INDEX 



645 



Rest Harrow, 597 

 Retentive, meaning of term, 515 

 Retinosporas, 592; for the rock garden, 

 147; R. obtusa, 147, 593; R. pisifera, 



593 



Rhipsalis, 369 



Rhizome, meaning of term, 516 



Rhododendrons, 250-53, 271, 311, 312, 

 592, 595 ; a few choice hybrid, 252 ; and 

 lime, 382 ; deciduous, 251, evergreen, 

 252 ; for rock gardens, 146, 252 ; 

 Fortunei hybrids, 253 ; grouping for 

 colour effect, 251 ; propagation of, 250 ; 

 pruning, 271 



Rhodotypuskerrioides, 253 



Rhubarb, culture of, 414, 614 



Rhus, 253 



Ribbon grass, 597 



Ribes, 253; R. sanguinea, 595; R. san- 

 guineum atrorubens, 590 



Richardia sethiopica, 171, 312 



Ricinus, 312 ; for greenhouse, 312 



Rind grafting, 427 



Roads and paths, the making of garden, 



393-96 



Robinias, 254 ; R. hispida mermis, 590 

 Rochea falcata, 597 



Rock Cress, 550 ; White Rock Cress, 196 ; 

 Rock foils, 571 ; Rose, 227 



Rock Garden, the, a selection of plants for, 

 141, 550-554; autumn flowering plants 

 for, 144; Abies for, 146; Anemones, 

 152; annuals for, 148; Antirrhinums 

 for, 148; Aureas for, 150; Berberises 

 for, 147 ; bulbs for, 151 ; Candytufts 

 for, 150; Cistuses for, 147 ; Cotoneasters 

 for, 147 ; Cyclamens for, 151 ; Daphnes 

 for, 147; dwarf Nasturtiums for, 150; 

 dwarf trees and shrubs for, 146 ; Ericas 

 for, 147 ; Genistas for, 147 ; Indian 

 Pinks for, 148 ; Junipers for, 147 ; Lark- 

 spurs for, 148; Nemesias for, 146; 

 Pines for, 147 ; Portulacas for, 149 ; 

 Retinosporas for, 149; Rhododendrons 

 for, 146, 252; Saxifragas for, 141; 

 Scillas for, 152 ; Silenes for, 139 ; Snap- 

 dragons for, 148 ; soil for, 139 ; Statices 

 for, 147 ; thinning annuals for, 149 



Rocket, Double White, 566; Dwarf, 544; 

 Eglinton, 32 ; French White, 32 ; 

 Parke's, 32; Scotch, 32; Sweet and 

 Double, 31, 566, 571 



Rocky Mountain Bramble, 255 



Rod and Lateral, meaning of terms, 516 



Rod, Golden, 572 



Rolling lawns in winter, 190 



Roman Hyacinths, 596 



Romneya Coulteri, 254 



Rooms, plants for, 622 



Root, own, meaning of term, 513; prun- 

 ing, 271 ; meaning of term, 516 



Rosa rugosa, Japanese, 192 



Rose, Christmas, 563 ; Guelder, 259, 592 ; 

 Prairie, 584; Rock, 227; Sun, 138, 237 

 552, 592 ; wild, 591 



Roses, 67-95 1 as hedges, 87 ; as large 



bushes, 583 ; beds, double digging of, 

 67; best species, 583; black spot on, 

 80; borders under glass, 83; budding, 

 75 ; budding Standard Briars, 77 ; bushes 

 and short standards for windy places, 



574 ; bush varieties for quite small gar- 

 dens, 574 ; button-hole, 584 ; canker on, 

 80 ; China, 88 ; classed according to 

 colour, 585 ; Climbing, for green- 

 house roof, 577 ; climbers grown as 

 bushes, 578 ; Climbing, 73, 82 ; Creeping, 

 85 ; disbudding, 75 ; distance apart to 

 plant, 70; Dog, 584; Dwarf, for frame 

 or house culture, 590 ; Dwarf Tea for 

 garden, 579; for arches and Pergolas, 



575 ; for hedges, 86, 587, 588 ; for open 

 spaces near large towns, 581 ; for poor 

 soil, 581 ; for smoky districts, 581 ; 

 fragrant (very), 589; green centres in, 

 89; Hybrid Perpetual, 73, 81, 578; 

 Hybrid Tea, 73, 576, 580; in small 

 greenhouses, 83 ; Japanese, 87 ; manures 

 for, 74, 75; Mildew on, 79; Monthly, 

 87; mulching, 75; Noisettes, 580; over 

 old trees, 95 ; paving in the Rose-garden, 

 165; pegging-down, 86; pests, insect, 

 79; Pillar, 85, 577; planting, 68; pot- 

 ting, 84; preparation of soil for, 86 ; pro- 

 pagating by cuttings, 71, 77 ; protecting 

 blooms of, 78 ; pruning, 71, 72 ; pur- 

 chasing, 68 ; red rust on, 80 ; red spider 

 on, 79 ; selections of, 87, 574-590 ; Scotch, 

 584 ; single and semi-double, 578 ; soil 

 for, 67 ; Standard, 73, 81 ; stocks for, 

 70 ; strong-growing Teas, Hybrid Teas, 

 and Noisettes, 580 ; Sweet Briar, 87 ; 

 Sun, 138 ; Tea and Hybrid, 73, 80, 580 ; 

 Tea and Hybrid Tea, for walls, 81 ; 

 thinning and disbudding, 75 ; time for 

 planting, 68 ; treatment after first flower- 

 ing, 78 ; under glass, 82, 83 ; very frag- 

 rant, 589 ; watering and syringing, 74; 

 what to prune with, and when, 72 

 work month by month, 89-94 



Rosemary, 254 ; the Marsh, 218 

 Rosette Mullein, 553 

 Royal Fern, 340 ; for pond sides, 593 

 Rubus, varieties of, 255, 270; pruning of, 



270 ; R. biflorus, 270 ; R. lasiostylus, 



591 ; R. rosaefolius, 594 

 Rudbeckias, 546, 571 ; in mixed borders, 40 

 Runner Beans, 398, 613 

 Runners, meaning of term, 517 

 Ruscus, 592 ; R. racemosus, 596 

 Rush, the Flowering, 171 

 Russian Kale, 402 

 Rust, 131 ; red, on Roses, 80 



SADDLE grafting, 427 



Saffron, Meadow, 100 



Sage (see Herbs), growing, 419, 615 



Sage Bush, United States, 266 



St. Bruno's Lily, 556, 595 



St. Dabeoc's or Irish Heath, 185, 230 



St. John's Wort, 239 



St. Julien, Parasol de, 591 



