INDEX 
Laurel, 34 
American (Kalmia), 137 
Laurustinus (Viburnum), 184 
Lavender, 139 
Sea, 176 
Layers, 26 
above-ground, 29 
bending, 27 
circumposition, 29 
growing-point, 30 
heeling, 28 
leggy plants, 29 
notching, 29 
piercing, 29 
ringing, 28 
serpentine arching, 30 
splitting, 29 
tongueing, 28 
twisting, 28 
Leadwort (Plumbago), 163 
Leaf cuttings, 32 
Leggy plants, above-ground layering of, 
29 : 
Leguminosz, seed of, 5 
Lemon Thyme, 180 
Lenten Rose, 131 
Leopard’s Bane (Doronicum), 113 
Le icoium vernum, 20 
Lifting seedlings, 8 
Lights, 74 
Lilac, 19 
Lilies, 19, 21, 141. 
Belladonna, etc. 
Lily of the Valley, 15, 16 
Water, 154 
Linum trigynum, 167 
Lion’s Foot (Leontopodium), 140 
Tail, 140 
Liverwort, 121 
Loosestrife (Lysimachia and Lythrum), 
145 
Love-in-a-Mist, 154 
Lowberry, 143 
Lungwort, j166 
See under African, 
M 
Macerating seed, 14 
Madwort (Alyssum), 80 
Magnolia, 26 
Maidenhair (Adiantum), 78, rr9 
Mammuillaria graft, 59 
Mammoth Tree (Wellingtonia), 105 
Maple (Acer), 77 
budding, 63 
Maranta, 17 
Marchantia, 121 
Marguerite, 102 
Blue, 79 
Marrows, 183 
Marvel of Peru, 148 
Masdevallia, 156 
Meadow Rue (Thalictrum), 179 
Meadowsweet (Spiraea), 176 
193 
Melons, 59 
Mentha (Mint), 148 
Pulegium, 161 
Mespilus (Medlar), 146 
Mexican Tiger Flower (Tigridia), 180 
Michaelmas Daisy (Aster), 86 
Milfoil (Achillea), 78 
Milkwort (Euphorbia), 117 
Miscanthus, 117 
Mock Orange, 162 
Monkey Flower, 148 
Monocotyledons, 19 
Morus, 149 
Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium), 100 
Mugwort (Artemisia), 85 
Mullein (Verbascum), 183 
Musk, 148 
Mycorrhiza, 156 
Myrtle, 150 
Candleberry (Myrica), 150 
(rape, 138 
Wax, 150 
Nasturtium, 181 
Nectarines, stocks, 67 
Nelumbium, 4 
Nettle, Stingless (Pilea), 162 
New Zealand Flax, 162 
Rocket, 131 
Night-scented Stocks, 177 
Nightshade, Three-leaved (Trillium), 181 
Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria excelsa), 
84 
Notching, 29 
Nuts, 4, 60, 154, 186 
O 
Ocymum basilicum, 88 
Offsets, 19 
Oleander, 42, 153 
Oleaster (Eleagnus), 114 
Olive, Wild (Eleagnus), 114 
Onion-plant, 157 
Onions, 19 ° 
Orange, Mock, 162 
Oranges, 103 
budding, 65 
Orchid seed, 3 
seedlings, 10, 11 9 
Orchids, 156 
division of, 15 
Origanum, 146 
Orpine (Sedum), 174 
Oswego Tea, 148 
P 
Peony, 61 
Palms, 14, 148 
seed of, 4 
Pampas Grass, 129 
Pans, etc., for seed, 8 
Paris Daisies, 102 
Parlour Palm (Aspidistra), 86 
See also Alphabetical List of Plants, pp. 77-187. 
