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The Flower Garden 



H ibiSGUS Contin ued. 



Do not bear transplanting well, 



108. 

 Flowers the first season if started 



early, 108. 

 Giant Yellow, partially hardy, 



108. 



Increase in size yearly, 109. 

 Principal varieties of, 107. 

 Should be potted very hard, 58. 

 Six-year clumps superb, 109. 

 Supports for, 109. 

 Time for planting, 108. 

 Hickory tussock-moth, de- 

 stroying cocoons of, 204. 

 Hints on planting and trans- 

 planting, 54-56. 

 Hints on potting, 57, 58. 

 Hints on shifting plants, 57. 

 Hollyhocks, n, 46, 109, no, 203. 

 Allegheny, hardy variety, no. 

 Attacks of insects on, 1 10. 

 Beds of, ii. 

 Planting, 109. 

 Require hilling up in winter, 



no. 



Seed of, 46. 

 Sowing the seed, 109. 

 Suitable for effective grouping, 



109. 

 Honeysuckle, 61, 252. 



Layering valuable for, 61. 

 Hoof -parings, good for the pe- 

 rennial flower-bed, 28. 

 Horse manure, good in clayey 



soil, 23. 



Horsfieldi Narcissus, 191, 192. 

 House-plant raising a most 



fascinating work, 62. 

 House-plants, a good fertiliser 



for, 215. 



Care of, in winter, 208-216. 

 Cuttings of, easily rooted, 50. 

 Directions for handling, 58. 

 From seeds, 62-87. 

 Hotbed, the, 30-37. 



A cheap way of making a, 32. 



Hotbed Continued. 



Best position for, 31. 



Care and attention of, 36. 



Chicken netting for use as screens 

 in the, 37. 



Construction of pit of, 32. 



How to construct a, 31-34. 



Screens for, 36. 



Treatment of plants in the, 33,34. 

 Hotbeds, airing and protecting, 



253. 

 Hotbed-sashes, cost of, 31. 



Proper size of, 31. 

 Hot-water bath, gives better 

 results than insecticides, 250. 

 Hyacinths, 38, 170, 188, 189,192. 



Alba superbissima, 192. 



Baroness Van Thuyl, 192. 



Czar Peter, 192. 



Grand Lilas, 192. 



Hints on selecting, 192. 



Ida, 192. 



La Grandesse, 192. 



Norma gigantea, 192. 



Planting, distance apart for, 188. 



Roi des Beiges, 192. 



Should be planted alone, 188. 



Treatment of, and potting in the 

 fall, 192, 193. 



Use of cold-frame for, 38. 



Varieties of, 192. 



Wood, 191. 

 Hyacinths, Water, 170. 



Novelty of, 170. 



Nuisance of, in Florida rivers, 

 170. 



Paris green must not be used in 

 water, 1 70. 



Roots increase rapidly, 170. 

 Hypericum Moserianum, 197. 



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Iceland Poppies, 118. 

 Ida, yellow Hyacinth, 192. 

 Impatiens sultana, 58. 



