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INDEX 



Rose of Sharon, 32 



Rosemary, 13, 175, 187, 188, 197 



Roseries, 243 



Roses, artistic associations, 251, 252; 

 beauty of, 289; names, 23, 24; 

 planting time, 29, 30; pruning, 

 160-162; for rock garden, 322; 

 soils, suitability of heavy, 33; har- 

 monizing surroundings, 171, 172 



Rubble, mortar, use, 27, 28 



SAND HOUSE-LEEK, 21 



Santolina, 196, 197; incana, 13, 175 



Saponaria, 170, 171; for banks, 9, 

 10; ocymoides, 9, 219, 317; ocy- 

 moides alba, 218 



Saxifraga Afghanica, 303; Aizoon, 

 296-298; apiculata, 54, 176, 217, 

 299; atro-purpurea, 301; Ber- 

 genia, 302; Boydii, 54, 300; bril- 

 liant flowered, 302; burseriana, 

 54, 217, 299, 318; caesia, 54, 293, 

 300; Camposii, 217, 301; ciliata, 

 303; cochlearis, 298; cordifolia, 

 302; cotyledon, 297, 298, 318; 

 crassifolia, 302; decipiens, 301; 

 Elizabethae, 300; Fortunei, 302; 

 Gloria, 299; granulata, 301, 302; 

 Griesbachii, 54, 300; Guildford 

 Seedling, 301; hypnoides, 300; 

 Kabschia, 299, 300; Lantoscana, 

 297; Lasiophylla, 313; ligulata, 

 297, 303; longifolia, 50, 214, 297, 

 298; McNabiana, 298; megasea, 

 302; mossy, 176, 300-302; mus- 

 coides, 301; oppositifolia, 217, 

 302; pedemontana, 301; peltata, 

 293; pyramidalis, 50, 214, 298; 

 Rhei, 301; rotundifolia, 313; Salo- 

 monii, 300; sancta, 217; squar- 

 rosa, 54, 293, 300; Stracheyi, 303; 

 tenella, 217, 302; valdensis, 214, 

 298; Wallacei, 217, 301 



Saxifrages, culture, 293-303; confu- 

 sion in names of, 295, 296, 303; 

 as rock plants, 214, 217, 318; ro- 



sette, 296; wild character of, 294, 

 295 



Scabiosa caucasica, 311 



Scent of flowers, 260-262 



Schizostylis coccinea, 267 



Scilla bifolia, 198, 199; sibirica, 72, 

 79, 198, 199 



Sedum, name, 20; album, j.2, 43, 

 198, 199; Ewersii, 177; glaucum, 

 75; Sieboldii, 177 



Sempervivum arachnoideum, 325; 

 arenarium, 21; laggeri, 325 



Shrubberies, arrangement, 242-244 



Shrubs, suitability for banks, 12; 

 clipping, 142, 143; cutting back, 

 159-162; in herbaceous border, 

 186-189; for rock garden, 175; 

 soil, heavy, 33; advantage of leaf- 

 mould, 120 



Shrubs, flowering, their right use, 

 237-245; varieties, 238-240 



Sidalcea, 123; Candida, 313; Lis- 

 teri, 313 



Silene, 170, 171; for banks, 9, 10; 

 acaulis, 54, 214; alpestris, 43, 214, 

 318, 319; Elizabethae, 50; mari- 

 tima, 97; maritima flore pleno, 9; 

 Schafta, 177, 219 



Slopes, see Banks 



Slugs, how to deal with, 34, 35 



Snails, how to deal with, 34, 35 



Snapdragon, 107, 108; name, 20 



Snowdrop, planting, 31 



Snowflake, 182 



Soil, heavy, 25-35 



Soldanellas, 217 



Solomon's seal, 32 



Southernwood, 187, 196 



Spiderwort, 32, 311 



Spiraea, 4, 32, 244; aruncus, 311 



Squills, 70; planting, 12, 31 



Statice latifolia, 312 



Sternbergia lutea, 182, 199 



St. John's Wort, 313 



Stonecrop, for banks, 12; name, 20 



Summer houses, 152, 153 



