INDEX 



Daphne, combination of Deutzia 

 rosea with, 11. 



Delphinium, varieties of, and 

 raising from seed, 74-76. See 

 also, Larkspur. 



Deutzia rosea, color combina- 

 tions with, 11. 



Diseases of plants, and remedies: 

 larkspur blight, 136-137; mil- 

 dew, 137-139; rose bugs, 140- 

 141; thrip, 141; rose cater- 

 pillar, 141; aster beetle, 141- 

 142. 



English ivy for formal decora- 

 tion, 159. 



Evergreens, desirability of grow- 

 ing, 62-63: clipping of, 63-64; 

 difficulties experienced in 

 growing, 64-65. 



Fertilizers, 119 ff. : cow manure, 

 120; ground bone meal, 121; 

 poudrette, 121, 124; soot, 121, 

 133; Bon Arbor, 121-122, 

 126-128; sheep manure, 122, 

 129; nitrate of soda, 122-123; 

 humus, 131. 



Fertilizing plants in spring, 9. 



Fescue, fine-leaved, for lawns, 

 49. 



Flowers, color arrangements of, 

 3 ff.; raising from seed, 71 ff. 



Foxgloves, fertilization of, 129. 



Fuchsias, for terraces and veran- 

 das, 155. 



Garden Club of Philadelphia, 



mentioned, 139-140. 

 Garden escapes, 171, 186. 

 Gladioli, planting of, 21-22. 



Gloxinias, for terraces and veran- 

 das, 155. 



Godetia, 26. 



Grass, care of, 41 ff.; frequent 

 rolling of. 44 ; cottonseed meal 

 for, 44-45; ground bone meal 

 and wood ashes for, 45-46; 

 other tonics, 46; removing 

 crab grass, orchard grass, 

 weeds, and dandelions from, 

 47-48; Kentucky blue, the 

 finest for lawns, 48; mixture 

 of Kentucky blue, red top and 

 Rhode Island bent, 48-49; 

 wood meadow, for use in 

 shady places, 49; directions 

 about mowing, 50. 



Grass paths, 50; seasons for 

 making, 51; description of 

 author's cedar walk, 52-54. 



Grass terraces, 160-161. 



Gray Glen, the, in the Connec- 

 ticut Garden, 187-188. 



Hardy Asters, description of, 



and method of raising from 



seed, 80-81. 

 Hardy ivy, border of, for terrace, 



159. 



Hedges of white pine, 106. 

 Heliotrope, raising of, 90-9 1 ; 



fertilizing with Bon Arbor, 



121, 128. 

 Hemlock glen, description of a, 



189-190. 

 Hemlocks, raising from seed, 



100-106. 

 Hen manure as tonic for grass, 



46. 

 Herbaceous plants, cultivation 



of, 13 ff. 



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