INDEX 



491 



Snowdrops, the, 89, 96 

 Snowflakes, the, 90 



Soap, soft, wash, value of, for destroying in- 

 sect pests, 352 

 Soapwort, double, 462 

 Soil, insect -ridden, gas lime for, 352 

 Soils, and their treatment, 353 ; mixing of, 

 137 ; potting, 136 ; trench, how to, 354- 

 356 



Solanum, Capsicastrum , 162 ; jasminoides, 

 162 ; Wendlandi, 478 



Solidagos, 463 



Solomon's Seal, 23, 462 



Soot, value of, 352 



Sophora japonica, 245 



Spartium junceum, 245 



Spearwort, Great, the. 64 ; for the water- 

 side, 472 



Spinach, 381 ; varieties of, 445 



Spindle tree, the, 225 ; broad-leaved, the, 

 225 



Spiraea palmata, for the water-side, 472 



Spiraeas, the, 245, 246 



Spleenwort, black Maidenhair, the, 262 ; 

 Maidenhair, the, 360 



Spleenworts, hardy, the, 260 



Spraying of plants, 343 



Spurge Laurel, the, 222 



Staphylleas, the, 246 



Star of Bethlehem, 95 



Starworts, the finest, ^447 



Statice Suworowi, 414 



Stephanotis, the, 478 



Sternbergia, colchiflora, 96 ; lutea and 

 varieties, 96 ; macrantha, 96 



Stock, East Lothian, the,from seed, 22, 23 ; 

 Giant and Brompton from seed, 23 ; the 

 Ten Week, from seed, 22 ; Virginian, 

 the, 414 



Stocks, double and single, 22 



Stonecrops, the, 463 



Stork's-bill, for rock-garden, 417 



Stove plants, selection of, 474 



Strawberries, best for a small garden, 308 ; 

 best for pots, 308 ; forcing, 307 ; gentle 

 forcing of, 305 ; in barrels, 479 ; in pots, 

 cultivation of, 304 ; planting, 302; propa- 

 gation of, 304 ; selection of the best, 

 441, 442 ; treatment after planting, 303 ; 

 varieties for outdoors, 307, 308 



Strawberry, the, 301 ; soil and situation 

 for, 302 



Stuartias, the, 249 



Styrax japonicum, 247 



Sumach, Stag's-horn, the, 243 ; Venetian, 



243 



Sumachs, the, 243 

 Summer bedding, 44 

 Summer flowers in town gardens, 394 

 Sunflower, annual, the, 23 ; Primrose 



Dame, 23 

 Sunflowers, annual and perennial, 23 ; 



some uncommon, 410 ; miniature annual, 



410 ; perennial, 453 

 Sweet Bay, 232 

 Sweet Sultans, in variety, 414 

 Sycamore, the, 207 



Symphoricarpus racemosus 

 Syringas, the, 247 



TAGETES, annual, 414 



Tamarix, 247 



Tanks, plants for margin of, 66 



Taxus family, the, 473 



Tecoma grandiflora, 247 ; radicans, 247 



Thalictrum anemonoides, 419 



Thalictrums, 463 



Thorn, Cockspur, the, 220; common and 

 varieties, 221 ; Fire, the, 221 ; Paul's 

 Scarlet, 221; Scarlet, the, 220; Tansy- 

 leaved, the, 221 ; Washington, the, 221 



Thorns, the, 220 



Thrift, the 415 ; as an edging, 82 ; prickly, 



415 



Thrips, destroying, 350 

 Thujas, the, 473 

 Thujopsis borealis, 473 

 Thunbergia alata, 162; as a greenhouse 



climber, 162 

 Thymes, Lemon and common, from seed, 



386 



Thymus lanuginosus, 419 

 Tiarella cordifolia, 419, 463 

 Tiger flowers, 96 

 Tigridia, conchiflora, 96 ; Pavonia, 96 ; 



Pringlei, 96 

 Tigridias, 96 

 Tilias, the, 247, 248 

 Toadflax, Alpine, 417 

 Toads, usefulness of, in gardens, 350 

 Tobacco water, value of, for destroying 



insect pests, 351 

 Todea superba, 256, 265 

 Tomatoes, 381 ; in the open, 445 ; under 



glass, 445 



Tools, garden, useful, 336 

 Torenia Bailloni, 162 ; Fournieri, 162 

 Torenias, 162, 478 

 Town garden, description of, and plants 



for, 388, 389 ; small, history of a, 395- 



397 



Town gardening, 387 



Town gardens, absence of light and tree 

 planting in, 390 ; annual flowers in, 393 ; 

 bulbous flowers in, 393; climbers in, 

 394 ; hardy flowers in, 392 ; soil in, 391 ; 

 summer flowers in, 394 



Towns, Orchids as plants for, 185 ; Roses 

 for, 427, 428 ; trees not to plant near, 

 471 



Tree of Heaven, 208 



Trees, flowering, for windy places, 335: 

 and shrubs, beautiful, 196, 197 ; descrip- 

 tion and selection of the best, 205 ; ever- 

 green, for the sea coast, 470 ; for forcing, 

 471 ; for small gardens, deciduous, 469, 

 470 ; for town gardens, 390, 391 ; propa- 

 gating by seeds, cuttings, layers, root 

 cuttings, and grafting, 198-205 ; to 

 plant under drip of, 230; with con- 

 spicuous winter bark, 470 ; Weeping, 

 471 : not to plant near towns, 471 ; 

 old, climbing Roses on, 339; old, ways 

 to restore, 334 ; with beautiful fruit, 470 



