Strobilanthes—species, &c., descript. and 
Cultist, 550) 
Structures—(see Garden Structures). 
Struthiopteris—(see Onoclea). 
Stuartia—species, &c., descript., 
illust., 1, 322. 
Sturnus vulgaris—as garden friend, i, 118. 
Style—formation of (illust.), i, 52, 53, 54; 
fertilization of ovule (illust.), i, 53, 60. 
cult., and 
Stylophorum-— species, &c., descript. and 
culty 1, 375. 
Styrax—species, &c., descript. and illust., 
iy BO 
Subtropical Garden and Plants— 
Choice and culture of plants—shelter, &c., 
i, 265, 641; plants for terrace gardens, 
i, 641; uses of different plants, i, 642; 
plants for isolated positions on grass, 
&c., i, 642. 
Boriation of garden—aspect and situation, 
preparation of beds and ground, i, 261, 
265, 641, 642. 
Illust. of garden in Hants, i, 641. 
List of plants for subtropical gardening in 
Great Britain—descript., illusts., and 
cult., 1, 642-646. 
Succulent Plants— 
Cacti and their treatment—-illust. of Mexi- 
can cacti, i, 616. 
Cultivation — native habitats of plants, 
watering, housing, &c., i, 615, 616. 
Explanation of term ‘‘succulent plants”, 
1, 615. 
List of useful and best-known plants— 
descript., cult., and illusts., i, 617-621. 
Suckering iron—( fllust ), descript. and use 
of, 1, 175, 177. 
-Suckers—propagation by, i, 228; fig and 
gooseberry propagation, ii, 218, 226. 
Sugar-beet crops-—effect of mineral and 
nitrogenous manure, i, 144, 145. 
Sugar-cane disease in West Indies— 
cause of, 1, 124. 
Sulphur—as a fungicide, i, 129; descript. 
(illust.) of sulphurator, 1, 189, 190. 
Sulphur showers and the fertilization of 
plants, i, 54. 
Sulphurator—(illust.), descript. and use of, 
1, 189, 190. 
Summer-bedding— 
Designs and effect—selection of plants and 
illust. of flower-garden at Kew, i, 631, 
632. 
General treatment, preparation of beds, 
cutting-time, &c., i, 632, 633. 
List of selected plants—descript., illusts., 
and directions for propagation, 1, 633- 
637. 
Summer-chafer—descript. and remedies, 
i, 109. 
Summer-houses—construction of, i, 276, 
277- 
Sun beetles—as garden friends, i, 116. 
Sun-burning—bark of peach-trees, cause 
and treatment, 11, 179. 
Sun plant—descript. and cult., i, 397. 
Sundews—cult. of in boggy places, i, 385. 
Sunflowers—descript. and cult. of peren- 
nials, i, 361, of annuals (illust.), 1, 392. 
Sun’s rays, action of—consideration of 
in the formation of fruit- and kitchen- 
garden, tables showing progress of 
solar radiation, &c., ii, 5, 6, 8 
Swainsona—as greenhouse plants, i, 543. 
Swallows—as garden friends, i, 118. 
Swan River daisy—(illust.), descript. and 
cult. of, 1, 380. 
Sweet Alyssum—for summer-bedding, i, 
633. 
Sweet bay tree—descript. of, 1, 307. 
Sweet flag—descript. of plant, i, 384. 
Sweet-gale—descript. of shrub, i, 310. 
Sweet pea—calendarial directions, i, 3, 5, 
7,12; descript., cult., and illust., 1, 393, 
for summer-bedding, i, 635. 
Sweet Sultan—calendarial directions, i, 5; 
descript. and cult., 1, 390. 
Sweet William—descript. and cult., i, 356. 
INDEX. 
Sycamore-trees—descript. of species and 
vars., 1, 286, 287. 
Sylvia trochilus, §. hippolais—as garden 
friends, i, 113. 
Symbiosis—(illust.), descript. of, i, 30. 
Symphoricarpus racemosus oe other 
species—descript. and cult., 1, 322, 323. 
Symphyandra—species, &c., ile o and 
Cult, 1. 375- 
Symplocarpus foetidus —descript. and 
cult., 1, 387. 
Sympodes— -growth of, i, 46. 
Syringa—Philadelphus species, &c. (syringa 
of gardeners), descript. of, 1, 311, 312; 
hardy ornamental species, &c., de- 
script. and illust., 1, 323; forcing plants, 
directions and illust., 1, 336, 624, 625. 
Syringes for watering, Se leee) ), de- 
script. and use of, i, 190. 
Syringing—stove or tropical plants, i, 546. 
(See also names of plants and title 
Spraying Fruit-trees. ) 
ae 
Tabernemontana coronaria flore- 
pleno-—as a stove plant, i, 556. 
Table decoration—plants suitable, i, 12. 
(See also title Floral Decoration.) 
Tables for sorting and packing fruit, &c.— 
designs suitable, ii, 367. 
Tacsonia—descript. and cult., i, 543. 
Tagetes—descript., cult., and illust., 
for summer-bedding, i, 637. 
Talauma—descript. of plants, i, 543. 
Tallies—(illust.), descript. and use of, i, 194. 
Tamarisk—descript. of shrub, i, 323. 
Tamarix—species, &c., descript. and cult., 
1, 323- 
Tanacetum vulgare—descript., uses, and 
cult., i1, 518. 
Tansy—descript., uses, and cult., ii, 518, 
541; foreign names of, il, 528. 
Tape grass—descript. and cult. of, i, 384. 
Taraxacum Dens Leonis—uses and cult. 
of, ll, 441. 
Tarragon—descript., illust., uses, and cult., 
ul, 518; foreign names of, i li, 528; calen- 
darial directions, ii, 534, 541. 
Tarsonymus—descript. and treatment, i, 
80. 
i, 399, 
Taxodium distichum—descript. and cult. 
of, 1, 333- 
Taxus—species, &c., descript. and cult., i, 
333, 334, for winter-bedding, i, 647. 
Tea-tree—descript. of, i, 308. 
Tecoma—calendarial directions, i, 4, 15; 
descript. and cult. of hardy shrub T. 
radicans, i, 323, of greenhouse shrubs 
(illust.), 1, 543. 
Telegraph plant—descript. and cult., i, 
549. 
Temperatures— 
Calendarial directions for plant-houses, &c. 
(see Calendars of Operations in the 
Flower-garden and in the Fruit- and 
Kitchen-gardens). 
Forcing hardy shrubs, i, 621. 
Fruit-room (see that title). 
Greenhouse and conservatory, i, 524, 526, 
583. 
Orchid-houses—table of temperatures and 
directions, i, 562; damage by excessive 
high temperature, native habitats of 
species, 1, 557, 558. 
Palm-houses, 1, 609. 
Production of flowers—regulation of, i, 40. | 
Propagation by seed and Sees pre uage 
ence and regulation of, 1, 225, 234 
Retarding plants, 1, 628. 
Soil—processes of oxidation and nitrifica- 
tion, 1, 134. 
Stove or tropical houses, i, 545, 583. 
Succulent plants, cacti, &c., i, 616. 
Tables of mean temperature of March, 
latitude Paris to Wick, i, 1; i, 531. 
| Testacella halotidea illus. 
| Terrace gardens—stately foliags 
| Tillandsia—descript., cult., 
| THmber—plantation of on estates, i, 273, 
603 
Temperatures (cont. )— 
[See also titles Heating, Vines, Tomato, 
&c.—special fruit-houses, see names 
of fruits. } 
| Temples in pleasure- grounds — rose- 
temple, i, 275; construction of, 1, 277- 
Tennis lawn—‘sce Lawn-tennis grounds). 
Tephritis Onopordinis— illust._,descript. 
and treatment, i, 32, 83. 
Terms used in class ification of plants, &c.— 
explanation of, i, 65-67. 
e plants 
suitable for, i, 641. 
, T. Maugei 
—as garden friends, i, 112. 
Tetragonia expansa- illust. 
uses, and cult., ii, 467. 
Tetranychus telarius — descript. 
treatment, i, go. 
Tetratheca—descript. of plants, i, 543. 
Teucrium polium—for carpet-bedding, i, 
, descript., 
and 
640. 
Thalamus of flower— illust. , formation 
of, 1, 50. 
Thalia dealbata—descript. and cult., i 
384. 
Thalictrum—species, &c., descript. and 
cult., 1, 375. 
Thallophytes—descript. of, i, 29, 30, 32. 
Thallus—descript. of, i, 29. 
Thamnocalamus—as aquatic plants, i, 381. 
Theophrastia imperialis —as a stove 
plant, i, 556. 
Thermometers— 
Air—descript., illust., and management of, 
1, 22, 23, 25; method of making screen 
for (lust. ), 1, 22. 
Earth—descript. and illust. of Symon’s, i, 
23, 24. 
Thistle, herring-bone —use of in sub- 
tropical garden, i, 643. 
Thorn-trees—descript. and uses of, i, 208. 
Thrinax—species, descript. and cult., i, 612. 
Thrips—as leaf-enemies, descript. aad treat- 
ment, 1, 96. 
Thrushes—as garden friends, i, 118. 
ba a ag &c., descript., cult., and 
illust., i, 334; for winter- bedding, forms 
of T. occidentalis and Thujopsis, i, 647. 
Thujopsis—(see Thuja). 
Thunbergia—calendarial directions, i, 18; 
descript. and cult. of hardy annual 
species, &c., i, 399, of stove plants, 
1, 556. 
Thunia—species, &c., descript. of, i, 581. 
Thyme—drying process, ii, 356; uses and 
cult. of common and lemon thyme, ii, 
519, 541; foreign names of, ii, 528. 
Thymus—descript. and cult. of ornamental 
perennials, 1, 375, of T. vulgaris and 
= citriodorus for culinary purposes, 
» 519- 
Thysageantlane rutilans — calendarial 
directions, 1 1, 7,19; descript. and cult., 
1, 556. 
Tiarella cordifolia—species, &c., descript. 
and cult., 1, 375. 
Tibouchina—descript. and cult., 
Tiger beetles—illust.), as Auch 
1 r16e 
Tigridia—species, &c., descript., cult., 
illust., i, 375, 376. 
Tilia—species, &c., descript. of, i, 323, 3 
Tillage of Soils— 
Active nitrification of soil without aid of 
manure, method of trituration, i, 133. 
Fertility of soils—causes affecting, i, 149, 
150. 
Some reasons for, i, 148, 140. 
and illust., i, 
and 
550. 
| Tikths —sencultural and horticultural, range 
of, i, 140. 
274. 
| Tipula Oleracea, T. paludosa, T. macu- 
losa— il llust. ), descript. and treatment, 
i, 103. 
