468 



INDEX 



Comptonia asplenifolia, 5 



Conifers, former popularity of, 103 ; 

 for rock garden, 137; in orna- 

 mental planting, 101-119; propa- 

 gation of, 108-114; small-grow- 

 ing, value of, 129 ; variety of, 

 107 ; variegated, 88 ; weeping, 



83 

 Cornels, the, in winter, 58 

 Cornus, in winter, 58 

 Crab, Chinese, the, 406 ; Siberian, 



404 

 Crabs, the, 405 ; in ornamental 



planting, 7 

 Crataegus, in ornamental planting, 7 

 Cupressus macrocarpa lutea, 61 

 Currants, flowering, 431 

 Cypress, Lawson, as a hedge, 312 ; 



Monterey, for sea-coast, 107 



Dab^cia polifolia, 223 

 Daisy bush, 388-389 

 Daphnes, the, 366 

 Dogwoods, the, 452, 453 



El/eagnuses, 61, 453 



Elseagnus pungens, beauty of, 56 



Elders, the, 463 



Elms, the, 465 



Euonymus, the large-fruited, 4 



Evergreens, climbing, 23 1 ; for sum- 

 mer and winter effect, 282-286 ; 

 hardy, for rock garden, 1 36 ; im- 

 portance of suitable climate for, 

 226 ; in the winter garden, 48 ; 

 native and other hardy, 225-235 ; 

 native and other, list of, 233- 

 235 ; native, beauty of, 47 ; prun- 

 ing, 230 ; the best, 232 ; time to 

 transplant, 228 



Exochorda grandiflora, 2 



Fig, the, 454 



Fir, needles, path of, 14 



Firs, silver, for sea-coast, 106 



Flower and shrub borders, 242- 



244 

 Flower garden in winter, a, 60 

 Forsythia suspensa, 3 

 Fringe tree, the, 352, 353 

 Fuchsias, the, 370-371 

 Furzes, the, 439-440 



Garden spaces, outer, heathy 



paths in, 13-15; wild roses in, 330 

 Gardening, wild, with things of 



larger growth, 6 

 Gardens, small, shrubs for, 236- 



241 ; wind-swept, trees and 



shrubs for, 97-100 

 Gaultheria Shallon, 5 

 Gorse, the, 439-440 

 Green alleys, 318-321 

 Greenhouse, hardy shrubs in, 248- 



267 

 Group, how to, 9 

 Groups, planning out, 1 1 

 Guelder rose, 441-443 



Halesia, North American, 3 



Hamamelis in winter, 54 



Hazels, the, 453 ; witch, the, 376 



Heath, St. Daboec's, 223 



Heaths, the, 2 1 1-224 > dwarfer, the, 

 218; hardy, in rock garden, 132, 

 133 ; taller or tree-like, 213 



Heathy paths, 13-15 



Heather, common, as a path, 13 



Hedge, arbor- vitse as a, 3 1 1 ; beech 

 as a, 314 ; box as a, 311 ; guelder 

 rose as a, 315 ; holly as a, 309, 

 310 ; hornbeam as a, 314 ; kerria 

 as a, 315 ; laurels for, 313 ; Law- 

 son cypress as a, 312 ; leycesteria 

 as a, 315 ; lilac as a, 315 ; myro- 

 bella plum as a, 314 ; osmanthus 

 ilicifolius as a, 313 ; privet as a, 

 312; quick for, 314; rhodotypus 

 as a, 315 ; ribes as a, 315 ; sweet- 

 briar as a, 314 



Hedges, deciduous, 314; flowering 

 and other, 308-317 ; of flowering 

 shrubs, 315 ; lavender, 316; rose, 

 316 ; two kinds of, 308 



Hibiscus syriacus, 4 



Hickories, the, 452 



Hillside, chalky, grouping on, 1 1 



Hippophse rhamnoides, 61 



Hollies, the, 455, 456 ; and yews, 

 importance of, 225 ; gold and 

 silver, 56 



Holly as a hedge, 309, 310 ; neglec- 

 ted, treatment of, 310 



Hornbeam as a hedge, 314 



Hornbeams, 451 



