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Pansies, Sow in August . 490 



— The New ■ . ... 273 

 Pansy-growing, Practical 



Notes on 547 



Parcel Post, A . . . . 371.435 



Pans Green 261 



Park Enemies 293 



— Desecration of a Great 289 

 Parsley as a Garden Edg- 

 ing* 45 



— Culture of . . .112,302,626 



— Forcing 307 



Parnassia palustris* . . . 696 

 Parsnips, Culture of . .112, 



177,237 



— Wild 512 



Passiflora edulis * .... 120 



— princeps 581 



Paulownia imperialis. 



Wintering 307 



Peach and Plum-stones, 



Freezing 758 



— diseases, Notes on '*" . . 413 



— Excelsior 47,307 



— Grafting Seedling . . . 308 



— growing, Always Select 



a Favorable Loca- 

 tion for 253 



— leaf Curl 512 



— paring 382 



— pits, Planting 181 



— rosette "*4i4,762 



— The Future of the . . .476 



— Tree Not Short-lived . 62 

 Worm, Japanese . . 308 



— Trees, Culture of . . . 237 



in Pots* 628 



Pruning 379,383 



— yellows .... 128, 414'", 697 

 Peaches, Chinese ... 612 



— Land for 315 



— on Plums 57 



— Pruning for Low Heads 252 



— Race Distinction in . . 107 



— The Best Four 315 



Peanut-culture 306 



Essentials in ... . 243 



Peanuts, Planting ., . . 373 



— Unprofitable in the 



North 493 



Pear-blight Theories . . . 125 



— Buffum, Special Use for i8 



— Chinese Bergamot* . . 86 



— Conference* 1S6 



— Crop of '92 667 



— culture 447 



— curcuHo, Remedy for . 118 



— Flemish Beauty for Ar- 



kansas 39 



— Garber 54 



— growing; in Michigan . 192 

 in Texas 171 



— The Idaho* 427 



— Japan Golden Russet . 300 



— Leconte 447, 581 



— scab, Remedy for . . . 384 



— Seneca* 7S7 



— Snow* 86 



— Strong Japan* . ... 86 



— Worden's Seckel* . . . 135 



— tree Blight 447 



— Trees from Cuttings . . 54 



Pruning 633,767 



Pears after Apples .... 54 



— and Plums for Market . 17 

 ■ How an Expert 



Handles 483 



— Best Late 307 



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Pears, Blight-proof .... 697 



— Dwarf, for Profit .... 768 

 Planting 181 



— for Kentucky . . . 179,742 

 Louisiana 116 



— for Profit 53 



— for Wisconsin 379 



— Japan, Fruiting in 



Iowa* 86 



— in Kansas 62 



— for Mid-winter. . .104,626 



— Our Kieffer 291 



— without Cores 59 



Peas and Beans in Succes- 

 sion 181 



— Best Early 240,486 



— Culture of 177,370 



— Early, for Market . 161, 181 



Peat-sifter* 186 



Pecan-growing 380 



at the South .... 253 



— Jewett 166 



— planting 492 



— Points in Judging the .679 



Pedigree Trees 657 



and Plants Needed . 570 



Pegging-down 369 



Pelargoniums, Culture of 50, 



176,499,754 



— m Summer 446 



Peonies, Culture of . .176,563 



— and Rhododendrons . 172 

 Pentstemons, Two Pretty* 724 

 Peppers . . . 177,218,370,433 

 Perennials . . 50,236,302,615 



— Choice Hardy Herba- 



ceous 156 



Persimmon-culture, Possi- 

 bilities of 506 



— propagation 119 



— The 89 



Persimmons, Grafting . . 244 



— Jppanese 181,576 



— Native* 233 



Petasites Japonicus ... 8 



Petting Flowers 615 



Petunias, Culture of . . 50, 



499,625 



— for Pails and Tubs . . . 360 

 Phaseolus radiatus . . . 72S 

 Philadelphus Lemoinei . 215 

 Phoenix reclinata .... 461 



— rupicola 461 



Phlox divaricata 518 



— D r u m m o n d i i , Fall 



Sown 678 



Phloxes, Culture of . . . .563 



— Old and New 679 



— Perennial 359,563 



Phosphate, Odorless . . . 241 



Picea pungens* 120 



Pickeringia Montana . . .586 



Pimenta acris 581 



Pineapple-culture . . 237,370 



— growing in Florida* . . 587 

 Pine, The Native White* . 51 



— tree Blight, Sulphur for 551 

 Pinks, About . . . 302,369,703 



Pitcher-plants 103 



Pit for Wintering Plants .619 

 Pittosporums, Culture of . 754 



Plant Hardihood 676 



Plant Kleptomaniac, A . 297 



— labels 574,687 



— Pit, A Cellar-way* . . . 105 



— pools 618 



— orotector, A Cheap* . . 247 



— protector, Grimston* . 439 



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Plant-stock, Increase of .411 



— surgery 423 



Planting, Early 112 



— Large Groups of Trees 



and Shrubs .... 346 

 Plants for a Busy Woman 491 



— for Shade 690 



— for the House 11 



— for the Poor 699 



— for the Window .... 166 



— for Unsightly Places . . 41 



— Growing on Sponge . . 3S 



— Need Rest 745 



— Preserving 42 



— The Same Old 107 



— Setting out Large* . . 294 



— When do They Grow . 736 



— to Grow under Trees . 677 

 Platycodons, Culture of . 236 

 Pleasure Gardening .49,110, 



175,235,301,368,431, 

 498,562,624,689,753 

 Plow, Home-madeSubsoil 168 

 Plum, Black-knot of the 



254,»47S 



— Blood-leaved 551 



— curculio 767 



— cuttings Marianna, Man- 



agement of . . .639,702 



— Genii 243 



— Gueii 56 



— Maquoketa 460 



— Marianna 460 



— Rollingstone 460 



— rot. Preventive for 116,180 



— stocks , . . 767 



— Weir Large Red . . . .460 



— Wolf 460 



— Wyant 460 



— Yellow Yosemite . . . 460 

 Plums, Cracking 501 



— for Western Ohio . . . 307 



— for Wisconsin 379 



— in Massachusetts . . .309 



— Native, American 



Group- 596 



A Study of* 596 



Chickasaw Group* . 598 



Cultivation of . . . 600 



Hybrids 600 



Notes on 459 



The Beach* 600 



The Marianna Group*S99 



The Miner Group* . 598 



Unclassified Va- 

 rieties 600 



— • — Wild Goose Group* . 597 



— Niai^ara and Imperial 



Gage 574 



— Some Japanese* . . . .699 



— The Japan 45 



Plum Tree, A Fine Double- 

 flowering 359 



Plum Trees, Borers in . .511 



— — Fertilizer for . ... 54 



Stocks for 447 



Podophyllum peltatum . . 518 

 Pogonia ophioglossoides .520 

 Poinsettias .... 625,690,754 

 Poles for Limas, Set Firm- 

 ly 372 



Polyanthus narcissus . . 560 



Pomegranates 625 



Pomological Society, 



American . ... 125 

 Pomologists, Maine . . . 31S 

 Pontederia crassipes . . . 267 

 Pop-corn for [Children . . 310 



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Poplar Bolleana 575 



Poplars, Lombardy . . 66,*3io 

 Poppies by Wholesale . . 505 

 Poppies Perennial, from 



Seed 511 



Poppy of California, The 



White 726 



— The Tree 585 



— The Tulip 614 



Popular Plants 319 



Posts, Setting Permanent 120 

 Potato-beetle 180 



— blight 180,361 



— diseases, New Points 



about 417 



— fertilizers 158 



— Freeman 756 



— in France, Early His- 



tory of 742 



— planting in Michigan . 372 



— The Perfect 377 



-Yield, A Large . . . , .305 

 -— Yields, Increasing . . . 1S8 

 Potatoes, Culture of . .177, 



433.500 



— Early Garden . . . 348,607 



— How to Have Them 



Early 314 



— Improved Early Ohio . 756 



— in the Arts ...... 224 



— Irish, Second-crop . . 470 



— Irish, Storing for Win- 



ter in the South . . 576 



H- Late 680 



, — Lime and Wood-ashes 



for . 448 



— Preserving for the Tablei65 



— Spraying ...... 505 



Potash Salts ....... 512 



Potting-soil . . . 190,252,499 

 Poultry-manure and Pot- 

 ash ........ 241 



Preserving Fruits and 

 Vegetables with 

 Powdered Lime . . 677 



Primrose, How to Manage 



the Chinese .... 748 



— TheAboriginal Chinese*245 



— The Evening* 124 



Primroses, Chinese . 624,689 



— Culture of 50,111, 



176,236,369 



— not Seeding 446 



Primula imperialis* . . .185 



— obconica 309 



Primulas in Summer . . . 383 



— Culture of 302,563 



Privet, California .... 383 



Produce, Selling (?oi 



Profitable City Garden, A 680 

 Propagating-bench, Por- 

 table* 766 



Propagation 176,369 



— Burnt Earth for ... . 104 



— Effects of 292 



Prune, The' Golden . . . 224 

 Prunes in Penna., Germani64 

 Pruning, Lecture on . . . 125 



— Shrubs and Trees . 51,369, 



570,690 



— The Requirements of . 677 



— Trees, Reason for . . . 288 

 Pteris aquilina .... . . 386 



Pueraria Thunbergiana* . 386 

 Pyrethrum roseum .... 166 



Pyrethrums, The 4S6 



Pyrola elliptica 518 



Pyrus malus floribunda* . 437 



