Index 



263 



Cultivation Continued 



when to cultivate, impor- 

 tance of, how to, protection 

 of plants, with boards, winter 

 protection of annuals, 151; 

 advantages of cultivation, 

 when to, trees and bushes, 

 necessity for in dry weather, 

 as a substitute for fertilizer, 

 done in the morning, 152; 

 with a wheel hoe, care of 

 small plants while, early 

 cultivation advised, 153; ad- 

 vantages of, 239 



Curculio, spray for, 170; on 

 pear trees, 196 



Currants and Gooseberries, 

 distance at which to set 

 bushes, 208; hardy fruits, 

 growth of, care of fruit, 

 pruning, roots near surface, 

 thinning bushes, borers, care 

 during winter, English va- 

 rieties, ripened gooseberries 

 only tasty, soil requirements, 

 benefits of shade and culti- 

 vation, care and planting 

 bushes, to induce branching, 

 216, 217, 218, 219 



Cutworm, to protect tomato 

 plants from, 180 



Damson plums, treatment and 

 care, 204 



Dandelions, as greens, how and 

 when to plant, cultivation, to 

 blanch, cooking, to blanch 

 and store roots, 42 



Dewberries, not trained on 

 trellis, planting and cultiva- 

 tion, soil requirements, 218, 

 219 



Diseases of Plants, hints on, 

 164 



Drain, care in laying, 236 



Drainage, of seed bed, 133; 

 of clay soils, of sandy soils, 

 116 



Dress, for the woman gardener, 



247 

 Dried blood, with sulphate of 



ammonia, in; advantages 



of, 107; when to apply and 



quantity, 105 

 Drill, for seed, used for large 



plots, 130, 132 

 Drying herbs, advantages of 



papier macho* or asbestos 



trays when, 248 



Early crops, a list of vegetables 

 to be grown in frames for, 

 254 



Eggplant, soil requirements, 

 43, 44; fertilizer, moisture, 

 seed, germination, cultiva- 

 tion, 43; transplanting, 43, 

 44; should receive no check 

 in growth, grown in pots, 

 time to transplant, to rid, 

 of potato bugs and beetle, 

 44; fertilized with nitrate of 

 soda, no 



Egyptian onion, the, 63 



Endive, sowing seed, winter 

 use, soil requirements, 

 blanching, 45 



Evergreens, for hedges, ad- 

 vantages of, how to start, 

 250 



Experiment Stations in the 

 United States and Terri- 

 tories, A List of Agricultural, 

 251-253 



Experiments, the joys of, 249 



Fence for the garden, 235; 

 woven wire recommended, 

 238, concrete posts advised, 

 239; to prevent posts from 

 rotting, 246 



Fennel, varieties, sowing seed, 

 Florence fennel, cooking, 46 



Fertilization, article on soils 

 and, 100-104 



