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Site, choosing a garden, 41 



Smoke Tree, Rhus cotinus, 69, 81, 



216, 277, 280 

 Snakeroot, White, Eupatorium ager- 



atoides, 195 

 Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus, 



190, 206, 239, 244, 280, 284; 



Alpine, Linaria alpina, 219 

 Sneezeweed, see Helenium, 103, 240 

 Sneezewort, see Achillea, 177 

 Snowball, Arrowwood, Viburnum 



dentatum, 172; Tree or Guelder 



Rose, V. opulis, 176; Japanese, 



V. tomentosum, 176 

 Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, 165 

 Snowdrop Tree, Halesia tetraptera, 



167 

 Soapwort, Saponaria calibrica, 206, 



269; see Bouncing Bet, S. offici- 



nalis, 263; S. ocymoides, 257, var. 



splendens, 277 

 Soil, New Hampshire, 19, 20; for 



beds, 5, 21, 32, 33; for roses, 93; 



preparing, 92, 93; sour, 92, 93; 



virgin, 93 



Solidago juncea, Goldenrod, 238 

 Sophora Japonica, Pagoda Tree, 196 

 Sorbaria sorbifolia, see Spirea sorbi- 



folia, 191, 192 

 Sorbus Americana, Mountain Ash, 



J 73 



Southernwood, see Boy Love, 184 

 Specularia speculum, Venus Looking 



Glass, 228 



Speedwell, see Veronica, 221, 222 

 Spencer, Herbert, 153 

 Spider Plant, Cleome pungens, 201 

 Spirea, Anthony Waterer, S. Bumal- 

 da, 277; Blue, Caryopteris masta- 

 canthus, 222; Bridal Wreath, S. 

 prunifolia, 166; Dropwort, 5. 

 (Ulmaria) filipendula, 179; Goat's 

 Beard, S. astilbe or S. Aruncus, 

 1 10, 180; Golden, S. (Physocar- 

 pus) opulifolius, var. aurea, 81; 

 Japanese, S. Japonica, 259, also 

 S. callosa, var. superba, 259; 

 Italian May, St Peter's Wreath, 

 5. hypericifolia, 168; Meadow 

 Sweet, S. salicifolia, 259; Purple- 

 tipped, S. superba, 278; Queen of 

 the Prairie, 5. lobata, Ulmaria 

 rubra venuista, 261; Steeple Bush, 



5". tomentosa, 262; Thunberg's, 5. 

 Thunbergii, 168; Van Houtte's, 5. 

 Van Houtei, 168; S. arguta, 167; 

 S. sorbifolia, or Sorbaria sorbifoUa, 

 191, 192 



Spirea arguta, 167; S. Aruncus, S. 

 Astilbe, Goat's Beard, no, 180; 

 S. Bumalda, Anthony Waterer, 

 277; S. callosa, var. superba, 

 Meadow Sweet, 259; S. (Ulmaria) 

 filipendula, Dropwort, 179; S. 

 hypericifolia, Italian May, St. 

 Peter's Wreath, 168; 5. lobata 

 (Ulmaria rubra venuista), Queen 

 of the Prairie, 261; S. Japonica, 

 Japanese, 259; S. (Physocarpusj 

 opulifolius, var. aurea, Golden, 

 181; S. prunifolia, Bridal Wreath, 

 116; S. salicifolia, Meadow Sweet, 

 259; 5". sorbaria, or Sorbaria sorbi- 

 folia, 191, 192; S. superba, Purple- 

 tipped, 278; 5. Thunbergii, Thun- 

 berg's, 168; S. tomentosa, Steeple 

 Bush, 262; 5 1 . Van Houtei, Van 

 Route's, 168 



Spirit, cooperating with, 151; in 

 plants, 112, 152; matter as symbol 

 of, 157 



Sports m garden, 133 



Spray, a general, 130 



Spurge, Flowering, see Euphorbia, 

 186 



Squill, see Scilla, 211 



Stachys lantana, Hedge Nettle, 219, 

 221 



Statice Limonium, Sea Lavender, 220 



St. John's Wort, Common, Hyperi- 

 cum perforatum, 239; Golden, H. 

 aureum, 239; Great, H. Ascryon, 

 239; Shrubby, H. patulum, 240; 

 H. calycinum, 237; H. densiflo- 

 rum, 237; H. Moserianum, 237; 

 H. prolijicum, 237 



St. Peter's Wreath, Italian May, 

 Spirea hypericifolia, 168 



Star Flower, Milla multiftora or Tri- 

 teleia laxa, 89, 153, 188, 189 



Steeple Bush, Spirea tomentosa, 262 



Stems, color of, 62 



Stenanthium robustum, Mountain 

 Feather Fleece, 195 



Stephenandra flexuosa, 176 



Stevia serrata, Stevia, 208 



