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Index 
Stones, for edging, 58. 
Stonecrop, 135. 
Stone walls, 399 et seq. 
Strawberry Bush. See Calycanthus. 
Striped Grass, 438-439. 
Striped Lily, 61. 
Stuyvesant, Peter, garden of, 18-19. 
Succory. See Chicory. 
Summer-houses, 392. 
Summer Roses, 468. 
Summer savory, 124. 
Summer-sots, 17. 
Sun-dials of Box, 62, 80, 87, 88, 97 et 
seq. 
Sun-flowers, 178, 287. 
Sunken gardens, 72-73. 
Sunshine Bush, 189. 
Swan River Daisy, 263, 264. 
Sweet Alyssum. See Alyssum. 
Sweet Brier, 6, 25, 48, 302, 464, 
465 - 
Sweet Fern, 2. 
Sweet Flag, 343. 
Sweet Johns, 285. 
Sweet Marjoram, 124. 
Sweet Peas, 33, 178, 224. 
Sweet Rocket, 34. 
Sweet Shrub. See Calycanthus. 
Sweet Williams, 34, 162, 285 et seq. 
Sylvester Manor, gardens at, 104 et 
seq. 
Syringas, 71. 
Tansy, 6, 126 et seq. 
Tansy bitters, 128. 
Tansy cakes, 128. 
Tasmania, Thistles in, 26. 
Tea Roses, 320, 469. 
Telling the bees, 393. 
Temperance Reform, 204. 
Tennyson, on blue, 266; on white, 
420-421. 
Thaxter, Celia, cited, 311. 
Thistles, in Tasmania, 26. 
Thomas, Edith, quoted, 229. 
Thoreau, H. D., quoted, 148, 197, 198, 
199. 2 75< 2 76, 345, 346, 417. 
Thoroughwort, 145^^7. 
Thrift, sun-dials in, 97 ; as edging, 61- 
62. 
Thyme, 34, 60, 302 et seq. 
Tiger Lilies, 45, 162. 
Toad-flax, 450 et seq. 
Tobacco. See Nicotiana. 
Tongue-plant, 347-348. 
Topiary work in England, 408 ; at 
Wellesley, 409 et seq. ; in California, 
412. 
Tradescantia. See Spiderwort. 
Trailing Arbutus, 299. 
Traveller’s Rest, sun-dial at, 350, 370. 
Tree arbors, 199, 384-385. 
Tree Peony. See Peony. 
Trillium, 154, 457, 458. 
Trumpet vine, 449-450. 
Tuckahoe, Box at, 102, 105. 
Tudor gardens, 55. 
Tudor Place, garden at, 103. 
Tulips, 18, 138, 168. 
Turner, cited, 61, 236. 
Tusser, Thomas, quoted, 115. 
Twopenny Grass, 61. 
Valerian, 34, 313 et seq. 
Van Cortlandt Manor, garden at, 20 et 
seq . 
Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 21. 
Vancouver’s Island, 26. 
Van der Donck, Adrian, quoted, 17-18. 
Velvet Roses, 466. 
Vendue, 50-51. 
Venus’ Navelwort, 33, 441-442. 
Versailles, Box at, 97. 
Victoria Regia, 74-75. 
Vinca. See Periwinkle. 
Viola tricolor, 134. 
Violets, edgings of, 71 ; in backyard, 
154; gallant grace of, 166; scent of, 
259. 3I7-3I8- 
Viper’s Bugloss, 273-274. 
Virginia Allspice. See Calycanthus. 
Virginia, sun-dials in, 369-370; Rose- 
bowers in, 385 ; lyres in, 385. 
Virgin’s Bower. See Adlumia. 
