INDEX. 



Black beetle, soap solution for 93-94 



Bone-meal, desirable fertilizer 2, 32, 214 



Boneset, fall flower 121-122 



Borders, proper planning of 29 



desirable plants for 29 



Boston Fern, culture of 230-231 



desirable decorative plant 229-232 



proper soil f or . . . 229-230 



Browallia major, desirable bracket-plant 181 



desirable house-plant 181 



Bulbs, bed for 132 



choice of 163 



desirable kinds of 23, 161-163 



fall planting of 131-132 



fertilizer for 153 



growing of 151-164 



grown in beds before annuals 22 



making of bed for 152-153 



planting of 153-156 



planting and transplanting of 99-100 



planting time for 23, 153-154 



potting of 158-164 



potting soil for 158-159 



soil for 152 



storing of ; 100, 160 



summer care of 99-100 



treatment as house-plants 156-164, 184 



watering of 161 



winter protection of 155 



Bulbs, hardy, desirable for amateur garden 151 



C 



Caladium, with Ricinus 79 



Caladium bulbs, winter storage of 143-144 



Calliopsis, as a border-plant 77, 78 



desirable annual 24, 55, 66 



with Amaranthus 78 



with scarlet Salvia 77 



* 295 



