INDEX 



Radishes, 163 



Ranunculuses, 79 



Raspberries, select, 85 ; pruning 

 {illustrated), 318, 319 



Rhododendrons, 396 



Rhubarb, 57, 163 



Rock plants, 145-151 



Rooms, plants for, 49, 190 



Roses, in pots, 45, 371; pruning 

 {illustrated), 46, 122, 124 ; Mare- 

 chal Niel {illustrated), 75 ; plant- 

 ing, 121, 378, {illustrated) 169; 

 pruning climbers, 122, {illustrated) 

 171 ; for beds, 125 ; for climbing, 

 127 ; pruning dwarf {illustrated), 

 170; disbudding, 214; maggots, 

 214; disbudding (tVA^j/rai'^^), 263 ; 

 mildew on, 278 ; budding {illus- 

 trated), 284, 285 ; striking cuttings, 

 (illustrated), 331 ; protecting, 378 



Salads, 140 



Salsify and scorzonera, 164 



Scarlet runners, 207, 217, 310 



Schizanthuses, 306 



Scillas, 365 



Seakale, forcing {illustrated), 40 ; 



planting, 164 

 Seedlings, care of, 23; watering {illus- 

 trated), 23 

 Seeds, catalogues and selections of, 



4 ; sowing small {illustrated), 22 ; 



saving, 274 

 Shallots, 106, 164 

 Shrubs, 78 ; for walls 80 ; pruning, 



265 ; planting {illustrated), 379 ; 



selections of, 380 

 Slugs, 129 

 Snapdragons, 352 

 Snowdrops, 365 

 Snowflakes, 366 

 Soil, potting, 25 ; improving by 



trenching {illustrated), 43 

 Solanums, 203, 338 



Spinach, 312, 335 



Staking plants, 189 



Stocks for pots, 71 



Strawberries, planting, 85; select, 

 86 ; forcing, 137 ; mulching and 

 netting, 257 ; propagating {illus- 

 trated), 293 ; repotting {illustrated), 

 309 



Streptocarpuses, 73 



Sweet peas, 16, 49, 174, 275, 369 



Tomatoes, early, 60; young, 139; 

 repotting, 165 ; pruning {illus- 

 trated), 282 ; diseased, 295 ; de- 

 foliating, 313, 335 



Trees, planting, 379; selections of, 

 381 



Tulips, forcing, 331 ; select, 367 



Turf, laying {illustrated), 53 



Turnips, 139, 165, 268, 341 



Vegetable marrows, 165, 268 



Vegetables, standard varieties of, 6 ; 

 for suburban gardens, 7 ; for villa 

 gardens, 8; storing roots {illus- 

 trated), 356 



Verbenas, 67 



Vines {see also Grapes), amateurs', 39; 

 early, 135; .stopping {illustrated), 

 136 ; red spider on, 267 ; pruning, 

 308, 354, {illustrated) 397; new 

 rods {illustrated), 398 



Violas, 129, 278, 352 



Violets, sweet, 130, 339; in frames 

 for winter {illustrated), 354 



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Wallflowers, 292 

 Water lilies, 202 

 Window gardening 2CX), 277 

 Wireworm, 128 



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