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Index 



outside cellar, 450. 

 Oxalidaeese, 8. 

 Oxalis crenata, 8. 

 oyster plant, listed, 9. 



Pachyrhizus, species, 8, 10. 

 Pachyzancla Mpunctalis, 165. 

 packages, 441, 445, 44S. 

 packing, 441, 443. 

 Palmacese, 3. 

 Papaipema nitela, 206. 

 Papilio polyxenes, 127. 

 para cress, Y. 

 paria green, 429. 

 parsley, 123, 124. 



Family, 5, 8, 11. 



listed, 5. 

 parsnip, botany of, 192. 



discussion of, 190. 



listed, 8. 

 Pastinaca sativa, 8, 192. 

 pea, botany of, 234. 



discussion of, 229. 



Family, S, 9. 



listed, 10. 

 peanut, 10. 

 pear, balsam, 281: 

 peas and beans, chapter on, 228. 

 Pegomyia hyoscyami, 53; 164. 

 pennyroyal, 6, 334. 

 pepino, 11, 255. 



de comer, 11. 

 peppermint, 6, 334. 

 pepper, botany of, 275. 



discussion of, 273. 



red, listed, 11. 

 perennial crops, 19. 

 Peronospora schleideniana, 142. 

 Pefroselinum hortense, 5, 124. 



sativum,, 124. 

 pe-tsai, botany of, 96. 



discussion of, 88. 



listed, 5. 

 Phaseolus acutifoKus, 241, 253. 



lunatus, 241, 247, 252. 



macrocarpus, 252. 



Metcalfei, 241. 



multiflorus, 240, 252. 



nanus, 252. 



retusus, 241. 



species, 9, 10. 



vulgaris, 239, 251. 

 Phlegethontius guinquemaculata, 

 256. 



sexta, 256. 

 Phoma lingam, 68. 

 Phomopsis vexans, 268. 

 Phortia brassicm, 71, 171. 



ceparum, 143. 



fuscioeps, 239. 

 phosphate, acid, 382, 383. 



rock, 382. 

 PhthorimcBa operculella, 206. 

 Phyllbstachys pubescens, 3. 

 Phyllotreta armoracice, 181. 

 Physalis peruviana, 279. 



puiescens, 279. 



species, 11. 

 Phytolacca, 4. 



Phytophthora infestans, 202. 

 pickle worm, 287. 

 Pieridium vulgare, 9. 

 pie-plant, discussion of, 32. 

 pigweed, 4. 



edible, 58. 

 pimlento, 275. 

 pipe-heated hotbeds, 350. 

 Piper nigrum, 274. 

 Pisum arvense, 235. 



fiumile, 235. 



macrocarpon, 235. 



saccharatum, 235. 



sativum, 10, 234. 

 pits for storage, 451, 456. 

 Plasmodiophora hrassicw, 67. 

 Plasmopora cuiensis, 285. 

 Plathypena scabra, 239. 

 Plectranthus tuterosus, 9. 

 plow, discussion of, 392. 

 Plutella macuUpennis, 69. 

 Pokeweed Family, 4. 

 Polygonaceae, 4. 

 Pontia rapw, 69. 

 Portulacace89, 4. 



