Part 31

=Don’ts=, a chapter of, 253–257.

=Drainage=, good, necessary for rendering soil light and sandy, 17.

=Duck mittens=, for garden work, 250.

=Dusty-miller=, border plants of, 8.

=Dwarf Bijou Begonia=, 66.

=Earth worms=, how to destroy, 249.

=Eastern exposure=, combination of flowers suitable for window-boxes, 92, 93.

=Edgings=, plants used for, 10.

=Egyptian Lotus=, interesting peculiarity of leaves of, 168. Suitable for growing in small ponds, 168.

=Eight-foot flower-beds=, 16.

=Elephant’s Ears=, 149.

=Emperor and Empress Narcissus=, 191, 192.

=English names of flowers=, 217–233.

=Erfordii Begonia=, 66.

=Erianthus Ravennæ=, ornamental grass, 5, 16.

=Eschscholtzias=, as a border for Pansy-beds, 118.

=Eulalia univittata=, 5, 16.

=Evergreen Amaryllis=, 162.

=Farfugium=, 94.

=Feathers=, as fertiliser for shrubs and hardy perennials, 28.

=Fences=, how to make attractive, 252.

=Ferns=, 23, 88, 94, 246.

=Fertiliser for house-plants=, 215.

=Fertilisers=, 23–29. Injurious to Begonias, 217. Necessary for Asparagus Sprengeri, 216. Next in importance to a good soil, 23.

=Filipendula=, herbaceous Spiræa, 197.

=Firefly Antirrhinum=, for bedding, 98.

=Flame Lily=, 183.

=Flats, or boxes=, treatment of young plants in, 50.