INDEX 



SAGE, 42 



Salvia nemorosa, 42 



Salvias, no 



Saxifrage, tufted, 18 



Scotch Fir, 47 



Sea Buckthorn, 161 



Seat, the garden, 46, 48 



Sedurn spectabile, 40 



Seedlings, thinning out, 248 



Seed- so wing, 246 



Seeds, 246 ; of hardy perennials, 



255 ; propagation by, 256 ; under 



glass, 249; vitality of, 251; 



when to sow, 253 

 Selection of plants, 21 

 Self-sown flowers, 19 

 Senecio ; pulcher, elegans, 78 

 September roses, how to obtain, 24 

 "Set," 34 



Shade, plants for, 49, 141 

 Shady border, 146 

 "Shake out," 34 

 Shasta Daisy, 41, 135 

 " Shift, a," 28 

 "Shoot, foreright," 31 

 Shrubs, flowering, 17 ; for the 



lawn, 163 ; golden-leaved, 67 ; 



pruning, 210 ; purple-leaved, 68 ; 



silver-leaved, 67 

 Siberian Columbine, 19; Crab, 12, 



161 ; Dogwood, 68 

 Silver Birch, 46 

 Snapdragons, 119 ; from seed, 183 ; 



varieties of, 183 

 Sneezeworts, 76 

 Soil, fine, 31 

 Solanums, 107 



Solidago, 41 ; canadensis, 42 

 Solomon's Seal, 143 

 Soot water, 156 

 Spaeth's Dogwood, 67 

 Specialising, 187 

 Spiraea Aruncus, 138, 142; filipen- 



dula, 40 



Spiraeas, 121, 142 ; for lawn, 163 

 Spring flowers, 19 

 St. John's Wort, 19 

 "Start," 34 

 Starworts, mauve, 17 

 Statice, 42 



Steps, 47 i 



Stock, Ten-week, 177 

 Stonecrop, 133 ; Japanese, 40 

 "Stool," 34 

 "Stopping," 34; Bouvardias, 198 ; 



Carnation shoots, 196 

 "Stove," 35 

 Strawberry, the, 232 

 "Strike," 35 

 "Structure," 35 

 Sumachs, 66 

 Summer Marguerite, 41 

 Sundial, the, 46, 57 

 Sunflower, Giant, 5 

 Sunflowers, 136 

 Sunshine, flowers for, 146 

 "Sweet" atmosphere, 35 

 Sweet Peas, 153; best varieties of , 



158; keeping birds and slugs off, 



155; preparing soil for, 154; 



supporting, 156; sowing, 155 

 Sweet Williams, 119 



TAKING buds, 35 



Thalictrum minus, 43 



" Thin out," 35 



Thorn, 17 



Thrift, 133 



Thyme, 104 



Tidy plants, 37 



Traveller's Joy, 57 



Trees, charm of forest, 48 ; for 



lawns, 1 59 ; with beautiful 



autumn tints, 64 

 Trollius, 139, 143 

 Tropaeolums, 77 



Unspoilt flowers, 69 



Untidy plants, what to do with, 43 



VAPORISE, 36 



Variety in Flower Garden, 106 



Verbena, Lemon, 124 



Veronica radicans, 19 ; virginica 



japonica, 42 

 View, the charm of a, 45 

 Views and Vistas, 44 



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