INDEX 
THE ROSE. 
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PAGE 
Briers.. ... 19, 30 
Budding. 51 
Spring. 55 
Calendar of Operations... 73 
Flowering of Seedlings, Hastening of.... 47 
Retarding of.... 49 
Forcing..... 39, 42, 43, 44 
Grafting. 57 
Root. 58 
Hints, General, on Cultivation. 67 
Insects infesting the Rose. 80 
Manures proper for the Rose. 37 
Pillar Roses. 64, 65 
Planting of the Rose... 37 
Poetical Allusions to the Rose. 5, 6, 7, 8 
Potting of Roses. 39, 41 
Propagation by Budding. 51 
Cuttings.... 49 
Grafting.. 57 
Layers...50 
Seed............... 45 
Suckers... 49 
Properties of Climbing Roses.. 35 
Moss Roses. 32 
Noisette Roses.......... 34 
Roses for Stands. 34 
Pruning.... 60, 65, 66 
Standards. 6L 
and Trailing Pillar Roses. 64, 65 
Root Grafting... 53 
Roses, Austrian Brier.. 19 
Banksian. 21, 26 
Roses, Bengal... 8 
Bourbon. 11,21,24 
Boursault. 20 
Burgundy... 28 
China. 17,22 
Climbing......... 14,20,21,35 
Damask. 18 
Double Yellow. 19 
Evergreen. 20 
French. 17, 28 
Hardy Garden. 15 
Hybrid. 12,17,21 
Jaune Desprez. 25 
Macartney.. 23 
Microphylla. 25 
Miniature. 22 
Moss.... 17,34 
Musk. 15, 25 
Noisette.. 13, 23, 34 
Perpetual... 12,21 
Pillar.... 64 
Provence..... 16 
Scotch.. 19 
Species of.-. 8 
Sweet Brier.19,30 
Tea-scented. 9, 22 
Varieties of. 8 
Village Maid. 29 
White. 18 
Williams’ Yellow Sweet Brier..... 30 
Soil proper for the Rose.. 36 
Species and Varieties. 8 
THE DAHLIA. 
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AfterCulture..... 94 
History. 78 
Mulching.,. 93 
Planting out..... 92 
Propagation by Grafting and Slips.90 
Seed.89 
Slips.... 90 
Requisites of a Fine Flower. 88 
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Situation. 91 
Soil, Preparation of.. 9L 
Treatment, Autumnal. 94 
of Slips.. 91 
Spring. 92 
when flowering. 94 
Watering.. 93 
