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151, 158, 178 
Bedding out, 96 
Evergreen, 189 
July to Sept., 186 
June and July, 182 
Naturalizing, 191 
Shade, 196 
Spring, 178, 179 
Summer, 180 
Sept. and Oct., 188 
Tall early, 181 
Wet places, 198 
Personality, 3, 4 
Phlox, 52, 55, 98, 100, 104, . 
163, 179, 182, 185, 
188, 190, 195, 202, 
205, 207, 235 
Phlox garden, 10, 11 
Plan to scale, 20 
Planning, 19 
Planting, 39, 53, 86, 87, 95, 
139 
Potted plants, 48, 56, 99, 
110 
Primula, 11, 52, 54, 60, 99, 
179, 180, 190, 195, 
198, 199, 225, 234 
Prolonging bloom, 45, 46 
Protection, 36, 53, 55, 59, 
90, 233 
Pruning, 33, 34, 44, 126 
Right start, 2, 17 
Rock garden, 12, 191 
Root system, 28, 39 
INDEX 
Rose—General, 36, 60, 62, 
86, 150, 217, 237 
Bedding, 217, 218, 234 
Brier, 219, 234 
Bush, 34, 38, 123, 218 
Climbing, 34, 38, 220 
For cutting, 10, 162 
Hybrid perpetual, 34, 38, 
162, 217, 234 
Hybrid tea, 34, 162, 217, 
234 
Insects, 43, 44 
Pruning, 34 
Specializing, 233 
Weeping, 220 
Rose garden, 9 
Rubbish, 33, 35, 61 
Scilla, 136, 139, 164, 211, 
225 
Seasonal effects, 144, 157 
Seed—Annual, 109, 110 
Biennial, 7 
For birds, 244 
Gathering, 48 
Perennial, 77, 97 
Purchasing, 97 
Seedbed, 49 
Self-sown, 105 
Sowing, 40, 49 
Thinning, 42 
September work, 51 
Shaded garden, 196, 222 
Shrubs—General, 38, 60, 
62, 68, 113, 161, 168, 
