INDEX. 151 
Pinks, selection of, 146; culture 
of, 147 
Pipings, propagation by (Pictorial 
Practice), 40 to 51 
Planting, time for, 61 to 64; 
method of, 64 
Pod bursting and its prevention 
(Illustrated), 80, 84, 85 
Pollination, 16 
Position for outside beds, 61 
Pot culture for home and exhibi- 
tion (Pictorial Practice), 73 to 
95; potting in spring into the 
flowering pots, 74, 75; dis- 
budding, 76, 77; results of dis- 
budding, 78, 79, 81; staking, 
82, 83; preventing pod bursting, — 
84, 85; protecting the blooms, 
86, 87; collars, 88,89; dressing, 
90, 91; stands for exhibiting, 
92, 93 
Potting, 74 
Propagation, by seeds, 34 to 43; 
by pipings or cuttings, 40 to 451; 
by layers, 50 to 59 
R 
Rabbits, keeping down, 70, 142 
Rust (Illustrated), 124, 124 
S 
Seedlings, value of, 22 ; sown out 
of doors, 38 
Seed, saving, 16, 20; raising plants 
from (Pictorial Practice), 34 to 
43; sowing, 34, 35; stage for 
pricking off, 36, 37; pricking 
off under glass, 38, 39 ; pricking 
off out of doors, 40,41; planting 
out, 42, 43 
Selections of varieties for different 
purposes, 143, 144, 145 
Selfs, a prize stand of (I//ustrated), 
94; select varieties, 144, 144 
Shading prize blooms (I/lustrated), 
80, 87 
Slugs, 142 
Smith, Mr. Martin R., commence- 
ment with Carnations, 10; 
method of raising, 38; his lawn 
bed (Illustrated), 71 
Soil, preparation of, out of doors, 
61; for pot plants, 73; for 
Trees, 114 
Spot (Illustrated), 126, 127 
Staking (I/lustrated), 66, 67, 78, 
116, 117 
Stands for exhibiting (Z//ustrated), 
92, 93, 94, 95 
Sydenham, Mr. R., and_ the 
Midland Carnation 
10 
Society, 
fs 
Thrips (Jilustrated), 140, 141, 
142 
Trees, culture of (Pictorial Prac- 
tice), 108 to 121; raising from 
cuttings, 108, 109, 112; potting 
off, 110, 111; houses for, 111; 
shifting into larger pots, 112, 
113 ; shifting into the flowering 
pots, 114, 115; stopping, 116; 
staking, 116, 117; disbudding, 
116, 117; American, 118; re- 
potting a once flowered plant for 
