INDEX
Adonis vernalis, [52]
Alcohol, its gravestone, [12]
Alexandrian laurel, [16]
Alströmerias, best kinds, how to plant, [92]
Amelanchier, [52], [182]
Ampelopsis, [43]
Andromeda Catesbæi, [37];
A. floribunda and A. japonica, [50];
autumn colouring, [128], [165]
Anemone fulgens, [57];
japonica, [109], [207]
Aponogeton, [194]
Apple, Wellington, [12];
apple-trees, beauty of form, [25]
Aristolochia Sipho, [43]
Arnebia echioides, [56]
Aromatic plants, [235]
Artemisia Stelleriana, [104]
Arum, wild, leaves with cut daffodils, [58]
Auriculas, [54];
seed stolen by mice, [260]
Autumn-sown annuals, [113]
Azaleas, arrangement for colour, [69];
A. occidentalis, [70];
autumn colouring, [128];
as trained for shows, [246]
Bambusa Ragamowski, [102]
Beauty of woodland in winter, [7], [153]
Beauty the first aim in gardening, [2], [196], [244], [248], [253], [254]
Bedding-out as a fashion, [263] and onward;
bedding rightly used, [265]
Berberis for winter decoration, [16];
its many merits, [21]
Bignonia radicans, large-flowered variety, [110]
Birch, its graceful growth, [8];
colour of bark, [9];
fragrance in April, [51];
grouped with holly, [152]
Bird-cherry, [182]
Bitton, Canon Ellacombe's garden at, [206]
Blue-eyed Mary, [44]
Books on gardening, [192] and onward
Border plants, their young growth in April, [51]
Bracken, [87];
cut into layering-pegs, [98];
careful cutting, [99];
when at its best to cut, [106];
autumn colouring, [127]
Bramble, colour of leaves in winter, [20];
in forest groups, [44];
in orchard, [181];
American kinds, [182]
Briar roses, [80], [104]
Bryony, the two wild kinds, [43]
Bulbous plants, early blooming, how best to plant, [49]
Bullfinch, a garden enemy, [262]
Butcher's broom, [151]
Cactus, hardy, on rock-wall, [119]
Caltha palustris, [52]
Campanula rapunculus, [257]
Cardamine trifoliata, [50]
Carnations, [94];
at shows, [243]
Caryopteris mastacanthus, [102]
Ceanothus, Gloire de Versailles, [205]
Cheiranthus, alpine kinds, [62]
Chimonanthus fragrans, [229]
Chionodoxa sardensis and C. Lucilliæ, [32]
Choisya ternata, [63], [71], [205]
Christmas rose, giant kind, [144]
Chrysanthemums, hardy kinds, [144];
as trained at shows, [245]
Cistus laurifolius, [37];
C. florentinus, [101];
C. ladaniferus, [102], [206]
Claret vine, [110]
Clematis cirrhosa, [14];
C. flammula when to train, [24];
wild clematis in trees and hedges, [43];
C. montana, [71], [203];
C. Davidiana, [95], [205]
Clergymen as gardeners, [175]
Clerodendron fœtidum, [110], [206]
Climbing plants, [202];
for pergola, [215]
Colour, of woodland in winter, [19];
of leaves of some garden plants, [21];
colour-grouping of rhododendrons, [66];
of azaleas, [69];
colour of foliage of tree pæonies, [73];
colour arrangement in the flower-border, [89], [109], [207];
colour of bracken in October, [127];
of azaleas and andromedas in autumn, [128];
of bark of holly, [152];
study of, [197];
of flowers, how described, [221] and onward
Copse-cutting, [166]
Corchorus japonicus, [50]
Coronilla varia, [259]
Corydalis capnoides, [50]
Cottage gardens, [4], [185];
roses in, [79]
Cottager's way of protecting tender plants, [91]
Cowslips, [59]
Crinums, [206]
Crinums, hybrid, [110], [119];
protecting, [146]
Crocuses, eaten by pheasants, [261]
Daffodils in the copse, [34];
planted in old pack-horse tracks, [48]
Dahlias, staking, [114];
digging up, [133]
Delphiniums, [89];
grown from seed, [90];
D. Belladonna, [91]
Dentaria pinnata, [46]
Deutzia parviflora, [103]
Digging up plants, [139]
Discussions about treatment of certain plants, [3]
Dividing tough-rooted plants, [53];
spring-blooming plants, [85];
how often, [136];
suitable tools, [136] and onward
Dog-tooth violets, [33], [47]
Doronicum, [53]
Dressing of show flowers, [243]
Dried flowers, [17]
Dwarfing annuals, [249]
Edwardsia grandiflora, [206]
Elder trees, [83];
elder-wine, [84]
Epilobium angustifolium, white variety, [86]
Epimedium pinnatum, [16], [46]
Erinus alpinus, sown in rock-wall, [121]
Eryngium giganteum, [93];
E. maritimum, [93];
E. Oliverianum, [93], [209].
Eulalia japonica, flowers dried, [17]
Evergreen branches for winter decoration, [16]
Everlasting pea, dividing and propagating, [138]
Experimental planting, [183]
Felling trees, [162]
Fern Filix fœmina in rhododendron beds, [37], [106];
Dicksonia punctilobulata, [62];
ferns in rock-wall, [120];
polypody, [121], [165]
Fern-pegs for layering carnations, [98]
Fern-walk, suitable plants among groups of ferns, [107]
Flower border, [133], [200]
Forms of deciduous trees, beauty of, [25]
Forsythia suspensa and F. viridissima, [50]
Forget-me-not, large kind, [53]
Foxgloves, [270]
Fungi, Amanita, Boletus, Chantarelle, [111]
Funkia grandiflora, [212]
Galax aphylla, colour of leaves in winter, [21]
Gale, broad-leaved, [101]
Garden friends, [194]
Garden houses, [215]
Gardening, a fine art, [197]
Garrya elliptica, [202]
Gaultheria Shallon, value for cutting, [16];
in rock-garden, [165]
Geraniums as bedding plants, [266] and onward
Gourds, as used by Mrs. Earle, [18]
Goutweed, [257]
Grape hyacinths, [49], [258]
Grass, Sheep's-fescue, [69]
Grasses for lawn, [147]
Grey-foliaged plants, [207]
Grouping plants that bloom together, [70]
Grubbing, [160];
tools, [150], [261]
Guelder-rose as a wall-plant, [71];
single kind, [129]
Gypsophila paniculata, [95], [209]
Half-hardy border plants in August, [108], [210]
Happiness in gardening, [1], [274]
Hares, as depredators, [260]
Heath sods for protecting tender plants, [91]
Heaths, filling up Rhododendron beds, [37];
wild heath among azaleas, [69];
cut short in paths, [70];
ling, [106]
Hellebores, caulescent kinds in the nut-walk, [9];
for cutting, [57], [144];
buds stolen by mice, [260].
Heuchera Richardsoni, [53], [135]
Holly, beauty in winter, [8];
grouped with birch, [152];
cheerful aspect, [154]
Hollyhocks, the prettiest shape, [105]
Honey-suckle, wild, [43]
Hoof-parings as manure, [133]
Hoop-making, [166], and onward
Hop, wild, [43]
Hutchinsia alpina, [50]
Hyacinth (wild) in oak-wood, [60]
Hydrangeas, protecting, [146];
at foot of wall, [206]
Hyssop, a good wall-plant, [121]
Iris alata, [14];
I. fœtidissima, [120];
I. pallida, [129]
Iris stylosa, how to plant, [13];
white variety, [14];
time of blooming, [33], [164]
Ivy, shoots for cutting, [17]
Japan Privet, foliage for winter decoration, [16]
Japan Quince (Cydonia or Pyrus), [50]
Jasminum nudiflorum, [164]
Junction of garden and wood, [34], [270]
Juniper, its merits, [26];
its form, action of snow, [27];
power of recovery from damage, [29];
beauty of colouring, [30];
stems in winter dress, [31];
in a wild valley, [154], and onward
Kitchen-garden, [179];
its sheds, [179], [180]
Larch, sweetness in April, [51]
Large gardens, [176]
Lavender, when to cut, [105]
Lawn-making, [146];
lawn spaces, [177], [178]
Leaf mould, [149]
Learning, [5], [189], [190], [273]
Lessons of the garden, [6];
in wild-tree planting, [154];
in orchard planting, [183];
of the show-table, [241]
Leucojum vernum, [33]
Leycesteria formosa, [100]
Lilacs, suckers, as strong feeders, good kinds, [23];
standards best, [24]
Lilium auratum among rhododendrons, [37], [106];
among bamboos, [106]
Lilium giganteum, [95];
cultivation needed in poor soil, [142]
Lilium Harrisi and L. speciosum, [106]
Lily of the valley in the copse, [61]
Linaria repens, [259]
London Pride in the rock-wall, [120]
Loquat, [204]
Love-in-a-mist, [251]
Love of gardening, [1]
Luzula sylvatica, [61]
Magnolia, branches indoors in winter, [16];
magnolia stellata, [50];
kinds in the choice shrub-bank, [101]
Mai-trank, [60]
Marking trees for cutting, [151]
Marsh marigold, [52]
Masters and men, [271]
Mastic, [102]
Meconopsis Wallichi, [165]
Medlar, [129]
Megaseas, colour of foliage, [17];
M. ligulata, [103];
in front edge of flower-border, [211]
Mertensia virginica, [46];
sowing the seed, [84]
Mice, [260], [261]
Michaelmas daisies, a garden to themselves, [125];
planting and staking, [126];
early kinds in mixed border, [135]
Mixed planting, [183];
mixed border, [206]
Morells, [59]
Mulleins (V. olympicum and V. phlomoides), [85];
mullein-moth, [86], [270]
Muscari of kinds, [49]
Musical reverberation in wood of Scotch fir, [60]
Myosotis sylvatica major, [53]
Nandina domestica, [206]
Narcissus cernuus, [12];
N. serotinus, [14];
N. princeps and N. Horsfieldi in the copse, [48]
Nature's planting, [154]
Nettles, to destroy, [259]
Novelty, [249]
Nut nursery at Calcot, [11]
Nut-walk, [9];
catkins, [11];
suckers, [11]
Oak timber, felling, [60]
Old wall, [72], [116] and onward
Omphalodes verna, [45]
Ophiopogon spicatum for winter cutting, [16]
Orchard, ornamental, [181]
Orobus vernus, [52];
O. aurantiacus, [62]
Othonna cheirifolia, [63]
Pæonies and Lent Hellebores grown together, [76]
Pæony moutan grouped with Clematis montana, [70];
special garden for pæonies, [72];
frequent sudden deaths, [73];
varieties of P. albiflora, [74];
old garden kinds, [75];
pæony species desirable for garden use, [75]
Pansies as cut flowers, [57];
at shows, [243]
Parkinson's chapter on carnations, [94]
Pavia macrostachya, [103]
Pea, white everlasting, [95]
Pergola, [212]
Pernettya, [165]
Pests, bird, beast, and insect, [259]
Phacelia campanularia, [63]
Pheasants, as depredators, [261];
destroying crocuses, [261]
Philadelphus microphyllus, [103]
Phlomis fruticosa, [103]
Phloxes, [135]
Piptanthus nepalensis, [63], [206]
Planes pollarded, [215]
Planting early, [129];
careful planting, [130];
planting from pots, [131];
careful tree planting, [148]
Platycodon Mariesi, [108]
Plume hyacinth, [49]
Polygala chamæbuxus, [164]
Polygonum compactum, [136];
Sieboldi, [258]
"Pot-pourri from a Surrey garden," [18]
Primroses, white and lilac, [44];
large bunch-flowered kinds as cut flowers, [58];
seedlings planted out, [85];
primrose garden, [216]
Primula denticulata, [184]
Progress in gardening, [249]
Prophet-flower (Arnebia), [56]
Protecting tender plants, [145]
Pterocephalus parnassi, [107]
Pyrus Maulei, [50]
Queen wasps, [63]
Quince, [128]
Rabbits, [260]
Ranunculus montanus, [50]
Raphiolepis ovata, [204]
Rhododendrons, variation in foliage, [35];
R. multum maculatum, [35];
plants to fill bare spaces among, [37];
arrangement for colour, [64] and onward;
hybrid of R. Aucklandi, [69];
alpine, [165]
Ribbon border, [266]
Ribes, [50]
Robinia hispida, [203]
Rock garden, making and renewing, [115]
Rock-wall, [116] and onward
Rosemary, [204]
Roses, pruning, tying, and training, [38];
fence planted with free roses, [38];
Reine Olga de Wurtemburg, [38];
climbing and rambling roses, [39];
Fortune's yellow, Banksian, [40];
wild roses, [43];
garden roses: Provence, moss, damask, R. alba, [78];
roses in cottage gardens, ramblers and fountains, [79];
free growth of Rosa polyantha, [80];
two good, free roses for cutting, [80];
Burnet rose and Scotch briars, Rosa lucida, [81];
tea roses: best kinds for light soil, pegging, pruning, [82];
roses collected in Capri, [105];
second bloom of tea roses, [110];
jam made of hips of R. rugosa, [111], [184];
R. arvensis, garden form of, [129];
R. Boursault elegans, [192];
China, [205];
their scents, [235]
Ruscus aculeatus, [151];
R. racemosus, [152]
Ruta patavina, a late-flowering rock-plant, [107]
Sambucus ebulis, [258]
Satin-leaf (Heuchera Richardsoni), [53]
Scilla maritima, [14];
S. sibirica, S. bifolia, [32]
Scents of flowers, [229] and onward
Scotch fir, pollen, [53];
cones opening, [54];
effect of sound in fir-wood, [60]
Show flowers, [242]
Show-table, what it teaches, [241]
Shrub-bank, [101];
snug place for tender shrubs, [121]
Shrub-wilderness of the old home, [100]
Skimmeas, [101], [165]
Slugs, [262]
Smilacina bifolia, [61]
Snapdragon, [251]
Snowstorm of December 1886, [27]
Snowy Mespilus (Amelanchier), [52]
Solanum crispum, [204]
Solomon's seal, [61]
Spindle-tree, [127]
Spiræa Thunbergi, [50], [104];
S. prunifolia, [104]
St. John's worts, choice, [103]
Stephanandra flexuosa, [103]
Sternbergia lutea, [139]
Sticks and stakes, [163]
Storms in autumn, [122]
Styrax japonica, [101]
Suckers of nuts, [11];
robbers, how to remove, [24];
on grafted rhododendrons, [36]
Sunflowers, perennial, [134]
Sweetbriar, rambling, [39];
fragrance in April, [51]
Sweet-leaved small shrubs, [34], [57], [101]
Sweet peas, autumn sown, [83], [112]
Thatching with hoop-chips, [169]
Thinning the nut-walk, [10];
thinning shrubs, [22];
trees in copse, [151]
Tiarella cordifolia, [53];
colour of leaves in winter, [21]
Tools for dividing, [136];
for tree cutting and grubbing, [150];
woodman's, [158];
axe and wedge, [159];
rollers, [160];
cross-cut saw, [162]
Training the eye, [4];
training Clematis flammula, [24]
Transplanting large trees, [147]
Trillium grandiflorum, [61]
Tritomas, protecting, [146]
Tulips, show kinds and their origin, [55];
T. retroflexa, [55];
other good garden kinds, [56]
Various ways of gardening, [3]
Verbascum olympicum and V. phlomoides, [85]
Villa garden, [171]
Vinca acutiflora, [139]
Vine, black Hamburg at Calcot, [12];
as a wall-plant, [42];
good garden kinds, [42];
claret vine, [110], [205];
Vitis Coignettii, [123]
Violets, the pale St. Helena, [45];
Czar, [140]
Virginian cowslip, [46];
its colouring, [47];
sowing seed, [84]
Wall pennywort, [120]
Water-elder, a beautiful neglected shrub, [123]
Weeds, [256]
Wild gardening misunderstood, [269]
Wilson, Mr. G. F.'s garden at Wisley, [184]
Window garden, [185]
Winter, beauty of woodland, [7]
Wistaria chinensis, [43]
Whortleberry under Scotch fir, [51], [61]
Woodman at work, [158]
Woodruff, [60]
Wood-rush, [61], [165]
Wood-work, [163]
Xanthoceras sorbifolia, [103]
Yellow everlasting, [120]
Yuccas, some of the best kinds, [91];
in flower-border, [201]
FOOTNOTE
[1] The planting of large vineyards, in some cases of private enterprise, had not proved a financial success.