INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



COMMON GAEDEN FLOWEES : page 

 Introduction— The Daisy— The Forget-me-not ... 57 



Arabis— Aubrietias— Alyssnm 82 



Adonis— Candytuft 185 



Gillyflower Stocks— Wallflowers - Snow-iu-Summer 



—Thrift 199 



Lily of the Valley — Solomon's Seal — Bachelor's 

 Buttons — Fair Maids of France— Meadow Eue 

 — Columbine — Dianthus — Delphiniums, or 



Larkspurs 289 



The Antirrhinum, or Snapdragon— Hydrangea— 

 The Pseony — Tree Pseonies — Michaelmas 

 Daisies 368 



THE CUCUMBEE : 



Preparing Materials— Sowing Seed— Planting Out 

 — General Culture — Cucumber-growing by Ex- 

 press 351 



FEENS : 



Introdiiction— Maidenhair Ferns 48 



Gold and Silver Ferns — Nephrodium — Davallia ... 147 



Asplenium— The Onychiums 265 



FLOEISTS' FLOWEES : 



Introduction— The Auricula 14 



Balsams— Begonias— Carnations and Picotees— 



Cloves 120 



The Calceolaria -The Chrysanthemum 251 



The Cineraria— Cockscombs— The Cyclamen ... 381 



GAEDEN POTS AND POTTING : p.^ge 

 The Pot Trade— Materials— Sizes and Shapes- 

 Various Miscellaneous Kinds of Pots 3 



Potting Plants — Dibbhng-in — Flooding Home— 

 Pricking-off — Potting-off— Shifting— Composts 

 The One-shift Treatment 112 



GAEDEN WALKS AND EOADS : 



The Foundation of Eoads— The Surface —Construc- 

 tion — Width — Carriage-sweeps 



Garden Walks— Kitchen Garden Walks— Working 

 Walks or AUeys— Abolition of Walks in 

 Kitchen Gardens— Cheap Walks— Maintenance 

 of Walks— Grass Walks, Eoads, and Eides— 

 Edgings, Terra-cotta and Living Edgings 

 —Objections to the Latter 



Lines of Beauty in Walks and Eoads— Straight 

 Lines and Curves— Laying Out— Entrances- 

 Avenues— Edgings— Garden AValks— Lines of 

 Divergence — Privacy 



GEE EN-HOUSE PLANTS : 



Introductory — Abutilon — Acacia — Acroph j^llum — 

 -. ■ . Adenandra— Agapanthus — Agave 



Aloe — Aotus — Aphelexis— Ai-alia— Araucaria 



Azalea — Banksia — Beaufortia — Bignonia — Boro- 

 nia — Bossicea — Eouvardia — Burtonia — Callis- 

 tachys— Callistemon 



Camellia— Campsidium— Canarina—Cantua— Cera- 

 tostema— Chamoerops— Cheirobtemon— Choro- 

 zema— Citrus — Clethra 



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 159 



273 



360 



THE FLOWEE GAEDEN: 



Position— Style— Formation 44 



Summer Bedding — Colours— Designs for Summer 



Bedding 100 



Propagation and Wintering of Summer Bedding 



Plants — Violas — Calceolarias — Gnaphalium 

 and Thymes — Echeverias — Altemantheras — 

 Verbenas, Mesembryanthemum, and Lobelia— 

 Eoots and Tubers— Cannas— Coloured Foliage 



Bedders 154 



Carpet Bedding— Position and Extent— Preparing 



the Beds— Plans 218 



Sub-tropical Bedding — Character rf Plants- 

 Arrangement and Form of Beds— Lists of 



Plants and Hints on Culture 222 



Succulent Bedding — Arrangements— Lists — Gene- 

 ral Culture 312 



The Mixed Style- Its Merits— Arrangements- 

 Lists of Suitable Plants— Annuals and Bien- 

 nials ... 348 



GEOUND OPEEATIONS: 



Levelling— Mistakes— Methods ... 10 



Trenching— Mistakes in Trenching— The Only 



Profitable Kind— Tools and Methods- Time? 



for Trenching ... 96 



Drainage— Keeps Land both Dry and ]\Io:st 



and Warm — Enriches and Deepens Soils ... 142 

 Drainage (continued)— 'Line of Drains— Distance— 



Depth— Fall— Sizes— Materials and Forms— 



Outlets— Draining Tools— Laying the Drains... 237 

 Digging— Advantages of Digging— Laying out the 



Work— Changing Hands— Dilferent Kinds of 



Digging— The Fork 270 



HAEDENING-OFF OF PLANTS 217 



HEEBS AND SMALL SALADS : 



Introductory — Angelica — Anise — Balm — Basil — 

 Borage — Capsicum — Caraway — Chamomile — 



