INDEX 



639 



June, work in the garden in, 499 ; on 



Roses in, 92 

 Junipers for the rock garden, 147 ; 



varieties of, 594; J. chinensis, 592; 



J. prostrata, 592 



K^BMPFER'S Iris, 21, 593 



Kalanchoe flammea, 306-7 



Kale (see also Cabbages), 402, 613 ; 



Curled, 402 ; Russian, 402 ; Scotch, 402 

 Kalmias, 241 ; K. latifolia, 591, 592 

 Kalosanthes coccinea, 302, 597 

 Kennedya, 307, 595 

 Kensington Gardens, Lily tanks at, 165 ; 



Paved garden at, 165 

 Kentish cherries, 428 

 Kerria japonica, 241 ; K. japonica flore 



pleno, 592 



Kew Gardens, Curator of, quoted, 528 

 Kidney Dwarf Beans, 398, 613 

 Killarney Fern, 347 

 Kingcup, 171 

 Kitchen garden, how to make, 386-392 



cropping a, 389; design for a, 388 



plan of a, 390, 391 ; shelter essential to 



386; soil for a, 387; trenching a, 388 



value of walls in a, 386 

 Kniphofia, 566, 596 

 Knot Weeds, 571 

 Kochia, 65; K. coleaster, 147; K. trico- 



philla, 52 

 Kohl Rabi, 407 



LABELS, 621 



Labour-saving appliances, importance of, 

 526 



Labrador Tree, 242 



Laburnums, 241 ; Evergreen, 247 ; Golden - 

 leaved, 265 ; L. alpinum, 541 ; L. vul- 

 gare, 591 ; L. vulgare foliis aureis, 265 



Lachenalia, 307, 595 



Ladder, Jacob's, 553, 570 



Lady Fern, and varieties, 337, 339 



Lady's Slippers, 321-23, 331 



Lselias, the Mexican, 324, 325 



Lagurus ovatus, 53, 549 



Lamps, oil, in the Greenhouse, 483-4 



Lantana, 307 



Lapageria, 595; L. alba, 307; L. rosea, 



307 



Larch, 594 



Larkspurs (Annual), 544, and Pinks, in the 

 rock garden, 148 ; Perennial, varieties 

 and culture of, 18, 560; for mixed 

 borders, 40, 148 ; propagation of, 18 



Lastreas, 339 



Lateral, Rod and, meaning of terms, 516 



Lathyrus azureus, 544 



Latour-Marliac, M., quoted, 169, 171, 173 



Laurel, Mountain, 241 ; Sheep, 241 ; 

 Spurge, 231 ; Swamp, 241 



Laurus nobilis, 241 



Laurustinus, 259, 591, 592 



Lavandula spica, 266 



Lavatera splendens rosea, 54 ; L. trimestris, 

 545 



Lavender, 266; Cotton, 266; cuttings, 

 how to treat, 166 ; walks, 166 



Lawn Tennis Courts, size of, 189 ; their 

 treatment in winter, 189-90 



Lawn, the, best top-dressing for, 189 ; 

 destroying weeds on, 188 ; draining wet, 

 186 ; formation and management of, 186- 

 90; mowing, 188 ; narrow border on, 

 63 ; protecting from birds when sown, 

 182 ; rolling in winter, 190 ; rose hedges 

 round, 87, 588 ; sowing seed on, 187 ; to 

 destroy worms on, 188, 190 ; treatment 

 in winter, 189 ; way to mow, 188 



Lawson Cypress, 593 



Laxtonberry, 486 



Layers, meaning of term, 511 



Lead plant, 217 



Leaf-curl fungus, 493 



Leaf-mould, meaning of term, 511 ; value 

 of, 285 



Lean-to, meaning of term, 511 ; green- 

 house, 282 



Leather-jackets, to destroy, 490 



Lebanon, Cedar of, 593 



Ledums, 242 



Leeks, 407, 614 



Lees, Peter, article by, 189-90 



Leiophyllum buxifolium, 242, 592 



Lemon Thyme (see also Herbs), 419, 615 



Lemon Verbena, 294 ; Tree, 594 



Lent Lily, Wild, 116 



Leontopodium alpinum, 156, 552 



Leptosiphon hybridus, 544 



Lespedeza bicolor, 242 



Lettuce, 407, 614 



Leucojum.gS, no ; L. vernumcarpaticum, 

 141 



Lewisia rediviva, 552 



Leycesteria formosa, 242, 591 



Libertia formosa, 595 



Lifting Tulips, 119 



Ligustrum, 242, 592 ; L. lucidum, 591 ; L. 

 lucidum aurea variegata, 591 ; L. ovali- 

 folium foliis aureis, 266 



Lilacs, 257, 269, 590, 592 ; double-flowered, 

 258 ; pruning, 269 



Lilies, 110-13, 168, 315, 595, 596 ; culture 

 of, in ; of the Field, 117 ; of the Valley, 

 315, 596 ; of the Valley grouped with 

 Solomon's, Seal, 32; of the Nile, 171, 

 312; for peat soil, in ; for strong soil, 

 in ; for greenhouse, 315 ; for pots, 113 ; 

 soil for, in ; African, 294, 595; Arum, 

 171, 312, 593; Belladonna, 98; Day, 

 196, 566 ; Day, for pond sides, 593 ; 

 Guernsey, 308; Japanese, 112; Lent, 

 Wild, 116; Madonna, no; Mariposa, 

 culture of, 98, 99, 151 ; Martagon, no, 

 112 ; Peruvian, 555, 595 ; Plantain, 561 ; 

 St. Bruno's, 556, 595 ; Scarborough, 313 ; 

 selection of, no ; Turk's Cap, no ; 

 White Wood, 572, 596 



Lilies, Water, in tubs, changing the 

 water, 177; water, soil for, 177; best 

 varieties of, 177 



Lilium auratum, 113; L. candidum, 113; 



