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INDEX 



Athrotaxis laxifolia, 191 



Atragene alpina, 309 



Atraphaxis buxifolia, 472 ; lanceo- 



lata, 472 ; Muschketowi, 472 ; 



spinosa, 472 

 Atriplex canescens, 472 ; conferti- 



folia, 472 ; Halimus, 472 ; Nut- 



tallii, 472 ; portulacoides, 472 

 Aucuba, 58, 176, 249; the spotted, 



58 

 Aucubas, 251, 256 ; for their fruits 



78 



Autumn colours, 71-76 

 Azalea amoena, 250 ; ledifolia, 249 ; 



occidentals, 5 

 Azaleas, 31, 250, 442; for autumn 



colouring, 75; in Scotland, 173; 



in greenhouse, 267 

 Azara dentata, 472 ; Gilliesii, 472 ; 



integrifolia, 472 ; microphylla, 



176, 249, 310, 472 



BACCHARIS halimifolia, 22, 472 ; 

 salicifolia, 472 ; Patagonica, 22, 

 472 



Bamboo garden at Kew, 220 

 Bamboos, hardy, 185, 218-225; 



place for, 219 

 Banksia grandis, 191 

 Barberries, for their fruit, 78 

 Bauera rubioides, 191 

 Bay, sweet, 478 

 Beam tree, white, 7, 424 

 Beech, propagating the, 41 ; autumn 

 colouring of, 74; winter beauty 

 of, 54 



Beeches, the, 476 

 Bennett, Henry, the late, 342 

 Benthamia fragifera, 191, 310 

 Berberidopsis corallina, 208, 310 

 Berberis Aquifolium, 256 ; for group- 

 ing, 297 ; and vars. , 249 ; for 

 autumn colouring, 75, 249 ; buxi- 

 folia, 249 ; concinna, for autumn 

 colouring, 75 ; Darwinii, 249 ; 

 japonica, 249 ; stenophylla, 39, 



249, 256 ; Thunbergi, for autumn 

 colouring, 75 ; for grouping, 284 ; 

 wallichiana, 249 ; vulgaris pur- 

 pureis, for grouping, 284 



Berberises, the, 9, 10, 22, 167, 176, 



250, 361-363 ; in greenhouse, 268 



Berchemia, 472 ; pruning, 23 



Betula, 41, 59, 167, 176, 473 ; cory- 

 lifolia, for colour, 73 



Bigelovia Douglasii, 473 ; grave- 

 olens, 473 



Bignonia capreolata, 311 ; in the 

 south-west, 208 



Billardiera longiflora, 311 



Birches, the, 41, 59, 61, 472-473; 

 silver, 473 



Black thorn, 7 



Bladder nut, 454 



Bladder Senna, 371 



Borders, flower and shrub, 257, 259 



Boronias, 192 



Bougainvillea glabra, in the south- 

 west, 208 



Box, II, 177, 248; for grouping, 

 297 ; as a hedge, 327 



Box-leaved Barberry, 361-362 



Brachy glottis repanda, 192 



Brambles, the, 450; for autumn 

 colouring, 76 



Broom, Austrian, 373; butcher's, 

 484; common, 359, 375; droop- 

 ing 375J moonlight, 375; Por- 

 tuguese, 372 ; Spanish, 250, 372, 

 452 ; white Spanish, 356 



Brooms, in greenhouse, 286 



Broussonetia Ksempferi, 473 ; papy- 

 rifera, 473 



Bruckenthalia, pruning, 23 ; spiculi- 

 folia, 250 



Bryanthus, 23, 177; empetriformis, 

 250 



Buck-eyes, the, 357 



Bucklandia populnea, 208 



Buckthorn, sea, n, 483; for its 

 fruits, 82 



Budding, propagating trees and 

 shrubs by, 41 



BuddleiaColvillei, 192,363; globosa, 

 23> 167, 363 ; japonica, 23, 363 ; 

 intermedia, 23 ; lindleyana, 23 ; 

 paniculata, 23 ; variabilis, 23, 364, 

 Wilsonae, 363 



Bumelia lanuginosa, 473 ; lycioides, 



473 

 Butter nut, 478 



OESALPINIA Gilliesi, 265 ; japoni- 

 ca, 364 



