INDEX 



Aconites, 120 



Aconitum Wilsonii, 109 



Adenophora, 111 



Agathea, 66, 207 



Ageratum, 114, 122; with gladioli, 

 133 



Agriculture, opportunities for wo- 

 men in, 263.^.; see Vocations 



Alder, swamp, 161 



Allium, white, 207 



Aloe, climbing, 198 



Altheas, 120, 121 



Alyssum, 114, 200 



Ampelopsis, 79 



Anchuaas, 66 



Anenome, colors of, 108, 109 



Apple-trees, with lilac, 4, 5 



Arabis, double, 98 



Arbor-vitffi, 160 



Arches, 16, 17, 43 



Arnold Arboretum, founder James 

 Arnold, 169; establishment of, 

 169-171; first importation of 

 shrubs by, 172; library of, 173; 

 location at Boston, 176; lilacs of, 

 176 ff.; flowering shrubs, 180; 

 fame of, 182, 183; a lesson for all 

 gardeners, 175, 176, 181 



Artemisia, 114; placing of, 115; 

 value of, in groups, 116, 117; color, 

 117 



Asters, 107; with snowberries, 161 



Azalea, 21, 108. 180 



Backgrounds, 9, 45, 47, 179, 180; 

 in Arnold Arboretum, 173-175; 

 for ramblers, 17 



Bailey, "Cyclopedia of Horticul- 

 ture," 241, 242 



Balsams, 111, 116; fleah pink, 117 



Barberry, 48, 149, 162, 168, 169; 

 with snowberry, 164 



Barberry, Chinese, 159; Thunberg's, 

 152, 164; vulgaris, 152; Wilson's, 

 77, 78 



Beekeeping, specialists in, 262; op- 

 portunities for women in, 269, 

 877, 278 



Bergamot, 24 



Billbergia, 204, 205 



Bu'ch, white, 98 



Bleeding-heart, 14 



Borders, 24, 47-50; of 62, box, 60; 

 of nut-trees, 63, 64; a variety of 

 bloom for July, 64-66; gray- 

 foliaged plants for, 200 



Brick, use of, in garden paths, 4, 5, 

 48 



Buddleias, 114 



Bulbs, planting of, 3, 49, 50 



Cacti, 197, 200, 201 



Calendula, in group, 110, 197; yel- 

 low, 117 



California, shrubbery for, 201, 224; 

 gardens of, 193 f.; varieties of 

 flowers, 204-208; of fruit-trees, 

 209, 210 



Campanula, perennial, 15, 16, 66; 

 resetting of, 16, 16; ever-blooming, 

 110, 111; with gladioli, 120; color 

 effectiveness of, 99-102 



Campaniila, lactiflora. 111; lati- 

 folia, 117; lemoinei, 120; medium, 

 99, 101; persicifolia, 99, 100 



Candytuft, lavender, 113; for late 

 season, 122 



Cannas, 66, 249 



Canterbury bells, care of, 3; placing 

 of, 20; used as border, 50, 51; 



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