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Salads, small, 414 



Salisburia adiantifolia, 594 



Salix babylonica, 591 ; S. elegantissima, 



Salpiglossis, soil for, 63 ; S. sinuata, 546-8 

 Salsafy, culture of, 415 

 Salvias, 312, 597 



Sambucus, 255 ; S. canadensis aurea, 591 ; 

 S. nigra foliis aureis, 266 ; S. racemosus, 



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Sand, usful in potting soils, 285 

 Sand Myrtle, 242 ; Verbena, 148 

 Sandworts, 550 



Santolina Chamsecyparissus, 266 

 Saponaria calabrica, 548; S. ocymoides, 



554 ; S. ofncinalis, 571 

 Satin-flower, 554, 596 

 Savory (see Herbs), 419, 614 

 Savoys, 402, 614 



Saw Fly, currant, 490; pear, 490 

 Saxifragas, 140, 141, 157, 158, 168, 554, 



571, 597; Meadow, 571; under glass, 



158 ; S. Aizoon Portae, 141 ; S. muscoides 



atropurpureum, 165; S. peltata, 170; 



S. Rhei, 165 

 Scabiosa, 572 

 Scarborough Lily, 313 

 Scarlet American Oak, 249; lobelia, 567; 



Runner Beans, 398, 613 

 Schizanthus, 312, 548 

 Schizopetalon Walked, 548 

 Schizostylis coccinea, 116, 596 

 Sciadopitys verticillata, 592 

 Scillas, or Squills, 97, 116, 152, 596 ; for 



rock-gardens, 152 

 Scions, meaning of term, 510 

 Scirpus lacustris, 169 

 Scolopendrium vulgare, 339 

 Scorzonera, culture of, 415 

 Scotch Heath, the, 185 ; Kale, 402 ; 



Rocket, 32 ; Rose, 584 

 Scum on a pond, 529 

 Sea Buckthorn, 238, 591 ; Hollies, 561 ; 



Kale, 415, 614; Pinks, 140 

 Sea-coast, Evergreen Trees and Shrubs for, 



Sedums, 140, 554, 572, 597; S. farinosum, 

 165 ; S. obtusatum, 141 



Seeds, Conifer, 208 ; grass, sowing, 187 ; 

 groups of plants easily raised from, 49 ; 

 Hardy Perennials from, 46 ; of trees 

 and shrubs, 206 ; ordering, 624 ; raising 

 Half-hardy Annuals from, 55; raising 

 hardy flowers from, 44 ; remarks on, 

 44; sowing 51, 497, 624; sowing in 

 concrete walls, 625 ; sowing Sweet Pea, 



Selaginellas, varieties of, 345 

 Sempervivums, 554 ; S. arachnoideum , 141, 



165 



Senecio, 572 

 Senna, Bladder, 228 

 September, work in the garden in, 501 ; 



work on Roses in, 93 

 Shade, shrubs for planting under, 592 

 Shading, meaning of term, 517 



Shady places, Day Lilies for, 196; Solomon's 

 Seal for, 32 ; Wood Anemones for, 3 



Shallots, 415 



Sheep droppings for Roses, 75 



Sheep Laurel, 241 



Sheltering an exposed flower-border, 623 



Shelters, 625 



Shield Fern and varieties, 337, 339 



" Shift, giving a," meaning of term, 509 



Shirley Poppies (see Poppies), 29 



Shortia galacifolia, 141 



Shot, Indian, 300 



Shreds and nails, 621 



Shrubby plants for cold greenhouse, 594 



Shrubs, 590 ; and Conifers for rock-garden, 

 146, 592 ; and trees, beautiful, 204 ; de- 

 ciduous, 266, 590, 591 ; description and 

 selection of the best, 212; Evergreen, 

 266; Evergreen for sea -coast, 591; 

 Evergreen, trailing, 260; for forcing, 592 ; 

 for planting under shade, 592 ; for rock- 

 gardens, 146; for small gardens, Deci- 

 duous and Evergreen flowering, 590, 591 ; 

 for town gardens, 194-5; f r windy 

 places, flowering trees and, 617 ; grafting, 

 205, 212; hedges of flowering, 620; how 

 to arrange ornamental trees and, 264 ; 

 propagation by seeds, cuttings, layers, 

 root-cutting and grafting, 205-212 ; 

 pruning hardy flowering, 267-271 ; weep- 

 ing, 591 ; with beautiful fruit, 591 ; with 

 conspicuous bark, 591 



Shuttlecock Fern, 338 



Siberian Iris, 20 ; Iris for pond sides, 593 ; 

 Siberian Pea Tree, 224 



Sibthorpia europeea, 168 



Silenes, the, 149, 554 ; for moraine gardens, 

 151 ; for rock-gardens, 149, 554 ; S. 

 acaulis, 62, 165 ; S. compacta, 54 ; S. 

 schafta, 141 



Silk Grass, North American, 261 



Silver Bell Tree, American, 237; Fir, 

 Grecian, 593 ; Holly, 266; leaved Lime, 

 258 



Sisyrinchium grandiflorum, 554, 596 



Sizes and shapes of paving-stones, 165 



Skimmias, 256, 591, 592 



Skip- jack, to destroy, 488 



Slipperwort, 298 



Sloping banks, treatment of, 623 



Slugs and Auriculas, 16 ; and Sweet Peas, 



Small gardens, deciduous flowering trees 

 and shrubs for, 590, 591 ; Evergreen 

 flowering shrubs for, 591 ; fifty best 

 Alpines for, 140 ; Rose bushes for, 573 



Small town garden, history of a, 199 



Smilax aspera, 595, 596 



Smoke plant, 253 



Smoky districts, roses for, 581 



Smoky towns, trees not to plant near, 592 



Snail, water, to destroy, 174 



Snake's-head, 106, 595 



Snapdragons, 8, 148 ; for rock-gardens, 

 148 ; raising from seed, 9 



Snowball Tree, 259 



