peach, 37, 57, 58, 60, 61. 

 pear, 35, 37» 57. 60, 61, 72. 

 perennials, 3, 4, 5, 6, 122, 125 



to 129, 134, 135. 

 pests, 39. 

 petunias, 16. 

 phosphoric acid, 87, 88. 

 pistil, 70. 



plant names, 7, 8, 9, 10. 



plant tables, 116, 125, 126, 127, 



128, 129, 130, 132 to 135. 

 plum, 37, 57, 58, 60, 61, 72. 

 plumule, 19. 

 poison, 40 to 55. 

 poppies, 4, 16. 

 pollen, 65, 72, 75. 

 pollination, 65, 69, 72, 75. 

 potash, 87, 88. 

 potassium sulphide, 53. 

 privet, 30. 

 propagation, 92. 

 pruning, 28 to 38. 

 psylla, 67 (see Spraying Table 



and Calendar). 

 Philadelphus, 38, loi. ^ 

 pussy willow, 70, 71. 



rain, 25. 



raspberrjT-, 37. 



rhizome, 109, 114. 



rockery, 120. 



rock plants, 125. 



rose, 38, 58, 59, 61, 62, 70, I02-. 



rose bug (see Spraying Table 



and Calendar), 

 rhus, loi. 

 ribes, loi. 



sand, II, 12, 13, 104. 

 sandy places, plants for, 121, 

 127. 



scab (see Spraying Table and 



Calendar), 

 scale (see Spraying Table and 



Calendar), 

 sambucus, 102. 

 sassafras, 71. 



seed, 5, 15, 18, 19, 28, 74, 79, 92 

 seedlings, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 92 



self sowing, 4. 



self sterility, 72, 73. 



September in the garden, 83, 



106, 116, 117, 157, 158. 

 sex in flowers, 70 to 74. 

 shady places, plants for, 128. 

 shrubs, 4, 27, 35, 36, 37, 38, 57, 



58, 60, 61, 62, 96, lOI. 

 shoots, 35, 36. 



slugs (see Spraying Table and 



Calendar) . 

 snowdrop, 112, 113. 

 soil, 5, II, 12, 13, 14, 18, 21 to 



27, 79, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90, 103, 



no. 



soil binder, 129. 

 soap wash, 51. 

 sowing, 15, 105, 106. 

 spiraea, 38, 102. 

 spray, 44. 

 sprayers, 44. 



Spraying Calendar, 60 to 62. 

 Spraying Table, 57 to 59. 

 spores, 76. 

 stamen, 69, 70. 



star-of-Bethlehem, 112 (see 



Bulbs), 

 squills, 112 (see Bulbs), 

 stolon, 92. 

 stony soil, 11. 



subterranean insects, 43, 54. 

 sumach, 71. 

 sweet peas, 16. 

 summer spray, 49, 57. 

 syringa, 38, 102. 



taproot, 23. 

 tillage, 24, 25, 26, 27. 

 tools, 143 to 146. 

 trailers, 5. 



transplanting, 21, 22, 23, 147. 

 trees, 4, 27, 32 to 36, 57, 58, 60, 



61, 62, 96, 151. 

 trillium, 112 (see Bulbs), 

 tubers, 109. 

 tulip, 112 (see Bulbs). 



vegetables, 18, 77, 78, 79. 



vegetable table, 78. 



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