INDEX 



Planting tables, for vegeta- 

 bles, 76, 77 



Plants, 



"Movers," 20 

 "Stay-at-homes," 20 



Plant supports, 160, 232, 234 

 arbor, 162 

 brush, 160 

 chicken wire, 160 

 poles, 162 



Platycodon, 192, 214 



Poisonous plants, 226 



Pollen, 118, 120, 208, 244 



Poppy, 18, 176, 201, 210, 



222 

 California. See Esch- 



scholtzia. 

 Oriental, 223, 226 



Potash, 155 



Potatoes, 30, 49, 140 

 sweet, 32, 34 

 white, 30, 31, 32, 34 



Powder gun, 56, 57 



"Puddling," 86 



Purslane (or Pusley), 94, 96 



Quince, 249 



Radishes, 18, 22, 33, 49, 81, 

 132, 203 



icicle, 23 



Japanese, 150, 153 



summer, 23 

 Raffia, 165 



Rainfall, 5, 6 



value of, 110 

 Rake, 35, 36, 37 

 Raspberries, 246 

 "Red-hot poker," 191 

 Rhubarb, 144 

 Rock, 1, 2 



Roots, 15, 16, 20, 38, 44 

 Rose arbor, 232 

 Roses. See Climbing roses. 



Sage, 149 



Sakurajima, 152 



Salt hay, 242 



Salvia, 173, 200, 210, 222 



Sample gardens, 

 flower, 166 

 vegetable, 13, 72 



Scabiqsa, 174, 201, 210 



Sea scale, 145 



Seed bed, 18, 35, 44, 46 



Seed boxes, 61, 65 



Seedlings, 19, 38, 39, 75 

 pinching off, 69, 70 

 transplanting, 19, 38, 39, 

 68, 70 



Seeds, 15, 20 



buying, 21, 24, 32, 33 

 prepared packets, 17, 22 

 sowing, indoors, 60 

 sowing, outdoors, 17 

 studying, 17 



Seedsmen, 21, 22 



"Shepherd's-purse," 95 



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