CONTENTS. 
PAGE. 
Rosemary — Remembrance, - - - 264 
Rose (Musk) — Charms, .... 265 
Rose (White) — Secrecy, - - - 266 
Rudbeckia — Justice, . 267 
Rue — Repentance, ----- 268 
Sage — Domestic virtue, - - - 269 
Salvia — Energy, . 270 
Sarsaparilla — Experience, - - - - 271 
Sassafras — Favor, . 272 
Sensitive Plant — Bashful modesty, - - 273 
Shamrock — Light-heartedness, - - 274 
Snapdragon — Presumption,- - - - 275 
Snowball — Thoughts of heaven, - - 276 
Snowdrop — Consolation, - - - - 277 
Snowdrop Tree — Exhilaration, - - 278 
Southernwood — Jesting, - - - - 279 
Speedwell — Female fidelity, - - - 280 
Spiderwort — Transient happiness, - - 281 
Spikenard — Benefits, - - - - 282 
Spruce — Farewell,.283 
Stapelia — Offense, . 284 
Star Flower — Reciprocity, - - - - 285 
Star of Bethlehem — Reconciliation, - 286 
Strawberry — Perfect goodness, - - 287 
Sumach — Splendor, . 288 
Summer Savory — Success, - - - - 289 
Sunflower — Lofty thoughts, - - - 290 
Sweet Flag — Fitness, . 291 
Sweet Potato — Hidden qualities, - - 292 
Sweet Sultan — Felicity, - 293 
Sweet William — Stratagem, - -■ - 294 
Sycamore — Woodland beauty, - - - 295 
PARC 33.— Cultiuation 
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 
PAGE. 
Soils — Loam; Sand; Leaf-mold ; Turf; Peat; 
Manures,. 330 - 33 1 
Flower-Beds — In Relation to Symmetry 
and Color; Deformities Concealed, - 331-333 
Propagating Plants — Sowing Seeds; Cut¬ 
tings or Slips; Layering; Offshoots; Bulbs, 333 
Potting Plants,.335 
Watering Plants,.337 
Pruning Plants, ------ 338 
Insects — Foliage Insects: Aphis Rosa:; 
Thrips; Red Spider; Mealy Bug; Coccus; 
Verbena Mite; Roller Caterpillar; Rose 
Beetle; Tobacco Worm, - - - 338-340 
Root Worms: Angleworm ;* Milleped; Cut- 
Worm; Wire-Worm,. 341 
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Syringa — Memory,. 296 
Tansy — Resistance,. 297 
Teasel — Misanthropy, - 298 
Thistle — Austerity, . 299 
Thorn — Difficulty, ----- 300 
Thorn Apple — Deceitful charms, - - 301 
Thrift — Sympathy, . 302 
Tiger Flower — Pride befriend me, - - 303 
Trumpet Flower — Fame, - - - 304 
Tuberose — Voluptuousness,- - - - 305 
Tulip — Declaration of love, - - - 306 
Tussilago — Justice to you, ... 307 
Valerian — Obliging disposition, - - 308 
Venus’s Fly-trap — Deceit, - 309 
Venus’s Looking-glass — Flattery, - - 310 
Verbena — Sensibility, - - - - - 311 
Violet — Modesty, . 312 
Virgin’s Bower — Filial affection, - - 313 
Wallflower — Fidelity in misfortune, - 314 
Walnut — Intellect, . 315 
Water Lily — Eloquence, - - - 316 
Weeping Willow — Melancholy, - - - 317 
Wheat — Riches, . 318 
White Walnut — Understanding, - - 319 
Winter Cherry — Deception, - - - 320 
Witch Hazel — Witchery, - 321 
Wormwood — Absence, - - - 322 
Yarrow —War,. 323 
Y ew — Sorrow,.324 
Yucca — Authority, ----- 325 
Zinnia — Thoughts in absence, - - 326 
anft Analysis of Plants. 
Diseases of Plants — Mildew; Blackrust; 
Damping Off, . 342 
Practical Precepts, - - - - 342 
CULTURE OF FAVORITE PLANTS. 
Abutilon, . 346 
Achyranthus, . 347 
Agapanthus, . 347 
Alternantheras, . 348 
Amaryllis, . 349 
Aster, . 349 
Azalea, - - 350 
Balsam, . 350 
Begonia, - - - - * - - -351 
Bouvardia, . 352 
