INDEX. 



Planting, fall, proper time for 28-29 



Planting, spring, proper time for 28-29 



Planting schemes 76-78 



Plants started in house usually unsuccessful 67-68 



Plumbago capensis, desirable house-plant 181-182 



Poppy, desirable for back-yard garden 55 



Portulaca, desirable for amateur garden 66 



sowing of 70 



Primrose, Baby, desirable house-plant 177 



desirable table decoration 254-255 



Primrose, Chinese, desirable house-plant 178 



Primula Forbesii, desirable house-plant 177 



Primula obconica, desirable house-plant 176-177 



Pruning, proper method for 138-139 



Pyrethrum, care of 103 



Q 



Queen Victoria Agave, desirable decorative plant 240-241 



R 



Red Osier, desirable native plant 45 



Red Spider, protection against 105, 179, 219 



Ricinus, "tropical" effects of 79 



with Caladium 79 



with Canna 79 



Rose, winter protection of ' 139-143 



Rose, Bengal, desirable plant for amateur garden 81-82 



Rose, Ever blooming, desirable plant for amateur garden. 81-82 

 Rose, hardy, desirable for amateur garden 27 



should be planted by itself 27 



Rose, Noisette, desirable plant for amateur garden 81-82 



Rose, Tea, culture of 91-92 



desirable plant for amateur garden 81-82 



Rubber Plant, culture of 238 



desirable decorative plant 237-238 



Rudbeckia, as border-plant 29 



fall flower 124 



flowering time of 17 



Rural and village improvement 277-290 



desirable plants for 270-271, 282-286 



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