Gardening in California 



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 SILENE (Catchfly) . . 274, 298, 363 



compacta 274 



pendula 274, 361 



SILVER TREE. (SeeLeucadendron) 127 



SITE, ASPECT OF 1 



for house and garden. . . 1 



grading of 6 



location of 1 



planting ...... 7 



SLUGS - . . 307 



SNAP-DRAGON. (See Antirrhi- 

 num . . 228 



SNOWBALL. (See Viburnum opu- 



lus sterilis) 168 



SOIL, BLACK DOBE . . . . 54, 58 

 Brown loam . . . . 54, 58 ^ 



Clay 37, 54 



Drainage of 37 



for cacti 219 



for ferns .... 203, 205 



for lawns 54, 58 



for palms 299 



for water plants .... 285 

 for window-box .... 294 

 grading of . . 6, 17, 40, 54 



harrowing 37 



mulching 53 



plowing ... 37, 40, 47 

 sandy . . .37, 54, 58, 319 



saving of 6, 41 



subsoil 37 



surface 37, 40 



trenching ... 37, 54, 330 

 use in planting and trans- 

 planting 47, 51 



SOIL-BOXES OR BASINS FOR WATER 

 PLANTS 284 



SOLANUM 179 



jasminoides (Potato Vine) 179 



Wendlandii 179 



SOOT, REMEDY FOR SLUGS . . . 306 



SOPHORA 156 



Japonica (Japanese Pagoda 



Tree) 156 



SORBUS ACUPARIA ( Mountain 



ash) 156 



Americana 157 



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SORBUS Continued 

 domestica 

 sambuci folia 



SOWING GRASS SEED 



SPADING 



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. 157 

 . 157 

 . 55 

 . 330 



SPANISH BROOM. (See Spartium 

 junceum) 157 



SPARTIUM JUNCEUM (Spanish 



Broom) 157 



SPINDLE TREE. (See Euonymus) 104 



SPIREA . 158 



aruncus 158, 347 



Chinensis 158 



Douglassii 158 



dumosa 158 



grandiflora. (See Exochor- 



dia) .105 



Japonica 158 



Lindleyana 158 



lobata 158 



media 158 



millefolia 158 



opulifolia 158 



palmata 158 



prunifolia 158 



SPONGING PALMS 358 



window-box plants . . . 298 



SPRUCE 13 



STABLES, STAKING OFF .... 6 



STAKING OFF, HOUSE SITE ... 2 

 roads and walks . . . 5, 40 



stables 6 



trees 52 



STAKES, FOR HOUSE SITE . . 3, 5 

 for roads and walks . . 5, 40 



for stables 6 



for transplanting .... 52 



for trenching 37 



grade 41, 43 



line -40 



witness 43 



STERCULIA 159 



acerifolia (Australian Flame 



Tree) 159 



diversifolia 159 



platanifolia 159 



STIPA PENNATA (Feather Grass) 213 



