298 herbaceous garden 
Shirley poppies, method of rais- 
ing, 128. 
Site, choice of, 3, 4 et seq. 
Slugs, 43. 
Snapdragons, 174 et seq. 
Soils, chalky, 42. 
clay, 39. 
gravel and sandy, 41. 
loam, 38. 
sandy or peaty, 13. 
Spadework, 38 et seq. 
Spring flowers, 180 et seq. 
gardens, 26, 49. 
Square garden, 26, 69, 97, 138. 
plans of, 98, 139. 
Staking of perennials, 52, 54, 55. 
various methods, 52 et seq. 
Stone figures, uses and abuses, 
14. 
Stone-paved garden, 28, 32. 
Stony border, improvement of, 
43 - 
Succession of bloom, 48, 49. 
Sun, necessity of, 4, 5. 
Surroundings, relations to, 12. 
Sussex hedge, 10. 
Sweetbrier hedges, 89, 14 1. 
Tamarisk hedge, 9. 
Terraces, arrangement of, 17. 
Thuja for background, 8, 35, 89. 
Trellis work, value of, 25. 
preservation of, 25. 
Van Verendael, 158. 
Vegetable refuse, disposal of, 43. 
Vistas, their use and abuse, 15. 
Walled gardens, 27, 35. 
Weeding, 45. 
Weeds, disposal of, 43. 
Winding walks, 26. 
Wire-netting, 53. 
Wire-worms, 38. 
Yew hedges, 8, 10, 35, 42. 
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