DOVASTON YEW ON STEEP BANK.

INDEX

Abelia floribunda, 189

Abelias, 20;

as climbers, 307;

pruning, 20

Abies, 122

Abutilon vexillarium, 189

Abutilons, as climbing shrubs, 308

Acacia, 449;

rose, the, 4, 448

Acacias, 189

Acanthopanax ricinifolium, 20, 470;

sessiliflorum, 20;

spinosum, 20, 470

Acer, 41, 175, 470;

ginnala, for colour, 74;

palmatum and varieties, 282

Actinidia, 176;

pruning, 21;

for autumn colouring, 76

Adenandra fragrans, 190

Adlumia cirrhosa, 308

Æsculus, 4, 21, 41, 176, 357, 358, 359

Ailantus, 41, 471;

glandulosa, 176;

for its fruits, 78

Akebia quinata, 308;

pruning, 21;

for autumn colouring, 76

Alders 41, 68, 471;

with beautiful catkins, 68

Alleys, pleached or green, 334-337

Allspice, American, 364;

Californian, 364

Almond, the, 409;

in greenhouse, 278

Alnus, 41, 471-472

Aloysia citriodora, 309

Alpine rose, 431

Althæa frutex, 4

Amelanchier, 3, 17, 21, 167, 176, 360-361;

canadensis, for colour, 74

Amoor yellow wood, 370

Amorpha canescens, 22;

fruticosa, 22

Ampelopsis, 309;

Veitch's, for autumn colouring, 76

Amygdalus, 410

Andromeda polifolia, 176, 361

Andromedas, 18, 22, 250, 393;

in greenhouse, 266

Anopterus glandulosa, 190

Apios tuberosa, 309

Apricots, the, 411

Aralia, 26;

pruning, 22;

mandschurica, 166;

quinquefolia, 191;

spinosa, 176

Araucaria, 121

Arbours, weeping trees as, 89

Arbor-vitæ, as a hedge, 327

Arbutus, 17, 176;

hybrida, 64, 249;

Unedo, 249;

Unedo for its fruits, 78;

and varieties, 64, 249

Arctostaphylos alpina, 176;

Uva-ursi, 250

Aristolochia, 22, 166, 176;

Sipho, as a climber, 305, 309

Aristotelia Macqui, 472;

M. variegata, 472

Aronia floribunda, for grouping, 284

Arrow-wood, 462

Artemisia Abrotanum, 176, 472

Artemisia, pruning, 22

Arundinaria Veitchii, 472

Arundo Donax, 472;

A. D. variegata, 472

Ash, 41, 476;

Barberry, 361;

flowering, 387;

mountain, 7, 425

Aspen, 481

Aster argophyllus, 191

Athrotaxis laxifolia, 191

Atragene alpina, 309

Atraphaxis buxifolia, 472;

lanceolata, 472;

Muschketowi, 472;

spinosa, 472

Atriplex canescens, 472;

confertifolia, 472;

Halimus, 472;

Nuttallii, 472;

portulacoides, 472

Aucuba, 58, 176, 249;

the spotted, 58

Aucubas, 251, 256;

for their fruits, 78

Autumn colours, 71-76

Azalea amœna, 250;

ledifolia, 249;

occidentalis, 5

Azaleas, 31, 250, 442;

for autumn colouring, 75;

in Scotland, 173;

in greenhouse, 267

Azara dentata, 472;

Gilliesii, 472;

integrifolia, 472;

microphylla, 176, 249, 310, 472

Baccharis halimifolia, 22, 472;

salicifolia, 472;

Patagonica, 22, 472

Bamboo garden at Kew, 220

Bamboos, hardy, 185, 218-225;

place for, 219

Banksia grandis, 191

Barberries, for their fruit, 78

Bauera rubioides, 191

Bay, sweet, 478

Beam tree, white, 7, 424

Beech, propagating the, 41;

autumn colouring of, 74;

winter beauty of, 54

Beeches, the, 476

Bennett, Henry, the late, 342

Benthamia fragifera, 191, 310

Berberidopsis corallina, 208, 310

Berberis Aquifolium, 256;

for grouping, 297;

and vars., 249;

for autumn colouring, 75, 249;

buxifolia, 249;

concinna, for autumn colouring, 75;

Darwinii, 249;

japonica, 249;

stenophylla, 39, 249, 256;

Thunbergi, for autumn colouring, 75;

for grouping, 284;

wallichiana, 249;

vulgaris purpureis, for grouping, 284

Berberises, the, 9, 10, 22, 167, 176, 250, 361-363;

in greenhouse, 268

Berchemia, 472;

pruning, 23

Betula, 41, 59, 167, 176, 473;

corylifolia, for colour, 73

Bigelovia Douglasii, 473;

graveolens, 473

Bignonia capreolata, 311;

in the south-west, 208

Billardiera longiflora, 311

Birches, the, 41, 59, 61, 472-473;

silver, 473

Black thorn, 7

Bladder nut, 454

Bladder Senna, 371

Borders, flower and shrub, 257, 259

Boronias, 192

Bougainvillea glabra, in the south-west, 208

Box, 11, 177, 248;

for grouping, 297;

as a hedge, 327

Box-leaved Barberry, 361-362

Brachyglottis repanda, 192

Brambles, the, 450;

for autumn colouring, 76

Broom, Austrian, 373;

butcher's, 484;

common, 359, 375;

drooping, 375;

moonlight, 375;

Portuguese, 372;

Spanish, 250, 372, 452;

white Spanish, 356

Brooms, in greenhouse, 286

Broussonetia Kæmpferi, 473;

papyrifera, 473

Bruckenthalia, pruning, 23;

spiculifolia, 250

Bryanthus, 23, 177;

empetriformis, 250

Buck-eyes, the, 357

Bucklandia populnea, 208

Buckthorn, sea, 11, 483;

for its fruits, 82

Budding, propagating trees and shrubs by, 41

Buddleia Colvillei, 192, 363;

globosa, 23, 167, 363;

japonica, 23, 363;

intermedia, 23;

lindleyana, 23;

paniculata, 23;

variabilis, 23, 364;

Wilsonæ, 363

Bumelia lanuginosa, 473;

lycioides, 473

Butter nut, 478

Cæsalpinia Gilliesi, 265;

japonica, 364

Callicarpa purpurea, in the south-west, 209

Calluna, 23;

vulgaris, 13, 238, 250

Calophaca, 23

Calycanthus, 23;

floridus, 4, 167, 364;

occidentalis, 364

Calystegia pubescens, fl. pl., 311

Camellia, 23, 177, 311;

japonica, 249;

reticulata, 193

Candleberry gale, 18

Candollea tetrandra in the south-west, 193

Cantua buxifolia, 193

Caragana, 24

Carmichælia, 24, 177

Carpenteria californica, in the south-west, 193;

in greenhouse, 268

Carpinus, 41, 175, 473

Carya, 41, 474;

tomentosa, for autumn colouring, 73

Caryopteris Mastacanthus, 193;

in greenhouse, 268

Cassandra, 24, 364

Cassia corymbosa, 209

Cassinia, 24;

fulvida, 3;

leptophylla, 194

Cassiope, 24, 177, 364

Castanea, 41, 177, 474

Catalpa, 24, 42, 365-367

Ceanothus, 166, 167, 194, 313, 367, 368;

americanus, 24, 367;

azureus, 24, 367;

gloire de Versailles, 24, 194, 249;

integerrimus, 24;

veitchianus, 194

Ceanothuses, in greenhouse, 269

Cedar of Lebanon, 51;

beauty of, in winter, 51

Cedrus, 122

Celastrus, 24, 474;

for its fruits, 80

Celtis, 41, 474

Cercis, 24, 177, 368;

Siliquastrum, in greenhouse, 269

Cherries, the, 414

Cherry, cornelian, 475;

bird, 3, 7, 417

Cherry, wild, 7, 17, 414

Chestnut, 41;

golden, 474;

sweet, 41, 474

Chimonanthus, 3, 25, 177, 313;

fragrans, 57, 64

Chionanthus, 25, 368, 369;

in greenhouse, 269

Choisya ternata, 168, 178, 249, 270, 314, 369

Chorizemas, in the south-west, 209

Christ's Thorn, 83

Cissus discolor, in the south-west, 209

Cistus, 18, 25, 178, 369-370;

gum, 370;

laurifolius, 249

Citharexylon quadrangulare, 194

Citrus trifoliata, 194

Cladrastis amurensis, 370;

tinctoria, 370;

for autumn colouring, 74

Clematis aromatica, 25;

calycina, 64;

cærulea odorata, 25;

Flammula, 25;

florida, 25;

indivisa lobata, in the south-west, 209;

Jackmani, 25, 168;

lanuginosa, 25;

montana, 25, 168;

paniculata, 25;

patens, 25;

Viticella, 25;

Vitalba, 25

Clematises, in greenhouse, 270

Clerodendron trichotomum, 25, 194;

for autumn colouring, 74

Clethra, 25, 168, 194;

in greenhouse, 270;

alnifolia, 4, 370-371

Clianthus puniceus, in the south-west, 209

Climbers, variegated, 99

Coffee tree, 477

Colletia cruciata, 178, 474;

ferox, 474

Colouring, autumn, of leaf, 71

Colutea, 26, 371;

arborescens, 177, 371;

for grouping, 285, 371;

cruenta, 371

Comptonia asplenifolia, 5

Conifers, 185;

at Murthly Castle, 124;

for autumn colouring, 74;

for rock garden, 148;

in ornamental planting, 110-128;

propagation of, 118-124;

variegated, 97;

weeping, 91

Convolvulus Cneorum, 178

Coprosma acerosa, for its fruits, 81

Coriaria japonica, for its fruits, 81;

myrtifolia, 474

Cornels, in winter, 60-61

Cornus, 64, 178, 474-475;

alba, 26, 168, 474;

Amomum, 26, 474;

Baileyi, 26, 474;

capitata, for its fruits, 81;

fragifera, 191;

pubescens, 26, 475;

sanguinea, for grouping, 285;

Spathii, 252;

stolonifera, 26, 475;

winter beauty of, 60, 61

Corokia buddleioides, 195

Coronilla Emerus, 371;

juncea, 372