INDEX. 



is: 



Rhubarb, the, 168 



How to plant, 168 



Propagation of, 168 



Treatment of, 169 

 Eibes, the, 58 



Its propagation, 58 

 Rind-grafting, 2 

 Rofea, 148 

 Rose, the, 66 



Budding, 68, 69 



Grafting, 70 



Propagation by cuttings, 68, 

 71 

 Layers, 71 

 Seed, 67 



Varieties of, 66, 67 



Shrubby class, 66 

 Rose, the Climbing, 83 



Its propagation, 83, 84 



Its various classes, 83 

 Rosemary, the, 168 

 Rubus, the, 79 



How propagated, 80 

 Rue, the, 167 



Its various uses, 167 



gAGE, the, 164 



Re-planting, 164 

 St. John's Wort (see Hypericum) 

 Savin, the, 60 



Propagation of, 60, 61 



Uses of, 60 



The Variegated Carpet, 00 

 Savory, the, 165 

 Saxifrage, the, 140 

 Sedum, the, 139 

 Shallot, the, 169 

 Siphocampylus, the, 126 



Characteristics of, 126 

 Soils, 170, 178, 179, 180 



Action of the air upon, 179 



Best kinds, 179 



Treatment of various, 179,180 

 Solannm, the, 82, 122 



Propagation of, 82, 122 

 Sollya, the, 91 



Propagation of, 91 



Soot, 177 



Its fertilising power, 177 

 A good insecticide, 177 

 How to use it, 177, 178 



Spindle-tree, the (see Euomjmtis) 



Spruce, the, 17 



Propagation of, 17 



Spruce, the, situation suitable 



for, 18 

 Statice, the, 127 



Cultivation of, 127 

 Stones useful to some lands, 178 

 Strawberry, the, 159 



Its cultivation, 159 



Its propagation, 160 



Varieties of, 159 

 Strawberry -tree, the, 28 

 Streptocarpus, the, 126 



How to grow, 126 

 Suffruticose Plants, 131 



Their propagation, 131 

 Sumach, the, 39 



Propagation of, 39 

 Sunrose, the, 43 



Its propagation, 43 



Treatment of cuttings, 43 



Uses of, 43 

 Sweet Pea, the (see Lathyrua) 

 Sycamore, the, 25 



Beauties of, 25 



Leaves of, 25 



Treatment of the seed, 25 

 Syringa, the, 31 



Characteristics of, 31 



How multiplied, 31 



fACSONIA, the, 92 



How multiplied, 92 

 Tansy, the, 166 

 Taproot, 2 



Of the Ash, 9 



Oak, 4 

 Tamarisk, the, 37 



Foliage of, 37 



Treatment of, 3S 

 Tarragon, the, 166 

 Taxodium, the, 61 



Propagation of, 62 

 Thaxted Church, beam in, 21 

 Thorn, the, 24 



Flowers of, 24 



Grafting, 25 



Seed of, 24 



Varieties of, 24 



Wood of, 25 



White, 24 

 Thunbergia, the, 94 



Treatment of, 94 



Various colours of, 94 

 Thyme, the, 164 



" How to plant, 105 



