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The Flower Garden 



Nasturtiums Continued. 



Grown on strings and trellises, 



in. 

 Madame Gunther, mixed variety, 



in. 



Make excellent edges for beds, 15. 

 Moonlight, pale cream variety, 



in. 



Require abundant root room, 94. 

 Saving seed of, 45. 

 Sunlight, new variety, in. 

 Tall varieties make effective 



beds, in. 



Trailers, not climbers, in. 

 Will not bloom well in shade, 



no. 



Nicotianas, how to sow, 35. 

 Nine-foot flower-beds, 15. 

 Niobe Antirrhinum, for bed- 

 ding, 98. 



Norma gigantea Hyacinth, 192. 

 Northern exposure, combina- 

 tion of flowers suitable for 

 window-boxes, 93, 94. 

 Nymphseas, 168-170 



Hardy, for planting in soil of 



Lily-pond, 168. 



Varieties of, suitable for amateur 

 cultivation, 169. 



o 



Odds and ends, chapter of, 245- 



252. 



Odoratus Narcissus, 191. 

 Orchid-flowered Cannas, treat- 

 ment of, in winter, 186. 

 Oriental Poppies, 118. 

 Ornamental foliage plants, 



beds of, 4. 



From seeds, 141-146. 

 Ornamental grasses, 5. 

 Nine-foot bed of, 16. 

 On lawns recommended, 16. 

 Ornithpgalum arabicum, 192. 

 Requires high temperature, 194. 



Ostrich Feather Aster, 99. 

 Otaheite Orange, 58. 

 Oxalis, Summer-blooming 



Advantage of precocity of 



growth, 154. 

 Bermuda, 195. 

 Desirable for borders, 154. 

 Extensively grown in parks and 



public gardens, 154. 

 Good substitute for other plants 



that have failed to come up, 



154. 



Hints on raising, 195. 

 How to buy and set, 154. 

 Most easily raised of all bulbous 



plants, 154. 

 Rapid growth of, 154. 



Pseonia. See Peony. 



Pansies, 10, 18, 23, 25, 34, 37, 



41, 44, 53, 67, 8 1, 84, 85, 112- 



118, 205, 206, 253. 

 Aurora, 116. 



Best place for planting, 10. 

 Cold weather, care of, during, 



112, 113. 



Daily care of, 253. 

 Fungoid disease and mildew, 



remedy for, 115. 

 Germination, period of, 112. 

 Giant Gassier, 116. 

 Giant Trimardeau, 216. 

 How to carry Pansy bed through 



winter, 116, 117. 

 How to raise sturdy plants, 1 12. 

 In the cold-frame, 37. 

 Planting, best place for, 115. 

 Seeds, fresh, every year for best 



varieties, 116. 

 Snow Queen, 116. 

 Soot as a fertiliser for, 25. 

 Sowing in cold-frame or hotbed, 



112. 



Special mixtures of seeds, 116. 



