Index 



305 



Rose of Sharon, see Rose Mallow, 



264 

 Rosemary, Wild, see Andromeda, 



247 



Rose Moss, see Portulaca, 205 

 Roses, general culture of, 173, 174; 



slipping, 98; Ivory soapsuds for, 



128, 131; mildew on, 131 

 Rows, marking, 51 

 Rubrus odoratus, Purple-flowered 



Raspberry, 277 

 Rudbeckia, 67; R. hirta, Black-eyed 



Susan, 237; R. laciniata pi. fl., 



Golden Glow, 238 

 Rust, Hollyhock, 114, 129 

 Rustic seat, 45; fragrant flowers 



near, 45; vines over, 45 



Sabbatia, S. chloroides, 260, 262 

 Sage, Flowering, Salvia argentea, 



2 39 



Salpiglossis, S. sinuata, 244, 269, 

 286 



Salvia, S. farinacea, 229; S. patens, 

 229; 5. argentea, Flowering Sage, 

 239; S. splendens, 286 



Sambucus nigra, var. aurea, Golden 

 Elder, 80, 81; S. Canadensis, 

 Elderberry, 184 



Sand, 21, 30, 33, 46, 57, 93, 97, 98, 

 131, 132, 173, 174 



Saponaria, Soapwort, S. Calibrica, 

 206, 269; 5. ocymoides, 257, 277; 

 var. splendens, 277; Bouncing 

 Bet, 5. officinalis, 263 



Saponaria Calibrica, Soapwort, 206, 

 269; 5. ocymoides, 257; var. 

 splendens, 277; S. officinalis, 

 Bouncing Bet, 263 



Satin Flower, Godetia amcena, also 

 (Enothera, 202, 284 



Saxifrage, Early, Saxifraga Vir- 

 giniensis, 171 



Saxifraga Virginiensis, Early Saxi- 

 frage, 171 



Scabiosa atropurpurea, Sweet Scabi- 

 ous, 207, 229, 245, 270, 284; S. 

 Caucasica, 216; var. perfecta, 216 



Scabious, Sweet, Scabiosa, atro- 

 purpurea, 207, 229, 245, 270, 284 



Schizanthus bipinnatus, Fringe Flow- 

 er, 206, 228; 5. Wisetonensis, 269 



Schizapetalon, S. Walkeri, 199, 206 



Scilla, 5. Sibirica, 211; S. nutans, 



247 

 Sea Holly, Eryngium amethystinum, 



220 

 Sea Lavender, Statice Limoniunt, 



220 



Sea Pink, see Thrift, 183, 254 

 Sedum spectabile, Showy Stonecrop, 



66, 264; S. stoloniferum, 264 

 Seed-bed, permanent, 57 

 Seed firms, reliable, 63, 164 

 Seedlings, hardening, 31; trans- 

 planted, 52, 53; walk-grown, 46 

 Seed rows, marking, 52 

 Seed vessels, marking, 62, 63 

 Seeds, 30; chance, 34; cheap, 63; 

 code for marking, 63; color of, 62; 

 covering, 51; gathering, 63; hard 

 to germinate, 59; leaves, 66; 

 marking, 62; perennial, 57; peren- 

 nial slow to germinate, 95; plant- 

 ing indoors, 30; outdoors, 53; 

 planting perennial, 94; price of, 

 94; self -sowing annual, 61; self- 

 sowing perennial, 60, 61; self- 

 sown, 53; slow to germinate, 60; 

 small, 51; sowing, 21; sown 

 thinly, 53; watering, 52 

 Self -sowing annuals, 61; perennials, 



60, 61 



September views, 68 

 Shad Bush, Amelanchier Canaden- 



sis, 167 

 Shirley Poppy, Papaver Rhceas, 76, 



199, 205, 269, 282 

 Shooting Star, see Dodecatheon, 103, 



179 

 Shrubbery, first, 9; for autumn 



effects, 79, 80, 81, 142,^143 

 Shrubs, colored foliage in, 80, 81; 



fragrant, 72; resetting, 75 

 Sidalcea malvaflora, var. Listeri, 257 

 Silene Armeria, Sweet-William 

 Catchfly, 201, 269; S. Shafta, 

 Autumn Catchfly, 254, 277; S. 

 pendula* 2675 5. compacta, 267; 

 S. Virginica, Fire Pink, 275 

 Silk Grass, see Yucca, 184 

 Silver Bell, see Snowdrop Tree, 167 

 Silver Thorn or Tree, Silver Berry, 



Elcegnus parvifolia, 81, 236 

 Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Blue- 

 eyed Grass, 214 



