INDEX. 



Abtjtilon Thompsoni, 317 

 Acacias, pruning, 192 

 Achimenes, thrips on, 319 

 Acme frame, Looker's, 56 

 Agapanthus, hardiness of, 354 

 Agavas, culture of, 319 

 American garden, the, 236 

 Antirrhinums, select, 221 

 Annual flowers, choice, 76 

 Annuals for cold soil, 160 

 Ants, destroying, 240 

 Aquilegia glandulosa, 353 

 Aquilegias, hardy, 353 

 Areca lutescens and A. ruhra, 23 

 Artillery plant, 95 

 Asparagus beds, salting, 64 

 Asparagus, colossal, 314 

 Asters for the conservatory, 171 

 Astilbe japonica, 307 

 Auriculas, seedling, 287 



Basket plants, 128 



Beans, preserving, French, 192 



Beans, kidney, 132 



Beans, scarlet runners, planting, 173 



Bedding calceolarias, 175 



Bedding, carpet, 137 



Bedding, embroidery, 65 



Bedding plants, propagation of, 45, 278 



Bedding plants, select, 79, 351 



Bedding succulents, 341 



Bedding violas and pansies, 262 



Beds, preparing flower, 112 



Bedders and bedding, 45, 79, 112 



Beehive, the German, 179 



Begonia fuchsioides, 127 



Begonias, ornamental-leaved, 63 



Begonias, propagating, 174 



Beetroot culture, 116 



Boiler, Cannell's new, 146 



Books, new, 188, 339 



Borecoles for bedding, 77 



Bougainvilleas, pot culture of, 356 



Bouquets, flowers for, 148 



Boxes for propagating, 319 



Boxes, window, 48 



Bulbs, planting spring-flowering, 228 



Cabbage, club in, 192 



Calamus dealbatus and C. spectabilis, 23 



Calceolarias, 157 



Calceolarias for bedding, 175 



Cannas, select, 78 



Cannell's new boiler, 146 



Cape cowslips, 242 



Carpet bedding, 157 



Carpet chamomile, 352 



Carrot culture, 1 1 4 



Celosia culture, 160 



Centaureas, propagation and culture 



of, 54 

 Chamsedorea spectabilis, C. gramini- 



folia, C. Wendlandi, 21 

 Chamaerops Fortunei and humilis, 24 

 Christmas decorations, 366 

 Chrysanthemums, 95 

 Chrysanthemums, Japanese, 19 

 Cineraria culture, 143 

 Clematis, 352 



Clematis culture, hybrid, 129 

 Clematis, propagation of, 288 

 Clianthus Dampieri, 224 

 Climbing plants for a porch, 191 

 Climbing roses, 5, 347 

 Club in cabbages, 192 

 Cocos Weddeliana, 24 

 Coleus, note on bedding, 118 

 Columbines, hardy, 353 

 Cordon case, Brehaut's, 360 

 Corypha australis, 24 

 Cucumbers, summer, 106 

 Cyclamens, 350 

 Cypripedium insigne, 337 



Dahlia, propagation and culture of the, 



82, 104, 199, 244 

 Daemonorops accidens and D. plumosa, 



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