All about miniature plants and gardens indoors and out

by Bernice Brilmayer

WOOD, THOMAS M., Constantia, N.Y.—Woodland plants.

WOODLAND NURSERY, Hendricks Rd., RFD 1, Perkiomenville, Penna.—Trees and shrubs.

WYANT, MELVIN E., Johnny Cake Ridge, Route 84, Mentor, Ohio—Roses.

YOARS HOUSE PLANT NURSERY, Bunker Hill, Ind.—House and greenhouse plants.

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INDEX

• Abelia, [236]
• Abeliophyllum distichum (White Forsythia, Korean Abelia), [236]
• Abies (Fir), [238]
• Abutilon hybridum savitzi (Flowering Maple), [93]
• Abutilon megapotamicum, [64]
• Achillea (Yarrow, Hilfoil), [259]
• Achimenes, [93–94]
• Acorus gramineus variegatus, [94]
• Adder’s-Tongue, [222], [288–89]
• ‘Adeline’ (‘Improved Darling’), [96]
• Adiantum bellum (Bermuda Maidenhair Fern), [94]
• Aeonium caespitosum spathulatum, [102]
• Aeschynanthus, [63]
• Aethionema (Stone-Cress, Persian Candytuft), [260]
• African boxwood, [124]
• African violets (See: [Viola])
• Agave victoriae-reginae (“century plant”), [102]
• Ageratum (floss flower), [282]
• Aichryson (Aeonium) domesticum variegatum, [102]
• Ajuga (Bugle), [260]
• ‘Alba,’ [285]
• ‘Albatross,’ [101]
• All About Begonias, [78]
• All About Vines and Hanging Plants, [36], [37]
• Allophyton mexicanum (Mexican Foxglove), [94]
• Aloe, [102]
• Alpenglow Gardens, [13]
• Alpine daisy, [263]
• Alpine gardens, [187–98]
• Alpine phlox, [271]
• Alpine (rock) plants, [62], [150], [187–98], [273]
• Alternanthera (Joseph’s Coat), [94–95]
• Aluminum plant (watermelon pilea), [130]
• Alyssum (Madwort), [47], [138], [260–61]
• Alyssum (Sweet), [282–83]
• American Iris Society, [268]
• American yew, [248]
• Andromeda (Bog Rosemary), [238–39]
• ‘Andy,’ [96]
• Anemone (Windflower), [261]
• Angel’s tears, [296–97]
• Annuals, [10], [38], [47], [138];
• miniature, [277–87];
• in rock and wall gardens, [187]
• Antennaria (Pussy-Toes), [261]
• Anthurium scherzerianum (Flamingo Flower), [95]
• Aphids, [232]
• Aptenia cordifolia (Mesembryanthemum cordifolium), [102]
• Aquilegia (Columbine), [262]
• Arabis (Rock Cress), [262]
• Aramite, [232], [255]
• Arborvitae (Thuja), [249]
• Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit), [211], [219]
• Arizona, [140]
• Aroids, [51], [53], [63]
• Artillery plant, [130]
• Asarum (Wild Ginger), [160], [219]
• Ash, [166]
• Ashberry, Anne, [150]
• Asia, [271], [272]
• Asplenium (Spleenwort), [219]
• Aster alpinus (Rock Aster), [262]
• ‘Astrid,’ [129]
• Astrophytum (Star Cactus), [102]
• ‘Aurea,’ [285]
• Autumn Crocus, [289], [292]
• ‘Autumn Snow,’ [267]
• Azalea (Rhododendron), [177], [213], [226–27], [234], [239]

• Babiana stricta, [95]
• Baby blue eyes, [284]
• ‘Baby Bunting,’ [145]
• ‘Baby Crimson,’ [145]
• ‘Baby Perfection,’ [98]
• ‘Baby Rainbow,’ [100]
• Baby Toes, [104]
• Baby’s Breath, [267]
• Baby’s Tears, [120–21]
• Ball Cactus, [106]
• Ballard, Ernesta, [13]
• Balsam, [283]
• Banana, dwarf, [63], [68]
• Barberry, [228];
• dwarf, [180]
• Basket of gold, [261]
• Bayside, [23], [24]
• Beech, [230]
• Begonia: [19], [25], [28], [29], [37], [63], [95–101];
• fibrous-rooted, [95], [96–97];
• floriferous, [63];
• grown in artificial light, [24], [35];
• miniature (dwarf), [44], [53], [95–101];
• Strawberry (See: [Saxifraga]);
• tuberous, [24], [95]
• (See also [Rex begonias], [Rhizomatous begonias], [Semperflorens begonias])
• Bell Flower, [263–64]
• Bellis (Daisy), [263]
• Bermuda Maidenhair Fern, [94]
• Bertolonia, [100]
• Better Business Bureau, [215]
• Betula nana (Birch), [239]
• Billbergia, [114]
• Birch tree: [177], [183], [239];
• as base for bromeliads, [69];
• in bonsai, [166]
• Bird’s nest, [246]
• Bishop’s Cap, [224–25]
• ‘Black Falcon,’ [98]
• Blackleaf panamiga, [131]
• ‘Black Vesuvius,’ [126], [249]
• Bloodroot, [160], [212], [214]
• ‘Blue Ball,’ [282]
• ‘Blue Gem,’ [95]
• ‘Blue Mink,’ [282]
• Blue Oxalis, [125]
• ‘Blue Star,’ [285]
• Bluets, [223]
• Boea hygroscopica, [100]
• Bog Rosemary, [238–39]
• Bone meal (See [Superphosphate])
• Bonsai: [159–76];
• character of the plant in, [164–65];
• in citrus, [163];
• indoor, [161–63];
• name, [161];
• plants for use in, [101], [110], [122], [124], [132], [134], [150], [160], [166], [227], [238–49];
• root-pruning in, [169–70];
• roses in, [138];
• shinto, [161]
• ‘Bo-Peep,’ [145]
• Boston (Massachusetts), [64], [65];
• beans, [107]
• Bottle Brush, [243]
• Bouvardia longiflora humboldti, [101]
• ‘Bow-Arriola,’ [97], [99]
• ‘Bow Chance,’ [97], [99]
• ‘Bow-Joe,’ [97]
• ‘Bow-Nigra,’ [97], [99]
• Box (See [Buxus]; [Buxus microphylla japonica])
• Boxing gloves, [106]
• Boxwood, African, [124]
• (See also: [Buxus]; [Buxus microphylla japonica])
• ‘Boy Blue,’ [286]
• Bracts, [104], [136]
• ‘Bright Eyes,’ [285]
• Broadlily, [220]
• Bromeliad, [44], [45], [69–70], [114], [136];
• tree, [63], [69–70]
• Brooklyn, [137]
• ‘Brownie Scout,’ [284]
• Bruckenthalia spiculifolia (Balkan Heath), [239]
• Bugle, [260]
• Bulbs: [288–98];
• fertilizing, [290], [292];
• propagating miniature, indoors, [291–92];
• South African, [95];
• spring-flowering, [64];
• winter-flowering, [95]
• Bunchberry, [221]
• Bunny ears, [106]
• Burning Bush, [243]
• Burpee, [281]
• ‘Butterball,’ [284]
• Button Fern, [128]
• Buxus (Box, Boxwood), [46], [138], [239–40], [249]
• Buxus microphylla japonica, [101]

• Cactus: [49], [64–65], [78], [101–7];
• Christmas, [30];
• use in window gardens of, [19–21]
• Caladium (Elephant Ears), [11], [107–9];
• bicolor varieties of, [107]
• Calamondin, [113]
• Calathea (Maranta), [109], [122]
• Calceolarias, [38]
• Calceolaria biflora, [153]
• Callopsis volkensi, [109]
• Calluna vulgaris (Heather, Ling) [226], [240]
• Campanula (Harebell, Bell Flower), [263–64]
• Campion, [273–74]
• Camptosorus rhizophyllus (Walking Fern), [219]
• Canada, [219]
• Canadian yew, [248]
• ‘Canary Yellow,’ [287]
• ‘Candidum, Jr.,’ [107]
• Candytuft, [252], [267];
• Persian, [260]
• Cankerworms (See [“Inchworms”])
• ‘Caperata’ (‘Little Fantasy’), [129]
• ‘Caprice,’ [286]
• Caraway thyme, [274]
• Carex elegantissima (Morrowi variegata), [110]
• Carissa grandiflora nana compacta (Natal Plum), [110]
• Carnations, [266]
• Carpet bugle, [260]
• ‘Carpet of Snow,’ [282]
• Caryopteris, [229]
• Caryopteris incana (Blue Spirea), [240]
• Caryota urens (fishtail palm), [63]
• Cassiope lycopodioides, [240]
• Catchfly, [273–74]
• Cedar, [234];
• White, [241]
• “Century plant,” miniature, [102]
• Cephalocereus senilis (Old Man Cactus), [102]
• Ceramics, as plant containers, [39], [41]
• Cerastium, [263]
• Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Leadwort), [265]
• Ceropegia, [110]
• Chaenomeles (Cydonia) (Japanese Quince, Flowering Quince), [240–41]
• Chaenostoma fastigiatum (Little Stars), [111]
• Chamaecereus silvestri (Peanut Cactus), [102]
• Chamaecyparis, [226]
• Chamaecyparis (Retinospora) (False Cypress, White Cedar), [141]
• Chamaedaphne calyculata (Leatherleaf), [241]
• Chamaedorea elegans bella, [111]
• Chamaeranthemum, [111]
• ‘Chantilly Lace,’ [98–99]
• Charcoal:
• for house plants, [78];
• use in terrariums of, [58–59]
• ‘Charm,’ [93]
• Cheddar pink, [266]
• Chenille plant, [103]
• ‘Cherry Rose,’ [284]
• Chidamian, Claude, [159]
• Chin Cactus, [104]
• ‘China Doll,’ [98–99]
• China plant, [136]
• Chinodoxa (Glory-of-the-Snow), [292]
• Chipmunks, [290]
• Chlordane, [232]
• Chlorophytum bicheti, [111]
• Chlorophytums, [90]
• Chrismas cheer, [107]
• Chrysanthemums, [30];
• commercial, and photoperiodism, [23]
• ‘Cinderella,’ [145]
• ‘Cinnabar Red,’ [285]
• Cissus striata (Miniature Grape Ivy), [111]
• Citrus: [113];
• dwarf, [63], [68];
• evergreen, [117]
• Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty), [155], [211], [219–20]
• ‘Cleopatra,’ [97]
• Clerodendrum thomosoniae, [63]
• Climbers, [27], [47], [51], [70], [110];
• miniature, [18], [49], [111–12], [138], [143]
• Clintonia, [220]
• Club moss, [224]
• ‘Coccinea,’ [285]
• Colchicum (Autumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron), [289], [292]
• Coleus, [94]
• ‘Color Carpet,’ [286]
• Columbine, [262]
• Columnea microphylla, [113]
• Columneas, [63]
• Common thyme, [274]
• Conifers (See [Evergreens])
• Conophytum, [103]
• Connecticut: [75], [142], [144], [150], [158], [176], [179], [183], [213], [251], [253], [255];
• fall planting in, [229];
• Redding, [64], [81], [172]
• Connecticut Power and Light Company, [35]
• Conservatories, planted as gardens, [64]
• Containers, gardens in, [38–52], [41], [49], [53–60]
• Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley), [220]
• Coptis trifolia (Goldthread), [220]
• ‘Coquette,’ [286]
• Coral beads, [107]
• Coreopsis, [283]
• Coreopsis auriculata nana, [265]
• Corms, [288];
• and fertilizing, [295]
• Cornflowers, [283]
• Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry, Creeping Dogwood), [221]
• Corydalis (Fumitory), [265]
• Coryphantha vivipara, [103]
• Cotoneaster, [177], [233], [241]
• Cottage (grass) pink, [266]
• Cotton, [63]
• Cranesbill (See: [Geranium])
• Crassula, [103]
• Creepers: [105], [111], [120], [129], [132], [134], [136], [182], [221], [224], [271], [274–75], [286];
• in greenhouse, [70];
• in indoor garden, [19], [27], [49], [58], [60];
• in sink garden, [154]
• (See also [Episcias]; [Ivy Vines])
• Creeping bluets, [223]
• Creeping Charlie, [130]
• Creeping Dogwood, [221]
• Creeping fig, [27]
• (See also: [Ficus])
• Creeping phlox, [271]
• Creeping thyme, [274]
• Crocus, [290], [293]
• Crown: division of plant, [90];
• of thorns, dwarf (See: [Euphorbia]);
• Cactus (See: [Rebutia])
• Cryptanthus (Earth Stars), [114]
• Cryptbergia meadi, [114]
• Cryptogramma crispa (Parsley Fern), [221]
• Cryptomeria japonica, [241]
• ‘Cuinia,’ [294]
• ‘Cupid,’ [286]
• Cushion pink, [273]
• Cuttings: [31], [73], [86], [88–89], [140], [198];
• in bonsai, [166];
• effect of red rays of spectrum on, [30];
• hardwood, [235], [243], [250];
• leaf, [89];
• in propagation of perennials, [258];
• rhizome, [89], [208];
• root, [89];
• softwood, [88], [234–35], [243]
• Cyanotis, [114]
• Cyclamen, [38], [155], [293–94];
• neapolitanum, [152], [294]
• Cymbalaria muralis (Kenilworth Ivy), [11], [40–41]
• Cypripedium (Lady-slipper, Moccasin Flower), [212], [216], [221]

• Daboecia cantabrica (Irish Bell Heather), [242]
• Daffodils, Winter, [297–98]
• (See also: [Narcissus])
• Dahlias, [288]
• ‘Dainty Spray,’ [96]
• Daisy, [263]
• Dalibarda repens (Dewdrop, False Violet), [221–22]
• “Damp-off,” [256]
• Daphne, [243], [260]
• Davallias (rabbit’s-foot ferns), [64]
• Day-neutral plants, [30], [34]
• Delphiniums, [211]
• Desert Rose (See: [Trichodiadema densum])
• ‘Dew Drop,’ [100]
• Dewdrop, [221–22]
• Dianthus (Pink), [258], [266];
• barbatus (sweet William), [10], [266]
• Dieffenbachias, [89]
• Dionaea muscipula (Venus Fly Trap), [115–16]
• Dish gardens: [38–39], [42–45];
• commercial, [51–52];
• plants for, [93–95], [101], [109–11], [124], [129–32], [134], [239–40], [243], [288];
• use of accessories in, [44]
• Dogtooth Violet, [222], [288–89]
• Dogwood, [213];
• Creeping (See: [Cornus canadensis])
• ‘Dopey,’ [126]
• Double pink, [266]
• Dracaena godseffiana, [115]
• Drosera rotundifolia (Sundew), [115]
• Duckweed, [223]
• ‘Dwarf Bearded Iris,’ [268]
• ‘Dwarf Compact,’ [286]
• Dwarf crown of thorns, [104]
• ‘Dwarf Globe,’ [285]
• ‘Dwarf Houghtoni,’ [96]
• Dwarf myrtle, [124]
• Dyckia, [116]