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INDEX. 



Pleromas for stoves, iii. 3 

 Pleurothallis, iii. 129 

 Plumbagos for stoves, iii. 21 

 Poinsettia pulcherrima, iii. 21 



Propagation, iii. 22 



Treatment, iii. 23 



For market, iii. 328 

 Polemoniums for summer, i. 262 

 Polyanthus and Primrose, ii. 86 



Characteristics of, ii. 87 



For spring, i. 256 

 Polygalas, i. 189 



For greenhouses, ii. 222 

 Polygonatum for dells and woodlands, 

 i. 86 



Polygonums for summer, i. 262 



For dells and woodlands, i. 86 

 Polypodiums, hardy, i. no 



Tender, iii. 169 

 Polystichums, i. no 



Hardy, i. 111 



Tender, iii. 169 

 Poppies for bedding, i. 218 

 Portulacas for bedding, i. 218 

 Posoquerias for stoves, iii. 24 

 Potentillas for rock gardens, i. 103 



For summer, i. 262 



Choice, ii. 85 



Selections, ii. 86 

 Primulas for rock gardens, i. 103 



For early spring, i. 253 



For spring, i. 256 



Poissoni, i. 262 



obconica, ii. 95 



Propagation and culture, ii. 96 



Sieboldi, ii. 89 

 Selections, ii. 90 



Chinese (sinensis), ii. 91 

 Raising from seeds, ii. 91 

 Cultural details, ii. 92 

 Double flowering, ii. 94 



For market, iii. 329 

 Primroses and Polyanthuses, i. 188-191 

 Promenea, iii. 129 

 Prunella grandiflora, i. 262 

 Psidiums for stoves, iii. 24 

 Pteris, iii. 169 



aquilina, i. no 



scaberula, i. in 

 Pulmonarias, i. 256 

 Pyrethrums, choice, ii. 97 



Selections, ii. 98 



aureum, i. 189 



For dells and woodlands, i. 87 



For bedding, i. 219 



For summer, i. 262 



For carpet bedding, i. 222 



For autumn, i. 264 

 Pyrola, i. 104 

 Pyrus japonica, i. 152 



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Rabbit-proof flowering plants, i. 87 



Trees and shrubs, i. 87 

 Ranunculuses, i. 203 



For rock gardens, i. 104 



Culture, ii. 99 



Selections of Persian, ii, 102 



Turban, ii. 102 

 French, ii. 102 



For spring, i. 256 

 Red spider, destroying, ii. 265 

 Reidia glaucescens, iii. 25 

 Renanthera, iii. 129 

 Restrepia, iii. 129 

 Rheum, i. 228 

 Rhipsalis, iii. 199 

 Rhodochiton volubile, ii. 223 

 Rhododendrons, i. 141 



Selections, i. 141 



For greenhouses, ii. 223 

 Selections, ii. 227 

 Rhopala, ii. 228 

 Rhus glabra laciniata, i. 229 

 Rhynchospermum jasminoides, iii. 229 

 Ricinus communis, i. 229 

 Rivina humilis, iii. 25 

 Rochea falcata, ii. 229 

 Rockeries, i. 89 



Faulty, i. 89 



Informal, i. go 



For alpines and ferns, i. 92 



Section of a, i. 93 



Massive, i. 95 



Raising suitable plants, i. 96 

 Selections, i. 97 



Plants for exposed rockwork, i. 106 

 Plants for sheltered rockwork, i. 107 

 Evergreens for, i. 107 

 Evergreen flowering shrubs for, i. 108 

 Deciduous flowering shrubs for, i. 108 

 Conifers for, i. 10S 

 Rodriguezia secunda, iii. 130 

 Rondeletias for stoves, iii. 26 

 Roses, i. 154 

 Roseries, i. 154 

 Plan of rose garden, i. 155 

 History and progress, i. 157 

 Classification, i. 159 



Provence, i. 159 



Moss, i. 159 



Damask, i. 159 



Hybrid perpetual, i. 160 



Tea scented, i. 160 



Noisette, i. 160 



Hybrid tea, i. 161 



Bourbon, i. 161 



Austrian briars, r, 161 



Scotch and sweet briars, i. 161 



Ayrshire, i. i6r 



Evergreen, i. 161 



Japanese, i. 161 



Fairy or Polyantha, i. 162 

 Selections for various purposes, i. 162 



Robust growers, i. 162 



Strong growers, i. 163 



For arbours, i. 163 



For beds and pegging down, i. 163 



Of uniform growth, i. 164 



Compact growers, i. 164 



Standards, i. 164 

 Hybrid teas, i. 165 

 Hybrid perpetuals, i. 165 



For town and suburban gardens, 

 i. 165 



For dells and woodlands, i. 87 

 Propagation, i. 166 

 Seeds, i. 166 

 Cuttings, i. 167 



Budding, i. 168 



Grafting, i. 170 

 Soil, i. 171 

 Planting, i. 172 

 Protecting, i. 176 

 Pruning, i. 173 



Spring, i. 173 



Summer, i. 174 



Pegged down, i. 174 

 Insect and diseases, i. 177 



Greenfly, i. 177 



Red spider, i. 178 



Thrips, i. 178 



Brown scale, i. 178 



Rose maggot, i. 178 



Stem-boring saw-fly, i. 179 



Mildew, i. 179 



Red rust and orange fungus, i. 179 

 Canker, i. 179 

 Recipes, i. 180 

 Exhibition, ii. 102 

 Culture, ii. 103 

 Exhibiting, ii. 104 

 Judging, ii. 107 

 Selection of blooms, ii. 108 

 Dressing blooms, ii. 109 

 Selections of varieties, ii. no 

 For pillars and arbours, i. 125 

 For pillars and posts, i. 125 

 For arbours, arches and pergolas, 



i. 125 

 For market, iii. 331 

 Roots, the functions of, i. 15 

 Rubus for greenhouses, ii. 230 

 Rudbeckias for summer, i, 262 

 Ruellias for stoves, iii. 27 

 Russellias for stoves, iii. 27 



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Saccolabiums, iii. 130 



Selections, iii. 131 

 Sagina for rock gardens, i. 104 

 Salpiglossis for bedding, i. 219 

 Salvias for gardens, i. 212 



For summer, i. 262 

 Sanchezias for stoves, iii, 27 

 Sanguinaria canadensis, i. 253 

 Santolina incana, i. 189, 223 

 Saponarias for rock gardens, i. 104 



ocymoides, i. 256 

 Sarracenias, ii. 233 



Species, ii. 234 



Hybrids, ii. 234 

 Saxifragas, i. 189 



For rock gardens, i. 104 



For spring, i. 256 



For summer, i. 262 



Fortunei, i. 264 

 Scabious, for bedding, i. 219 



For summer, i, 262 

 Scale, destroying, ii. 264 

 Schizostylis coccinea, i. 282 

 Schomburgkia, iii. 131 

 Scilla, i. 203 

 Scolopendrium, i. no 

 Screen trees, i. 127 

 Scutellaria, iii. 132 

 Scuticaria Steeli, iii. 132 

 Seaforthia elegans, i. 229 



