482 INDEX 



Lily of the valley (forcing), 448 

 Linum, 117 



Lime, as manure, 30, 33 

 Liriodendron, 88 

 Lobelia, 69, 72, 122, 126 

 Logan berries, 338 

 London pride, 61 

 Love-lies-bleeding, 117 

 Love-in-a-mist (Nigella), 117' 

 Lupin, 61, 117 

 Lycesteria formosa, 90 

 Lychnis, 61 



Olearia, 88 



Onions, 395, 396, 398 ; onion fly, 287 



Ozothamnus, 89 



Osmanthus, 89 



MAGNOLIA, 87 



Mahonia aquifolium, 90 



Malope, 117 



Manures, principles, 47 ; essential plant 



foods, 48 ; chemical, 48 ; animal, 49 ; 



leaves as manure, 49 ; liquid, 31, 33, 



34 ; how to use liquid manure, 34 ; 



soot as manure, 49 

 Marigolds, 69, 73, 122 

 Mealy bug, 429 

 Mesembryanthemum, 122 

 Michaelmas daisy, 61, 62 

 Mignonette, 117 

 Mildew, 430 

 Mimulus, 73 

 Montbretia, 61, 231 

 Muscaris, 8 1, 83 

 Mushrooms, 393~394 



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NARCISSUS, 241 



Nasturtium, 73 ; climbing, 93, 96, 117 



Nemesia, 122 



Nemophila, 117 



Nicotiana, 69, 73, 122 



Nigella (Love-in-a-mist), 117 



(ENOTHERA (evening primrose), 6 1, 113, 

 117 



P.SONIES, 61 ; P. moutan, 89 



Pansies, 61 ; cuttings of, 304, 307 



Parsnips, 397, 398, 400 



Paths, 23, 24, 23 ; construction of, 26, 

 27 ; drainage for, 27 



Pear midge, 288 



Peas (culinary), 376-380 



Pelargonium, zonal, 69, 72, 303, 305, 309 



Pentstemon, 73 



Perennials, hardy, 37 ; value as border 

 plants, 58 ; how to make perennial 

 border, 59 ; list of, 60, 61 ; dividing, 

 62, 63 ; replanting, 63, 64 ; from 

 seed, 124 



Periwinkle, 23, 80 



Pernettya, 90 



Pests, 284 ; greenhouse pests, 429 



Petunias, 69, 70, 73, 126 



Phloxes, 6 1 ; carpatica, 61 ; Phlox 

 Drummondi, 69, 70, 73, 122 



Pinks, 61, 79, 218, 221 



Polemonium, 61 



Polygonatuni, 61, 81 



Polygonum, 118 



Poppies, Iceland, 60 ; Oriental, 61 ; 

 Shirley, 117, 118 



Potatoes, 368 ; early varieties, 369 ; 

 cultural directions, 369 ; sprouting, 

 370 ; how to plant, 371-372 ; main 

 crop, 373 ; earthing up, 373 ; 

 disease - resisting varieties, 374 ; 

 spraying, 374-375: storing, 399 



Potting, 421, 422, 423 ; drainage, 423 



Pots, sizes of, 422 



Primula, 79, 448-449 



Privet, 23, 89 



Propagation, ways and means, 293 



Prunus, 89 



Puschkinias, 81 



Pulmonaria, 79 



