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Gardening for Amateurs 



germanica, graminea, 156 : 

 Kaempferi, laevigata, 158 ; lutea 

 maculata, Missouriensis, Olbien- 

 sis, orientalis, pallida, puinila, 

 156 ; sibirica and varieties, 158 ; 

 Spanish, 646 ; stylosa, 158 ; Tiger, 

 652 ; unguicularis, 158 ; xiphi- 

 oides, xiphion, 646 



Irises, bulbous and tuberous-rooted, 

 944 ; Flag, bearded, beardless, 

 dwarf bearded, 156 ; Japanese 

 Flag, 158 ; rhizomatous, 155, 156 ; 

 Spanish, 615 



Isolepis gracilis, 768 



Italian Maple, 917 



Ivies, green-leaved, 661 ; silver and 

 golden, 662 



Ivy, 334, 566, 874 ; cutting, 122 ; 

 common, 897 ; Irish, 182, 897 ; 

 to make cling to smooth surfaces, 

 842 ; under trees, 46 



Ivy-leaved Geranium, 192, 196 



Ixia, 925 



Ixora, 850 



JACOBAEA, 449 



Jacobea Lily, 750 



Jacobinia chrysostephana, magni- 



fica, 740 



Jacob's Ladder, 394 

 January, early, work in the garden 



in, 963 

 Japanese Anemones, 28, 88 ; Cedar, 



888 ; Crab, 917 ; Flag Irises, 



158 ; Larch, 889 ; Lily, 92, 96 ; 



Primrose, 54 ; Spiraea, 823 ; 



Windflower, 51, 60 

 Jasmine, 178, 875 ; Bock, 116, 603 ; 



white, 178, 566 ; winter, 178, 



791 

 Jasrninum, 178, 773, 857, 875 ; 



Gracile de Poiteau, grandiflorum, 



773 ; nudiflorum, 178, 620, 791, 



875 ; odoratissimum, 773 ; offici- 



nale, 178 3 566, 875 ; primulinum, 



875 

 Jerusalem Artichoke, 25, 1044, 1061 ; 



Cross, 390 

 Jew's Mallow, 904 

 Judas Tree, 919 

 Juglans cinerea, cordiformis, nigra, 



regia, 922 

 July, early, work in the garden in, 



406 ; late, work in the garden in, 



458 

 June, early, work in the garden in, 



325 ; late, work in the garden in, 



360 



berry, 902 



Juniper, 889 

 Juniperus Sabina, 889 



KAFFIR Lily, 88, 92 

 Kalanchoe flammula, 762 

 Kalrnia angustifolia, latifolia, 898 

 Kalosanthes, 740, 759 

 Kaulfussia amelloides, 438 

 Kennedya comptoniana, Marryattae, 



Kentia belmoreana, forsteriana, 778 



Kerria japonica, 904 



Killarney Fern, 839 



Killing flannel weed and scum in 



water, 121 

 King's Spear, 637 

 Kingsacre-berry, 989 

 Knapweed, 38i ; Great, 382 

 Knife v. Secateurs, 972 

 Kniphofia, 71, 159 ; aloides, brevi- 



folia, 160 ; caulescens, 31, 160 ; 



corallina, glaucescens, Leichtlinii, 



Macowanii, maxima, nobilis, 

 Xorthiae, pauciflora, rufa, Tuckii, 

 . 160 ; uvaria grandiilora, 31 

 Knotweed, 180, 394 ; annual, 447 

 Kochia, 198 ; tricophylla, 438 



LABELS, indelible inks for metal, 56 



Laburnum, 815, 919 ; alpinum, 919 ; 

 caramanicum, 915 ; vulgare, 919 



Lace Fern, 832 



flower, 449 



Lachenalia, 335, 740 ; aurea, Nelsoni, 

 pendula, tricolor, 335 ; varieties, 

 740 



Lackey Moth, 679 



Ladder Fern, 820 



Lady Fern, 828 



Lady's Slipper, 947 



Laelia, 806 



Laelio-Cattleya, 806 



Lagurus ovatus, 46, 436 



Lamarckia aurea, 436 



Lantana, 196, 740 ; delicatissima, 

 336 ; salviaefolia, 336, 860 



Lapageria, 773 ; rosea, 860 



Larch, 889 ; Golden, 892 ; Japanese, 

 889 



Larix, Kaempferi, occidentalis, 889 



Larkspur, annual, 196, 433 ; dwarf 

 Rocket, 433 ; perennial, 69, 143 



Larkspurs, Roses and, 28 



Lasiandra macrantha, 740, 860 



Lastrea, 836 ; Filix-mas, 828 



Latania borbonica, 778 



Lathyrus delicatus, grandiflorus, 

 389 ; latifolius, 178, 375, 389, 566 ; 

 rotundifolius, 389 



Laurel, 863 : common, 899 : leaves 

 as insecticide, 56 ; Portugal, 899 



Laurus nobilis, 899 



Laurustinus, 900 ; lucidum, 791 



Lavandula spica, vera, 671 



Lavatera alba splendens, rosea splen- 

 dens, trimestris, 440 



Lavender, 88, 555, 370 ; and China 

 Roses, 664 



, Cotton, 671 



, Sea, 47, 48, 376, 400, 450, 750 



Lawn, care of the, 20 ; cuttings, 

 value of, 380 ; earthworms in, 18 ; 

 improving the, 754 ; manure for 

 the, 20 ; moss on the, 22 ; mower, 

 476 ; mowing the, 24 ; mow- 

 ings, 525 ; the perfect, how to 

 obtain, 19 ; renovating the, 21 : 

 sand, 42 ; seed, sowing, 19 ; 

 shrubs for a small, 23 ; watering 

 the, 21 ; weeds on, 23 



Lawns, 840, 945 ; clovers and weeds 

 on, 520 ; Crocuses on, 71 ; in 

 summer, 268 ; making, 266 ; moss 

 on, 288 ; mowing, 360, 405 ; 

 Plantains on, 121 ; weeds on, 121, 

 170 



Lawson's Cypress, 863, 888 



Laxton-berry, 989 



Layering, 702 ; Border Carnations, 

 344, 347, 702 ; greenhouse Carna- 

 tions, 704 ; plants, 706 ; Roses, 

 318 ; shrubs, 706 ; stem, 706 ; 

 Strawberries, 361, 1012 ; trees and 

 shrubs, 931 



Layers, 702 



Layia elegans, 440 



Leaf cuttings, 699 



-eating caterpillars, how to 

 destroy, 112 



-losing trees, 921 



-mining grub, 681, 358, 1113 

 mould, 183, 409 ; how to make, 



41 ; sterilising, 26, 503 

 spot fungus, 679 



Leather jacket grub, 085, 877 



Leaves, fallen, 689 ; in shrubberies, 

 963 



Lebanon Candytuft, 602 



Leeks, 124 ; planting, 327 ; sowing 

 26 



Lenten Rose, 53, 152, 153 



Leontopodium, alpinum, 609 



Leopard's Bane, 52, 372, 384 



Leptosiphon androsaceus, aureus, 

 hybridus, roseus, 440 ; Stillmani, 

 74, 440 



Leschenaultia biloba major, 786 



Lespedeza Sieboldii, 915 



Lettuce, 690, 957 ; for winter, 557 ; 

 in frames, 946 ; slugs on, 682 ; 

 sowing, 80 



Leucojum, aestivum, autumnale, 

 Hernandezii, pulchellum, vernuin, 

 646 



Leucophyta Brownii, 501 



Levelling ground, 10 



laboceclrus decurrens, 889 



Lichen, 687 



Light ground, improving, 114 ; 

 plants for, 514 



Ligustrum japonicum, lucidum, 899 ; 

 ovalifolium, 863 ; sinense, 911 



Lilac, 816, 908 ; French, 147 ; 

 suckers, 112 ; varieties of, 909 



Lilies, 90 : among shrubs, 96 ; 

 Arum, 840 ; Arum, after bloom- 

 ing, 217 ; Arum, potting, 556 ; 

 difficult to grow, 100 ; for hardy 

 flower border, 94 : for the green- 

 house, 99 ; good garden, 96 ; 

 Madonna, planting, 504 ; rare, 

 100 : top-dressing, 325 ; Torch, 

 31 ; Torch, the best, 160 ; Water, 

 864 ; when to plant, 101 



Lilium auratum, 91, 96, 97 ; Brownii, 

 91, 96, 97 ; bulbiferum, 91, 94 ; 

 Canadense, 91, 97 ; candidum, 91, 



94 ; chalcedonicum, 91, 94 ; col- 

 chicum, 91 ; concolor, 91, 97 ; cor- 

 difolium, 91 ; croceum, 91, 94 ; 

 Dalhansoni, 91, 97 ; dauricum, 

 91, 94 ; elegans, 91, 96, 97 ; excel- 

 sum, 91 ; giganteum, 91, 97, 

 506 ; Hansoni, 91, 96, 98 ; Har- 

 risii, 91 : Henryi, 91, 98 : Hum- 

 boldtii, Krameri, 91 ; lancifolium, 

 91, 96 ; Leitchlini, 91 ; longi- 

 florum, 91, 96, 98, 99, 424 : Lowii, 



91, 99 ; Martagon, 92. 94 ; mona- 

 delphum, 92, 94 : Neilgherrense, 

 92 ; Nepalense, 92, 99 ; odorum, 

 92 ; pardalinum, 92, 98 ; Parryi, 

 parvum, philadelphicum, 92 ; 

 pomponium, 92, 94 : pyrenaicum, 



92, 94 ; rubellum, 92, '366 ; spe- 

 ciosum, 92, 96, 98 ; sulphureum, 

 92, 99 ; superbum, 92, 98 ; Sut- 

 chuonense, 92, 99 ; szovitzianum, 

 tcmuifolium, 92 : testaceum, 92, 



95 ; thunbergianum, 92, 96 ; 

 tigrinum, 92, 95 ; umbellatum, 

 Wallichianum superbum, Wash- 

 ingtonianum, 92 



Lily, African, 92, 500, 718 : Arum, 

 92, 749 ; Belladonna, 92, 627 ; 

 Brown's, 96 : Canadian, 97 ; Cau- 

 casian, 92 : Day, 92, 386 ; diseases 

 of, 101 : giant, 92, 97 ; golden- 

 rayed, 92, 96, 97 ; Guernsey, 92 ; 

 Hanson's, 96, 98 ; heart-leaved, 

 92 : Henry's, 98 : Jacobea, 750 ; 

 Japanese, 92, 96, 366 ; Kaffir, 

 88, 92 : Madonna, 92, 94 ; Mari- 

 posa, 92, 630 ; Martagon, 94 ; 

 Nankeen. 92, 95 ; Nepaul, 92 ; 

 of the Field, 652 ; of the Valley, 

 23, 92, 1019 ; Orange, 92, 94 ; 



