INDEX 



347 



Nitrate of soda, 53; amount to buy, 



uses of, 54; as top dressing, 130 

 Nitrogen, deficiency of, 130 

 Norfolk Island pine, 331, 332 

 Nozzle-line irrigation, 151, 152 

 Novelties, in seeds, 22; when to buy, 



Okra, general suggestions, 107; har- 

 vesting, 271; putting in, 102 



Old lawn, renewing, 205 



Onions, fall sowing of, 222; for succes- 

 sion, 73; garnishing, green, 73; har- 

 vesting and storing, 272; planting 

 of, 73; sets, 73; soil for, 73; varieties 

 of, 26 



Overhead irrigation, 151, 152 



Oyster-shell scale, 114 



Painting garden implements, 4 



Paper pots, use of, 106 



Paris green, 139; as a rose insecticide, 



iS3 

 Parsnips, for winter supply, 144, 275; 



planting of, 74; storing for winter, 



273; varieties of, 27 

 Parsley, planting of, 74; varieties of, 27 

 Peaches, varieties of, 60 

 Pears, harvesting, 271, 272; varieties 



of, 60 

 Peas for succession, 146; planting of, 



74; sweet, getting most out of, 80; 



varieties of, 27 

 Peonies, best varieties, 206; planting, 



244; replanting of, 210; starting a 



bed, 206; varieties of, 245 

 Peppers, general suggestions, plant- 

 ing, 107; putting in, 102; varieties 



of, 27 

 Perennial border, 88; border, need of 



drainage, 89; border, preparing, 90; 



garden, making of, 88 

 Pergola, making a homemade, 159 



Perpetuals, hybrid, 78 



Petunias, value of, 81 



Phlox, selection of, 242 



Phosphoric acid, 53 



Picking, early, 134 



Plan, garden, data for, 30; fitting in 

 crops, 31; following it, 33; for future 

 development, 2; how to make, 1,2; 

 importance of, 29; making of, 29, 

 33; rules covering, 32; utility of, 

 36 



lant food, available, 49; kinds of, 50; 

 proportion of, 52, 53 



Planting, . first, time of, 69; in dry 

 weather, 104, 142; points on, 82; 

 rule for, 69, 70; spring, 71; fall, 

 207 



Plants, care of, 62 et seq., 63; failing, 

 62; flower, buying of, 77, 123; 

 flower, growing of, 76; flower, han- 

 dling of, 76; food for, 63; for early 

 use, 69; for the house, 194; from 

 cuttings, 196; fumigating of, 67; 

 hardening off, 68, 104; hardy, 67; 

 helped by mulching, 149; in the 

 house, 288; need of light, 65; nur- 

 sery, handling of, 83; pinching off, 

 68; potted, 47, 196; propagating 

 by division, 41; protection of, 65; 

 protection of from late frosts, 83, 

 104; shading of, 105; shifting of, 

 67; spraying of, 67; strawberry, 

 1 80; taking from garden, 195; 

 tender, starting in paper pots, 106; 

 transplanting in summer, 105 



Plow, one horse swivel, 8 



Plowing, 61; with wheel hoe, 16 



Plums, varieties of, 60 



Pole beans, starting of in paper pots, 

 106 



Poppies, good points of, 80 



Potash, 53; desirability of, 132 



Potato beetle, 137 



Potatoes for winter supply, 144; 

 harvesting and storing, 272 



Pots, paper, 67 



