INDEX 



315 



Quince, blight,' 188 ; soil needed, 188 



Radicle, 212 



Radishes, 228, 289-291. See Vege- 

 table garden 



Rake, 197 



Raspberries, care, 191 



Red maple, 177 



Red oak, 177, 178 



Rhubarb, 305-307. See Vegetable 

 garden 



Eibes alpinum, 151 



Ribes aureum, 151 



Ribes sanguineum, 151 



Ricinus, 77 



Roman hyacinths, 7, 13 



Root maggot, 254, 266, 291, 303 



Rosa blanda, 176 



Rosa Carolina, 176 



Rosa lucida, 176 



Rosa nitida, 176 



Rosa rugosa alba, 32, 63, 169, 174 



Rosa rugosa rubra, 32, 63, 169, 174 



Roses, 1, 169-176; cultivation, 171 ; 

 diseases, 171 ; pests, 171 ; plant- 

 ing, 169 ; propagating by cuttings, 

 171-173 ; pruning, 169 ; varieties 

 (Crimson Rambler, 176; perpetual 

 (Burbank, 175; Eugene Furst, 

 175; Fran Karl Druschki, 175; 

 General Jacqueminot, 175; Gruss 

 anTeplitz, 175; Helen Gould, 175; 

 Paul Neyron, 176) ; Rosa rugosa, 

 174 ; wild, 176) ; wild, pruning, 

 176; wild, varieties, 176 



Rot, 299, 302 



Rubber plant, 38-39 ; propagating, 

 39 ; repotting, 39 



Rudbeckia, 114 



Rust, 276 



Salvia, 72, 77, 93 ; culture, 93 ; varie- 

 ties, 93 



Sanguinaria canadensis, 125 



Scab, 251, 287, 302 



Scabiosa, or mourning bride, 94 ; 

 colors, 94 ; other names, 94 ; when 

 to sow seeds, 94 



Scarlet oak, 177 



School grounds, suggestion for plant- 

 ing, 59 



Scilla sibirica, 55-56 ; on the lawn, 56 



Scillas, 12, 55-56, 57 



Scotch pink, 120 



Seed, lawn, 68 



Seed board, 212-213 



Seed boxes, 219-220 



Seed germinator, 214-215 



Seeds, germination, 211-219 ; large, 

 to plant, 220-221 ; small, to sow, 

 221-223 



Self-blanching celery, 259 



Sepal, 33 



Shade trees, 177-180; collection of 

 native wood specimens, 179 ; 

 growth of, in twenty years, 177; 

 varieties (American white elm, 

 177 ; basswood, 177 ; hackberry, 

 177; red maple, 177 ; red oak, 177, 

 178; scarlet oak, 177; silver maple, 

 177 ; sugar maple, 177, 178 ; white 

 ash, 177 ; yellow locust, 177) ; pests, 

 179-180 ; transplanting, 178 



Shrubbery, in front yard, 152 



Shrubs, 63, 144-146, 147-160; and 

 trees, 144-146 ; corners protected 

 by, 63 ; varieties (azalea, 147 ; bar- 

 berry, 148-149 ; California privet, 

 156-158; Carolina allspice, 150; 

 deutzia, 150; flowering almond, 

 151 ; flowering currant, 151 ; for- 

 sythia, 152; hibiscus, 153; hydran- 

 gea, 153 ; Japanese quince, 158 ; 

 lilac, 160 ; magnolia, 155 ; mock 

 orange, 155 ; mountain laurel, 156 ; 

 snowball, 158, 160) 



Silver maple, 177 



Slips, 20-24, 27 



Small fruits, 190-196; care, 190; 

 varieties (blackberries, 190 ; cur- 

 rants, 191 ; gooseberries, 191 ; 

 grapes, 191-194; raspberries, 191 ; 

 strawberries, 194-196) 



Smut, 275, 297 



Snowball, fruit, 160; varieties (high- 

 bush cranberry, 160 ; Japanese 

 snowball, 158; wayfaring tree, 160) 



Snowdrops, 13, 55-56, 57, 130 



Soap solution, 204 



Solidago altissima, 130 



Solidago canadensis, 130 



Solidago rigida, 130 



Solidago sempercirens, 130 



Solomon's seal, reproduction, 135 



Sowing seeds. See Vegetable garden 



Soy beans, for lawn, 67 



Spading fork, 197 



Sphagnum moss, 22 



