INDEX 
Lady’s slipper, easily transplanted, 
182; found in damp woods, 1382; 
varieties, 132 
Larkspur, 117-118 ; effective among 
shrubbery, 117; protection from 
white grubs, 118; sowing seeds 
and culture, 117-118 
Lawn, amount of seed to be sown, 
68; destroying weeds, 71; grad- 
ing, 65; ideal, 66; manure, 65; 
mowing, 70-71; ornamentation, 
64, 69; preparing the soil, 67; 
renovating, 71; sodding, 69-70 ; 
sowing seeds, 68-69 ; top-dressing, 
71; varieties of seed, 68; well- 
arranged, 62 
Lead arsenate, 203 
Leaf blight, 263 
Leaf hoppers, 282 
Leaf mold, 200-201 
Leaf spot, 263 
Lettuce, 270-272. 
garden 
Light, necessary to life of all plants, 1 
Ligustrum ovalifolium, 156-159 
Lilac, for hedge, 64, 160; for lawn, 
64, 160; pruning, 160; varieties, 
160 
Lilium canadense, 1384 
Lilium carolinianum, 133 
Lilium harrisii, 18 
Lilium philadelphicum, 188 
Lilium superbum, 133 
Lilium tigrinum, 134 
Lily, 1; Bermuda, 18; Chinese sa- 
cred, 5; habits and care of wild, 
132-135 ; Lilium harrisit, 18 ; varie- 
ties of wild (132-135) : lily of the 
valley, 185; tiger, 184; Turk’s- 
cap, 183; wild orange-red, 133 ; 
wild yellow, 184 
Lily of the valley, care, 135; repro- 
duction, 135 
Lima beans, 247 
Lime-sulfur, 204-205 
Liquid manure, 201-202 
Lonicera japonica, 167 
See Vegetable 
Magnolia, for lawn, 64, 155; varie- 
ties, 155 
Magnolia conspicua, 155 
Magnolia soulangeana, 155 
Magnolia stellata, 155 
Mangoes, 282 
313 
Marigold, 72; African, 83; culture, 
83-84; French, 88; may be grown 
in boxes, 83 
Maurandia, 31 
Melons, 272-273. 
garden 
Mertensia virginica, 32, 126 
Micropyle, 211 
Mildew, 281, 294 
Mock orange, very hardy, 155 
Moonflower, 72, 82 
Morning-glory, 72, 81-82; culture, 
82; Japanese, 81; old-fashioned, 81 
Mountain laurel, excellent for cut- 
ting, 156; likes moisture, 156; na- 
tive of eastern United States and 
Canada, 156 
Mustard, 273. See Vegetable garden 
See Vegetable 
Names, plant, 32-33; common and 
scientific, 32 
Narcissus, 5, 7, 12, 18, 54-55, 57; 
Chinese sacred, 5; giant paper- 
white, 7; poet’s, 54; polyanthus, 
18; trumpet, 54 
Nasturtium, 72, 84-85; dwarf and 
tall varieties, 84; one of the best 
annuals, 84; soil, 84; sowing, 84; 
transplanting, 85 
Nicotiana, 1; culture, 85; descrip- 
tion, 85 
Nitrate of soda, 297 
Norway maple, 64 
Norway spruce, 181 
Onion maggot, 276 
Onion sets, 273-274 
Onions, 273-276. 
garden 
Orchard, 181-189; chickens in, 185; 
fertilization, 185; spraying, 186 
Orchis spectabilis, 182 
Oxalis, 31, 47 
See Vegetable 
Peonia albiflora, 119 
Peonia officinalis, 119 
Palings, use of, 64 
Palm, 1, 2, 36-37; fan, 36; Kentia 
belmoreana, 36 ; Livistona sinensis, 
36; repotting, 37 
Pansy, 31, 50, 72, 162; hardy, 85; 
porch boxes, 86; spring sowing, 86; 
summer sowing, 85; tulip beds, 86 
Paris green, 208, 287, 288, 305 
