INDEX* 



159 



Gladiolus bulbs, 108 

 Gloxinia infested by rust. 87 

 Gooseberries, cordon, 128; pruning, 



126 



Grafted Apple trees dying, 122 

 Grape (Foster's Seedling), spotted, 

 116; growing in greenhouses, 110 

 Grapes, Muscat, rust on, 119; ripen- 

 ing, treatment of, 117; scalded, 

 115, 117; shrivelling before ripe, 

 116 



Greenfly in conservatory, 79, 88 

 Greenhouse, Grape-growing in a, 

 110; greenfly in, 79; heated, 

 climbing Roses for, 33; heating 

 apparatus for small, 80; in win- 

 ter, plants for, 90; unheated, 

 Climbing roses for, 33; ven- 

 tilating, 83 



Ground, preparing, for Sweet Peas, 

 49 



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Heating apparatus for small green- 

 house, 80 



Hedge, evergreens for, 144; plants 

 for, 143 



Holly, transplanting, 146 



Hydrangeas not flowering, 81 



Ivy, pruning, 144 



Jessamine, pruning white, 76 



Kainit for Roses, 30 



Lawn, improving, 56, 57; renovating 

 the, 55; seed, quantity of, to sow, 

 54; top dressing a, 56; weeds on, 

 54 



Lilies, diseased, 106; in pots, 108 



Lily bulbs, 106; of the Valley, 

 forcing, 91; Tiger, increasing, 

 104 



Loganberry, 130 



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Maidenhair Fern in winter, 80 



Manure, artificial, for Chrysanthe- 

 mums, 101; Clay's, 36, 52, 102; 

 for Strawberries, 136; pig, for 

 Sweet Peas, 48, 53 

 Manures, artificial, for Roses, 28 

 Marguerite leaves ruined by insect, 



86 



Marguerites suddenly withering, 92 

 Medlars, keeping, 132 

 Melon flowers, fertilising. 137 

 Mildew, spraying roses for, 33 

 Mint during winter, 155 

 Mcntbretias not flowering, 77 

 Moss on paths, to destroy, 70; on 



walks, 56 

 Mulching young fruit trees, 128 



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Nasturtium, Flame, 68 

 Nectarines shrivelling, 136; splitting, 

 125, 139 



Onions, saving seed of, 151 

 Orchids, treatment of, 90 



Pansies, failure with, 72 



Paths, making brick, 58 



Pea mould, Sweet Peas killed by, 52 



Peach leaf blister, 125 



Peaches, stringy, 136 



Pear, scab on, 122; cankered, 123; 



pruning, 126 

 Pears, gathering, 130; greenhouse. 



falling while small, 124 

 Perennials, staking, 68 

 Pergola, Roses for, 24 

 Planting trees, 142 

 Plum (Myrobella), hedge, trimming, 



126; tree, aphis on. 127 

 Pond, making a small, 64 

 Potatoes, black scab in, 153; liming 



ground for, 151 

 Pots, Sweet Peas in, 50 

 Pruning, Clematis, 144; forest trees. 



148; Gooseberry bushes, 126; Ivy, 



144; Pear trees, 126; Roses, 4; 



Vines, 110; White Jessamine, 76 

 Pansy cuttings, keeping through 



winter, 82 



