INDEX 



411 



Paris greenj 310 



Parsley, 111 



Parsnip, 113 



Peach, acreage map, 203 



brown rot of, 218-9 



chapter on, 203 



fertilizers, 211, 213 



leaf curl, 219 



orchard, exposure, 203-4 

 laying out, 206, 209, 210 



packing, 212, 214-5 



pruning, 209, 212-4 



scab, 219 



soil, 204-5 



trees, as fillers, 207, 210 

 borers, 215, 217, 218 

 getting, 206-7 

 June budded, 206-7 

 September budded, 206-7 



varieties, 205 



yellows, 219 

 Peaches, cost of, 395 



improving, 27, 32 



picking, 330 



propagation of, 50, 60 



thinned, 344 

 Pear, acreage map, 174 



enemies of, 195 



harvesting, 190, 192 



nursery, 60 



propagation of, 53 



pruning, 189, 191 



section on, 189 



soils, 189 



spraying, 196 



twig blight, 199 



varieties, 189 

 Peas, early, 92 



English garden, 96, 105 

 Pecans, 271 

 Pedigreed seed, 27 

 Peony, propagation of, 34 

 Perennial flowers, 380 



vegetables, 92, 115 to 119 

 Perennials, choice of, 379 

 Peppers, sweet, 90, 124 

 Pests in seeds, 15 



to spray, 320 

 Phosphate, acid, 293 

 Phosphoric acid, sources, 294 

 Phosphorous, 6 



forms of, 395 



properties of, 9 

 Picking apples, 186 

 Pickling, 130 

 Pineapples, 274 



field, 275 



Pineapples, harvesting and marketing, 

 275 



propagation, 274 



soils and culture, 274 

 Pine trees, 358-9 

 Pistil, 11, 12 

 Pits for flowers and vegetables, 87 



project, 88 



special uses, 87 

 Plan for planting orchards, 177 



garden, 63, 64, 65, 69, 79 

 Plans for home grounds, 366, 382 



poor and good, 370-1 

 Plant breeding, principles of, 22 



enemies, 3 



food, available, 8 

 supply, 2, 6 



growth, conditions for, 1 



lice on apples, 320 

 on melons, 314 



life, chapter on, 1 



parts of, 4 



societies, 2 

 Plantain, buckhorn, 348 

 Planting, annuals, 374, 376 



an orchard tree, 178 



apple orchards, 176 



blackberries, 261 



blueberries, 267 



board, 178 



bush fruits, 269 



by colors, 381-2 



cranberries, 268 



currants, 263 



flowers, 378 



forest trees, 361, 365 



grapes, 242 



hedges, 371 



home grounds, 366-7 



oranges, 280 



plan for apples, 176-7 



plans for strawberries, 235, 240 



raspberries, 253 



rate of, for potatoes, 136 



shade trees, 369 



shrubs, 370 



tables, 88, 92, 93, 380, 381, 396 



vines, 372 

 Plants, air for ; 2 



carbon dioxide for, 2 



foliage, 382 



influenced by surroundings, 23 



importance of, 1 



light for, 3 



lists of, 380, 381, 382, 401 



oxygen for, 2, 8 



propagation of, 10, 33 

 Plate budding, 52 



