INDEX 5] 
Quince, blight, 188 ; soil needed, 188 
Radicle, 212 
Radishes, 228, 289-291. 
table garden 
Rake, 197 
Raspberries, care, 191 
Red maple, 177 
Red oak, 177, 178 
Rhubarb, 305-307. 
garden 
Ribes alpinum, 151 
Ribes aureum, 151 
Ribes sanguineum, 151 
Ricinus, 77 
Roman hyacinths, 7, 13 
Root maggot, 254, 266, 291, 303 
Rosa blanda, 176 
Rosa Carolina, 176 
Rosa lucida, 176 
Rosa nitida, 176 
Rosa rugosa alba, 32, 63, 169, 174 
Rosa rugosa rubra, 32, 63, 169, 174 
Roses, 1, 169-176 ; cultivation, 171; 
diseases, 171; pests, 171; plant- 
ing, 169; propagating by cuttings, 
171-173 ; pruning, 169; varieties 
(Crimson Rambler, 176; perpetual 
(Burbank, 175; Eugene Furst, 
175; Frau Karl Druschki, 175; 
General Jacqueminot, 175; Gruss 
an Teplitz, 175; Helen Gould, 175; 
Paul Neyron, 176); Rosa rugosa, 
174; wild, 176); wild, pruning, 
176; wild, varieties, 176 
Rot, 299, 302 
Rubber plant, 38-39; propagating, 
39; repotting, 39 
Rudbeckia, 114 
Rust, 276 
See Vege- 
See Vegetable 
Salvia, 72, 77,93; culture, 93; varie- 
ties, 93 
Sanguinaria canadensis, 125 
Scab, 251, 287, 302 
Scabiosa, or mourning bride, 94; 
colors, 94; other names, 94; when 
to sow seeds, 94 
Scarlet oak, 177 
School grounds, suggestion for plant- 
ing, 59 
Scilla sibirica, 55-56 ; on the lawn, 56 
Scillas, 12, 55-56, 57 
Scotch pink, 120 
or 
Seed, lawn, 68 
Seed board, 212-213 
Seed boxes, 219-220 
Seed germinator, 214-215 
Seeds, germination, 211-219; large, 
to plant, 220-221; small, to sow, 
221-223 
Self-blanching celery, 259 
Sepal, 33 
Shade trees, 177-180; collection of 
native wood specimens, 179; 
growth of, in twenty years, 177; 
varieties (American white elm, 
177; basswood, 177; hackberry, 
177; red maple, 177; red oak, 177, 
178; scarlet oak, 177; silver maple, 
177; sugar maple, 177, 178 ; white 
ash, 177; yellow locust, 177) ; pests, 
179-180 ; transplanting, 178 
Shrubbery, in front yard, 152 
Shrubs, 63, 144-146, 147-160; and 
trees, 144-146; corners protected 
by, 63; varieties (azalea, 147; bar- 
berry, 148-149 ; California privet, 
156-158 ; Carolina allspice, 150; 
deutzia, 150; flowering almond, 
151; flowering currant, 151; for- 
sythia, 152; hibiscus, 153; hydran- 
gea, 153; Japanese quince, 158; 
lilac, 160; magnolia, 155; mock 
orange, 155; mountain laurel, 156 ; 
snowball, 158, 160) 
Silver maple, 177 
Slips, 20-24, 27 
Small fruits, 190-196; care, 190; 
varieties (blackberries, 190; cur- 
rants, 191; gooseberries, 191 ; 
grapes, 191-194; raspberries, 191 ; 
strawberries, 194-196) 
Smut, 275, 297 
Snowball, fruit, 160; varieties (high- 
bush cranberry, 160; Japanese 
snowball, 158; wayfaring tree, 160) 
Snowdrops, 13, 55-56, 57, 130 
Soap solution, 204 
Solidago altissima, 180 
Solidago canadensis, 180 
Solidago rigida, 180 
Solidago sempervirens, 130 
Solomon’s seal, reproduction, 135 
Sowing seeds. See Vegetable garden 
Soy beans, for lawn, 67 
Spading fork, 197 
Sphagnum moss, 22 . 
