Index 
Poppy, Mexican, 72 ; Horned, 
97; Tulip, 131 ; Iceland, 131 ; 
Corn, 132 ; Shirley, 132 
Portulaca, 50, 162, 165, 166; P. 
grandiflora, 139 
Pot Marigold, 76 
Pots, selections for, 166 
Pricking off, 20 ; soil for, 23 
Primrose, Evening, 55, 128 
Primulas, Chinese, 16 
Puccinia malvacearum, 68 
Purple flowers, 165 
Pyrethrum, 162 ; P. Parthenium 
aureum, 139 
Pythium, 19 
Queen Stocks, 120 
Raising annuals in greenhouse, 
8 ; in frame, 23 
Red flowers, 162 
Reseda odorata, 140 
Rhodanthe, 162, 166; R. maculata, 
140; R. Manglesii, 140 
Ricinus, 140, 162 ; R. com- 
munis, 140 ; R. Gibsoni, 140 
Rock garden, annuals in the, 
50, 166 
Rocket, 52, 101, 161, 165, 166 
Rose garden, bare spaces in, 4 
Rubbish heaps, gourds as cover- 
ing for, 4 
Salpiglossis, 59, 162, 165 ; S. 
sinuata, 143 
Salvia, 162, 165 ; S. patens, 37, 
143, 144, 165 ; S. argentea, 143, 
1 61 ; S. Sclarea, 144, 165 ; S. 
Horminum, 143, 165 
Sand, silver, 16, 20 
Sanvilalia, 162, 165, 166 ; 5 . 
procumbens, 50, 51, 144 
Saponaria, 28, 162, 166; S. cala- 
brica, 36, 51, 144 
Saxifraga, 166 ; 5 . Cymbalaria, 
144, 162 
Scabiosa, 28, 55, 59, 147, 161, 
162, 165 ; S. atro-purpurea, 147 
Schizanthus, 162, 166 ; S. pin- 
natus,\^y, S.hybridus grandi- 
florus, 147 ; S. retusus, 147 ; 
5 . Grahami, 147 ; S. Wise- 
tonensis, 147 
Sea Holly, 94 
Sedum, 165 ; S. cceruleum, 50 
Seed-pans, expensive but en- 
during, 15 
Seed-trays, 15 
Senecio, 105 
Shading seeds under glass, 19 
Shady places, selections for, 
166 
Silene, 28, 162, 166 ; 5 . pendula, 
36 ; S. pendula rosea, 147 
Silver sand, 16, 20 
Snapdragons, 7, 8, 31, 39, 55, 
59, 71. See also Antirrhinum 
Soapwort, 144. See also Sapo- 
naria 
Soil for seed-sowing under glass, 
16 
Solanum, 4 ; 5 . robustum, 148 ; 
5 . Warscewiczii, 148 
Sow, right time to, 12 ; sowing 
thinly, 20 
Sowing under glass, best recep- 
tacles for, 15 
Sphenogyne, 162, 1C5; S. speciosa, 
148 
Statice, 165 ; S. sinuata, 148 ; 
5 . Suworowi, 148 
Stock, 7, 52, 59, 120, 161, 162, 
165; Night-scented, 4, 52, 120 
Stonecrop, 50 
Sunflower, 98, 101. See also 
Helianthus 
Sunlight under glass, protection 
from, 19 
Sunny banks or borders, selec- 
tions for, 165 
Swan River Daisy, 75 
Sweet Alyssum, 31, 39 
Sweet Peas, 11, 28, 46, 56, 59, 
106, 161, 162, 165; hedge of, 
3, 45 ; autumn sowing, 106 ; 
173 
