Index 
Planter’s outfit, so 
Planting early, 50 
Plants, hardening, 51; identifying, 
65; beautiful names of, 70; poetic 
names of, 70; use of tall, 74; of 
slender growth, 89; sulky, 92; 
distance for setting, ror, 102; 
cutting down early, 102; late in 
coming up, 103; that sucker 
badly, 107; distributing, 154, 155 
Platycodon, Japanese Bellflower, 
P. grandiflorum, 189, 220; P. 
Marest, 220; var, nana, 220 
Plum, Japanese, Prunus triflora, 
2493 Purple-leaved, P. Pissardi, 
107 
Podolepis, P. aristata, 245 
Polemonium ceruleum, Jacob’s Lad- 
der, 212 
Polygonum amplexicaule, Mountain 
Fleece, 195; P. Baldschuanicum, 
264; P. multiflorum, 196 
Polypteris Hookeriana, Palifoxia, 270 
Poppy, Alpine, Papaver Alpinus, 232, 
250; Anne Hathaway, P. som- 
niferum paoniafiorum, 268; Cali- 
fornia, see Eschscholtzia, 198; 
Iceland, P. nudicaule, 169, 231; 
Opium, P. somniferum, 71, 205, 
227; Oriental, P. orientale, 257, 
276; Peony, P. somniferum pl. fi. 
207, 227, 268, 269, 284; Shirley, 
P. Rheas, 199, 205, 269 
Portulaca, P. grandiflora, 205, 244, 
284 
Potato bug, 127 
Potentilla, Red, P. Nepalensis, 277; 
White, P. alba, 189; Yellow, P. 
recta, 235 
Potentilla alba, White Potentilla, 
189; P. recta, Yellow Potentilla, 
235; P. Nepalensis, Nepal or 
Red Potentilla, 277 
Pot Marigold, see Calendula, 242 
Pots, Neponset, 52 
Predatory wealth in garden, 107 
Prickly Poppy, see Argemone, 200 
Prolific plants, 107, 108 : 
Prunus Japonica, Flowering Al- 
mond, 166; var. rosea, Pink 
Flowering Almond, 247 
Prunus Persica, Blood-leaved Peach, 
81, 251; var. rosea plena, Japanese 
393 
Peach, 248; var. sanguinea, Red 
Japanese Peach, 272 
Prunus triflora, Japanese Plum, 
249; P. Pissardi, Purple-leaved 
Plum, 167 
Pyrethrum, Chrysanthemum cocci- 
neum, 257 
Pyrus floribunda, Japanese Crab 
Apple, 248 
Queen of the Prairie, Spivea lobata 
or Ulmaria rubra venuista, 261 
Quince, Japan, Cydonia Japonica, 
272, 273 
Ragged Robin, Lychnis Flos-cuculi, 
257 
Ranunculus bulbosus, Buttercup, 
Gold Cup, 234; R. acris pl. fl., 
Tall Buttercup, 234; R. Astaticus, 
Garden Ranunculus, 235 
Raspberry, Purple-flowered, Bram- 
ble, Rubrus odoratus, 277 
Record of blooming, 37 
Red, arranging, flowers in garden, 
74; using white flowers with, 74; 
edging plants, 83; showiest annuals 
in, 86; showiest perennials in, 85, 
86 
Red Annuals, 282-286 
Red Bud, Cercis Canadensis, 273; 
Chinese, C. Chinensis, 272, 273 
Red Flowers, 272-286 
Red Perennials, 272, 273, 275-277, 
278-280, 281, 282 
Red Shrubs, 272-273, 274-275, 277- 
278, 280 
Remedy, for cutworms, 120; grubs, 
121; mice, 124; moles, 123; green 
louse, 127, 128; rose-bug, 125, 126; 
potato-bug, 126; green slug, 126; 
oil beetle, 126; aster beetle, 126; 
hollyhock rust, 129-130; larkspur 
blight, 129-130; mildew, 131; 
mites in lilies, 132; wasps, 127; 
aster blight, 132; carnation blight, 
132; Physostegia blight, 131, 132 
Reseda odorata, Mignonette, 203, 284 
Response to environment, 153 
Rest Harrow, Ononis rotundifolia, 
262 
Rhexia Virginica, Meadow Beauty, 
215 
