INDEX 



231 



Shrubs of early introduction, 142 



winter flowering, 48, 147 



" Simples," 13 

 Skimmia Fortunei, 199 

 Skirrets (Sium sisarum), 188 

 Slipperworts (Cypripedium 



calceolus, C. pubescens, C. 



spectabile), 166, 168 

 Snapdragons (Antirrhinum 



majus), 135 

 Snowdrop (Galanthus mivalis), 



113. 154 



Soldanella alpina, 120 

 Solomon's seal (Polygonatum 



multiflorum), 203 

 Sorrel (Rumex acetosa), 186 

 Spearmint (Mentha viridis), 188 

 Spigelia marilandica, 170 

 Spinach, Parkinson on, 28 

 Spindle trees (Enonymus euro- 



poeus, E. latifolius), 199 

 Spiraa arguta, 146 



lobata and S. palmata, 171 



ulmaria, 10, 86, 113, 171 



venusta, 171 



Spitalfields silk- weavers, 31 

 Spleenworts (Aspleniums), 176 

 Spring garden in March and 



April, 201 

 Spring snowflake (Leucojum 



vernum), 203 

 Star of Bethelehem (Ornitho- 



galum), 203 

 Stenactis speciosa, 209 

 Stone gardens, 116 

 Stone pine (Pinus Pined], 39 

 Strelitzia regina, 44 

 Summer flowering bulbs, 156 

 Sun rose (Helianthemum vulgar e), 



149 



Surrey, a famous garden in, 87 

 Swamp lilies, 168 

 Sweet Basil (Origanum basili- 



cum), 189 

 Sweetbrier, 198 

 Sweet Cicely (chervil), 189 

 Sweet or Spanish chestnut, 34, 36 

 Sycamore or great maple, 37 



TAMARISK (Tamarix gallica), 146 

 Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), 189 



Tarragon (Artemisia Dracun- 

 culus), 189 



Tassel bush (Garry a eliptica), 148 



Thyme, 189 



Tomatoes, 188 



Topiary art, effort to revive, 63 



work of seventeenth 



century, 62 



Tradescant, John, 17 



Trees in winter, 217 



Trinity flower (Trillium grandi- 

 florum), 1 80 



Trollius eur op ceus (globe- 

 flower), 86, 171 



asiaticus, 86, 



Tropceolum majus (Nasturtium), 

 139, 216 



Turf on walls in Wales, 92 



Tulip- tree (Liriodendron tulip- 

 fera), 39 



Tulips, garden, 154, 156 



Turner, Dr William, 15 



Types of gardening at Kew, 49 



ULMARIUM, an ancient, 6 

 Ulmus campestris (hedge-row 



elm), 6 

 Untidy gardening, 75 



VAGARIES of plants, 96 

 Valerian (F. offtcinalis), 190 

 Value, economic, of Kew, 46 

 Vegetables, beauty in common, 



185 



few new, of recent years, 186 



several indigenous, 185 



Veldt ferns in Cape Colony, 175 

 Verbascum olympicum V. 



phlomoides, 207 

 Verbenas, 138 

 Veronicas, tender, 214 

 Villarsia, 115, 117 

 Vine introduced by Romans into 



Britain, 8 

 Vineyard, Lord Bute's at Cardiff, 



8 



Violets, 201 

 Virginian Creeper (Ampelopsis 



hederacea), 215 

 Vital force, suspension of, in 



evergreens, 218 



