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INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 Branch of the Snowdrop Tree(ffalesia 



tetraptera] 227 



The Big Panicled Hydrangea (Hyd- 



rangea paniculata grandiftora} . 229 



An Aged Laburnum in Flower . . 232 

 The Yulan or Lily Tree (Magnolia 



conspicua] ..... 234 



Pernettya Shoot with Berry Clusters . 236 



Pyrus spectabilis on the Lawn . . 238 



A Rhododendron Dell . . . 242 

 Group of the Chinese Guelder Rose 



( Viburnum plicatum) . , . 248 



Yucca on Lawn 250 



Ferns in Woodland at Battle Abbey . 255 



Harts'-Tongue Ferns at Foot of Wall 259 

 Wild Ferns in Devonshire . . .265 



October Fruit 267 



Bush Apple (Newton Wonder) . . 270 



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 A Ten-Year -Old Standard Apple 



Tree 272 



Durondeau Pear .... 276 



Muscat of Alexandria Grape . . 283 



Baskets of Royal Sovereign Strawberry 303 



The Cardinal Nectarine in the Open . 321 



Kentish Pie or Red Cherry . . 332 



Snowdrops among Bushes . . 353 

 Flower Borders through Vegetable 



Garden 361 



A Suburban Flower Garden (Baling) 387 

 Lawn with Flower Borders in an 



Baling Garden .... 390 

 The White Japanese Windflower (A ne- 



mone japonica alba] . . . 392 



Lavender as a Hedge . . . 395 



Walk of Evening Primroses . . 403 



Pinks and Paeonies .... 404 



DIAGRAMS 



American Blight in Various Stages . 349 



Apple Tree, Bad Planting . . 269 



,, Crown or Rind Grafting 



of . . .275 



,, Good Planting . . 269 



,, Lateral Shoot, Summer 



and Winter Pruning of 272 



,, Root Pruning . 273, 274 



Scion in Saddle Grafting 275 



Barrow, Garden, a Useful. . . 345 



Bean, Runner, Way to Arrange Row 



of 3 6 3 



Blight, American in Various Stages . 349 

 Carnation, Layered .... 35 

 Carrots, Right and Wrong Way of 



Thinning 3 6 7 



Cherry, Winter, the . . . . 461 

 Chrysanthemum Cutting, a Bad . 169 

 a Good . 168 

 Shoot with Terminal 



Buds . . .176 

 Currant, Black, Fruit on Previous 



Season's Growth of 316 



,, ,, Pruning. . . 315 



Drain, Deep or Pipe .... 354 



,, Shallow Rubble . . . 354 



Echinops 45 1 



Galtonia candicans .... 393 



Garden Barrow, a Useful . . -315 



Garden Tools, Useful . . -357 



Geranium, Cutting of ... 141 



Gooseberries, Cordon . . . 313 



Gooseberry Bush, with First Branches 312 



,, ,, with Six Branches . 312 



,, Bushes, Distance to Plant 



Apart . . . ,39 

 Shoot in Fruit . . .311 

 Grafting of Apple Tree, Crown or 



Rind Grafting of . . 275 

 Saddle, of Apple Tree . 275 



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Ground, Trenching . . . 355, 356 

 Gumming ...... 337 



Helianthus rigidus, Miss Mellish . 453 

 Jasminum midiflorum . . . 395 

 Lobelia, Scarlet, The . . .457 

 Onions, Average Size of Bulbs through 

 Proper Thinning .... 376 



Pear, Fan-trained . . . 280-282 

 Phy salts Alkekengi . . T. . 461 

 Pink Pipings, Box with ... 37 

 ,, Under Hand-light . 36 



Potato, Seed, Box .... 378 



Potatoes, Produce from Sets (2 Dia- 

 grams) 377 



Pot, Flower, Showing Way to Drain 132 



Potting 342 



Raspberry, Way to Prune . . . 325 

 Root pruning, How not to Cut Back 



a Root 278 



, , Way to Cut Back a Root . 278 

 Rose, Budding, the . . .113, 114 



,, Cutting 115 



,, Properly Inserted . . .115 



,, Medium Growth, Way to Prune no 



,, Of Strong Growth, ,, ,, in 



Seakale, Three Stages of Root . . 380 



Shreds, Evil Effects of ... 337 



Shrub, Way to Layer a , 198 



Strawberry, How to Plant . . 302 



Layers in Small Pots . 305 



,, Potting .... 306 



, , Plant with Runners . 304 



Tomato Plant, in Pot . . . 384 



,, Plants, in the Open . . 383 



Training . . 382, 383 



Tools, Useful Garden . . -357 



Tree, Way to Layer a ... 198 



Trenching Ground .... 353 



Vine Border, Section of . . . 487 



Vine, Bottle Grafting of . . . 298 



