INDEX 



629 



and selfs, 12; history of, n ; insect pests 



of, 16 ; in the border, 17 ; propagation 



of by seed, 14 

 Austrian pine, 591, 594 

 Autumn Crocus, 100 

 Autumn, rock garden plants flowering in 



early, 144 

 Azaleas (see also Rhododendrons), 250, 251 , 



295, 296,592; deciduous varieties of, 251 ; 



evergreen varieties of, 252 ; greenhouse, 



295, 296, 595; grouping of, 251 ; hardy, 



251 ; hybrids, 252 

 Azaras, 219 ; A. Microphylla, 272 



BALM, Bee-, 568 



Balsam, 306, 542 



Bamboo Blinds, 523 



Bamboos (see also Arundinaria), 170, 220; 

 culture of, 220 ; Dwarf varieties of, 220 ; 

 Golden, 221 ; B. pygmaea, suitable for 

 wild garden and edges, 220 



Bane, Flea, 560 



Banks, planting a steep sunny, 623 ; Plant- 

 ing of sloping, 623 



Barberry, the Common, 222; Coral, 272; 

 Darwin's, 222; Purple, 266; see also 

 Berberis 



Barberton Daisy, 305 



Bark, trees and shrubs with conspicuous, 

 591 ; colours of, 204 



Barley grass, 549 



Baskets, ferns for hanging, 345 ; Ivy- 

 leaved Pelargoniums in, 309 ; Lobelias 

 in, 307 



Bastard trenching, 67 



Batavian endive, 406 



" Batter," 162 



Bay, Sweet, 241 



Beam tree, the Nepaul White, 249 



Bean, Bog, 171 ; weevil, 491 



Bean tree, Golden-leaved Indian, 265 ; the 

 Indian, 225 



Beans, 398, 613 ; Broad, 398, 613 ; Climb- 

 ing, 398, 613 ; culture of, 398 ; Kidney 

 Dwarf, 398, 613 ; runner, 398, 613 ; 

 various kinds of, 398, 613 



Beard, Turkey, 574 



Bearded Iris, 19 



Bear's Breach, 555 



Beautiful Crab-apples, 262 



Beckett, Mr. of Aldenham Park Gardens, 

 ii 



Bed, hot, 621 ; Tulip, plan of, 120 



Bedding, examples of, 60-66 ; Hybrid Tea 

 Roses for, 576 ; plants, oblong bed for, 

 64; Spring, bulbs for, 61, 62; plans for, 

 61, 62 ; plants for, 61 ; Summer, annuals 

 for, 84 ; plans for, 62-65 ; plants for, 

 63-65 ; Winter, Shrubs for, 592 



Bedding-out, meaning of term, 504 



Beds, effective ways of planting, 61-63 



Bee-balm, 568 



Beech, the, 591, 592; purple-leaved, 265; 

 Fern, 340 



Beet, the, 399-400, 613; culture of, 400; 

 tapering, 400 



Begonias, fibrous-rooted, 163, 297; fibrous- 

 rooted, distance apart to plant, 63 ; for 

 stove use, 601 ; for summer bedding, 63 ; 

 raising from seed, 296; tuberous, 63, 

 296 ; tuberous, distance apart to plant, 

 63 ; varieties of, 296, 297, 298 ; winter 

 flowering, 297 



Belladonna Lily, 98 



Bell-flower, 299, 559 ; Alpine, 551 



Bell, Golden, 235 



Bells, Canterbury, 17, 299 



Bell Tree, American Silver, 237 



Berberidopsis corallina, 272 



Berberis, the, varieties of, 221, 591 ; for 

 greenhouse, 594; for rock gardens, 

 146 ; for small gardens, 591 ; B. aqui- 

 folium, 592 ; B. Darwinii, 591, 592, 594; 

 B. stenophylla, 591 ; B. vulgar is foliis 

 purpureis, 266 



Bermuda Buttercup, 809 



Bethlehem, Star of, 116, 596 



Betula alba, 591 ; B. alba pendula, 591 ; 

 B. alba Youngii, 591 



Bhotan Pine, 594 



Bignonia capreolata, 272 



Bindweed, 163 



Birch, White, 591 



Bird Cherry, 248 



Birds, protecting lawns from, when sown, 

 187 



Bitter almond, 247 



Bizarres and Flakes, 128 



Blackberry l(see also Bramble), 485, 

 486 



Black-eyed Susan, 549 



Black Currant, 468 ; selection of, 612 ; 

 Gall Mite, 493 



Black spot on Roses, 80 ; vine weevil, 491, 

 492 



Bladder, Nuts, 257 ; Sennas, 228 



Blanching, meaning of term, 504 



Blandfordias, 595 



Blechnum Spicant, 340 



Bleeding Heart, the, 316, 506 



Blight, American, 490 



Blinds, Bamboo, 523 



Bluebell, the, 116 



Blue Cupidone, 559 ; flowered annuals, 53 ; 

 Gum, 303 ; Hydrangeas, 523 ; Lobelia, 



64, 307 



Bocconia cordata, 559 



Bog Bean, 171 



Bog garden and its formation, 166 ; plants 

 for the, 168 



" Bonding," 161 



Bordeaux Mixture, 413, 494, 495 



Border, 36 ; arrangement of colour in, 38 ; 

 Auriculas in the, 17 ; Carnations in, 122, 

 124 ; choice of plants for the, 38 ; Daf- 

 fodils for the, 116; mulching the, 42; 

 Narcissi for the, 116; Narrow, on a 

 Lawn, 63; Oriental Poppies for the 

 mixed or herbaceous, 28 ; planting and 

 sheltering an exposed, 622 ; planting the 

 mixed, 38; plants, staking, 42; Re- 

 planting or Renovating the, 41 ; soil for 



