INDEX. 



Kalmia glauca, 256 



Kalosanthes, culture of, 216 



Kaulfussia, 120 



Labelling specimen plants, 372 



Large geraniums, 352 



Larkspur, 118 



Lasthenia, 121 



Lawns, making and management of, 257 



Leptosiphon, 121 



Lilies, 256 



Lilies of the Taller, 224 



Lilium lancifolium, culture of, 324 



Lime from gas-works, 377 



Lime-water, 127 



Liquid manure for roses, 192 



Lobelia, cultivation of, 123 



Lobelia fulgens, 352 



Lophospermums, 107 



Lupins, 121 



Malope, 121 



Mandevillas, 106 



Manure for old gardens, 352 



March, Garden Guide for, 93 



Marigolds, 118 



Maurandya barclayana, 107 



May, Garden Guide for, 158 



Melon, cultivation of the, 17 



Melon culture, 160 



Microscope and the flower garden, 339 



Mimulus and its culture, 178 



Mint, variegated, 197 



Moeses in a fernery, 128 



Moveable plant-house, 265 



Mulch for roses, 288 



Musk-plants, 169 



Nemophila, 121 



November, Garden Guide for, 350 



October, Garden Guide for, 319 

 Old geraniums, 352 

 Onion grubs, 128 

 Onion, the Tree-, 20 

 Orange-trees, 95, 142 

 Orchis foliosa, 321 fc 



Pansy, cultivation of the, 156 



Pseonies, 377 



Passion-flowers, 127 



Pampas grass, 150 



Peach and nectarine trees, 377 



Pelargoniums, to raise, 148, 153 



Perpetual flower garden, 355 



Petunia, properties and culture of, 209 



Pinks from pipings, 208 



Pits and frames, protection for, 16 



Planting bulbs for exhibition, 289 



Planting fountains, 224 



Plants for an arched trellis, 174 



Plants for baskets, 309 



Plant-growing in Wardian cases, 297 



Plants in! dwellings — are they bene- 

 ficial ? 116 

 Plants in pots, annual shifting of, 272 

 Plants in rooms, management of, 11, 

 Plant trainers, 139 

 Plunging system, 356 

 Polyanthus, cultivation of, 285 

 Pompone chrysanthemums, 291 

 Poinsettia pulcherrima, 129 

 Porch, to cover a, 32 

 Potatoes, preservation of, 284 

 Pot plants for windows, 372 

 Pots for window gardens, 2 

 Poultry feeding, 23 

 Pit for amateurs, 167 

 Preparation of soils and composts, 281 

 Propagating bed, 145 

 Propagating case, to construct a, 79 

 Propagating from cuttings, 80 

 Propagating pit for amateurs, 167 

 Protection for pits and frames, 16 

 Preservation of potatoes, 284 

 Primula sinensis, 365 

 Pruning the vine, 21 

 Putty to make, 64 

 Pyrus japonica, 95 



Ramondia pyrenaica, 161 

 Ranunculus culture, 54 

 Raspberry, cultivation of the, 83 

 Reviving plants, 93 

 Rhododendrons, 352 

 Rhododendrons, soil for, 32 

 Rhubarb wine, or British champagne, 



185 

 Rochea falcata, 352 

 Rockwork, construction of, 11 

 Rock plants, 203 

 Rondeletia, 52 

 Root-pruning, 333 

 Rose, the enemies and friends of the, 



245 

 Rose fence, 288 



Rose garden, June work in the, 176 

 Rose, the uses of the, 215 

 Rose garden, July work in, 214 

 Rose leaveB, spotted, 170 

 Roses, 238 



Roses, propagation of, 149 

 Roses, propagation by budding, 201 

 Roses in pots, 192 

 Rustic boat-house, 360 

 Rustic fishing-house, 361 

 Rustic fountain, 363 



Santolina rosmaiinifolium, 197 



Sanvitalia, 121 



Scale, treatment of, 320 



Scrophularia nodosa variegate, 198 



Sea-kale, to force, 44 



Sodum glaucum, 197 



Sodum Bieboldi, 100 



