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The Flower Garden 



Plants Con tin ued. 



No more should be raised than 



there is room for, 253. 

 Proper breathing of, 211. 

 Protecting from cold and sun, 



204, 205. 



Protection for tall ones, 206. 

 Received by mail, treatment of, 

 before being put in window- 

 boxes, 95. 

 Saving seed and giving away 



cuttings, 254. 

 Should have room to breathe and 



grow, 208. 

 Sudden change of temperature 



should be avoided, 212. 

 Support should be given to such 



as need it, 212. 

 Transplantation of, in the fall, 



196. 



Treatment of, for winter bloom- 

 ing, 51. 



Wintering of, 196. 

 Poa, an edible food of the Sand- 

 wich Islands, 149. 

 Pond Lily, 169. 

 Poeticus Narcissus, 191. 

 Poeticus ornatus Narcissus, 



191. 



Polyanthus, 191. 

 Poppies, 44, 117-119* 170. 

 Hunnemannia fumariaefolia, 118. 

 Iceland, 118. 

 Oriental, 118. 

 Shirley, 117. 

 Should not be grown too closely, 



118. 



Value of seed from, 44. 

 Poppies, Water, 170, 171. 



Attractiveness of, 171. 

 Poppy -seed, sowing in the 



Pansy-bed, 117. 



Porches, Thunbergias valuable 

 for covering foundations of, 

 136. 



Pot-bound plants, how to re- 

 move, 57. 



Potting, hints on, 57, 58. 

 Potting-soil, always keep ready 

 for use, 40. 



How to obtain, 21. 

 Primroses, 63, 86, 87, 246. 



Blooming time, 86. 



General treatment of, 86. 



Potting, 86. 



Primula obconica grown in shal- 

 low dishes, 87. 



Raising from seed, 87. 



Receptacles for, 86. 



Repeated shifting aids blooming, 

 86. 



Root room necessary, 86. 

 Primula obconica, 87. 

 Primulas, 48, 58. 

 Princess Caroline Ageratum, 



10 1, IO2. 



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Queen Charlotte Cannas, 15. 

 Queen of the North Antirrhi- 

 num, 98. 



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Radicans Bignonia, 139, 140. 

 Ragged Robin (Viscaria), red, 



scented flower, 198. 

 Ramona Clematis, 138. 

 Red Spider, remedy for, 248. 

 Repotting, meaning of term, 56. 

 Repotting house-plants in 



summer, 40. 

 Rex Begonia, 66. 

 Rhododendrons, protection of, 



in Northern winters, 206. 

 Ricinus (Castor-oil Plant), 4, g, 



14, 15, 18, 29, 35, 46, 121, 



144, 150, 200. 

 Beds of, 5. 

 Good background for low shrubs, 



144. 



