Index 



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New varieties, growing of, Dorner 



method 216 



New varieties, introducing into com- 

 merce 212 



Nicoticide 195 



Nitrogen 63 



Nitrogen, sources of 64 



Nomenclature, American carnation 251-256 

 Number of plants grown annually... 34 



Number of years in cultivation 19 



Ohio, culture in 274 



Oil, fuel 188 



Operations, monthly calendar of 239 



Origin and early history 17 



Overfeeding, results of 68 



Packing and shipping field-grown 



plants 144 



Packing cuttings for shipment 84 



Paint, Princess metallic 163, 169 



Peculiarities and traits 221 



Pepper, red 127 



Perfection in carnations 230 



Phosphoric acid 64 



Picking, packing and shipping flowers 118 



Picotees 218 



Picotees, perfect* 227, 228 



Pinching back young plants 90 



Plant, young, ready for shifting*... 90 



Planting, cultivation after 97 



Planting in the field 40, 94, 96 



Planting on benches 43 



Planting in the field, plants ready for* 91 

 Planting out young stock, treatment 



preparatory to 87 



Planting under glass 107 



Plants, benched, feeding 47 



Plants, carrying to greenhouse* 30 



Plants, digging from field 43, 105 



Plants, field-grown, packing and ship- 

 ping 144 



Plants, field-grown, time to dig 144 



Plants, field-grown, treatment of, af- 

 ter long shipment 146 



Plants, raising from seed 38 



Plants, stopping in the field 9S 



Plants, young, time to put in field.. 92 

 Plants, young, turning out of pots... 95 



Plat, Sir Hugh, quoted 226 



Ploughing 41, 52 



Plow, Firefly Hand 94 



Posts 161 



Potash 65 



Pot culture, carnations for 191 



Pot culture, compost for 194 



Pot culture, cuttings' for 194 



Pot culture, Hogg on 191 



Pot culture, top-dressing 193 



Potting 87 



Potting young stock 39 



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Preventives of insects 127 



Prices of cut flowers 34 



Prices of fertilizers 64, 65, 66 



Productiveness of soils 62 



Profits of carnation growing 237 



Propagating and shipping young stock 71 

 Propagating bench, brick-bottomed*.. 78 

 Popagating bench, construction of.... 77 

 Propagating bench, shaded with cur- 

 tains* 75 



Propagating from a diseased plant... 73 



Propagating house 77 



Propagating house, even-span, exte- 

 rior* 158 



Propagating house, short span to 



South, exterior* 79 



Propagating house, short span to 



South, interior* 76 



Propagating house, temperature of... 82 

 Propagating in America, early prac- 

 tices 73 



Propagating media 79 



Propagatinar wood* 74 



Propagation by layering 85 



Propagation from cuttings 38 



Prosperity* 117 



Putty knife* 81 



Raising from seed 196 



Red s-pider* 128.129 



Remedies and preventives for stem 



rot 141 



Reproductive organs* 196 



Richmond, Ind., culture In 266 



Rooting cuttings, propagation by... 71 



Rose Leaf Extract 127, 195 



Royal Horticultural Society of Eng- 

 land 249 



Rust 135 



Rust, Bordeaux Mixture for 136 



Rust, salt solution for 136 



Rust, spraying formulae for 137 



Salt solution as preventive of red spi- 

 der 130 



Salt solution for rust 136 



Sand, temperature of 82 



Sand, tool for firming* 80 



Sand, use of in propagating 80 



Sash, cloth-covered, use of 83 



Sash house, original types of* 148 



Schmidt, work of 21 



Scotch soot 47 



Scott, Wm., bench of, showing sup- 

 ports* 115 



Seed, raising from 38, 196 



Seed, sowing of 199 



Seedling raisers, some mistakes of. . 206 



Seedlings, Bizarre* 208, 209 



Seedlings, colors, selection of 204 



Seedlings, early 21 



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