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Red-fruited elder.. 201 



Reitenbach's maple 144 



Removal of fences and walls 103 



Renewing old shrubs and hedges 98 



Renovating old cemeteries , 133, 134 



Renewal of old evergreens 99 



Reseeding lawns '. 41 



Retinospora picifera 182 



filifera 183 



Ribbon-grass 2GO 



Rivers' purple beech 1 74 



Roads, conditions necessary for good ........ Ill 



, construction. 110 



of farm 109 



, broken-stone or Macadam 112 



, repairing 115-117 



, surface of 113, 114 



and roadside improvements. . , Ill 



, width of 115 



Roadsides, improvement of 118 



, care of trees along 119 



as a dumping-place 118 



, fruit along 108 



, laws relative to trees along 119 



, ornamental shrubs along 121, 122 



, removal of fences along 123 



Rocks and ledges in ornamental grounds 10 



Rocky Mountain columbine 227 



Roses 206 



, bedding 207 



, climbing 207 



, moss. . , 207 



, Japanese 207. 220 



, yellow 209 



, pruning 206 



, varieties 207 



, winter protection 207 



Rose-mildew 288 



Rose-rust. 287 



Rose-chafer 277 



Rose-slug 278 



