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Floss Flower. See Ageratum. 

 Flower-beds, arranging and 



marking off, 6. 

 General effect of growing one 



kind of flower in, 10. 

 Instructions for laying out, 14. 

 Instructions for making solid 



beds of one flower, 53. 

 Water-supply for, 5. 

 Width of, 7. 

 Flower-pots, must not be filled 



to the brim with earth, 210. 

 Flowering Maples, 63. 

 Flowers, common and English 



names of, 217-233. 

 Many ways of giving pleasure 



with, 256. 

 Necessary for a twelve-foot 



foliage -bed, 14. 

 Occasionally appearing in two or 



more sections, 232, 233. 

 Selecting, for the sick-room, 256. 

 Foliage-bed, how to make a 



twelve-foot, 14. 

 Beds facing south warmer than 



others, 188. 

 Design of, 12, 13. 

 Ideal bed for early bulbs, 188. 

 Manuring and fertilising, 187. 

 Soil of, should have good natural 



drainage, 187. 

 Foliage plants, ornamental, from 



seed, 141-146. 

 Formulas, for Bordeaux Mixture, 



249. 



For house-plant fertiliser, 215. 

 For insecticides, 249. 

 For kerosene emulsion, 250. 

 For Paris-green solution, 250. 

 Foxgloves, in the cold-frame, 37. 

 Freesia, 40, 192, 194. 



Hints on caring for and raising, 



194. 

 Freezing of soil in pots, no 



harm to plants or bulbs, 214. 

 French Lilacs, 201. 

 Blooming season of, 201. 



French Lilacs Continued. 

 Planting of, 201. 

 Useful as backgrounds, 201. 

 Fresh -air, how it should be sup- 

 plied, 213. 



In the living room necessary to 

 keep insects from plants, 215. 

 Fritillarias, 191. 

 Frosted plants, treatment for, 



214. 

 Frozen plants, how to thaw out, 



213. 



How to treat, 213. 

 Fuchsias, 58, 88, 91, 93, 94. 

 Fumitory, Climbing, 129. 

 Funkia (Plantain Lily), or Day 



Lily, 20 1. 



Impatient of disturbance, 201. 

 Needs protection in winter, 201. 

 Suitable soil for, 201. 



Garden, the location and ar- 

 rangement of, 3-16. 



Beds, laying out the, 13, 14. 



Best position for the garden, 3. 



Fall clearing of the, 203. 



Flower-beds, elevated, 5. 



Flower-beds, selection of flowers 

 for, 10. 



Foliage beds for lawns, diagram 

 of, 10, 12, 14, 15. 



How to prepare the flower- 

 garden, 8. 



Lawns, arrangement of, 4. 



Ornamental grasses, beds of, 16. 



Ornamental plants for beds, 4. 



Parti-coloured flower-beds, ar- 

 rangement of, ii. 



Rose-garden, design for, 12. 



Scheme for permanent garden, 

 6. 



Shrubbery, planning a, 12. 



South slope, ideal situation for 

 garden, 3. 



