1122 



Gardening for Amateurs 



Fleabane, 385 



Flower border, hardy, planting, 663 

 pots, dirty, 80 



Flowering shrubs, leaf-losing, prun- 

 ing, 881 ; hardy, 901 



Thorn, 918 



Flowers in water, preserving, 266 ; 

 from seeds, some favourite, 115; 

 to sow, for cutting, 72 



Foliage, fragrant, 107 ; plants for 

 greenhouse, 765 



" Forcing," 183 



Forcing, 894, 965 ; hardy plants for, 



Forget-me-not, 53, 708, 709, 712 

 Formal garden, little, 507 ; sim- 

 ple, 508 



Rose garden, 507 

 Formalin, 524 



Forsythia, 815 ; europaea, inter- 

 media, 904 ; suspensa, 815, 904 ; 

 viridissima, 904 



Fothergilla Gardeni, 904 ; major, 904 



Foxglove, 52, 118 



Fragrant foliage plants, 107 ; peren- 

 nials, 107 



Frame, cold, 792 



Frames, plants in, 668, 963 



Franciscea, 849 ; calycina flori- 

 bunda, 84 ; confertiflora, 849 



Francoa, 735 ; appendiculata, ra- 

 mosa, 735 



Fraxinella, 383 



Fraxinus, excelsior, 922 ; excelsior 

 aurea, 925 ; excelsior hetero- 



?hylla, 922 ; excelsior pendula, 

 74 ; Mariesii, 920 ; Ornus, 920, 

 922 



Freesia, 735 ; best kinds of, 735 ; 

 refracta alba, 333, 735 



Freesias, 690, 840 ; hints on, 75 ; 

 potting, 555 



French Beans, 660, 1063 



garden, the work for the year 



in, 958 



gardening, 949, 957, 960; 



Asparagus, 953, 960 ; Cabbage, 

 Carrot, Cauliflower, 954, 960 ; 

 Celery, Chicory, 955, 960 ; crops 

 to grow, 952 ; Cucumber, Dwarf 

 Beans, 956, 960 ; frames and 

 cloches, 951 ; Lettuce, 957, 960 ; 

 markets and marketing produce, 



951 ; mats, 952 ; Melon, 958, 

 960 ; packages and materials, 



952 ; preparing the frames, 950 ; 

 Potatoes (early) and Radishes, 

 956, 960; Radishes, 959, 960; 

 Rhubarb, Seakale, 960 ; soil and 

 situation, 950 ; Strawberries, To- 

 matoes, Turnips, Violets, 962 ; 

 water supply, 952 



Lilac, 147 

 Fringe Flower, 337 



Fritillaria, 639, 936 ; armena, aurea, 

 citrina, coccinea, 640 ; imperialis, 

 639 ; latifolia, Meleagris, persica, 

 pudica, pyrenaica, recurva, 640 



Fritillary, 639, 936 ; Snake's Head, 

 Turk's Cap, 639 



Frog-hopper, 314 



Frozen plants, 893 ; treatment of, 

 793 



Fruit, bought, a caution, 962 ; gar- 

 den, planning a small, 967 ; gather- 

 ing, 616, 690 ; gathering and stor- 

 ing, 474 ; storing, 659, 1020 



trees, budding, 407 ; bush, 



792 ; bush, propagating, 755 ; 

 bush, pruning, 964 ; disbudding, 

 190 ; espaliers, 795 ; exhausted, 

 755 ; feeding, 407 ; forking ground 

 between, 25 ; for various walls, 



841 ; grafting, 79 ; green fly on, 

 171 ; heavily-laden, assisting, 326 ; 

 in blossom, protecting, 25 ; in 

 open, 894 ; in pots, 1039 ; insect 

 pests, 678 ; mulching, 25, 265 ; 

 on walls, 326 ; old, pruning, 946 ; 

 ordering, preparation for plant- 

 ing, 659 ; planting, 795, 970 ; 

 Elanting in spring, 25 ; protect- 

 ig Avail. 79 ; pruning, 971 ; prun- 

 ing newly-planted, 25 ; pyramids, 

 792 ; root-pruning, 690, 970 ; 

 small, planting, 755 ; summer 

 pruning, 457 ; thinning, 576 ; 

 wall, 841 ; watering, 265 ; when 

 to plant, 970 ; where to plant, 

 968 ; winter wash for, 327, 972 



Fuchsia, 860 ; cuttings, 24 ; increas- 

 ing, 203 



Fuchsias, 839 ; Australian, 784 ; 

 beds of, 192 ; for greenhouse, 735, 

 736, 772 ; for hanging baskets, 

 333 ; gracilis, 416 ; hardy, 416 ; 

 Riccartoni, 416 ; varieties of, 736, 

 772 



Fuel for the stove, 41 



Fumigating greenhouse, 17, 687, 714 



Fumitory, 606 ; climbing, 116 



Fungi, 677 ; on paint, 366 



Fungicides, 686 



Fungoid diseases, 687 



Funkia, 53, 92, 145 ; Fortunei, Sie- 

 boldii, subcordata grandiflora, tar- 

 diflora, undulata argentea, 146 



GAILLARDIA, 69, 146, 147, 374, 434 ; 

 Amblyodon, lorenziana and var. 

 The Bride, picta, 434 



Galanthus, 640 ; Elwesi, Ikariae, 

 Imperati, nivalis, Redoutei pli- 

 catus, robustus, Whittalli, 640 



Galega, 147 ; compacta, Hartlandii, 

 148 ; offlcinalis, 147, orientalis, 

 Snowball, 148 



Garden alterations, 405 



Gardenia citriodora, florida, radi- 

 cans, 849 



Gardening terms explained, 183 



Garlic, 1074 



Gas lime, 81, 82 



Gasteria, 762 



Gathering Apples and Pears, 973 



Gauging, simple, 12 



Gaura Lindheimeri, 69, 501 



Genista, 904, 910 ; Aethnensis, 

 cinerea, 911 ; dalmatica, hispan- 

 ica, pilosa, radiata, sagittalis, 

 904 ; virgata, 911 



Gentian, 608 



Gentiana, 608 ; acaulis, 598, 608 ; 

 cruciata, septemfida cordifolia, 

 verna, 608 



Gentianella, 598, 608 



Geonoma gracilis, 778 



Geranium, 148, 608 ; argenteum, 

 601, 608 ; armenum, 148 ; cine- 

 reum, 608 ; cuttings, 121 ; En- 

 dressii, 148 ; grandiflorum, 148, 

 608 ; ibericum, 148 ; increasing, 

 204 ; macrorhizon, pratense, san- 

 guineum, 148 ; sanguineum Lan- 

 castriense, 598 ; scarlet, 744 ; 

 wallichianum, 148, 608 



Geraniums, 752 ; bedding, 893 ; 

 from seed, 376 ; in variety, 192 ; 

 ivy-leaved, 337 ; potting, 1095 ; 

 propagating, 555 ; winter-bloom- 

 ing, 361, 474, 615, 945 



German Iris, 1057 



Gesnera, 736 



Geum, 148, 608 ; Chiloense, Ewenii, 

 Heldreichii luteum, Heldreichii 



splendens, 148 ; Heldreichii su- 

 perbum, 608 ; miniatum, 148 ; 

 montanum, 149, 608 ; Mrs. Brad- 

 shaw, 148 ; rivale Guildford, 149 

 Rossii, 608 



Ghent Azaleas, 870 



Giant Lily, 92, 97 



Gilia capitata, 434 ; coronopifolia, 

 119 ; liniflora (nivalis), 434 ; tri- 

 color, 434 



Gillenia trifoliata, 574 



Ginkgo biloba, 889 



Gishurst Compound, 688 



Gladioli, 197 ; in pots, 755 ; lifting, 

 402, 689 ; planting, 24 ; staking 

 and tying, 360 



Gladiolus, 641 ; early, 642, 944 ; 

 late summer and autumn varie- 

 ties, 642 ; primulinum, 641 



Glass, washing, 893 



Glasshouses, fumigation of, 714 



Glastonbury Thorn, 919 



Glazing greenhouse, 824 



Gleichenia, 835 



Globe Amaranth, 920 ; Flower, 401 ; 

 Thistle, 48, 385 



Globularia bellidifolia. cordifolia, 

 nana, trichosantha, 608 



Gloneria jasminiflora, 849 



Gloriosa, 856 ; superba, pruning, 859 



Glory of the Snow, 632 



Glory Pea of Australia, 732 



Gloxinia, 736, 1020 



Gloxinias after flowering, 854 ; pro- 

 pagating, 556 ; seedling, 265 ; 

 starting, 79 



Goat's Beard, 136, 400; Rue, 147 



Godetia, 434 ; grandiflora, 436 ; 

 muralis, 436 



Golden Bell, 904 ; Feather, 206 ; 

 Polypody, 338 ; Rod, 376, 398 



Golden-rayed Lily, 92, 96, 97 



Gomphrena golobosa, 920 



Goniophlebium subauriculatum, 835 



Goodyera, 947 



Gooseberries, 964 ; and birds, 1020 ; 

 cordon, 998 ; gathering, 326 ; 

 giant, 998 ; pruning, 1095 



Gooseberry, 996, 1055 ; caterpillar, 

 123 ; cuttings, 853 ; flowering, 

 906 ; mildew, 680 ; pruning, 996 



Gourd, 1074 ; ornamental, 181 



Grafting, 694 ; forms of, 696 ; fruit 

 trees, 79 ; reasons for, 695 ; Roses, 

 318 ; trees and shrubs, 930 



Grape Hyacinth, 646 



Grapes, 1029 ; bluebottles destroy- 

 ing, 498 ; out of doors, 999 ; ripe, 

 659 ; ripening, 505 ; thinning, 

 264, 576, 1034 



Grass, Bristly Foxtail, 436 ; Cloud, 

 Hare's-tail, Love, Quaking, 436 ; 

 seed, sowing, 78 ; Spear, Squirrel- 

 tail, Turk's-head, 436 



Grasses, hardy ornamental, 44, 436 



Grease-banding fruit trees, 1037 



Green crops, planting, 408 



Fly, 313; on Cabbages, 681; 

 on fruit trees, 171 : on Roses, 174, 

 240, 684 ; prevented by use of 

 soot water, 56 ; remedy for, 312 , 



Greenhouse, 715 ; alpine flowers 

 for, 935 ; annuals for the, 787 ; 

 climbing plants for, 771 ; cold, 

 791 ; ferns, 831 ; fire, keep- 

 ing in, 76 ; foliage plants for, 

 765 ; fumigating the, 17, 687 ; 

 hardy shrubs for, 813 ; heating 

 apparatus for, 615 ; hints on 

 painting, 530 ; in autumn, 716 ; 

 in spring, 715 ; in summer, in 

 winter, 716 ; Palms for, 777 ; 

 perennial plants for, 717 ; pests 



