But the result of knowledge so gained shows itself throughout the garden. It may be in so simple a thing as the placing of a group of plants. They can be so placed by the hand that knows, that the group is in perfect drawing in relation to what is near; while by the ordinary gardener they would be so planted that they look absurd, or unmeaning, or in some way awkward and unsightly. It is not enough to cultivate plants well; they must also be used well. The servant may set up the canvas and grind the colours, and even set the palette, but the master alone can paint the picture. It is just the careful and thoughtful exercise of the higher qualities that makes a garden interesting, and their absence that leaves it blank, and dull, and lifeless. I am heartily in sympathy with the feeling described in these words in a friend's letter, "I think there are few things so interesting as to see in what way a person, whose perceptions you think fine and worthy of study, will give them expression in a garden."
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]