INDEX 



ABELIAS, the, 205 



Abies, the, 472 



Abutilons, the best, 146 



Acacia dealbata, 158 ; Rose, North 



American, the, 244 

 Acacias, as greenhouse plants, 146 ; hardy, 



244 



Acaena microphylla, 415 

 Acantholimon glumaceum, 415 ; venustum, 



415 



Acanthuses, 445 



Acers, the, 205 



Achillea mongolica, 445 ; Ptarmica (The 

 Pearl), 445 



Achilleas, for rock-garden, 415 



Achimenes, 474, 475 ; way to grow, 146 



Aconites, 446 



Acroclinium roseum pi. , 408 



Actinidias, 207 



Adam's Needle, 249 



Adonis pyrenaica, 415 ; vernalis, 415 



^Esculus Hippocastanum, 208 



Agapanthuses, 147 



Agave americana, 147 



Ailantus glandulosa, 208 



Ajugas, for rock-garden, 415 



Akebia quinata, 208 



Allamandas, the, 474 



Allspices, the, 215 



Almond, common, the, and varieties, 237 ; 

 planting for its beauty, 327 



Aloe, American, 147 



Aloysia citriodora, in the greenhouse, 147 



Alpine plants, selection of, 415 



Alstrcemerias, the, 446 



Althaea ficifolia, 10; frutex and varieties, 

 228 ; rosea, 10 



Alyssum, as an edging, 83 ; odoratum, 408 ; 

 o. Little Gem, 408 ; saxatile, 415 



Amaryllises, 166 



Amelanchiers, the, 209 



American Blight, ways to destroy it, 348 



Amorphas, 209 



Ampelopsis, 75 



Andromeda japonica, 237 ; polifolia, 210 



Androsaces, 415 



Anemone coronaria, 19 ; fulgens, 19 



Anemones, a selection of, 446 ; for the rock- 

 garden, 415 ; Japanese, 446 ; Poppy from 

 seed, 19 ; St. Brigid, 19 



Angels' Tears, 95 



Annual flowers, gathering, 40 ; half-hardy, 

 sowing, 41 ; in town gardens, 393 ; tables 

 of the best, 408 ; hardy, from seed, 38, 

 39 ; soil for, 38 



Antennaria tomentosa, 415 



Anthemis Kelwayi, 408 



Anthericums, the, 446 



Anthuriums, 474 



Anthyllis montana, 415 



Antirrhinums, raising from seed, and varie- 

 ties, i 



Aphelandra aurantiaca, 474 



Aponogeton distachyon, 64, 472 



Apple, Crab, as jellies and jams, 251 



Apple culture, minute information about, 

 268 



Apple, Fairy, the, 251 ; cultivation of, 

 general, 267-275 



Apples, Cooking, list of, 438 ; Crab, beauti- 

 ful, 250, 251, 327 ; dessert, the finest, 

 457 ; in pots, 332 ; soil for, 268 



Apple trees, Bush, 270 ; Cordon, 271 ; 

 Espalier, 271 ; forms of, 270 ; grafting, 

 forms of, 273-275 ; planting, 268 ; 

 pruning, summer and winter, 272, 273 ; 

 purchasing, 268; Pyramid, 270; root- 

 pruning, 273 ; Standard, 270 



Aquilegias, 415, 446 ; raising from seed, 

 and selection, i 



Arabis albida and varieties, 415 ; as an 

 edging, 82 



Aralia chinensis, 210 ; Sieboldi, 147 



Aralias, Stove, 474 



Araucaria excelsa, in the greenhouse, 148 ; 

 imbricata, 472 



Arbor Vitae, American, the, 473 



Arbutuses, the, 210 



Arches, Roses for, 421 



Arenaria balearica, 415 ; grandiflora, 415 



Aristolochia Sipho, 75 



Armeria alpina rosea, 415 ; vulgaris, as an 

 edging, 82 



Arnebia echioides, 446 



Arrowhead, double white, for pond sides, 

 472 



Arrowheads, the, 64 



Artichokes, Globe, 361 ; Jerusalem, 361 ; 

 planting and sowing seed of Jerusalem 

 | and Globe, 444 

 i Arum Lily for pond sides, 472 

 | Arundinaria Falconeri, 212 ; Fortunei, 212 ; 

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