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INDEX 



mikanioides, 351 

 pulcher, 166 



Shasta daisy, illus. 163 

 (see Chrysanthemum) 



Shirley poppy, illus. 163 

 (see Papaver) 



Shrubs, 240 



Blooming in spring, 2G4 

 Blooming two months, 2G3 

 Compared to trees, 243 

 Cultivation of, 252 

 Effectiveness of, 245 

 Evergreen, 255, 264 

 For city yard, 257 

 For shaded situations, 263 

 Grouping of, 246, 252 

 List of best hardy, 263 

 Planting of, 251 

 Pruning of, 252 

 Spraying, 261 

 Uses of, 248 

 Value of, 248, 254 

 Varieties of, 253 

 When to plant, 261 

 Winter protection of, 252 

 With ornamental fruit, 265 

 ^^'ith variegated foliage, 

 264 



Silene, 120 



Smilax, 351 



Smoke busli, (see Rhus) 



Snapdragon, illus. 105 ; 133 

 (see Antirrhinum} 



Snowball, 204 (see ]'irbur- 

 num) 



Snowberry, 263, 265 



Snowdrop, 188 



(see (Jalanthus) 



Snowflake, 188 



(see Leucojiim ) 



Sod for lawns, 50 

 (see Lawns) 



Soil, 293 

 Clay, 296 



Composition of, 295 

 Cultivation of, 301 



Fertilizing of, 303 



Good garden, 298 



Humus, 296 



Leaf mold, 296 



Mixtures of, 297 



Peat, 296 



Trenching of, 302 

 Solidago, 166 

 Soot (see Fertilizers) 

 Specimen planting, 32 

 Hpircea, 253, 260, 264 



Aruncus, illus. 155; ICl 



Filipendula, illus. 135; 162 



lobata, 163 



palmata, 162 



prunifoUa, 260 



Thunbergii, 260 



Tan Houttei, illus. 241; 

 260 

 Squill (see Scilla) 

 Stachys Betonica, 163 

 Stagger-bush, 264 

 Statice Tatarica, 163 

 Stocks, illus. 110; 120 

 Stoke's aster, illus. 147; 163 

 Stokesia cyanea, illus. 147; 



163 

 Strawberry bush, 265 

 Summer hyacinth, 237 

 Sunflower, 114, 120 

 Swainsonia, 351 

 Swamp Rose, illus. 143 

 Sweet alyssum, 114, 120, 351 

 Sweet-peas, illus. 112; 120 

 Sweet pepper, 263, 264 

 Sweet-scented shrub, 263 

 Sweet sultan, 114 

 Sweet William, illus. 143 

 Sycamore, 289 

 Symphoricarpos, 263 



racemosus, 265 

 Syringa (see Philadelphus) 

 Syringa, 253, 259 



vulgaris, 264 



Tecoiiia radicans. 95 



