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INDEX 



Damask Rose, one of the parents of Hybrid 

 Perpetual, or Remontant, Roses, 7; known to 

 ancient writers, 12; grown for preparation of 

 Attar of Roses, 13 



Daphne Cneorum, 147, 181 



Davidia involucrata, Story of the, Mr. Wilson 

 sent by Messrs. Veitch to China, 275; en route 

 meets Professor Sargent and Mr. Jackson 

 Dawson at Arnold Arboretum, 276; reaches 

 Hongkong^ 276; by small boat and overland 

 to Laokai, 278; detained two months on 

 account 01 Boxer uprising, 270; thought to 

 be a spy, 281; Proceeds on journey and meets 

 at Mengtsze, W. F. S. Spinney who with his 

 family had escaped the mob, 283; meets Dr. 

 Henry at Szemao, 285; returns to Hongkong, 

 286 ; Arrives at Ichang, his headquarters 

 for two years, and outfits for expedition, 286; 

 through hostile country to location of Dr. 

 Henry's tree, and finds it destroyed! 289; 

 weeks later accidentally discovers a Davidia 

 in full flower, 200; later discovers ten others 

 and collects quantity of seeds which sends to 

 England, 291; On return to England finds 

 that one plant had been raised in France 

 from seeds antedating his introduction, 294 



Davidia involucrata, var. Vilmoriniana, 294 



Dawson, Jackson, met in Boston by Mr. Wilson 

 en route in search of Davidia, 276 



De Candolle, referred Glycine sinensis to Wis- 

 taria genus, 60 



D'Incarville, Father, sends seeds of Sophora 

 japonica to France, 43 



Deodar, 126 



Deutzia discolor, 169 



Deutzia longifolia, 169 



Deutzia longifolia, var. Veitchii, 169 



Deutzia mollis^ 160 



Deutzia Schneidenana, 169 



Deutzia Schneideriana, var. laxifolia, 169 



Deutzia Wilsonii, 169 



Deutzias, planting Lilies among, 31 



Deutzias, valuable for forcing, r7o 



Dexter, F. Gordon, first to send LUium auratum 

 to America, 21; also first double purple variety 

 of Japanese Wistaria, 62 



Dirca palustris, 83, r8o 



Diospyros virginiana, 84, 93 



Dogwood, Poison, 107 



Dogwoods, for ornamental fruit, 83 



Douglas David, introduces Douglas Fir (Pseu- 

 dotsuga taxifolia) into England, 118 



Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia durior), 56, 74 



Dwarf conifers, r33 



Dwarf trees, Japanese, 124, 129, 188 



Dwarf trees in pots, Japanese, 188, 203 



Dyes made from Sophora japonica, 43 



Easter Lily, type of group, 25 



Elaeagnus, for ornamental fruits, 84 



Elaeagnus angustifolia, 88 



Elaeagnus longipes, 88 



Elaeagnus umbellata, 88 



Elder, 105 



Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), 94 



Elderberries, for ornamental fruits, 83 



Elm, 106, 109, 176 



Elsholtzia Stauntonii, introduced into Arnold 



Arboretum by Mr. J. G. Jack, 51 

 Empetrum nigrum, 149 

 Epigaea repens, r48 

 Eranthis hyemalis, 174 

 Erica carnea, 53, 180 

 Erica carnea alba, 180 

 Erica cinerea ; 54 

 Erica Mackaii, 54 

 Erica Stricta, 54 



Erica Tetralix, 54 



Erica vagans, 53 



Erica vagans, var. alba, 53 



Erica vagans, var. grandiflora, 53 



Erica vagans, var. rubra, 53 



Ericas, 150 



Ericas, as ground cover for Azaleas, 247 



Ericas, planting Lilies among, 31 



Eucalyptus, hardy in California, 37 



Evans, Thomas, from China sends first Rambler 



Rose to England, 5 

 Evergreen climbers, 75, 76 

 Evonymus, for ornamental fruits, 83 

 Evonymus alatus, 88 

 Evonymus Bungeanus, 88 

 Evonymus kewensis, 76, 151 

 Evonymus minimus, 76 

 Evonymus radicans. 75, 151 

 Evonymus radicans, var. acutus, 151 

 Evonymus radicans, var. minimus, 151 

 Evonymus radicans, var. vegetus, 75, 76, 151 

 Evonymus radicans, climbing organs of, 57 



Fairy Rose (Rosa chinensis, var. minima) 

 introduced into England from Mauritius, 7 



Farges, Pere, sends first seeds of Davidia in- 

 volucrata to Europe, 294 



Father Hugh's Rose (Rosa Hugonis), one of six 

 known yellow species, 15 



Ferns, planting Lilies among, 31 



Fir, Douglas (Pseudotsuga taxifolia), 118 



Firs (Abies),, n6 



Fitzgerald, Edward, Rose on grave of, 16 



Flowering Dogwood, 87 



Foreign trees and shrubs in the United States, 

 36 



Forsythia europae, 193 



Forsythia intermedia, 192, 193 



Forsythia intermedia spectabUis, 192, 193 



Forsythia suspensa, 192 



Forsythia vindissima, 192 



Forsythias, or Golden Bells, 192 



Fox Grape (Vitis labrusca), 73, no 



Fortune, Robert, plant collector in China, 

 sends to England, Rosa odorata, var. pseudo- 

 indica and Rosa Fortuneana, 8; discovers 

 Actinidia chinensis, 64; introduces Jasminum 

 nudiuorum,. 187; introduces Syringa oblata 

 into England, 220 



Fraser, John, introduces Rhododendron cataw- 

 biense into England from America 264 



Fraxinus americana, 106 



French Rose CRosa gallica), with Rose Edward, 

 parents of Hybrid Bourbon Roses, 7; known 

 to Pliny, it; grown for preparation of Attar of 

 Roses, rj 



Frost Grape (Vitis cordifolia), 73 



Fruit trees, floral charms of, 196 



Garland-flower (Daphne cneorum), 147, 181 



Garden Magazine, article on Buddleia, 52 



Gaultherta procumbens, 149 



Gaylussacia brachycera, 148 



Genista tinctoria, var. elata, 49 



Gerard, cultivates Lilac in London in 1597, 213 



Giant Lily, tvpe of group, 25 



Gibbes, Prof. L. R., discoverer of Tsuga caro- 



Hniana, 123 

 Gilbert, Mr., exhibitor of "The Engineer" 



Rose, afterward named the Crimson Rambler, 



8 

 Ginkgo biloba, 106, 135 

 Girald, Pere G., Syringa aflinis, var. Giraldii 



named after, 219 

 Gleditsia, 106 

 Glycine frutescens, 60 

 Glycine sinensis, 60 



