400 



INDEX 



Cattleyas, 285 

 culture of, 285 

 imported, 285 

 potting, 286 

 Ceanothuses, 360 

 Centaurea montana, 122 

 Centranthus ruber, 124 

 Cerastiums, 134 

 Cereus, cuttings of, 397 

 Cheiranthus MarshaUii, 122 

 Cherry Pie for greenhouses, 



176 



Chionodoxas, 37 

 Christmas Roses, 73 

 Chrysanthemums, 74, 293 

 annual, 255 

 bud taking, 306 

 bush plants, 309 

 crocking pots for, 302 

 crown bud, 307 

 culture of, 297 

 cutting back, 299 

 cutting down, 309 

 cuttings of, 298, 299 

 disbudding, 303 

 enemies of, 313 

 feeding, 304 



for gardens, 74, 311, 376 

 for town gardens, 295 

 hardiness of, 296 

 history of, 293 

 housing, 304 

 in spring, 301 

 May cuttings, 310 

 mildew in, 313 

 modern, 294 

 potting, 300, 301 

 propagating, 297 

 repotting, 301 

 rust in, 303 

 sections of, 294 

 selections of, 314 



Anemone flowered, 316 

 Decorative, 315 

 Garden, 315, 316 

 Incurved, 315 

 Japanese, 314 

 Pompon, 316 

 Reflexed, 316 

 Single, 316 

 soil for, 302 

 staking, 302, 303 

 stopping for bush, 310 

 terminal buds, 306 

 the first break, 305 

 watering, 304 

 Cinerarias, 166 

 culture of, 167 

 raising from seeds, 167 

 Clarkias, 255 

 Clematis, cutting down, 277 



pruning, 277 

 Clivias, 167 

 Colchicums, 138 

 Coleuses, 167 

 Columbines, 70 

 Conservatories, 139 

 Convallaria majalis, 52 

 Convolvuluses, 137 

 Coreopsis, 124 

 Coronilla varia, 137 

 Corydalis lutea, 122 

 Crinums, 37 

 Crocuses, 38 



for rockeries, 134, 138 

 Crown Imperials, 38 

 Cuttings, propagation by, 84 

 Cyclamens, for greenhouses 



1 68 



for rockeries, 134, 137, 138 

 Cydonia Japonica, 360 

 Cypripediums, 287 

 culture of, 288 

 for rockeries, 137 

 Cytisuses, 169 



DAFFODILS, 39 



cheap, 43 



classification of, 39 



for greenhouses, 169 



in moss fibre, 42 



origin of name of, 39 



planting, 41 



potting, 42 



selections of, 42 

 Dahlias, 212 



characteristics of, 213 



classes of, 217 



disbudding, 225 



earwigs and, 225 



evolution of, 216 



for suburban gardens, 377 



in autumn, 226 



introduction of, 215 



planting, 224 



popularity of, 212 



pronunciation of name, 

 215 



propagating, 222, 223, 224 



protection of blooms, 226 



selections of, 220 

 Cactus, 220 

 decorative, 221 

 Fancy, 220 

 Paeony-flowered, 222 

 Pompon, 220 

 Pompon Cactus, 221 

 Show, 220 

 Single, 221 

 Single Cactus, 221 

 Star, 222 



slugs and, 225 



soil for, 223 



storing, 226 



training, 224 

 Daisies, Michaelmas, 70, 92 



Ox-eye, 92 



Pyrenean, 92 

 Delphiniums, 75 



cutting down, 76 



nudicaule, 122 



selection of, 76 

 Dendrobiums, 288 



culture of, 288 

 Deutzias, 169 



gracilis, 288 

 Dianthuses for rockeries, 134, 



137 



Dicentra spectabilis, 122 

 Dictamnus albus, 124 

 Dielytra spectabilis, 122 

 Digitalis, 78 

 Dipladenias, 170 

 Disbudding to obtain large 



blooms, 93 

 Dodecatheons for rockeries, 134 



meadia, 122 

 Dog's Tooth Violets, 44 



for rockeries, 134 

 Doronicums, 76 

 Dutchman's Pipe, 360 



ECHEVERIAS, 344 



propagating, 344, 345 

 Echinops Ritro, 124 

 Edelweiss, the, 135 

 Epilobium angustifplium, 124 

 Epiphyllums, grafting, 395 

 Eranthis hyemalis, 29 

 Eremurus, 124 

 Ericas, 170 



culture of, 170 



propagation of, 170 

 Erigerons, 122 

 Erinus alpinus, 134 

 Eryngiums, 124 

 Erythroniums, 44 



for rockeries, 134 

 Eschscholtzias, 255 

 Eucharis, 170 

 Evening Primroses, 177 



?ATSIA Japonica, 194 

 fences, aspects of, 276 



beautifying, 274 



planting, 277 



planting near, 276 



plants for, 277 



pruning plants on, 277 



rustic, 279 



soil near, 276 

 Ferns for rooms and windows, 

 190 



culture of, 191 



Maidenhair, dividing and re- 

 potting, 191 



selections of, 191 

 Ficus elastica, 193 



propagating, 193 

 Flowers, cut, in rooms, 198 



for suburban gardens. See 

 Suburban Gardens 



protecting from weather, 74 

 Forget-me-nots, 77 



for rockeries, 135 

 Foxgloves, 78 

 Frames, 147 



uses of, 147 

 Francoa ramosa, 170 

 Freesias, 44, 171 



after flowering, 44 



potting, 44 

 Fritillarias, Imperials, 38 



meleagris, 38 

 Fuchsias, 171 



culture of, 171 



for bedding, 345 



pinching, 172 



propagation of, 172 



selections of, 172 



wintering, 172 

 Fungoid pests in the green- 

 house, 158 

 Funkias, 122 



GAILLARDIAS, 79, 259 

 Galegas, 124 

 Galtonia candicans, 44 

 Gardenias, 173 



Gardens, suburban. See Subur- 

 ban gardens 

 Gazanias, 237 

 Genistas, 169 

 Gentians, 122 



for rockeries, 134 

 Geraniums, 122 



for rockeries, 137 



pratense, 124 



Zonal. See Pelargonium, 



Zonal 



Geums, 122 

 Gillenia trifoliata, 122 

 Gladioli, 44 



for greenhouses, 175 



for herbaceous borders, 79 



selections of, 83 

 Glory of the Snow, 37 

 Gloxinias, 175 

 Godetias, 255 

 Grass, from seeds, 357 



planting bulbs in, 41 

 Greenhouses and conservatories, 



139 



adjuncts to, 147 

 advantages of, 140 

 cost of, 142 

 feeding plants, 156 

 fitting up, 144 

 fuel for, 150 

 fungoid pests in, 158 

 glazing, 148 

 heating, 148 

 insect enemies in, 156 

 plants for, 159 

 pleasures in, 139 

 pots and potting, 152 

 soil mixtures for, 150 





reenhouses and conservatories, 



sowing seeds, 153 

 striking cuttings, 153 

 temperatures of, 146 

 tenants' fixtures, 143 

 ventilating, 155 

 watering plants in, 155 

 "uelder Rose, the, 390 



uernsey Lilies, 36 

 Gynerium argenteum, 125 



HEATHS. See Erica 

 Heating glass structures, 148 

 Helenium pumilum, 122 

 Helianthemums, 137 

 Helianthus. See Sunflower 

 Heliotropes, for bedding, 345 



for greenhouses, 176 



propagating, 346 

 Hellebores, 73 

 Hemerocallis, 122 



flay a, 124 

 Hepaticas, 134 

 Herbaceous plants, 61 



arrangement of, 63 



autumn and winter flowering, 

 69 



borders for, 62 



end view of, 63 



error in planting, 115 



grouping, 66 



lifting and dividing clumps 

 in, 77, 109 



neglected clumps in, 64 



north and south, 63 



planting, 65, 66, 67 



preparing, 62 



selections of, 69, 122, 124, 

 125 



soil for, 63 



space for, 64 



spring flowering, 68 



summer flowering, 68 



with turf, 65 

 Heuchera sanguinea, 123 

 Hippeastrums, 159 



culture of, 160 



propagation of, 160 

 Hollyhocks, 83 



raising, 84 



the fungus of, 83 

 Honeysuckles, 360 

 Hottonia palustris, 262 

 Houseleeks, 138 

 Hyacinths, 45 



Feather, 47 



Grape, 47 



in glasses, 46 



in pots, 46 



Musk, 47 



planting, 45, 46 



potting, 45 



selections of, 47 

 Hyacinthus candicans, 44 

 Hydrangeas, 176 

 Hypericums, 123 



IBERISES, 135 

 Imantophyllums, 167 

 Incarvillia Delavayi, 123 

 India-rubber Plant, the, i( 



propagating, 193 

 Insects in greenhouses, 

 Inula glandulosa, 123 

 Iresines, 336 

 Irises, 47 



bulbous, 89 



cushion, 88 



English, 87, 380 



for herbaceous borders, 85 



for rockeries, 135, 138 



for suburban gardens, 378 



German, 87, 379 

 dividing, 379 



Japanese, 86, 88 



