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INDEX 



varieties for exhibition, 411 ; forcing, 



514 

 Potting house, arrangement of, 149 

 Potting off cuttings, 221 

 Preparatory work, importance of, 6 

 Propagating house, arrangement of, 



223 ; Heaths, 159 ; Stove plants, 



219 ; New Holland plants, 162 ; 



Orange trees, 165 ; Camellias, 168 

 Propagation of trees and shrubs, 41 ; 



bedding plants, 80 ; hardy ttowers, 



93 ; Hollyhocks, 98 ; Carnations, 



101 ; Peonies, 119 

 Pruning Pot Roses, 208 

 PjTamidal Cockscombs, culture of, 198 



Quince, culture of, 291 



Radishes, 492, 517 

 Rampion, 493 

 Ranunculus, 126 



Raspberry, culture of, 305 ; making 

 new plantations, 305; training, etc., 

 306 ; top-dressing and watering, 306 ; 

 autumn bearing, 307 ; varieties, list 

 of, 307 

 Resting stove plants, 215 

 Restoring unhealthy plants. 151 

 Retarding house, arrangement of, 226 

 Rhododendron, Greenhouse, culture of, 



171 

 Rhododendrons, culture of, 46 

 Rhubarb, culture of, 463 ; forcing, 464 

 Richardia .(Ethiopica, culture of, 202 

 Roads and walks, formation of, 8 

 Roof Climbers for stove, 214 

 Root -structure of plants, a guide to 



their treatment, 153 

 Rose, the culture of, 60 ; as a standard, 

 61 ; pegged down, 61 ; as a dwarf, 

 61 ; pruning, 62 ; position and soil 

 for, 62 ; transplanting, 63 ; stocks 

 for, 64 ; budding, 65 ; grafting, 67 ; 

 striking cuttings of, 67 ; varieties, 

 list of, 68 ; culture in pots, 206 ; 

 own rooted, 208 ; list of, for house, 

 208 

 Rose house, arrangement of, 204 

 Runner Beans, culture of, 430 



Salad plants, culture of, 485 ; Beetroot, 

 490 ; Chives, 501 ; Chervil, 501 ; 



Chicory, 491 ; Dandelion, 491 ; En- 

 dive, 489 ; Lamb's Lettuce, 492 ; 

 Lettuces, 486 ; Mustard and Cress, 

 494 ; Radishes, 492 ; Rampion, 493 ; 

 Tarragon, 503 ; Water-cress, 493 



Salsafy and Scorzonera, 483 



Salvias, culture of, 204 



Saving seeds, 136 



Seakale, culture of, 416 ; propagation, 

 417 ; permanent beds, 418 ; blanch- 

 ing, 418 ; forcing, 514 



Seaside planting, 33 



Seeds, something about, 393 ; saving, 

 394 ; sowing, 395 ; depth of cover- 

 ing for, 396 



Select lists of trees and shrubs, 11 ; 

 Evergreens, 15 ; hardy Ferns, 29 



Selecting site for villa garden, 1 ; trees 

 and shrubs, 59 



Shallots, culture of, 471 



Shelter, imj)ortance of, 34 



Shrubs for forcing, list of, 222 



Simplicity of design in gardens desir- 

 able, 6 



Single Dahlias, list of, 115 



Soil for soft-wooded plants, 174 ; Roses, 

 205 



Sorrell, culture of, 495 



Sowing seeds of trees and shrubs, 

 44 



Spinach, culture of, 444 ; New Zealand, 

 444 ; Beet, 444 ; for winter, 445 ; 

 transplanting, 445 ; Mercury, or 

 Good King Henry, 445 



Statices, culture of, 203 



Staking and tying flowers, 134 



Stopping summer growths, 135 



Stove plants, culture of, 212 ; fine- 

 leaved, culture of, 218 



Strawberries, culture of, 300 ; duration 

 of, 302 ; removal of the runners, 302; 

 mulching and watering, 303 ; raising 

 seedlings, 304 ; varieties, list of, 

 304 ; forcing, 373 ; selecting the 

 plants, 373 ; soil for, and plotting, 

 374 ; setting the blossoms, 376 ; 

 thinning the fruit, 376 ; flavouring 

 the fruits, 376 ; insects and mildew, 

 to combat, 377 ; plants for late 

 forcing, 377 ; varieties, 378 ; pack- 

 ing the fruit, 378 



Substitutes for grass, 29 



Sweet Chestnuts, culture of, 280 



Sweet-scented flowers, list of, 36 

 Syringing mixture for plants, 192 



