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Index 



Prince's Feather — Continued 

 duce best growth; weeding 

 out young plants; to preserve 

 flowers intact, 114, 115 



Privet, California, as ever- 

 greens, 237 



Pruning, perennials, 284 



Pulverizing soil for seed and 

 young plants, 156 



Purple stemmed fern for table 

 decoration, 6a 



Purple flowers, list of peren- 

 nial, 302; list of annual, 304 



Queen Anne's lace, or Wild 

 Carrots, to rid of, 191 



Quince, north wall planting of, 

 144 



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Rabbits, to protect against, 

 284 



Ragged Sailor, or Cornflower; 

 many names for; when to 

 plant seed; care of young 

 plants, 49 



Ragweed, or Bitterweed, of no 

 use, 192 



Rambler, Crimson, climbing 

 rose, 145 



Raspberry, wild, advantage in 

 planting, 237 



Red flowers, list of Perennial, 

 301; list of annuals, 303 



Rhododendrons, soil require- 

 ments; planting seeds; prun- 

 ing to insure hardiness; to 

 revive failing plants; fer- 

 tilizing, 115, 116 



Robins, house preferred, 317; 

 tree for, 323; attack fruit 

 trees, 332 



Rock Cress, how to plant to 

 advantage; propagation, Ij6 



Rock Garden, The, advantage 

 of, 198; how to make, 198, 

 199; when to start; soil for; 

 compost suitable for, 199 



Rock Garden, Flowers for the, 

 306 



Root-maggots, to get rid of, 

 265 



Rose Geranium, tree forma- 

 tion; soil conditions, 116, 

 117 



Rosemary, pruning, propaga- 

 tion, 117 



Roses, Cuttings; when to 

 take, 117; how to take; how 

 to root, 118; growing roses 

 for seed, 118; care of seed- 

 lings; transplanting, 119; 

 to rid bushes of black spot; 

 drainage foundation under 

 garden; to plant roses; space 

 between bushes; spray for 

 mildew on bushes, 120; 

 potted plants for early buds, 

 121; covering plants for 

 winter, 121, 123; to have 

 deeper shade of flowers, 121; 

 soil; fertilizers, 121, 122, 

 123, 158; when to trans- 

 plant, 122; Clotille Sou- 

 pert, care of, 122; climbers, 

 care of, 123; 124, 127, white, 

 yellow, pink and red listed, 

 127; spraying; pruning, 121, 

 123; training bushes to trees, 

 124; protection from mice; 

 cause of mildew; to rid of 

 mildew, 124; moss, care of, 

 125; Sweetbrier, care of, 

 125; hedges and background, 

 kinds of roses suitable for; 

 protection from wind, 125; 

 Tausenschoen, or Thousand 

 Beauties, good qualities of, 

 126; Monthly roses, 126; 

 for city yards, 126; color 

 scheme, 126, 127; white and 

 colored listed, 127; to keep 

 fresh, 196; slipped in fall for 

 summer beds, 69 



Rubber Plant, to give gloss to 

 leaves; to nourish, 199, 200 



Rubbish, burner, of metal, 

 safe to use, 281; heap, ad- 

 vantage of, 290 



