INDEX. 



635 



Savory, winter, 215, 340, 396, 427, 487, 



543 



summer, 215, 340, 396,427 



Saxatile plants, 83 

 Saxifragas, sowing seed of, 365 



collecting, 494 



Saxifrage, double white, 167, 313 

 Scabious, sweet, 313, 452 

 Scilla maritima, 567 



peruviana, 567 



Scorzonera, 206, 338, 394, 426 



preserving in winter, 580 



Scotch Kale. See Borecole 

 Scurvy-grass, officinal, 215, 546 

 Sea-Kale, 208, 339, 544, 581 

 Sedums, 103, 174, 418, 571 

 Seedling trees and shrubs, summer care 



of, 352, 442 



winter care of, 71, 587 



Sensitive plant, 169, 311, 412, 473 



a particular account of, 473 



Shaddocks, 455, 476, 495, 571 



Shady walks, 81 



Shallots 206, 338, 544, 578 



Shell-work, 83 



Shifting plants out of smaller into larger 



pots or tubs, best method of, 322, 375 

 Silenes, tender, 376 

 Silk-worms, 292 

 Silphiums, 365, 366, 494 

 Sisyrinchiums, for edgings, <fcc., 92, 366, 



494 

 Skirrets, 207 339, 426, 544, 581 



to preserve for winter use, 580 



Smallage, 215 



Snail-plant, 312, 364 



Snapdragon, 313, 364 



Sneezewort, double, 365 



Snowdrops, 92, 95, 410, 443, 492, 523, 



567 



Snowdrop-tree, 287, 314 

 Soapwort, double, 365, 452 

 Solan urns, hardy shrubby, 305 



tender, 377 



Solidagoes, 92, 365, 494 



Sorrel, broad-leaved garden, 343, 396, 



543 

 round-leaved or French, 343, 396, 



543 



Sour-gum or Tupelo-tree, 283, 305 

 Southern States, seasons and culture in, 



particularly noticed, 31, 32, 56, 61, 



71, 142, 157, 166, 173, 223, 488, 505, 



546, 553, 556, 584, 602, 604, 606 

 Southernwood, 215, 543 

 Sowing stones and kernels of fruit. See 



Fruit. 

 haws, for raising thorn-quicks, 



160, 270, 556 

 Spartiums, tender, 376 

 Spiderwort, Virginian, 523 

 Spigelia marilandica, 493 

 Spinage, 138, 198, 335, 392, 463 



winter, 484, 499, 534, 576 



Spindle-tree, 156 



Spiraeas, hardy herbaceous, 365 



Spiraea trifoliata, 493 



Spiraea, Filipendula, 523 



Squash, 343, 383 



St. Peter's wort, 314 



Stage for auriculas, carnations, &c., 358 



Staking new planted trees, best method 

 of, 243 



Standard, half-standard, and dwarf- 

 standard trees, to train, 68 



Star of Bethlehem, 96, 308, 471, 566 



Statues, 77, 83 



Stock, annual or Mediterranean, 363 



Stock-gillyflowers, 97, 113, 171,313,413, 

 452, 568, 591, 612 



Stocks, the proper kinds to bud and graft 

 on, 261 



Stools, nursery of trees and shrubs, 64, 

 300, 301 



Stopping, or topping young cucumber 

 or melon plants, 127 



Stoves or Hot-houses, methods of erect- 

 ing, 104 to 110 



Strawberries, forcing, 46, 112, 147, 188, 

 326, 616 



spring dressing of, 232 



choice of plants, 232, 506 



the various kinds of, 506 



times and method of planting, 



232, 507, 551 



making nursery plantations of, 



428 



to pot for forcing, 508 



autumn dressing of, 551 



other necessary care of, 348, 401 



Strawberry -spinage, 364 

 Strawberry tiles, 233 

 Strawberry-tree. See Arbutus Unedo. 

 Suckers, to propagate trees and shrubs 



by, 158, 351, 570 

 Sumach, to propagate various kinds of, 



291 



tanners', 291 



Sun, its effects on frozen plants, 168 

 Sunflower, annual, 166, 312, 364 

 perennial, 167, 313 



Sweetbrier, 276 

 Sweet-gum, 281, 314 

 Sweet-scented Peas, 166, 312 

 Sweet-scented shrub. See Calycanthus 



floridus 



Sweet-sultan, 364 

 Sweet-william, 97, 113, 167, 313, 451, 



493, 523 

 Sycamore, 281 

 Syringas, 158 



T. 



Tacamahaca, 305 

 Tamarisk, 305 



Tan, covering bulbs with, 94 

 procuring fresh, for making hot- 

 pits or beds, 531 

 Tansy, 27, 215, 543 

 Tarragon, 27, 215, 543 

 Temples, rural and ornamental, 77, 83 

 Ten-week stock, 170, 188, 312, 364 

 Terraces, 77, 89 

 Teucriums, 376, 377 



