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Gardening for Amateurs 



655 ; English florists', 656 ; in 

 baskets, 338 ; Parrot, 655 ; very 

 early, 654 ; wild, 656 



Tunica Saxifraga, 600, 602 



Turf, how to lay, 19 ; heap, 409 



Turk's Cap Lily, 92 ; scarlet, 94 



Turnip fly, 681 



Turnips, 362, 458, 962, 1053 ; sow- 

 ing, 80 ; thinning, 616 



Twinflower, Scarlet, 630 



Tydaea, 751 



Tying down Vine growths, 78 



Typha minima, 574 



ULMUS campestris, glabra, major 

 montana, 924 ; montana pendula, 

 174 ; pedunculata, 924 



Umbrella Pine, 892 



Uniola latifolia, 46 



VALERIAN, Scarlet, 431 



Vallota purpurea, 92, 751, 823 



Vanda, 812 



Vegetable Marrow, 124, 265, 1053 ; 

 pests, 680 



Vegetables, 1060 ; early, 776 ; poul- 

 try manure for, 830 ; thinning, 575 



Ventilation, 840 



Venus' Looking-glass, 450 ; Navel- 

 wort, 445 



Verbascum, 120, 401 ; Blattaria, 

 Caledonia, densiflorum, nigrum, 

 402 ; olympicum, phlomoides, 31 ; 

 phoeniceum, pulverulentum, 402 



Verbena, 751, 1020 ; increasing, 207 ; 

 Lemon-scented, 720, 931 ; red, 192 



Veronica, 402, 751, 900 ; Ander- 

 sonii, 192 ; Anderson! variegata, 

 207 ; Bidwillii, 602 ; buxifolia, 

 cupressoides, 900 ; gentianoides, 

 402 ; incana, 602 ; longifolia, 402 ; 

 prostrata, repens, 212 ; salicifolia, 

 900 ; speciosa, 751, 752, 791, 900 ; 

 spicala, 402 ; subsessilis, 402 ; 

 Teucrium dubia, 601 ; Traversa, 

 830, 900 ; virginica, 402 



Viburnum rhytidophyllum, Tinus, 

 900 



Villarsia nymphaeoides, 575 



Vinca major, 564 ; minor, 182, 564 



Vine, 180, 876, 1029 ; borders, mak- 

 ing new, 754 ; disbudding, 190 ; 

 growths, tying down, 78 ; Silk, 180 



Vines, 326, 690, 794, 964 ; cleaning, 

 945 ; disbudding, 25 ; hardy, for 

 clothing tree stumps, 566 ; in 

 flower, 217 ; outdoor, 457 ; pro- 

 pagating by " eyes," 359 ; prun- 

 ing, 945 ; " stopping," 122 ; treat- 

 ment in winter, 478 



Viola, 84, 712 ; cuttings, 555, 558 ; 

 gracilis, 601, 602, 708 



Violas, 54, 71, 360, 707 ; for exhi- 

 bition, 87 ; from cuttings, 85 ; 

 from seeds, 64 ; how to grow, 86 ; 

 increasing, 84, 85 ; miniature, 87 ; 

 planting out, 24 ; twenty-five 

 varieties for garden display, 87 ; 

 varieties for spring bedding, 708 



Violets, 35, 359, 406, 840, 962, 963 ; 

 best varieties of, 37 ; Dog's Tooth, 

 638, 936 ; for winter, 35 ; in pots, 

 37, 104 ; increasing, 122 ; out-of- 

 doors, 35 ; planting in frames, 615 



Violettas, 87 



Virginian Creeper, 180, 566 ; Stock, 

 442 



Vitex Agnus-castus, 915 



Vitis, 180, 876 ; Brandt, Coignetiae 

 purpurea, 566 ; cordifolia, 662 ; 

 discolor, 859 ; Engelmanni, 876 ; 

 Henryana, 566, 662 ; himalayana, 

 662 ; inconstans, 180, 662, 876 ; 

 purpurea, 566 ; quinquefolia, 180, 

 876 ; semicordata, 662 ; Thun- 

 bergii, 566 



WALKS, weedy, 78 



Wall, building a, for flower growing, 

 560 ;' for flowers, 585 ; old, plant- 

 ing an, 562 ; shady, flowers for, 

 563 ; sunny, flowers for, 562 ; 

 fruits, protecting, 79 ; trees, 184, 

 841 ; trees, pruning, 946 ; trees, 

 watering, 123 



Wallflowers, 116, 709, 712 ; Double 

 German, 790 ; Fairy, 119 ; for 

 greenhouse, 790 ; sowing, 216 ; 

 transplanting, 88, 406 



Walls, flower growing in, 559 ; fruits 

 for, 841 ; Roses for, 308 



Walnut, 1002 ; Common, 922 ; of 

 America, Black, 922 



Warm water for window plants, 102 



Wash, caustic, lime-sulphur, 972 ; 

 for Roses, 315 ; winter, for fruit 

 trees, 972 



Washing glass, 893 



Wasps, 829 ; how to catch, 416 ; 

 nests, 71, 505 



Water, for window plants, warm, 102 ; 

 soft, obtaining, 61, 842 



garden, miniature, 572 



gardens, making, 576 ; making 

 the pond watertight, soil for, 570 



Hawthorn, 574 



. Lilies, 92, 574, 864 ; in tubs, 



215 



Watering, 840 ; Carnations, 346, 

 350 ; fruit borders, 264 ; fruit 

 trees, 265 ; perennial borders, 756 ; 

 plants, 62, 692 ; Rhododendrons, 

 268 ; Roses, 236, 243, 312 ; vege- 

 tables, 458 ; wall trees, 123 



Wax Flower, 859 



Weeding, 458 



Weed-killer, for paths, 16 ; prescrip- 

 tion for a, 854 ; using, 770 



Weeds, 518, 616, 687 ; clearing 

 lawns of, 170 ; destroying, 359 ; 

 on the lawn, 23, 121, 520 ; tap- 

 rooted, 23 



Weedy walks, 78 



Weeping Ash, Beech, Birch, trees, 

 Wych Elm, 174 



Weevils, 679, 680 ; on Cabbages, 681 



Wheeling manure, 947 



White Currant, 992 



Whitethorn, 862 



Whitlavia gloxinioides, 447 



Whitlow Grass, 937 



Willow, 917, 924 ; Blue, 924 ; Herb, 

 52 

 leaved Sunflower, 152 



Windflower, 132, 628, 937 ; Grecian, 

 628 ; Japanese, 51, 60 ; Mountain 

 628 ; Snowdrop, 52 



Windo\v boxes, 325 ; planting, 621 ; 

 planting for winter and spring, 

 625 ; gardening, 621 ; plants, 

 warm water for, 102 ; tubs, 325 



Windows, shady, flowers for, 624, 

 625 ; sunny, flowers for, 622 



Wineberry, 989 



Winter Geraniums, 1058 ; Iris, Al- 

 gerian, 158 ; Moth, 678 ; plants 

 during, 129 ; Sweet, 901 ; washes- 

 for fruit trees, 972 ; work, 963 



Greens, planting, 326 ; sow- 

 ing, 124 



Wintering plants in frames, 668 

 Wireworms, 685 ; how to trap, 121 ; 



killing by kindness, 514 

 Wistaria, 180, 877 ; Chinensis, multi- 



juga, 877 ; sinensis, 816 

 Witch Hazel, 208, 901, 915 

 Wood Ashes, making and using, 61 



Lily, 92 



supports, preservatives for, 17 



Woodlice, 800 ; trap for, 796 



Woodruff, 604 ; Blue, 428 



Woodwardia, 838 



Woolly Aphides, 679, 984 



Work for the year in the French 



garden, 958 



in the garden in early January, 

 963 ; February, 1057 ; March, 24 ; 

 April, 122 ; May, 216 ; June, 325 ; 

 July, 406 ; August, 504 ; Sep- 

 tember, 615 ; October, 689 ; 

 November, 794 ; December, 893 



in the garden in late January, 

 1019 ; February, 1094 ; March, 

 78 ; April, 170 ; May, 264 ; June, 

 360 ; July, 456 ; August, 555 ; 

 September, 658 ; October, 754 ; 

 November, 840 ; December, 945 



in winter, 963 

 Wormcasts, remedy for, 22 

 Worms, 518 

 Wormwood, 604, 672 

 Wounds in trees, stopping, 124 

 Wych Elm, 924 ; weeping, 174 



XERANTHEMUM, 48 ; annuum, 435 



YARROW, Giant Golden, 381 



Yew, 862 ; Common, 892 



Yuccas with broken branches, 28& 



ZEA, 46, 675 



Zephyr Flower, 656 



Zephyranthes Andersoni, Atamasco, 



Candida, carinata, rosea, 656 

 Zinnia, 75 : elegans, Haageana, 453 

 Zizania aquatica, 574, 675 

 Zonal Pelargoniums, increasing, 204r 

 Zygopetalum, 813 



