INDEX 



199 



Rose canker, 157. 



Rosemary, 82. 



Root-pruning-, 161. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, notes from, 7, 28, 37, 



^3i 7I' ^35' 19^ > ^cLte summer in, 136. 

 Ro\'al Horticultural Society of Ireland, 22, 57, 73, 126, 



143, I5^> 175. 192- 



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Salvia, 83 



Scab in potatoes, 14, 120, 157, 174, 189. 



School g-ardens, 10, 27, 44, 51, 54, 74, 95, 119, 143, 179 ; 



in Kildare, 31. 

 Seaside planting;, 139. 

 Seeds, storing of, 154 ; selection of, ;^2. 

 Seed-sowing in pots, 43. 

 Sex in plants, 159. 

 Shamrock, the, 57. 

 Shrubs, transplanting-, 160 ; hardy, 165 ; planting on 



lawns, 182 ; with coloured foliage, 184. 

 Shows, 148, 160. 

 Slugs and snails, 84. 

 Snowdrop, the, 38. 

 Soap tree, 144- 

 Solanum capsecastrum, 68. 

 Solanum Commersonii \'iolet, 9, 22. 

 Soil fumigation, 66. 

 Spanish broom, 143. 

 Sparrows, 123. 



Spraying-, 7, 29, 42, 58, 96, 159. 

 State-aided research, 8. 



Stonecrops, 55. 



Strawberries, notes on, 153, 195. 

 Summer pruning- of fruit trees, i, 32. 



Sweet peas, 20 ; show of (Dublin), 31 ; little sermon on, 

 49; at the shows, 112 ; best varieties of, 135. 



Tillag-e, importance of, 65. 



Tomatoes, when to sow under g-lass, 42 



Transplanting, 92. 



Trenching-, 162. 



Tropical plants, culture of, 190. 



Tuberous begonias, 59. 



Veg-etables, calendar of cultural operations, 13. 

 Veg-etables for spring;, 147. 



Veg-etable garden, 12, 29, 46, 61, 77, 92, iii, 130, 146. 

 162, 176, 194. 



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Wasps, 27, 146. 



Water in relation to plants, 86. 



Watering- of plants, 88, 189. 



Water-plants in small g-ardens, 73. 



W'indow-boxes, 3, 79. 



Winter-berries, 167. 



Winter flower growing as an industry in Ireland, 3. 



Yew, the Irish, 172 ; the old, at Crom Castle, 186. 



