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INDEX 



IBERIS correeefolia, 456 



Iberises for rock-garden, 417 



Idesia polycarpa, 230 



Ilex Aquifolium and varieties, propagat- 

 ing, 230 



Imantophyllum miniatum, 157] 



Incarvillea Delavayi, 456 



India-rubber plant, the, 155 



Indian Shot, 157 i 



Indigofera gerardiana, 231 



Insect pests, destroying, 346 



Insecticides, 351 



lonopsidium acaule, 410 



Iris, Algerian, the, 12 ; amcena, n ; 

 aphylla, n ; aurea, n ; cristata, 417; 

 English, the, 90, 472; fcetidissima, n; for 

 rock-garden, 417; German or Flag and 

 varieties, 10, n, 398, 399; gigantea, n ; 

 Japan, 64; Ksempferi, 64, 472; Ksempfers 

 for \vater-side, 12 ; missouriensis, n ; 

 monnieri, n ; monspur, n ; neglecta, 

 ii ; nudicaulis, 417 ; orientalis, n ; 

 pseudacorus, 472 ; pumila, in variety, 

 417 ; reticulata and varieties, 90, 417 ; 

 sibirica, 11, 472 ; s. alba, n ; Spanish, 

 the, 90; spuria, 11; stylosa or unguicu- 

 laris, 12; and varieties, 417; susiana, 

 ii ; the Netted, 90; Xiphium, 90; 

 xiphioides, 90 



Irises, bulbous, the, 90 ; Cushion, ii ; 

 Oncocyclus, n ; tall,|n 



Iron tree, 235 



Isolepis gracilis, 157 



Itea virginica, 231 



Ivies, green-leaved, 78 ; tree, 79 



Ivy, Poison, the, 243 



Ixias, in pots, 165 



JACOB'S LADDERS, the, 461 



Jamesia americana, 231 



Jasmines, the, 79 



Jasminum, grandiflorum, 157; nudiflorum, 



79 ; officinale, 79 ; revolutum, 79 

 Jews' Mallow, double and single, 232 

 Judas tree, the, 217 



KALES, 366 ; a selection of, 444 



Kalmias, the, 231 



Kennedya Marryattee, 157 



Kerria japonica and double variety, 232 



Kniphofias, 456, 457 



Knot-weeds, the, 462 



LABELS, the best, 338 



Labrador tree, 232 



Laburnum, evergreen, the, 237; the, 232 



Lachenalias, the, 165 



Lady Slippers, the, 186, 187 



Lselias, 189 



Lantanas, 157 



Lapageria alba, 157 ; rosea, 157 



Larkspurs, annual, 410 ; perennial, the 



best varieties and culture, 12, 13 

 Lastrea, asmula, 259 ; dilatata, 259 ; filix 



mas and varieties, 259 ; montana, 259 

 Lathyrus, grandiflorus, 79 ; latifolius and 



varieties, 79 ; rotundifolius, 79 ; Sib-^ 

 thorpi, 79 



Laurel, common, the, and varieties, 217; 

 Mountain, the, 231 ; Portugal, the, 

 217 



Laurus nobilis, 232 ; in tubs, 232 



Laurustinus, the, 232, 249 



Lavender, 390 



Lawn, destroying weeds on, 103; in winter, 

 104; making, 102; management of a, 

 103 ; Rose hedges round, 125 ; way to 

 mow a, 104 



Lead plant, the, 209 



Leaf-mould, value of, 137 



" Leather Jacket " grubs, destroying, 348 



Ledums, the, 232 



Leeks, 372, 444 



Leiophyllum buxifolium, 232 



Leontopodium alpinum, 417 



Lespedeza bicolor, 233 



Lettuce, Cos, and Cabbage, 444 ; Tom 

 Thumb and Cos, 372 



Leucojum, aestivum, 90 ; vernum, 90 



Lewisia rediviva, 417 



Leycesteria formosa, 233 ; as a covert for 

 game, 233 



Ligustrums, the, 233 



Lilacs, the, varieties of, 247 



Lilies, a selection of, 90 92 ; Day, for 

 pond sides, 472 ; the best for certain 

 soils and positions, 91, 92 ; in pots, 165 ; 

 Mariposa, the, and their culture, 86, 87 ; 

 Peruvian, the, 446 



Lily, African, 147 ; Arum, the, 161 ; Guern- 

 sey, the, 166 ; of the Nile, 158 ; of the 

 Valley, in pots, 164; Scarborough, the, 

 166 ; St. Bruno's, 446 ; Wood, the white, 



465 



Limes, the, 247, 248 

 Limnanthes Douglasi, 410 

 Linaria alpina, 417 

 Linum grandiflorum rubrum, 411 

 Liquidambar styraciflua, 233 

 Liriodendron tulipfera, 234 

 Lithospermum prostratum, 417 

 Loam, value of, 136 

 Lobelia, Miss Hope, 158 ; in baskets, 158 



Scarlet, 457 



Locust tree, common, the, 244 

 Logan Berry, the, 332, 333 

 London Pride, the, 463 

 Lonicera, Alberti, 80; etrusca, 80; flava, 



80 ; fragrantissima, 80 ; japonica aurea 



reticulata, 80; Ledebourii, 80; plantier- 



ensis, 80 ; sempervirens vars. , 80 ; Stan- 



dishi, 80 



Loosestrife, the, 472 

 Loropetalum chinense, 234 

 Love Lies Bleeding, in variety, 411 

 Lupin tree, the, 458 

 Lupines, annual, 411 ; the, 458 

 Lupinus, some of the, 411 

 Lychnis alpina, 417 ; the, 458 

 Lycium, barbarum, 80; europneum, 80 

 Lyre flower, the, 450 

 Lythrum Salicaria and roseum superbum, 



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