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INDEX. 



Cockscombs, 113 

 Collinsia, 119 

 Colorado beetle, 78 

 Construction of ice-houses, 353 

 Convolvulus tribe, the, 108, 119 

 Coral, artificial, for rockwork, 11 

 Cotton plants, 128 

 Crataegus prunifolia, 65 

 Crotons, 108, 137 

 Crocuses, 288 

 Cucumber, forcing the, 75 

 Cuttings, propagation from, 80 

 Cyclamen, culture of the, 29, 127 

 Cynoglossum, 119 



Dahlia, cultivation of the, 45 



Dahlia culture, 161 



December, Garden Guide for, 376 



Deep cultivation, necessity of, 366 



Design for classic fountain, 364, 



Deutzia gracilis, 127 



Dielytra spectabilis, 71 



Dioscorea discolor, 353 



Drenching board for cleansing plants, 



252 

 Dwarf fruit trees, 255 



Early annuals, 256 



Eccremocarpus, 106 



Echeveria secuuda glauca, 204 



Entoca, 119 



Enemies and friends of the rose, 245 



Epacris, cultivation of the, 130 



Erica elegantissima, 323 



Ericas in rooms, management of, 12 



Erysimum, 119 



Escholtzia, 119 



Eucharidium, 119 



Exposed flower-pots, 288 



February, Garden Guide for, 61 

 Eerns for window gardeners, 238 

 Ferns in cases and under bell-glasses, 



371 

 Ferns, propagation of, 22 

 Festuea glauca, 197 

 Fig-tree, 377 



Filmy ferns in cases and under bell- 

 glasses, 334, 371 

 Fountain, design for rustic, 363 

 Frames and pits, protection for, 16 

 Frozen plants, treatment of, 64 

 Fruit, fertilization of in houses and 



pits, 220 

 Fruit, ripening of, 231 

 Fruit trees, selection of, for general 



purposes, 301 

 Fruit trees on walls, 63 

 Fuchsia, cultivation of the, 42, 80, 96, 



148 

 Fuchsia from seed, 338 



Fumaria denBiflora, 33 

 Fungi in fern cases, 351 



Garden frame, the construction of the, 



14 

 Garden frame, the uses of the, 54, 75, 



110, 145 

 Gathering and storing apples, 280 

 Geraniums, to raise, 149 

 German asters, cultivation of, 124 

 Gilia, 120 



Gladioli, notes on, 24 

 Gloxinia, cultivation of the, 19 

 Godetia, 119 

 Gooseberry trees, 378 

 Grapes, shrivelled, 351, 378 

 Greenhouse for the window, 36 

 Greenhouse fernery, formation of, 23] 

 Greenhouse ferns and mosses, 276 

 Greenhouse heating. 351 

 Greenhouse plants in autumn, 223 

 Greenhouse, removable, 265 

 Greenhouses, small, 378 

 Gun-barrel budding, 352 

 Gynerium argenteum, 152 



Half-hardy plants, wintering of, 330 



Hardy ferns, 275 



Hardy perennials, 287 



Hawkweed, yellow, 121 



Heart's-ease, hints on cultivation of, 



336 

 Heat of plants, 144 

 Heliehrysum, 120 

 Helioph'ila, 120 

 Heliotrope, to raise, 147 

 Heliotrope, wintering of the, 255 

 Herbarium, to form, 88 

 Hibiscus, 120 

 Hibiscus Cooperii, 225 

 Holly, pruning the, 128 

 Hollyhock, culture of the, 122, 212 

 Hortus siccus, formation of a, 250 

 Hyacinth, culture of the, 313 

 Hybridizing, 261 

 Hydrangea, cultivation of the, 237 



Iberis, 120 



Ice-houses, 353 



Ice plants, 113 



Insects : their prevention and cure, 137 



Invaders, visitors, and settlers in our 



gardens, 234, 278, 310, 343, 374 

 Ipomoeas, 113 

 Iris iberica, 200 



January, Garden Guide for, 30 

 Jardinieres and baskets, 307 

 JaBmine pomade, 26 

 June, Garden Guide for, 190 

 June work in the rose garden, 176 

 July, Garden Guide for, 222 





