INDEX 



ADVANTAGE of rows, 69. 



April sowing for late displays, 68. 



Autumn sowing, outdoors, 63. 



earlier results, 55. 



suitable soils, 63. 



unsuitable soils, 63. 



when to sow, 64. 



undesirable in and around 



large towns, 64. 



Avoid gathering wet blooms, 93. 

 Awards to novelties, 6. 



BEST flowers from robust plants, 



Bi-centenary Exhibition, 5. 



Bicolors welcomed, 109. 



Birds less trouble near towns, 73 



protecting seedlings from, 



Birth of the National Sweet Pea 



Society, 5. 



Black cotton for birds, 75. 

 Blight, sweet pea, 127. 

 Botanical name, I. 

 Bowls for sweet peas, 113, 117. 

 Breadmore, Mr C. W., 19. 

 Brown, Mr Stephen, 16. 

 Buds, why they fall early, 82. 

 Bull, Mr William, 17. 

 Burpee & Co., Messrs W. Atlee, 



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 Bush sweet peas, 28. 



CANNELL & SONS, Messrs H., 26. 

 Careless gathering of blossoms, 93. 

 Carter, Mr James, 15 

 Circumscribed areas, 35. 

 Classification of varieties, 120 



Clean pots and crocks, 58. 

 Clear glass receptacles, 103, 114. 

 Clumps, less resistance to wind, 



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what is claimed for, 71. 



secure more light and air, 71. 



Coddling a danger, 53. 



Cold frame, raising in, 52. 

 Cole, Mr Silas, 4, 21. 

 Colour, novelty in, 109. 

 Colours to avoid in table decora- 

 tions, no. 



for artificial light, no. 



should be studied, 109. 



Commercial value, 4. 

 Compost, 58. 



for tubs and pots, 37. 



Cones, metal, to hold water for 



baskets, 118. 

 Contrasts, violent, in. 

 Cool greenhouse, raising in, 52. 

 Cooper, Taber & Co., Messrs, 15. 

 Countess Spencer sweet pea, 4. 

 Crocks, 58. 



Cultivation by market growers, 4. 

 Cupid sweet peas, 25, 28. 

 Cupani, Father Franciscus, 10. 

 Cut-back plants, 106. 

 Cuttings, propagation by, 60. 



preparation of, 61. 



length of, 61. 



DANGER of uniformity at shows, 101. 

 Daylight decorations, all sweet 



peas suitable for, 112. 

 Decorative value spoiled, 88. 

 Decorations, sweet peas in, 116. 

 at shows, 5. 



