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Index 



Tritoma, Red Hot Poker, Flame 

 Flower, Kniphofia Pfitzeri, 281 



Tritonia Potsii, Montbretia, 240, 

 241; T, var. rosea, 264, 281 



Trollius Asiaticus, Globe Flower, 234 



Trop&olum minus, Dwarf Nastur- 

 tium, 198-199, 243, 268, 284; T. 

 majus, Tall Nasturtium, 204, 244, 

 268, 284; T. Lobbiannum, Lobb's 

 Nasturtium, 227; T. peregrinum, 

 Canary Bird Flower, 243 



Trumpet Creeper, Tacoma radicans, 

 280 



Tulip, Tulipa gesneriana, 172, 213, 

 232; Parrot, T. Dracontia, 232; 

 T. suaveolus, 250, 273 



Tulipa Dracontia, Parrot Tulip, 232; 

 T. gesneriana, Common Tulip, 

 172, 213; T. suaveolus, 250, 273 



Tulip Poppy, see Hunnemannia, 238 



Tunica saxifraga, 258 



Turtlehead, see Chelone, 260, 284 



Types, new, 132, 133 



Ulmaria (Spirea) filipendula, Drop- 

 wort, 179; Ulmaria rubra venuista 

 (Spirea lobata), Queen of the Prai- 

 rie, 102, 103, 261 



Unicorn Plant, see Martynia, 227 



Valerian, Jupiter's Beard, Centran- 

 thus ruber, 258, 277; Spurred, 

 Centranthus albus, 183 



Valeriana officinalis, Garden Helio- 

 trope, 1 80 



Venetian Sumach, see Smoke Tree, 

 216 



Venus' Looking Glass, Specularia 

 speculum, 228 



Verbascum, Blattaria, Moth Mullein, 

 216, 258; V. pannosum, Italian 

 Mullein, 235; V. nigrum, 236 



Verbena, V. teucroides, 208, 269, 270; 

 V. montara, 258; Red, V. chamce- 

 drifolia, 285; V. aubletia, 228 



Verbena aubletia, 228; V. chamadri- 

 folia, Red Verbena, 285; V. teu- 

 croides, 208, 269, 270 



Verbena, Sand, Abronia fragrans, 

 200; A. areneria, 243 



Veronica spicata, Speedwell, 45, 76, 

 221; V. longifolia, var. subsessilis, 

 Long-leaved Veronica, 222 



Viburnum dentatum, Arrowwood, 

 172; V. lantanoides, Hobble- 

 bush, 172; V. opulis, Snowball, 

 176; V. tomentosum, Japanese 

 Snowball, 176; V. cassinoides, 

 Withe Rod or Withe Tree, 177 



Vinca minor, 229, 270; V. rosea, 208 



Vines, fragrant, 72; a protection to 

 house, 77, 78; as social climbers, 

 114 



Viola tricolor, Pansy, 165, 204, 210, 

 227, 230, 244; V. odorata, English 

 Violet, 213 



Violet, English, Viola odorata, 213 



Virginia Cowslip, see Lungwort, 210 



Virginia Creeper, 8, 77; pruning, 77; 

 two varieties, 78 



Virginia Phlox, see Phlox divaricata, 

 213 



Virgin's Bower, see Traveler's Joy, 

 191 



Viscaria, Blue-eyed, Lychnis oculata, 

 228; Red, Agrostemma, coeli-rosa, 

 285 



Vistas beyond garden, 9 



Visitors, gluttonous, 148; inconven- 

 ient, 148 



Vilex agnus-castus, Chaste Tree, 



221 



Waahoo, see Burning Bush, 80, 216 

 Wager Scale for photography, 138, 



fable 



Wahlenbergia, see Platycodon, 189, 



220 

 Walks, disorderly 47; clean, 48; 



sand for, 46; laying out curved, 90 

 Wallflower, Chieranthus cheiri, 286 

 Walls, value of, in dry exposure, 42; 



snow in spring under, 42 

 Wasps, 127; remedy for, 127 

 Water Cress, False, Aubretia del- 



toides, 272 

 Watering seeds, 52; in time of 



drought, 104 



Waxwork, Roxbury, see Bitter- 

 sweet, 233, 278 

 Wayfaring Bush, see Hobblebush, 



172 



Wedding gift, 40 

 Weeding, 115 

 Weeds resembling garden plants, 



65; as beggars, 114, 115 



