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INDEX 



Temperature fluctuations, 

 drawback to home pro- 

 pagation of plants, 58. 



Thrips, destructiveness of, 

 170, 206. 

 paris green remedy for,8 1 . 



Tobacco, remedy for aphis, 

 76. 



Tools and accessories, for 

 window gardening,2o8 



Transplanting of seedlings 



use of the dibble in, 39. 

 Trellis, wood or wire, 215. 

 Tulips, varieties of, 87. 



Umbrella plant, propaga- 

 tion of, 65. 



Variety selections; for 

 baskets, 41, 104, 160. 



for Christmas, 40, 44, 64, 

 86, 89, 98, 100, loi, 

 102, 103, 226, 228. 



for cut flowers in win- 

 ter, 98. 



for decoration, 42, 122, 

 196, 197. 



for Easter, 87, 98, 105, 

 108, 112, 113. 



for edgings, 197. 



for June, 152. 



for shelves, 41. 



for summer, 133. 



for winter, 120, 122, 

 125, 126, 151. 

 Vines, for room decoration, 

 42, 197. 



grown for foliage, 44. 



varieties of, 42. 



Watering, best way of 

 soil, 38. 

 improper, 169. 

 importance of golden 



mean in, 71. 

 no hard and fast rule for, 



71- 

 pot, the, 216. 

 White bloom, best feathery. 



Winter, 112. 

 Window boxes, wood and 



metal, 216. 

 Window garden, heating 

 problems, 12. 

 ideal situation for, 4. 

 injuriousness of exces- 

 sive light, 5. 

 protection from exces- 

 sive sunshine, 5. 

 Window gardening, tools 

 and accessories, 208. 

 Window plants, annuals, 



^33- 

 begonias, 133. 

 frost, fatal to, 40. 

 herbaceous, 132. 

 shrubs, 132. 

 vines, 132. 

 Windows, sunless, plants 



for, 115. 

 Winter, danger of repot- 

 ting in, 27. 

 red flowers all, 151. 

 Winter flowers, begonias, 

 120. 

 fuchsias, 122. 

 maple, flowering, 125. 

 red flowers, 151. 

 yellow flax, 126. 



