INDEX 



Magenta phlox, 23-24. 

 Magnolia trees, time for setting 



out, 9. 

 Maidenhair fern in wild garden, 



187. 

 Making a lawn, seasons for, 51- 



52. 

 Mammoth cosmos in white 



border, 16. 

 Manure, mixed with bone meal 



for fertilizing, 9; mixed with 



earth as a tonic for grass, 



46. 



Maples, raising from seed, 109. 

 Marguerite carnations, raising 



of, from seed, 82-83. 

 Mildew, soot a remedy for, 121; 



climbing roses, hybrid teas, 



and phlox attacked by, 137- 



138. 



Monkshood, raising of, 85. 

 Mowing of lawns, 50. 



Nicotiana, planting for color 

 effect, 34-35; raising from 

 seed, 88. 



Nitrate of soda, method of use 

 of, as a fertilizer, 122-123. 



Oleanders, for terraces and 



gardens, 157-158. 

 Orchard, grass terrace opening 



into an, 161. 

 Orchard grass, destruction of, 



47. 



Pansies, the passing of the, 27- 



29. 



Parsons, Samuel, mentioned, 49. 

 Pavement of terraces, 152-153. 

 Pentstemon barbatus Torreyii, 20. 



Pentstemons, raising of, from 

 seed, 83. 



Peonies, growing of, from seed, 

 85-86; desirability of a fer- 

 tilizer to produce a second 

 crop of blossoms, 133-134. 



Perennials, varieties of hardy, to 

 be raised from seed, 74-86. 



Petunias, varieties and beauty of, 

 24-25; combinations of, with 

 other flowers, 34; raising from 

 seed, 92; Bon Arbor a good 

 fertilizer for, 121. 



Phlox, magenta, 23-24; fertilizers 

 for, 124-125; treatment of 

 mildew on, 138-139. 



Phlox Drummondi, 89. 



Pine trees, raising from seed, 

 100-106; hedges of white pine, 

 106. 



Pink border, the, 17-18. 



Planning a country place, desir- 

 ability of expert advice, 

 146. 



Poplar, the yellow, easily grown 

 from cuttings, 111; raising the 

 Lombardy, from shoots, 111- 

 112. 



Poplars, time for setting out, 9. 



Poppies, sowing of, 21-22. 



Potted plants for decoration of 

 terraces, verandas, doorsteps, 

 etc., 154-155. 



Poudrette, excellence as a fer- 

 tilizer, 121; use of, for phlox 

 and hollyhocks, 124. 



Professional gardeners, a word 

 about, 147. 



Protecting newly made lawns, 

 51. 



Protection of box edging, 59. 



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