INDEX. 
Achimenes for the sonservatory, 44 
Agave Amei'icaua, flowering of, 30 
Alexandra Palace, exhibition at the, 
157 
Alpine plants, cultivation of, 22 
Alpine rose, the, 321 
Alyssum saxatile eompactnm, 206 
American parks, 30 
Ants, 318 
Aphides in greenhouse, 233 
Apple in villa gardens, the, 102 
Apples for small gardens, choice, 213, 
314 
Aquatic plants, 158 
Arabia, 206 
Artichokes, planting, 64 
Ashbury, North Devon, beautiful trees 
at, 238 
Asparagus, cultivation of, 95, 278 
Asters for pot culture, 139 
Aubrietia, 207 
Auriculas, 191 
Auriculas, select, 348 
Autumn flowering plants, 31 
Azaleas infested with thrips, 376 
Azaleas, select, 159 
Balsams, 139 
Banyan tree, the, 29 
Baskets for the drawing-room, flower, 
104 
Bath show, the, 190 
Beans, cultivation of, 98 
Beans, dwarf, 61 
Beans, select, 60 
Beautiful trees for kind climates, 65, 
136, 151,172, 238 
Bedders for next season, select, 210 
Bedding carpet, 63, 234 
Bedding pelargoniums, 177 
Bedding plants, the clematis, 55 
Bedding plants for the winter garden, 
20 
Bedding plants, choice, 92, 93, 285 
Bedding plants, the best, 262 
Bedding plants in cold pits, wintering. 
341 
Bedding plants, propagating, 71 
Bedding succulents, 179 
Beds, preparing flower, 133 
Beds, leaf embroidered flower, 234 
Beds, the winter decoration of flower, 
293 
Bee keeping, 127 
Beet cooking, 126 
Beets, garden, 60, 109 
Begonias, 297 
Begonias, new flowering, 114 
Books, New — The Clematis as a Gar- 
den Flower, 27 ; Scott’s Orchardist, 
28, 188 ; Handbook of Hardy Trees, 
Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants, 122 ; 
Hand Book of Fruit Culture under 
Glass, 123 ; The Six of Spades, 123 ; 
The Tropical World, 188, 313 ; The 
Canadian Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen 
Gardener, 189 ; The Gladiolus, 189 ; 
Miss Pratt’s Flowering Plants, 223 ; 
De Candolle’s Prodromus, 259; Nos 
Poires, 301 ; Notes on Lihes, 313 ; 
The Art of Grafting, 313 ; The Sea 
and its Living Wonders, 313 ; Work- 
shop Appliances, 314 ; The Amateur’s 
Greenhouse and Conservatory, 314 
Borders, digging flower, 87 
Borecole, varieties of, 37 
Botanical clubs, new, 191 
Bouvardias, 297 
Bowers, garden, 367 
British ferns for pot culture, 131 
British Museum, 371 
Broccoli, 224 
Broccoli culture, 47 
Broccoli, sprouting, 70 
Broccolis, the best, 57, 60 
Browallia, 140 
Brussels sprouts, 69 
Budding and grafting, on, 66 
Bulbous plants for the greenhouse, 126, 
302 
Bulbs, how to utilize old, 135 
Bull’s prizes for plants, 62 
Bush roses, 12 
Cabbages, select, 61 
Caladiums, decayed, 159 ; in green- 
house, 126 ; wintering, 31 
