Index 



365 



Privet (Ligustrum\ 167, 210, 197 

 Amoor (L. Amurense), 189 

 California (L. ovalifolium), 189 

 Regel's (L. Ibota, var. Re gelt- 



anum}, 168, 183, 190 

 Prunus Avium, see Cherry, Flow- 

 ering 



Japonica, see Almond, Flower- 

 ing 



Pissardi, see Plum, Dirk- 

 leaved 



triloba, see Plum 

 Pueraria Thunbergiana, see Kudzu 



Vine 



Pussy Willow, see Willow 

 Pyracantha coccinea, see Thorn, 



Evergreen, 162 

 Pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum coc- 



cineum), 64, 212 



Pyrus foribunda, see Crab, Flower- 

 ing* H7 

 loensis, see Crab, Bechtel's, 147 



Quamash (Camassia esculenta), 



281 

 Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot, 



tl 



Quercus, see Oak 

 Quince, Japan (Cydonia Japonica), 



168, 170, 173, 180, 190 

 Quotation: 



A dressed garden, John D. 



Sedding, 68 

 A flower in a friend's garden, 



Miss Mitford, 206 

 A garden is a lovesome thing, 



Thos. Edw. Brown, 290 

 All is beauty, Robert Brown- 

 ing, 80 

 And all without, Edmund 



Spencer, 338 



A plot of ground, Dryden, 44 

 Artificial rockery, Gertrude 



Jekyll, 98 



Art's mission, Taine, 9 

 Art which doth mend nature, 



Shakespeare, 3 

 Beautiful roses, Dean Hole, 



291 

 Best which lieth nearest, 



Longfellow, 164 

 Colour, 235 



Crown imperial, Gerarde, 267 

 Cultivation, John Evelyn, 232 

 Daffodils, William Wordsworth, 



261 

 Educate the perception of 



beauty, Emerson, 164 

 Epicurus, Abraham Cowley, 



,320 



Erring sweetness, Herrick, 76 

 Flowers and plants that do best 



perfume air, Lord Bacon, 54 

 Flowers which Netherlander* 



have introduced, Van der 



Donck, Adrian, 50 



Quotation, Continued 



Herbs instead of drugs, George 

 Herbert, 45 



I find you worthy, 20 



Laying out grounds, Words- 

 worth, 2 



Modifying the appearance of a 

 flower, Maeterlinck, 232 



Narcissus, Mohammed, 261 



Nature, Lamartine, 256 



Nature has the will but not the 

 power, Aristotle, 5 



Nature's sanctuary, Thoreau, 

 86, 115 

 Nikko, Japanese adage, 9 



Overcanopied with luscious 

 woodbine, Shakespeare, 54 



Plant thou a tree, 134 



Pleasant flowers, Parkinson, 47 



Reply to a lady who knew what 

 she liked, Ruskin, 7 



The best gardening composi- 

 tions, Edward Andre", 30 



The duty we owe to our gar- 

 dens, Miss Jekyll, 216 



The old-fashioned English gar- 

 den, John D. Sedding, 44 



The perfect flower garden, 235 



There is no such thing as a style 

 fitted for every situation, W. 

 Robinson, 14 



The water garden, Guy Lowell, 



112 



The wild garden, W. Robin- 

 son, 80 



To disguise the real boundary, 

 Repton, 14 



Trees, Dr. O. W. Holmes, 132 



Twelve maxims, Geo. H. EU- 

 wanger, 194 



Vegetable monsters, Linnaeus, 

 265 



What is a garden? John D. 

 Sedding 



When ages grow to civility and 

 elegancy, Lord Bacon, 8 



Ragged Robin, London Pride 



(Lychnis Flos-cucult), 64 

 Ever-blooming (L. Flos-cuculi 



yar. plenissima), 64 

 Sailor, see Bachelors' Buttons 

 Rambler, see Rose 

 Ranunculus, see Bachelors' Buttons 

 Raspberry, Flowering (Rubus edtr- 



atus), 183 

 Rattlesnake Plantain, (Goodytrm 



pubescens), 94 

 Red Bud, Judas Tree (Ctrcis 



Canadensis), 55, 72, 85, 143, 



*$3 



Red-hot Poker, see Poker Plant 

 Reed, Giant or Great (Arundt 

 "Donax), 272 



rar macrophylla, 128, 287 



Tar. variegatus, 287 



Reseda odorata, see Mignonette 



Retinispora, 160, see Cypress, Jap- 

 anese 



Rhamnus, see Buckthorn 



Rhododendron, Rose Bay, Great 

 Laurel (Rhododendron maxi- 

 mum}, 17,38, 73, 82 et stq., 

 101, 103, 115, 168,174, 175, 

 268 



Catawba (R. Catawbienst). 

 Named hybrids of R. Cataw- 

 biense and R. Ponticum, 160 



Rhodora, see Azalea 



Rhodotypos Kerrioides, see Kerria, 

 180 



Rhus Cotinus, see Smoke Bush, 184 

 laciniata, see Sumach, 186 

 typhina, see Sumach 

 venenata, see Sumach 



Ribes aureum, see Currant 



Richardia albo-maculata, see Cal- 

 la, Spotted 



Rice, Wild, 1 14, 272 



Ricinus communis, see Castor Bean 



Robinia hispida, see Acacia, Rose, 



175 



Rock Garden, 99, 101, 332 

 List of plants for, 106 

 Rocket, Sweet Rocket, Dame's 

 Rocket (Hesperis matronalis), 

 64, 196, 228, 254 

 Rosa, see Roses, 

 Rosarian's Calendar, 305 

 Roses (Rosa), 10, 36, 47, 50, 75, 198, 



241,29110305,350 

 For all purposes, 307 

 Bedding, Bengal and Polyantha 



Groups, 309 

 Bourbon, 229, 305, 318 

 Brier, Yellow, 64, 306, 308 

 Austrian Copper, 294 

 Harrison's Yellow, 308 

 Persian Yellow, 294 

 Scotch, 294 



Sweet, Eglantine (R. rubigt- 

 nosa), 47, 64, 294, 309 

 Penzance hybrids, 294, 



39 



Cabbage, Provence or Hundred- 

 leaved (R. cent if olio), 64, 316 



Carolina, 310 



China, Mme. Plantier, 308 



Climbing, for pillar and trellis, 

 310 



Damask (R. Damascena), 48, 64, 

 212, 295, 306, 308 



Garden, 291, 318 



lucida, 94, 190, 308 



Moss (R. gracilis), 316 



multiflora, 311 



Musk (R. Moschata), 311 



Perpetual, Hybrid, 310, 314, 

 List of 316-318 



Polyantha, 295, 308, 309, 310, 



3" 

 Prairie (R. setigtra), 94, 293, 



31, 3" 



