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INDEX 



Potted plants, soil for, 318, 319 

 Potting, midsummer, 198 

 Preparations for fall frosts, 223; for 



work under glass, 225 

 Propagating bushes and shrubs, 321; 



small fruits, 100 



Protectors, early plants, n; plant, 84 

 Pruning, 325-327; roses, 77 

 Pump, bucket, as a sprayer, 10 

 Pumpkins for the winter supply, 143; 



winter storing, 270 

 Putty, liquid, for glazing, 5 



R 



Radishes for succession, 147; growing 

 under glass, 280; planting of, 74; 

 storing for winter, 273; varieties of, 

 27 



Rake, correct use of, 82 



Rakes, hoe blade attachment for, 8; 

 garden, different types, 12 



Rambler roses, dwarf, 126 



Rape, 191 



Raspberries, distances apart, 57; va- 

 rieties of, 58 



Refuse, 221 



Returns, from gardening, how deter- 

 mined, 12 



Rhubarb bed, care of, 120; for winter 

 use, 313 



Roads, construction of, 98 



Roguing, of plants, 22 



Roller, on lawn, 100 



Roots, forcing, 298; indoor forcing, 

 312, 313; tree, in flower beds, 76, 77 



Roots, workers, insects attacking, 136 



Rose beetle, 137, 153; enemies, fight- 

 ing, 153, iS4; garden, 77; garden, 

 first work in, 77; garden, when and 

 how to prepare, 299; slug, 154 



Roses, bed for, 79; buying of, 78; dis- 

 eases, 155; hybrid perpetuals, 78; 

 large blooms, 78; potted, setting out 

 of, 125, 126, 127; preparation of 

 hardwood cuttings of, 268; protec- 

 tion, 304; pruning of, 77, 78; rooting 



hardwood cuttings, 269; setting out, 



78, 79; summer mulching of, 156; 



summer pruning of, 156; varieties 



of, 125 

 Rows, straight, importance of, 16; 



making, 16; marking out, 70 

 Rubber plants, new, making, 197 

 Rust, 115 

 Rye, as cover crop, 190; soil binder, 



191 



Salsify for winter supply, 144; plant- 

 ing of, 74; storing for winter, 273 



San Jose" scale, 1 14 



Sash, double light, 257; for hotbeds 

 and cold frames, 257; glazing, 5 



Scale, varieties of, 323, 324, 325 



Scillas, 268 



Sea kale, care of, 121 



Seed bed, for flowers, 76; for hardy 

 perennials, 167; preparation of, 

 70; buying, points about, 22; cover- 

 ing of, 40; depth of planting, 

 70; drill, 10; drill, combination, 

 cost of, 13; drill, seed-sowing with, 

 1 6, 17; drill, utility and life of, 13; 

 flower, starting of, 75; hand plant- 

 ing of, 71; hastening germination, 

 83; longevity, 3; ordering, difficul- 

 ties of, 21 ; sowing for winter supply, 

 175; sowing, getting a good stand, 

 176; sowing in dry weather, 142; 

 sowing, with wheel hoe, 16, 17; 

 starting of, 36-39; tender, starting, 

 106; testing, 3, 4 



Seeding, lawn, 99 



Seedlings, handling and transplanting, 

 40-42 



Selection, by seedsmen, 22 



Shrubs, 208, 209; for beds and borders, 

 209; hardy, 235; planting of, 207, 

 237, 238, 239; time to plant, 236; 

 use of, 208; winter pruning of, 327, 

 328 



Side-dressing, 130 



