738 



GARDEN MANAGEME^'T. 



Architectural gardens, 50. 



Architectural slyle of conservatory, 243. 



Argyromyges scitella, 141. 



Arrangement for disti'ibuting water in 

 the Horticultural Society's Gardens, 59. 



Arrangement of a single-acre garden, 69. 



Arrangement of colours in ribbon bor- 

 ders, 556. 



Arrangement of flower-beds at Kew, 657. 



Arrangement of glass-houses, 49. 



Arrangement of the kitchen-garden, 326. 



Arrangement of a group of circular 

 flower-beds for the four seasons, 305. 



Arranging fruit in the stormg-room, 491. 



Artichokes, 368, 508, 673. 



Artificial cascade, 97. 



Artificial and solar heat, 633. 



Artificial rock-work, 101. 



Artistic arrangement of plant-houses, 

 625. 



Arums, 383, 464. 



Ashy-white bell-moth, 190. 



Asparagus, 327, 343, 368, 409, 504, 508, 

 673. 



Asparagus from seed, 327; preparing the 

 bed, ib. ; planting, ib.; watering, ik. 



Asparagus in melon-pits, 1S6. 



Asparagus as grown in the market- gar- 

 dens, 461. 



Asparagus, — propagation and cultivation, 

 561 ; another practice, 562 ; French 

 practice; ib. ; cutting, ib. 



Asparagus weighing three to the 

 pound, 2. 



Aspect for aridge-and-fnrrow house, 242. 



Aspect for conservatories, 243. 



Aspect: its value and importance, 290. 



Aspect of the bee-garden, 444. 



Aspect of the year, 174. 



Atkinson's hot-water apparatus, 258. 



Atmosphere of the plant- stove, 633; of 

 pine-houses, 637. 



August : aspect of tlie month, 49s ; tem- 

 perature of flowers, ib. ; poetry^ ib. 



Auricula-beds, 314. 



Auriculas, 359, 373, 402, 549 ; hints on the 

 culture of, 290, 293 ; propagation and 

 cultivation of, 534. 



Austrian briers, 6O8. 



Autumn-flowering chrysanthemums, 481. 



Autumn-flowering plants, 345. 



Autumnal bulbs, 504. 



Autumnal crocuses, 359. 



Autumnal roses, 352; select list, 353, 363 ; 

 soil, ib. 



Avenues a mile long, 106. 



Average temperature of January. 174. 



Average fall of rain round London, 37. 



Ayr.-hire rose on a projecting trellis, 89. 



Ayrshire rose, 596. 



Azaleas, 191, 337, 372, 380, 415, 419, 4/0, 

 472, 5I'J, 568. 624, 680, 735. 



Azaleas : early flowering, 191. 



Back road to a house, 107. 

 Bacon's influence on gardening, 6. 

 Bag net lor Iruit-gathermg, 484. 



Balsams, 418, 472, 513, 568. 



Banks of ornamental water, 148. 



Banksian roses, 598, 647. 



Barbarous starving regimen, 178. 



Bai- bee-hive described, 452; its ad- 

 vantages, 520. 



Barking vines, 636. 



Basins and tanks, 274. 



Basket-beds in the flower-garden, 665 > 

 plants suitable for, 417. 



Basket-beds of ivy, 275. 



Baskets for gathering fruit, 483. 



Bath cos lettuces, 183. 



Bathos in gardening, 9. 



Beans, 74, 368, 409. 410, 504, 508. 



Beaton's suggestions for destroying 

 insects, 257. 



Beaton's hints on pruning, 645. 



Bedding out, 177, 356; for early display., 

 357. 



Bedeguar, or ragged robin, 140. 



Beds on gravel, 158 ; on grass, ib. ; beds 

 for mustard and cress, 188. 



Beds, — rake, weed, and keep clean, 458. 



Bee-feeder, 454. 



Bee-gardens of Poland, 453. 



Bee-hives of diff'erent kinds, 447. 



Bee-keeping, — objections to changing 

 locaUties, 519. 



Bee-keeping— joining light hives, 573. 



Bee-keeping in October, 633. 



Bee-slieds, 451. 



Bees, their natural history, 433; division 

 of labour among them, ib. ; numbers in 

 a hive, 434; honey, 435; wax, ib.; 

 modes of taking honey, 436; swarm- 

 ing, 439 ; Nutt's system of managing 

 bees, 441 ; storifying system, ib. ; 

 Alpine or Ligurian bee, 442 ; its recom- 

 mendations, ib. ; situation for the bee- 

 garden, 443; Virgil's experiences, ib.; 

 aspect, 444 ; Milton's advice, ib, ; 

 plants afi"ected by bees, ib.; best kind 

 of hives, ib.; water necessary, ib.; 

 buying hives, ib. ; signs of swarming, 

 445 ; hiving a swarm, 446 ; striking 

 instance of coolness, ib. ; second 

 swarms, 447; best bee-hives, ib. j com- 

 mon bell-shaped, 448. 



Bees, feeding of, 574. 



Beet, 333 ; sowing, ib, ; thinning-out, f5.; 

 varieties, 334, 370. 



Beet- storing for winter use, 495. 



Begonias, 340; their beauty and fra- 

 grance, 471 ; easy cultivation, ib.; 

 choice species, ib. 



Bell-moth, 140. 



Belvidere gardens of the Vatican, 4S. 



Beneficial effect of burning clay, 45. 



Benefit of transi-'lanting annuals, 164. 



Benefit of havi-ig trees on the north ofe 

 melon-grounds, 168. 



Beitemboisc graft, 122. 



Best and cheapest drains, 39. 



Best form in Idving out grounds, 143. 



Best season for inarcliing camellias, 28". 



Best mode of growing gooseberries, 2bi, 



