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INDEX 



Snails, zinc as a protection from, 



132,178. 

 Snapdragon, a few varieties 

 suited for the rock gar- 

 den, 236-237. 

 Soapwort, 342. 



Soil, adaptation of natural, 86 

 et seg. 

 and alpine plants, 61, 83. 

 drainage of, 5, 9, 12, 29, 37, 



54,62,71,93,94. 

 for rock gardens, 9, 61, 83. 

 for rock plants, 86. 

 for Saxifrages, 187. 

 leaf-mould, 88. 

 lime and, 88. 

 loamy, 62, 86, 89. 

 poor and stony, necessary for 



some alpine plants, 90. 

 stirring the, 92. 

 suitable for various plants, 

 140. 

 Solomon's Seal, 324-325. 

 Stonecrop, 356. 

 Strata or grain of rockwork, the, 



75- 

 "Sunken garden" type of arti- 

 ficial rock gardens, the, 

 22. 



Thrift, 240. 

 Toadflax, 299-300. 

 Top-dressing a rock garden, 171. 



Trailing plants, a list of, 373- 



375- 

 Trees, overhanging, 7, 33. 



Valley type of rock garden, the, 



" Vaporite," a successful insecti- 

 cide, 180. 



Veronica, 366-367. 



Vetches for rock gardens, 236, 

 243, 262, 290. 



Violas, a selection of, for rock 

 gardens, 368. 



Wall garden, the, 117. 



plants suitable for, 373. 

 Wallflowers, 255-256. 

 Water garden, the, 113. 

 plants for, 11 5-1 16. 

 Watering, a golden rule concern- 

 ing, 170. 

 seeds, 135. 

 Weeds and weeding, 33, 103, 



174, 175- 

 Wild garden, the, 108. 



plants for, 109- 113. 

 Wind Flower, 232-235. 

 Wire- worms, 180, 181. 

 Wood-lice, 181. 



Yarrow, varieties of, 218-220. 



Zinc, utility of, against snails 

 and slugs, 132, 178. 



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