754 



GARDEN MANAGEMENT. 



Red spider: how checked, 5)6. 

 Relative position of beds and paths, 159. 

 Remedies forworn-out gan'ens, 387- 

 Remedy for bricks unequally shrinking, 



84. 

 Remedy for clubbing in broccoli, 146. 

 Remedy for gooseberry caterpillars, 142. 

 Remedy for green-fly, 142. 

 Remedy for green-fly on roses in bloom, 



268. 

 Remedy for moss on lawns, 145. 

 Remedy for over-manured ground, 329. 

 Remedy for plant-lice, 142. 

 Remedy for FceditsCd angusfiorann, 142. 

 Remedy for the stiffness of clay soils, 24. 

 Remedy for too great humidity in hot- 

 beds, 185. 

 Remedy for worms in lawns, 145. 

 Removing daisies, &c., from lawns, 391. 

 Hendle's system of heating by hot water, 



261. 

 Renewing box edgings, 390. 



Renovating evergreen hedges, 393. 

 Renovating herbaceous borders, 395. 



Renovating old walls, 389. 

 Renewing old gardens, :i85. 



Renovating plants, .S96. 



Renovating peach-borders, 635. 



Renovating shrubberies, 392. 



Requirements of ai'chitectural unity, 65. 



Requirements for a garden site, 29. 



Reserve-garden, 159, 163, 272, 403, 619, 

 702. 



Reserve stock of annuals, 398. 



Restoring foliage to neglected pillar- 

 roses, 645. 



Results of repeated sweating, 4S3. 



Revolution in gardening, 8. 



Rhododendron, 360, 681, 699, 711. 



Rhubarb, 368, 707. 



Rhubarb forcing, 329; blanching, ib.; 

 dividing the roots, ib. 



Ribhon-borders, 385, 606. 



Ribbon- border of alyssums and Purple 

 King verbenas, 547. 



Ridge-ventilation, 255. 



Right time to make alterations, 1/6. 



Ripe fruit: how distinguished, 482. 



Ripening grapes, 636. 



Ripening of pears promoted by heat, 488. 



Rivers's recommendation, 645. 



Roads over marsny ground, 108. 



Roads, walks, and bridges, 103. 



Road-scraping, 383. 



Rockets, 403. 



Rock.s of secondary formation, 12. 



Rock-work, 101, ISO; how to make, 361 ; 

 plants, ib. 



Rogers' opinion, S3. 



K,oj;ers' modificatum of Atkinson's appa- 

 ratus for warming by hot water, 2ig. 



Roman gardens, 1. 



Roman roads, 103. 



Roof of Messenger's houses, 255. 



Ront-gratting, 124. 



Roi t-pnuiing, 390. 



Root-pruning expedients, 283. 



Roots of ripening grapes, 685. 



Rosa multiflora and varieties, 646. 



Ro?e-beetle, 140. 



Rose-budding, 129. 



Rose garden : history, 5/5; poetry of the 

 rose, 576; geographical distribution, 

 577; propagation, 580; cultivation, 

 589; insects, 592; varieties, 594 to 610. 



Rose-garden in July, 457; water with 

 liquid manure, ib. ; rose- climbers, ib. ; 

 budding, ib. 



Rose-garden, 307 ; noisettes, ib. ; Bour- 

 bons, ib. ; Chma, 308 ; conservatory 

 roses, 309; planting roses, 313. 



Rose-garden, ISO, 268, 399, 503, 549. 



Rose-garden in November, 670. 



Rose-insects, 139, 400. 



Roses: Scotch, 594; Ayrshire, 596; 

 evergreen, 597 ; Banksian, 598 ; perpe- 

 tual, ib.-, Bourbon, 599; Boursault, 

 6uo ; Chinese. 308, 601 ; tea-scented, 

 602 ; moss, 664; noisette, 607 ; Aus- 

 trian, 608 ; pompon, 6C9. 



Roses in pots, 668. 



Roses suited for pot-culture, 648. 



Roses from the nursery, 641. 



Rotation cropping, 329. 



Rotation of crops, 170. 



Rough-diggnig, 177. 



Routine business, 9, 18. 



Routine work in August,'499. 



Royal Gardens of Nonsuch, 5. 



Rubble-stone drain*, 39. 



Rule-of-thumb test of soils, 15. 



Rule-of- thumb arrangement of plant- 

 houses, 636. 



Rule never to be infringed, 158. 



Runner-beans, 36S, 4i0, 503. 



Rushes and reed-; as ornaments, 306. 



Russian violets, 136. 



Rustic fences, 80. 



Safe quarters for plants, 625. 



Sage, 335. 



Salading, 290, 334; lettuce, ib.; chicory, 

 ib.; parsley, 335 ; chevril,?'6.; marjoram, 

 ib. ; savory, ib. ; thyme, ib.; scorzonrras, 

 ib. ; i^al aty, ib. ; radisties, ib. ; mint, ib. ; 

 sage, ib. ; rampton, ib. ; in cold frames, 

 344. 



Silsafy, 335. 



Salt as a manure, 183. 



Salt for the destruction of weeds, 109. 



Salts of lime, 22. 



Salubrity necessary to a garden, 29. 



Salvias, 380, 470, 501, 570. 



Sand for packing fruit, 487. 



Sandy soil, 11. 



S^ponaria ca'abrica, 271. 



Saul's opinion of weather suitable for 

 grafting, 129. 



Sav.n s, 371, 409, 412, 470, 504. 



Saw-flies, 141. 



Sawdust objectionable for storing fruit, 



487. 



