INDEX 



Saffron, meadow, 125. 



Salem, gardens of, 107, 149, 258-260; 

 willows at, 20. 



Salix alba, 20. 



Salix aurea pendula, 21. 



Salix Babylonica, 20. 



Salvia, 14, 154, 250. 



Sambucus canadensis, 69. 



Sanguinaria Canadensis, 171. 



Scilla Siberica, 114. 



Sea bindweed, 17. 



Sea cactus, 17. 



Sea daffodil, 17. 



Sea health, 211. 



Sea lavender, 24. 



Sea pea, 17. 



Sea pink, or thrift, 172. 



Sea weeds, 17. 



Seed bed, 169. 



Seed, grass, Kentucky blue, 8; red or 

 creeping fescue, 8 ; redtop, 8. 



Shirley poppies, 130, 162. 



Shrubs, deciduous, 55-72; choosing of, 

 56; pruning of, 67; strawberry- 

 scented, 69, 256. 



Shrubs, evergreen, broad-leaved, 46-54. 



Silver bell tree, 60. 



Snakeroot, or black cohosh, 254. 



Snapdragons, 164, 249. 



Sneezewort, 188. 



Snowballs, 66, 78, 98, 128, 144. 



Snowberry, 72. 



Snowdrop tree, 60. 



Snowdrops, bulbs should be planted in 

 autumn, 113, 145; effective in border, 

 122; lawn an appropriate place to 

 plant, 112; single and double, 112; 

 spring, or dwarf, 113. 



Snowfiake, spring or dwarf, 112. 



Snowflake, summer, 113. 



Soil, fertilization of, 1, 6; importance 

 of good, 2; of seaside places, 1-10; 

 sandy, favorable to garden builders, 

 3. 



Solomon's seal, 208. 



Spiraea Billardi, 64. 



Spiraea Bumalda, 64, 77. 



Spiraea Japonica, 177. 



Spiraea opulifolia aurea, 64. 



Spiraea pnmifolia, 64. 



Spiraea Thunbergii, 64. 



Spiraea Van Hovttei, 64, 78. 



Spiraeas, 64, 78, 177. 



Spruce, Colorado blue, 37; "Glory of 



spruces," 38; hemlock, 38; hemlock, 

 Sargent's pendulous, 39; Norway, 

 36; Norway, golden, 37; Oriental, 37; 

 weeping, 37; white, native, 36. 



Squills, or scillas, 57, 114, 122, 145. 



Staff vine, 93. 



Standards, a chat on, 96-101. 



Stocks, ten-weeks, 160, 249. 



Stokesia cyanea, 185. 



Sumac, 71. 



Sunflowers, 188. 



Sweet alyssum, 130, 162. 



Sweet peas, 129, 147, 156-158. 



Sweet william, 144, 154, 161, 175. 



Sycamore, 22. 



Symphoricarpos racemosus, 72. 



Syringa vulgaris, 60. 



Tamarix, 63, 99. 



Tamarix galica, 63. 



Taxus baccata, 43. 



Taxus baccata aurea, 44. 



Tecoma radicans, vine, 90. 



Ten-week stocks, 160, 249. 



Thalictrum dioicum, 176. 



Thorn, American white, 80. 



Thorn, cockspur, 79. 



Thrift. See Sea pink. 



Thuja occidentalis, 41, 80. 



Thyme, 257. 



Thyone briarcus, 17. 



Tigridias, 124. 



Toxylon pomiferum, 75. 



Trailing arbutus, 170. 



Traveler's joy, 190. 



Trees, deciduous, 18-34; evergreen, 



35-45; fruit, 259. [See also names 



of trees.] 

 Tritoma express, 189. 

 Tritoma uvaria grandifiora, 189. 

 Tritomas, 188. 

 Tsuga Canadensis, 38. 

 Tsuga Sieboldi, 39. 

 Tulips, 120-122, 145; var. Cottage, 121; 



Darwin, 121; Due van Thol, 121; 



Dutch 121; Gesneriana, 121; Parrot, 



121. 

 Tulip tree, 31. 

 Turtle head, 188. 



Valerian officinalis, 173. 

 Verbenas, 104. 

 Viburnum dentatum, 67. 

 Viburnum opulus, var. sterile, 66. 



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