Alphabetical 



275 



Pansies Continued. 



Spring, treatment of roots in the, 



113- 



Time for sowing seed, 112. 



Transplanting, 113. 



Watering beds of, 114. 

 Pansy-bed, the, 112-119. 



Proper soil for, 18. 

 Pansy-seed 



Should be grown by a specialist, 



44- 



The best is the cheapest, 41. 

 Papa Canna, 15. 

 Paper White Narcissus, 192. 

 Paris green, 100, 170, 172, 177, 



247, 249. 



Paris green solution, 250. 

 Parti-coloured beds of flow- 

 ers, arrangement of, n. 

 Pelargonium Geraniums 

 Cuttings of, for new plants, 77. 

 Time for blooming, 77. 

 Very satisfactory when raised 



from seed, 77. 

 Pennisetum Ruppellianum, 



16. 

 Peonies, 9, n, 179, 200, 201, 



204, 206. 



Best soil and location for, 200. 

 Raised beds of, n. 

 Peony Aster, 99. 

 Peony -beds, should be heavily 

 mulched with manure in the 

 fall, 20 1. 

 Perennial-beds, must be well 



rounded up, 204. 



Perennials, benefited by re- 

 moval of withered flowers, 

 46. 



Hardy, grouping of, in flower- 

 beds, 10. 



Perfection Aster, 99. 

 Perpetuals, hardy, 176. 

 Petunias, 9, 35, 42, 45, 58, 83- 



85, 93, 96, 117. 

 Bloom freely in the house, 85. 

 Burpee's Defiance, 84. 



Pe tu n ias Con tin ued. 



Double variety more suitable for 



pots, vases, and bedding out, 



84. 



Giant of California, 84. 

 Growing plants of, from seed, 



45- 



How to distinguish the finer va- 

 rieties, 85. 



How to sow seed of, 35. 

 Improvement in growth of, the 



last few years, 83. 

 Instructions for raising, 84. 

 Miranda, 84. 

 Poor or inferior plants should be 



removed, 85. 



Potting and caring for, 85. 

 Young plants require great care, 



84. 



Phacelia, 96. 

 Phlox Drummondi, n, 16, 42, 



91, 96, 119. 

 Beds of, ii. 



Border of dwarf variety, 119. 

 Germination of seed, 119. 

 Phlox subulata, border plants 



of, 8. 

 Pinks, grow best from self-sown 



seed, 45. 

 Plant enemies, increase of, 246, 



247. 



Plant growing, failures in, 58. 

 Plant lice, or green fly, remedies 



for, 248. 



Plantain Li|y, 201. 

 Planting seed, 34-36. 

 Plants- 

 Blooming season of various, 



234-244. 



For winter blooming should not 

 be exposed to chilly nights, 

 208. 



How to treat when frozen, 213. 

 Learning to keep, 254. 

 Method of shifting and bedding 



out, 51. 

 Need room to develop, 253. 



