INDEX 



N.B. In this Index, for the convenience of the 

 reader, both Latin and English names of plants referred 

 to have been given where practicable, as well as some 

 of the best species to plant when these have not been 

 mentioned in the preceding pages. 



Aboriculture in seventeenth 



century, 36 



Acanthus spinosissimus, 147, 207 

 Achillea aegyptiaca (Egyptian 



Yarrow), 147, 207 

 A diantum capillus veneris 



(English maidenhair), 180 



pedatum (bird's foot 



maidenhair), 180 



Agricola, Julius, 5 



Alisanders (Smyrnium Olus- 



atrum), 189 

 Almond tree, 36, 39 

 Alpine garden, a simple, 122 

 Alpines, easily grown, 129 



on dry wall, 95 



Alstroemerias (Peruvian lilies), 



205 



Alyssum saxatile, 203 

 Amelanchier canadensis (June 



berry), 149, 214 

 American cowslip (Dodecatheon 



Meadia), 170 

 Andromedas, 150 

 Anemone japonica, 212 



wood, mistaken for new 



fern, 20 



Annuals for autumn sowing, 134 



hardy and half hardy, 134 



of climbing habit, 140 



Antennaria tomentosa, 121 

 Aponogeton distachyon (water 



hawthorn), 117 

 Aquilegia glandulosa, 122 

 Arabis, double flowered, 203 



223 



Arbor Vitae (Thuya occidentalis), 



39, 198 

 Arbutus uvi-ursi (bear-berry), 



168 

 Aromatic winter green (Gaul- 



theria Shallon), 150 

 " Art of many sacrifices," 207 

 Asarabacca (Asarum europceum), 



16, 189 



Ash native to Britain, 33 

 Aspidiums (shield ferns), 176, 



182 



Aspleniums (spleenworts), 176 

 Asters, perennial (Michaelmas 



daisies), 212 

 Aubrietia purpurea (purple rock 



ciess), 201 



Autumn, seed sowing in, 134, 135 

 Avenues in olden time, 61 

 lime, 37 



BALM (Melissa officinalis), 189 

 Banksia Rose, 209 

 Barbe de Capucin, 186 

 Barnstaple balm (Melittis 



Melissophyllum), 190 

 Bedding out. A necessity in 



public gardens, 69 



system welcomed, 68 



Beech native to Britain, 33 

 Benefactors of horticulture, 



famous, 39 



Berberis Darwini, 146 

 Birch, common (Betula pube- 



scens), 217 



