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GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS 



Anemones, 3, 5, 98, 152, 157, 550; alpine, 

 3; alpine, raising from seed, 4; appe- 

 nine, 5; florists, 8; for the greenhouse, 

 595; for the rock garden, 152, 550; 

 Japanese, 555 ; selection of Hardy Per- 

 ennial, 555 ; soil for, 3-8 ; under glass, 

 157 ; Wood, for shady places, 3 



Angels' Tears, 158 



Anguloa, 320 



Animal manures, 381 



Annuals, 50; as foliage plants, 52; Blue- 

 flowered, 53; Climbers, 549; Crimson- 

 flowered, 55; designs for beds of, 62, 

 63; for the rock garden, 148, 149; 

 Half-hardy, 55 ; Hardy, cultivation of, 

 51 ; Hardy, grouping for colour effect, 

 53 ; Indian Pinks as, 149 ; in town 

 gardens, 197 ; List of, 542-549 ; mean- 

 ing of term, 542 ; Pink-flowered, 54 ; 

 prostrate growing, 54; soil for, 50; 

 sowing, 51 ; Time of flowering of, 542- 

 548 ; Yellow and Orange-flowered, 54 



Annual grasses, 549 



Annual Larkspurs for the Rock Garden, 

 148 



Anoiganthus brevifolius, 595 



Anomatheca cruenta, 595 



Anson's pea, Lord, 544 



Antennaria tomentosa, 550 



Anthemis Aizoon, 141, 156; A. Kelwayi, 

 542 



Anthericums, 556 



Anthurium chrystallinum, 600; A. lilias- 

 trum, 595; A. Scherzerianum , 600 



Anthyllis montana, 550 



Antirrhinums, 8, 148 ; raising from seed, 



8,9 



Aphelandra aurantiaca, 600 



Aphides, 79, 132, 490 



Aphis, auricula, 15 



Aponogeton distachyon, 593 



Appenine anemones, 5 ; windflower, 5 



Apple blossom weevil, 492 ; canker, 425 



Apple, Crab, as sauce for game, 263 ; as 

 stocks for apple trees, 423, 481 ; beauti- 

 ful kinds of, 262; Dartmouth, 262; 

 Jam and Jelly, method of making, 263 ; 

 Mammoth, 262; Siberian, 262; sweet 

 scented, 249 ; useful for decoration, 

 263 



Apples, 420; Bush, 423; Cordon, 423; 

 Crab, beautiful, 262 ; Espalier, 424 ; 

 forms of, 423 ; grafting, 426, 481 ; how 

 to purchase trees, 421 ; planting, 421 ; 

 pruning, 424 ; pyramid, 423 ; root prun- 

 ing, 425; selection of cooking, 606; 

 selection of dessert, 605 ; summer prun- 

 ing, 425; Standard, 423; winter prun- 

 ing, 425 



Appliances, importance of labour-saving, 

 526 



Apricots, 247, 486 



April, work in the garden in, 497; work 

 on Roses in, 91 



Aquilegias, 10 ; A. coerulea, 550, 597; 

 as greenhouse plants, 10 ; for rock 



gardens, 550; hardy perennial, 556; 



raising from seed, 10 

 Arabis, 138, 550; A. albida, 555; A. 



alpina as an edging, 61 ; for spring 



bedding, 61 

 Aralia, 600; A. chinensis, 218; A. 



japonica, 596 ; A. Sieboldi, 295 

 Araucaria excelsa, 295, 593 ; greenhouse 



varieties of, 295 ; A. imbricata, 592 

 Arbor vitae, 594 



Arbutuses, 218, 219 ; A. Unedo, 591 

 Arches, Roses for, 575 

 Architectural character of gardens, 164 

 Arctotis aspera, 597 

 Arenaria balearica, 140, 165, 550; A. 



grandiflora, 550 ; A. montana, 141 

 Aristolochia Sipho, 272 

 Armeria alpina rosea, 550 

 Arnebia echioides, 141, 556 

 Arnott, Mr. S., quoted, 140 

 Arrangement of colour in mixed border, 



38 



Arrow-head, 170 ; double white, 593 

 Artemisia splendens, 156 ; tridentata, 266 

 Artichokes, Globe, 397 ; sowing of, 397, 



613 ; Jerusalem, 397, 613 

 Artificial manures, 381 

 Arum Lily, 171, 312, 593 

 Arundinaria (see also Bamboos) , culture of, 



220 ; Dwarf, 220 ; A. Falconeri, 220 ; use 



in water garden, 170 

 Arundos, 219 

 Ash, Common, 235, 591 ; Flowering, 236; 



Mountain, 209, 249 

 Asparagus, culture of, 397, 398, 613 

 Asparagus Fern, in greenhouse, 295 ; A. 



verticillatus, 596; best varieties of, 



295 



Aspen, 591 

 Asperula Athoa, 156 ; A. azurea setosa, 



54 ; A. Gussonii, 165 ; A. hirta, 165 ; A. 



suberosa, 141 

 Aspidistra lurida, culture of, 295, 596 ; 



variegated, 295 

 Asters, 10, 65, 542 ; China, in mixed border, 



40; Dwarf Alpine, 558; Novae Anglise 



type, 558 ; Novi Belgi type and hybrid 



varieties, 557; Starwortsand Michaelmas 



Daisies, 556; suitable positions for, n ; 



A. Alpinus, 156, ^50; A. sinensis, 54, 



542 



Astragalus dasyglottis, 550 

 Astrantia major, 551 

 | Atriplex Halimus, 266 

 I Aubretia deltoides for spring bedding, 61 ; 



varieties of, 138, 551 ; A. Dr. Mules, 141 ; 



A. Moerheimii, 141 



j Aucubas, 592, 596 ; good for town gar- 

 dens, 219 ; A. japonica, 219 

 August, work in the garden in, 500; work 



on Roses in, 93 



Auricula Society, National, 12 

 Auriculas, 11-17, *96; Alpine, 16 ; Aphis, 



15 ; best varieties of, 16 ; classes of, 12 ; 



cultural notes, 13 ; general culture, 14 ; 



Green-edged, Grey-edged, White edged 



