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SCHOOL A:N T D HOME GAEDENS 



Parsley, 277-278. See Vegetable 

 garden 



Parsnips, 278-279. See Vegetable 

 garden 



Paul Neyron rose, hardy, 176 



Pea weevil, 282 



Peach trees, 181, 187-188 ; care, 188 ; 

 pests, 188 ; setting out, 187 



Pear trees, selection and care, 187 



Peas, 279-282. See Vegetable garden 



Peony, 119-120 ; soil and care, 120; 

 varieties, 119 



Peppers, 282-283. See Vegetable 

 garden 



Perennial borders, 102-104 ; culture, 

 103-104 ; insects, 104 ; location, 

 102 ; planting, 102-103 ; soil, 102 



Perennial flowering plants, good 

 method of planting, 58 



Periwinkle, 31 



Pests. See Vegetable garden 



Petal, 33 



Petunia, 1, 31, 72, 87-90 ; cross- 

 pollination, 90; culture, 88; flower- 

 pots, 88 ; planting out of doors, 

 88; rapid growth, 87 ; sowing, 87; 

 tulip beds, 88 ; varieties, 87 ; win- 

 dow or porch boxes, 88 



Philadelphus coronarius, 155 



Phlox, native (habits of, 136-137 ; 

 transplanting, 137); soil, 91; sowing 

 seeds and culture, 91 ; valuable for 

 cut flowers and for use in borders, 91 



Phlox amoena, 136 



Phlox subulata, 136 



Phloxes, perennial, excellent border 

 plants, 118 ; to extend flowering 

 period, 118 ; transplanting, 118 



Pink, ground, 136 ; moss, 136 ; quite 

 hardy, 120 ; varieties, 120 



Pistil, 33 



Pits, 210 



Plan of home garden, 228-235 



Plan of school garden, 235-237 



Plan of the yard, 58-64 



Plant diseases, 205-206 



Plant lice, 266, 282 



Plant names, 32-33 



Planting bulbs in the yard, 48-57 ; 

 preparing soil, 48; varieties (cro- 

 cuses, 51-52 ; daisies or pansies in 

 the tulip bed, 50 ; hyacinths, 53- 

 54 ; narcissus, 54-55 ; snowdrops 

 and scillas, 55-56 ; tulips, 49-50) 



Planting gardens, 243 



Planting list (for diagram on p. 60), 

 61 



Planting plans, 229, 232-233, 238-242 



Planting seeds in boxes, 219-223 



Planting shrubs and trees, 144-146 ; 

 heeling-in stock, 144 ; method, 145- 

 146 ; preparing soil, 145 ; season, 

 144 ; setting in rows, 145 ; water- 

 ing, 146 



Planting table, 232, 234 



Plants, 3 ; annual flowering, 72-101 ; 

 bedding, 46; biennial and perennial 

 flowering, 105-122 ; decorative, 

 32-47, 58 ; fresh air, 3 ; growing 

 in pots, 9-27 ; light necessary, 1 ; 

 potting, 24-27 ; to develop, sym- 

 metrically, 3 



Plot, for study, 58 



Plum trees, pests, 188 ; planting in 

 henyards, 188 



Plumule, 211 



Pod spot, 249 



Poisoned bait, 203, 282, 297, 299 



Poisons, stomach, to prepare, 203 



Pop corn, 297 



Poppies, 31, 73, 92-93; California, 

 31 ; Iceland, 92 ; perennial, 92 ; 

 porch boxes, 92 ; sowing annuals, 

 92 ; two types, annual and hardy, 

 92 



Porch box, 31 



Potassium sulfide, 206 



Potato, sweet, 298-299. See Vege- 

 table garden 



Potato blight, 287 



Potato bug, 287, 288 



Potato cuttings, 284 



Potato eyes, 285 



Potatoes, 283-288. See Vegetable 

 garden 



Primrose, English yellow, 121 ; sow- 

 ing seeds, 121 ; transplanting, 121 



Primula vulgaris, 121 



Privet, for hedge, 64 



Pruning, forsythia, 152 ; hydrangea, 

 153-154; lilac, 160; privet, 157- 

 158; roses, 169-171, 174, 176; 

 tomatoes, 301-302 



Prunus japonica, 151 ; Alba plena, 

 151 ; Rosea plena, 151 



Pumpkin, 288. See Vegetable garden 



Pyrethrum, care, 122 ; excellent for 

 cutting, 122 



