Index 



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Hydrangeas— Continued 

 81; climbing; north wall 

 planting, 144 



Iceland Poppy, time to sow 

 seed; growing in clumps, 

 in, 112 



Information, Bits of (about 

 birds), 327-337 



Indian Nettle, or Lantana, 

 training as bush or tree; soil 

 requirements, 83 



Insects, (article on), 251-253 



Insects, (hints on extermina- 

 tion), 253-269; how to 

 locate, 253; classes, 254; 

 to destroy sucking, 255; 

 precaution before planting, 

 256, 261; how to spray, 257, 

 261, 268, 269 ; when to sprayj 

 2 55> 2 57; disinfectant for, 

 264; the use of the toad, 

 268; value of birds, 268; 

 to get rid of borers and root 

 maggots, 265; to destroy on 

 house plants, 200; protec- 

 tion of rose bushes from, 

 I2i, 123; birds which devour, 



337 



Iris, Japanese, how to grow; 

 fertilizing, 81, 82; prepara- 

 tion for winter, 84, 107; 

 planting in permanent loca- 

 tion, 88; German, combined 

 with Silene, 130 



Iron, Sulphate of, when to 

 apply; quantity of, 169 



Ivy, for covering and shade, 

 143; on north wall, 144; to 

 freshen; when to prune, 145, 

 146; English, where to plant, 

 to wash, to root cuttings, 

 145, 146; German, for win- 

 dow box culture, 144; poison, 

 to distinguish; killing roots 

 of, 148; Ivy-leaf Geranium, 

 for window box culture, 

 144 



Jack-in-the-Pulpit, cultiva- 

 tion; where to plant; useful 

 in destroying bugs, 82 



Japanese Anemone, or japonica; 

 kind of soil; when to trans- 

 plant; how to make cuttings; 

 care of, 28, 29 



Japanese bellflower, soil re- 

 quirements; how to plant; 

 care of plants in fall, 35 



Japanese Hop, raised from 

 seed, 147 



Japanese Iris, how to grow; 

 ' fertilizing, 81, 82 



Japanese Quince, north wall 

 planting of, 144 



Japonica, Japanese wind- 

 flower, or Anemone, kind of 

 soil; as a hedge; when to 

 transplant, 28, 29 



Jardiniere, to prevent being 

 blown over in wind, 202 



Jessamine, or Jasmine, soil 

 required; pruning, 82; plant- 

 ing on north wall, 144 



Juniper, Irish, reasons for the 

 popularity of, 245 



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Kainite, when to apply; quan- 

 tity of, 170 

 Kaiser blumen, or Ragged 



Sailor; other names for; 



when to plant seed; care of 



young plants, 49 

 Kerosene Emulsion, to make, 



272 

 Kingbirds, size of entrance to 



house, 317; value of, 328, 



334; habits of, 332 



Labels for plants, 288, 289 

 Ladybirds, value to farmer, 

 336 



