INDEX 



488 



Pyrethrum, 61 



fyrus, japonica, 89 ; aucuparia, 90 



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RADISHES, 400 



Ranunculus, 247, 253 



Raspberries, 335; varieties, 336 



Ramondia, 79 



Red spider, 286, 429 



Retinospora, 89 



Rhododendron, 89, go, 91 



Rhubarb, 401, 402, 403 



Ribes (currants), 89 



Rosa Rugosa, 90 



Roses, where to grow, 131 ; list for 

 amateurs, 132 ; when to order 

 134; planting, 136; pruning, 139 

 cultural hints, 148; disbudding, 148 

 manuring, 149; propagation, 151 

 cuttings, 151, 152 ; budding, 134 

 pests, 158-163 ; preparing for ex 

 hibition, 164 ; shades for, 165 



Rockery, 28, 76, 77 ; how to construct, 

 78 ; what to plant, 79 ; bulbs for, 

 80, 81 



Rudbeckia, 60, 118 



ST JOHN'S WORT, 88 



Salpiglossis, 122 



Salvia, 73, 122 



Saponaria, 118 



Savoy, 413 



Saxifrage, 23, 79 



Scabiosa, 61, 73 



Scale, 430 



Sciilas, 8 1, 83 



Schizanthus, 449 



Seakale, 401, 402, 403, 404 



Seed-sowing, economy of, 109, no, 



in ; under glass, 125; watering, 



126 ; pricking off, 128 

 Sedura, 79 

 Sempervivum, 79 

 Service berry, 87 



Shade, plants to'grow in, 23 



Shasta daisy, 61 



Shrubberies, where to plant, 86; what 



to plant, 87, 88, 89 

 Shrubs, 80, 83 ; flowering, 88 ; with 



berries, 90 ; pruning, 92, 93 ; cuttings 



of. 313 



Silene, 79, 118 

 Skimmia, 90 



Slugs and snails, 288, 289 

 Soils, how to cultivate, 39 ; varieties 



of subsoil. 40, 41, 42 ; digging, 43 ; 



trenching, 44, 43 

 Solanum, 449 

 Solidago, 6 1 



Soot, value as manure, 49 

 Spinach, 413-414 

 Spiraea, 61, 80, 89 

 Staking and tying, 278-283 

 Statice Suworowii, 118 

 Stocks, 69 ; Virginian, 69 ; ten week, 73, 



122 

 Strawberries, 347 ; layering, 349 ; 



varieties, 349 

 Streptocarpus, 126 

 Summer flower beds, 65, 69 ; what to 



plant, 71, 72, 73 ; how to plant, 74 

 Summer-house, 28 

 Sunflower, 60, 118 

 Sweet peas, 96, 117, 118, 171 ; best 



varieties of, 172 ; sowing, 174, 173 ; 



staking, 176, 182; in pots, 178, 179; 



Cupid sweet peas, 182 

 Sweet Sultan, 117 

 Sweet violets, 228 ; varieties, 233 

 Syringa, 89 



THUJA, 89 



Tritoma, 61 



Tomatoes, 351 ; sowing seed, 352 ; 

 culture under glass, 353-359 ! out- 

 door culture, 359 ; fertilisers for, 358 



Trees, flowering, 85 ; decorative sub- 

 jects, 86 ; on lawns, 87 ; list of, 87 ; 

 with berries. 90 



