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INDEX 



production, ecology, preventives 

 and remedies of violet, 204, 

 205. 



Stigmonose on carnations, 200. 



Stomata, 136, 140, 145, 147. 



Stores, retail, advertising in, 21, 22 ; 

 beginnings of, 15 ; character of, 

 16 ; character of stock in, 18 ; 

 credit in, 21, 24 ; departments in, 

 20; interior fittings of, 18; 

 location of, 16 ; management of, 

 18, 20, 21, 22 ; office methods in, 

 24 ; recording sales in, 22 ; win- 

 dow displays in, 20. 



Sunbursts, 96, 118. 



Sunshine, amount required for pro- 

 duction of roses, 44. 



Supports and truss work, 81. 



Sweet peas, botanical classification 

 of, 290; characters of, 291; 

 classification based on form of 

 flower of, 290, 291 ; classification 

 based on habit of growth of, 

 290 ; commercial importance of, 

 291, 292; cultivation of, 295; 

 feeding, 293 ; feeding outdoor, 

 295 ; greenhouse culture of, 292 ; 

 outdoor culture of, 294 ; planting 

 permanent beds of, 292 ; pick- 

 ing flowers of outdoor, 295 ; 

 present-day varieties of, 291 ; 

 season for sowing seed under 

 glass, 293 ; seed sowing outdoors, 

 294, 295 ; seed sowing in pots 

 under glass of, 292 ; soil for, 

 180, 294; shipping, 452; sup- 

 ports for, 293; watering, 293; 

 white-seeded varieties of, 292. 



Sword ferns, 373. , 



Syringing, 119. 



Temperature, different crop re- 

 quirements as to, 117; neces- 

 sity for correct, 116, 117. 



Ten-weeks stock, botanical clas- 

 sification, characters, habitat, 

 commercial importance and cul- 

 ture of, 305, 306. 



Terrestrial orchids, 274. 



Thrips, 216, 221. 



Tobacco fumigation, 128, 220. 



Transpiration, 147. 



Traps, steam, 100, 114. 



Tree ferns, 362, 363, 364. 



Trusses for roofs, 82. 



Tulips, botanical classification of, 



412, 413 ; botanical characters, 

 habitat, commercial importance, 

 indoor and outdoor culture of, 

 414, 415 ; varieties and types of, 



413, 414. 



U-bar houses, 65, 68 ; curved eaves 

 in, 70 ; light efficiency of, 70. 



Uneven-span houses, advantages 

 and disadvantages of, 55 ; ar- 

 rangement of beds in, 55 ; light 

 conditions in, 52. 



Uredineaj, 199, 202, 205. 



Valuation, average of greenhouses, 

 5 ; flower and plant production, 

 5 ; states leading in, 10. 



Valves, arrangement for heat con- 

 trol, 100; size of, 100. 



Vandas, classification, character's, 

 habitat and culture of, 290. 



Vascular bundles, 135, 141. 



Ventilation, dangers to crops from 

 faulty, 117; necessity for fresh 

 air in, 117, 145; night, 117; 

 variation in different crops for 

 amount of, 118 ; windy day, 118. 



Ventilators, apparatus for working, 

 83 ; continuous or intermittent, 

 83 ; necessity for, 82 ; roof, 83 ; 

 side, 82. 



Violets, anthracnose on, 210; beds 

 or benches for, 269 ; botanical 

 classification of, 266 ; centers of 

 industry in growing, 14 ; field 

 and house culture of, 268 ; frame 

 culture with artificial heat of, 

 270, 271 ; frame culture without 

 artificial heat of, 271 ; house cul- 

 ture of, 270 ; marketing, 273 ; 

 methods of cultivation of, 268 ; 

 method of planting greenhouses 



