Index 



265 



Fungus, sprayed with Bordeaux 

 mixture, 168 



Garlic, drying bulbs, planting, 

 cultivation, fertilizer, 46, 47 



General Hints (on small fruits), 

 227-229 



Glass, unglazed, for hotbed of 

 cold-frame, 125 



Gloves, to protect the hands 

 while working, 248 



Goggles, to be worn while 

 spraying, 176 



Gooseberries, Currants and, 

 distance at which to set 

 bushes, 208; hardy plants, 

 growth of, care of fruit, 

 pruning, roots near surface, 

 thinning bushes, borers, care 

 of, for winter, English varie- 

 ties, ripe ^ ones only eaten, 

 soil requirements, benefits 

 of shade and cultivation, 

 care and planting of bushes, 

 to induce branching, 216, 

 217, 218, 219 



Gourds, how to plant, f ertilizer, 

 cooking, 47, 48 



Grafting, pleasure in, 228, sup- 

 plies for, 240; when to, 244; 

 wax for, 247, protecting 

 the hands while, 247; cutting 

 scions, 206 



Grapes, distance atwhich to set 

 bushes, 208; cuttings, spray 

 for diseases, 219; protection 

 of bunches with paper bags, 

 where to plant, with other 

 small fruits, when to prune, 

 growth, 220; care, pruning, 

 insects, care when spraying, 

 221 ; spring care, winter care, 

 number of buds allowed to 

 remain on vine, spray for 

 diseases, packing for winter 

 use, fertilizer for, 222; mean- 

 ing of terms: shoot, cane, 

 arm, sucker, branch, trunk, 



stem, spur, water sprout, 



bull cane, lateral, 223 ^ 

 Greasy water, beneficial to 



garden, 114 

 Green fly, on plum tree, spray 



for, 203 

 Greenhouse, to disinfect, 176, 



177; with tobacco, 177 

 Grubs, white, treatment of 



land infected with, 168 

 Guano, amounts to apply and 



when, 104, 105; for liquid 



fertilizer, 113 



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Hardening plants, when grown 

 in hot-bed, cold-frame, or 

 greenhouse, 124 



Hedges, evergreen, advantages 

 of, how to start, 250 



Hellebore, recipe for, 183 



Herbs, list of, as a border, 48; 

 drying, advantages of trays 

 when, 248; grown in window 

 box, care of, 243, 244 



Hessian fly, to control, 173 



Horseradish, soil requirements, 

 cultivation, planting root 

 cuttings, care, old roots best, 

 fertilizer, 48, 49 



Hotbed and Cold-frame, The, 

 article on, 117-121; hints on, 

 121-126; to make, tempera- 

 ture, 121, 122; double sash, 

 straw mats, for lettuce, 

 radish, and parsley, to make, 

 122, 123; when to uncover 

 to harden plants, when to 

 water, 123; when and how to 

 ventilate, not luxuries, hard- 

 ening plants, when to start, 

 124; should face the south, 

 location, use of unglazed 

 glass in, should be white- 

 washed, watering plants in, 

 soil in the, 125; protection 

 on cold nights, care when 

 the sun is too strong, the 

 concrete hotbed, 126 



