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INDEX 



Flowers — continued 

 red, all Winter, 151. 

 Summer, 133. 

 Foliage, asparagus, use 



in decoration, 41. 

 Foliage, house vine, 43. 

 morning-glory and nas- 

 turtium, 43. 

 plants for, 196. 

 plants other than palms, 



185, 196. 

 red-berried plant, loi. 

 Forcing, by ether, 217. 

 bulbs 83. 

 gladiolus, 113. 

 hydrangea, no. 

 Fragrance, flowers for, 49. 

 Fragrant flowers, cherry 

 pie (heliotrope) 49. 

 for Christmas, 100. 

 mignonette, 50. 

 stevia, the, 100. 

 Freak remedies, popular 

 fallacies about ailing 

 plants, 82. 

 Freesias, easily grown, 90. 

 Frost, freezing point fatal 

 to window plants, 40. 

 Fuchsias, for the porch, 1 22. 

 Fumigator, a simple form 



^ ... 



Furnace gas, mjurious to 

 house plants, 75. 



Gas, coal or furnace, 75. 



Gasterias, curiously shaped 

 leaves of, 162. 



Genista, evergreen shrub 

 easily handled, 109. 



Geraniums, Easter, 98. 

 for Christmas decora- 

 tions, 108. 



Geraniums — continued 

 Martha Washfngton, 

 107. 



propagation of, 63. 

 secret of successful cul- 

 ture, 98. 

 show, 107. 



sunless window, 115. 



syringing and fumigat- 

 ing, 109. 

 Gladiolus, Easter bloom, 

 113- 



good varieties of, 114. 

 Glass house, for vv^inter 

 forcing, 6. 



Haworthia, leaves of, 162. 

 Heating problems, solv- 



.ing, 7, 15. 

 Heliotrope flowers, colours, 



49- 



seeds, 50. 



Hemp, toughness of the 

 New Zealand, 186. 



High temperatures, danger 

 of, for house plants, 70. 



Hippeastrum, popular bul- 

 bous plant, 129. 



Holland, azaleas from, 95. 



House gardens, untold op- 

 portunities for, in cac- 

 tuses, 148. 



House leeks, characteristics 

 of, 165. 

 reproduction of, 166. 



House plants, ideal condi- 

 tions for, 69. 



Human beings, relationship 

 between and plants, 69. 



Hyacinths, growth in 

 glasses, 88. 

 Roman, 88. 



