Part 38

=Myosotis=, 119.

=Narcissi=, 38, 188, 191, 192. Alba plena, 119. All species are hardy, 191. Emperor and Empress, 191, 192. Giant Welshman, 192. Horsfieldi, 191, 192. Odoratus, 191. Paper white, 192. Planting of various varieties of, 190. Poeticus, 191. Treatment of, and potting in the fall, 192, 193. Trumpet varieties of, 192. Use of cold-frame for, 38. Varieties of, 191, 192. Von Sion, 191, 192.

=Nasturtiums=, 15, 45, 92, 94, 96, 110, 111, 252. Chameleon, new variety, 111. Dwarf varieties very attractive for Canna-beds, 110. Flourish well in elevated beds, 111. Grown on strings and trellises, 111. Madame Gunther, mixed variety, 111. Make excellent edges for beds, 15. Moonlight, pale cream variety, 111. Require abundant root room, 94. Saving seed of, 45. Sunlight, new variety, 111. Tall varieties make effective beds, 111. Trailers, not climbers, 111. Will not bloom well in shade, 110.

=Nicotianas=, how to sow, 35.

=Nine-foot flower-beds=, 15.

=Niobe Antirrhinum=, for bedding, 98.

=Norma gigantea Hyacinth=, 192.

=Northern exposure=, combination of flowers suitable for window-boxes, 93, 94.

=Nymphæas=, 168–170. Hardy, for planting in soil of Lily-pond, 168. Varieties of, suitable for amateur cultivation, 169.

=Odds and ends=, chapter of, 245–252.

=Odoratus Narcissus=, 191.

=Orchid-flowered Cannas=, treatment of, in winter, 186.

=Oriental Poppies=, 118.

=Ornamental foliage plants=, beds of, 4. From seeds, 141–146.

=Ornamental grasses=, 5. Nine-foot bed of, 16. On lawns recommended, 16.

=Ornithogalum arabicum=, 192. Requires high temperature, 194.

=Ostrich Feather Aster=, 99.

=Otaheite Orange=, 58.

=Oxalis, Summer-blooming=— Advantage of precocity of growth, 154. Bermuda, 195. Desirable for borders, 154. Extensively grown in parks and public gardens, 154. Good substitute for other plants that have failed to come up, 154. Hints on raising, 195. How to buy and set, 154. Most easily raised of all bulbous plants, 154. Rapid growth of, 154.

=Pæonia.= See Peony.

=Pansies=, 10, 18, 23, 25, 34, 37, 41, 44, 53, 67, 81, 84, 85, 112–118, 205, 206, 253. Aurora, 116. Best place for planting, 10. Cold weather, care of, during, 112, 113. Daily care of, 253. Fungoid disease and mildew, remedy for, 115. Germination, period of, 112. Giant Cassier, 116. Giant Trimardeau, 216. How to carry Pansy bed through winter, 116, 117. How to raise sturdy plants, 112. In the cold-frame, 37. Planting, best place for, 115. Seeds, fresh, every year for best varieties, 116. Snow Queen, 116. Soot as a fertiliser for, 25. Sowing in cold-frame or hotbed, 112. Special mixtures of seeds, 116. Spring, treatment of roots in the, 113. Time for sowing seed, 112. Transplanting, 113. Watering beds of, 114.

=Pansy-bed=, the, 112–119. Proper soil for, 18.

=Pansy-seed=— Should be grown by a specialist, 44. The best is the cheapest, 41.

=Papa Canna=, 15.

=Paper White Narcissus=, 192.

=Paris green=, 100, 170, 172, 177, 247, 249.

=Paris green solution=, 250.

=Parti-coloured beds of flowers=, arrangement of, 11.