INDEX 



Abutilons for pillars, 75 



Achimenes for baskets, 74 



American blight, 257 



Anemones, 358 



Annuals, in herbaceous borders, 116 ; 

 half-hardy, 119, 187; hardy, 174; 

 improving, 291 



Apples, pruning {illustrated), 28, 29, 

 30 ; select, 83 ; thinning {illtcs- 

 trated), 266 ; scab, 280 ; gathering 

 [illustrated), 31S 



Apricots, pruning, 32 



Arabis, propagating, 288 



Artichokes, globe, 91 



Arum lilies, good, 50 ; planting, 215 ; 

 lifting (illustrated), 335 ; at Christ- 

 mas, 374 



Asparagus, early, 39 ; planting, 186 ; 

 cutting, 208, 267 ; manuring, 310. 



38s 

 Aspidistras, 96 ; propagating, 189 

 Asters, annual, 16 

 Auriculas, 313 

 Azaleas, 386: select, 400 



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Beans (see also Scarlet Runners), 

 dwarf French, 41, 140, 194; broad, 

 140, 258 



Bedding plants, 132, 209; propagat- 

 ing, 314 



Beetroot, sowing, 194, 208 ; storing 

 (illustrated), 356 



Begonias, tuberous, 22, 131, 188; 

 Gloire de Lorraine, 176; fibrous- 

 rooted, 260; winter, 336; lifting 

 tuberous (illustrated), 347 ^ 



Biennials, 229 



Birds, 64, 294 



Blackberries (illustrated), 386 



Bordeaux mixture, 87 



Borecole, Broccoli, and Brussels 

 sprouts, 156, 194, 258, 319, 340 



Bouvardias, 203 



Bulbs, tubers, and other roots, 19 ; in 

 pots, 27 ; after flowering, 152 ; the 

 best, 357 ; for pots and vases, 358 ; 

 planting in the s,a.\den (illustrated), 



360 ; in vases of fibre (illustrated), 



361 ; for window boxes, 368 



Cabbages for spring, 106, 138, 296, 

 311,319,340 



Cactuses (illustrated), 392 



Calceolarias, sowing, 276; young, 

 303; potting, 315; propagating 

 bedding, 347 



Calochortus, the, 358 



Camellias, 393 ; repotting (illus- 

 trated), 393 



Canker, 403 



Ca.rma.s (illustrated), 68; Hfting, 349 



Carnations, winter blooming, 47 ; 

 propagating (illustrated), 48 ; plant- 

 ing, 127, select, 128; Marguerite, 

 151 ; staking, 214; enemies of, 214, 

 386 ; layering (illustrated), 264 ; 

 propagating Malmaison, 264; stak- 

 ing (illustrated), 277 ; propagating, 

 286 ; potting, 327 



Carrots, 14 1, 157, 260 ; storing (illus- 

 trated), 356 



Cauliflowers, 58, 194,281,311,320, 

 341 



Celery, 157, 217, 257, 26S, 2S1 ; tying 

 and earthing (illustrated), 311, 320, 

 341 



Cherries, pruning (illustrated), 32, 

 33 ; select, 84 ; aphis, 280 



Chicory, 158 



Christmas flowers, 401 



Christmas roses, 93, 338 



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