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Index 



outside cellar, 450. 

 Oxalidacese, 8. 

 Oxalis crenata, 8, 

 oyster plant, listed, 9. 



Paehyrhizus, species, 8, 10. 

 Pachyzancla bipiinctaUs, 165. 

 packages, 441, 445, 448. 

 packing, 441, 443. 

 Palmacese, 3. 

 Papaipenia nitela, 206. 

 Papilio polyxenes, 127. 

 para cress, 7. 

 paris 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, 8, 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. 

 Peronospoi^a sclileideniana, 142. 

 Petroselinum liortense, 5, 124. 



sativum, 124. 

 pe-tsai, botany of, 96. 



discussion of, 88. 



listed, 5. 

 Phaseolus aciitifoUus, 241, 253. 



lunatus, 241, 247, 252. 



macrocarpus, 252. 



Metcalfei, 241. 



muUiflorus, 240, 252, 



nanus, 252. 



retusus, 241. 



species, 9, 10. 



vulgaris, 239, 251. 

 Phlegethontius qumquemaculata, 

 256. 



sexta, 256. 

 Plioma lingam, 68. 

 Phomopsis vexans, 268. 

 Phorhia hrassicce, 71, 171. 



ceparum, 143. 



fusciceps, 239. 

 phosphate, acid, 382, 383. 



rock, 382. 

 Phthorimwa operculella, 206, 

 Phyllostachys puhescens, 3. 

 Phyllotreta armoracice, 181. 

 Phy sails peruviana, 279. 



pudescens, 279. 



species, 11. 

 Phytolacca, 4. 



Phytophthora infestans, 202, 

 pickle worm, 287. 

 Picridium vulgare, 9. 

 pie-plant, discussion of, 32, 

 pigweed, 4. 



edible, 58. 

 pimiento, 275. 

 pipe-heated hotbeds, 350. 

 Piper nigrum, 274. 

 Pisum arvense, 235. 



humile, 235. 



macrocarpon, 235. 



saccharatum, 235, 



sativum, 10, 234. 

 pits for storage, 451, 456. 

 Plasmodiophora hrassicce, 67. 

 Plasmopora ciihensis, 285. 

 Plathypena scadra, 239. 

 Plectranthus tiiberosus, 9. 

 plow, discussion of,' 392. 

 Plutella maculipennis, 69. 

 Pokeweed Family, 4. 

 Polygonacese, 4. 

 Pontia rapce, 69. 

 Portulacacese, 4. 



