164 INDEX. 



D. 



PAG» 



Deciduous plants — transplanting SY 



Double Dahlia— 6', 



catalogue of. 6Y 



propagation of, from seed 73 



Dahlias — ^preparation of the soil for ; 74 



Descriptive catalogue 99 



Employment for ladies 19 



Early flowers — how to grow 28 



and walks 41 



F. 



Flower-garden — observations on 17 



Flower-beds — ^renewing of. 38 



Flowers — grouping of, artistically 38 



Flowering and ornamental shrubs 42 



Flower-de-luce 78 



Frost — attracting of, with water 94 



Flowers 139 



Fruit 145 



G. 



Grafting 55 



Gladiolus 75 



Green-house plants — general management of 91 



management of, in cold weather 115 



watering of 116 



management of, in warm weather 121 



Green-house flowers — time to transplant 123 



H. 



Hardy flowering shrubs 64 



Hyacinths and bulbous roots — difierence between 59 



Hyacinth 77 



Heat essential to the growth of plants 95 



