INDEX 



ABELIA floribunda, 189 



Abelias, 20 ; as climbers, 307 ; 



pruning, 20 

 Abies, 122 



Abutilon vexillarium, 189 

 Abutilons, as climbing shrubs, 



308 



Acacia, 449 ; rose, the, 4, 448 

 Acacias, 189 

 Acanthopanax ricinifolium, 20, 470 ; 



sessiliflorum, 20 ; spinosum, 20, 



470 

 Acer, 41, 175, 47 > ginnala, for 



colour, 74 ; palmatum and var- 

 ieties, 282 

 Actinidia, 176; pruning, 21 ; for 



autumn colouring, 76 

 Adenandra fragrans, 190 

 Adlumia cirrhosa, 308 

 ^sculus, 4, 21, 41, 176, 357, 358, 



359 

 Ailantus, 41, 471 ; glandulosa, 176 ; 



for its fruits, 78 

 Akebia quinata, 308; pruning, 21 ; 



for autumn colouring, 76 

 Alders, 41, 68, 471 ; with beautiful 



catkins, 68 



Alleys, pleached or green, 334-337 

 Allspice, American, 364 ; Califor- 



nian, 364 

 Almond, the, 409 ; in greenhouse, 



278 



Alnus, 41, 471-472 

 Aloysia citriodora, 309 

 Alpine rose, 431 

 Althaea frutex, 4 

 Amelanchier, 3, 17, 21, 167, 176, 



360-361 ; canadensis, for colour, 



74 



489 



Amoor yellow wood, 370 

 Amorpha canescens, 22 ; fruticosa, 



22 



Ampelopsis, 309; Veitch's, for 



autumn colouring, 76 

 Amygdalus, 410 

 Andromeda polifolia, 176, 361 

 Andromedas, 18, 22, 250, 393; in 



greenhouse, 266 

 Anopterus glandulosa, 190 

 Apios tuberosa, 309 

 Apricots, the, 411 

 Aralia, 26 ; pruning, 22 ; mands- 



churica, 166 ; quinquefolia, 191 ; 



spinosa, 176 

 Araucaria, 121 



Arbours, weeping trees as, 89 

 Arbor-vitse, as a hedge, 327 

 Arbutus, 17, 176: hybrida, 64, 249; 



Unedo, 249; Unedo for its fruits, 



78 ; and varieties, 64, 249 

 Arctostaphylos alpina, 176; Uva- 



ursi, 250 

 Aristolochia, 22, 166, 176; Sipho, 



as a climber, 305, 309 

 Aristotelia Macqui, 472 ; M. varie- 



gata, 472 

 Aronia floribunda, for grouping, 



Arrow-wood, 462 



Artemisia Abrotanum, 176,472 



Artemisia, pruning, 22 



Arundinaria Veitchii, 472 



Arundo Donax, 472 ; A. D. varie- 

 gata, 472 



Ash, 41, 476 ; Barberry, 361 ; flower- 

 ing, 387 ; mountain, 7, 425 



Aspen, 481 



Aster argophyllus, 191 



