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INDEX. 



Roses, not suited for towns, 11 ; the 

 kinds to be selected for experiment, 

 ib. : their multitudinous species and 

 endless varieties, 131 ; their beauties 

 and associations,^.; exhibitions of, 

 132; their culture and varieties, 133 

 et seq. ; the Provence rose, 133 ; cab- 

 bage rose, 134, 137; moss rose, 135; 

 white rose, 139; French rose, 140; 

 damask rose, 141 ; Scotch rose, and hy- 

 brid rose, 143,146, 149 ; climbing and 

 Ayrshire roses, 146 ; evergreen and 

 Banksian roses, 147 ; many-flowered 

 roses, 148 ; the white Chinese ane- 

 mone-flowered rose, 150 ; autumnal 

 and winter roses, 151 ; Bourbon and 

 Noisette roses, 152 ; monthly and 

 blush roses, 153; fairy roses, 154; 

 the different kinds of soil adapted for, 

 grafting, and general treatment of, 

 154, 157. 



S. 



Sage, varieties and culture of, 103. 

 St. John's wort, its culture, 102. 

 Salvia (Sage), 103. 



Saxifraga umbrosa (London pride), cul- 

 ture of the, 93. 



Saxifrage, 103. 



Scabious, 103. 



Scarlet geraniums, 85. 



Scotch roses, and their varieties, 141, 

 142. 



Sedum. different species and culture of, 



104. 



September, floricultural operations 

 during the month of, 174. 



Shrubby axd Sub-shrubby Flow- 

 ers, their culture and different kinds, 

 107—153; the althaea frutex, 107; 

 American allspice, 1 08; the azalea, 109; 

 the berberry, bignonia, birthwort, 

 and bladder senna, 110; the bramble, 

 broom, and brugmansia, 111 ; the 

 buddlea, and camellia, 1 13 ; Christ's 

 thorn, and cistus, 114; the clematis, 

 clianthus, coronilla, and cytisus, 

 115 ; the Daphne, Deutzia, and furze, 

 116; the fuschia, 117; the Guelder 

 rose, and heath, 118; the hibiscus, 

 and holly, 119; the honeysuckle, 



120 ; the hydrangea, and jessamine, 



121 ; the kalmia, laburnum, lau- 

 rustinus, lavender, and citrus, 123; 

 the lilac, mezereon, and myrtle, 124; 

 the nerium, oleander, and passion- 

 flower, 125; the polygala, 126; the 

 pomegranate, and pyrus japonica, 

 127; the raspberry, and rhododendron, 

 128 ; the ribes, 131 ; the rose, and its 

 numerous varieties, 131 — 156; the 



Austrian briar, 138 ; the sweet briar, 

 142; the syringa, 157 ; the tecoma 

 ; radicans, virgin's bower, wallflower, 

 Weigela roses, winter flower, Wis- 

 taria, Yucca, 158. 



Shrubs, brilliant-berried, 18. 



Snapdragon, garden, culture of the. 74, 

 104. 



Snowball-tree, its varieties, 118. 

 i Snowdrops, culture of, 9, 42. 

 Snowflake, culture of the, 43. 

 Soils, various, for villa gardens, 21. 

 Solidago, its culture, 86. 

 Solomon's seals, 92, 104. 

 Spartium album, 111. 

 Speedwell, culture of, 105. 

 Spiderwort, culture of, 104. 

 i Squill, culture of the, 43 ; the different 



species, 44. 

 Star of Bethlehem, culture of the, 44. 

 Sub-shrubby flowers, explanation of 



the term, 10/. 

 Suffruticose trees, explanation of, 107, 

 Swallow-wort, varieties and culture of, 



75. 



Sweetbriar, and its varieties, 142. 

 Sweet William, its culture, 10, 53, 104. 

 Syringa, its culture, and varieties, 124,. 

 157. 



T. 



Tecoma radicans, 158. 



Thrift, its derivation and use, 104; its- 

 culture and varieties, 12, 104, 105. 



Tiger flower, culture of the, 45. 



Town gardens, culture of, 6 et seq.: 

 Shirley Hibberd's remarks on, 7 ; 

 on the laying out of, 9 ; the various 

 flowers and plants that may be cul- 

 tivated in, 9 — 15. 

 1 Tradescantia virginica (Spiderwort), 

 its culture, 104. 



Trees, flowering, list of, 159- 



Tropseolum, its varieties and culture, 

 71. 



Trumpet-flower, its culture, 110. 



Tuberose, culture of the, 45. 



Tuberous asb Rhizomatous 

 Flowers, their properties and cul- 

 ture, 50 et seq. ; the different kinds 

 of, 51 — 71 ; the winter aconite and 

 the eranthis, 51 ; the anemone and 

 its varieties, 52 — 55 ; the arum, and 

 Christmas rose, 55 ; the cyclamen, 

 56 ; the dahlia, 57 ; the hemerocallis 

 flava. or day lily, 60 ; the iris, and 

 ladies' slipper, 6*1 ; the marvel of 

 Peru, 62; monkshood, 63; the 

 orchis, and oxalis, 64 ; the everlasting 

 pea, 05 ; the pseony, 66 ; the ranun- 

 culus, 63; the tropeeolum, 71. 



