INDEX 



225 



Chou-rave (Knol-kohl), 187 

 Christmas rose (Helleborus 



maximus, H. niger), 200 

 Chrysanthemums, Japanese, 



from seed, 135 

 Cistus (rock rose), 212 

 Claret vine, 215 

 Clary (Salvia Sclarea), 189 

 Clinkers, 119 

 Codlins and cream, 172 

 Collections of plants, 43 

 Colour scheme in garden of 



annuals, 140 

 Congruous planting, 85 

 Conifers, rare in England in 



fifteenth century, 39 

 Coreopsis grandiflora and C. 



lanceolata, 212 

 Cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), 



148 



Cosmos bipinnatus, 207 

 Costmary (Balsamita vulgaris), 



189 



Cotoneaster microphylla, 199 

 Cottage gardens, pride of 



England, 23 

 Crab, Japanese (Pyrus mains 



floribunda), 149 



Siberian (P. baccata, 146 



Creeping Jenny (LysimacMa 



Nummularia), 171 

 Crinums (C. capense, C. Moorei, 



C. Powelli, 170 

 Crocus, spring, 154, 200, 203 

 " Crosnes " (Stachys tuberifera), 



187 

 Cross - leaved heath (Erica 



tetralix), 165 

 Crown imperial (Fritillaria im- 



perialis), 203 

 Cyclamen, winter flowering (C. 



count), 95 



European, 85 



Cypress, Eastern (Cupressus 



sempervirens), 39 



DAFFODILS, 201 



Danby, Earl of, 16 



Daphne cneorum (pink garland 



flower), 147 

 Mezereum (Mezereon), 146 



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Decline of botanical enthusiasm, 



Deer parks in English history, 34 

 Delphinums, herbaceous, 204, 



207 



Dianthus alpinus, 129 

 Difficulties of perennial borders, 



72, 78 

 Dill, 190 



Ditch side planting, 86 

 Doctrine of signatures, 12 

 Dog's-tooth violet (Erythronium 



denscanis), 170 

 " Dragon " (Arum dracunculus), 



190 

 Dry wall, advantages of, 93 



use of mortar limited in, 93 



Dutch garden on Cornish coast, 



65 



EDELWEISS (Leontopodium al- 



pinum), 129 

 Elecampane (Inula Helenium), 



190 

 Elm not British, 6 



and vine in Lombardy, 7 



Environment, suitability of 



plants to, 79 

 Epigcea repens (May flower), 53, 



1 68 

 Erica carnea, 150, 200 



Mediterranea, 150 



Erinus alpinus, 94 

 Erodium Reichardi, 129 

 Eryngium alpinum, 205 

 Erysimum perofskianum, 135 

 Erythronium americanum, 180 

 Evergreen trees, British, 33 



diversity in character of, 



218 



overplanting of, 63 



Evelyn, John, long life of, 39 



visit to Oxford Physic 



Garden, 18 



Exotic plants by waterside, 115 



FAIR Maids of France (Ranun- 

 culus aconitifolius), 171 



Feathered columbine (Thalic- 

 trum aquilegi folium), 172 



Fen rue (Thalictrum flavum), 172 



