INDEX 



Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tions in the United States 

 and Territories, A List of, 



251-253 



Ammonia, sulphate of, recom- 

 mended, in; quantity and 

 when to apply, 105 



Ammonia water, used to kill 

 insects and as a fertilizer, 

 107, 108 



Analysis of soil, by State Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Sta- 

 tions, 104 



Angleworms, not harmful but 

 helpful, 179 



Annuals, winter protection of, 



151 



Anthracnose, on beans, to pre- 

 vent, 1 68 



Ants, spread aphis, to kill, 172 



Aphis, on cabbage, to destroy, 

 165; spread by ants, 172 



Apples, caution when purchas- 

 ing trees, when trees mature, 



i Bordeaux mixture spray, fer- 

 tilized with wood ashes, 

 when to set out trees, 184; 

 dwarf apples not recom- 

 mended, pruning, when prun- 

 ing old trees, when and how 

 to graft, tools needed, 185; 

 thinning fruit, spray for cod- 

 ling moth and apple worm, 

 gypsy moth and caterpillar, 

 1 86; storing fruit for the 

 winter, pruning when plant- 

 ing, cultivation of the ground 



under trees, winter mulch, 

 grub worm, 187; fertilizer, 

 care when first planted, how 

 to plant, staking out, 188, 

 189; spray for bitter rot and 

 brown rot, for blight, 189; 

 when to spray, 176; diseases 

 of, 169; maggot or railroad 

 worm, care of tree, 170; in- 

 sects and diseases, 169, 

 packing fruit for the winter, 

 170; distance at which to 

 set trees, 207 



Apricots, when to set out, loca- 

 tion, year-old trees the best, 

 pruning, fertilization, 189, 

 190; distance at which to 

 set trees, 208 



Apron, for the woman gardener, 

 of oilcloth, 247 



Arm, of vine, definition of, 223 



Army worm, description, hab- 

 its, to eradicate, 174 



Arsenate of Lead, paste, recipe 

 for, 182; powder, recipe for, 



Artichokes, soil requirements, 

 when to plant, when ready 

 for consumption, care dur- 

 ing winter, how to plant 

 Jerusalem, I 



Ashes to keep mice from plants, 

 170 



Ashes, coal, for sandy soil, 112; 

 for heavy soil, 106 



Ashes, wood, advantages as 

 fertilizer, in; how to apply, 

 115; when and how to apply, 

 advantages, 106 



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