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Trees (hints on), 241-250; 

 flowering, 241 ; when to move, 

 242; transplanting, 242, 248; 

 advantage of oaks and 

 maples, American Elm and 

 Ashes, 243; for the country 

 place, 241; where to plant, 

 244; soil for crabapple, 244; 

 advantage of spruces, 244; 

 advantage of Irish Juniper, 

 245; soil requirements of 

 hemlock, of the tree of 

 Heaven, of the tulip tree, 

 245; when rooting cuttings, 

 245; effect of freezing and 

 thawing; to prevent sun- 

 scald; to soften hard bark; 

 to prevent San Jos6 scale; 

 effect of extremes, 246; 

 deciduous, when to plant, 

 for smoke cities, for the 

 seaside, tenderness of plane, 

 lindens and horse chestnuts, 

 247; Apple, for shade; re- 

 quirements of nut trees; 

 how to plant elms, lindens, 

 maples, catalpas, and poplars, 

 248; when planting opposite 

 the windbreak, 248; in 

 purchasing; for quick shade; 

 requirements of black wal- 

 nut; satisfaction in the 

 yellow wood, 249; value of 

 catalpa; with reference to 

 horse chestnut, 250; stumps, 

 covering of vines for, 147; 

 for the birds, 319, 320, 322, 



323, 324, 325 



Trellis, training of vine on, 

 147; material for, 168, 169 



Trumpet flower, for covering 

 and shade, 143 



Tulips, care of house plants, 

 51 ; placed to best advantage, 

 76; well adapted to design- 

 ing; storing bulbs during 

 winter, 77; potted plants; 

 their cultivation, 78; time 

 for planting, 79; to prevent 

 ground from heaving, 8q; 

 Darwin and Cottage; soil 



requirements; when to plant 

 bulbs, and how, 138, 139; 

 distance apart; effective with 

 other plants; to have hardy 

 plants, 138, 139; tree, care 

 of, 245 



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Umbrella, use of old, 282 



Vegetables, flowers among the, 

 288 



Vegetation Grown for Foliage, 

 306 



Verbena, treatment of seed 

 before sowing; transplant- 

 ing seedlings; watering; 

 grown from cuttings; lemon 

 verbena, 140, 141 



Vinca Harrisonii, for window 

 box culture, 144 



Vines, Suggestions for, 143- 

 150; soil required; to obtain 

 more profuse blooming and 

 branching; for covering and 

 shade; for rapid growth, 

 143; for north wall, 144; 

 list for window box culture, 

 144; prevent twisting of, 

 146; training of, to act as 

 screen, 147; for indoor de- 

 coration, 147; support for, 

 147; sweet pea, for making 

 humus, 149; climbing, 150 



Violets, soil for; watering; 

 spray for rust; protection 

 from wind and heavy rain, 

 141; dogtooth, soil; mois- 

 ture and sunlight needed 

 for best growth; variety of 

 colors, 55 



Virginia Creeper, distinguished 

 from poison ivy, 148 



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Walks, garden, warmth of 

 color, 291; foundation for, 

 292; how to lay, 292 



