Chapter VIII: Part 8
=Rose, June=, 173, 174.
Cultivation and pruning of, 173, 174.
Hardy climbers, treatment of, 174.
Insects, a pest to, 176.
Labor of caring for, objectionable to some, 173.
Mulching in the fall, 174.
New wood should be encouraged, 174.
Thorniness of, 173.
Winter protection of, 174.
=Rose, Tea=, 174, 175.
Excellent for summer Rose-bed, 174.
Insects, generally free from, 176.
Mildew, how to avoid and remedy for, 177.
Potting, 175.
Transplanting into open ground, 175.
=Roses=, 3, 17, 18, 23, 25, 27, 37, 39, 58, 59, 61, 173–178, 252.
American Beauty, 178.
Bride, 178.
Climbing, winter protection of, 204.
Gruss an Teplitz, 178.
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 178.
Kept in house in winter, how to keep free from pests and insects,
178.
Mrs. Robert Perry, 178.
North winds disastrous to, 3.
Proper soil for, 17.
Soot a good fertiliser for, 25.
Virginia R. Coxe, 178.
=Rubber gloves for garden work=, 250.
=Rubber-plants=, rooting and care of, 60.
=Rubber sprinklers=, indispensable for watering hanging-baskets, 214.
=Rudbeckia=, 197.
=Ruffled Giant Petunia=, 84.
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=S. A. Nutt Geranium=, for south and west window-boxes, 91.
=St. John’s Wort= (Hypericum Moserianum), a perennial, 197.
=Salt pork=, for keeping moles from Iris roots, 200.
=Salvia= (Flowering Sage), 5, 14, 15, 18, 29, 46, 120.
Bonfire, 121.
Clara Bedman, 121.
Desirable for bedding purposes, 120.
Do well in partial shade, 120.
Most congenial soil, 120.
Root readily in wet sand, 121.
Scarlet, 14, 15.
Seed germination, 121.
Splendens, 5, 121.
Subject to red spider in the house, 120.
When to start seed, 120.
White-flowered variety, 121.
=Salvia patens=, 121.
Seldom seen in gardens, 122.
Wonderful blue shade of, 122.
=Salvias=—
Proper soil for, 18.
Seed freely, 46.
=San Salvador Cobæa=, 130.
=Sand=, white or grey, best for potting, 21.
=Sand-box=, the, 38–40.
A fascinating spot, 39.
How to make one, 38.
Summer storage of plants in, 38.
=Saxatile, golden=, 122.
Desirable for edging or rockwork, 122.
=Scilla=, 189, 190, 192, 193.
=Scillas and Crocuses=—
A pretty way to grow, 190.
Beds of, 189.
Lengthening of flower-stems, 190.
Protection of, 189.
=Screens for the hotbed=, 36.
=Scythe-boxes make good window-boxes=, 94.
=Seed=, various annuals from, 98–111.
=Seedlings=, blossom in the natural course, 62.
=Seed-planting=, 34–36.
=Seeds=, coarse varieties, how to sow, 49.
Fine varieties should be sown broadcast, 49.
House treatment of some fine varieties, 48.
Labelling and storing, 47.
Need little light while germinating, 49.
Protection of, in their early stages, 30.
Purchasing of, 41–47.
Should be gathered when ripe, 47.
Starting in flats, 48–52.
Temperature and period of germination, 32.
Time for germination of, 228–232.
Uselessness of buying cheap varieties of, 42.
Vitality of some kinds of, 42.
What kinds to save, 43, 44.
Where to buy, 42.
Where to plant coarse, 35.
=September=, shrubs, plants, and bulbs that bloom during, 242, 243.
=Setaria magna=, 16.
=Shade-loving plants=, an excellent place for, 245, 246.
=Sheep manure=, desirable for house-plants, 23.
=Shell Flowers=, 153.
=Shelves for flowers in winter=, 208.
Should be securely fastened, 209.
=Shelter=, proper, for flowers, 3.
“=Shifting=,” meaning of term, 56.
=Shirley Poppies in the Pansy-bed=, 117.
=Shrubbery=, planning a, 12.
=Shrubs=, blooming season of, 234–244.
Spring-planted, should be moved when dormant, 196, 197.
=Shrubs and plants=, hardy, for fall planting, 196.
=Sir Watkin Narcissus=, or Giant Welshman, 191, 192.
=Skirts=, suitable, for working in the garden, 257.
=Slop-water should not be used for foliage plants=, 27.
=Snapdragon.= See Antirrhinums.
=Snow Queen Pansy=, 116.
Cost of seed of, 42.
=Snowdrops=, a pretty way to grow, 190, 191.
=Soapsuds a good fertiliser=, 27.
=Sod=, preparing garden, 8.
=Sod borders=, involve too much care in flower-beds, 9.
=Soil=, preparation of, for the flower-garden, 7.
Replacing, difficulties of, 20.
Unsuitable, cause of many failures in raising plants, 19.
=Soils=, 17–22.
=Solanum Jasminoides=, 93.
=Soot as a fertiliser for flowers=, 25.
=South slope=, the ideal situation for a garden, 3.
=Southern exposure=, combination of flowers suitable for window-boxes,
91, 92.
=Souvenir de Charles Turner Geranium=, 91.
=Spade=, results secured by use of, in making flower-beds, 7.
=Spading flower-beds=, 8.
=Speciosum Lilies=, exceeding beauty of, 181.
=Speciosum roseum Lily=, 181.
=Speciosum rubrum Lily=, 181.
=Sphagnum moss=, for wrapping Rubber-plants’ roots in, 60.
=Spiræa filipendula=, 198.
=Spiræa Japonica=, 198.
=Spiræas=—
Anthony Waterer, 197.
Desirable for fall or spring planting, 196.
Filipendula, 197.
Garden, 197.
Mealy bug on, 248.
Van de Houttei, 197.
=Spring=, treatment of roots and seeds in the, 113, 196.
=Spring-planted shrubs=, 196.
=Stakes for house-plants=, 40.
=Stocking window-boxes=, 95.
=Subsoil=, removing for flowerbeds, 7.
=Sulpho-tobacco soap=, a remedy for plant lice, 248.
=Sulphur=, for mildew on Pansies, 115.
Flower of, for dusting over rose-leaves to prevent mildew, 177.
=Summer=, shrubs, plants and vines that bloom all the, 243, 244.
=Sunflower=, California, 197.
=Sunlight Nasturtium=, 111.
=Sun-loving plants=, care of, 211.
=Supports for window-boxes=, how to make, 94, 95.
=Surface-soil=, treatment of, for flower-beds, 7.
=Swanley Blue Ageratum=, 102.
=Sweet Alyssum=, 5, 9, 14, 46, 96, 121, 122.
Little Gem, edging for flowerbeds, 5, 14.
Sows its own seed, 46.
=Sweet-peas=, 46, 122–124, 252, 253.
Bewildering variety of, 124.
Culture of, 122.
Daily care of, 253.
Habit of climbing, 123.
Must not be permitted to seed, 46.
Planting, 122.
Sowing seed of, best time for, 122.
Watering, method of, 123.
Wire supports necessary for growth, 123.
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=Tea-roses=, 37.
Freer from insects than June Roses, 176.
In the cold-frame, 37.
=Temperature=, a sudden change of, should be avoided with flowers, 212.
=Thawing out frozen plants=, 213.
=Thermometer=, necessary for the hotbed, 35.
=Thunbergia= (Black-eyed Susan), 46, 47, 90, 92, 93, 136.
Admirable for basket or bracket plants in winter, 136.
Grow freely from seed, 136.
Red spider attacks, 136.
Requires sunny situation, 136.
Seed may be gathered from, 46.
Valuable for covering low trellises, 136.
=Tigridias=, beautiful in colour, 153.
Ephemeral flowers of, 153.
Peculiar leaf of, 153, 154.
Potting and bedding out, 153.
=Tobacco=, use of, for killing plant-lice, 248.
=Tom Thumb Ageratum=, desirable for edgings, 101.
=Tools necessary for the successful gardener=, 245.
=Top-soil=, removal of, in making flower-beds, 7.
=Transplanting=, instructions for, 54.
Seedlings, 50.
The proper time for, 54.
=Transplanting and repotting=, 53.
=Trailing Fuchsia=, 91.
=Trapping moles in Iris-beds=, 200.
=Trees=, blooming season of, 234–244.
=Trellises=, Thunbergias valuable for covering, 136.
=Trumpet Vine=, 139.
=Tuberoses=, do well in Gladiola-bed, 164.
Double Pearl, blooms but once, 163, 164.
Must be started in a warm place, 163.
Plenty of water required, 163.
Potting, 163.
=Tulips=, 188, 189, 193.
Neglected beds of, 189.
Planting, distance and depth for, 188.
Plants of same height and season should be set together, 189.
Storing away, 189.
=Twelve-foot flower-beds=, 14, 15.
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=Umbrella-plants=, 60, 73, 74, 168.
How to start root, 60.
=Unsuitable soil=, cause of many failures in raising plants, 19.
=Urns=, Thunbergias valuable for, 136.
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=Van Houttei=, white Spiræa, 197.
=Verbenas=, 44, 45, 92, 96, 124–127.
Colours should be kept separate, 124.
Enjoy rockwork, 125.
Thrive in any good soil, 125.
Treatment of seed before planting, 124.
=Vernon Begonia=, 66.
=Vincas= (Periwinkles), 15, 16, 46, 94, 125.
As border for Canna-bed, 125.
Bloom more freely if not allowed to seed, 46.
Foliage and flowers, colour and texture of, 125.
Moisture, fair amount of, necessary, 126.
White-flowered, 15, 16.
Worthy extensive cultivation, 125.
=Vines=, 128–140.
Prejudice against, 128.
Time for planting, 53.
Training of, over sides of the sand-box, 39.
Walls indestructible when covered with, 128.
=Violets=, 23, 37.
Dog-tooth, 191.
Protection of cold-frame for, 37, 38.
=Virginia Creeper=, 128.
=Virginia R. Coxe Rose=, 178.
=Virgin’s Bower=, 137.
=Viscaria= (Ragged Robin), a scented garden flower, 198.
=Von Sion Narcissus=, 191, 192.
=Vulcan Begonia=, 66.
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=Walks=, garden, construction of, 9.
=Washingtonianum Lily=, 182.
=Water gardens=, 104.
=Water Hyacinths=, 170.
=Water=, standing, injures roots of all plants, 204.
=Water-supply for elevated bed=, 5.
=Watering seeds in flats=, 50.
=Watering soil in boxes=, 49.
=Watering-pot=, should not be used in sowing seed, 36.
=Weeping Lantana=, 81, 83.
See, also, Lantana.
=White=, the most valuable colour in the garden, 11.
=Wild Cucumber=, 90, 91, 93, 96, 132, 252.
A beautiful background for Geraniums in the window-box, 90.
=Willow, Kilmarnock=, 140.
=Window-boxes, inside=, best support for, 94.
Cheap and available boxes, 95, 96.
Combination of plants suitable for a southern exposure, 91, 92;
for eastern exposure, 92, 93;
for northern exposure, 93, 94.
Economical arrangement of, 96.
Geraniums best for south or west boxes, 91.
How to care for and raise flowers in, 97.
Longevity of, 96.
Plants in, require watering every day, 253.
Preserving during winter, 95.
Quantity of plants necessary for, 89, 90.
Stocking, 95.
Two boxes necessary for the season, 90.
=Window-boxes, outside=, 88–97.
Add to cheerfulness of rooms, 88.
Plants best suited to the light should be selected for, 88.
Proper construction of, 89.
Suitable plants for, 88.
Supply of water necessary, 89.
=Window-sashes=, old, for use in making hotbeds, 32.
=Winter Aconite=, 191.
=Winter=, care of old and young trees in the, 202.
=Winter protection of flowers and shrubs=, 203–207.
=Wire netting=, judicious use of, in the flower garden, 251.
For Moles, 199.
=Wood Hyacinths=, 191.
=Wooden frames=, best results from, as winter protectors, 203.
=Work-table=, indispensable in cultivating a garden, 39.
=Worthless seeds=, 42.
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=Zanzibar varieties of Ricinus=, best for cultivation, 144.
=Zonale Geraniums=, time for blooming, 77.
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