woodpeckers and old, 133;
young and sunstroke, 159-162

Tricuspidaria hexaphylla, 321

Tsuga, 121

Tulip tree, 402;
for its autumn colours, 73

Tupelo tree, 479

Ulex europaeus, 461;
for grouping, 301;
fl. pl., 184, 250, 255, 461;
nanus, 461

Ulmus, 41, 487, 488;
pumila, 73

Umbrella tree, 404

Vaccinium pennsylvanicum, 5;
Vitis-idaea, 250

Vacciniums, 18, 36, 184;
for autumn colouring, 75

Variegated trees and shrubs, 93-100;
climbers, 99;
conifers, 97

Veitch's, Messrs., novelties, 322

Verbena, sweet, upon walls, 309

Veronica, 175, 185;
Andersonii, 462;
hulkeana, 207, 462;
Traversii, 250, 462

Viburnum, 36, 86, 462-466;
alnifolium, 75;
Lantana, 7, 463;
macrocephalum, 321;
Opulus, 71, 185, 464;
for autumn colouring, 75;
O. sterilis, 174, 255;
plicatum, 4, 255, 321, 465;
Tinus, 64, 250;
for grouping, 301

Viburnums, in greenhouse, 281

Vincas, 185, 250, 255

Vines, 321;
for autumn colouring, 76

Virginian yellow wood, 370

Vitis, 36, 321;
Coignetiae, 174, 185;
for autumn colouring, 76;
heterophylla, 87;
humulifolia, 87

Wall-plants, in the south-west, 208-214

Walnut, 41, 478;
Japanese, 69

Wax tree, 401

Wayfaring tree, 463

Weeping trees, as arbours and pergolas, 89

Weigelas, 255, 256

Westringia triphylla, 207

Whin, 461

Whitethorn, 7

Wig tree, 483

Wild cherry, 7, 17, 414

Willows, 42, 67;
for grouping, 293, 484, 485;
golden and red-barked, in winter, 59;
with beautiful catkins, 67;
weeping, near water, 88

Wind-swept gardens, trees and shrubs for, 106, 109

Wine berry, Japanese, 451

Winter's bark, 475

Winter garden, a, 45-62;
walk, 45

Wistaria, 37, 322, 323;
in greenhouse, 281

Woodland, ornamental planting in, 6-7

Woodpeckers and old trees, 133

Xanthoceras, 37, 466-467

Xanthoxylum americanum, 488;
planispinum, 488

Yellow wood, Virginian, 370

Yew, 9, 11, 123, 248;
as a hedge, 326, 327

Yuccas, 185, 250, 467

Yulan, the, 403

Zelkova, 41;
acuminata, 488;
crenata, 488;
Verschaffelti, 488

Zenobia, 37

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.

Edinburgh & London

TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES

Page vi: Handlist standardised to Hand-list

Page xiii: Maidens' Blush standardised to Maiden's Blush

Page 11: hillside standardised to hill-side

Pages 33, 112: subtropical standardised to sub-tropical

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