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INDEX 



Roses, old varieties, 305 ; and the 

 poets, 306 ; origin of name, 306 ; 

 some good species, 307 ; White 

 Rose of York, 307 ; Red Rose of 

 Lancaster, 307 ; Ayrshire, 307 ; 

 Scotch, 307 ; Burnet-leaved, 307 ; 

 Dog, 307 ; Sweetbrier, 308 ; hybrid 

 Briers, 308; Damask, 308; Hybrid 

 Perpetual, 308 ; Tea, 309 ; Hybrid 

 Tea, 309 ; Musk, 309 ; Cabbage, 

 310; Provence, 310; Austrian 

 Brier, 311; variegated, 311; Bank- 

 sian, 312; Fairy, 312; Boursault, 

 312 ; Seven Sisters, 312 ; Japanese, 

 312 ; Cherokee, 312 ; " Sub rosa," 

 313; gardens of, 3 14 ; list of 

 fragrant, 315 ; good Hybrid Per- 

 petual, 317; good Hybrid Tea, 

 317; good Tea, 318; for beds, 

 319; for walls, 319; for pillars, 

 arches, pergolas, arbours, and 

 summer-houses, 321 ; for banks, 

 322; for standards, 322; for in- 

 door culture, 323 ; soils and 

 manures, 323 ; planting, 325 ; 

 pruning, 326 ; propagation, 329 ; 

 budding, 330 ; from cuttings, 331 ; 

 making pillars and arches, 331 ; 

 exhibiting, 332 ; sizes of show 

 boards, 334; under glass, 334; 

 insects and diseases, 335 ; a 

 monthly calendar, 335-338 



S 



Snapdragons, 339, 340 



Stocks, origin of name, 355 ; sec- 



tions, 358 ; single and double, 

 359 ; raising from seed, 359 ; good 

 varieties, 359, 360, 361 ; in beds, 

 360; Brompton, 360 



Sweet Peas, history of, 345 ; struc- 

 ture of, 347 ; good varieties, 348, 

 349 ; propagation, 350 ; soil, 

 manure, and planting, 351 ; sticks, 

 water, stopping, 351 ; exhibiting, 

 352; enemies of, 353 



Sweet Williams, 339, 343 



T 



Tropoeolums, 45 



Tulips, the mania, 362, 363 ; an ex- 

 traordinary bargain, 362 ; history 

 of, 364 ; origin of name, 364 ; 

 species of, 365 ; early, 366 ; 

 florists', 366 ; late, 367 ; planting, 

 368 ; in pots, 369 ; good varieties, 

 369. 370 



Violas. See Chapter XXIX. 

 Violets. See Chapter XXIX. 



W 



Wallflowers, origin of name, 355-356 ; 



structure of, 356 ; culture of, 357 ; 



good varieties, 357 

 Windflowers, 3 



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