260 INDEX 



Page 



Hill, E. Gurney 39 



History of the American Carnation, a 30 years' survey 38 



Houses, best type of 213 



Hybridizing and crossbreeding 192 



Ice-box, temperature of, and time Carnations will keep 253 



Insects, diseases and other pests 232 



Judging and exhibiting Carnations 204 



Lawson, Enchantress and Beacon 40 



Layering Carnations 1 77 



Liquid manure 254 



Malmaison Carnations 18, 172 



Manure, cow and horse 105 



Marguerite Carnation 18, 179 



Mites on Carnations 232, 250 



Name " Dianthus," meaning of 20 



Nitrate of Soda 255 



Novelties, directions for taking notes on Carnations 255 



Packing and shipping 57, 62 



" Paradisus Terrestris,'' quotation from 18 



Paris green spray 234 



Parkinson, John 18 



Percentage of colors to grow 53 



Pests and diseases 232 



Phosphate, acid 105 



Phosphoric acid 255 



Pinks, hardy 181-183 



Piping for greenhouse, amount required 227 



Plant, the ideal Carnation 36 



Points for Carnations 201 



Potash for weak-stemmed Carnations 255 



Pot-grown Carnations 115 



Prices for Carnation blooms in Chicago and New York 55 



Profits on Carnations 51 



Propagating houses 219 



Propagation 70 



Red spider 232 



Retailer and wholesaler, the 57 



Rhizoctonia, disease caused by 239 



Riviera Carnations 18 



