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INDEX, ALPHABETICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. 



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Abobra viridifiora, an elegant conservatory 



climber, decorative in hanging baskets, etc. ... 30 

 Achimenes, plants of rare beauty, and very effec- 

 tive when cultivated in hanging baskets 30 



Acorus japonicus argenteo-striatus, a beautiful 



mrdy summer ornamental-leaved plant 30 



AdoA vernalis, a very pretty; early spring flower- 



hardy plant 30 



Agaj^Jthus ' umbellatus ; the blue and white 

 ^Jfrican Lilies," are noble plants for con- 

 servatory decoration, or for the sides of lakes 

 and ponds. A. fA variegatis is a beautiful 



ornamental foliage plant 30 



Albuca, remarkable-looking plants, with pretty 



Star of Bethlehem-like flowers 30 



Allium, effective border plants, especially 

 nzitreum, with its rich blue flowers ; de- 

 scendens, rich purple ; roscitm, delicate rose ; 

 ciliatum, pure White ; and luteitm, with its 

 rich yellow flowers, and dwarf compact habit ... 30 

 Alocasia ; those named are strikingly beautiful, 

 and should form part of every collection of 



hothouse plants 30 



Alpine Plants for Rockwork. Of these we can 

 supply a fine collection by name, but do not 

 publish a list. Any of our customers desirous 

 of adding to their collections, if they will send 

 us a list of what they have, we can recommend 

 additions ; or if they will leave the selection in 

 our hands, we shall take care that striking and 



beautiful varieties are supplied 39 



Alpine Succulent Plants, such as are used at 

 Battersea Park for producing the Sub-Alpine 

 scenery, and the universally admired edgings 

 to flower beds which have given so much cha- 

 racter and popularity to the arrangements of 

 what may be called par excellence the finest 

 public garden in Europe. The plants consist of 

 such things as Sedums, Sempervivums, Eche- 

 verias, and close-growing plants, such as Are- 

 naria, Antennaria, etc. We have an extensive 

 assortment of these, but do not publish a list. 39 

 Alpine Window Gardens. To those who are 

 much confined in-doors, and are fond of 

 plants, these windows are an unfailing source 

 of interest, summer and winter, being planted 

 with perfectly hardy Alpines, each plant full 

 of interest. To these can be added spring 

 flowering bulbs, as Scillas, Snowdrops, 

 Crocus, etc., or arrangements can be made 

 to have the one class of plants in the summer, 

 and the other in the spring. We like the com- 

 bination. See our illustration and remarks.. 37 

 Alstrcemeria. For table bouquets and vases, the 

 richly-coloured flowers of these hardy plants 



are inestimable 30 



Amaryllis. In the first section of these should be 

 noticed the quaint beauty of A. formosissima ; 

 the rich hue of Vallota purpurea ; the beau- 

 tiful soft colours of Belladonna; and the 

 charming but unpretending aspect of lutea 

 and Candida. In the second section, the 

 unbloomed seedlings offer to amateurs an 

 opportunity of possessing something novel and 

 valuable at a trifling cost. Every hothouse and 

 greenhouse should have representatives from 



this grand section of the Amarylli 25 



Anemone, double varieties. To cut for baskets 

 and jardinets where the individual beauty of 

 the flower is exhibited, these will stand the 

 closest inspection ; and in the flower garden, 

 what amateur has not been dazzled with the 

 brilliant scarlet, intense blue, and other rich 

 colours, combined with the perfect symmetry 



of this fine flower ! 22 



Anemone, single Poppy and Wind Flower, are 

 amongst our earliest and latest spring flowers ; 

 and who has not admired them in groups and 

 beds with the sun's rays reflected on them ! . . . 23 

 Anemone, species, Apennina, with its intense 

 blue flowers, and fulgens, with its brilliant 

 scarlet, are matchless beauties in spring , . . 30 



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Anigozanthus coccineus, a grotesquely beautiful 

 plant, equally admired cultivated in pots or 



the open ground 30 



Anisanthus splendens, intensely brilliant, beau- 

 tiful and singularly-formed flowers 30 



Annuals, Spring blooming. Those who have not 

 sown Annuals in autumn, and. observed their 

 developing beauties during the spring and 

 early summer months, have a new pleasuie in 

 store. Combinations of colour may be had 

 amongst these in the flower garden which no 

 summer display can surpass. The Fellows of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, who are in 

 the habit of visiting their gardens at Chiswick, 

 will remember, with no small degree of plea- 

 sure, the brilliant display of Annuals in the 



spring of 1869. Sow early in September 34 



Anomatheca cruenta. The flowers of this pretty 



little plant are charmingly beautiful .". 30 



Antennaria tomentosa. Few plants are so charm- 

 ing as this; the intense silvery white of the 

 foliage contrasts admirably in panel gardens 

 and as an edging, but especially is it effective 

 on rockwork and as a covering* to the top of 

 mounds : in such situations, owing to its close, 

 dense habit, it has been freely used at Batter- 

 sea Park to represent snow on the Sub-Alpine 

 sceneries, and has therefore received the po- 

 pular appellation of the Snow-plant otj 



Anthericum, the Lilies of St. Bernard and St. 



Bruno, perfectly hardy 



Antholyza. These from their distinctive character 



deserve a place in every flower garden 



Aphis brush, a boon to the Rose grower, and to 

 those who have plants in sitting-room windows 

 Apios tuberosa, a hardy slender-growing graceful 



climber 



Arum, singular, curious, and ornamental, in flower 



and foliage 



Asclepias tuberosa, a highly ornamental hardy 



plant, with beautiful orange flowers 



Aspliodelus, hardy border plants of fine orna- 

 mental aspect, popularly called King's Spear 

 Aspidistra, useful plants for town decoration, for 



fern cases, and rustic ferneries 



Babiana. The rich shades and combinations of 

 colours found in these charming plants are met 



with in few others 



Begonias. Some are remarkable for the beauty of 

 their flowers, others for the splendour of their 



foliage 



Belladonna Lily, the beautiful associate and com- 

 panion of the Guernsey Lily 



Bellevalia spicata, a charming plant, also known 



as Hyacinthus and Scilla spicata 



Bobartia' aurantiaca. Grown several in a pot, 

 or in the open ground, the effect is charming... 

 Books, on Gardening supplied at published prices. 

 Just Published. The Garden, Vol. I., with 

 upwards of 400 illustrations and plans, and a 

 portrait of the late Mr. Loudon ; cloth gilt, 

 price 14?. ; carriage paid to any part of the 

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 Flower Garden, Landscape Gardening, The 

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 Window Gardens, Notes and Questions, 

 Market Gardening, Trees and Shrubs, Hardy 

 Flowers, Town Gardens, The Conservatory, 

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 The Household, The Wild Garden, The 



Kitchen Garden 



Vilmoriris Atlas of Flozvers (English Edition), 

 with about 1200 illustrations, uncoloured, 

 principally of hardy plants for English gardens 

 Boussmgaultia baseiloides, a charming plant 

 for hanging baskets, rustic vases, rockwork, etc. 

 Bravoa geminiflora, the twin-flowered Bra von, 



with its curious racemesof bloom 31 



Brodisea, very effective hardy bulbs, especially 



when grown in groups 3T 



Brunsvigia falcata, a very handsome greenhouse 

 bulbous plant 31 



