ; amateur work in th*', 445 ; attractive, 408 ; Captain Daubuz and his, 36 ; Corsican, 220 ; County Down, 42, 343, 387 ; deserted, 180 ; Devon, a, 298 ; economy in the. 162 ; kitchen, 260. 409 ; moraine, 264, 274, 311. 3;i5 ; planning a Rose, 20, 30 ; rations, 196 ; small Rose, 9 ; Surrey, 408, 507 ■ town, 154 ; villa. 60, 94, 104 ; Weybridge, 208 ; wild, 268 ; autunm tints in, 465 Gardens and formal gardens, 330 ; and gardening. 443 ; Japanese, 530 ; wall, village of, 75 " Gardener, Florist and Agriculturist," ■244, 281, 305 Gardi'ners and National Service, 127 Gas-lime and club root, 204, 269 Gentian, dividing, 414 Gentiana asclepiadi^a, 446 ; Purdoraii, 326 ; septemflda, 369 Geranium 5Ime. Crousse, 442 ; Wallichi- anum E. C. Buxton, 453 Crt^raniums, 325 ; selection of, 488 Geum montanum, 64 Gilia coronopifolla, 368 Gladioli, 462 Gladiolus Sunspot, 320 Glen Clova, 386 Gloxinias. 167 Glyeeria aquatica. 311 Gooseberries, 101, 239, 538 ; bottling, 237 ; cordon, 371 ; mock, 20 ; pro- tecting from birds, 112 ; some good, 321 Gooseberry, hybridising the, 29 : mildew, 137, 174 Grafting and seed, 240 Granadillas, 327 Grape Moore's Early, 528 ; Millers Bur- gundy, 551 Grapes, 250, 275, 299, 325 ; bottling, 462 ; early, 389 ; late, 487 ; Muscat, 263, 522 ; outdoor, in London, 528, 551 Grass land, 419, 452, 533 Green fly, remedy for, 233 Greenhouse, seed-sowing in, 377 Greens, 250 ; for winter use, 281 Guernsey Lilies, good old, 526 ; notes, 458, 483, 508 Gunnera scabra in Perthshire, 416 Gypsophila elegans (rosea and alba), 329 Gypsophilas, 167 Hawthorn notes, 530 Hedge, a cheap, 14 ; and hedges, 276 ; clipping, 329 ; that, 228, 232 Helleborus niger altifolius, 513 ; Peter Barr, 63 Henbane as a medicinal herb, 133 Herb drying, 289, 342 ; growing, 414 ; medicinal, 149 ; pudding, 73 Herbs, 77, 145, 167, 400 ; at Abbeylcix House, 543 Hibiscus schizopetalus, 427 ; Waimsea, 427 Hollies fur carriage drive, 352 Honey production, intensive, 497 Hop garden, English, passing of, 112 Hornbeam (Carpinus Betulus), 403 Horseradish, 53, 93, 255 ; ale, 255 Horticulture, National Diploma in, 267 Hotbed cooling down, 136 Hutchins, the Rev. W. T.. 135 Hyacinth commission in 1840, a, 127 Hyacinths, Dutch, 87 Hydrangea, common, specific name of, 341, 454 ; Hortcnsia, 308, 330 Ilex Hodginsii, 48 Insect enemies of vegetables, 188 Insects, beware of, 234 Intercropping and catch crops, 171, 173 Ipomcea Leari, 403 Iris, English, 361 ; hardiness of, 447 ; reticulata in pots, 107 ; Ringdove, 224 : Rosenbachiana, 323, 330, 405 ; sibirica Perry's Blue, 224 Irises, June, 248, 286 ; Regelio-cyclus, 40 Judas Tree, 139, 161, 172 Juniper, the Mountain, 261 Juniperus nana, 305,, 330 ; phceuicea, 457 ; the genus, 430 Kew, mid-January Bowers at, 32 ; notes, 434, 509, 536 Kohl Rabi, 201, 427, 514 Kossovo, the Field of, 252 Labels, 273, 292 Labrador Kale, 171 Liplio-Cattlcya Canhamiana Golden Fleece, 376 ; Commander-in-Chief, 400 ; General JIaude, 101 ; Serbia var. Perfecta, 158 ; St. George Bryndir Variety, 474 ; The President, 101 ; Trident^ 66 Lake Country, reminiscences of the, 396 Land Cultivation Act, 189 L'Aniiec Champetre, 443, 478 Larkspurs dying off, 233 Lathyrus azurcus and Orobus varius, 293 Lanrus nobilis, 404 Laurustinus, 482, 489, 550 Lavender, a plea for, 303 ; dwarf, 303 ; supply, increasing, 329 ; white, 303 Lawn, artificial manures for the, 173 Lawns, care of, 83 ; near dwellings, 159 Leek bulbs, 68 Leeks, 172. 203. 228, 239, 258, 338 ; blanching, 255 282; exhibition, 160 ; for seed, 243 Ltjpidium Smithii as a vegetable, 184, 209 Lettuce, 167, 231, 400, 521 ; planted i>. sown, 116; seeds, sowing, 173 Lettuces and Endive, 288 ; planting betwccTi Celery rows, 279 ; three, 332 Leucojum venmm carpaticum, 103 Ligustrum lucidum, 303 Lilac Ellen Willmott, 224 Lilies, Arum, 462 Lilium monadelphum, 309 ; Parkmanii, 392 ; regale and ants, 303 ; speciosum X aiu-atuin, 359 Lily, a collected, from Ctiina, 405 ; of the Valley berries, 381 ; season in Scotland, 420 ; the Nankeen, 335 Lime, the use of, 153 ; Loganberries, 84, 288 ; and Raspberries , autumn treatment of, 362 Loganberry, origin of the, 353 Lonicera fragrantissima, 23; Maackii, 349 ; nitida, 127, 129 ; Standiahii, 23, 555 Lucerne and its colour-forms, 357 Lungwort, narrow-leaved, 168 Lycoris aurea, 56 Mache, 73 Magenta memories, 551 Magnolia Watsonii, 224 Makuri Gorge, 318 Manure, artificial, 256 ; heap, 219, 231 ; liquid, 535 ; making of, 332, 392 ; prob- lem, 481 Maritime -Alps, 387 •The Garden," December 29, 191 7.] INDEX. Marrow pickle, 377 Marrows. 70, 209, 272, 361 ; and Pump- klus, n'markablc crop of, 428 ; growing up poli-s, 306 : intrusive cultiv.ition of, 320 ; seleetioli of, 236 ; stuffed, 361 Medlars, gathering, 425 ; storing, 414 Melfosma cuucifolia, 317, 355 Melons, 70, 101. 109, 167, 273 Mesembr>*ant!iemums, 508 Methods, our ancient, 526 Mieliaelmas Daisy notes, 418 Michigan garden, 482 Mignonette and rain, 388, 409 Miltonia Princess Marv. 250 ; Venus, 81 ; vexillaria Sir Jlervyu Huiler, 224 Mint, 231 Mistletoe on Oak, 2 ; on tlie Elm, 12 ; on the Pear, 2 Molc-<*ting wircworni delusion, 233 Moles, trapping, 133 Monreith. Sir H. Maxwell's garden at, 284 Moreea, a dwarf. 1 Mounton House. 122, 142 Mulberries and Walnuts. 287 Alulching. the value of. 184 Muslltooms, 34. 93, 146. 299, 349, 410, 487 ; anil their culture. 185, 384 Musk, fragrant. 269. 280. 304 ; in Otago, 269 ; scentless, 28, 65, 208 Mustard and Cress, 475 Afyosotis oblongata, 208 Narcissi, 250, 349: natur.illsiug. 192 Narcissus Bonaparte, 117; Capax plenus, 144; Helinit, 179; .Michael, 158; Poetaz Elvira. 195 ; Poeticus ornatus. fi.-pl., 179 ; Queen of Dawn, 179 ; Santa Maria. 144 ; tenuior. 144 National Kose Society's Annual, 183 Nerine di'seriptioil. 2 Nerines, culture of. 490; liow to prolong, 501 ; seedling. 479 Nertera depn-ssa. treatment of, 500 Nettle as a food plant. 112 ; for pigs, li:i Nettles, destroying, 87 • ^ierembergia rivularis, 465 Nineteenth century gardening, 09 Obituary; Cliristy, Captain. 62 ; Cuthush, Captain Douglas. 168 ; de Kothschild. Leopold. 216 ; de Vilmoriu, Philippe. 277 : Dmery, Charles Thom,%s. 351 ; Easlea. Private W.. 463 ; Poster, Lieutenant H. L.. 241 ; Hemsley, Alfred, 62 ; Holland, Lieutenant A. I.rf'slie, 168 ; Houliston, William, 36 ; Massee, Gt-orge. 78 ; Oliver. Professor Daniel, 10 ; Koss. Charles, 62 ; Stred- wlck, James, 135 ; W.aliace, Captain Dudley, 463 Olearias, nomenclature of, 12 Onion Autumn Triumph, 341 ; fly, 245, 270 ; sets. 21. 29, H6 ■Onions, 145. 163. 2'28, 312, 361, 427, 444, 454, 490, 493 ; autnran-sown, 77, 270 ; heavy crops of, 514 ; Queens- land, 159 ; sowing. 79 ; storing, 453 ; summer, 306 ; Tripoli, 320, 338 ; young, 536 Orchards, making the most of, 112 Omithogalum lacteum. 105 _ 0.\a!is spectabilis. 453 Oxted Place and Gardens, 470 Oxydendron arboreum. 391 Paeonia albitlora. 237 ; lobata, 196 Pafonies, herbaceous, 374 Palm for an intermediate house. 85 Papaver alpinum, 377 ; hybridum, 381 Parkinson, according to. 22 Parochetus communis, 293 Paronychia capitata, 348 Parsley. 216. 275, 423. 430. 553 Parsnip soup, 454 ; the, as a source of sugar production, 56 Parsnips, 74, 80, 93, 478 ; recipe for cook- ing, 138 Passiflora edulis, 41 Pasture, breaking up old. 535 Pea Clibrau's Masterpiece. 522 ; Edwin Beckett, 64 ; Glory of Devon, 416, 442,514 ; guard, 177 ; Lord Kitchener, 2 ; .Masterpiece, 497 ; Peter Pan, 69 ; Triumphant, 267 Peach culture under glass, 388 ; Dymond, - 367 ; Peregrine, 367 ; trees, 101 ; summer pruning, 297 iPeaches. 44, 84, 101, 136, 275, 299. 400, 462 ; late, 509 ; outside, 417 ; pruning, 461 ; wild, preserving, 437 ; woolly and sour, 414 Pear Charles Ernest. 373 ; Gansel's Bergamot, 89 ; Louise Bonne de Jersey, 416 Pears, 424 ; cordon, 456 ; euUnary, 130 ; late, 475 ; on walls. 203 ; pickled, recipe for. 456 ; scab on, 488 Peas, 34, 77,93, 117. 167, 191, 215, 331 ; and Beans, preserving, 179 ; best culinary, 84 ; early, 553 ; for clay soils. 352 ; for drying, 291 ; for poor soils, 155 ; intercropping, 332 ; in trenches, 171; maincrop, sowing, 183 ; manuring, 141 ; sowing, 44 ; trial of, 54 Pelargoniums, 410 496. ; well-tried, 441 P«re d'Ardene, 375. 382 Perennials for cut flowers, 510 Philadelphus latifolius, 267 Phlox divarieata, 110 ; Hoodii, :-43 Phloxes, 156 Phormium tenax. 341, 393 Phosphates, value of. 184 Physalis Alki'kengii, 465 Pierre Morin, 409 Pine seeds, 137 Pines and Ribes, restrictions on, 403 Pippins. Golden. 466 Plant hunting in Upper Burmah, 346 Plantain, the broad-leaved, 417, 442 Planting In light soils, 183 Plants, collection of, 465 ; how to collect and dry, 549; for hanging baskets, 253 ; frozen, 536 ; hardy, cutting back, 196, 220. 244 ; selection of, 390 ; herbaceous, in turf, 262. 343 ; in steps and pavements. 407 ; of the High Alps. 176. 200, 226 ; pUlar, 61 ; staking, 219 Plum Blue Hock, 341 ; Coe's Golden Drop, 222 ; Laxtou's Utility, 376 ; Victor Christian. 441 Plumbago Larpentje. 381 Plums. 275 ; bush. 405 Podophyllum Emodli, 353 ; pcltatum. 382 Poems : " Pansies." 78 ; " The Garden of Peace." 431; "'the Cottage Garden," 561 Polyantliuses. 70 Polygonum Bistorta, 80, 97 ; vaccini- foliunl. 441 Polystichuni. how to grow. 192 *■ Ponipon " or " Pompone," 250 Poppies, alpine. 14 ; animal, 341 ; Shirley, autumn sowing of. 358 Potato clamps, thateliing. 477 ; Colonist. 393 ; competition. 415 ; crop, storing of. 381 ; culture. 498; ditneulties, 96; disease. 201. 231. 247. 257. 463, 541 ; Dunnottar Castle. 11. 305 ; Epicun*, 64. 329. 354. 393 ; experiment. 318. 503 ; Gordon Castle. 479 ; Great .Scot. 541 ; -Midlothian Early, 331, 369. 393. 403. 417. 478 ; Onions, 537 ; Order, 501 ; planting dibber. 443 ; pudding, 478 ; sets. chUled. 403. 427 ; sowing, economy iir, 184 ; substitutes, 71. 1-20. 139. 150 Potatoes, 108, 117, 138. 203, 461;' and lime, 48, 88 ; and Potato flour, 157 ; and Sweet Corn. 221 ; at Marvport Jlarket. 19 ; Christmas, 38 ; elami>eil, and frost, 478 ; copper sulphate spray for. 136 ; curious, 442 ; cutting off tops. 381 ; cutting seed. 119 ; digging ground for. 10, 35 ; frying for storing, 417. 479 ; early. 35, 345 ; in South- west Scotland. 47 ; lifting of, 355 ; ou Devon cliffs. '295 ; earthing up, 28, 256 ; from single eyes, 514 ; greening and sprouting, 56, 72 ; grown from single eyes, 487 ; growing in lazy-beds, 128 : on rough ground, 78 ; out. 268. 292 ; prize. 493. 541 ; high-priced. 489 ; hoeing and earthing-up. 2:i6 ; inmmne from wart disease. 8, 49 ; in Buckinghamshire. :J83 ; increasing seed supply of, 37 ; in dispraise of. 28 ; in pots, 77 ; in Worcestershire. 417 ; large seed. 119; maincrop, sale of. 367 ; manuring. 23 ; .Midlothian Early. 442 ; new. 195 ; at Christmas. 303 ; old and new, 503; past and present. 391. 401 ; planting. 149. 393 ; with a dibber. 342. 368, 383, 417 ; raising new varietieis, 277 ; retail price of, 47 ; seed. 501 ; .sale of hand-picked. 364 ; value of change in. 287 ; six. for light soil. 49 ; small. 310 : spindly growth of, 258, 280 ; spraying, 150, 173. 231, 255, 288, 294, 314, 427, 454 ; Burgundy jnixturc for, 279 ; objections to, 279 ; sprouting maincrop, 68 ; seed. 12 ; selection of, 554 ; storage of. 394 ; to keep small, 249 ; to save, 106 ; treat- ment of soil for, 85 " Potatos" or " Potatoes." 228 Pot-pourri, making, :SO0. 324. 330, 352 Primula Allionii, 129 ; Eureka, 179 ; hybrids, 521 ; japonica and Trollius Golden Queen. 299 ; La Lorraiue. 434 ; malaeoides alba tlorc pleno, 66 ; nutans, 318; sino-purpureo, 179 Primulas, 325. 410 Privet, vile odour of, 11 Prunus Pissardii, fruits of. 443 Pumpkins, 47 ; cultivation of, 47 Pycnauthemum ranticum, 79 Pyracautha erenulata Ilogersiana, 35 Pyrus prunifolia var. coceinea, 400 ; Sargentii. 428 Qucensto\ni garden, notes from a, 334 Quercus Mirbeckii. 477 Quince (Cydonia vulgaris), 329 ; Japanese, 513 ; as a pot tree, 453 ; Peculiar, 466 Rain, effect of heavy, 334 Ranunculi, French and Persian, 53 llaspberries, 34, 84, 436; after fruiting, 291 ; how to pack, 313 Raspberry canes, thinning, 223 Rates on war food plots, 312 Redoute. P. J.. 76; works, 120 Reseda alba, saving seed of, 232 Resurrections, some autumn, 433 Rhodanthes, old-fashioned, 304, 341 - Rhododendron ferrugineum prsecox, 27 ; praecox eaten by hares, 37 Rhododendrons. Chinese, 477 ; in New Zealand. 249 Rhodostachvs andina. 48 Rhubarb, 70, 274, 436. 496 ; forcing in the open, 53 ; leaves, 171, 197, '208, 2'20 Rhubarb, Monks', 300 ; pills aud tarts, 263 ; The Sutton, 207 Rhubarbs, seven, 310 Richardla (Catla) sthiopica, 180 Riv.Ts and Roses, 469 Riviera, notes from the, 3, 23, 31, 67, 100, 139, 190. 211. 237 Robinia Kelseyi. 224, 292 Rock garden, berried shrubs for, 10 ; bulbs for the, 369 ; green of the, 501 ; in autumn, 453 ; in winter, 555 Romneya Coulteri, 513 Rosa fa;tida=R. lutea, 348; Hugonis, 179 ; Moyesii in Scotland. 232 Rose .Annual. American, 470 ; Clarice Goodacre. 400 ; Dunwich. 281, 304, 4-28 ; Edel. 297 ; E. Godfrey Brown, 297 ; Elizabeth Cullcn. 296 ; Emma Wright. 297 ; Flower of Fairfleld, 513 ; Frances Gaunt, 400 ; garden at Croydon, 347 ; Gi-orge Dickson, 281 ; growing in the Western Highlands, 546 ; Horace Vernet. 551 ; J. de Escofet, 400 ; Mermaid, 277, 297 ; .Minne- haha. 465 ; Miss Slay Marriott, 277, 297 ; Mme. Jules >[argottin, 388 ; .Mooidight, hedge of, 466 ; Mrs. George Marriott, 297 ; Mrs. G. Norwood, 403 ; .Mrs. H. D. Greene, 329 ; .Mrs. Littleton Dewhurst, :!09, 404, 428 ; .Mrs. Lvttleton Dewar, 381 ; Mrs. Redford. 400 ; Mrs. Stewart Clark. 297 ; Pax, 297 ; posers, 359 ; answers to, :588 ; Queen Alexandra. 297 ; Sander's White, 428 ; season, the. 334 ; Souv. de la Malmaison. 256 ; Sunstar, 290 ; the Altai, 244 ; Waiter C. Clark. 277 : William Cooper, 367 ; York and Lancaster. 409 Unsemary. the Prostrate. 269 Roses. 275 ; an0tl ; jilnnthlg. 450 ; Polvantha. 537; pruning. 17. 109. 136, 389 ; Rambler. 431), 510 ; red. in 1917, 467 ; some garden, 468 ; the best market, 472 ; the earliest. 208, 220 ; various, pbinting distances for, 136 ; Wichuraiaiia. autumn-flowering, 473 ; wild, 469. 484. 546 Rubus Kolleri. 478 ; nutkanus, 31 Rue (Uuta graveolens), 362 Ruhhben. 66. 72, 213, 561 Rust fungi, :i70 ; White Pine blister, 24 Saceharine f.ir jain-makiug, 159 Salads. 165, 177 .Salsify, 75, 109, 127 Salt or lime, 428 .Salvia officinalis, 219 Sap transfusion. 490 Sauerkraut, making. 289 Saxifraga Burseriana, 128 ; B. Gloria, 117 ; Fortunei, 501 ; granulata, 220 ; oppo- sitifolia. 128 ; pedemontaua eervi- eornis, 244 Schizanthus, 179 Schizophragma hydrangeoides, 317 Sehizostylis, 13; coccinea, the Kaffir ! Lily. 3 SeiUa italica alba, 245 Seakale. 93, 101, 239, 496 ; Beet, 121, 138. 160. 219 ; flowers, 195 I Sea Pink, 35 Sedum album, 317 ; brcvifolium Pottsii, ' 369 ; pilosura, 374 ; populifolium, j 447 ; pulchelluin, 489 ! Seed, ri"'al value of. 501 ; sowing, success in, 125, 136 ; tape, 91 ] Seedlings, self-sown, on a retaining wall, I 495 ; transplanting, 152 i Seeds, 279 ; for 1918 crops, 547 I Selenipedium caudatum var. .Sanderae, 179 I Shallots, 243 ; the harvest of, 235 : Shrubs, 349 ; dwarf evergreen, for shade, I 63, 510 ; grafted, 338 ; planting, 109 ; I prot**ctiiig, 510 ; pruning, 178 Silene pennsylvanica, 167, 192 1 Silver-leaf disease, ;J83 Slugs, a remedy for, 207, 232 ; and snails, trapping, 367 ! Smilax, 70 \ Snowdrops, autumn-flowering, 4 ; Galan- thus byzantinus and otiiers, 15 ; Sorrel, the Eoselle, , or Indian, 108; J transplanting for winter use, 367 Sparrows, a crusade against-, 151 ; a word for, 129 ; in gardens, 271 Sphaeralcea pedata, 488 j Spinach, 109, 167, 267, 312, 349, 423 ; .is I a spring vegetable, 195 ; winter, 288, 1 309 Spiraea spikes, 317 Spraying, 84 ; demonstrations, 149, 183 Squill, the Vernal, 185 Staghurst, the gardens at, 212 St. Anne's-on-Sea, 467 Stems, square, 104 Strawberries, 101, 156, 239, 263. 291, 299, 312, 338 ; in pots, 84 ; layering and planting of, 259 ; soil for, 378 St. Fiacre, 353, 382 Strawberry beds, 134 ; Laxton's Leader, 338 ; season, how to prolong the, 259 Subsoil, bringing to the surface the, 79, 104 Sucker growths, removing. '202 Sugar Beet. 119, 433 ; and Brown Beans, 454, 478 ; experiments. 87, 96, 105 ; syrup, 414, 505; war-time use of. 111 Sulphate of ammonia, prices of, 231 Sunflowers, 207 Surface cultivation, 176 ; dressings, 310 Survivor^*, the, 472 Swede, Cabbage and Turnip, 103, 121 Swedes, 138, 178, 230 Sweet Pea .\lex. Malcolm. 250 ; Cupid, 329 ; Elegance, 230 ; .Moneymaker, 42, 48 ; .Mrs. Tom Jones, 250 Sweet Peas, 167, 304, 475 ; Spencer, early blooming. 352 Symphytum officinale, 138 Tea and war. 535 Telopea speciosissima, 95 Theophrastus, 55 Thoni, Paul's Scarlet, 220, 319 Thyme, increasing. 207 Toads wanted, 490 Tomato Bide's Recruit, 442 ; culture, books on. 233 ; grafted on Potato, 343 ; growing in a lofty conservatory, 404 ; Kondine Red. 522 ; maincrop. 353 ; plants, outdoor, topping. 360 ; Princess of Wales, 57 Tomatoes. 134. 143. 191. 228. 239. 325, 400, 496, 304. 522 ; and Potato disease, 269, :)03; early. 116; growing in boxes. 101 ; in pots. 263 ; in the open, 77, 79. 81. 105, 434. 487 ; outdoor, in Scotland. 87 ; side growths, 504 ; yellow, 235, 331 Tools, garden. 106. 123 Tortoisiw in gardens. 118 Tree leaves, value of, 532 Tree planting, German prisoners for, 328 Trees and shrubs, grafted, 350 ; pruning, 61 ; young, 436 Trencher poems. 192 Trenching. 80. 128, 150, 410, 450. 496 Trollius Ledebouri, 249 Tropax>lum speeiosum, 398 Trowel, the '■ Perfect," 273 Tubs, gardening in, 268 Tulip Eclipse, 202 ; list, an ideal, 117 ; Nomenclature Report, 337, 489, 502, 514 ; plantings, 5 ; tittle-tattle, 214, 358, 399 Tulipa Spreng4Ti ruminations. 237 Tulipes plurlHores. l:S2, 131. 1611 Tulips, Darwin, 502 ; height and colour of, 479, 550 ; in the garden. 420, 433 Turnip flea, a trap for the. 139 Tuniips, 137 ; cold, 221, 232 Valley, an upland, :i08 Vegetable and fruit drying. 272, 397 ; composts, 154 ; crops, desirability of late, 237 ; review of, 353 ; ground, cleaning the. 191 ; growing, cinemato- graph pictures of, 172 ; rotation or repetition in, 533 ; in war-time, 120 ; production increased, 51 ; seeds, Eng- lish, in the Tropics, 201 ; for Ruhleben Prisoners' Camp, 171 ; waste, 140 Vegetables, a housewife's list of, 33 ; autumn and winter, 475 ; below an ■ east wall. 136 ; for .sowing during .\ugust. 293 ; for the Navy, 36 ; grow- ing for the French Army, 316; inter- cropping, 59 ; large and small, 172, 197 ; planting a flower border with, 35 ; si'asonable remarks on, 104 ; select for 1918, 552 ; storing of. 411 ; the grow- ing of. 59, 83, 99, 113, 131, 141, 161 ; the need for early, 63 ; to grow in a cold greenhouse. 85 ; to sow and trans- plant, 246 ; watering. 234 Vegijtarian dishes, two good, 262 Veltheimia viridifolia, 127 Veronica, the Willow-leaved, 502, 527 ; Traversii, 383 Vine. Black Hambiu-gh. at Melchet Court, 413; bleeding, to prevent. 197; on walls outdoors, 328 ; pruning lateral growths, 265 ; -the Claret, 415 ; to combat mealy bug on. 85, 384 Vines, 70, 124, 178 ; early, 61, 109 ; how to grow without fire-heat, 136, 551 ; late, 109 ; planting new, 477 ; pot, 70 ; pruning, 521 ; young, 10 Viola bosniaca, 510 ; the, in war-time, 356 Violas, 410 ; how to treat, 233 Violets, double, 167 ; in frame, 331, 450 Vitis betulifolia, 474 Wahlenbergias, the, 336 Wallflowers, old i: young, 193 Water snails in Lily pond, 437, 454 Watkins and Simpson's new premises, 34 Weeding, a word about, 283, 478 Weeds and their destruction. 155, 305, 343, 334 ; in lawns, 383, 443 Wheat crops, condition of, 149 Winter and war, 424 ; effects of. 107, 115, 457 ; flowers, 554, 563 Wireworra, 159, 172, 195, 525, 527 Wood, well-ripened, 233, 256, 293. 355 WooUy aphis, 105 Yew hedges, a caution, 293 Yews and Hollies, planting, 536 Yucca damaged by frost, 124 INDEX. The Garden," December 29, 1917. ILLUSTRATIONS Aboruchill Castle, 544 AcokaDthera spectabilis, 63 Aldenham, intorcropping at, 59 ; pasture, 51 Allotment, a reader's, 345 Aiidrosace glaciali^, 227 ; primu- loides, 251 Anemone alpina siUfurca, 200 ; Pulsatilla. 120, 150 Annuals, 24 Antirrhinum Captivation, 54 Apple Adam's Pearmain. 506 ; Annie Elizabeth, 91 ; Belle de Boskoop, 460 ; blossom, 196 ; Calville Blanc. 506 ; EUison's Orange. 474 ; >[oublou, 455 ; Newton Wonder, 422 ; Orleans Reinctte, 351 : Peasgood's Non- such, 432 ; Rev. W. Wilks, 412 ; Rival, 460 ; St. Everard, 416 ; Tom Putt. 197 ; tree, grafted, 344 ; White Nonpareil, 506 ; William Crurap, 65 Apples, collection of, 433 Apricot Spurs, 561 Arenaria baloarica. 42 Artichokes, Jerusalem, 537 Arum, Red, outluie of, 280 Ai^paragus, giant, 221 Aster alpinus, 264 ; Thompsonii, 373 Azaleas at Weybridge, 207 Barberry fruits, 538 Bean, Dwarf, Reliance. 153 ; French, Earliest of All, 257 ; Longpod, 214 ; Runner, Hack- wood Park Success, 164 Beans, Broad, Leviathan, 215 ; Rimner, in pots, 131 ; row of, 98 ; staking, 140, 174 Beetroot Crimson Globe, 44 ; Sutton's Green Top, 522 Border, Munstead Wood, 21 Bramble, spray of, 280 Jirassicas, clubbing in, 480 Brasso-Laelio-Cattleya Lady Man- ningham Buller, 521 Broccoli, the Hardy Christ mas White, 37 Brunsvigia Josephina) in fiUl flower, 550 Brussels Sprouts, 175 ; club root on, 449 ; Dwarf Gem. 96 | Bulbophyllum Ericssonii, 436 Cabbage, Chinese, 353 ; Dwarf Green Curled, 258 ; planting, 172 Cabbages for spring, 333 Camellias in the open, 3 Campanula pulla, 356 ; Baineri, 357 ; X pulla, 357 ; rupestris, 219 Carbenia benedicta, 543 Carnation Border Yellow, 520 : Countess of Wilton, 61 ; Red Ensign, 43 ; Wheatear, 513 Carrot Intermediate, 246 ; New Intermediate, 283 Carrots, seedling, after thinning, 165 ; overcrowded, 165 Caryopteris Mastacanthus, 477 Catalpa bignonioides, 398 Cattleya Astron The Bell Variety, 499 Cauliflower Reliable, 111 ; Stand- well, 275 Cauliflowers, seedling, 186 Ceanothus divaricatus, 518 Celery, blanching, 87, 282. 283, 370 ; fly, 188, 234 ; grown between Asparagus, 394 ; inter- cropped, 321 ; planting, 247 Cerastium tomentosum, 243 ChautareUe, 371 Cherry, Morello, double, 184 Chicory, French, 157 Chionanthus virginica, 507 Choco, the, 310 Chopper, home-made Nettle. 113 Chrysanthemum Donald, 499 Clematis Armandi, 519; grafted, 515 ; recta, 391 ; showing " die-back," 491 Codonopsis ovata, 312 Colewort, the Hardy Green, 258 Cordyiine australis, 318, 319 Cordylines, a group of, 293 Corydalis ochroleuca, self-sown, 407 Crab, Japanese, 203 Cragwood, Windermere, 396 Crane-fly, 58 Crocus chrysanthus Warley Variety. 100 Crocuses, drifts of, 138 Curranti», Black, big-bud on, 28 from 529 ; Cyclamen Cherry Ripe, 168 Cydonia MaiUei, 513 Daffodil bulb attacked by Fu- sarium. 1S9 ; Cassandra Seed- ling, 322 ; Distingue. 178 ; Heather Perfection. 30 : Sybil Forster, 322 Dahlias, Mignon, 413 Daphne, after Parkii^on, 563 Deutzia Viimoriuii. 224 Dianthus Allwoodii. 16 Dracaena garden, 335 Drill, making a, 172 Dryas octopetala, 176 Duckweed. 418 ; skimmer for, 481 Earlham Hall, 114y 115 Eelworm. 188 Endive, Batavian. sowing, 291 Erinus and wild Geranium, 407 Eritrichium nanum, 226 Erodium Chamaedryoides, 82 Eryngium Oliverianum, 411 Eustoma Russt-Uiana Ellisii, 376 Flax. New Zealand, 393 Flower-bed, useful, 419 Food Production Conference, mem- bers of, 438 Foxgloves, self-sown, 361 Freesia La France, 71 Fritillaria aurea, 166 Fruit-picking ladder, 406 Fruit tree label, 273 Fruit trees, winter moth on. 234 Galanthus Elwesii, 4 Garden, blue and mauve. 372 ; in Japan, 530, 531 ; old walled, at Nailsea Court, 22 ; wall, 75 Gastrolobium cordifolium, 76 Genista virgata at Monreith, 285 Gentian, the Willow, 446 Gentians and Saxifrages, 192 Geranium atlanticum, 143 Glen Clova, 386 Glyceria aquatica, 311 Gooseberries, protecting birds, 112 Gooseberry Lancer, 492 Gourds, young, 304 Grapes, Black Hamburgl in an amateur's vinery, 551 ; Moore's Early, 528 Halesia tetraptera, 211 Heath, Irish, 372 Hellcborus altifolius, 559 Heraclenm Mantegazzianum. 387 Herb walk at Abbeyleix House, 542 Hibiscus Sabdariffa, 108 ; Wai- msea, 427 Honey, 497 Hornbeam hedge, 403 Hotbed, making a, 532 Hydrangea Hortcnsia. 308 Hyoscyamus niger* 133 lllicium religiosum, 232 Indian Corn, 435 Insects that help the gardener. 198, 199, 210, 211 Iris Dorothea, 248 : garden at Weybridge, 208 ; Juno, Roseii- bachiana, 323 ; Leucothoea, 40 ; reticulata Cantab, 107 ; Ring- dove, 225 ; Snow Queen. 298' Irises at Colchester, 286 Jacobinia chrysostephana . golden-flowered, 33 Jasmine, the Winter, 554 Judas Tree. 139, 161 Juiiiperus phcenicea, 457 Labels, useful, 273 Lachenalia Rosemary, 349 Lavender, an edging of, 303 Leeks, 255 ; blanching, 282 Aldenham, 395 Lettuce between Celery, 279 ; Holborn Standard, 332 Lcucojum vernum carpaticum, 103 L'exercice de la Baguette, 399 Lilac Ellen Willmott, 224 Lilium giganteum, 284 ; Krameri in wood, 545 ; nepalense. 420 ; speciosum x auratum, 359 Lily, an unnamed, 405 Lonicera Maackii, 549 Maize cob, 160 Mandrake and fox-terrier, 180 Marrow bed, 272 ; Rotherside Orange, 320 Marrows and Pumpkins. 428 ; Custard, 236 ; in seed-bos, 209 ; on poles, 307 ; watering. 261 McGran, James, 7 Meconopsis quintuplinervis, 373 Meliosma cuneifolia, 355 Mertensia prJmxUoides, 274 Mesembryanthemum Bolusii, 508 ; tigrinum, 508 the at Michigan, a formal garden in, 483 Molynenx, E., 7 Morsea papilionacea, 1 'Mounton House, Tiarella and Saxifrage at. 142 Mushrooms, gathcrhig, 384, 385 ; in the open, 185 Musk, fragrant, owner of, 209 Narcissi, white, beneath Plum blossom, 459 Narcissus Poetaz Elvira, 195 ; Queen Anne's double Daffodil, 145 ; Santa Maria, 144 ; tonuior, 145 Nerines, a pot of, 458 Nut tree, 517 Olearia macrodonta, 334 Onion and Cabbage plants, 516 ; Autumn Triumph, 341 ; bed, 444 ; fly, 245 ; plantation. Aldenham, 306 ; Record, 270 ; set and bulb, 29 Onions Ailsa Craig, 163, 493 ; Cranston's Excelsior, 163 ; dry- ing, 445 Onosma taiu-icum, 93 Ornithogalum laeteum, 55 Oxted Place, 470, 471 Pseonia albittora The Bride, 237 Paeonies, herbaceous, in grass, 262 Passiflora cdulis, 41, 327 Pea and Bean weevils, 234 ; Carter's Daisy, 553 ; Dwarf Peerless Marrowfat, 17 ; Edwin Beckett, 64 ; Johnson's Perfect Marrow, 331 ; Lord Kitchener, 2 ; Senator, 121, 141 ; Sutton's Early Giant, 552 Peas growing on wiro-nctting, 162; sowing, 172 Peach Royal George. 388 Pear Doyenne du Cornice, 448 ; Gansd's Bergamot, 89 ; General Todleben, 130 ; house at Allington, 461 Phlox canadensis Laphami Perry's Variety, 123 Phloxes and gateway, 545 Pieris formosa, 408, 409 Pinks, Heucheras and Alyssnm, 83 Plan of Rose garden, 9, 20, 38 ; small garden 39, 60, 94 Plant hunting in Upper Burmali, 346 Plum Coe's Golden Drop, 222 ; suckers, 202 ; Victor Christian, 441 Pool and statues, 154 Poppies, Shirley, 358 Portraits : Christy, Captain, 62 ; de Rothschfld, L., 216 ; Druery,' C. T., 351 ; Massee, George, 7 ; Maxwell, Sir Herbert{Dedica(ion) Orpen, O. G., 463 ; Ross, Charles, 62 ; Schneider, George, 18 ; Stredwick, James, 135 Potato Dunnottar Castle, 11, 305 ; Eighty-fold, 50 ; freaks, 443 ; Golden Wonder, 329 ; Gordon Castle, 479 ; growing out, 268 ; Harbinger, 73 ; Marsland Queen, 50 ; Mid- lothian Early, 369 ; Prosperity, 25, 503 ; Queen Mary, 50 ; second growth of, 292 ; super- fluous shoots, 68 ; The Chapman, 49 ; The Colleen, 49 ; tubers, greening, 462 Potatoes at Aldenham, 271 ; earthing up, 173, 260 ; lifting, 173; May Queen, 514; plant- ing, 172, 318 ; preparing ground, 149 ; seed, 172 ; spraymg, 173, 267, 294, 295, 314 ; sprout- ing, 12, 68 ; storing, 462 ; wind screen for early, 95 Pot-pojrri, making, 324, 325 Primula Allionii, 129 ; Eureka, 179 ; La Lorraine, 434 ; nutans, 298 " Product, ye, of ye hottest climate," 151 Pumpkin The Mammoth, 47 Quiuce, Japanese, 453 Raniuiculus glacialis, 226 ; pyrc- naeus, 201 Raspberry canes, thinning, 223 Reinwardtia tetragyna, 32 Rhododendron ferrugineum prse- cox and Genista hispanica, 27 ; Marquis of Lothian, 249; Oreo- trephes, 557 Rhodostachys andina, 48 Rhubasb, forcing, 53 ; Monk's, 300 Ribes divaricatum, 29 Hock garden. 122, 372 Rosa Hardii, 547 ; Hugonis, 179 ; microphylla. hips of, 484 ; Moyesii, 232 ; hips of, 484 ; setipoda, hips of, 484 Rose Augustus Hartman, 238 ; Austrian Briar, 348 ; Charles E. Shea, 485 ; Christine, 13 ; Dorotliy Perkins. 473 ; garden at Crovdon, 347 ; George Marriott, 296 ; Hellebore, 23 ; Lady Alice Stanley, 546 ; leaf attacked by black spot, 289 ; Margaret Dickson Hamill, 238 ; Mermaid. 297 ; Slinnehaha, 465 ; JMrs. Bertram Walker, 238 ; Mrs. Charles Russell, 472 ; Mrs. Littleton Dewhurst, 309 ; Mrs. Bedford, 400 ; Nellie Parker, 14 ; Heine Blanche, 468; Souvenir de la Malmaison, 256 ; The Garland. 468 Rosemary, creeping, 92 Roses, red, 467 Rubus Xolleri, 431 ; growing over wall, 430 ; nutkanus, 31 Rue in flower, 362 Ruhleben garden, 564, 565 Rustic lore, mine of, 442 Salvia Sclarea, 483 Savoys, planting, 281 Saxifraga Burseriana, 128 ; Gloria, 117 ; peltata, 143 Saxifrages and Hoar Frost, 555 Screen, the, at Chelsea, 155 Seakale Beet, 121 Sedum album, variety of, 317 ; brevipes, self-sown seedlings of, 495 ; pilosum, 374 ; populi- folium. 447 ; spectabile, 495 Seed bed, sowing, 260 ; boxes, 125 ; testing station, 501 Seedlings before transplanting, 152 Shallots, storing, 235 Shears, 265 Silenc pennsylvanica, 167 Slugs, trapping, 367 Snowdrop, Galanthus byzantinus^ 51 Snowdrops in woodland, 67 Soil analysis, 456 Soldanella alpina, 200 Sparmannia africana, 6 Staghurst, house and garden, 212. 213 Stargroves, orchard at, 535 Strawberry layer, rooted, 259 i Leader, 338 Styrax japonica, 381 Temple at Kew, 368 Thalictrum dipterocarpum, 326 Tomato Early Market, 81 ; . Holmes' Ideal. 185 ; Ipswicli Giant. 504 ; Magnifleent, 187 : Moneymaker, 181 ; outdoor! 360 ; Potato plant, 342 ; Prin' cess of AVales, 57 ; Recruit 415, 505 ; Regina, 79 ; seed- lings, 116; winter, 505 Trianon Gardens, Versailles, 516 Trifolium pannonicum, 97 Trillium grandiflorum, 285 Trowel. " Perfect," 273 Tulip Coronation Scarlet, 337 Tulipcs pluriflore.s, 132 Tulips at Weybridge, 208 ; iu parkland, 421 ; late, 5 Turnip flea-beetles, 159 ; White Milan, 186 Veltheimia viridifolia, 127 Veronica angustifolia, 527 ; salici- folia, 527; Traversii, a hedgfr of, 383 Viburnum Tinus lucidum, 489 Vineries, mixed, 233 Viola calcarata, 177 Wahlenbergia Purailio, 336 Walnut, Manchurian, 625 Wasps, work of the, 343 Watkins and Simpson's new premises, 54 Winterdyne, Bewdley, 494 Wireworms, 58, 159 Wisley Laboratory, 99 Wistaria, 190 Zenobia (Andromeda) speoiosa, 1^ POULTRY Appetites, keep, keen, 126 Appliances, rearing, 290 Birds, newly purchased, 126 Bone, green cut, 242 Breed, selecting a, 102 Calico, a waterproof, 290 Canary seed, 242 Changes, avoid sudden, 126 Chicks, an eye on the, 148 Chills, autumn, 464 Colds, suffering from, 426 ; to ward off, 426 Crop, massaging the, 440 ('rops. examine the, 426 Crossing, value of, 464 Culture, intensive poultry, 86, 102 Day-olds, sex in, 464 Death, caasc of. 440 Digestive disorders, 440 Drones and workers, 102 Eggs and chicks, 366 Eggs, forcing for, 278 : preserve. 278 ; scarcity of, 278 ; versus moult, 254 Exercise, scratching, 126 Feeding, clean, necessary, 230 ; grain, 126 ; injudicious, 440 ; methods of, 147, 266 ; ready for, 147 ; without grain, 204 Flocfcs, even, 366 Food, animal, 242 ; restrictions, 278 ; values, 242 Foods, other, 242 Foodstuffs and how to use them, 230 Fruit, fallen, 464 Gizzard, action of the, 266 Grain and soft food. 266 ; how to give, 126 ; sprouted, 126 Grains, brewers', 218 ; the smaller, 126 Greenstuffs, 242 ; how to give, 230 Hens for winter laying, 254 Hoppers, dry mash, 266 Hospital, interior of, 440; the hen, 440 Housing, attend to, 426 ; question of, 464 Internal arrangements, 290 Laying, to prevent, 254 Leghorns, White, 102 Light, going, 440 Limcwashing, 290 Maize, 126 ; green, 218 Male, the utility, 102 ftlales, choice of, 102 ; the, 278 Mash, selecting a dry, 266; the dry, 278 Methods, artificial, 86 Moult, late, 278 ; the coming, 254 Moulting, Irte, 254 Mustard and Cress, 218 Nesting, trap, 102 Oats, treathig the, 126, 147 Oflcakes, use of, 218 Organs sweet, keep the, 440 ; the digestive, 266 ; weak diges- tive, 266 Outings, occasional, 254 Overheating, avoid, 148 Plant, overhauling the, 290 Poisoning, symptoms of, 464 Poultry-keeping, backyard, 86 Preparations, timely, 148 Pullet, the laying, 366 i*ullets, forward or backward, 366 ; V. hens, 366 Quarters, permanent winter, 366- Quietude necessary, 366 Ration, a day's, 218 Rearing, artificial, 148 ; for early, 148 ; outdoor, 148 ; systematic, 366 Roof, the 290 Roots, the use of, 230 Roup, danger of, 426 Run, the, 148 Sitters v. non-sitters, 102 Sprouting boxes, 147 Stoclcs, reducuig, 278 Sunflowers, 159 Sunshine and fresh air, 86 SussL-x, praise for the, 464 Table crosses, 464 Tarring, 290 Temperature, 147 Tools needed, 290 Ventilation, 426 ■Weather, changeable, 426 Wheat, 126 Work-shed, a, 290 ILLUSTRATIONS Chickens, day-old, 147 Crossbill Farm, 254 Ducks, White Runner, 278 House, intensive, 102 Orloffs, Mahogany Russian, 148> Rliode Island Red, 440 Sicilian Butttercup, 426 THE OARDBN: JANUARY 13. 1917. THE SNOWDROP NOTES. Vol: LXXXI.-No. '"356. Entered as Second-class Matter a , ;e New York, N.Y.. Post Office. [: : EEGISTERED AT THE GENERAL | PiiioB 1 li POST OFFICE AS A NEWSPAPER I _ , d \, -^ AND FOE OANADIAM MAGAZINE I, 7^W,f "•'^cription POST. Jlnland, 6/6; Foreign, 8/11 MERRYWEATHERS* ROSES have a world- wide reputation for quality and cheapness. Strong and sturdy always, Merryweatlier trees, ever true to name, defy competition. All the newest varieties. Dwarfs, Standards, Climliers A grand stock of SluTibs and Oruamental Trees. Herbaceous Plants in great variety. Send for Catalogue. — H. Merryweatuer & SONS, Ltd.. Southwell, Notts. PROFITABLE HERB GROWING AND COI.LEOTING. By ADA B. Teetoen. Illustrated. 3/6 net, by post 3/10. 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