INDEX. 



D 



Daffodil, desirable garden-plant 23 



desirable house-plant 162 



Dahlia, culture of 79, 89-90 



desirable plant for amateur garden 79 



fall garden-plant 126 



Dahlia bulbs, winter storage of 143-144 



Decorative plants, desirable kinds of 229-245 



Dianthus, desirable for amateur garden 66 



Dicentra, as border-plant 29 



flowering time of 28 



Dogwood, desirable native plant 45 



Dracena, culture of 244 



desirable table decoration 256 



Dracena indivisa, desirable decorative plant 244 



Dracena regina, desirable decorative plant 244 



E 



Easter Lily, desirable house-plant 162-164 



Elder, White-flowered, desirable native plant 36-37 



Eschscholtzia, desirable for amateur garden 66 



with crimson Phlox. , 77 



with scarlet Salvia 77 



Eupatorium, fall flower 121-122 



Everblooming Rose, desirable for amateur garden 81-82 



winter protection of 141-142 



F 



Fall flowers 114-127 



Fall planting, proper time for 28-29 



Fall work in the garden 131-147 



Fan Palm, desirable house-plant 221 



Fertilizer, bone-meal for lawns 12 



stable-manure, disadvantages of 12 



commercial, preferable to stable-manure 69-70 



Ferns, native, domestication of 47-48 



Ficus, culture of 238-239 



desirable decorative plant 237-240 



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