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The Flower Garden 



Lay ing out flower-beds, 13,14. 

 Leaf-mould, composition of, 18. 

 For flower-garden, 7. 

 For use in boxes, 48. 

 How to make, 21. 

 Where found, 18. 

 Leaves, an excellent protection to 



plants in the winter, 205. 

 Lilies, 9, ji, 12, 168, 179-184, 



204. 



Auratum Lily bulbs, 180. 

 Best time for planting, 183. 

 Day, 20 1. 

 Flame, 183. 

 Funkia, 201. 

 General treatment of all kinds 



of, 182. 



Hardy, planting of, 183. 

 How Japanese protect their 



plants, 1 80. 

 Ideal spot for, 12. 

 Injured by exposure to air and 



thawings, 180, 181. 

 Japanese, 181, 182. 

 Krameri, 182. 

 Left to themselves, growth of, 



i8 3; 



Longiflorum, 182. 

 Plantain, 201. 

 Washingtonianum, 182. 

 Lilium album, description of, 



181. 



Lilium auratum, 180. 

 Lilium Brownii, 182. 

 Lilium candidum, 180. 

 Must be planted early, 180. 

 Soil required for, 180. 

 Lilium giganteum, the most 

 wonderful and tallest variety 

 of Lily, 182. 

 Lilium rubrum, most easily 



grown, 1 8 1. 

 Lilium speciosum, exceeding 



beauty of, 181. 



Lily-bed, the hardy, 179-184. 

 As a garden investment, 179. 

 Building the bed, 180. 



Lily-bed Continued. 



Fibrous-rooted plants, hardy 

 shrubs, and perennials give 

 best results, 179. 

 Selecting a site for, 1 80. 

 Lily, Pond- 

 Process of germination of, 169. 

 Sowing the seed of, 169. 

 Lily-pond 



Cementing a pond, 166, 167. 



Constructing a, 165. 



Diverting a small stream for a, 



166. 

 How to keep clear and sweet, 



172. 



Objections raised to, 171. 

 Renewing water in, 165. 

 Zinc tubs for small water-ponds, 



167. 

 Liquid manure, how to prepare, 



26, 27. 



How to use, 28. 



Little Dorrit Ageratum, 102. 

 Loam, the best garden soil, 17. 

 Longiflorum Lily, 182. 

 Lotus, 1 68. 



Lotus Peliorhynchus, 92. 

 Lychnis, herbaceous perennials, 



198. 



Semperflorens plenissima, 198. 

 Lychnis Chalcedonica, 198. 



M 



Madame (iunther Nastur- 

 tium, in. 

 Manettia Vine, 93, 136. 



Blooms more freely when pot- 

 bound, 137. 



Daily watering required, 136. 

 Satisfactory for winter blooming, 



136- 



Time for repotting, 137. 

 Manure, preparation of, for the 



garden, 24. 

 Proper use of, in the hotbed, 



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