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Index 



Greenhouses, Unhealed, Possi- 

 bilities of, 282 



Growing and Resting Periods, 

 81 



Guano, 69 



Heliotrope, 106 

 Hyacinthus, 116 

 Hydrocyanic Acid, Fumigation 



with, 256 

 Humus, Commercial, 66 



Pots, Shifting to larger, 79 



Potting-on, 79 



Propagation by Cuttings, 48 



Red Spider, 94 

 Rest period, 11 

 Rhubarb, 133, 264 

 Root Crops, 125 

 Rooting Cuttings, 53 

 Roses, 100 

 Roses all Winter, 265 



Insects, The Fight Against, 87 

 Intermediate-house Plants, 84 

 Iris, Spanish, 118 

 Ivy, English, 111 



Light and Air, 12 



Manure, 66 

 Melons, 131 

 Mildew, 95 

 Moisture, 76 

 Mushrooms, 133 



Oxalis, 117 



Palms, 106 



Palms, All about, 202 



Peaches, 141 



Pineapples, All about, 195 



Pits for Storage, 156 



Plant Combinations by Tem- 

 peratures, 282 



Plant Foods and Fertilizers, 66 



Plants and Required Tempera- 

 tures, 84 



Plunging Pots, 56 



Pots for Cuttings, 54 



Sand for Cuttings, 52 

 Scale, 92 



Seedlings, Bringing up, 43 

 Seeds and Cuttings, Beginning 



with, 32 

 Seed Sowing, 37, 41 

 Shade for Seedlings, 46 

 Smilax, 111 

 Snapdragons, 100 

 Soda Nitrate, 68 

 Soil, an All-purpose, 61 

 Soil Building, 57 

 Soil for Starting Seeds, 38 

 Soil, Qualities of, 5 

 Sowing Seeds in Flats, 41 

 Stocking up, 30 

 Stove Plants, 85 

 Stove Plants, Handling, 230 

 Strawberries, 144 

 Sweet-peas, 110 



Tankage, 69 

 Temperature, 73 

 Temperatures, Comparative, 6 

 Temperature requirements, 84, 



282 

 Thunbergia, 111 



