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INDEX 



Roses, Noisettes, 22 



Marechal Niel, 22 



selections of, 22 



W. A. Richardson, 23 

 Penzance Sweet Briers, 23 



selections of, 23 

 pergolas of, 2 

 pillars of, 2 

 planting, 7, 9 

 poetry of, 2 

 pruning, 9 



climbers with long canes, 

 ii 



climbers with much side 

 wood, ii 



dwarfs, 10 



standards, 10 

 pruning bush, 10 



climbing, 10 



standard, 10 

 sections, 2 

 single, 25, 367 

 soil for, 9 

 Tea-scented, 16 



floriferousness of, 17 



for cutting, 17 



selections of, 19, 365 



winter protection for, 18 

 trailing, for banks, 26 

 Rudbeckias, 125 



SACCOLABIUMS, 292 

 Sagittaria sagittifolia, 236 

 Salvias for bedding, 347 



for greenhouses, 181 

 Sanguinaria canadensis, 123 

 Saxifragas, 123 



for rockeries, 135, 137 

 Scabious, 123 

 Schizanthus, 182 

 Scillas, 84 

 Sedums, 137 

 Seedlings, beds for, 98 



planting out, 72 

 Seeds, sowing in pans, 70 

 Sempervivums, 138 

 Senecio pulcher, 123 

 Shrubs for suburban gardens, 

 383 



pruning, 393 

 Silenes, 138 

 Snapdragons, 69 

 Snowdrops for rockeries, 138 

 Snowflakes, 38 

 Soil mixtures for greenhouse 



plants, 150 

 Solanums for greenhouses, 182 



for rooms, 194 



Solidago speciosa, 125 

 Sparmannia africana, 183 

 Spiraeas, 123 



filipendula, 124 



Japonica, 183 



planting, 183 



ulmaria, 125 

 Spraying, Bordeaux mixture for, 



85 



Staking plants, 100 

 Statices, 123 

 Stephanotis, 184 

 Sternbergia lutea, 138 

 Stocks, in 



for greenhouses, 184 



Night-scented, 256 



raising, in 



Ten-week, 112, 259 

 Stonecrops, 137 

 Stratiotes aloides, 262 

 Streptocarpus, 185 

 Stumps, covering, 267 

 Suburban gardens, 349 



annuals for, 362 



arches in, 355, 381 



Auriculas for, 370 



bulbs for, 363 



Carnations for, 369 



Chrysanthemums for, 376 



Dahlias for, 377 



failures in, 351 



fruit in, 352 



grass plots in, 356 



greenhouses in, 354 



herbaceous borders in, 382 



herbaceous plants for, 361 



Irises for, 378 



Pansies for, 378 



pergolas in, 381 



planning, 352 



plans of, 352, 353, 354 



pleasures of, 349 



rockeries in, 352 



Roses for, 363 

 selections of, 364 



shrubs in, 355, 383 



success in, 350 



Sweet Peas for, 376 



vegetables in, 351 



Violas for, 378 



walls and fences in, 359 



plants for, 359 

 Sunflowers, 114 



culture of, 115 



selections of, 115 

 5un Roses, 137 

 Sweet Peas, 227 



arrangement of, 239 



Sweet Peas, colours of, 231 

 cuttings of, 232 

 development of, 229 

 earthing, 238 

 enemies of, 230 

 fertilisation of, 228 

 for suburban gardens, 376 

 introduction of, 227 

 manures for, 236 

 mildew in, 241 

 persistency of, 238 

 planting out, 237 

 seed sowing, 231 

 selections of, 242 

 situation for, 234 

 slugs and, 237 

 soil for, 234 

 sowing in clumps, 233 



in drills, 233 



in pots, 236 

 sticking, 238 

 waved standard varieties, 



229 



Sweet Williams, 116 

 propagation, 116 

 soil for, 117 



THALICTRUM anemonoides, 123 

 Thyme for rockeries, 138 

 Tiarella cordifolia, 123 

 Tigridias (Tiger Flowers), 54 

 Tobacco plants, 259 

 Torch Lilies, 89 

 Torenias, 185 



Tradescantia virginica, 123 

 Trees for suburban gardens, 



393 



Trillium grandiflorum, 123 

 Triteleia uniflora, 136 

 Tritomas, 89 

 Trollius, 123 

 Tropaeolums, 339 

 Tuberoses, potting, 55 

 Tulips, 55 



choosing bulbs, 56 



classification of, 55 



florists', 60 



for herbaceous borders, 117 



in pots, 57 



Parrot, 60 



period of flowering, 57 



planting, 57 



selections of, 59 



soil for, 56 



species of, 58 



VANDAS, 292 



Vases, plants for, 197 



Verbascums, 125 



Verbenas, 338 



Veronica chamaedrys, 136 



for rockeries, 138 



longifolia subsessiUis, 125 

 Violas, 118 



development of, 118 



for suburban gardens, 

 378 



propagation of, 119 



selections of, 120 



soil for, 119 

 Virginian Creeper, 359 



WALLFLOWERS, 120 



selections of, 121 



soil for, 121 

 Walls, 274 



aspects of, 276 



beautifying, 274 



planting near, 276, 277 



plants for, 277 

 pruning, 277 



pockets on, 281 



soil near, 276 

 Water Hawthorn, the, 262 

 Water Lilies, 263 



in tubs, 264 



planting, 265 



ponds for, 265 

 Water Plants, 263 



charms of, 263 



culture of, 264 



in summer, 264 



in tubs, 264 



pools for, 265 



water for, 263 

 Water Soldier, the, 262 

 Weigelas for suburban gardens, 



388 

 Window and room plants, 186 



benefits of, 187 



berried, 194 



conditions of growth, 188 



flowering, 194 



foliage, 189 



ventilation, 188 



watering, 188 

 Window-boxes, 199 



care of, 199 



plants for, 200 

 Winter Cherry, the, 182 

 Winter Aconites, 29 

 Wistaria, pruning, 280 



YUCCA angustifolia, 125 

 ZINNIAS, 259 



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