INDEX 



175 



Hyacinths, use of tents, 159 



wild, 124 



wood, 48, 58 

 Hyacinthus, 47-49, 124 



candicans, 58 



orientalis, 49, 58 

 Hvmerocallis, protection from 

 frost, 112 



" Iohnquills," 75, 161 

 Iris anglica, 62 



Bakeriana, 64 



hispanica, 14 



histroides, 64 



reticulata, 64 



susiana, 17, 65, 66, 67 



xiphion, 60 

 Irises, 13, 17, 47, 48, 49, 60-67, 

 161 



legends connected with, 48 



new varieties from seed, 62 



purple, 15 



remedial uses of, 60 



Spanish, 60, 63 

 Ixia viridiflora, 16 

 Ixias, green, 16 



Jonquils, 75, 161 

 July in the bulb gardens, 78 

 June in the bulb gardens, 10, 19- 

 24 



Kniphofias, 115 



Land, preparation of new, 161 

 value of, 13, 33, 44, 108 



Language of Flowers, the, 38, 69, 

 97 



Leyden, 64, 110, 154, 170 



Lilies, 161 

 Torch, 114 



Lily tribe, the, 10 



Manure, the use of, 40, 56, 91, 



152, 157 

 March in the bulb gardens, 64, 



78 



May in the bulb gardens, 9, 78, 



161 

 " Mevrouw," 8, 10, 17 



Narcissi, 74-82, 161 



Barri, 78 



Emperor, 78 



Empress, 78 



Golden, Spur, 78 



Grandee, 78 



Henry Irving, 78 



legends connected with, 79- 

 81 



Poeticus, 78, 79 



polyanthus, 77-79 



protection from cold, 77 



Red, 77 



Sir Watkin, 88 



Van-Sim, 75 

 Will Scarlet, 77 

 Narcissus, 79, 80 



C'lmii, 75 



maximus, 75 



Tazetta, 78 

 Neatness on the farms, 5, 107 



Onions, 45 



Orderliness, 5, 105, 112 

 Over-covering the bulbs, danger 



of, 31 

 Overween, 159 



Parasites, 31 



Parkinson, 16, 33, 41, 45, 49, 58, 



59, 76; 77, 87 

 quoted, 16, 50, 65, 71, 82, 93, 



95 

 Pollarding, 17 



Ranunculus, 10, 23, 68-70 



asiaticus, 68 

 Roads, state of the, 12, 13 

 Robinio of Paris, 33 

 Robinson, 94, 96 

 Rubbish-heaps, absence of, 5 



Saffron growing, 34 



