Abobra viridif lora, fancy gourd, 



96. 

 Abutilons, 63, 64, 92. 



Diversity of form and colour of 

 New California, 64. 



Time for flowering, 63. 

 Achimenes, 60. 



Cuttings of, how to root, 60. 

 Aconite, Winter, 191. 

 Adverse criticism, hints about, 



254- 



Advice, hints about, 253. 

 Adlumia (Mountain Fringe, 



Climbing Fumitory, Allegheny 



Vine), 46, 92, 129. 

 Appropriate for use at funerals, 



129. 

 Delightful grown on north side 



of house, 129. 

 Gathering seed from, 46. 

 Sowing seeds and planting, 129. 

 A geratum, Cope's Favourite, 1 19. 



Tom Thumb, 16. 

 Ageratums, 16, 34, 35, 46, 81, 



88, 91, 92, 94, 96, 101, 119, 



121. 

 Dwarf variety admirably adapted 



for carpet bedding, 119. 

 How to sow, 35. 

 Indispensable for edgings, win- 

 dow-boxes and vases, 101. 

 Little Dorrit and Swanley Blue, 



102. 



Princess Caroline, 102. 

 Season for sowing, 102. 

 Should be clipped frequently, 47. 



A geratu ms Con tin ued. 



Tom Thumb, useful for edgings, 



101. 



Air-tight covers, should never 

 be used to protect plants, 205. 

 Alba plena Narcissi, 191. 

 Alba superbissima Hyacinth, 



192. 



Allegheny Vine, 129. 

 Allemannia Cannas, 15. 

 A II iu ms, care and treatment of, 



194. 



Altheas, 201, 202, 206. 

 Alyssum. See Sweet Alyssum. 

 Amaryllis, 75, 155, 162-165. 

 Evergreen, 162. 

 General treatment of, same as 



for Crinums, 162. 

 Johnsonii, 163. 



American Beauty Rose, 178. 

 Ammonia, a stimulant for flow- 



ers, 25. 



Ampelopsis, 128, 207. 

 Anchusa capensis, 119. 

 Anemones, 192, 193. 



Treatment and raising of, 193. 

 Annuals, various, from seed, 98- 



iii. 

 Hardy and tender, time for 



planting, 53. 



Should not be grown in window- 

 boxes, 96. 



Annunciation Lily, 205. 

 Anthony Waterer, crimson 



Spiraea, 197. 

 Antirrhinums (Snapdragons), 



46, 9 1 . 93, 96, 98, 99- 

 Firefly, 98. 



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