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INDEX, ALPHABETICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. 
Abobra viridiflora, an elegant conservatory 
climber, decorative in hanging baskets, etc. ... 
Achimenes, plants of rare beauty, and very effec- 
tive when cultivated in hanging baskets 
Acorus japonicus argenteo-strlatus, a beautiful 
hardy summer ornamental-leaved plant 
Adonis vemalis, a very pretty, early spring (lower- 
ing, hardy plant ' 
Agapanthus umbellatus; the blue and white 
“African Lilies,” are noble plants for con- 
servatory decoration, or for the sides of lakes 
and ponds. A. fol, variegatis is a beautiful 
ornamental foliage plant 
Albuca, remarkable-looking plants, with pretty 
_ Star of Bethlehem-like flowers 
Allium, effective border plants, especially 
azure urn, with its rich blue flowers ; de- 
scended, rich purple ; roseum, delicate rose ; 
cilia turn, pure white ; and luteum, with its 
rich yellow (lowers, and dwarf compact habit... 
Alocasia ; those named are strikingly beautiful, 
and should form part of every collection of 
hothouse plants 
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supply a fine collection by name, but do not 
publish a list.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 
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assortment of these, but do not publish a list. 
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 
"'ith 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 so made 
•to have the one class of plants in the summer, 
and the other in the spring. We like the com- 
bination. See our illustrations and remarks. 
Alstroemeria. For table bouquets and vases, the 
richly-coloured flowers of these hardy plants 
are inestimable 
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 Atnarylli 
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 ! 
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 ! ... 
Anemone, species. Apennina, with its intense 
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Anlgozanthus coccineus, a grotesquely beautiful 
plant, equally admired cultivated in pots or 
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Anisanthus splendens, intensely brilliant, beau- 
tiful and singularly-formed flowers 
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 pleasure 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 ? 4 
Anomatheca cruenta. The flowers of this pretty “ 
little plant are charmingly beautiful 
Anten n a r ia 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 
Anthericum, the Lilies of St. Bernard and St, 
Antholyza. These from their distinctive character 
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Aphis brush, a boon to the Rose grower, and to 
those who have plants in sitting-room windows 
Aplos 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 
Asphodelus, hardy border plants of fine orna- 
mental aspect, popularly called King's Spear 
Aspidistra, useful plants for town decoration, for 
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Babiana. The rich shades and combinations of 
colours found in these charming plants are met 
with in few others 2I 
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 — Robinson's Alpine Flowers for English 
Gardens, with illustrations. A valuable book 
on Alpines and the Formation of Rockwork... 
Robinson's Book of Hardy Plants. A valuable 
work for those who wish to reinstate the old 
garden favourites, and to form flower gardens 
of hardy plants 
Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste. By 
Shirley Hibberd. With coloured plates 
Vilmorin's Atlas of Flowers (English Edition), 
containing about 1200 illustrations, principally 
of hardy plants adapted for English gardens.. 
Boussingaultia baselloides, a charming plant 
for hanging baskets, rustic vases, rockwork, 
etc 
Bravoa gemtniflora, the twin-flowered Bravoaj 
with its curious racemes of bloom 
Brodlsea, very effective hardy bulbs, especially 
when grown in groups 
Brunsvlgia falcata, a very handsome greenhouse 
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