INDEX 
Abronia, <A. fragrans, 200; A. 
areneria, 243; A. umbellata, 266 
Acacia, False, see Locust Tree; 
Rose, Robinia hispida, 251 
Achillea, A. Ptarmica, 177 
Aconite, wild, Aconitum unciatum, 
217 
Aconitum Nepallus, var. albus, 
Monkshood, white, 189; A. uncia- 
tum, Wild Aconite, 217; A. stork- 
tanum, 217 
Adam, gifts to, 40, 41 
Adam’s Needle, see Yucca 
Adam’s statistics, 19, 20; hoeing, 
47, 48 
Adenophora potanini, 217 
Adlumia cirrhosa, Allegheny Vine, 
7576, 253 
Adonis, Spring, A. vernalis, 2313 
Pheasant’s Eye, A. estivalis, 282 
Adonis vernalis, Spring Adonis, 231; 
A. @stivalis, Pheasant’s Eye, 282 
Agopodium podigrarium, Goutweed, 
180 
Athionema, A. grandiflora, 249 
African Daisy, Arctotis grandis, 200 
Ageratum, A. Mexicanum, 200; A. 
conyzoides, 226, 270 
Ageratum Mexicanum, Ageratum, 
Painters’ Brush, 200; A. cony- 
zoides, Mist Flower, 226, 270 
Agrostemma, Rose of Heaven, A. 
celi-rosa, 200, 266 
Agrostemma celi-rosa, Rose of 
Heaven, 200; Red Viscaria, 285 
Aim of book, 1, 2 
Allegheny Vine, Adlumia cirrhosa, 
79, 253 7 
Almond, Flowering, Prunus Japon- 
ica, 166; var. rosea, 247 
Alonsoa incisifolia, Marsh Flower, 
282 
Althea, see Rose Mallow 
Althea rosea, Hollyhock, 193, 240, 
260, 279 
Althea, Shrubby, see Rose Mallow, 
196, 264, 265 
Alyssum, Rock, A. saxatile, 231; 
sweet, A. maritimum, 198 
Alyssum maritimum, Sweet Alys- 
sum, 198; A. saxatile, Rock Alys- 
sum, 231 
Amaranth, Red, Amaranthus panicu- 
latus, 283 
Amateur work, 20 
Ambrosia artemesiefolia, 69; A. 
Mexicanum, 78 
ial Canadensis, Shad Bush, 
107 
American Cowslip, see Dodecatheon 
Amorpha canescens, Lead Plant, 
a) 221; A. fruticosa, False Indigo, 
21 
Amsonia Tabernemontana, 214 
Anagallis, A. cerulea, 228 
Anaphalis margaritacea, 
telle, 194 
Anchusa capensis, 226; A. Barrel- 
deri, 67, 211; A. Italica, var. 
Dropmore, 217 
Andromeda, A. perifolia, 247 
Anemone, Pennsylvania, A. Penn- 
sylvanica, 126, 127, 178; Japanese, 
A. Japonica, 196, 265 
A Pennsylvanica, Penn. 
Anemone, 126, 127, 178; A. Jap- 
onica, Japanese Anemone, 196, 
265; A. pulsatilla, Pasque Flower, 
21 
Angelica archangelica, Archangelica, 
178 
Angelica Tree, Aralia spinosa, 191 
Animal orchard, Margaret’s, 48 
Anniversaries, 40 
Annuals, 46; fragrant, 72;  self- 
sowing, 47, 61; showiest in blue, 
pink, red, yellow and white, 84, 85, 
86, 87; sowing in hotbed, 51; best 
way to start, 52, 53 
Anthemis cotula, Dog-Fennel, 202 
Immor- 
289 
