Index 



King's Spear, 9 



Kitchen garden, the, in April, 204; 

 in August, 257; in December, 109; 

 in February, 148; in January, 

 128; in July, 251; in June, 235; 

 in March, 182; in May, 220; in 

 November, 89; in October, 45; in 

 September, 267 



Kochia scoparia, 142, 171 



Laburnum, 208; and Wistaria, 23 



Larkspur, annual, 161; perennial, 138 



Lawn, care of the, 67; enriching the, 

 157; fertilisers for, 69; moss on, 

 69; renovating the, 156; sand, 69; 

 sowing, 264; weeds on, 68; weedy, 

 158; worms on, 67 



Lawns, 116; clover on, 69; fairy 

 rings, on, 70 



Leaf-mining Maggot, 201 



Leaves, autumn, 47 



Lenten Roses, 114 



Lettuce, 205 



Lifting flower roots, 23 



Lilac, the, 207 



Lilies, 164; Arum, yellow, 136; in 

 pots, 36; Mariposa, 6, 7; to plant 

 in October, 13 



Lilium auratum, 13; Batemanniae, 

 bulbiferum, Canadense. chalce- 

 donicum, croceum, Hansoni, Hen- 

 ryi, 14; longiflorum, 36; Mar- 

 tagon, pardalinum, pyrenaicum, 

 speciosum, Testaceum, Thunber- 

 gianum, tigrinum, umbellatum, 

 14 



Liliums, 14, 164, 241 



Lily, Arum, 6; Canadian, 14; 

 Madonna, 13; Nankeen, Orange, 

 Panther, 14; Sword, South 

 African, 5; Tiger, 13; Trumpet, 

 white, 13, 36; Turk's Cap, 14; of 

 the Valley, 8, 41 



Linum grandiflorum rubrum, 161 



Lobelia, perennial, 24 



Loganberry, the, 250 



Lonicera fragrantissima, 93, 134; 

 Standishi, 93, 134 



Lupin, 61, 138 



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Madonna Lily, 13 



Magnolia stellata, 134 



Mahonia, 48 



Maidenhair ferns, 137 



Maidenhair Tree, the, 48 



Manures for Roses, 50 



Mariposa Lilies, 6, 7 



Marrow, Vegetable, 182 



Melon, 182, 220 



Mexican Daisy, 121 



Mezereon, 93 



Mignonette, 257 



Mildew, 214 



Mint, 128 



Mistletoe, 113 



Mixed border, the, 58, 162 



Mock Orange, 209 



Monarch of the East, 36 



Montbretia roots, storing, 24 



Montbretias, 166 



Moonlight Bramble, 98 



Moss on the lawn, 69 



Mountain Ash, the, 70; Clematis, 191 



Mushrooms, 46, 221 



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Narcissi, Chalice-cupped, 16; Poet's, 

 17; star, 16 



Narcissus, 15; Bulbocodium, cycla- 

 mineus, minimus, moschatus, 

 Johnstoni, Queen of Spain, junci- 

 folius, triandrus albus, 16 



Nectarine, planting, 81; varieties of, 

 82 



Nerine, the, 29 



Nerium Oleander, 146 



Nicotiana affinis, 141 



North wall, climbers for, 169 



November, flowers in, 47 



Oak, Australian Silky, 120 

 Odd corners, flowers for, 6 

 Oenothera Missouriensis, 139 

 Old-world Roses, 54 

 Oleander, the, 146 



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