All about miniature plants and gardens indoors and out

by Bernice Brilmayer

• Oak, [230]
• Oenothera (Evening Primrose, Sundrop), [270]
• Offsets, [135];
• in propagating, [90]
• Old lady, [106]
• Old Man Cactus, [102]
• Oleander, [63]
• Olive, [63]
• Oncidium pusillum, [12]
• Opuntia, [106]
• Orchids: [10];
• for bromeliad tree, [70];
• cattleya, [17];
• and electric lighting, [24], [37];
• miniature (dwarf), [11], [17], [44], [53], [63];
• in New York, [23];
• potting material for (See [Osmunda fiber])
• ‘Oriental Music,’ [98]
• Osmanthus fragrans, [63]
• Osmunda fiber, [44], [45], [70], [81], [92]
• Otaheite orange, [113]
• Overpotting, [79–80]
• Oxalis, [63], [124–25]

• Pachysandra, [212]
• Pacific Northwest, plants shipped from, [91]
• Painted lady, [103]
• Panda plant, [105]
• ‘Pansy,’ [100]
• Pansy, [245];
• hybrid, [46]
• Parochetus communis (Shamrock Pea, Blue Oxalis), [125]
• Parodia, [106]
• Partridgeberry, [53], [224]
• Parsley Fern, [221]
• Pasque flower, [261]
• Passiflora coccinea, [63]
• ‘Patens Major,’ [93]
• Patient Lucy, [120]
• ‘Patricia,’ [209]
• ‘Patty Lou,’ [148]
• ‘Peach Blossom,’ [93], [287]
• ‘Peachblossom,’ [296]
• ‘Peacock,’ [100]
• Peanut, [63]
• Peanut Cactus, [102]
• Peat: [86], [93], [140], [143], [196], [218], [230], [233], [254], [256], [258], [279], [281];
• Michigan, [218];
• moss, [115];
• orchid, [136]
• Pelargonium hortorum (Geranium), [126–28]
• Pellaea rotundifolia (Button Fern), [128]
• Pellionia, [128]
• Pelonex, [78], [86], [233]
• Penwiper plant, [105]
• Peperomia, [19–20], [58], [89], [128–29]
• Perennials: [197], [209], [218];
• dwarf, [10], [132–33], [138], [251–76], [286];
• effectiveness in rock gardens of, [189]
• ‘Periwinkle,’ [294]
• ‘Perky,’ [126]
• ‘Perle d’Alcanada’ (‘Perle d’Alconada’), [148]
• Perlite, [47], [73], [77–78], [81];
• in propagating, [86], [233]
• Permanganate of potash, [206]
• ‘Persian Brocade,’ [98]
• Persian Candytuft, [260]
• Pests and house plants, [85]
• ‘Petite Gold,’ [284]
• ‘Petite Harmony,’ [284]
• ‘Petite Orange,’ [284]
• ‘Petite Purple,’ [283]
• ‘Petite Yellow,’ [284]
• Petunias, [278], [284–85];
• bedding, [187]
• Philadelphia, [118]
• Philodendron, [63]
• Phlox, [270–71], [285]
• Photochrome, [24]
• Photoperiodism, principle of, [23], [30]
• Photosynthesis, [30]
• Picea abies (Spruce), [246]
• ‘Pied Piper,’ [96]
• Pilea, [129–31]
• Pincushion Cactus, [105]
• Pine: [212], [226], [230];
• “duff,” [196];
• mugho, [177], [231], [234]
• ‘Pink,’ [285]
• ‘Pink Charm,’ [262]
• ‘Pink Heather,’ [282]
• ‘Pinkie Dots,’ [294]
• ‘Pink Radiance,’ [108]
• ‘Pint Size,’ [294]
• Pinus (Pine), [246]
• (See also [Pine])
• Pipsissewa, [155], [216]
• Pitcher plant, [63]
• ‘Pixie,’ [129], [266]
• ‘Pixie Gold,’ [148]
• “Plant rooms,” in contemporary homes, [64]
• Plant sources, [58]
• Plumbago, [252]
• Podophyllum peltatum (May Apple), [225]
• Poinsettias, [30], [104]
• Poison ivy, [213]
• ‘Polaris,’ [126]
• ‘Pollyanna,’ [286]
• Polyscias (Aralia) fruticosa, [131];
• ‘Elegans,’ [131];
• ‘Parsley,’ [131]
• Polystichum tsus-simense, [131]
• Pomegranate, tree, [68]
• Ponderosa lemon, [113]
• Pools, miniature: [66], [199–206], [223–24];
• charcoal as purifier of, [210];
• oxygenating plants for, [209]
• ‘Poppet,’ [297]
• Poppy, miniature, [178]
• Portulaca, [285–86]
• Portulacaria afra variegata (Rainbow Bush), [106]
• Powder puff, [106]
• Prayer plant, [122]
• ‘Pride,’ [126–27]
• ‘Primrose Pygmy,’ [284]
• Primroses (See: [Primula])
• Primula (Primrose), [38], [256], [271–72]
• ‘Prince Valiant,’ [126]
• Propagating: [197–98], [233–36];
• of cacti and succulents, [101];
• greenhouse, [73], [197];
• with the Gro-Master, [86];
• of house plants, [84], [86–90], [92];
• miniature roses, [144–45];
• of woodland plants, [217–18]
• Pruning: [82], [231];
• of dish gardens, [43];
• miniature roses, [141], [143];
• of sink gardens, [157–58]
• ‘Purity,’ [267]
• Pussy ears, [114]
• Pussy-Toes, [261]
• “Pygmies,” [284]
• ‘Pygmy,’ [127]
• Pygmy Water Lily, [209]

• Quaker Lady, [223]

• Rabbit tracks, [122]
• Rabbit’s-foot ferns, [64]
• Rainbow Bush, [106]
• ‘Raspberry Parfait,’ [99]
• Rattlesnake plantain (See: [Goodyera pubescens])
• Rebutia (Crown Cactus), [106]
• ‘Red Berry,’ [100]
• ‘Red Button,’ [294]
• ‘Red Dot,’ [294]
• ‘Red Foundling,’ [286]
• ‘Red Imp,’ [148]
• ‘Red Tweedle,’ [294]
• Resurrection plant, [134]
• Rex begonias, [89];
• miniature, [99–101]
• Rhizomatous begonias, [89], [95], [97–99]
• Rhizomes, [89], [97], [208]
• Rhododendron, [246]
• (See also [Azalea])
• ‘Robin Hood,’ [126–27]
• Rock, as an accessory in gardens, [45], [47], [57], [66], [172], [177]
• (See also [Rock gardens])
• Rock Aster, [262]
• Rock cress, [262]
• Rock gardens: [183–98];
• alpine and rock plants in, [187–98];
• in containers, [49];
• designs for, [184–87];
• plants for, [119], [126], [187–91], [219–26], [239–50], [259–76], [282–83], [286], [288], [292–95], [297–98]
• Rockfoil (See: [Saxifraga])
• Roots: cuttings from, [89];
• division of, [90];
• as plant holders, [45];
• rotting of, [42], [81]
• ‘Rosa Oakington Ruby,’ [148]
• Rosary vine, [110]
• ‘Rosata,’ [148]
• ‘Rosea,’ [286]
• Rose gardens, [138–39], [227]
• ‘Rose Gem,’ [283], [287]
• Roses: [137–49], [211], [226];
• climbing, [139];
• growing, under artificial light, [138];
• rambler, [139];
• in sink gardens, [138];
• tea, [137], [139];
• tree, [139], [143–44]
• ‘Rosie O’Day,’ [282]
• ‘Rosy Dawn,’ [126]
• ‘Rosy Morn,’ [285]
• ‘Rouletti,’ [148]
• ‘Royal Carpet,’ [282]
• ‘Royal Purple,’ [209]
• ‘Ruffles,’ [126]
• Runners, in self-propagating, [90]
• Running pine, [224]
• ‘Rusty Red,’ [284]

• Sakrete, [47], [49]
• ‘Salmon,’ [286]
• ‘Salmon Comet,’ [126–27]
• ‘Salmon Gem,’ [285]
• Sand:
• builders’, [78], [195];
• dollar, [102];
• sharp, [86], [195], [198], [233], [255–56]
• Sandhill phlox, [271]
• Sand phlox, [270]
• Sansevieria (Snake Plant), [131–32]
• Sarcococca ruscifolia (Sweet Box), [132]
• ‘Saturn,’ [126]
• Saxifraga (Rockfoil): [272–73];
• sarmentosa (Strawberry Begonia, Geranium), [90], [132–33], [273];
• seedlings, [188]
• Scale, treating, [232]
• ‘Scarlet Gem,’ [148], [287]
• Schizocentron (Heeria, Heterocentron) elegans (Spanish Shawl), [132]
• Schulz, Peggie, [13];
• garden sold by, [87]
• Sciadopitys verticillata (Umbrella Pine), [247]
• Scotch moss, [134]
• Sea campion, [274]
• ‘Sea Gull,’ [108]
• Sedum, [107]
• Seedlings:
• blue rays of spectrum and, [30];
• in bonsai, [167];
• repotting of, [79], [281];
• woodland, [218]
• Seeds: [84], [86];
• and bonsai, [167];
• effect of red rays of spectrum on, [30];
• house plants from, [86–87];
• woodland, [218]
• Selaginella, [58], [66]
• Selaginella, [133–34]
• Semperflorens (“wax”) begonias, [73], [95–96]
• Sempervivums, [177], [187], [252]
• Serissa foetida (japonica), [134]
• Shading, artificial, [70–71], [73]
• Shamrock Pea, [125]
• Sheet moss, [47]
• ‘Shell,’ [119]
• Shining club moss, [224]
• ‘Shippy’s Garland,’ [63]
• Short-night plants, [30–31]
• ‘Shrew,’ [296]
• Shrubs: [101], [181], [212], [226–50];
• in bonsai, [169], [173];
• “cut-back,” [231];
• “die-back,” [231];
• tropical, [93]
• Silene (Campion, Catchfly), [273–74]
• ‘Silver Beauty,’ [260]
• ‘Silver Hahni,’ [132]
• ‘Silver Heart,’ [129]
• ‘Silver Jewel,’ [99]
• ‘Silver Panamiga,’ [131]
• ‘Silver Star,’ [114]
• ‘Silver Tree,’ [131]
• ‘Sinbad,’ [286]
• Sink gardens, [138], [150–58], [288]
• Sinningia, [134–35]
• Sinningia pusilla, [10], [40], [134–35]
• “Slips” (See [Cuttings])
• Slugs, [60], [117], [272]
• ‘Small Fortune,’ [128]
• Snake Plant, [131–32]
• Snapdragons, [286]
• ‘Sneezy,’ [128], [297]
• ‘Snowball,’ [285]
• Snowball, [226], [229], [249]
• ‘Snowdrop,’ [96]
• Snowdrop, [294]
• ‘Snowflake,’ [267]
• Snowflake, [295]
• Snow in summer, [263]
• ‘Snow-White,’ [128], [286]
• Soil: [60], [74], [230];
• in greenhouses, [71–72], [92];
• humusy, [92], [214–16];
• mixture for miniature gardens, [50], [59], [77–79], [85–86], [92], [140], [142], [170];
• prepared, [78];
• “sour,” [59]
• South, winter planting in, [229]
• Spanish Shawl, [132]
• ‘Sparkle,’ [128]
• ‘Spaulding,’ [97–98]
• Speedwell, [275]
• Sphagnum moss, [44–45], [86], [89], [92], [115–16], [133], [217], [236]
• Spiraea (Spirea), [247–48]
• Spleenwort, [219]
• Spring beauty (See: [Claytonia virginica])
• ‘Spring Charm,’ [262]
• Spring snowflake, [295]
• ‘Sprite,’ [128]
• Spruce, [226], [246]
• Squirrel corn, [155]
• Squirrels, [290]
• Star Cactus, [102]
• Starch, in plant growth, [30]
• Stephanotis floribunda, [63]
• Sternbergia lutea (Winter Daffodil), [297–98]
• Stilt-roots, [63]
• Stolon, [90], [132], [222], [262], [268]
• Stone-Cress, [260]
• Strawberry Begonia (See: [Saxifraga])
• Streptocarpus, [135]
• Streptocarpus, [20]
• String of hearts, [110]
• Succulents: [49], [51], [64–65], [78], [81], [107–36];
• containers for, [42–43];
• garden of, [68];
• propagating of, [73], [89]
• Suckers, [95], [116], [231], [240]
• Sugar, in plant growth, [30]
• Sulfur, [239], [255];
• dusting, for roses, [143], [232]
• Summer snowflake, [295]
• ‘Sunbeam,’ [149]
• Sun cup, [106]
• Sundew, [115]
• Sundrop, [270]
• Superphosphate (bone meal), [140], [143], [156–57], [175], [254], [289–90]
• Sweat plant, [134]
• Sweet Box, [132]
• ‘Sweet Fairy,’ [149]
• Sweet Peas, [286]
• Sweet William (See: [Dianthus])
• Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., [31]

• Tangerine (Mandarin orange), [113]
• Tassel hyacinth, [296]
• Taxus (Yew), [248]
• ‘Tear Drop,’ [119]
• Teddy-bear plant, [114]
• ‘Telecurl,’ [119]
• Temperatures:
• for house plants, [75–76], [92];
• for miniature bulbs, [291–92];
• of plants in terrariums, [59]
• Tennis ball, [241]
• Terrariums: [53–54], [65];
• cider jug as, [54–57];
• commercial, [65];
• cultural compatability in, [58];
• plants for, [93–95], [97], [100], [101], [109–11], [115–17], [124], [128], [131], [134], [219], [221], [223–24]
• Teucrium chamaedrys (Germander), [249]
• Texas, [103]
• Thomas, G. L., Jr., [205], [210]
• ‘Thousand Beauties,’ [96]
• Three Springs Fisheries, [205]
• Thuja (Arborvitae), [249]
• ‘Thumbelina,’ [149]
• Thyme, [187], [252];
• lemon, [194], [274]
• (See also: [Thymus])
• Thymus (Thyme), [187], [252], [274–75]
• Tibouchina semidecandra, [64]
• Tiger Jaws, [104]
• ‘Tiger Star,’ [283]
• Tillandsia, [136]
• ‘Tiny Rubies,’ [266]
• ‘Tiny Tim,’ [128]
• Titanopsis, [107]
• Tom Thumb Cactus, [106]
• ‘Tom Thumb’: [105], [286], [294];
• ‘Double Flowered Dwarf,’ [283];
• ‘Pure White,’ [283];
• ‘Purple,’ [283];
• ‘Rose,’ [283];
• ‘Scarlet,’ [283];
• ‘Shell Pink,’ [283]
• Tradescantia (Spiderwort, Inch Plant, Wandering Jew), [114], [136]
• Trailing Arbutus, [222]
• Transplanting “shock,” [50], [80], [166], [175], [281]
• Trees: [226–50];
• in bonsai, [164–76];
• deciduous, [75], [165], [170], [216];
• miniature fruit, [68–69], [227];
• roots as plant holders, [45]
• Trichodiadema densum (Desert Rose), [107]
• Trillium, [160], [211]
• Tropical gardens, [49], [62–65], [109], [115];
• “jungle,” [26–27]
• Tropical Gardens, [13]
• Tropical Paradise Greenhouse, [98]
• Trough gardens (See [Sink gardens])
• Trout Lily, [222], [288–89]
• Tsuga canadensis (Hemlock), [166], [249]
• ‘Tubergeni,’ [294]
• Tubers, [288]
• Tufa rock, [171], [189];
• as plant-holder, [44], [57]
• Tulipa (Tulip), [288], [290], [298]
• ‘Twilight,’ [109]
• ‘Twinkle,’ [10], [128], [285]

• Umbrella flower, [110]
• Umbrella Pine, [247]
• U. S. Department of Agriculture, [31]

• ‘Variegated Kleiner Liebling,’ [128]
• Vaughn, [281]
• Venus Fly Trap, [115–16]
• Verbena, [122], [286]
• Vermiculite: [77], [78], [81], [93];
• in indoor bonsai, [161];
• in indoor greenhouse, [22], [27];
• in propagating, [86], [233]
• Veronica (Speedwell), [275]
• Viburnum (Snowball, European Cranberry Bush), [226], [229], [249]
• Vigoro, [116]
• Vine, [63];
• rosary, [110]
• (See also: [Cissus striata]; [Clerodendrum thomosoniae]; [Passiflora coccinea]; [Manettia bicolor])
• Viola (Viola, Violet): [276];
• African, [20], [25], [51], [63], [90], [93]
• ‘Violacea Semi-Plena,’ [93]
• ‘Violet King,’ [283]
• ‘Violet Queen,’ [283]
• Violets (See: [Viola])
• ‘Virbob,’ [98]
• Virginia, [290]

• Walking Fern, [219]
• Wall gardens: [183–89], [191–98];
• design of, [184–89];
• planting and care of, [193–97]
• Wandering Jew (See: [Tradescantia])
• Wardian case, [53], [55], [77]
• Watering of plants: [80–82], [91], [101], [156], [230];
• excess, [42], [50], [59–60], [80–81], [180];
• importance of drainage in, [190], [229–30];
• with manure water, [60], [80], [109], [123];
• in propagating, [86];
• in terrariums, [59–60]
• Water lilies, [205];
• miniature, [202], [207–9]
• Watermelon pilea, [130]
• Water ‘N’ Watch garden, [87]
• Water plants, [207–10];
• floating, [209]
• Wax Plant, [120]
• ‘Wayside’s Garnet,’ [149]
• ‘Wee Bee,’ [297]
• ‘Wee Red,’ [294]
• ‘Wee Willie’ (‘Sweet William’), [266]
• ‘Wendlinger,’ [109]
• Westchester, [23]
• Westcott, Cynthia, [232]
• Western wild ginger, [219]
• West Indies, [122]
• ‘Whirlybird,’ [294]
• White Cedar, [241]
• White Forsythia, [236]
• ‘White Gem,’ [287]
• ‘White Gossamer,’ [114]
• White pygmy, [209]
• ‘White Velvet,’ [114]
• Wilder, Louise Beebe, [197]
• Wild-flower, mail order houses, [153]
• Wild ginger, [160], [219]
• Wild pink, [273]
• Wild sweet William, [271]
• Williamsburg, [48], [155]
• Willow, [166]
• Windex bottle, for misting plants, [77], [82]
• Windflower, [261]
• Window boxes, [20];
• plants for, [109], [286]
• Window gardens, [18–22], [97], [117]
• ‘Winkie,’ [96]
• Winter Aconite, [290], [294]
• ‘Winter Jewel,’ [96]
• Woodbine, [111–12], [212]
• Woodland gardens, [211–25]
• Woolly thyme, [274]

• Yarrow, [259]
• ‘Yellow Miniature,’ [149]
• Yellow pygmy, [209]
• Yew, [248]
• ‘Yindee,’ [296]