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INDEX 



ing, 116; garden under glass, a, 181 ; 

 grower's selection, an amateur, 434, 435 ; 

 hedges round a lawn, 125 ; round a flower 

 garden, 125 ; insect pests attacking, 116 ; 

 Marshal Niel, best stock for, under 

 glass, 118-120; Prairie, the, 429; of 

 Sharon, the, 230; plants, treatment of, after 

 first flowering, 116; shoots, thinning, 

 112; species of, 429; Sweet Briar, as a 

 hedge, 124; Tea and Hybrid Tea, the, 

 118 ; work month by month, 127-132 



Rosemary, 390 ; Marsh, the, 210 



Roses, 105 ; an amateur's selection of, 434, 

 435; as large bushes, 428 ; button-hole, for 

 outdoors, 429 ; budding, 113 ; China, 

 125 ; Christmas, the, 453, 454 : climbing, 

 for greenhouse, 423 ; in greenhouses, 

 122; on old trees, 339; pruning, in ; 

 so-called, as large bushes, 423 ; under 

 glass, 119: creeping, 123; disbudding, 

 112; distance to plant, 107; dwarf, for 

 pot or house culture, 434 ; for arches, 

 421 ; for hedges, 123, 124, 432 ; for low 

 hedges, 433 ; for pergolas, 421 ; for 

 quite a small garden, 420 ; for towns, 

 and for poor soil, 427, 428 ; for windy 

 places as bushes, or short standards, 

 420; green centres in, 126: hybrid per- 

 petual, 119; for pots, 424; twenty-four 

 as standards or bushes, 426 : hybrid Tea 

 for bedding, 421, 422; in small green- 

 houses, 121 ; Japanese, the, 125 ; Len- 

 ten, the, 454; manures for, 112 ; mil- 

 dew on, how to destroy, 117; mulching, 

 importance of, 112; Noisette, strong 

 growing, 425 ; of various colours and 

 tints, a list of, 420-431 ; orange fungiis 

 on, destroying, 117; own-root, 108 ; 

 pegging down, 123; Pillar, 7 feet to 10 

 feet high, 422 ; planting, 106 ; potting, 

 122; propagating by cuttings, 114, 115; 

 pruning, 109 ; purchasing, 106 ; quassia 

 chips, making, for destroying insects on, 

 117; red rust on, destroying, 117; Rock, 

 the, 218 ; single and semi-double, 424 ; 

 single, as hedges, 125 ; soil for, 105 ; stan- 

 dard, 119; budding, 114; pruning, 

 no; stocks for, 108 ; Sun, 228; for the 

 rock-garden, 417 ; Sweet Briar, as ex- 

 posed hedges, 343 ; syringing, in ; Tea, 

 dwarf for the garden, 425 : strong grow- 

 ing, 425 ; twenty for pot culture, 426 ; 

 the right kind of plant to get, 106 ; under 

 glass, preparing a border for, 121 ; very 

 fragrant, 433 ; watering, in 



Rubbish, general, injurious in gardens, 350 



Rubus, species of, 244, 245 



Rudbeckia bicolor superba, 412 



Rudbeckias, 462 



Rush, flowering, the, 64 



SAFFRON, Meadow, the, 87 

 Sage, growing, 386 

 Sagittarias, the, 64 

 Salads, small, 379 

 Salisburia adiantifolia, 473 

 Salpiglossis sinuata, 412-414 



Salsafy, culture of, 380 



Salvias, in the greenhouse, 162 



Sambucus, family, the, 245 



Sand, in potting soils, 137 



Sandworts, the, 415 



Saponaria, calabrica, Scarlet Queen, 414 ; 



ocymoides alba, 419 ; o. splendens, 419 ; 



officinalis, fl. pi. , 462 

 St. John's Wort, the, 229 

 Savin, the, and its varieties, 473 

 Savory, from seed, 386 

 Savoys, 366, 445 



Saxifraga, for rock-garden, species of, 419^ 

 Saxifragas, 462, 463 ; as edging plants, 83 ; 



large-leaved, the, 458 

 Scabiosa caucasica, 463 

 Schizanthus, the, 162 ; in the greenhouse, 



162 ; papilionaceus, 414 ; pinnatus, 414 

 Schizopetalon Walkerii, 414 

 Schizostylis coccinea, 95 

 Scilla, bifolia and varieties, 96 ; hispanica 



(campanulata), 96 ; nutans, 96 ; sibirica, 



96 

 Scillas, spring or early summer flowering, 



95 

 Scolopendrium vulgare and its varieties, 



2 59 



Scorzonera, culture of, 380 



Sea coast, evergreen and deciduous trees 

 and shrubs for, 470 



Sea Hollies, the, 451 ; pink, as an edging, 

 82 



Seakale, forcing, 380 ; planting, 445 ; ways 

 of growing, 380 



Sedums, the, 463 ; for rock-gardens, 419 



Seeds, ordering, 340 ; sowing of, 342, 401 ; 

 in concrete walls, 343 



Sempervivums, for rock-garden, 419 



Senecio, japonicus, 463 ; pulcher, 463 



Shallots, 381 



Shelters for plants, 342 



Shreds and nails, the best, 339 



Shrubby plants for cold greenhouse, 466 



Shrubs, description and selection of the 

 best, 205 ; and Conifers, low growing 

 for rock-garden, 471 : and trees; beauti- 

 ful, 196, 197 ; deciduous, flowering, for 

 small gardens, 469, 470 ; evergreen and 

 deciduous for the sea-coast, 470 ; for 

 forcing, 471 ; for town gardens, 390, 

 391 ; propagating, by seeds, cuttings, 

 layers, root cutting and grafting, 198, 

 199; Weeping, 471: evergreen, flowering, 

 for small gardens, 470 : flowering, for 

 windy places, 335 ; hedges of, 338 : for 

 planting under drip of trees, 230, 471 ; 

 for winter bedding and window boxes, 

 471 ; with beautiful fruit, 470 ; and trees 

 with conspicuous winter bark, 470 



Skimmias, 245 



Slipperwort, 162 



Smilax, 158 



Smoke plant, the, 243 



Snapdragons, raising from seed, and 

 varieties, i 



Snowball trees, the, 248, 249 



Snowberries, the, 247 



