LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



COLOURED PLATES. 



PAGE 



VIOLETS : — Marie Louise — Madame Millet — Amiral Aryan — De Parme — Comte 



Brazza — Turner's "Eton" — Neapolitan ... ... ... ... Frontispiece. 



ALDBOROUGH ANEMONES 44 



TRUMPET DAFFODILS and POET'S NARCISSUS : — Golden Spur— Empress — Emperor- 

 minimus — Narcissus poeticus ornatus — N. Burbidgei Falstaff — N. triandrus 

 albus ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 82 



FLOWERS FOR ROCKWORK : — Primula denticulata — Gentiana acaulis — Anemone nemorosa — 



MUSCARI BOTRYOIDES ANEMONE APENNINA NARCISSUS CYCLAMINEUS IRIS RETICULATA 106 



CLEMATIS : — Marie Lefebre — Van Houttei — Sensation 124 



FLOWERING SHRUBS :— Magnolia conspicua— Pyrus Malus— Cydonia japonica 138 



ROSES: — General Jacqueminot — Madame Lambard — La France ... ... ... ... ... 156 



POLYANTHUS and PRIMROSES: — Gold-Laced Polyanthus — Blue Primrose— Various Decora- 

 tive Polyanthuses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 188 



PANSIES and VIOLAS : — Tamworth Yellow— Robert White — Ralph Wardlaw — Archie Grant — 



Laverock — Marchioness of Tweeddale — Ardwell Gem ... ... ... ... 212 



IRISES: — Iris aphylla — Madame Chereau ; Iris germanica Purple King; Iris pallida; 



Spanish Irises Cantab and Queen Isabella... ... ... ... ... ... 238 



HARDY PHLOXES : — Avalanche — Miss Tennant — Matador — Eugene Danzanvilliers — L'Ornement 248 

 HELLEBORES : — Helleborus Leichtlini — - H. guttatus sub-punctatus — H. colchicus — H. 



orientalis var. (Lenten Rose) — H. niger maximus — Christmas Rose — Michaelmas 

 Daisies (artist's additions) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 253 



PYRETHRUMS : — Agnes Mary Kelway — Warrior— Princess Marie — Pericles — Beatrice Kelway 



— James Kelway... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 262 



AURICULAS: — Achilles (Simonite) — Bull's Eye (Horner) — Miranda (Horner) ... ... ... 298 



CANNAS : — Egandale — Konigen Charlotte — Comte de Bouchard — Cheshunt Yellow — Madame 



Crozy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 316 



CARNATIONS and PICOTEES :— Duchess of Fife— Walter Jackson— Phcebe— J. Bryant— Mrs. 



R. Sydenham — Germania — Mephisto — W. C. Miller ... ... ... ... 326 



ILLUSTEATIONS IN TEXT. 



Cryptogams 



Protoplasm in Vallisneria 

 Cycle of Plant Growth 

 Scaly and tunicated Bulbs 

 Rhizome 



Seedling Plant — Root-hairs and Cotyledons 

 Aerial Roots 

 Corms (Gladiolus) 

 Starch granules 

 Stomata in Leaves 

 Section of Portion of a Leaf 

 Essential Parts of a Flower 

 Fertilisation 



Section of a Chrysanthemum Flower 



16. Raising Seedlings . . . . . . . . 26 



17. Improving Flowers — Begonias . . . . 27 



18. Progress in Begonias . . . . . . . . 28 



19. Calceolarias— Past and Present . . . . 29 



20. Fertilisation of Roses . . . . . . . . 30 



21. Fertilising Appliances . . .. .. .. 31 



22. Lfelia anceps " Stella " . . . . 32 



23. Fertilisation of Orchids . . . . . . 33 



24. Group of Town Gardens . . . . . . 37 



25. Town Garden with Beds on Grass . . . . 41 



26. Town Garden on Gravel . . . . . . 43 



27. Plan of Suburban Garden 47 



28. Plan of Country Garden 54 



29. Old-Fashioned Garden (Mr. Machin's) . . 58 



30. Liliums and Rhododendrons at Nowstead . . 59 



