INDEX 



635 



Shield and varieties, 98, 337, 339 ; 

 Shuttlecock, 338 



Ferns, 98, 332-347, 593; conditions liked 

 by, 334 ; curious forms of, 333 ; Filmy, 

 345-47 ; for frames, 337 ; for green- 

 house decoration, best varieties of, 344 ; 

 for hanging baskets, 345 ; for pond sides, 

 593 1 f r the conservatory, 336, 337 ; 

 for the garden, 334, 335 ; for the house, 

 335 ; for Wardian cases, 336 ; Hardy, 

 best varieties of, 339, 340 ; Hardy 

 British, 346; places where they grow, 

 334 ; propagation of, by division, 342 ; 

 Selaginellas, 345 : soil for, 343 ; spore 

 sowing, 338, 341-43 ; treatment of, 334 



Fibrous-rooted Begonias, 63, 297 



Ficus, varieties of, 304 ; F. indica, 304 



Field, Lily of the, 117 



Figs, 469; for open walls, 470; for pot 

 culture, 469; planted out, 470; protect- 

 ing plants in winter, 471 ; soil for, 470 



Filberts, 476 ; in small orchard, 481 ; pro- 

 pagation and culture of, 476 



Fir, Grecian silver, 593; Nordmann's, 593 



Fires, greenhouse, 618 



Fire Thorn, evergreen, 230 



Fittonia, 603 



Flag Iris, 19 ; Winter, 116 



Flame flowers, 566, 596; Flame Nastur- 

 tium, 573 



Fleabane, 560 



Flooding, garden plants that will bear, 617 



Florentine Iris, 20 



Florists' Anemones, 8 ; Hyacinths, 596 ; 

 Wallflowers, 597 



Florists' Flowers, meaning of term, 508 



Flower border, planting and sheltering an 

 exposed, 623 



Flower garden, varieties of, Roses for 

 planting round a, 87 



Flowering Ash, 236 ; Currants, the, 253, 

 595 ; Rush, 171 ; shrubs for small 

 gardens, 590, 591; shrubs, hedges of, 

 620 ; shrubs, pruning hardy, 267 ; trees 

 and shrubs for windy places, 617 ; trees 

 for small gardens, deciduous, 591 



Flowering time of Annuals, 542-9 



Flowers, Annual, 50 ; arrangement of colour 

 of, 38 ; bulbous, 96 ; coops for protect- 

 ing, 617 ; for the greenhouse, 293, for 

 town gardens, 196 ; grouping for colour 

 effect, 53 ; list of Annual, 542 ; list of 

 Hardy Perennials, 555 ; packing, 621 ; 

 propagation by cuttings, 286 ; protection 

 of outdoor in winter, 623 ; raised from 

 seed, 49 ; soil for Annual, 50 ; soil for 

 Hardy, 44 ; sowing Annual, 51 ; sowing 

 Hardy, 45-49 ; spring bedding of, 60 ; 

 summer bedding, 62-66 



Fly, Cabbage, 490 ; Carnation, 490 ; Celery, 

 490 ; Currant Saw, 490 ; Crane, 493 ; 

 Green, 79, 132, 490; Holly, 490; Mar- 

 guerite Daisy, 490 ; Pear Saw, 490 



Flower Truss, meaning of term, 508 



Foam flower, 554, 572, 597 



Foils, rock, 571 



Foliage plants, Annuals as, 52 ; for cold 

 greenhouse, 496 



Forcing, meaning of term, 509 ; Trees and 

 Shrubs for, 592 



Forget-me-not (see also Myosotis), 568, 

 597 ; Alpine, 552 ; Creeping, 553, 569 ; 

 Water, 593 



Forking, 379 



Forsythia, 235, 269; F. suspensa, 590, 

 592 



Foster, Sir Michael, pamphlet on Irises 

 by, 20 



Fox-gloves, 1 8 ; from seed, and where to 

 plant, 18 



Fragaria indica, 597 



Frames, wood, 626 



France, Fair Maid of, 571 



Francoas, 304, 597 



Fraxinus excelsior and varieties, 235 ; 

 F. excelsior aurea, 591 ; F. excelsior 

 pendula, 591 



Freesia, culture of, 304 



Fremontia californica, 236 



French Bean, 398, 613; Marigold, 548; 

 White Rocket, 32 



Fringe Tree, 227 



Fritillaria, 106, 596 ; culture of, 106 ; for 

 rock gardens, 106 ; F. alpina, 106 ; F. 

 imperialis, 106 ; F. meleagris, 106, 595 



Fruit, cultivation of, 420-486 ; selection of 

 autumn fruiting Raspberries, 612 ; selec- 

 tion of Black Currants, 612; Cherries, 

 610; Cooking Apples, 606; Cooking 

 Pears, 608 ; Cooking Plums, 609 ; Dessert 

 Apples, 605 ; Dessert Pears, 606 ; 

 Dessert Plums, 608 ; Nectarines, 610 ; 

 Peaches, 609 ; Raspberries, 612 ; Red 

 Currants, 613 ; Strawberries, 610 ; White 

 Currants, 612 



Fruit Trees as garden ornaments, 479 ; 

 culture of, in pots, 481-486; in the 

 kitchen garden, 389 ; pruning, 424-427, 



43 2 -43S. 484 



Fuchsias, 304-5, 591, 592 ; distance apart 

 for planting, 65 ; for summer bedding, 

 64; in the greenhouse, 304; out of 

 doors, 304 ; soil for, 66 ; F. Mme. 

 Cornellison, 594 



Fumitory, 98 



Fungicide, the best, 495 



Fungi, to destroy, 495 



Fungus, Orange, on Roses, 80 



Funkias, 561, 596 



Furze, 258 



GAGES, 429 



Gaillardia, 544, 561 



Galanthus, 106 



Galax aphylla, 141, 561 



Galega, 562 ; in the mixed border, 38 



Gall Mite, Black Currant, 492 



Galtonia candicans, 107, 596 



Gaps, unsightly, 39, 40 



Garden, ferns for, 334, 335; fruit trees 

 as ornaments for, 479; making of paths 

 for, 393-96 ; measurements of pots for, 



