Sheep manure, desirable for 

 house-plants, 23. 



Shell Flowers, 153. 



Shelves for flowers in win- 

 ter, 208. 



Should be securely fastened, 

 209. 



Shelter, proper, for flowers, 3. 



Shifting," meaning of term, 



Shirley Poppies in the Pansy - 



bed, 117. 

 Shrubbery, planning a, 12. 



Shrubs, blooming season of, 234- 



244. 

 Spring-planted, should be moved 



when dormant, 196, 197. 

 Shrubs and plants, hardy, for 



fall planting, 196. 

 Sir Watkin Narcissus, or Giant 



Welshman, 191, 192. 

 Skirts, suitable, for working in 



the garden, 257. 

 Slop-water should not be 



used for foliage plants, 



27. 



Snapdragon. See Antirrhinums. 

 Snow Queen Pansy, 116. 



Cost of seed of, 42. 

 Snowdrops, a pretty way to 



grow, 190, 191. 

 Soapsuds a good fertiliser, 



27. 



Sod, preparing garden, 8. 

 Sod borders, involve too much 



care in flower-beds, 9. 

 Soil, preparation of, for the 



flower-garden, 7. 

 Replacing, difficulties of, 20. 

 Unsuitable, cause of many fail- 

 ures in raising plants, 19. 

 Soils, 17-22. 



Solanum Jasminoides, 93. 

 Soot as a fertiliser for flow- 

 ers, 25. 

 South Slope, the ideal situation 



for a garden, 3. 



Southern exposure, combina- 

 tion of flowers suitable for 

 window-boxes, 91, 92. 



Souvenir de Charles Turner 

 Geranium, 91. 



Spade, results secured by use of, 

 in making flower-beds, 7. 



Spading flower-beds, 8. 



Speciosum Lilies, exceeding 

 beauty of, 181. 



Speciosum roseum Lily, 181. 



Speciosum rubrum Lily, 181. 



Sphagnum moss, for wrap- 

 ping Rubber-plants' roots in, 

 60. 



Spiraea filipendula, 198. 



Spiraea Japonica, 198. 



Spiraeas- 

 Anthony Waterer, 197. 

 Desirable for fall or spring plant- 



ing, 196. 

 Filipendula, 197. 

 Garden, 197. 

 Mealy bug on, 248. 

 Van de Houttei, 197. 



Spring, treatment of roots and 

 seeds in the, 113, 196. 



Spring-planted shrubs, 196. 



Stakes for house - plants, 

 40. 



Stocking window-boxes, 95. 



Subsoil, removing for flower- 

 beds, 7. 



Sulpho-tobacco soap, a remedy 

 for plant lice, 248. 



Sulphur, for mildew on Pansies, 



"5- 



Flower of, for dusting over rose- 

 leaves to prevent mildew, 

 177. 



Summer, shrubs, plants and 

 vines that bloom all the, 243, 

 244. 



Sunflower, California, 197. 



Sunlight Nasturtium, in. 



Sun-loving plants, care of, 



211. 



