INDEX 



647 



Snowberry, 257, 266, 591 ; Variegated, 266 



Snowdrop, 89 ; anemone, 5 



Snowflake, 36, 98, no 



Snow, Glory of the, 551, 595 



Snowy Mespilus, 591 



Soap-wort, 554, 571 



Soda, Nitrate of, 495 



Soft soap wash (see Insecticides), 494 



Soil, mulching the, 621 ; planting a steep 

 sunny bank of poor, 623 ; preparation of, 

 86 ; Roses for poor, 581 ; sterilisation 

 of, 384, 385; treatment of, 375-383 



Solarium, varieties of, 312-313 ; S. jasmin- 

 oides, 277, 595 ; S. Wendlandi, 604 



Soldanella pyrolaefolia, 157 



Solidago, 572 



Solomon's Seal, 32, 315, 316, 570; in pots, 



Soot, 382,495 



Sophora japonica, 256 ; S. viciifolia, 590 

 Sophronitis grandiflora, 329 

 Spaeth's Golden Dogwood, 266 

 Spanish Broom, 256; Iris, 109, 202 

 Span roof conservatory, the, 281-2 ; mean- 

 ing of term, 517 

 Spartium junceum, 256 

 Spawning, meaning of term, 518 

 Spearwort, Great, for pond sides, 593 

 Species, meaning of term, 518 

 Spider, Red, 492 ; on Roses, 79 ; on Vines, 



453 



Spiderwort, 196 

 Spikes, meaning of term, 518 

 Spinach, 416, 614 

 Spindle Trees, 234, 591 

 Spiraeas, 168, 256, 270, 315, 590, 592 ; 



pruning, 270 ; S. gigantea and palmata 



for pond sides, 593 ; S. grandiflora, 235 ; 



S. japonica, 597 

 Spit, top, meaning of term, 521 

 Spleenworts, 340 

 Sport, meaning of term, 519 

 Spot, 132 ; black on Roses, 80 

 Spraying, 625 

 Spring bedding, bulbs for, 61, 62 ; plans 



for, 61, 62 ; plants for, 61 

 Sprouts, Brussels, 400, 401, 613 

 Spurge Laurel, 231 

 Spurs, meaning of term, 519 

 Squills, 97, 116, 152, 596 

 Staff Vine, 272 

 Stakes, sticks and, 529 

 Staking border plants, 42 

 Standard, meaning of term, 519 

 Standard Roses, 81 

 Staphyleas, 257 

 Star of Bethlehem, 116, 596 

 Star Primula, 311 ; Tulips, 99 

 Starworts, 10, 556 

 Statices for the rock-garden, 147 ; S. 



Suworowi, 548 



Stauntonia, 595 ; S. latifolia, 238 

 Steep sunny bank of poor soil, planting a, 



623 



Stephanotis floribunda, 604 

 Sterilisation of soil, 384-385 



Sternbergias, 117 ; S. lutea, 151 



Sticks and stakes, 529 



Stocks, 65 ; East Lothian, 33 ; Giant and 

 Brompton, 34; Intermediate, 597; Night- 

 scented, 40; raising from seed, 32; soil 

 for, 33 ; Ten-week, 32 ; Virginian, 548 



Stocks for Fruit Trees, 423, 426, 430, 481 ; 

 for Roses, 70 ; meaning of term, 520 



Stonecrop, 572 



Stone Pine, 594 ; Swiss, 594 



Stork's-Bill, 552 



Stove plants, 600 



Strawberry, the, 455, 597 ; pot culture of, 

 458 ; planting, 456 ; propagation of, 457; 

 selection of, 610 ; soil and situation for, 

 455; treatment after planting, 457; 

 varieties for outdoor culture, 461 ; and 

 for pot culture, 462 



Strawberry Trees, 218 



Streptocarpus, 313 



Stuartias, 257 



Styrax japonicum, 257 



Suburban gardening, 191-203 



Suckers, meaning of term, 520 



Sultans, Sweet, 548 



Sumachs, 253; Venetian, 253 



Summer bedding, 60, 62, plans for, 62-65, 

 plants for, 63-65 



Summer flowers for town gardens, 198 



Sunflowers, 34; annual, varieties of, 544; 



. in mixed border, 40 ; perennial, 34, 563 



Sun Roses, 138, 237, 552, 592 



Swainsona galegifolia alba, 597 



Swamp Laurel, 241 



Swedes, 418 



Sweet Alyssum, 52; Bay, 241; Briar, 87; 

 Briar as exposed hedges, 620 ; Buckeye, 

 216; Corn, 408; Oak, the, 250; Rockets, 

 31, 571; Sultans, 548; Verbena, 294; 

 Violets and their cultivation, 134-7; 

 Williams, 34, 196 



Sweet Peas, 54, 56, 544 ; and mice, 57 ; 

 culture of, 56 ; for exhibition, 58 ; for 

 gardens, 59 ; planting out, 57 ; protecting 

 from frost, 57 ; soil for, 56 ; sowing, 56 ; 

 sticks for supporting, 58 



Sycamores, 214 



Symphoricarpus orbiculatus variegatus, 

 266; S. racemosus, 257, 591, 592 



Synthiris reniformis, 141 



Syrian Mallow, 238 



Syringas, 257, 269, 590, 592 ; pruning, 

 269 



TABLES, useful, 542-615 

 Tacsonia Van Volxemii, 313 

 Tagetes, 54, 548 ; T. signata, 63 

 Tamarix, 258, 591 

 Tansy-leaved Thorn, 229 

 Tassel Flower, 150 



Taxus, 592, 594; T. baccata Dovastoni 

 aureapendula, 591; T. baccata pendula, 



591 

 Tea, and Hybrid Tea Roses, 73, 80, 576, 



580 

 Tecoma grandiflora, 258 



