INDEX 



African lily, the blue, 130. 

 Air plant, peculiarities of, 



161. 

 Aloes, the most common, 



158. 

 grown from suckers, 166. 

 top-heavy, 159. 

 Anaesthetics, for forcing, 



224. 

 Amaryllis, American and 



foreign bulbs, 129. 

 Angleworms, removed by 



lime water, 81. 

 Anemone, poppy-flowered. 



Animal manures, compari- 

 son of, 19, 20. 

 Aphides, enemies of house 



plants, 76. 

 Aphis, black, 145. 

 remedies for, 76, loo. 

 root, 78. 

 Apicra, leaves of, 162. 

 Asparagus ferns, in vine 



form, 46. 

 Asparagus foliage, for bas- 

 kets, 41, 104. 

 Asparagus plumosus, var. 

 nanus, foliage and 

 height 46. 

 seeds, expensive, 47. 

 soil for, 46. 

 Aspidistra, hardiness of, 

 185. 



Azaleas, forcing by ether, 



218. 

 Ghent and Indian, 94, 



96. 

 Mollis, 96. 

 soil for, 96. 



Basket plants, asparagus, 

 41, 104. 

 "little pickles," 160. 

 Baskets, asparagus in, 

 104. 

 decorative plant for, 41. 

 Begonia Rex, for decora- 

 tion, 196. 

 propagation of, 64. 

 Begonias, beauty of leaves, 

 118. 

 for Summer, 133. 

 for sunless windows, 



115. 

 hybrid, 117. 



soil for, 119. 



temperature for, 121. 



varieties of, 117. 



winter-flowering, 120. 



Berries, red, for Christmas, 



40, 102. 

 for two years, loi. 

 Bouvardia, for Christmas, 



64. 

 temperature for the, 99. 

 trouble from mealy bugs 



and aphides, 100. 



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