Index 



357 



Sunlight, Flowers Requiring 

 Little, 305 



Support for vines, 147 



Swallows, to attract cliff and 

 eave, 33 1; entrance holes of 

 houses for, 317 



Sweet Alyssum, fertilization; 

 transplanting; when making 

 cuttings; producing abun- 

 dance of flowers, 27; with 

 tulips, 139 



Sweetbner Roses, care of, 125 



Sweet Marjoram, soil for; how 

 to make cuttings; drying 

 leaves, 93 



Sweet Peas, fertilizer for; 

 planting in trenches; care of; 

 grown on wire netting, 134; 

 preparation of soil for; when 

 to sow seed; thinning out 

 plants; distance apart, trans- 

 planting, 135; spray to 

 protect from bugs; for con- 

 tinuous blooming; cutting 

 flowers; to keep cut flowers; 

 to grow long-stemmed flow- 

 ers, 136; watering plants, 137; 

 when aphis infect, 259; with 

 Dwarf nasturtiums, 99; vines 

 for making humus, 149 



Sweet William, soil require- 

 ments; sowing seed; trans- 

 planting young plants; thin- 

 ning plants; when to trans- 

 plant large plants, 137; not 

 to be transplanted in late 

 fall, 63; when to plant; 

 protection in winter, 75 



Swiss Edelweiss, best location 

 for planting; propagation by 

 seed and division of roots, 57 



Table decoration, 148 



Tall Heliotrope, height of; 



cuttings for propagation, 73 

 Tartarian Honeysuckle, 148, 



149 

 Tausendschoen Roses, good 



qualities of, 126 



Tea Roses, used as a hedge or 

 background, 125 



Thinning, Transplanting and 

 (hints on), 180-187 



Thinning, without regard to 

 size of plants; space for each 

 plant, 185 



Thistle, Canadian, to kill, 138 



Thousand Beauties Roses, good 

 qualities of, 126 



Tiger Lilies, when to plant 

 bulbs; used as a background; 

 cutting the flowers, 87 



Toad, value of, 268 



Tools required by every gar- 

 dener, 279; a wheel hoe, 

 advantage of, 280; care of, 

 282, 284 



Tradescantia, for window box 

 culture, 144 



Transplanting and Thinning 

 (hints on), 180-187 



Transplanting, to develop 

 roots, 1 80; preparation of 

 plant previous to taking up; 

 plants sent from a distance; 

 lifting young plants for, 

 181; preparation of green- 

 house plants for, 181, 182; 

 treatment of plants which 

 will not stand moving; to put 

 in ground seeds grown in 

 paper cups, 182; how to put 

 plant in new ground, 182, 

 183; preparation of soil for; 

 fertilizer; to replace large 

 plants, 183, 184; condition 

 of plant for; time of day 

 -best for, 184; especial care 

 of roots, 185; from hotbed 

 to open ground; after a 

 shower; extra care for deli- 

 cate plants, 1 86; for protec- 

 tion from sun first day or 

 two, 1 86, 187 



Tray, food, for birds, 321 



Tree of Heaven, origin; re- 

 quirements of; rooting cut- 

 tings, 245 



Trees, List of Evergreen 

 Shrubs and, 307 



