INDEX 



Achillea, "The Pearl," 27, 49, 51 

 Achillea tomentosa, 22 

 Aconitum. See Monkshood. 

 Ageratum, 16, 17, 23, 25, 35, 73, 92, 



114, 122, 124, 128, 136, 138 

 Agrostemma, 16, 27, 49, 51, 124, 132 

 Akebia quintata, 93 

 Alternation of periods, 1, 12 

 Aly ssum, Sweet . See Sweet Aly ssum 

 Anchusa, 7, 20, 27, 48, 52, 120, 122, 



124, 126, 130, 132, 137 

 Anemone Japonica, 26, 50, 52, 122, 



126, 137 

 Annuals, classified, 29-38 



as edgings, 21, 138 

 " fall-sown and spring-sown, 



7, 8, 9, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 37 

 Annuals, frame space not necessary 



for certain, 33 

 Annuals, garden without, 3 

 in perennial bed, 4 

 transplanting, 40, 41, 42, 



43, 112 

 Annuals, not easily transplanted, 33, 



35 

 Annuals, soil for, 114 



start under glass, 35, 42 

 tender, 35, 42 

 wintering hardy, 44, 45 

 Anthemis, 8, 29, 40, 49, 52, 115, 122, 



138 



Antirrhinum. See Snapdragon 

 Aquilegia. See Columbine 

 Arabis, 47, 53, 97 

 Arbor Vitse, 112 

 Armeria, 22 

 Aster, China, annual, 35, 38, 74 



" perennial, 7, 28, 50, 53, 122, 



124, 137 



Aster, large-flowering. See Chrys- 

 anthemum, h. p. 



Aster, New England. See perennial 

 Aster 



Aster, Novae Anglise. See perennial 

 Aster 



Azalea, 114 



Bachelor's-button. See Ranuncu- 

 lus 



Balloon Flower. See Platycodon 



Balsam, 35, 38, 74 



Bed space, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 119, 138 



Beds, narrow, 24 

 " open, 13, 16, 19 



round, 15, 16, 17 

 " square, 15, 16 

 " wall, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 97, 138 



Begonia, 8, 17, 23, 35, 75, 98, 114 



Bellflower, Japanese. See Platyco- 

 don 



Bellis perennis. See English Daisy 



Blanket-flower. See Gattlardia 



Bleeding Heart, 47, 97 



Blood, dry, 106 



Bloom, winter, in flower-bowl, 106 



periods of, 1, 2, 46 

 " well-balanced, 2, 12 



Bluebells. See Mertensia 



Bluets, 15, 16, 29, 40, 41, 48, 77, 97. 

 130, 132, 134 



Boxwood, 114 



Brachycome, 24, 75, 114 



Bulbs, 91, 114 



Butterfly Flower. See Schizanthus 



Calendula, 10, 11, 17, 32, 75, 122, 136 

 California Poppy. See Eschscholt- 

 zia 



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