Index 



261 



Bone, crushed, a phosphate, 

 in; basic slag a substitute, 

 in; bone meal or crushed 

 bone, when to apply and 

 quantity of, 106 



Book, record, for the garden, 

 242 



Borage, soil requirements, seed 

 sown, young and tender 

 leaves only eaten, 13 



Bordeaux Mixture, recipe for, 

 1 80, 181; spray with, for 

 potato bugs, 72 ; for insects 

 on watermelon, 99; for toma- 

 toes, 92; for diseases, 165; 

 for fungus, 168 



Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead 

 Mixture, recipe for, 181 



Borers, on fruit trees, when to 

 look for, 206; on quince tree, 

 treatment for, 205; on peach 

 tree, treatment for, 198 



Boxes, seed, care of, 132, 135 



Branch of vine, definition, 223 



Brown rot, on peach trees, 

 spraying for, 196, 197 



Browntail moth, to control, 

 169 



Brussels Sprouts, when to plant, 

 transplanting, soil require- 

 ments, winter care, 13, 14 



Bud moth, spray for, 170 



Cabbage, soil requirements, 

 parasites, forcing, 14; how to 

 plant, when ready for use, 

 cultivation, transplanting, 

 15; burst heads, storage for 

 the winter, in the South, 

 composition, 15, 16, 17; 

 fertilized with nitrate of soda, 

 1 10; to destroy aphis on, 165 ; 

 maggot, 166; worms, 166; 

 when to start in hothouse or 

 hotbed, 124 



Cabbage aphis, spray for, 165 



Cabbage worm, spraying solu- 

 tion for, 14, 17, 1 66 



Cane of vine, definition, 223 



Canker worms, spray for, 170 



Canning fruit, out doors with 

 oil stove, 239 



Cantaloupe, soil requirements, 

 when to sow, flavor in- 

 fluenced by soil conditions, 

 17; how to plant, when to 

 pick, old seed, to raise seed, 

 18; soil requirements, 58; 

 how to plant, seed, trans- 

 planting, watering, 59; sav- 

 ing seed, danger from frost, 

 picking, 60, 61. See Musk- 

 melon. 



Carrots, soil requirements, how 

 to plant, cultivation, weeds, 

 winter care, diseases and in- 

 sects, 19; growing seed, 12; 

 thinning, necessity, distance, 



147 



Catalogues, advantages of se- 

 curing, 248, 249 



Caterpillars, spraying for, 169; 

 to kill, 171; tent caterpillar, 

 destroying, 169, spray for,i7O 



Catnip, its use, planting, how 

 propagated, 20 



Cauliflower, cabbage worm on, 

 spray for, 14; soil require- 

 ments, fertilizer, storing, 

 bleaching, transplanting, 21, 



22 



Celeriac, its use, when to plant, 

 how to plant, transplanting, 

 soil requirements, winter 

 care, 22, 23 



Celery, soil requirements, 23, 

 25; fertilizer, 23, 24; seeds, 

 24; transplanting, how to 

 plant, 24, 25; blanching, 24, 

 25, 26; watering, 25; growth 

 must be rapid, cultivation, 

 winter storage, 26; benefited 

 by transplanting, 143 



Centipede, house, to kill, not 

 harmful but helpful, 173 



Charcoal, for cut vegetables, 

 156 



Chard, not difficult to grow, 

 forcing, 27; when to use, how 

 to cut, 28 



