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The Flower Garden 



Antirrhinums Continued. 

 Giant Crimson, Giant Yellow, 



Giant White and Niobe, 98. 

 How to protect in winter, 99. 

 Queen of the North, 98. 

 Seed of, 46. 

 Soil suitable for, 99. 

 Transplanting, 98. 

 Useful for cut flowers, window- 

 boxes and vases, 98. 

 When to start seed, 98. 

 Ants, nests of, in the Lily bulb, 



remedy for, 181. 



Aphides, or green plant-lice, pre- 

 vention and remedy for, 70. 

 April, shrubs and plants that 



bloom in, 234. 

 Aquatic Plants, 165-172. 

 Aquilegia. See Columbine. 

 Arrangement of flower-beds, 



10. 



Arundo Donax, ornamental 



grass, 5, 1 6. 

 Ashes, a good fertiliser to sweeten 



the soil, 25. 



Should not be mixed with ma- 

 nure, 25. 



Asparagus, 49, 64, 88, 94, 246. 

 All kinds benefited by frequent 



repotting, 64, 65. 

 Benefited by use of good fertil- 

 iser, 215. 



How to raise and manage, 65. 

 Asparagus plumosus nanus, 



246. 



Proper time for planting, 64. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri, how to 



sow, 49, 50. 

 Successfully grown in baskets or 



pots, 65. 

 Unmanageable without fertiliser, 



216. 



Asparagus tenuissimus, 246. 

 Asters, 10, 25, 34, 43, 53, 99. 

 A necessity of the fall garden, 99. 

 Aim of the specialist, 99. 

 Arranging for vases, 100. 



Asters Continued. 



Bees do not care for, 43. 

 Black beetle an unpleasant pest 



to, 247. 

 Bride, 99. 

 Chrysanthemum flowered, 99, 



100. 



Cosmos borer destructive to, 247. 

 Early planting recommended, 



100. 

 Frequent watering necessary, 



101. 



Giant White Comet, 99. 

 Japanese Tassel, 97. 

 Kerosene for killing insects on, 



100. 



Ostrich Feather, 99. 

 Paris-green in the watering-pot 



for killing beetles, 100. 

 Peony, 99. 

 Perfection, 99. 



Proper place for planting, 10. 

 Transplanting, 101. 

 Use of seed of, 43. 

 When to plant seed, 100. 

 Aster-beds, ashes for fertilising, 



25- 



Atmospheric moisture, main- 

 taining a fair degree of, 209. 



August, shrubs and plants that 

 bloom in, 240-242. 



Auratum Lily, growth of the, 

 on wooded hillsides, 184. 



Aurea Bambusa, 171. 



Aurora Pansy, 116. 



B 



Bacon rind, for keeping moles 



from Iris roots, 200. 

 Balsams, 47, 102, 103. 



Benefited by transplanting, 102. 



Camellia-flowered varieties best, 



102. 



Double white and shell pink, 

 valuable for decorative work, 

 103. 



