Index 



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Fertilizer — Continued 



use of lime water; for roses; 

 caution with nitrate of soda, 

 158; to promote flowering 

 and fruitfulness; for better 

 coloring; preparation of com- 

 post, 159, 162, 163; con- 

 stituents of fertilizer; nitro- 

 gen and phosphate for 

 flowers; crushed bone; 

 potash to strengthen plants, 

 160, 161; how to apply to 

 roots; how to apply liquid 

 to growing plants; sheep 

 manure, 161; removal of 

 debris in manure; when to 

 fertilize; safe proportions 

 for poor soil not analyzed; 

 to keep ammonia in soil 

 after applying compost, 162; 

 to promote rapid growth of 

 plants; application of lime, 

 163; how to have soil 

 analyzed, 164; commercial 

 [fertilizer; when soil has too 

 much potash or is over- 

 fertilized, 164; for soil used 

 every year; Guano; to make 

 humus; qualities of nitrogen, 

 phosphate, and potash, 165; 

 wood ashes to . be sifted; 

 caution with manure; bone 

 meal ; disposition of flowered- 

 out plants, 166; to counter- 

 act strong fertilizers; man- 

 ures also for winter covering; 

 to make heavy soils lighter; 

 to make light soils heavier; 

 fertilizer containing nitro- 

 gen; advantage of liquid 

 manure; for plants already 

 flowering; to produce better 

 flowers ; for leaves and stems, 

 167, 168; quantities of fer- 

 tilizers to be used, 169; 

 when to apply on lawn, 172; 

 use of wood ashes, 170; for 

 rose bushes, 121, 122, 123; 

 for transplanted roots, 183 



Feverfew, or Featherfew, self- 

 sown; continuous blooming; 



three or four crops each 

 season, 60 



Flag Lilies, when to plant, 88 



Flickers, size of entrance to 

 house, 317 



Flies, green, to get rid of, 259; 

 to destroy larvas of, 262, 

 265, 266; to kill black, 266 



Flowers Arranged According to 

 Color, Perennials, 300-302; 

 Annal, 302-304 



Flowers Arranged According 

 to the Blossoming Period, 

 A List of, 297-299 



Flowers for Cutting, 304 



Flowers for the Old-Fashioned 

 Garden, 306 



Flowers Requiring Little Sun- 

 light, 305 



Flowers that Thrive in Damp 

 Places, 306 



Flowers for the Rock Garden, 

 306 



Flowers, Cut (hints on), 195- 

 197; Vases for; glass bowl 

 for; to keep roses fresh and 

 fragrant, 195, 196; charcoal 

 beneficial to cut flowers, 

 196; sending by mail, 197 



Flowers, Growing (hints on), 

 25-212 



Flowers, nitrogen and phos- 

 phate for; fertilizers for, 160; 

 that furnish seed for birds, 

 320 



Flowers, The Art of Growing 

 (article on), 1-7 



Foliage, Vegetation Grown for, 

 306 



Foliage, supplied by the use of 

 vegetable leaves, 292 



Food and Water (hints on), 

 318-327; (for birds), to 

 attract winter birds; suet 

 basket; food for young birds 

 318; when to give water; 

 evergreens valuable to birds, 

 3; berries for birds ^advan- 

 tage of sunflowers; in feed- 

 ing hemp seed to young 

 birds; the caged bird, 319, 



