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INDEX 



Snow, beauty of, 10. 



Soil, getting into early, 45. 



Sowing seeds in February, 26. 



Spirxa arguta, blooming, 66, 81; 

 Henryi, 84; Van Houttei, 83; 

 summer-blooming, 119. 



Spirxa Filipendula, 135. 



Spraying, beginning, 34; care 

 required, 36, 79; for codlin- 

 moth, 77; of sycamore, 63. 



Spray, lime-sulphur, 35. 



Spring, first signs of, 27, 44. 



Stokesia cyanea, 100. 



Strawberries blooming, 82; in 

 September, 150; June high- 

 point, 87; Progressive, 151, 168; 

 wild, as weed, 181. 



Styrax japonica blooming, 102. 



Simimer heliotrope discussed, 136. 



Sundial, covering, 201. 



Sweet Peas blooming, 119; early 

 sowing, 57; training, 58. 



Sweet William blooming, 98; nat- 

 uralized, 182. 



Sycamore in snow, il;iUus. fac. 1. 



Syringa pinnatifolia, 63. 



Tillage, importance of, 145. 

 Tobacco, sweet, 183. 

 Tomato plants, early, 47. 

 Transplanting at any time, 61; 



method of, 76. 

 Trash fire condemned, 31. 

 Tree-doctoring, 52; iUus. fac. 53. 

 Trellis for fruits, 59. 

 Trillium grandiflorum, 15. 

 TuUps, 85, 191, 192. 



Valerian blooming, 100. 



Vegetable -garden, iUus. facing 

 109, 168, 169. 



Vegetables, as gifts, 109; canning 

 in the home, 171; experimen- 

 tal, 85; for decoration, 106; in 

 July, 109; in November, 188; 

 need for preserving, 170; pleas- 

 ing appearance, 142; protected, 

 202; speciaUzing in. 111; suc- 

 cession, 144. 



Verbenas persisting, 166. 



Vetch as green manure, 34. 



Vinca minor on stone steps, 79. 



Violet, blue, 180; English sweet, 

 44, 180. 



Vistas planned, 38. 



Walks, laying out, 200. 

 Wallflowers, 166, 198. 

 Wall, garden, 192. 

 Water-garden, 208. 

 Watering devices, 171. 

 Weed, definition of, 175. 

 Weeds in lawn, 179. 

 Wild flowers, collecting, 70; de- 

 stroyed, 174; in May, 69. 

 Wilson, E. H., mentioned, 61, 131. 

 Winter color, planting for, 41. 

 Wintzer, Antoine, mentioned, 168. 



Yew, American, 75. 



Zinnias, giant, 139, 156, 186; 



illits. in color facing 156. 

 Zinnia Haageana, blooming, 139, 



156. 



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