INDEX
- A
- Abutilon vitifolium, 66, 109
- Acanthus, 25, 88;
- as tub plant, 118
- Achillea, The Pearl, 72
- Adonis, 25
- Æsculus, 73
- Agapanthus, 117
- Agathea cœlestis, 49, 63
- Ageratum, 81, 102
- Alexandrian Laurel, 104
- Alpenrose, 19, 33, 85
- Alyssum, 26
- Amelanchier, 12
- Anchusa, 43, 46
- Andromeda, 13, 19, 33, 85, 124, 136
- Anemone sylvestris, 37;
- japonica, 81
- Annuals, half hardy, 50, 57;
- hardy, 57
- Apples, 131
- Arbutus, 85
- Arenaria balearica, 33;
- montana, 34
- Artemisia stelleriana, 63, 72, 80
- Asarum, 16, 34
- Asters, China, 74, 81, 117;
- perennial, 72, 80, 128
- August, Flower-border in, 65
- Aubrietia, 27
- Aucuba, 104
- Azalea, 84
- B
- Bambusa tessellata, 88;
- as tub plant, 118
- Bay, 128
- Bedding plants, 50
- Begonias, 81;
- with Megasea, 82
- Blue flowers, 63, 68
- Blue garden, 90, 103
- Briars, Scotch, 46, 124
- Broom, white, 36, 37, 136
- Bulb-border, 5
- C
- Camassia, 34
- Campanula pyramidalis in steps, 126;
- persicifolia, 40, 105;
- lactiflora, 58
- Campanulas in pots, 113
- Canna, 70, 78;
- in pots, 113
- Canterbury Bells, 50;
- in pots, 113
- Caryopteris, 73
- Catmint, 46, 72, 102
- Chalky banks, plants for, 111
- China Rose, 107
- Choisya ternata, 50
- Cineraria maritima, 63, 65, 72, 80
- Cistus, 13, 19, 61, 66, 85, 136
- Clematis montana, 29, 34, 39, 50, 107
- C. davidiana, 68, 79
- C. Flammula, 54, 109
- C. recta, 62, 103
- C. Vitalba, 85, 111
- Climbing plants, 106
- Colour, in woodland, 1;
- scheme of Rhododendrons, 15;
- of old Scotch Fir, 17;
- tender in spring garden, 24;
- strong in spring garden, 25
- Colour-combinations, 47, 51, 60, 72, 73, 122
- Colour, optical effect of, 52;
- gardens of special, 89;
- of paint for garden accessories, 119
- Colour-planting for winter, 133
- Coltsfoot, variegated, 81, 104
- Columbines, 35, 40, 85
- Coreopsis, 59, 70
- Corydalis ochroleuca, 27, 37
- Cottage gardens, 106
- Cranesbill, 42, 49
- Crown Imperial, 25
- D
- Daffodils, 7, 14
- Dahlias, 66, 70, 78, 81, 128;
- best kinds for border use, 82
- Daphne Mezereon, 2
- Delphinium Belladonna, 63, 103;
- grandiflorum, 63
- Dentaria, 28, 85
- Desmodium penduliflorum, 111
- Dictamnus, 24, 50
- Dielytra spectabilis, 27
- Dog-tooth Violet, 2
- Drifts in planting, 2, 11, 15, 24
- E
- Elymus, 65, 67, 102;
- in the grey garden, 102
- Empty spaces in borders, filling up, 55, 67
- Epilobium, 85
- Epimedium, 34, 38, 85
- Eryngium, 59, 72, 104
- Eulalia, 65, 104
- Euphorbia Wulfenii, 22, 38, 50, 128
- Evergreens for winter effect, 135
- Exochorda, 36
- F
- Fern, Lady, 13, 34;
- Osmunda, 13;
- Fern, Male, 6, 13, 35, 39, 125;
- dilated shield, 13, 22;
- Polypody, 13;
- hardy Ferns, 85, 88, 104, 136;
- Ferns in pots, 113
- Fern walk, 15
- Feverfew, Golden Feather, 81
- Fig, 107, 128
- Flower-border, 50
- Form in planting, 138
- Forsythia suspensa, 4, 111, 130
- Foxgloves, 16, 40, 44, 85
- Francoa, 113, 116
- Fruit garden, beautiful, 127
- Fuchsia, 117, 128
- Fumaria bulbosa, 6
- Funkia, 86, 104, 112;
- F. Sieboldi as tub plant, 118
- G
- Galvanised iron roof, treatment of, 56
- Gaultheria, 13, 84, 136
- Gentiana asclepiadea, 85
- Geranium ibericum, 42
- Geraniums (Pelargonium), 113
- Gladiolus, 70, 79;
- in pots, 113
- Godetia, 72
- Gold garden, 90;
- plants for, 92
- Golden Elder, 100
- Golden Plane, 91
- Goodyera, 16
- Gourds, 111
- Green-barked shrubs, 135
- Green garden, 104
- Grey garden, 90, 101;
- plants for, 101
- Grey plants, 4, 51, 60, 65, 71, 80, 101
- Grouping of plants, 140
- Guelder Rose, 36, 108
- Gypsophila, 53, 70, 72, 87, 102
- H
- Heath, 19, 20, 85, 136;
- path, 19
- Helenium pumilum, 70
- Helianthus, 69, 79;
- in the Gold garden, 100
- Hellebores, Lent, 2, 6, 34
- Heracleum, 44
- Heuchera Richardsoni, 26, 29
- Hidden Garden, 32
- Hill-side for planting, 38
- Hollyhock, 70, 128
- Hydrangea, 67, 113, 116, 128;
- as tub plants, 123;
- H. paniculata, 87
- I
- Iberis, see Spring-garden, 50
- Ipomæa Heavenly Blue, 110
- Iris, dwarf, 29;
- Cengialti, 34;
- flag-leaved, 31, 32, 39, 42, 49, 128;
- special borders of, 44
- J
- Jasminum nudiflorum, 111, 136
- July, flower-border, 58
- June garden, 39;
- climbers in June, 47
- Juniper, 136
- K
- Kalmia, 84
- Kerria, 107
- L
- Laburnum, arch of, 80
- Lavender, 72, 73;
- dwarf, 63
- Laurel, 137
- Ledum palustre, 85
- Lent Hellebores, 2, 6, 136
- Leycesteria formosa, 28, 135
- Lilies, 35, 85, 103;
- in the grey garden, 101;
- in pots, 113
- Lilium auratum, 12, 80;
- longiflorum, 68, 72, 125;
- giganteum, 29;
- candidum, 103, 104, 124
- Lily of the Valley, 86
- Lithospermum, 26
- Lobelias, 66
- Lupines, 39;
- tree lupines, 45, 88, 103, 130;
- as tub plants, 118
- M
- Magnolia, 107;
- conspicua, 4, 66;
- stellata, 5, 128
- Maiden's Wreath, 113, 116
- Maize, 103
- Marigold, African, 68, 79, 81
- May-blooming shrubs, 36
- Megasea, 86;
- in bulb-border, 6;
- in spring garden, 22;
- in pots, 113
- Mertensia, 25
- Mowing-machine, track of, 14
- Mulberry, 128
- Mulching the flower-border, 51
- Mullein, 44
- Myosotis, 25
- Myrrhis, 22, 104
- Myrtle, 107
- N
- Narcissus, in bulb-border, 7
- Nepeta Mussini, with grey plants, 46
- Nut-walk, 132
- O
- Olearia Haastii, 73, 130;
- O. Gunni, 128
- Orchard, 131;
- wild orchard, 132
- Orobus vernus, 27
- Othonna, 38
- P
- Paint for tubs, &c., 118
- Paths, wood, 13
- Papaver rupifragum, 43;
- P. pilosum, 43;
- P. orientale, 43
- Pea, White Everlasting, 53, 65, 72, 103
- Pentstemons, 40, 63, 79
- Peonies, 39, 41, 88, 128
- Peony albiflora, 42
- Peony, tree, 26, 33;
- as tub plants, 117
- Perowskya, 73
- Phlomis, 80
- Phlox divaricata, 26, 31, 33;
- amœna, 26;
- stellaria, 31
- Pictures, living, 5, 9;
- some garden, 121
- Planting in drifts, 15, 24
- Plumbago capense, 79, 103
- Polygonum, 86
- Pots, plants in, 112
- Primrose Garden, 31
- Privet, golden, 65
- Pyrus japonica, 4, 106
- Pyrus malus floribunda, 36
- Q
- Quarries, desirable for planting, 111
- R
- Reed, 134
- Reedmace, 134
- Rhododendron, 3, 12, 84, 136
- Ribbon Grass, 104
- Robinia, 66
- Rocky hillside, planting for, 111
- Rosa altaica, 37;
- Burnet Rose, 37;
- Fairy Rose, 122
- Rosemary, 42, 107
- Roses, garden, 40, 41, 130;
- with coloured bark, 134
- Roses, rambling, 35, 43, 62, 85, 111, 132
- Rubus nutkanus, 12, 88;
- odoratus, 12;
- deliciosus, 29
- Rudbeckia Golden Glow, 69, 79
- Rue, 65, 79, 103
- Ruscus, 104
- S
- Salvia splendens, 79
- Santolina, 65
- Scillas, 6
- Sea Kale, 51, 58, 65, 67
- Sedum spectabile, 81
- Senecio artemisiæfolius, 59, 70
- September, Flower-border in, 78
- Skimmia, 19, 104, 136
- Smilacina, 18
- Snapdragons, 40, 63, 66, 80, 81, 103
- Solanum crispum, 110;
- jasminoides, 110
- Solomon's Seal, 25, 33
- Special colouring, gardens of, 89
- Spiræa Aruncus, 42, 88, 103;
- Lindleyana, 109
- Spring garden, 21
- Stachys, 72, 80;
- lanata, 28
- Staking and supporting, 55
- St. Bruno's Lily, 34
- Stonecrops on iron roof, 56
- Sweet Cicely, 22, 40
- Sweet Verbena, 110
- T
- Tamarisk, 91, 130
- Thalictrum, 59, 103
- Thyme, wild, 126
- Tiarella, 37
- Training down tall plants, 54, 69, 79
- Training plants one over another, 53, 72, 102
- Trientalis, 16
- Trillium, 15, 85
- Tritoma, 78, 128
- Tubs, plants for, 117
- Tulips, 24, 25
- U
- Uvularia, 28, 38, 85
- V
- Valerian, 111
- Veratrum, 22
- Verbascum, 44, 66
- Veronica Traversi, 28;
- Veronicas as tub plants, 117
- Vine, Claret, 66;
- Vine, 106, 107, 111, 128
- W
- Wallflower, 25
- Wall shrubs, 66
- Water Elder, 37
- Whortleberry, 17
- Wild gardening, 13
- Willows, 133
- Winter colour, 133
- Winter walk, 135
- Witch Hazel, 136
- Woodland, 8
- Wood paths, 13;
- wood and shrubbery edges, 83
- Woodruff, 34
- Y
- Yew hedges, 91
- Yucca, 25, 50, 65, 101, 103, 128;
- raised borders for, 71
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