u 



Umbrella=plants, 60, 73, 74, 



1 68. 



How to start root, 60. 

 Unsuitable soil, cause of many 



failures in raising plants, 19. 

 Urns, Thunbergias valuable for, 



136. 



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Van Houttei, white Spiraea, 197. 

 Verbenas, 44, 45. 92, 96, 124- 



127. 

 Colours should be kept separate, 



124. 



Enjoy rock-work, 125. 

 Thrive in any good soil, 125. 

 Treatment of seed before plant- 

 ing, 124. 



Vernon Begonia, 66. 

 Vincas (Periwinkles), 15, 16, 46, 



94, 125. 



As border for Canna-bed, 125. 

 Bloom more freely if not allowed 



to seed, 46. 

 Foliage and flowers, colour and 



texture of, 125. 



Moisture, fair amount of, neces- 

 sary, 126. 



White-flowered, 15, 16. 

 Worthy extensive cultivation, 



125. 

 Vines, 128-140. 



Prejudice against, 128. 

 Time for planting, 53. 

 Training of, over sides of the 



sand-box, 39. 

 Walls indestructible when 



covered with, 128. 

 Violets, 23, 37. 

 Dog-tooth, 191. 

 Protection of cold-frame for, 37, 



38. 



Virginia Creeper, 128. 

 Virginia R. Coxe Rose, 178. 



Virgin's Bower, 137. 

 Viscaria (Ragged Robin), a 



scented garden flower, 198. 

 Von Sion Narcissus, 191, 192. 

 Vulcan Begonia, 66. 



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Walks, garden, construction of, 



9- 



Washingtonianum Lily, 182. 



Water gardens, 104. 



Water Hyacinths, 170. 



Water, standing, injures roots of 

 all plants, 204. 



Water-supply for elevated 

 bed, 5. 



Watering seeds in flats, 50. 



Watering soil in boxes, 49. 



Watering-pot, should not be 

 used in sowing seed, 36. 



Weeping Lantana, 81, 83. See, 

 also, Lantana. 



White, the most valuable colour 

 in the garden, n. 



Wild Cucumber, 90, 91, 93, 96, 



132, 252. 



A beautiful background for Ge- 

 raniums in the window-box, 

 90. 



Willow, Kilmarnock, 140. 



Window-boxes, inside, best 



support for, 94. 

 Cheap and available boxes, 95, 



96. 



Combination of plants suitable 

 for a southern exposure, 91, 

 92; for eastern exposure, 92, 

 93 ; for northern exposure, 93, 

 94. 



Economical arrangement of, 96. 

 Geraniums best for south or 



west boxes, 91. 



How to care for and raise flow- 

 ers in, 97. 

 Longevity of, 96. 



