306 



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ex 



Onions, seed-bed for, 137. 

 Onions, seed per acre, 45. 

 Onions, setting out, 138. 

 Onions, soil for, 135. 

 Onions, transplanting, 139. 

 Onions, varieties, 144. 

 Overhead irrigation, 37. 

 Oyster plant, 279. 



Pachyrhizus erosus, 287. 



Pachyrhizus tuberosiis, 287. 



Packing, honest, 80. 



Packing-house, the, 78. 



Papaya, 217. 



Papaya, distance to plant, 219. 



Papaya, from seed, 218. 



Papaya, grafting, 218. 



Papaya, irrigation, 219. 



Para cress, 289. 



Paris green, 67. 



Parsley, 121. 



Parsley, planting, 121. 



Parsley, varieties of, 122. 



Parsnip, 277. 



Parsnip, fertilizer for, 277. 



Parsnip, soil and preparation, 277. 



Parsnip, sowing and cultivation, 



278. 

 Parsnip, varieties, 278. 

 Pawpaw melon, 217. 

 Peanut, 236. 

 Peanut, cleaning, 241. 

 Peanut, cultivation, 239. 

 Peanut, fertilizer, 237. 

 Peanut, grading, 241. 

 Peanut, harvesting, 240. 

 Peanut, literature on, 242. 

 Peanut, planting, 237. 

 Peanut, soil and preparation, 236. 

 Peanut, varieties of, 242. 

 Pea, pigeon, 289. 

 Peas, 222. 



Peas (cow) , seed per acre, 45. 

 Peas, enemies of, 224. 

 Peas (English), seed per acre, 45. 

 Peas, fertilizer for, 223. 



Peas, soil and cultivation, 223. 



Peas, varieties of, 224. 



Peat, 28. 



Pepino, 293. 



Peppers, 204. 



Peppers, cultivation of, 207. 



Peppers, fertilizer for, 207. 



Peppers, hotbeds and coldframea 

 for, 205. 



Peppers, marketing, 207. 



Peppers, seed per acre, 45. 



Peppers, seed saving, 208. 



Peppers, soil and preparation for, 

 206. 



Peppers, varieties of, 208. 



Pests and diseases, 66. 



Petunia, 177. 



Phosphate, bone, 9. 



Phosphate from fish, 9. 



Phosphate rock, 8. 



Phosphate, Thomas, 11. 



Phosphoric acid, materials used for, 



11. 

 Phosphoric acid, sources of, 8 

 Pigeon pea, 289. 

 Plantain, 216. 



Plant-beds, seed-beds and, 58. 

 Plant growth, elements necessary 



for, 3, 5. 

 Planting, 52. 



Plants, acre, number of, 65. 

 Plants as a source of nitrogen, 31. 

 Plant-sheds, 57. 

 Plants, how to select, 46. 

 Plants, number per acre (table), 



64. 

 Plants transmit tendency to disease, 



46. 

 Poison bait, 72. 

 Poisonous insecticides, 67. 

 Potash, materials used for, 10. 

 Potash, muriate of, 10. 

 Potash, nitrate of, 10. 

 Potash, sources of, 9. 

 Potash, sulfate of, and magnesia, 

 11. 



