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INDEX 



Epimediums, for rock-garden, 416 



Epiphyllums, 73 



Eranthemum nervosum, 477 



Eremuri, the, 450 



Ericas, the, 224 ; greenhouse, the, 155 



Erigerons, 450; for rock-garden, 417 



Erinus alpinus, 417 



Erodiums, for rock-garden, 417 



Eryngiums, the, 451 



Erysimum peroffskianum, 416 



Escallonias, the, 224, 225 



Eschscholtzias, 410 



Eucalyptus globulus, 150; in the green- 

 house, 155 



Eucharidium Breweri, 410 



Eucharis amazonica, 477 



Eucryphia pinnatifolia, 225 



Eulalias, the, 155 



Euonymuses, 225 ; as wall shrubs and 

 edgings, 225 ; evergreen, the, 225 



Eutoca viscida, 410 



Evergreens, for small gardens, 470 



Everlastings, 410 



Exochorda Alberti, 226 ; grandiflora, 225 



FAIR Maids of France, 462 



Fern, Beech, the, 259 ; Bracken, the, 260 ; 

 Hard, the, 260 ; the Hard Shield, 259 ; 

 Harts' -tongue, the, and varieties, 259 ; 

 Hay-scented, the, 259 ; Holly, the, 259 ; 

 Killarney, the, and varieties, 265 ; Lady, 

 the, and varieties, 258 ; Male, the, and 

 varieties, 259 ; Mountain Buckler, the, 

 259; Oak, the, 259; Royal, the, 260; 

 Soft Shield, the, 259 



Ferns, Buckler, the, 259 ; curious forms of, 

 253 : Filmy, culture of, 264 ; for Wardian 

 cases, 255, 256 ; New Zealand, 265 : for 

 pond sides, 472 : greenhouse, 260 ; from 

 spores, 261 ; general treatment of, 263 ; 

 list of the most easily grown, 263 ; pro- 

 pagation by division, 262 ; soil for, 262 : 

 hardy, 252 ; best varieties of, 258 ; in the 

 garden, culture of, 254 : in frames, 257 ; in 

 the conservatory, 256 ; in the house, hints 

 about treatment of, 255 ; in Wardian 

 cases, 255, 256 : native, 252, 253, 265 ; 

 requirements of, 254 ; their haunts, 254 : 

 propagation of, 257, 258 ; spores, sow- 

 ing, 257 ; under glass, treatment of, 256 



Ficus indica, 155 



Figs, 315; and Vines, planting for their 

 foliage, 327 ; for open walls, planting 

 and general hints, 317, 318; planted out, 

 treatment of, and varieties, 317 ; Pot, 

 315 ; insect pests that attack, 316 ; varie- 

 ties to use, 316 



Filbert, in small orchard, 328 



Filberts, culture and propagation of, 322, 



Fir, Nordmann's, the, 472 ; Silver, Grecian, 



the, 472 



Fires, greenhouse, way to manage, 336 

 Fittonias, 477 



Flame flowers, the, 456, 457 

 Flower garden, Rose hedges round, 125 

 Flowers, annual, in town gardens, 393 ; 



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appendiculata, 156 ; ramosa, 156 

 Excelsior and varieties, 226 



annual, tables of the best, 408, 414 ; 

 border, arranging as to colour, 27, 28 ; 

 border, exposed, planting and sheltering 

 an, 341 : bulbous, 84 ; for the green- 

 house, 163 ; in town gardens, 373 : 

 hardy, a list of the finest, 445 ; from cut- 

 tings, 34 ; from seed, 30 ; in town gar- 

 dens, 392 ; way to sow seed of, 31-33 : 

 outdoor, winter protection for, 344 ; 

 packing, 340 ; summer, in town gardens, 

 394 ; winter protection of, coops for, 335 



Foam-flower, the, 419, 463 



Forget-me-not, Alpine, the, 417; Marsh, 

 the, 64 ; Water, the, 472 



Forget-me-nots, 459 



Forsythias, 226 



Foxgloves, from seed, and where to place, 

 9, 10 



Frames, wood, uses of, 345 



Francoa ai 



Fraxinus 



Freesias, the culture of, 165 



Fremontia californica, 226 



Fringe tree, the, 268 



Fritillaria, alpina, 89 ; citrina, 89 ; imperi- 

 alis, 89 ; Meleagris, 89, 96 ; pallidiflora, 

 89 ; pyrenaica, 89 ; recurva, 89 ; Whit- 

 talli, 89 



Fritillarias, the, 89 ; Snake's-head, 89, 96 



Fruit, cultivation of, 267; selections 0/437- 



443 



Fruit tree culture in pots, 329 ; best 

 trees for, 330 ; house for, 329 ; trees as 

 garden ornaments, 326 ; caterpillars on, 

 Paris green for destroying, 352 ; caustic 

 alkali wash for fruit trees in winter, 

 352 ; gumming in, 337; in pots, pruning, 

 331 ; in pots, varieties of for, 332 ; pot- 

 ting, 330 



Fuchsias in the greenhouse, 156 



Fungi, ways of destroying, 352 



Fungicide, the best, 352 



Funkias, 451 



Furze, dwarf, 248 



GAILLARDIA picta and p. lorenziana, 10 



Gaillardias, 451 



Galanthus Elwesi, 89 ; plicatus, 89 



Galax aphylla, 451, 452 



Galegas, the, 452 



Galtonia candicans, 89 



Garden, an alpine, inunheated greenhouse, 

 182 ; flower, Rose hedges round a, 215 ; 

 flowers, groups of, i ; ground, treatment 

 of sloping banks in, 343 ; monthly work in 

 the, calendar 0^400-407; plants, selec- 

 tion of, for places flooded by water, 335 ; 

 small, Roses for a, 420 : town, absence 

 of light, and tree planting in, 390 ; 

 description of and plants for, 388, 

 389 ; small, history of a, 395-397 ; de- 

 ciduous flowering shrubs for, 469, 470 ; 

 annual flowers in, 393 ; bulbous flowers 

 m > 393 1 climbers in, 394, 395 ; hardy 

 flowers in, 392 ; soil in, 391 ; summer 

 flowers in, 394 ; trees and shrubs for, 

 390, 391 ; tools, useful, 330 v,M 



