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INDEX 



and cure, 331 ; mealj' bug, to destroy, 

 on vines, 332 ; the Phylloxera, 

 332 ; packing for travelling, 381 



Grape Vines, culture of, in open air, 280 ; 

 summer pruning, 281 ; winter prun- 

 ing, 282 ; renovating old, 283 ; cause 

 and cure of mildew, 283 ; propagat- 

 ing, 284 ; list of, for open air, 284 



Grasses for the lawn, 23 ; substitutes 

 for, 24 



Greenhouse annuals, culture of, 196 



Greenhouse soft-wooded plants, culture 

 of, 171 



Grouping, picturesque, 10 ; by families, 

 29 



Guavas, culture of, 379 



Hardy autumn flowers, list of, 90 ; 

 Azaleas, list of, 58 ; border flowers, 

 82 ; bulbs, list of, 51 ; edging 

 plants, 79 ; Fernery, airangement of, 

 27 ; Ferns, list of, 29 ; florists' 

 flowers, 96 ; flowers for cutting, 90 ; 

 flowers, propagation of, by cuttings, 

 93 ; (by j seeds, 94 ; spring flowers, 

 list of, 84 ; summer flowers, list of, 

 86 



Heaths, culture of, 157 



Hedges and fences, 7 



Herbaceous Pteonies, list of, 120 



Herbs, culture of, 497 ; Angelica, 498 

 Aniseed, 498 ; Balm, 498 ; Basil 

 498 ; Borage, 499 ; Burnet, 499 

 Chamomile, 499 ; C'arraway, 499 

 Chervil, 500 ; Chives, 500 ; Drying 

 504 ; Fennel, 500 ; Horehound, 500 

 Hyssop, 500 ; Lavender, 501 ; Mar 

 joram, Sweet, 501 ; Mint, 501 

 Penny Royal, 502 ; Rosemary, 502 

 Rue, 502 ; Sage, 502 ; Savoy, Sum 

 mer, 502 ; Savoy, Winter, 503 

 Tansy, 503 ; Tarragon, 503 ; Thyme, 

 503 ; Wormwood, 504 



Hollies, list of, 17 ; variegated, list of, 19 



Hollyhock, culture of, 96 ; disease, to 

 prevent, 97 ; as background plants, 

 97 ; propagation of, 98 



Horse-radish, culture of, 497 



Hydrangeas, culture of, 203 



Importance of shelter to gardens, 2 



Ivies Tree, list of, 18 



Ivy, a substitute for grass, 46 



Japanese Roses, list of, 71 ; Azaleas, 

 58 ; Maples, 18 



Kalosanthes, culture of, 201 

 Kohl Rabi, culture of, 495 



Lamb's Lettuce, culture of, 492 

 Lawn, mossy, cause of, 130 ; close- 

 cutting injurious, 130 ; top-dressing 

 the, 130 

 Lawns, seeding down, 23 ; turf for, 130 

 Layering trees and shrubs, 43 

 Laying out the Alpine garden, 28 

 Leafless trees, winter aspect of, 38 

 Leeks, culture of, 469 ; sowing the 

 seeds, 469 ; planting in trenches, 471 

 Lettuces, in succession, 485 ; for 

 autumn and winter, 486 ; saving 

 seeds, 487 ; forcing, 516 

 List of Azaleas, 170 ; Boxes, 17 ; 

 Camellias, 168 ; Carnations and 

 Picotees, 104 ; Chrysanthemums, 

 193 ; — for open air, 123 ; — sum- 

 mer-flowering, 124 ; Club Mosses, 

 211 ; Cool Orchids, 231 ; Dahlias, 

 114 ; Delphiniums, 121 ; Epacris, 

 166 ; Evergreens, 15 ; Exotic Ferns, 

 211 ; Fuchsias, 183 ; hardy Azaleas, 

 59 ; — bulbs, 54, 56 ; — flowers 

 for spring, 84 ; — for summer, 86 ; 



— for autumn, 90 ; — for cutting, 

 90 ; — Ferns, 29 ; heaths, hard- 

 wooded, 161 ; — soft-wooded, 161 ; 

 Herbaceous Phloxes, 105 ; Hollies, 

 19 ; Hollyhocks, 99 ; Oranges, 168 ; 

 Preonies, 120 ; Pausies, 118 ; Pelar- 

 goniums, fancy, 179 ; — early-flower- 

 ing, 179 ; — show, 179; — scented- 

 leaved, 180 ; ivy-leaved, 183 ; — 

 Zonal, 180 ; Petunias, 196 ; Pent- 

 stemons, 107 ; Pinks, 104 ; plants 

 for American garden, 59 ; — aquatic 

 and bog, 26 ; — for beds in winter, 

 78 ; — for conservatory, 144 ; — 

 New Holland, 155 ; — ornamental, 

 for fernery, 31 ; — stove, 220 ; Poten- 

 tillas, 109; Pyrethrums, 111; Roses, 

 68 ; — for house culture, 208 ; 

 Rhododentb'ons, 57 ; shrubs for forc- 

 ing, 222 ; sweet-scented flowers, 36 ; 

 Tree Ivies, 18 ; trees and shrubs, 11 ; 



— variegated, 18 



Luculia Gratissima, culture of, 203 



