Part 43

=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.

=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.