INDEX 



467 



with, 269 ; method of shipping, 

 452; propagation of, 266, 267, 

 268 ; protection of frames for, 

 273 ; removal of runners and 

 dead leaves from, 269 ; season of 

 year for planting in greenhouses, 

 269 ; shading and watering, 269 ; 

 soil for, 178, 179, 268 ; stem rot 

 of, 204 ; temperature require- 

 ments for, 269, 270 ; varieties of, 

 266 ; ventilation of, 270. 



Wall flowers, botanical classifica- 

 tion, characters, habitat, commer- 

 cial importance and culture of, 

 304, 305. 



Watering, amount required by dif- 

 ferent crops and different soils, 

 119; bench, 119, 120; good 

 judgment necessary in, 119; 

 potted plants, 120 ; syringing 

 vs., 119. 



Water pipes, 84, 85. 



Water supply, how to obtain on a 

 range a, 42, 43. 



Whale oil soap, 225. 



White flies, 216, 220, 221. 



White grubs, 213, 217. 



Width of walks, 84. 



Window and piazza gardening, 

 436. 



Window boxes, 436 ; species suited 

 for inside, 438, 439; species 

 suited for summer outside, 436, 

 437, 438 ; species suited for win- 

 ter, outside, 436. 



Women in shipping rooms, 442. 



Wood, conditions in greenhouses 

 which induce decay of, 47 ; its 

 use in greenhouse construction, 

 47. 



Yields, average, 92. 



Zantedeschia, botanical classifica- 

 tion, characters, habitat, prop- 

 agation and culture of, 339, 

 340. 



Zoospores, 201. 



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