INDEX. 
Rules to be observed in manuring, 37 
Runners, 72 
Rustic baskets, 342 
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Sage, 187 
Salad plants, 181, 184 
Salsify, 176 
Sand, use of for cuttings, 81 
Sandy soils, mode of improving, 31 
Saucers, plants generally better without, 354 
when to be kept full of water, 349 
Savoury and basil, 189 
Savoys, 158 
Scaly bulbs, treatment of, 388 
Scorzonera, 176 
Scotch roses, 325 
Sea kale, 147 
Seats in a garden, or pleasure ground, 341 
Seeds, danger of burying them too deeply, 45 
germination of, 2 
points to be attended to in sowing, 43 
time for gathering, 387 
what is necessary to make them vegetate, 46 
September, operations in, 388 
Shading, use of after transplanting, 53 
Shallots, difficulty of growing, 180 
time for taking up, 387 
Shifting or repotting plants, mode of performing, 3 
time for, 352 
use of, 350 
Shrubs, ornamental, 315 
Silex, its nature, 28 
Simple digging, mode of performing, 14 
Skirret, 176 
Slips, 85 
Slugs, 131 
Snails and slugs, 131 
when to search for, 375 
Soil fit for plants, 27 
different kinds of, 28 
for choice plants, how to introduce, 20 
for plants in pots, 351 
most productive, 31 
mode of mixing, 308 
weather to be done in, 308 
