Cut flowers of, popularity of, 103.
Early flowering varieties only should be grown in the North, 103.
Excellent way of growing them, 104.
Fresh seed necessary every other year, 104.
How to advance their bloom, 103.
Make ideal bouquets, 103.
Popularity of, 103.
Position of, in the hotbed, 35.
=Cosmos borer=, preventive of, 247.
=Cow manure=, best for the majority of plants, 23.
=Crinums=, 155–162.
Americana, 161.
Blooming, time required for, 157.
Capense, 160.
Easily grown, 155.
Erubescens, 160.
Expensive luxuries, 159.
Fimbriatum, 161.
Grandolia or Augustum, 161.
Kirkii, 159.
Kunthianum, 159, 162.
Lack of knowledge as to habits of, by florists, 155.
Moorei, 160.
Must be protected from heavy rain, 159.
Ornatum, 159.
Pedunculatum, 161.
Potting of the dry bulbs, 156.
Root-growth of, 156.
Scabrum, 160.
Secret of culture of, 158.
Soil required for, 156.
Treatment of bulb before growth, 157.
Water, amount of, necessary, 158.
Wintering of, 159.
=Criticism=, adverse, hints about, 254.
=Crocus=, 189, 192, 193.
A pretty way to grow them, 190.
Seed formation of, 189.
=Crotons=, 39, 89, 92, 151.
Best position for, in the sandbox, 39.
=Crown Imperials=, 191.
=Cucumber=, Wild, 90–96, 132, 252.
=Cup-and-Saucer Vine=, 129.
=Cut flowers=, judgment should be used in giving away, 247.
=Cuttings=, of common house plants, directions for handling, 58.
How to save those liable to decay, 61.
Lists for selection of, 58.
=Cutworms=, destruction of, 203.
=Cyclamen=, 42, 74, 75.
Bush Hill Pioneer, cost of seed of, 42.
Protecting from moisture and repotting, 75.
Starting, raising, and setting out, 74.
Treatment of, in the spring, 75.
=Cyclamen Amaryllis=, must not be allowed to dry out entirely, 75.
=Cyperus=, or Umbrella-plant, 60, 73, 74, 168.
Growing from seed an economy, 73.
Growing in jardinières, 73.
How to sow the seeds, 73.
Raising from cuttings, 73.
Semi-aquatic qualities of, 73.
Two varieties of, 74.
=Cypripedium Acaule.= See Japanese Iris.
=Czar Peter=, blue Hyacinth, 192.
D
=Daffodils=, 256.
=Dahlias=, 27, 105, 148, 149, 186, 187, 204.
Best started in baskets of sand, 148.
Borer, how to destroy, 106.
Care and protection of, for exhibition purposes, 106.
Cosmos borer destructive to, 247.
Easily raised from seed, 105.
Easily wintered, 187.
For corsage wear, single varieties best, 106, 107.
Hints on grafting, 148, 149.
Planting the seed, 105.
Should be wintered in a dry cellar, 186.
Transplanting, and treatment after, 105.
Variety desirable for cut flowers and garden rows, 106.
Worms or beetles on, how to destroy, 106.
=Daisies=, 107.
Beds, suitable for borders of, 107.
Protection of, in winter, 107.
Rockwork, colours suitable for, 107.
Starting the seeds, 107.
=Day Lily=, 201.
=Deutzia Gracilis=, 198.
=Diagrams for planning a garden=, 11–14.
=Dog-tooth Violets=, 191.
=Dolichos=, where to place in the hotbed, 35.
=Don’ts=, a chapter of, 253–257.
=Drainage=, good, necessary for rendering soil light and sandy, 17.
=Duck mittens=, for garden work, 250.
=Dusty-miller=, border plants of, 8.
=Dwarf Bijou Begonia=, 66.
E
=Earth worms=, how to destroy, 249.
=Eastern exposure=, combination of flowers suitable for window-boxes,
92, 93.
=Edgings=, plants used for, 10.
=Egyptian Lotus=, interesting peculiarity of leaves of, 168.
Suitable for growing in small ponds, 168.
=Eight-foot flower-beds=, 16.
=Elephant’s Ears=, 149.
=Emperor and Empress Narcissus=, 191, 192.
=English names of flowers=, 217–233.
=Erfordii Begonia=, 66.
=Erianthus Ravennæ=, ornamental grass, 5, 16.
=Eschscholtzias=, as a border for Pansy-beds, 118.
=Eulalia univittata=, 5, 16.
=Evergreen Amaryllis=, 162.
F
=Farfugium=, 94.
=Feathers=, as fertiliser for shrubs and hardy perennials, 28.
=Fences=, how to make attractive, 252.
=Ferns=, 23, 88, 94, 246.
=Fertiliser for house-plants=, 215.
=Fertilisers=, 23–29.
Injurious to Begonias, 217.
Necessary for Asparagus Sprengeri, 216.
Next in importance to a good soil, 23.
=Filipendula=, herbaceous Spiræa, 197.
=Firefly Antirrhinum=, for bedding, 98.
=Flame Lily=, 183.
=Flats, or boxes=, treatment of young plants in, 50.
=Floral magazines=, helpful in many ways to the amateur gardener, 257.
=Florence Vaughan Canna=, 15.
=Florists’ sashes for hotbeds=, 32.
=Floss Flower.= See Ageratum.
=Flower-beds=, arranging and marking off, 6.
General effect of growing one kind of flower in, 10.
Instructions for laying out, 14.
Instructions for making solid beds of one flower, 53.
Water-supply for, 5.
Width of, 7.
=Flower-pots=, must not be filled to the brim with earth, 210.
=Flowering Maples=, 63.
=Flowers=, common and English names of, 217–233.
Many ways of giving pleasure with, 256.
Necessary for a twelve-foot foliage-bed, 14.
Occasionally appearing in two or more sections, 232, 233.
Selecting, for the sick-room, 256.
=Foliage-bed=, how to make a twelve-foot, 14.
Beds facing south warmer than others, 188.
Design of, 12, 13.
Ideal bed for early bulbs, 188.
Manuring and fertilising, 187.
Soil of, should have good natural drainage, 187.
=Foliage plants=, ornamental, from seed, 141–146.
=Formulas=, for Bordeaux Mixture, 249.
For house-plant fertiliser, 215.
For insecticides, 249.
For kerosene emulsion, 250.
For Paris-green solution, 250.
=Foxgloves=, in the cold-frame, 37.
=Freesia=, 40, 192, 194.
Hints on caring for and raising, 194.
=Freezing of soil in pots=, no harm to plants or bulbs, 214.
=French Lilacs=, 201.
Blooming season of, 201.
Planting of, 201.
Useful as backgrounds, 201.
=Fresh-air=, how it should be supplied, 213.
In the living room necessary to keep insects from plants, 215.
=Fritillarias=, 191.
=Frosted plants=, treatment for, 214.
=Frozen plants=, how to thaw out, 213.
How to treat, 213.
=Fuchsias=, 58, 88, 91, 93, 94.
=Fumitory=, Climbing, 129.
=Funkia= (Plantain Lily), or Day Lily, 201.
Impatient of disturbance, 201.
Needs protection in winter, 201.
Suitable soil for, 201.
G
=Garden, the location and arrangement of=, 3–16.
Beds, laying out the, 13, 14.
Best position for the garden, 3.
Fall clearing of the, 203.
Flower-beds, elevated, 5.
Flower-beds, selection of flowers for, 10.
Foliage beds for lawns, diagram of, 10, 12, 14, 15.
How to prepare the flower-garden, 8.
Lawns, arrangement of, 4.
Ornamental grasses, beds of, 16.
Ornamental plants for beds, 4.
Parti-coloured flower-beds, arrangement of, 11.
Rose-garden, design for, 12.
Scheme for permanent garden, 6.
Shrubbery, planning a, 12.
South slope, ideal situation for garden, 3.
Walks, arrangement and treatment of, 9.
=Garden Spiræa=, 197.
=Garden-walks=, marking off and measuring, 6.
=Gardener=, amateur, advice to the, 20.
=Geranium seeds=, irregularity of growth, 78.
=Geraniums=, 39, 58, 59, 62, 76–78, 89–92, 94, 192.
Bruant, 91.
Camphor, 91.
Choice varieties produced by seeds from hybridised flowers, 76.
Developing of, a fascinating study, 76.
Easy to raise, 76.
Flourish best in the sun, 211.
Hints on growing, 78.
In the sand-box, 39.
Ivy, 78.
Lady Washington, 76.
Most satisfactory for south or west window-boxes, 91.
Pelargonium, 77.
Should be grown close to glass, 77.
Souvenir de Charles Turner, 91.
When to sow seed, 76.
Zonale, 77.
=German Iris=, colour effects of, 198, 199.
=Germination of seeds=, time for, 228–232.
=Giant Cassier Pansy=, 116.
Cost of seed of, 41.
=Giant Crimson Antirrhinum=, for bedding, 98.
=Giant of California Carnation=, how to raise, pot out, and cultivate,
70.
=Giant of California Petunia=, 84.
=Giant Trimardeau Pansy=, 216.
Cost of seed of, 41.
=Giant Welshman Narcissus=, 192.
=Giant White Antirrhinum=, 91, 98.
=Giant White Comet Aster=, 99.
=Giant Yellow Antirrhinum=, for bedding, 98.
=Giant Yellow Hibiscus=, 108.
=Gladioli=, keep well in winter stored in flour-sacks, 187.
=Gladiolus=, 10, 22, 25, 152, 187.
Bulbs should be planted deeply, 152.
Childsi, 152.
Fall and winter care of, 152, 153.
Hints on planting, 152.
Improvement in culture of, 152.
Rapid increase of, 152.
Reasons for planting deeply, 152.
Require frequent cultivation, 152.
Should be planted in the full sunshine, 10.
=Gladiolus-beds=, ashes for fertilising, 25.
=Glazing and painting old window sashes for hotbeds=, 32.
=Glechoma=, suitable for the north side of house, 91, 92.
=Glory of the Snow=, 191.
=Gloves=, gardening without, ruinous to hands, 251.
=Gloxinia-cuttings=, treatment of, 60.
=Gloxinias=, 37, 39, 48, 58, 60–62, 78, 79, 151, 245, 246.
An excellent place for, 245, 246.
Caring for the bulbs, 79.
High temperature required for growing, 151.
Hints on potting, 79.
How seeds are sown, 78.
How to start the plants, 151.
In the cold-frame, 37.
Keeping soil moist, 78.
Mulch preferable to cultivation for, 79.
Must be protected from heat, cold, and draughts, 78.
Period of blooming, 79.
Potting, 78.
=Golden Glow= (Rudbeckia), hardy yellow flower, 197.
=Golden Saxatile Alyssum=, 122.
=Gourds=—
Develop rapidly after making root, 133.
Good for covering fences or unsightly buildings, 132.
Liable to cutworms, 133.
Ornamental feature of summer garden, 132.
Seed sown early in season, 132.
=Gracillima univittata Eulalia=, ornamental grass, 5.
=Grand Lilas=, blue Hyacinths, 192.
=Grass walks a nuisance to the gardener=, 9.
=Gravel walks=, construction of, 9.
=Green fly=, remedies for, 248.
=Gruss an Teplitz Rose=, 178.
=Guano as a fertiliser=, 28.
H
=Hammock=, view of the garden from the, 4.
=Hanging-baskets=—
How to water, 210.
Manettia Vine very attractive for, 136.
Plants in, require more water than those on low shelves, 214.
Should be securely hung with copper wire, 209.
Thunbergias valuable for, in winter, 136.
=Hardy perennials=, planting beds of, 10.
=Hardy plants=—
Moving and transplanting of, 196.
Setting out in Southern and Northern States, 196.
=Hardy shrubs and plants for fall planting=, 196.
=Harmonising of tints in arranging parti-coloured beds=, 11.
=Heeling-in=, definition of, 190.
=Heliotropes=, 11, 39, 59, 80, 81, 88, 89, 91, 93, 117.
Care of, when grown as house-plants, 81.
Channels should be opened in roots of, to allow water to pass in,
210.
Combined with Ageratum, effect of, 81.
Desirable bedding plants, 81.
Lemoine’s seedlings exceptionally large and early, 80.
More easily raised from seed than from cuttings, 80.
Proper time for sowing the seed, 80.
Secret of successful growing, 80.
Should be in front of the sandbox, 39.
=Hen manure suitable for cold soils=, 23.
=Hepaticas=, 256.
=Hibiscus= (Marshmallow), 11, 46, 58, 103, 107–109, 203.
Africanus, hardy annual, 108.
An herbaceous perennial, 108.
Beds of, 11.
Blooms freely if not allowed to seed, 46.
Chinese, 58.
Coccinea, a tender perennial, 108.
Cultivation of, 107, 108.
Do not bear transplanting well, 108.
Flowers the first season if started early, 108.
Giant Yellow, partially hardy, 108.
Increase in size yearly, 109.
Principal varieties of, 107.
Should be potted very hard, 58.
Six-year clumps superb, 109.
Supports for, 109.
Time for planting, 108.
=Hickory tussock-moth=, destroying cocoons of, 204.
=Hints on planting and transplanting=, 54–56.
=Hints on potting=, 57, 58.
=Hints on shifting plants=, 57.
=Hollyhocks=, 11, 46, 109, 110, 203.
Allegheny, hardy variety, 110.
Attacks of insects on, 110.
Beds of, 11.
Planting, 109.
Require hilling up in winter, 110.
Seed of, 46.
Sowing the seed, 109.
Suitable for effective grouping, 109.
=Honeysuckle=, 61, 252.
Layering valuable for, 61.
=Hoof-parings=, good for the perennial flower-bed, 28.
=Horse manure=, good in clayey soil, 23.
=Horsfieldi Narcissus=, 191, 192.
=House-plant raising a most fascinating work=, 62.
=House-plants=, a good fertiliser for, 215.
Care of, in winter, 208–216.
Cuttings of, easily rooted, 50.
Directions for handling, 58.
From seeds, 62–87.
=Hotbed=, the, 30–37.
A cheap way of making a, 32.
Best position for, 31.
Care and attention of, 36.
Chicken netting for use as screens in the, 37.
Construction of pit of, 32.
How to construct a, 31–34.
Screens for, 36.
Treatment of plants in the, 33, 34.
=Hotbeds=, airing and protecting, 253.
=Hotbed-sashes=, cost of, 31.
Proper size of, 31.
=Hot-water bath=, gives better results than insecticides, 250.
=Hyacinths=, 38, 170, 188, 189, 192.
Alba superbissima, 192.
Baroness Van Thuyl, 192.
Czar Peter, 192.
Grand Lilas, 192.
Hints on selecting, 192.
Ida, 192.
La Grandesse, 192.
Norma gigantea, 192.
Planting, distance apart for, 188.
Roi des Belges, 192.
Should be planted alone, 188.
Treatment of, and potting in the fall, 192, 193.
Use of cold-frame for, 38.
Varieties of, 192.
Wood, 191.
=Hyacinths=, Water, 170.
Novelty of, 170.
Nuisance of, in Florida rivers, 170.
Paris green must not be used in water, 170.
Roots increase rapidly, 170.
=Hypericum Moserianum=, 197.
I
=Iceland Poppies=, 118.
=Ida, yellow Hyacinth=, 192.
=Impatiens sultana=, 58.
=Indian Shot=, 141.
=Insecticides=, 246–252.
=Insects in the Rosebud=, remedies for, 177.
=Instructions for raising seeds and young plants in flats or boxes=,
50.
=Iris=, 23, 166, 197.
Care required in raising various kinds of, 197.
Should be divided every three or four years, 199.
Transplanting of, 196.
Valuable for borders on drives and walks, 198.
See, also, Japanese Iris.
=Italia Cannas=, 15.
=Ivy=, use of, for covering and protecting walls in England, 128.
=Ivy Geraniums=, extra care required to keep low and stocky, 78.
J
=Jackmanni Clematis=, 138.
=Japan Lilies=, beds of, 11.
=Japanese Hop=—
Deserves to be extensively grown, 133.
Female plant only bears seed, 133.
Foliage very showy and effective, 133.
Pays well for care in cultivation, 133.
Requires an elastic support, 134.
=Japanese Iris=, best place for setting out, 10.
Has no insect pest, 199.
Moles have a liking for roots of, 199.
Wonderful colours and size of, 199.
=Japanese Morning-glory=, 91, 134.
Grown in pots by Japanese, 134.
Hints how to raise successfully, 134, 135.
Requires support, 135.
Should be started in house or hotbed, 134.
=Japanese Tassel Aster=, 99.
=June and July=, shrubs and plants that bloom in, 237, 239, 240.
=June Roses subject to insects=, 176.
=Justicia=, 93.
K
=Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Rose=, 178.
=Kerosene emulsion=, 250.
=Kilmarnock Willow=, 140.
=Krameri Lily=, 182.
L
=Lady-slipper.= See Balsams.
=Lady Washington Geranium=, 76.
=La Grandesse Hyacinth=, 192.
=Lantanas=, 42, 46, 81–83, 92.
Description of, 81.
Make fine hedgerows, 83.
May seed freely, 46.
Not a desirable plant for the house, 82.
Starting the seed, 82.
Treatment of, in raising, 82.
Weeping Lantanas, 81, 83.
Will bloom freely in the house, 83.
=Larkspur=, excellent for rear beds, 11.
=Lavender=, 11.
=Lawn=, a neglected, amount of labour involved in a, 6.
=Layering=, a form of rooting cuttings, 61.
=Laying out flower-beds=, 13, 14.
=Leaf-mould=, composition of, 18.
For flower-garden, 7.
For use in boxes, 48.
How to make, 21.
Where found, 18.
=Leaves=, an excellent protection to plants in the winter, 205.
=Lilies=, 9, 11, 12, 168, 179–184, 204.
Auratum Lily bulbs, 180.
Best time for planting, 183.
Day, 201.
Flame, 183.
Funkia, 201.
General treatment of all kinds of, 182.
Hardy, planting of, 183.
How Japanese protect their plants, 180.
Ideal spot for, 12.
Injured by exposure to air and thawings, 180, 181.
Japanese, 181, 182.
Krameri, 182.
Left to themselves, growth of, 183.
Longiflorum, 182.
Plantain, 201.
Washingtonianum, 182.
=Lilium album=, description of, 181.
=Lilium auratum=, 180.
=Lilium Brownii=, 182.
=Lilium candidum=, 180.
Must be planted early, 180.
Soil required for, 180.
=Lilium giganteum=, the most wonderful and tallest variety of Lily,
182.
=Lilium rubrum=, most easily grown, 181.
=Lilium speciosum=, exceeding beauty of, 181.
=Lily-bed=, the hardy, 179–184.
As a garden investment, 179.
Building the bed, 180.
Fibrous-rooted plants, hardy shrubs, and perennials give best
results, 179.
Selecting a site for, 180.
=Lily, Pond=—
Process of germination of, 169.
Sowing the seed of, 169.
=Lily-pond=—
Cementing a pond, 166, 167.
Constructing a, 165.
Diverting a small stream for a, 166.
How to keep clear and sweet, 172.
Objections raised to, 171.
Renewing water in, 165.
Zinc tubs for small water-ponds, 167.
=Liquid manure=, how to prepare, 26, 27.
How to use, 28.
=Little Dorrit Ageratum=, 102.
=Loam=, the best garden soil, 17.
=Longiflorum Lily=, 182.
=Lotus=, 168.
=Lotus Peliorhynchus=, 92.
=Lychnis=, herbaceous perennials, 198.
Semperflorens plenissima, 198.
=Lychnis Chalcedonica=, 198.
M
=Madame Gunther Nasturtium=, 111.
=Manettia Vine=, 93, 136.
Blooms more freely when pot-bound, 137.
Daily watering required, 136.
Satisfactory for winter blooming, 136.
Time for repotting, 137.
=Manure=, preparation of, for the garden, 24.
Proper use of, in the hotbed, 32.
=Manure-barrel=, how to handle, 26, 27.
=Manure-water=, how to prepare, 25, 26.
=Manures=, cow, horse, hen, and sheep, 23.
Quantity necessary for use, 29.
=Maples=, flowering, 63.
=Marguerite Carnations=, best for outdoor blooming, 70.
=Marshmallow.= See Hibiscus.
=Maurandya=, 46, 90, 91, 93, 135, 246.
A beautiful vine for window-boxes, 90.
Height of plant and colours of flowers, 135.
Requires no special treatment, 135.
Seed of, gathered without harm to vine, 46.
Suitable for trellises, window-boxes, and vases, 135.
Time for sowing seed, 135.
=May=, trees, shrubs, and plants that bloom in, 235, 236.
=Mealy bug=, remedy for the, on house-plants, 248.
=Metake Bambusa=, 171.
=Milk-and-Wine Lily=, 161.
See also Crinum fimbriatum.
=Miranda Petunia=, 84.
=Mixed seeds=, variety of, 62.
=Moisture-loving plants=, best place for setting out, 10.
=Moles=, liking of, for roots of Japanese Iris, 199.
Netting and traps for, 199.
=Monkshood=, 11, 46, 122.
Excellent for rear beds, 11.
=Montbretias=—
Desirable for cut flowers, 153.
Keep well through winter in flour sacks, 187.
May be grown in corners of flower-bed, 153.
Multiply rapidly, 153.
Resemble Gladioli in flower and foliage, 153.
=Moonlight Nasturtium=, 111.
=Morning-Glories=, 42, 44, 46, 91, 94, 252, 256.
Reaching the roof by strings, 94.
Require little root room, 94.
Seed of, 46.
See also Japanese Morning-Glories.
=Mountain Fringe=, 129.
=Mrs. Edward Andre Clematis=, 138.
=Mrs. Robert Perry Rose=, 178.
=Muck or peat=, preparation of, 18, 19.
=Myosotis=, 119.
N
=Narcissi=, 38, 188, 191, 192.
Alba plena, 119.
All species are hardy, 191.
Emperor and Empress, 191, 192.
Giant Welshman, 192.
Horsfieldi, 191, 192.
Odoratus, 191.
Paper white, 192.
Planting of various varieties of, 190.
Poeticus, 191.
Treatment of, and potting in the fall, 192, 193.
Trumpet varieties of, 192.
Use of cold-frame for, 38.
Varieties of, 191, 192.
Von Sion, 191, 192.
=Nasturtiums=, 15, 45, 92, 94, 96, 110, 111, 252.
Chameleon, new variety, 111.
Dwarf varieties very attractive for Canna-beds, 110.
Flourish well in elevated beds, 111.
Grown on strings and trellises, 111.
Madame Gunther, mixed variety, 111.
Make excellent edges for beds, 15.
Moonlight, pale cream variety, 111.
Require abundant root room, 94.
Saving seed of, 45.
Sunlight, new variety, 111.
Tall varieties make effective beds, 111.
Trailers, not climbers, 111.
Will not bloom well in shade, 110.
=Nicotianas=, how to sow, 35.
=Nine-foot flower-beds=, 15.
=Niobe Antirrhinum=, for bedding, 98.
=Norma gigantea Hyacinth=, 192.
=Northern exposure=, combination of flowers suitable for window-boxes,
93, 94.
=Nymphæas=, 168–170.
Hardy, for planting in soil of Lily-pond, 168.
Varieties of, suitable for amateur cultivation, 169.
O
=Odds and ends=, chapter of, 245–252.
=Odoratus Narcissus=, 191.
=Orchid-flowered Cannas=, treatment of, in winter, 186.
=Oriental Poppies=, 118.
=Ornamental foliage plants=, beds of, 4.
From seeds, 141–146.
=Ornamental grasses=, 5.
Nine-foot bed of, 16.
On lawns recommended, 16.
=Ornithogalum arabicum=, 192.
Requires high temperature, 194.
=Ostrich Feather Aster=, 99.
=Otaheite Orange=, 58.
=Oxalis, Summer-blooming=—
Advantage of precocity of growth, 154.
Bermuda, 195.
Desirable for borders, 154.
Extensively grown in parks and public gardens, 154.
Good substitute for other plants that have failed to come up, 154.
Hints on raising, 195.
How to buy and set, 154.
Most easily raised of all bulbous plants, 154.
Rapid growth of, 154.
P
=Pæonia.= See Peony.
=Pansies=, 10, 18, 23, 25, 34, 37, 41, 44, 53, 67, 81, 84, 85, 112–118,
205, 206, 253.
Aurora, 116.
Best place for planting, 10.
Cold weather, care of, during, 112, 113.
Daily care of, 253.
Fungoid disease and mildew, remedy for, 115.
Germination, period of, 112.
Giant Cassier, 116.
Giant Trimardeau, 216.
How to carry Pansy bed through winter, 116, 117.
How to raise sturdy plants, 112.
In the cold-frame, 37.
Planting, best place for, 115.
Seeds, fresh, every year for best varieties, 116.
Snow Queen, 116.
Soot as a fertiliser for, 25.
Sowing in cold-frame or hotbed, 112.
Special mixtures of seeds, 116.
Spring, treatment of roots in the, 113.
Time for sowing seed, 112.
Transplanting, 113.
Watering beds of, 114.
=Pansy-bed=, the, 112–119.
Proper soil for, 18.
=Pansy-seed=—
Should be grown by a specialist, 44.
The best is the cheapest, 41.
=Papa Canna=, 15.
=Paper White Narcissus=, 192.
=Paris green=, 100, 170, 172, 177, 247, 249.
=Paris green solution=, 250.
=Parti-coloured beds of flowers=, arrangement of, 11.
=Pelargonium Geraniums=—
Cuttings of, for new plants, 77.
Time for blooming, 77.
Very satisfactory when raised from seed, 77.
=Pennisetum Ruppellianum=, 16.
=Peonies=, 9, 11, 179, 200, 201, 204, 206.
Best soil and location for, 200.
Raised beds of, 11.
=Peony Aster=, 99.
=Peony-beds=, should be heavily mulched with manure in the fall, 201.
=Perennial-beds=, must be well rounded up, 204.
=Perennials=, benefited by removal of withered flowers, 46.
Hardy, grouping of, in flowerbeds, 10.
=Perfection Aster=, 99.
=Perpetuals=, hardy, 176.
=Petunias=, 9, 35, 42, 45, 58, 83–85, 93, 96, 117.
Bloom freely in the house, 85.
Burpee’s Defiance, 84.
Double variety more suitable for pots, vases, and bedding out, 84.
Giant of California, 84.
Growing plants of, from seed, 45.
How to distinguish the finer varieties, 85.
How to sow seed of, 35.
Improvement in growth of, the last few years, 83.
Instructions for raising, 84.
Miranda, 84.
Poor or inferior plants should be removed, 85.
Potting and caring for, 85.
Young plants require great care, 84.
=Phacelia=, 96.
=Phlox Drummondi=, 11, 16, 42, 91, 96, 119.
Beds of, 11.
Border of dwarf variety, 119.
Germination of seed, 119.
=Phlox subulata=, border plants of, 8.
=Pinks=, grow best from self-sown seed, 45.
=Plant enemies=, increase of, 246, 247.
=Plant growing=, failures in, 58.
=Plant lice=, or green fly, remedies for, 248.
=Plantain Lily=, 201.
=Planting seed=, 34–36.
=Plants=—
Blooming season of various, 234–244.
For winter blooming should not be exposed to chilly nights, 208.
How to treat when frozen, 213.
Learning to keep, 254.
Method of shifting and bedding out, 51.
Need room to develop, 253.
No more should be raised than there is room for, 253.
Proper breathing of, 211.
Protecting from cold and sun, 204, 205.
Protection for tall ones, 206.
Received by mail, treatment of, before being put in window-boxes, 95.
Saving seed and giving away cuttings, 254.
Should have room to breathe and grow, 208.
Sudden change of temperature should be avoided, 212.
Support should be given to such as need it, 212.
Transplantation of, in the fall, 196.
Treatment of, for winter blooming, 51.
Wintering of, 196.
=Poa=, an edible food of the Sandwich Islands, 149.
=Pond Lily=, 169.
=Poeticus Narcissus=, 191.
=Poeticus ornatus Narcissus=, 191.
=Polyanthus=, 191.
=Poppies=, 44, 117–119, 170.
Hunnemannia fumariæfolia, 118.
Iceland, 118.
Oriental, 118.
Shirley, 117.
Should not be grown too closely, 118.
Value of seed from, 44.
=Poppies, Water=, 170, 171.
Attractiveness of, 171.
=Poppy-seed=, sowing in the Pansy-bed, 117.
=Porches=, Thunbergias valuable for covering foundations of, 136.
=Pot-bound plants=, how to remove, 57.
=Potting=, hints on, 57, 58.
=Potting-soil=, always keep ready for use, 40.
How to obtain, 21.