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INDEX 



Palms — continued 



withstand living-room 

 conditions, 173. 

 Pandanuses, pests that in- 

 jure, 193. 

 varieties of, 192. 

 Pans, sizes for bulbs, 93. 

 specially made, 210. 

 vs. pots, 84. 

 Peat, adding, to potting soil, 

 20. 

 scarcity of, in the United 

 States, 21. 

 Peppers, red, for Christmas, 

 103. 

 Tabasco, 104. 

 Piazza conservatory, de- 

 scription of a, 6. 

 calendar of operations, 

 225. 

 Pine, Norfolk Island, 190. 



screws, 190. 

 Plant, Century, the, 155. 

 Plant lice, tobacco v^ater 

 or soap suds removes. 



Plants in dwelling houses, 

 atmosphere, temper- 

 ature, light, conditions 



°^' 3-. 



cultivation of, an indi- 

 vidual problem, 4. 



cool-living, 90. 



dwarf, 153. 



for edgings, 197. 



raising from seeds, 35. 



red-berried, loi. 



some grown from seed, 

 in the house, 55. 



stands for, 214. 



tall, 150. 

 Porch, fuchsias for the, 122. 



Pots, covers for, 211. 

 danger of large, z^. 

 pans vs., 84. 

 "standard," 211. 

 substituting "flats'* for, 



,36- 



thumb, 29. 

 treatment of new, 34. 

 where obtainable, 34. 

 Potting, directions for, 31. 

 in the fall, 30. 

 in the spring, 27. 

 Potting soil, no hard and 

 fast rule for ingre- 

 dients of, 25. 

 Potting stick, use of,29, 213. 



how made, 32. 

 Potting tools, handy, 212. 

 Potting up, cuttings and 



seedlings, 29. 

 "Pricking out," care needed 



in, 38. 



Primroses, Chinese, 226. 



most graceful of, 47. 



potting and repotting, 48. 



temperature and air, 48. 



Propagating box, a home 



made, 59. 

 Propagation by cuttings, 



57- 

 by leaves, 64. 

 by offset, 65. 

 by runners, 66. 



Ranunculus, described, 92. 

 Red-berried plants, not 



hardy North, loi. 

 Red berries, for Christ- 

 mas, 40. 

 for two years, loi. 

 Red flowers, all winter, 151. 

 June, blooming in, 152. 



