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INDEX. 



Crickets, to poison, 91 

 Crown grafting, 44 

 Cultivation of the balsam, 237 

 Cultivation of the dahlia for exhibition, 



129 

 Cultivation of the fuchsia, 253 

 Culture of Stephanotis floribunda, 266 

 Culture of the pansy, 246 

 Culture of the pelargonium, 208 

 Culture of the polyanthus, 265 

 Cut flowers, arrangement of, 37 

 Cyrtoceras reflexum, 263 

 Cytisus, 187 

 Cuttings, striking, 302 

 Cytisus canariensis, 157 



Daphne odora, 67 

 Dahlias, 97 



Dahlias for exhibition, 129 

 Dahlia roots, preservation of, 335 

 December, garden work in, 378 

 Deciduous trees, transplanting, 319 

 Dendrobiums, 211 

 Dielytra spectabilis, 57 

 Dipladenia crassinoda, 333 

 Disbudding fruit trees, 183 

 Disbudding peach trees. 145 

 Double petunias, 288 



Early hyacinths, 276 



Egg plants, 329 



Embellishments of the garden, 310, 



339, 372 

 Eranthemum pulehellum, 156 

 Everlastings, 344 

 Everlasting flowers, 102 

 Evergreen oaks, 318 

 Exhibition roses, 81 



Eancy dahlias, 98 



February, garden work in, 62 



Eern collecting, 225 



Eern fronds as packing material, 226 



Eernery, formation of an out-door, 225 



Ferns and ferneries, 18 



Ferns, picturesque mode of growing, 20 



Floral decoration of rooms, halls, and 



passages, 33 

 Flowers on balcony, 9 

 Flowers for winter bouquets, 99 

 Fogging off, to prevent, 30 

 Forcing asparagus, 28 

 Forcing pits and frames, 355 

 Forcing sea-kale in frames, 27 

 Forcing strawberries, 244 

 Formation of an out-door fernery, 225 

 Forty-eight best auriculas, 15 

 Frames and forcing-pits, 355 

 Francisca concertiiiora, 158 

 Frigi domo, 356 

 Fruit, gathering of, 241 

 Fruit, packing, for carriage, 243 



Fruit, preservation of, 284 

 Fruit-tree borders, 377 

 Fruit-trees, disbudding, 183 

 Fruit-trees, how to prune, 90 

 Fruit-trees, remarks on, 189 

 Fuchsias, 253 

 Fuchsias, pyramidal, 74 



Garden embellishments, 310, 339 

 Garden work jn January, 31 

 Garden work in February, 62 

 Garden work in March, 94 

 Garden work in April, 126 

 Garden work in May, 159 

 Garden work in June, 191 

 Garden work in July, 223 

 Garden work in August, 254 

 Garden work in September, 288 

 Garden work in October, 320 

 Garden work in November, 352 

 Garden work in December, 378 



Gardeners' boots, to waterproof, 91 



Gardenia, 178 



Gathering fruit, 241 



Geissomaria longiflora, 327 



Genus Cytisus, 187 



Gesneras, 297 



Gnidia pinifolia, 103 



Gompholobiums, 325 



Grafting, 43 



Grasses, ornamental, 103 



Gravel walks and roads, 77 



Green arcades, 314 



Green fruits, for preserving, 286 



Group of everlasting flowers, 102 



Guard against sings, 221 



Half-hardy plants, protection of, in 



winter, 23 

 Half-shrubby plants, protectiou of, 



winter, 25 

 Hanging ba skets for balconies, 13 

 Hardenbergias, 279 

 Hardy and ornamental spring-flowering 



shrubs, 65 

 Hardy ferns, 22 



Hardy pereDnials, for rockeries, 5 

 Hardy plants for balcony. 11 

 Helichrysums, 100 

 Herbaceous plants, protection of, in 



winter, 26 

 Hexacentris mysorensis, 361 

 Hints on small gardens, 47 

 Hothouses for amateurs, 1 30 

 How to prune fruit trees, 90 

 How to turn plants out of pots, 

 Hoya bella, 252 

 Hyacinths, 331 

 Hyacinths, early, 276 

 Hyacinth, pot-culture of the, 287 



Irnantophylluni miniatum, 256 



