Index 



Parsnips, 109-110; to store, 230 



Peas, 86-110-111-112-113-116- 

 117; to hasten germination, 

 40; varieties, 113-114; ene- 

 mies of, 114^115; to can, 249 



Pelargoniums, 319 



Pennyroyal, 205 



Peppermint, 205 



Peppers, to start, 153; their 

 care, 154; varieties, 154, 155- 

 156 



Petunias, 313 



Phlox Drummondi, 268-313 



Phlox, Hardy, 301 



Physostegias, 275-276 



Pimpinella, 207 



Plants, 31; potting off, 32; 

 hardening of after trans- 

 planting, 48; watering, 48 



Planting, distance apart, 7; 

 order of, 8; arrangement, 8; 

 Table for, 10-11; planting 

 lines, 49; weather for, 49 



Plant Enemies, 208-209; de- 

 stroying, 209-210; Preventa- 

 tives, 211-212-313-214-217- 

 218-219 



Plumosus, Nanna, 321 



Polly anthus, 291 



Poppies, Oriental, 301 



Potatoes, 225; storing, 223; bin 

 for, 224 



Potatoes, sweet, 184^-185; for 

 storing, 22Q 



Primroses, 309-315 



Prince Feather, 265 



Pyrox, 212 



Radishes, 86-118-119; how to 



sow, 39-42; to protect from 



maggots, 169-170 

 Riccinus, 264, 268, 324 

 Rosemary, 205 

 Rudbeckias, 301 

 Rue, 205 

 Rhus typhina laciniata, 29S-294 



Sage, 206 



Sage, scarlet, 268 



Salsify, 3; to store, 231 



Salvias, 271 



Sand box, size, 31; location and 

 use for plants, 31; location 

 for vegetables, 32 



Scab, 218 



Scabiosas, 268 



Scillas, 282-285 



Schizanthus, 271 



Seed — In Hot Beds: sowing, 

 22; separating, 22; arrange- 

 ment, 22-23-25; labelling, 23; 

 germination, 23; watering, 

 24; care of young seedlings, 

 2Q 



Seeds — In Flats: Sowing, 34; 

 covering, 34; labelling, 35; 

 care after planting, 35«; 

 planting in open ground, 36; 

 condition of ground, 36; 

 when to plant, 37; seed drill- 

 ing, 37; rapid seed dropping, 

 38; treatment of different 

 sizes, 39; buying, 40; testing, 

 41; table for quantity of, 

 200-201; saving, 258-259 

 Shrubbery, 292-293-294-295- 

 296-300-304-305-306-307; se- 

 lection of, 289-290-291-301- 



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