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INDEX 



Primroses, double, 200 

 Primula marginata, 129 



viscosa, 1 29 



Princess dowager of Wales, 43 

 Pteris aquilina (brake fern), 175, 



179 



Purslane (Arenaria peploides), 

 Pyrethrums, 209 



QUAINT prescription of fifteenth 



century, 12 

 Queen Charlotte, love of, for 



botany, 42 



Queen Elizabeth at Kew, 41 

 "Queen of the prairie" 



(Spir&a lobata), 171 

 Quercus Ilex (Evergreen oak), 



37, 63 

 Quince (Pyrus vulgaris), 146 



Japan (Cydonia japonica), 



148 



RAGWORT, Oxford, 21 

 Ramondia pyrenaica (rock 



mullein), 120, 130 

 Rampion (Campanula Rapun- 



culus), 190 

 Rhododendrons, earliest known 



species, 143 

 Rhod. nobleanum, 148 



prcscox, 148 



Rhubarb, Turkey, 16 



Rhus cotinus (Venetian sumach 



or smoke bush, 146 



glabra (R. typina), see p. 21 5 



Rock bed, the, 123 



Rockery, careful planting of, 



necessary, i 26 



hillock form of, 124 



Rock garden, dwarf perennials 



for, 130 

 early attempts at, 120 



good advice on planting 



a, 127 



sunk, 125 



Roman influence on British 



husbandry, 5 



Rome, gardens of ancient, 63 

 Roof gardens in Norway, 24 

 Rooteries, 123 

 Rosa anglica, 99 



Rosa centi folia, 100 



Rose cuttings in July, 105 



evolution of H. P., 101 



garden in 1629, 99 



gloire de Dijon, 101, 103 



Rose growing, modern oppor- 

 tunities in, 104 



heps, ornamental, 108 



Marechal Niel, 102 



Rosemary, 16, 189, 200, 207 

 Roses, rambling, 86, 102 



R. rugosa (Ramanas R.), 56 



1 08 



Roses, single, 106 

 R. sinica anemone, 107, 209 

 Rough places, planting in, 84 

 Royal fern, 176, 178, 182 

 Rue herb of grace (Ruta 



graveolens), 190 



SAGITTARIA sagittifolia (arrow- 

 head), 115 



Savoury (Satureia hortensis], 189 



Saxifrdga eras si folia (thick- 

 leaved Sax), 20 1 



peltata (umbrella sax), 86, 



167 



umbrosa (London pride), 



119 



Scarcity of water on chalk hills, 



109 

 Scarlet Watsonia (W. Meriana), 



170 

 Scillas (S. bifolia, S. hispanica, 



S. sibirica), 154 

 Scotch firs, 61, 218 

 Sea holly, mountain (Eryngium 



alpinum), 205 

 Sea spleenwort (Asplenium 



marinum), 180 

 Seed raising, 128 



saving, 213 



Sensitive plant, 18 



Shelter essential in spring 



garden, 198 



Shield ferns (Aspidiums), 176 

 Shirley poppies, 134, 139 

 Shortia galacifolia, 170 

 Shrubberies, uninteresting, 144 



overcrowding in, 145 



Shrubs, autumn flowering, 149 



