INDEX 



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Penny, 521, 523. 



Peppers, packages, 171. 



Perfume-jar, 552. 



Perfumery, 551. 



Peronospora schleideniana, 274. 



Persia, money, 523. 



Persian insect powder, 297. 



Persimmon, insects, 328. 



Peru, money, 522. 



Peseta, 522, 523. 



Peso, 522, 523. 



Petroleum for ticks, 429, 436. 



Pfennig, 522. 



Phalen, quoted, 43, 44. 



Phelps, on soiling, 135. 



Phenology, 17. 



Phenolphthalein, 448, 449. 



Philippines, money, 523. 



Phlffiotribus liminaris, 325. 



Phlegethontius sp., 335. 



Phlycaenia ferrugalis, 313. 



Phoma betae, 266. 



Phosphate rock, production of, 41. 



Phosphoric acid, source of, 41. 



Phosphorus, 24, 25. 



Phosphorus for mice, 236. 



Phthorimsea operculclla, 330. 



Phyllosticta solitaria, 263. 



Phyllotreta vittata, 303. 



Phylloxera, 321. Phytomyza, 313. 



Phytophthora cactorum, 260, 271 



infestans, 279, 283 ; phaseoli, 265. 

 Phytoptus oleivorus, 323. 

 Pi, 528. 

 Piaster, 523. 

 Pickle-worm, 318. 

 Pigeon, incubation, 342, 343. 

 Pineapple, insects, 328. 

 Pipes, contents, 531 ; paint for, 200. 

 Piricularia oryzae, 281. 

 Pistia, 191. 

 Piston pumps, 499. 

 Pitch wax, 513. 

 Plan for home garden, 123. 

 Plantain, 226, 229. 

 Plant-bug, 303. 



Plant diseases, chapter on, 259. 

 Plant-food, in soils, 34. 

 Planting-tables, 106, 109, 110, 116, 



119; for forest trees, 202. 

 Plant-lice, 301. 

 Plants, collecting, 545. 



PlcvSmodiophora brassicae, 266. 



Plasmopara viticola, 272. 



Plastering hair, weight, 536. 



Plaster of paris paint, 509. 



Platinum, 24. 



Plowrightia morbosa, 279. 



Plum, diseases, 279 ; fertilizer for, 74 ; 

 insects, 329 ; scoring, 178 ; to pre- 

 serve for exhibition, 555 ; weight, 540. 



Podosphaera oxycanthae, 267. 



Pcecilocapsus lineatus, 303. 



Point (in type), 528. 



Points of a farm, 174. 



Poison ivy, 229. 



Poisons for herbaria, 546. 



Polychrosis viteana, 320. 



Pomological nomenclature, 183. 



Ponds, slime on, 251. 



Pontederia, 191. 



Pontia rapse, 311. 



Popcorn, weight, 540. 



Poplar, insects, 329. 



Pork, grades of, 406. 



Porthetria dispar, 303. 



Portland cement, 504. 



Portugal, money, 523. 



Potash, 28; salts, analysis, 42, 58; 

 source of, 42, 43, 44, 45. 



Potassium, 24, 25. 



Potassium cyanide, 287. 



Potassium ferrocyanide, 254. 



Potassium sulfid, 258. 



Potato, diseases, 279 ; packages, 169 ; 

 weight, 538, 541; fertilizer for, 74; 

 insects, 329 ; scoring, 177. 



Potting earth, 187. 



Poultry, chapter on, 365 ; farm, judg- 

 ing, 381 ; manure, 84 ; rules, 378. 



Pound (of money), 521, 523. 



Prairie-dogs, 242. 



Praseodymium, 24. 



Preservatives in milk, 449, 450. 



Preserving flowers, 546 ; fruits for 

 exhibition, 552, 556; labels, 558: 

 fence-posts, 207. 



Prickly lettuce, 229. 



Prim, insects, 330. 



Primrose, 189, 198. 



Primulas, 198. 



Prince, on weather, 11. 

 j Printing plants, 548. 

 I Privet, insects, 330. 



