Part 41

=Rose-hopper or thrips=, on Rose leaves, remedy for, 177, 248.

=Rose of Sharon= (Althea)— Method of blooming, 202. Winter care of young and old trees, 202.

=Rose-slugs=, how to get rid of, 177, 248.

=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.

=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.