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INDEX, ALPHABETICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. 
Abobra vlrldiflora, an elegant conservatory 
dimber, decorative in hanging baskets, etc. ..\ 
Achimenes, plants of rare beauty, and very effec- 
tive when cultivated in hanging baskets... 
Acorus japonicus argenteo-otriatus, a beautiful 
hardy summer ornamental-leaved plant 
Adonis vemalis, a very pretty, early spring flower- 
ing, hardy plant 
Agapanthus umbellatus; the blue and white 
1 4 African Lilies, 1 ’ 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 
azureum , with its rich blue flowers ; dc- 
seen dens, rich purple ; rose inn, delicate rose ; 
ciliatum, pure white ; and luteiim , with its 
rich yellow flowers, 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supply a fine collection by name, but do not 
publish a list.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 hot 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 
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.. 
Alstrcemeria. 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 
itnbloomed 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 
Anemone, double varieties. To cut for baskets 
ond 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 
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 o 0 
Anlsanthus 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 35 
Anthericum, the Lilies of St. Bernard and St. 
Bruno, perfectly hardy 30 
Antliolyza. These from their distinctive character 
deserve a place in every flower garden 31 
Aphis brush, a boon to the Rose grower, and to 
those who have plants in sitting-room windows 47 
Apios tuberosa, a hardy slender-growing graceful 
climber 
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Arum, singular, curious, and ornamental, in flower 
and foliage 31 
Asclepias tuberosa, a highly ornamental hardy 
plant, with beautiful orange flowers 31 
Asphodelus, hardy border plants of fine orna- 
mental aspect, popularly called King's Spear 31 
Aspidistra, useful plants for town decoration, for 
fern cases, and rustic ferneries 31 
Eabiana. The rich shades and combinations of 
colours found in these charming plants are met 
with in few others 2r 
Begonias. Some are remarkable for the beauty of 
their flowers, others for the splendour of their 
foliage 3 t 
Belladonna Lily, the beautiful associate and com- 
panion of the Guernsey Lily 2; 
Bellevalia spicata, a charming plant, also known 
as Hyacinthus and Scilla spicata 31 
Bobartia aurantiaca. Grown several in a pot, 
or in the open ground, the effect is charming... 31 
Books, on Gardening supplied at published prices. 
Just Published. The Garden, Vol. /., with 
upwards of 400 illustrations and plans, and a 
portrait of the late Mr. Loudon ; cloth gilt, 
price 14J. ; carriage paid to any part of the 
kingdom. The subjects are as under : — The 
Flower Garden, Landscape Gardening, The 
Fruit Garden, Garden Structures, Room and 
Window Gardens, Notes and Questions, 
Market Gardening, Trees and Shrubs, Hardv 
Flowers, Town Gardens, The Conservatory,' 
Public Gardens, The Greenhouse and Stove, 
The Household, The Wild Garden, The 
Kitchen Garden 
Vilmorin's Atlas of Flowers (English Edition), 
with about 1200 illustrations, uncoloured, 
principally of hardy plants for English gardens 
Boussingaultia baselloides, a charming plant 
for hanging baskets, rustic vases, rockwork, etc. 
Bravoa geminiflora, the twin-flowered Bravon, 
with its curious racemes of bloom 31 
Brodiasa, very effective hardy bulbs, especially 
when grown in groups 31 
Brunsvlgia falcata, a very handsome greenhouse 
bulbous plant 31 
