GENERAL INDEX. 



395 



Shrubs and Trees, IV. 1, 73, 138, 219, 



288, 347 

 Side-saddle Flower, III. 334 

 Silene, II. 334, 346 

 Silica in manures, III. 348 

 Silver Perns, I. 147—148 

 Silvery Yarrow, II. 143 

 Single plants for rooms, II. 278 

 Site and size of kitchen garden, I. 



25—27 



Simultaneous cropping in kitchen gar- 

 den, II. 185—188 



Siphocampylus, IV. 201 



Skimmia, IV. 349 



Skirret, I. 140 



Skull-cap Plant, IV. 201 



Skunk Cabbage, III. 335 



Slugs, Security against, II. 7 



and other pesbs, IV. 191 



Small and bush fruits, IV. 16, 80, 147, 

 244 



gardens, I. 225 



Potting plants in, I. 228 



Propagation in, I. 225 



Sowing seeds in, I. 227 



Watering, I. 229 



green-houses, III. 42 



plants for table, II. 211 



Snapdragons, Treatment of, I. 368—370 



Snowberry-tree, I. 328 



Snowdrops, III. 288 ; IV. 210 



Snowflakes, I. 288 ; III. 361 ; IV. 280 



Snowglory, IV. 102 



Snow-in-Summer, I. 203 



Snow-plant, II. 269 



Soap-plant, IV. 103 



Soapwort, IV. 243 



Sobralia, IV. 131 



Soda in manures, III. 348 



Soft-wooded plants, III. 372 



Soils of gardens, I. 28 



Adhesive, I. 28 



Dry, I. 30 



Fertility of, I. 3, 171, 256 



flooding ground, I. 40 



Formation of, I. 47 



Heavy, I. 29 



Power of, III. 257 



Sballow, I. 29 



Stiff, I. 29, 30 



Solanum, II. 357 

 Soldanella, II. 334 : III. 335 

 Sollya, II. 358 

 Solomon's Seal, I. 290 

 Sonerill'a, IV. 202 

 Sophora Japonica, rV 349 

 Sophronitis, IV. 131 

 Sorrel, I. 141 



Sources of plant-food, III. 40 



Sour-krout, I. 169 



South African Asparagus, II. 130 



Spades, Different kinds of, I. 67 



Spanish Broom, IV. 349 



■ Chestnuts, IV. 77, 314, 315 



Span-roofed garden frames, II. 138 



Sparaxis, IV. 341 



Spartium juceum, IV 349 



Spathiphyllum, IV. 202 



Special stock for Eoses, &c, I. 75 



Speedwells, II. 335 ; III. 294 



Spiderworts, IV, 205, 243 

 , Spinach, Culture of, II. 60 



Varieties of, II. 61 



New Zealand, II. 105 



and Peas, II. 187 



Spiral cordons, III. 16 



Spiraea, II. 345 ; III. 335 ; IV. 349 



Spleenworts, I. 267—269 ; III. 107 



Spores of Ferns, III. 209 



Sprays for decoration, II. 342 



Sprekelia formosissima, IV. 341 



Spring bedding, II. 125 ■ 



flowers, II. 175, 176 



propagation, I. 157 



Spurgewort family, III. 353 



Square pots for windows, III. 4 



Squash, II. 108- 



Squills, Selection of, II. 333 ; III. 289 ; 



IV. 340 

 Staging plants, III. 46 

 Stag's-hom Ferns, II. 65; III. 193, 



194 



Standard Fuchsias, II. 76 

 — Eoses, III. 92—95 

 Stanhopeas, IV. 132 

 Staphelia, IV. 202 

 Star of Bethlehem, IV. 338 

 Starworts, or Asters, I. 372 

 Starch in leaves, II. 219 

 Statices, or Lavenders, II. 359; III. 

 160 



Statuary in gardens, I. 80 

 Stem, branches, and leaves of Eoses, 

 I. 35, 36 



Stem-cuttings, Propagation by, IV. 61 

 Stenocarpus, II. 359 

 Stenomesson, IV. 342 

 Stenorhynchus, IV. 133 

 Stephanophyfum, IV. 202 

 Stephanotis, IV. 202 

 Sternbergia, IV. 342 

 Stevensonia Palms, IV. 328 

 Stigma in fertilisation, III. 191 

 Stigmaphyllon, IV. 202 

 Stimulants in orchard-house, III. 73 

 Stocks, Varieties of, I. 199—201 



for Eoses, I. 70—76 



Stonecrops, II. 334 

 Storing Apples, III. 179 



and staging plants, III. 46 



Stove bulbs, III. 309 



Storing, HI. 311 



Stove or hot-house plants, III. 56, 



123, 180, 323, 353; IV. 23, 117, 198 



Ventilation of, III. 325 



Orchids and plants, III. 104 



Stratification, Process of, I. 91 

 Strawberries and their management, 



IV. 244—250 



Pot-culture of, III. 75 



and Onions, II. 188 



Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil, II. 104 

 Strawberry-trees, I. 327 

 Strelitzia, IV. 202 

 Streptocarpus, IV. 203 

 Styrax, IV. 350 



Suburban gardening, I. 39, 131, 225, 281, 

 324 



Suitable subjects for I. 327— 



330 



gardens, Preparation of, I. 42 



Sub-tropical bedding plants, L 222— 

 225 



Succulent bedding plants, 1. 312—314 ; 

 III. 289 



Succulent plants, Cuttings of, IV. 60 

 Sugar Cane, IV. 200 

 Sulphuric acid in manures, III. 348 

 Summer bedding in flower gardens, I. 

 101, 154 



bedding plants, Protection of, I. 



154 



culture in kitchen garden, I. 166 



of plants, II. 177 



Sundew family, III. 331, 355, 359 

 Sunflowers, II. 259 



Selections of, 260, 261 



Sunken pots and their utility, II. 222 

 Sun Eose, II. 100 



Surface soil, Depth and disposition of, 

 I. 12 



Sweet Alyssum, I. 85 



briar Eoses, III. 147 



Flag, III. 330 



Peas, II. 253 



William, I. 293 



Sycamores and their cultivation, IV. 4 

 Symphoricarpus, IV. 350 

 Synnotia bicolor, IV. 342 

 Syringas, IV. 350 

 Syringodea pulchella, IV. 342 

 Systems of glazing, III. 214 



T 



Tabernaemontana, IV. 203 



Table decorations, II. 204 



Tacsonia, II. 359 



Tamarix, IV. 351 



Tank system of heating, III. 282 



Taxodium, IV. 360 



Taxus, IV. 360 



Tea Eoses, I. 39 ; H 285 ; III. 93, 149 

 Tecoma, II. 359 



Tecophylaja cyanocrocus, IV. 342 

 Telegraph Plant, III. 355 

 Temperate aquaria, III. 26 

 Temperature of Vineries, I. 97 

 Ten-week Stocks, I. 199 

 Terminalia, IV. 203 



Terra-cotta baskets, pans, and pots, I. 

 10 



Terrace houses, Back garden in, 1. 132 

 Terrestrial Orchids, IV. 308 

 Testing ripeness of Apples, III. 178 

 Testudinaria, II. 359 

 Tetratheca, II. 359 

 Theobroma, IV. 203 

 Theophrasta, IV. 203 

 Thibaudia, II. 360 

 Thinning Apples, III. 171 

 Thomson's ventilators, III. 329 

 Thousand-leaved Grass, II. 143 

 Thrift, Varieties of, I. 205 

 Thrinax, IV. 328 

 Thrips, II. 89 ; III. 346 

 Thrum-eyed flowers, III. 189 

 Thuja, IV. 361 

 Thujopsis, IV. 361 

 Thunbergia, IV. 204 

 Thunia, IV. 133 



Thyme, Common, I. 141 ; II. 325 



Lemon, I. 141 



Variegated, 1. 156 



Thyrsacanthus, IV. 204 

 Tiger-flower, IV. 342 

 Tigridia pavonia, IV. 342 

 Tillia, IV. 351 

 Tillandsia, IV. 204 

 Todea, II. 64 



Tomatoes, Culture of, II. 105-108 

 Tongue Aloes, II. 170 

 Toothpick Cactus, III. 360 

 Torch Thistles, HI. 224 

 Torenia, II. 204 

 Toxicophlaaa, IV. 205 

 Tradescantia, IV. 205, 243 

 Trailing Eoses, I. 321 

 Training Apple-trees, III. 14 



cordons, III. 16 



Gooseberry -bushes, IV. 18 



pillar Eoses, II. 114, 352 



Eoses, II. 109 



Eoses under glass, III. 263 



— tropical plants and Orchids, III. 

 166 



Vines, I. 310 



Transfer of pollen, III. 123 

 Transplaiiting seedlings, I. 167 

 Traveller's Tree, IV. 199 

 Trees and shrubs, VI. 1, 73, 138, 219, 

 288, 347 



Tree Carnations and Picotees, I. 129— 

 131 



Ferns, II. 61 ; III. 78 



Paaonies, I. 371—372 



Trellis for Vines, I. 94 

 Trenching in gardens, I. 42, 96 



Methods of, I. 98 



Tools for, I. 97 



Trichocentrum, IV. 133 

 Trichomanes Ferns, II. 289—291 

 Trichonema, IV. 340—342 

 Trichopilia, IV. 134 

 Trillium, III. 160 

 Triteleia, IV. 342 

 Tritoivia, III. 162 ; IV. 313 

 Troll-flower, II. 102 

 Trollius, II. 102 



