Part 44

=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.

=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.

=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.