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INDEX 



Ribes as a hedge, 315 



Rock garden, conifers for, 137 ; 



hardy flowering shrubs for, 137; 



shrubs for, 127 ; shrubs for moist 



peaty soil at foot of, 138 ; trees 



and shrubs for, 127-138 

 Rock roses on dry, sunny banks, 



134 

 Rose, guelder, as a hedge, 315 ; 



hedges, 316 

 Roses in wild garden, 330 ; the 



wild, 328-336 ; worthy use of, 



326-336 

 Rowan tree, the, 408 

 Rubus, beauty of, in winter, 59 



Salix daphnoides, 58 



Sassafras tree, the, 463 



St. John's Wort, 379 



Scilly Isles, trees and shrubs in, 176 



Scotland, trees and shrubs in, 154- 



174 



Sea buckthorn, 61 



Sea-coast, Monterey cypress for, 107; 

 pines and spruces for, 106 ; trees 

 and shrubs for, 91-96 



Service trees, 409 



Shelter, importance of, in winter 

 garden, 50 



Sheltered places, flowering and 

 other shrubs for, 138 



Shrub and flower borders, 242-244 ; 

 beauty, individual, 9 ; groups for 

 summer and winter effect, 268- 

 286 ; mixture, evil of, 8 ; varie- 

 gation, 57 



Shrubs, autumn colours on, 66 ; 

 beautiful in winter, 60-62 ; 

 dwarf, variegated, 90, 91 ; flow- 

 ering, hedges of, 315 ; flowering 

 in November and February, 61 ; 

 for wild sea-coast line, 96 ; for 

 moist soil, 125 ; for moist peaty 

 soil at foot of rocks, 138 ; for 

 small gardens, 236-241 ; for rock 

 gardens, 127-138; for sea-coast, 

 list of, 92-96 ; for swampy places, 

 124; for waterside, 123; for 

 wind-swept gardens, 97-100 ; 

 hardy flowering for rock garden, 

 137 ; for sheltered places and 

 mild climate, 138 ; climbing, use 



of, 287-307 ; in the greenhouse, 

 248-267 ; in flower in December 

 and January, 62 ; in flower in 

 February and early March, 62 ; 

 in flower in November, 62 ; pro- 

 pagation of, 36-44 ; tender, in 

 the south-west, I75~I9S i varie- 

 gated, 84-91; their wise use, 

 56 ; and trees, grouping of, 

 8-12 ; hardy flowering, taller of, 

 in poor soil, 16-17; removing 

 large, 139-146 ; in Scotland, 154- 

 173 ; neglected, 5 ; pruning, 18- 

 35 ; with fine fruits, list of, 69- 

 79 ; with coloured bark, 57 ; with 

 gold colouring, in winter garden, 

 84 ; with winter leaf colouring, 55 



Sloe, the, 397 



Smilax, 463-464 ; in bamboo garden 

 at Kew, 210 



Smoke tree, 461 



Snowball tree, 443 



Snowdrop tree, the, 3, 373-375 



Soil, trees and shrubs for moist, 125; 

 poor, trees and shrubs in, 16-17 



Sorbus americana in ornamental 

 planting, 7 



Southernwood, 450 



South-west, tender trees and shrubs 

 in, 196-202 



Spiraeas, 2, 435 ; for sea-coast, 106 



Storax, Japanese, 438 



Strawberry tree, Japanese, 453 



Streets, shade trees for, 15-153 



Sumachs, the, 461 



Summer effects, shrub groups for, 

 268-286 ; evergreens for, 282-286 



Swampy places, trees and shrubs 

 for, 124 



Sweet bay, 456 



Sweetbriar as a hedge, 314 



Sweet fern, 457 



Sweet gum, 457 



Sycamore, the, 449 



Tamarisk, the, 439 ; by the sea, 92 



Thorns, the, 360-366 



Toothache tree, 465 



Trees and shrubs, grouping of, 

 8-12; in poor soil, 16-17; ™ 

 Scotland, 154-174; neglected, 

 1-5; pruning, 18-35; removing 



