261 



Balsams Continued. 



Plenty of room required for 

 branching, 102. 



Starting the seed, 102. 



Transplanting, 102. 

 Bamboo, 171. 



Requires abundant water-supply, 

 171. 



Varieties of, 171. 

 Bambusa Arundinacea, 171. 



Aurea, 171. 



Metake, 171. 

 Banana plants, 145. 



Caring for, in winter, 145. 



Grow more ornamental indoors, 



145- 

 Planted in tubs or open ground, 



145- 



Plants should be grown by them- 

 selves, 145. 



Showy and attractive, 145. 



Soil and water for, 145. 



Southeast angle of building an 

 ideal location for, 145. 



Storing in cellar during winter, 



146. 



Baroness Van Thuyl Hya- 

 cinth, 192. 



Baskets, hanging. See Hang- 

 ing-Baskets. 

 Beetles, black. See Black 



beetles. 

 Begonia cuttings, how to root, 



60. 

 Begonia, Dwarf Bijou, 66. 



Erfordii, 66. 



Rex, how to plant and raise, 66. 



Vernon, 66. 



Vulcan, when to plant, 66. 

 Begonias, 39, 48, 58, 60, 66, 67, 

 88, 92-94, 97, 117, 150, 245. 



An excellent place for, 245, 246. 



Injured by use of fertilisers, 

 216. 



Setting out, and storing during 

 winter, 67, 68. 



The best varieties of, 66. 



Bego n ias Con tin ued. 



The finest flower for bedding or 



pot culture, 67. 

 Begonias, tuberous- 

 Bedding out, 150. 

 Instructions for planting, bed- 

 ding and setting out, 67. 

 Proper temperature for growing, 



ISO- 

 Shading from the heat, 151. 

 Starting and potting, 150. 

 Bermuda Oxalis, should, be 



grown in hanging-baskets, 



195- 

 Bignonia Radicans (Trumpet 



Vine) 

 Best method of supporting it, 



140. 



Blooms nearly all summer, 139. 

 Desirable as a climber, 140. 

 Grown as a lawn shrub, 140. 

 Hedges of, should be kept 



pruned for symmetrical 



growth, 139. 



Most desirable for hedges, 139. 

 Not appreciated sufficiently, 



139. 



Black Beauty Cannas, 15. 

 Black beetles, a pest to Asters, 



247- 



How to destroy, 100. 

 Black lice, remedy for, 248. 

 Black spot,*' fungous disease 



of the Rose, 247. 

 Black-eyed Susan, 136. 

 Blood, from slaughter-houses, a 



good fertiliser, 28. 

 Blooming season of various 



trees, shrubs, and plants, 



234-244. 

 Boards for siding in making 



flower-beds, 8. 

 Bone-meal, a substitute for, 27. 



As a fertiliser, 28. 

 Bonfire Sal via, 121. 

 Bordeaux mixture, for fungoid 



disease in Pansies, 115. 



