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INDEX 



Chink fillers, 71, 86 

 Chrysanthemum uliginosum, 237 

 City gardens, 131-142, 335-343 

 Climate, most precious thing it 

 can give, 6 



of United States vs. England, 

 145 



vs. bulbs, 262 



vs. rock gardening, 244 



vs. self-indulgence, 14, 15 



vs. tender plants, 322 

 Climbers, 209-223, plate 46 

 Colchicum autumnal f, plate 89 

 Coldframes, plate 89 

 Collecting, 119-127, 227 

 Colour discords, 167 



harmony, simplest plan for, 37 

 Coloured foliage, 187 

 Coltsfoot, giant, plate 106 

 Columbine, scarlet, 68 

 Columnar trees, 189 

 Columns, vines for, 216 

 Comfort in formal garden, 20, 30 

 Conard, 51 

 Conifers, 145-156 



cannot stand smoke, 175 



variegated, 59 

 Conservatory, 112 

 Cooler gardens, 234 

 Coolness and shade, 31 

 Corner lot in Bournville, plate 109 

 Cornus, 201 



Cornus Canadensis, plate 5 

 Corydalis lutea, plate 37 

 Cottage gardens 335-343 

 Cover plants, 286 

 Crab, Japanese, plate 70 

 Crambe orientalis, plate 78 

 Creepers, 172, 296 

 Crisp, Sir Frank, 65 

 Crocuses, 263 



autumn, plate 89 

 Cryptomeria Japonic a, 152 

 Cut-leaved foliage, 330 

 Cypripedium spectabile, plate 33 



D 



Daffodils, artistic way to plant 

 plates, 23, 86, 87, 88 



by the ton, 56 



improved by amateurs, 122 



naturalizing, 261, 264 

 Daisies, Michaelmas, 236 



moon, 237 

 Datura, plate 47 



Decorative way of growing green- 

 house climbers, plates 46, 100 

 Deer park, plate 68 

 Denbies, plate 63 

 Design, 202 



purity of, 59 



Dianthus integer, plate 30 

 Dogwood, 187 

 Drifts vs. solid blocks, 39 

 Drought-resisters in a pinch of 

 soil, plate 29 



Dutch stock, why it fails, 5, 15 

 Dutchman's breeches, 68 



Earle, Alice Morse, 21 

 Edging plants, 204, 277-286 



herbaceous, plate 2 



shrubby, plates i, 90 

 Edgings, dead, 280 



flower, 281 



for formal gardens, 279 



permanent, 280 

 Elizabeth Park, Hartford, 98 

 Elwes and Henry, 156 

 Elymus arenarius, 301 

 English luxuriance and finish, only 



way to get; plates 2, 6 

 Ericacecc, 295 



Erythronivm Americanum, 57 

 Euonymus, climbing, 171 

 Evening effects, 235 

 Everblooming plants, 311 

 Evergreen carpeting plants, 98 



climbers, 170 



vs. deciduous, 196 

 Evergreens, broad-leaved, 159- 

 177 



narrow-leaved, 145-156 



vines on, 210 



Feminine element in gardens, 



234, 323. 329 

 Ferns, acres of, 77 



for rocks, 254 



hart's tongue, plate 98 



maidenhair, 68 



royal, 59 



sensitive, plate 98 

 Figs in the North, 91 

 Fillers for hardy beds, 313 

 Finish of English landscapes, 277 



gardens, plate 2 



lawns, plates I, 91 

 Finishing touches, 204, 277 

 Firs, 153, 156 

 Flame flower, 221 

 Flower bed, England's new, 307- 



317 



Flowers by the million, 261 

 dominant informal garden, plate 



II 



vs. foliage 

 Foliage, abnormally coloured, 188, 



33 



gray, 232 



more important than flowers, 

 2OI 



tropical, 321-331 

 Forestry, landscape, 184 



private, 183 



Formal beds of bulbs, 269 

 Formal gardens, 13-21 

 Forsythia bed, plate 104 



Foxgloves by the million, 77 



Fragrance, 283, 299 



Fremlin's garden, plates, 2, 28, 80 



Friar Park, 65 



Fritillaria meleagris, 58, 266 



Front yard, plates 55, no 



Frost-resisting flowers, 316 



Fruit growing for quality, 195 



only way to protect, 91 



under glass, 107 

 Fruits, dwarf, plate 57 

 Fumitory, yellow, plate 37 



Galax, 69 

 Gale, sweet, 300 



Garden as necessary as dining- 

 room, 29 



Garden cities, 131-142 

 Gardening, compulsory at Bourn- 

 ville, 137 



most efficient enemy of the 

 saloon, 135 



productive outdoor hobby, 135 

 Geraniums, 284 

 Ginkgo, 189 

 Globe flower, 60 

 Glory-of-the-snow, 58 

 Gods, two false, 181 

 Golf, 28 



Grass, blue lyme, 301 

 Grasses, flowering, 359 

 Gravetye, 49, 174, plates 20, 36, 



37, 38, 40, 41, 45 

 Greenhouses, 107-116 

 Ground covers, 277-296 

 Grove, plate 5 



camp-meeting style of, 278 

 Guide to English gardens, 347 

 Gunnera, 50, 237, 326, plate 97 



Magellanica, plate 35 



H 



Hanging gardens, 90 

 Hardy borders, 35-43 

 Hardy perennials, 227-239 

 Harebells, 66, plate 36 

 Hart's tongue fern, 301 

 Heat-resisting plants for walls 



and roofs, 87 



Heath family, 78, 168, 295 

 Heather, 66, 169 

 Hedges vs. walls, 85 

 Hemerocallis 60, 266, plate 25 

 Hemlock, 146, 148, plate 60 

 Hepaticas, 57 



Herbaceous perennials, 227-239 

 Keuchera, plates, 80, 82 

 Historical idea dominant, plate 9 

 Holford, Colonel, plate 4 

 Holland House, 348 

 Holly, 172 

 Horse chestnut, dwarf, plates 70, 



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