INDEX 



Pyrethrum, varieties of, 79; 

 raising of, from seed, 80. 



Red border, the, 19-20. 

 Red top for lawns, 48. 

 Retinosporas, clipping of, 63. 

 Rhode Island bent for lawns, 48- 



49. 

 Rolling, advisability of frequent, 



for grass, 44. 

 Rose bugs, preventive mixture 



for, 140. 

 Rose caterpillar, the, 141. 

 Roses, bone meal a, tonic for, 



129; transplanting of wild, 



178. 

 Rosy Morn variety of petunia, 



2.5. 

 Rotting of seeds from rain, 72. 

 Rudbeckia, the casting out of, 



30. 



Salpiglossis, 27, 88-89; sheep 



manure for fertilizing, 129. 

 Salvia azurea grandiflora, 83- 



84. 

 Schizanthus, 27; description of, 



89; suitable for adornment of 



terraces, 155-156. 

 Scotch soot as a fertilizer for 



foliage plants, 133. 

 Sea-side lawns, 49. 

 Seed, raising flowers from, 71 ff. ; 



raising trees from, 97 ff. 

 Seed-pods, preventing formation 



of, 15-16. 

 Seeds, causes of failures of, 72- 



73; directions for sowing, of 



deciduous trees, 112-113. 

 Shadow pond, the, in a wild 



garden, 184-185. 



Sheep manure, as a fertilizer for 

 perennials, 122; for Japanese 

 anemones, 129. 



Shrubbery, combinations which 

 can be used in, 11 fT. 



Shrubs, bogs and swamps as 

 nurseries for, 174; trans- 

 planting of, in winter, 175. 



Silver King variety of German 

 iris, 145. 



Snapdragons, combination of 

 crimson and ageratum, for 

 color effect, 24; raising from 

 seed, 90; successful fertili- 

 zation of, 12.J-124. 



Snowstorm varietj- of petunia, 

 24-25; combination of ager- 

 atum and, for color effect, 

 .34. 



Sod, the need for and procuring 

 of, 55-57. 



Solomon's seal, 169. 



Soot, as a fertilizer, 121; for 

 foliage plants, 133; the best 

 fertilizer for bay and box 

 trees, 158. 



Spireas in white border, IG. 



Spring garden, planting the, 9- 

 13, 31-33. 



Starwort, varieties, colors, and 

 raising of, 80-Sl. 



Stocks, starting of, in hotbeds, 

 90; fertilizing, 128. 



Summer cypress, S8. 



Sunlight Sash, the, 93. 



Swamp maple, the, 108. 



Swamps, as nurseries for plants 

 and shrubs, 174. 



Sweet peas, sowing of, 21. 



Sycamore, raising from seed, 

 109 



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