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GENERAL INDEX. 
Scilla cupaniana, iii. 215 ; praten- 
sis, vi. 258 ; Peruviana, var. 
discolor, x. 214 ; bifolia, xiv. 
100 ; sibirica, xiv. 100 
Sclerotheca, xv. 10 
Scotch Roses, list of double kinds, 
iii. 140 ; should not be much 
pruned, vii. 13 ; plan of grow- 
ing Mimulus moschatus among 
them, vii. 14 
Scottia dentata, iii. 192 ; lsevis, iv. 
44 
Scraper for the garden, i. 75 
Scutellaria macrantha, i. 235 ; 
splendens, ix. 273 ; japonica, x. 
123, xv. 260 ; splendens, ix. 99, 
xiii. 190 ; incarnata, xiii. 263, 
xiv. 142 ; ventenatii, xiv. 20 
Scyphanthus elegans, x. 3, 190 ; 
culture of, x. 4 
Seacoal, iv. 57 ; lavender, xiv. 
254 
Seasons, retrospect of the, xiii. 250; 
plants' repose, xiv. 229 ; charac- 
teristics of, xiv. 175 
Seats for the garden, ii. 71 
Sedum cseruleum, iv. 1 32 ; Sie- 
boldii, v. 187 
Seeds, to preserve, on a Sea voyage, 
ii. 161 ; directions for collecting 
and preserving, v. 167 ; light 
necessary to nature, v. 183 ; 
more easily transportable than 
plants, vi. 61 ; heat essential to 
elaborate and mature, vi. 192 ; 
their production beneficial to 
strong plants, vi. 34 ; but injuri- 
ous to weakly ones, vi. 157 ; 
those most prolific which are 
obtained from very fertile plants, 
vi. 134 ; plants raised from 
seeds are always more or less 
hardy or tender according to 
the climate in which these are 
ripened, vi. 158 ; exposure ne- 
cessary to ripen, vii. 119; their 
hardihood affected by matura- 
tion in heat, vii. 136 ; observa- 
tions on their germination, vii. 
144 ; differences in the time of 
their vegetation accounted for, 
vii. 144 ; suggestions for col- 
lecting and storing, vi. 190 ; the 
earliest means by which plants 
were increased, vii. 201 ; their 
organisation, vii. 258 ; those 
usually thought naked not really 
so, vii. 258 ; viii. 48, 168 ; ana- 
lysation of, x. 9 ; on removing 
the rind of some, x. 19 ; their 
production weakens plants, x. 
108; the flowering season per- 
petuated by their abstraction, 
x. 109 ; annuals changed into 
shrubs, if prevented from form- 
ing them, x. 109 ; sowing, x. 
192 ; necessity of a series of 
sowings, xi. 47 ; conditions es- 
sential, xi. 260 
Seed-leaves, their office, ix. 59 
Seed-pods, necessity of removing 
them from Rhododendrons, &c., 
x. 167 
Seed-saving, directions for, x. 144, 
191 
Seed-sowing, time for a general, x. 
48 ; hints on, x. 144 
Seed-vessels, to remove, xi. 120 
Seedling plants, less hardy if 
raised in artificial heat, vii. 136 ; 
in a small state best for acclima- 
tising, viii. 62 
Selago distans, xii. 189 
Selection of annuals, i. 22 ; of 
biennials, i. 67 ; of camellias, i. 
38 ; plants for bedding out, xv. 
232 ; hardy herbaceous plants, 
xv. 232 ; green-house shrubs, 
xv. 232 
Sellow's Gesneria, iv. 27 
Senecio cruentus, vi. 42 ; Heri- 
tieri, var. cyanopthalmus, vii. 
236 ; calamifolius, x. 94 
Sensibility of plants, i. 31 
Serapias, ii. 185 
Sericographis Ghiesbreghtiana, xv. 
47, 176 
Shade, proper method of applying, 
xi. 143 
Shallow soil necessary in acclima- 
tation, viii. 37, 62 ; advantages 
of, x. 208 
Shells an ornamental feature in 
rock-work, v. 229 
Shelter, directions for the efficient 
employment of, v. 108 ; that of a 
permanent description inappro- 
priate, v. 184; different modes 
of applying, v. 263 ; necessary 
for alpine plants, v. 230 
Shelves in \ lant-houses, economy 
in the use of, x. 254 
Shepherdia argentea, culture of, 
iv. 106 
Shifting plants, remarks on, v. 109 
Short-spurred Tropseolum, iv. 41 
Showy Nemophila, iii. 151, 117 ; 
Poinsettia, iii. 165; Kalosanthos, 
iii. 237 ; Zenobia, iii. 117; shrubs, 
on planting them in masses, iii. 
136 
Shrubberies, i. 46, v. 7, vi. 82 ; 
most appropriate time for dig- 
ging, vii. 24, 47 ; bone dust as a 
manure for them, vii. 47 
Shrubs, a select list of, with hints 
on the peculiar culture of each, 
iii. 177 ; forcing of, iv. 24 ; sea- 
son for pruning, v. 240 ; time for 
planting, v. 264 ; planting soli- 
tarily, vi. 83 ; necessity for fre- 
quently pruning exotic, x. 38 ; 
their peculiar fitness for grouping, 
x. 181, 204 ; places in which they 
should be employed, x. 205 ; 
the shape of the groups con- 
sidered, x. 207 ; the formation 
and drainage of beds for them, 
x. 208 ; kinds best adapted for 
the purpose, x. 228 ; a selection 
of beautiful hardy, x. 224, 216, 
xv. 208 ; time for transplanting, 
viii. 216, 263 
Sida hiEequalis, ii. 261 ; asiatica, 
xii. 21 ; hirta, xii. 21 ; graveolens, 
xii. 21 ; indica, xii. 21 ; viti folia, 
xiii. 116; integerrima, xv. 119 
Siebe's patent syringe, i. 23 
Siebold's Clematis, iv. 147 
Silene laciniata, i. 267 ; chlorsefolia, 
iv. 209 ; speciosa, x. 219, xv. 
261 ; schafta, xiii. 93, xv. 261 
Siliceous or flinty soils, vii. 10 
Silphium terebinthaceum, iv. 17 
Silver Arched Moth, xiv. 72 
Silver tree, xiv. 63 
Simsia anethifolia, xiv. 211 
Sinapis Kabi, xv. 185 ; orientalis, 
turgida, fruticosa, xv. 185 
Sinningia guttata, ii. 4 ; villosa, iv. 
190 ; Youngeana, vii. 51 ; velu- 
tina, xiii. 46 
Sipanea carnea, x. 263 
Siphocampylos bicolor, iv. 1 63, 1 95 ; 
v. 163 ; betulsefolius, x. 71 ; 
longipedunculatus, x. 1 1 8 ; betu- 
lsefolius, x. 223 ; lantanifolius, 
var. glabriusculus, xi. 188 ; coc- 
cineus, xii. 167, 173 ; macran- 
thus, xiii. 149 ; spectabilis, xiii. 
149 ; surinamensis, xiii. 149 ; 
microstoma, xiv. 92 ; manettiee- 
florus, xv. 267; spe. nov., xv. 72; 
macrostoma, xv. 72 ; nitida, xv. 
166 ; Caoutchouc, xv. 8, 11 
Siphon-flower, scarlet, xii. 173 
Sir James Stirling's Kennedia, iii. 
117 
Sisyrinchium grandiflorum, iv. 71, 
137 ; graminifolium, var. pumi- 
lum, iv. 20 
Slate, for horticultural purposes, 
xii. 36 
Slugs, i. 16, xiv. 70 
Smeathmannia laevigata, vii. 262 ; 
pubescens, xv. 119 
Smith, Sir J. E., on Dionoea mus- 
cipula, i. 61 ; on Sarracenia, i. 
55 
Smith, Mr., plan of a flower-garden 
by, i. 184 
Smoke, means for consuming, v. 
81 
Smooth-leaved Kennedia, iii. 93 
Snail plant, x. 267 
Snails destructive to Clianthus pu- 
niceus, v. 108 
Snapdragon, larger four-coloured, 
x. 197 ; double purple flowering, 
xi. 99 ; blooms longer if not 
allowed to seed, x. 110; Mr. 
Young's, xiii. 271 
Snow, protection afforded to plants 
by, v. 230 
Sobralia sessilis, viii. 69 ; macran- 
tha, x. 263 ; macrantha splen- 
dens, xiv. 190, 241 
Soils, ii. 187, iii. 240, iv. 12, 228 ; 
admission of air, Sec, tends to 
improve, iv. 12 ; improved by 
