Index 



Forcing houses 148 



Forcing houses, aspect of 154 



Forcing houses, size of glass for 154 



Form 230 



Fragrance 230 



Freak flowers* 207 



French classification 218 



Frost, injuries from 92 



Fuels 18V 



Fumigation 48 



Fungus following heavy rainfalls 108 



Fusarium leaf-spot* 140 



Future of the carnation 232 



Gardeners' Magazine of Botany, quot- 

 ed 226 



Gillyflower 18, 19 



Glass, planting under 107 



Glass, size of, for forcing houses 154 



Glenny, George, quoted 226 



Governor Roosevelt* 26 



Governor Roosevelt, bench of* 46 



Governor Roosevelt, houses of*.... 42, 45 



Grading flowers 120 



Green fly 127 



Greenhouse culture general 38 



Greenhouse culture, preparation of soil 



for 41 



Greenhouse heating ... /j 177 



Greenhouse structure, requisites in.. 157 



Grenadines 218 



Growing in the South 279 



Habit 231 



Habits should be studied 47 



Hardy carnations 191 



Header* 57 



Heating, greenhouse 177 



Heating, hot water systems 177 



Heating, hot water closed or Perkins 



method 180 



Heating, hot wate open expansion tank 



method 177 



Heating, hot water pressure method. 178 

 Heating, hot water pump method.... 180 



Heating, single pipe method 186 



Heating, steam systems of 182 



Heating, steam gravity method 182 



Heating, steam positive return meth- 

 od 183 



Heating, steam pump exhaust 185 



Heating, steam vacuum method 185 



Heintz, Rudolph, work of 25 



Hill, E. G., work of 29 



Hill, E. G., biographical sketch (Por- 

 trait) 269 



Hogg, Thos., quoted 24,60 



Hogg, Thos., formula for preparation 



of soil 54 



Horse culture, preparing field for.... 95 

 Hot water heating systems 177 



House, interior view of Hitchings* . . 155 

 House, section of % span Hitchings* 149 

 House, section showing latest type of 



Lord & Burnham* 151 



House, type of U-bar semi-curvilinear 



roofed Pierson-Sefton Co.* 160 



Houses, construction of 157 



Houses, forcing 148 



Houses, types of 150 



Hovey's Magazine, 1862, quoted 20 



Hybridization 196 



Hybridizing tools* 197, 198 



Ideal Carnation, the 226 



Ideal flower, attributes of 227 



Injuries and diseases 134 



Insects and fumigation 48 



Insects and preventives 127 



Introducing new varieties into com- 

 merce 212 



Introduction into America as a garden 



plant 20 



Introduction into Great Britain 17 



Iron framework for houses 157 



Iron U-bar construction, new galvan- 

 ized 159 



Kedzie, Professor, quoted 63 



Lafayette, Ind., culture in 257 



Layering, propagation by 85 



Lifting and planting from the field.. 102 



Lifting, early versus late 42 



Like produces like 71 



Lime 47 



Lime, use of, in preparation of soil... 51 



Liquid manures, formulae for 66, 67 



Locations of large establishments ... 34 



Long Island, development on 22 



Maddock's formula for preparation of 



soil 54 



Manure, Boomer method of making. . 70 



Manure, sheep 47 



Manure, stable 52 



Manure, water 47 



Manures, and fertilizers 61 



Manures, liquid, formulae for 66 



Manures, natural 69 



Marc, Charles 21 



Massachusetts, culture in 260 



McGowan. John, work of 28 



Medicinal properties 18 



Monthly calendar of operations 240 



Moss, sphagnum, use of, in packing 



cuttings 84 



Moss, sphagnum, use of, in propagat- 

 ing 79 



Mountains, culture in the 270 



National Carnation and Picotee So- 

 ciety of England 20 



Natural manures 69 



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