INDEX 



Ac^NA MiCEOPHTLLA, 218 



Acantholimons, 60 



Achillea, 10; argentea, 826; huteri, 

 176; rupestris, 176 



Acis autumnalis, 182 



Aethionema, culture, 60, 56; as rock 

 plants, 320,'321; coridifolium, 11, 

 73; grandiflorum, 11, 320; pul- 

 chellum, 11, 73 



Afghanica, 75 



Ageratum, 172 



Allium, 79; neapolitanum, 79 



Alpine flowers, associations, 262; 

 lack of perfume, 262 



Alpine plants, use of term, 48; cul- 

 ture, 48-59; hardiness, 49; leaf- 

 mould for, 73, 74; raising from 

 seed, 57, 58; soil for, 58, 59; top- 

 dressing, 53 



Alstroemeria, 32, 278 



Alyssum maritimum, 181; saxatile, 

 9, 176; saxatile citrinum, 9; saxa- 

 tile compactum, 219 



AmaryUis belladomia, 268 



Anchusa italica, 278; Dropmore 

 variety, 307; Opal variety, 307 



Androsace, as rock plants, 178, 320; 

 camea, 54, 73, 320; ciliata, 54; 

 coronopifolia, 73; lactea, 73; 

 lanuginosa, 178; verna, 74; vil- 

 losa, 64; vitaliana, 64 



Anemone, time for planting, 271; 

 treated like bulbs, 272; raising 

 from seed, 278; alpina, 217; co- 

 ronaria, 32, 271, 278; fulgens, 32, 

 271, 278; hortensis, 271; japo- 

 nica, 32, 309; stellata, 271; sul- 

 phurea, 217; verna, 217 



Angels' tears, name, 21 



Annuals, culture, 165-173; suitable 

 soil for, 34; use as a stop-gap, 165, 

 173; autumn sowing of, 168-170; 

 best sown in spring, 170, 171 ; half- 

 hardy, 171, 172; in rock garden, 

 181, 182 



Anomatheca, 267; omenta, 182 



Antirrhinum asarina, 20, 50, 179, 

 180; majus, 20 



Aplopappus Brandegei, 178 



Apple trees, 245 



April garden notes, 70-80 



Aquilegia, name, 20; alpina, 66, 

 323; caerulea, 63, 64, 307; cali- 

 fomica, 64; canadensis, 64; chry- 

 santha, 64; glandulosa, 64-66, 

 157, 158, 307; Jaeschkanii, 64; 

 pyrenaica, 55, 67, 216, 323; Skin- 

 neri, 64; Stuartii, 66, 167, 158, 

 307; vulgaris, 60, 62, 63; Witt- 

 manniana, 66 



Arabis, for banks, 9; 97 



Arenaria Balearica, 218; montana, 

 9, 21, 214, 317; tetraquetra, 176, 

 219 



Armeria caespitosa, 50; cephalotes, 

 308; laucheana, 10; maritima, 

 10; rubra, 308 



Artemisia argentea, 175; sericea, 12, 

 176 



Asperula athoa, 319; hirta, 214, 319 



Aster acris, 310 



Astragalus hypoglottis, 10 



Atragene alpina, 65, 216 



Atropa belladonna, 248 



Aubrietia, 219; suitability for banks, 

 9; in borders, 29; raising from 

 seed, 75, 76 



Auriculas, 156, 280 



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