Index 



133 



Privacy, 28 

 Privet hedges, 28 

 Pruning, 29 



Rectilinear system, 6 



Red Sandstone, 71 



Renewals, 112 



Reticence, 19, 26 



Rhubarb, 60 



Rock gardens, 75 



,, bulbs in, 83 



,, contour of, 78 



, , how to make, 77 



,, management of, 82 



,, paths in, 82 



,, shrubs in, 82 



,, soil for, 78 



, , steps in, 79 



,, watering, 84 



Rock plants, 80, 125 

 „ ,, list of, 126 



Rocks, function of, 76 



Rose beds, 27 



Roses, 22, 26, 27, 122 



,, climbing, list of, 123 , 

 ,, list of, by colour, 122 

 ,, uncommon, list of, 124 



Rubble, 62, 69 



"Rustic" work, 17, 87, 94 



Scarlet Runner, 61 



Seats, 17 

 ,, garden, 94 



box pattern, 95 

 ,, „ examples of, 96 



,, ,, iron-framed, 94 



Shade, plants for, 30 



Shelter, 26 



Shrubs, coarse-foliaged, 24 

 ,, relative value of. 21 



"Silver bells," 18 



Simplicity, 6 



Sinuous lines, 7 



Spirit level, 64 



Stakes, 102 



,, bamboo, 102 



„ deal, 103 



,, natural, 104 



„ oak, 103 



,, painting, 103 



„ thickness of, 103 

 Stone waste, 70 

 Straight-edge, 64 

 Straight lines, 6 

 Structures in the garden, 16 

 Summer-house, the, 85 

 Summer-houses, construction of, 



87 

 ,, cost of materials, 



89 

 ,, porch for, 92 



,, position of, 92 



, , seats for, 92 



,, shutters for, 91 



,, tables for, 92 



,, use of, 2, 17 



Sun-dials, 17, 98 



brick, loi 

 examples of, 100 

 materials of, 99 

 position for, lOi 

 second-hand, 99 

 stone, 10 1 

 wood, loi 

 Succession, no 

 Sunflower, 25 

 Surprises, 19 

 Sweet pea, 25 



Tar paths, 72 

 Thatching, 89 

 Tile paths, 71 

 Tiles, edging, 66 



,, red roofing, 89 

 Trees, relative value of, 21 

 Trowels, 74 

 fTropoeolum, 25 



Unsightly objects, 2 



