INDEX. 



^BELIA, the, 125 

 Abutilon, the, 9G 

 Characteristics of, 96 

 Propagation of, 96 

 Acacia, the, 14, 106 

 Flowers of, 14 

 Grafting of, 15 

 Propagation of, 14, 15, 106 

 Cuttings of, 14, 15, 16 

 Seed of, 14, 15, 16, 106 



Treatment of the, 16, 106 

 Soil required for, 15 

 Wood of, 14 

 Proper, 16 



Varieties of, 16, 106 

 Pseudo, 14 

 liobinia, 14 



Its foliage, 14 

 Achiinenes, the, 1 1 9 



How to grow, 119, 120 

 Acorns, treatment of, for sowing, 



1,3 

 Ageratmn, the, 131 

 Alder, the, 38 



How to multiply, 38 

 Uses of the wood, 38 

 Alonsoa, the, 131 

 Althaea, the, 49 



Characteristics of, 49 

 Divisions of, 49 

 How to grow them well, 49 

 Propagation by cuttings, 49, 

 50 



Grafting, 49 

 Seed, 50 

 Alyssum, the, 131 

 Andromeda, the, 62 



Best way to multiply, 63 

 Annuals raised on heat and then 

 transplanted, 144, 145 



That may be sown where they 



are to flower, 145 

 Hardy, 146 

 Antirrhinum, the, 131 



Apple, the, 147 



Propagation of, 147 



Grafting, 148, 149, 150 

 Appleworts, the, 42 

 Aquilegia, the, 141 

 Arbutus, the, 28 



Flowers of, 28 



Propagation of, 28 



Soil for, 29 

 Aristolochia, the, 80 

 Artichokes, 169 



How to plant, 169 

 Ash, the Mountain, 38 

 Ash-tree, the, 6 



Grafting, 7, 8 



Height of, 7 



Propagation of, 7 



Eoots of, 9 



Soil most suitable for, 7 



Varieties of, 7 



"Weeping varieties, 7, 8 



Wood of, 8 

 Aspen, the, 21 



Leaves of, 21 

 Atragene, the, 86 



How to multiply, 86 

 Aucuba Japonica, the, 59 



Propagation of, 59 

 Auricula, the, 132 



How multiplied, 133 

 Azalea, the, 50 



Propagation of, 50 

 By cuttings, 51 

 Layers, 51 

 Seed, 51 



Soil required for, 50 

 Treatment of the 

 kinds, 51 



BASIL, 106 



Its use, 166 

 Bay-tree, the, 34 



Propagation of, 34 



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