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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 Hotlttei, 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. 



Wall s indestructible when 



covered with, 128. 

 Violets, 23, 37. 



Dog-tooth, 191. 



Protection of cold-frame for, 37, 



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 Lan tana, 8 1, 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, 



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. 



