INDEX 



Red-hot poker plant, 104. 

 Rhododendrons — 



Planting and care of, 29-31. 

 Watering, 1T3, 174. 

 Rockets, 98. 



Roots, purchasing, 40-44. 

 Rose of Sharon, 160. 

 Roses, 125-135. 



Best roses, list of, 131. 

 Budded stock, 126. 

 Carpeting rose - bed with 

 pansies and gladioli, 84, 

 126. 

 Chmbing, 27, 131. 

 Everblooming, 127, 134. 

 Exclusiveness, 125. 

 Hardy, see that title. 

 Hybrid Perpetual, see that 



title. 

 List of hybrid perpetual and 

 hardy roses blooming in 

 June and September, 133. 

 Planting, 126, 127. 

 Replanting and cutting, 127, 

 130. 

 Rudbeckias, 28, 46, 47, 111. 



Salvia, 121. 



Scabiosa Caucasica, 109. 

 Scarlet salvia, 121. 

 Scrap-book, 198. 

 Screens, quick, 67. 

 Seed-bed — 



Empty, 62. 



Importance and satisfaction, 

 48, 57. 



Preparing, 57. 



Seeds, sowing, 58. 

 Setting of plants, 13. 

 Shirley poppies, 78, 79. 

 Shrubs, 159-168. 



Evergreen shrubs, 167. 



Growth from cuttings, 161, 

 162. 



List of most satisfactory 

 shrubs, 162. 



Planting, 50. 



[See also names of shrubs.] 

 Slug-shot, 192. 

 Small plot, planting, 37-54. 



Borders, see that title. 



Front of the house, 45-48. 

 Snowball, blight, 159. 

 Snowdrops, 149. 

 Soil — 



Beds, rules for making, 16. 



Clayey, lightening, 16. 



Manure, use of, 71-74. 



Preparation of, 13, 16, 20. 

 Sowing — 



Annuals sown in seed-bed in 

 spring, list of, 80. 



Seeds, 58. 

 Spider on box, 194. 

 Spring -flowering bulbs, 40-44, 



149-156. 

 Starting a garden, 21. 

 Sticks, " dowels," 196. 

 Suburban gardens, 39. 

 Sunbonnet, 199. 

 Sun-dial, 181-183. 

 Sweet Peas — 



So^ving, 83. 



Trellis, 84. 



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