TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



The Utility of Flowers . '. 13 



The Lily of the Field 22 



The Vitality of Seeds, and Remarks on Planting 25 



Selection of Flowering-Plants 33 



Plants for Bedding. 36 



Double Flowers 37 



Color of Plants and Flowers 40 



Construction of Bouquets 47 



Protection of Plants 50 



Support and Training: of Plants 52 



Laying out the Flower-garden 53 



On Lawns 62 



Rock- work. 63 



Aquarium, Plants for, etc 69 



Cultivation of Parlor Plants 72 



Potting of Plants 79 



Insects injurious to Plants 82 



Flowering of Bulbous Roots in Pots and Glasses 93 



On the Culture of Perennials, Biennials, and Annuals 96 



" " Hardy Deciduous and Evergreen Shrubs 103 



Descriptive List of Perennial, Annual, and Biennial-flowers 108 



" " Hardy flowering Shrubs, Suitable for the Shrubbery 395 



INDEX. 



Abronia 110 



Achillea. Ill 



Aconitum Ill 



Acroclinium 112 



Actaea.. 161 



Adam's Needle 392 



Adders' Tongue, Yellow 209 



Adlumia 113 



Adonis 113 



African Hibiscus ,.241 



African Rose 309 



Afternoon Ladies 291 



Ageratum 115 



Air 81 



Alder, Black 416 



Alder-leaved Clethra 405 



Alleghany Vine 113 



Almond 396 



Alonsoa 115 



A loxjsia 421 



Althaea 116 



Althoea 415 



Alyssum '. 119 



Amaranth 119 



Amarantus 119 



Amaryllis 121 



Amelanchier 395 



American Centaury 346 



" Cowslip 205 



" Holly 416 



" Laurel 418 



" Woodbine 396 



Amethyst, Blue 139 



Ametliystea 121 



Ammoblum 123 



A morpha 395 



Ampelopsis 396 



Amsonia 123 



