390 Index 



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Retinispora 61ifera 211 



picifera 210 



Ribbon-grass 319 



Rivers' purple beech . 199 



Roads, and roadside improvements 125 



, broken stone or macadam 120 



, conditions necessary for good 119 



, construction 101 



of farm ! .. 117 



, repairing 123-124 



, surface of 121 



, width of 1 23 



Roadsides, as a dumping-place : 126 



, Care of trees along 126 



, fruit along ,.. 116 



, improvement of ' 125 



, laws relative to trees along 1 26 



, ornamental shrubs along 1 29 



, removal of fences along 133 



Rocks and ledges in ornamental grounds . n 



Rocky Mountain columbine 375 



Rose, insects injurious to the 335~339 



Rose of Sharon 227 



Roses 241 



, bedding 242 



, climbing 244 



, Japanese 247, 268 



, moss 247 



, pruning 242 



, varieties 242 



, winter protection. ... 242 



, yellow ; 244 



Rose-chafer 335 



Rose-flowered water-lilies 309 



Rose-leaf hopper 337 



Rose-mildew 347 



Rose-rust 346 



Rose-slug 336 



Round-headed trees, list of 165 



Rudbeckia 290 



