INDEX 
savory, 460. 
Saxifraga peltata, 262. 
Saxifraga sarmentosa, 344, 
Sayers, mentioned, 2. 
Scabiosa Caucasica, 280. 
scab on potatoes, 190. 
scale, San José, 206. 
scarifiers, 105. 
Schenley park, 34. 
Schizophragma hydrangeoides, 
316. 
school-grounds, 11. 
scilla, 283, 289. 
screens for wind, 219. 
screen to protect against insects, 186. 
screw pine, 344, 385. 
scrubbing trees, 414. 
scuppernong, 315. 
sea-kale, 495. 
sedges for bogs, 232. 
sedum, 340. 
seed-beds, 117. 
seedlings, transplanting, 122. 
seed-sowing, 116. 
Selaginella denticulata, 344. 
sempervivum, 235. 
Senecio macroglossus and mikanioides, 
340, 344. 
senna, wild, 264. 
service-tree, 329. 
shearing, 140. 
shelter-belts, 219. 
she-oak, 376. 
shepherdia species, 302. 
shrubs, list of, 292. 
shrubs, pruning, 140. 
shrubs for the South, 305. 
Sicyos angulata, 309. 
silk vine, 317. 
Simonds, O. C., quoted, 69. 
Slingerland, quoted, 198. 
smilax (florists’), 340, 401. 
smilax species, 315. 
Smith, H. W., quoted, 501. 
Snuith and Townsend, quoted, 180. 
smoke-tree, 299, 306. 
snowball, 304, 306. 
snow-berry, 304, 306. 
snowdrop, 281, 288. 
snowflake, 289. 
svap insecticides, 194. 
309, 
5387 
Socrates, 2. 
sod-cutter, 73. 
sodding, 84. 
soil, handling, 87. 
soil mulch, 98. 
Solanum Dulcamara, 216, 315. 
Solanum jasminoides, 317. 
solidagos, 264, 272, 280. 
Sophora Japonica, 330. 
Sorbus species, 329. 
sorrel, 495. 
sorrel-tree, 326. 
sourwood, 326. 
South Carolina, rock, 112. 
sowing the seeds, 116. 
sparrows, poisoning, 18. 
Spartium junceum, 306. 
spearmint, 460, 495. 
spider, red, 205. 
spinach, 495. 
Spireea Aruncus, 264, 280. 
spireas, 221, 264, 280, 298, 302, 306. 
spraying, 190. 
spring beauty, 265. 
spruce, 221, 334, 335. 
spuds, 107. 
squash, 458, 496. 
squash insects, 201, 459. 
squill, 283, 288. 
stake labels, 155. 
staphylea species, 302, 303. 
Statice latifolia, 280. 
stem cuttings, 118. 
Sterculia platanifolia, 330. 
stevia, 344. 
Stewart, quoted, 207. 
stink-bug, 202, 459. 
St. John’s wort, 297. 
stocks, 402. 
storing of fruits and vegetables, 158, 
414, 475. 
strawberry, culture of, 445. 
strawberry disease, 213, 449. 
strawberry tree, 306. 
streams, treatment of, 24, 58, 65, 
232. 
street trees, repairing, 145. - 
strychnine for sparrows, 18. 
Stuartia pentagyna, 306. 
styrax, 303. 
subsoiling, 90. 
