INDEX 



Alpine rose, the, 139 



Aphides, 216 



Apple rose, the, 147 



April, work for, 247 



Arches and pillars, roses for, 83, 265 



Attar of roses, 143 



Austrian Brier, the, 121, 145 



Ayrshire rose, the, 115, 131 



Banksian roses, the, 121, 140 



Basic slag, 205 



Bed, an ideal rose, 167 



Bee, leaf cutter, 218 



Beetles, 221 



Beginning well, on, 1 



Big rose bushes, 69 



Black spot, 213 



Bordeaux mixture, how to make, 212 



Bourbon roses, 122, 140 



Boursault roses, the, 117, 121 



Boxes for exhibition, 156 



Brier, hedge, 200 ; stocks, 200 ; the 



Austrian, 121, 145 ; the Japanese, 



148 

 Budding roses, 183 ; standard Briers, 



256 

 Burnet or Scotch rose, 135 

 Bushes, big rose, 69 



Cabbage roses, the, 119 



Canker, 214 



Caterpillars, leaf-rolling, 249 



Chafers, 221 



Chalk soil, 168 



China or Monthly roses, the, 144; 



pruning, 102 

 Christmas, roses at, 237 

 Clay soil, 167 

 Climbing roses in the greenhouse, 231 ; 



old-fashioned, 115, pruning, 181 ; 



Teas, 90, 97 

 Cross-fertilisation of roses, 196 

 Cuckoo spit, 253 

 Cuttings, 186, 246 



Damask rose, the, 119, 142 

 De la Grigeraie stock, 203 



Design in rose gardens, 162 

 Disbudding, 247, 251, 252 

 Diseases and insect pests, 210 

 Dog rose, the, 132 



Earwigs, 222 

 Evergreen roses, the, 116 

 Exhibition boxes, 156 



Farmyard manure, 204, 241 



February, work for, 240 



Feeding roses, i53> 225 



Fences and walls, roses for, 77, 267 



Frames, roses in cold. 233 



Gall flies, 220 

 Gallica roses, 120 

 Gardens, rose, 157 

 Grafting roses, 192 

 Gravel soil, 167 

 Greenfly, 216, 230, 249 

 Greenhouse, climbing roses in the, 231 ; 

 roses for the, 225 ; pruning, 227, 231, 



235. 237 

 Green rose, the, 102 



Half-standards, 60 



Hardiness of Hybrid Teas, 35 



Hedges of roses, 126 ; Moss roses, 105 ; 



Penzance Briers, 108 ; pruning, 243 

 Hoeing, value of, 255 

 Hybrid Chinese roses, the, 117, 118 ; 



Perpetuals, 22 ; pruning, 25, 26 ; 



Teas, 32 ; ' climbing, 36 ; pruning, 36 



Initial pruning, the, 179 

 Insect pests, 216 

 Insecticides, 216 



January, work for, 239 

 Japanese Briers, 71, 148 

 July, work for, 255 

 June, work for, 252 



Layering roses, 190 ; Moss roses, 101 

 Lime and sulphur, 211 



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