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Gardening for Amateurs 



exarata, 612 ; granulata flore 



Eleno, 54 ; Grisebachii, groen- 

 indica, Guildford Seedling, Hostii, 

 hvpnoides, kolentiana, 612 ; lingu- 

 lata, 612 ; longifolia, 602, 612 ; 

 muscoides, 212, 612 ; oppositifolia, 

 612 ; peltata, 54 ; sancta, 214, 

 612 ; umbrosa, 54, 405 ; Val- 

 densis, 612 ; Wallace!, 600, 612 



Saxifrage, Mossy, 212, 600, 612, 712 



Saxifrages, Silvery, 600, 612 ; for 

 shady border, 54 



Scabbed Potatoes, 682 



Scabiosa, 397, 449 ; alba, 398 ; cau- 

 casica, 70, 376, 397 ; lutea, 398 ; 

 parnassifolia, 602 ; perfecta, Pride 

 of Eiverslea, 398 



Scabious, 70, 74, 376, 397 ; Sweet, 

 74, 449 



Scale insects, 688 ; on Rose trees, 

 684 



Scarborough Lily, 92, 751, 823 



Schizanthus, 337, 449, 790, 1058 ; 

 Grahami, 449 ; pinnatus, 337, 449 ; 

 retusus, 337, 449 ; sowing, 79, 

 555 ; Wisetonensis, 79, 337 



Schizoneura lanigera, 793 



Schizopetalon Walkeri, 449 



Schizophragma hydrangeoides, 662, 

 876 ; integrifolia, 876 ; petiolaris, 

 662 



Schizostylis coccinea, 88, 92 



Sciadopitys verticillata, 892 



Scilla bifolia, festalis, 651 ; his- 

 panica, 652 ; italica, nutans, 651 ; 

 peruviana, 652 ; sibirica, 651 ; 

 zebrinus, 574 



Scolopendrium, 791 ; vulgare, 828 



Scorzonera, 1104 



Scotch Pine, 890 : Rose, 907 



Scum in ponds, 64 ; in water, how 

 to kill, 121 



Scutellaria mociniana, 853 



Sea Holly, 48, 144, 145 



Sea Lavender, 47, 48, 376, 400, 450, 

 750 



Sea sand, 54 



Seakale, 795, 960, 1051, 1086 



Sedum, 338, 398, 613; acre, 214, 

 602 ; album, 613 ; Anacamp- 

 seros, 602 ; anglicum, 613 ; caeru- 

 leum, 214, 602 ; corsicum, dasy- 

 phyllum, Ewersii, kamtschaticum, 

 lydium, 613 ; maximum, 398 ; 

 obtusatum, purpureum, 398 ; re- 

 flexum, 613 ; rupestre, 602 ; sar- 

 mentosum variegatum, Sieboldii, 

 338 ; spathulifolium, 613 ; spec- 

 tabile, 398, 613 ; spectabile pur- 

 pureum, 30 ; spurium, 602 ; spu- 

 rium atrosanguineum, 613 



Seed Potatoes, 947 



Seed, raising plants from, 411 ; 

 sowing, 474 



Seedling Begonias, 265 ; Gloxinias, 

 265 



Seedlings, protecting, 125 ; thinning, 

 478 ; transplanting, 64, 414 ; treat- 

 ment of, 414 



Seeds, and diseases, chipping and 

 soaking, 414 ; inside a green- 

 house, 413 ; in the frame, 411 ; 

 longevity of, 496 ; mice and, 414 ; 

 of biennials, sowing, 115 ; old, 

 sowing, 215 ; on a hotbed, 413 ; 

 ordering, 964 ; protecting, 125 ; 

 small, sowing, 691 ; tiny, sowing, 

 214 ; to sow in autumn, 108 



Selaginella caesia, caesia arborea, 

 839 



Sempervivum, 613 



Senecio, 398, 574 ; clivorum, 30, 

 398 ; Doronicum, 398 ; elegans, 



449 ; japonicus, macrophyllus, 

 398 ; pulcher, 61, 398 ; tangu- 

 ticus, veitchianus, 398 ; wilson- 

 ianus, 398 



September, early, work in the garden 

 in, 615 ; late", work in the garden 

 in, 658 



Sequoia gigantea, sempervirens, 892 

 Setaria macrochaeta, 46, 436 

 Shade, rock plants for, 614 



Shading the greenhouse, 170 



Shady border, plants for, 51, 54 ; 

 front garden, 458 ; wall, flowers 

 for, 563 ; windows, flowers for, 

 624, 625 



Shallot, 1052, 1059 



Shamrock, 823 



Shasta Daisy, 68, 139, 372 



Shells, ground, 82 



Shirley Poppy, 74, 170 



Show Pelargo'niums, 217 



Shrubberies, 893 ; bulbs in, 615 ; 

 thinning, 404 



Shrubs and fresh manure, 404 ; 

 climbing, 871 ; cuttings of, 504 ; 

 flowering for cold greenhouse, 

 791 ; flowering, hardy, 901 ; 

 flowering, leaf-losing, pruning, 

 881 ; for a small lawn, 23 ; hardy 

 flowering in December, January, 

 and February, 901 ; hardy flower- 

 ing in March, April, and May, 

 902 ; hardy flowering in June, 

 July, and August, 909 ; hardy 

 flowering in September, October, 

 and November, 915; hardy, for 

 the greenhouse, 814 ; increasing, 

 926 ; in tubs, 208 ; layering, 706 ; 

 pruning, 170, 208 ; that require 

 no regular pruning, 881 ; to grow 

 under trees, 564 ; to prune after 

 flowering, 881 ; to prune in spring, 

 881 ; with ornamental foliage, 882 ; 

 with ornamental fruits, 883 



Siberian Crab, 918 ; Flag and varie- 

 ties, 158 



Sidalcea Candida, malvaeflora, 398 



" Side-shoots," 184 



Silene, 450, 613 ; acaulis, 613 ; al- 

 pestris, 600, 602, 613 ; Armeria, 

 450, 602 ; Elizabethae, 602, 613 ; 

 pendula, 450 ; Schafta, 602, 613 



Silk Vine, 180 



Silver Fern, 834 ; Fir, 887 

 leaf disease, 79, 1038 



Slaked lime, 81, 82 



Sleepy disease, 683 



Slipper Flower, 558 



Slipperwort (Mexican), 428 



Slugs, 685, 800 ; how to destroy, 

 172 ; injuring Polyanthus, 78 ; on 

 Lettuce, 682 ; trap for, 796 



Small holding, 1043 



Smilax, 566, 775 ; aspera, rotundi- 

 folia, 566 



Snails, 685 ; how to destroy, 172 ; 

 on walls, 217 



Snake-root, black, 382 



Snapdragon, 66, 73, 122, 196, 456, 

 615 ; increasing, 200 



Sneezewort, 31, 150, 374 ; double, 381 



Snowdrop, 640 ; Windflower, 52 



Snowflake, Spring, Summer, 646 



Soaps in gardening, 42 



Soapwort, 448, 600 



Soft water, obtaining, 61, 842 



Shield Fern, 828 



Soil and its cultivation, 516 ; action 

 of frost, snow, etc., on, 517 ; for 

 seeds sown in autumn, 108 ; for 

 Violas, 86 ; pests, 684 ; sandy, 

 enriching, 458 ; sterilisation of 

 the, 521 ; tillage of the, 517 



Soils, chemical composition of, 518 ; 

 classification, colour of, 518 ; 

 special plants for, 513 

 Solanum, 750, 775 ; jasminoides, 



775, 876 ; Wendlandii, 775, 859 

 Solanums, Berried, 361 

 Solidago, 376, 398 ; Bucklevi, Cana- 

 densis, Golden Wings, neglecta, 

 Shortii, spectabilis, ulmifolia, Vir- 

 gaurea nana, 400 

 Solomon's Seal, 53 

 Sonerila margaritacea, 853 

 Soot, 512 ; mixed with lime, 55 ; 



the use of, for flowers, 56 

 Sophora japonica, 920 ; viciifolia, 



912 



Sophronitis, 812 ; grandiflora, 338 

 Sorghum vulgare, 675 

 Southernwood, 672 

 Sowbread, 635 



Sowing Beetroot, 217 ; Cineraria 

 seed, 325 ; fern spores, 215 ; 

 Grass seed, 78 ; Hollyhocks, 325 ; 

 old seeds, 215; Parsley, 327; 

 Polyanthus seed, 264 ; Primulas, 

 216"; Runner Beans out of doors, 

 218 ; Salsafy, 123 ; tinv seeds, 

 214 ; Wallflowers, 216 

 Spanish Broom, 912 

 Sparaxis, 915 



Sparrows and fruit blossoms, 217 

 Spartium junceum, 912 

 Spearwort, Giant Golden, 395 

 Special plants for special soils, 513 

 Species or wild types of Roses, 298 

 Specularia speculum, 450 

 Speedwell, 402 ; a shrubby, 830 ; 

 blue-flowered, 212 ; Virginian, 402 

 Sphagnum, 409 



Spinach, 557, 1088 : Beet, sowing, 

 26 ; for winter, 457* ; red moun- 

 tain, 428 



Spiraea, 557, 400, 816, 913 : Aitchi- 

 sonii, 913 ; arguta, 907 : Aruncus, 

 29, 376, 400 ; astilboides, camt- 

 schatica, 400 ; canescens, dis- 

 color, 913 ; Filipendula flore pleno, 

 376, 400 ; Japanese, 823 : japo- 

 nica, 376, 400, 913 ; lindleyana, 

 913 ; lobata, 400 ; Menziesii, 

 913 ; palmata, 29, 376, 400 ; 

 Queen of the Prairie, 400 : salici- 

 lolia, 913 ; Thunbergi, 907 ; Ul- 

 maria flore pleno, 376, 400 ; Van 

 Houttei, 907 



Spiraeas, 29 ; for bog gardens, 574 

 Spleenwort, 820 ; Common, 829 

 Sponging Palms, etc., 89 

 Spot disease, 683, 801 

 Spraying, 184 ; Roses, 325 

 Sprekelia formosissima, 750 

 Spring beds, clearing, 216 ; Cab- 

 bage, 1059 ; flowers, colour 

 schemes for, 710 ; flowers for 

 bedding, 707 ; flowers, how to 

 grow, 711 ; flowers, planting, 689 ; 

 Onions, 218 



Spruce, 889 ; Hemlock, 892 ; Orien- 

 tal, 890 

 Squill, Italian, 651 ; Peruvian, 652 ; 



Siberian, 651 



Squirrel's Foot Fern, 820, 834 

 Stag's Horn Fern, 837 

 Stakes, 893 

 Staking plants, 325 

 Standard Roses, 257 ; how to plant, 



258 

 Staphylea, colchica, Coulombieri, 



pinnata, 908 

 Star of Bethlehem, 650 ; of the 



Veldt, 624 ; Tulip, 630 

 Starwort, 116, 135 ; Summer, 385, 

 607 



