CONTENTS. 



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Rosemary — Remembrance, 



Rose (Musk) — Charms, 



Rose (White) — Secrecy, 



R UDBEeKi A -— J ustice, 



Rue — Repentance, - - - - 



Sage — Domestic virtue. 



Salvia — Energy, . - - - 



Sarsaparilla — Experience, - 



Sassafras — Favor, . - - - 



Sensitive Plant — Bashlul modesty. 



Shamrock — Light-heartedness, 



Snapdragon — Presumption, - 



Snowball — Thoughts of heaven. 



Snowdrop — Consolation, 



Snowdrop Tree — Exhilaration, 



Southernwood — Jesting, 



Speedwell — Female fidelity, - 



Spiderwort — Transient happiness, 



Spikenard — Benefits. 



Spruce — Farewell, 



Stapelia — Offense, - - - - 



Star Flower — Reciprocity, ■ 



Star of Bethlehem — Reconciliation, 



Strawberry — Perfect goodness. 



Sumach — Splendor, - - - - 



Summer Savory — -Success, - 



Sunflower — Lofty thoughts, - 



Sweet Flag — Fitness, - 



Sweet Potato — Hidden qualities, - 



Sweet Sultan — Felicity, 



Sweet William — Stratagem, - 



Sycamore — Woodland beautv, 



Syringa — Memory, 296 



Tansy — Resistance, 297 



Teasel — Misanthropy, ... - 298 



Thistle — Austerity, 299 



Thorn — Difliculty, 300 



Thorn Apple — Deceitful charms, - - 301 

 Thrift — Sympathy, 302 



Tiger Flower— Pride befriend me. 

 Trumpet Flower — Fame, 

 "^Tuberose — Voluptuousness,- 

 '~ Tulip — Declaration of love, 

 Tussilago — Justice to you, - 

 Valerian — Obliging disposition, 

 Venus's Fly-trap— Deceit, - 

 Venus's Looking-glass — Flattery, 

 Verbena — Sensibility, - 

 Violet — Modesty, 

 Virgin's Bower — Filial affection. 

 Wallflower — Fidelity in misfortu 

 Walnut — Intellect, 

 ~^Water Lily — Eloquence, 

 Weeping Willow — Melancholy, - 

 Wheat — Riches, 

 White Walnut — Understanding, 

 Winter Cherry — Deception, - 

 Witch Hazel — Witchery, - 

 Wormwood — Absence, 

 Yarrow — War, . . . . 

 Yew — Sorrow, - - - - 

 Yucca — Authority, 

 Zinnia — Thoughts in absence, 



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PAHC 33.— iCultiuation an6 Analysis of Plants. 



PRACTICAL ri.ORICUI.TUBE. 



Soils — Loam; Sand; Leaf-mold; Turf; Peat; 



Manures, - 33o-33i 



Flower-Beds — In Relation to Symmetry 



and Color; Deformities Concealed, - 331-333 

 Propagating Plants — Sowing Seeds ; Cut- 

 tings or Slips ; Layering; Offshoots; Bulbs, 333 



Potting Plants, - 335 



Watering Plants, 337 



Pruning Plants, 338 



Insects — Foliage Insects: Aphis Rosa;: 

 Thrips; Red Spider; Mealy Bug; Coccus; 

 Verbena Mite; Roller Caterpillar; Rose 

 Beetle; Tobacco Worm. - - - 338-340 

 Root Worms: Angleworm; Milleped; Cut- 

 Worm; Wire Worm, ^41 



Diseases of Plants — Mildew; Bl.ackrust; 



Damping Ofi", 342 



Practical Precepts, .... 3^^2 



culture of favorite plants. 



Abutilon, 346 



Achyranthus, 347 



Agapanthus, 347 



Alternantheras, 348 



Amaryllis. 349 



Aster, 349 



Azalea, - - 350 



Balsam, 350 



Begonia, 351 



Bouvardia, 352 



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