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Index 



Humus, vegetation plowed un- 

 der to form, 113 



Hydrocyanic gas, dangerous, 

 not to be used, 177 



Insects and Sprays, article on, 

 162-164; hints on, 164-183; 

 Paris green to kill, arsenate 

 of lead, 164; soapsuds for 

 plant lice, to kill cabbage 

 aphis, mildew, sucking in- 

 sects controlled with tobacco, 

 control of fly-beetles, 165; 

 maggots on cabbage, to 

 destroy, worms on cabbage, 

 asparagus beetle, potato 

 blight, potato beetle, 166; 

 to prevent squash bug, aphis 

 on cucumber and melons, cu- 

 cumber beetle, hibernating, 

 167; white grubs, 168; tent 

 caterpillars, weevils, brown- 

 tail moth, caterpillars, 169; 

 curculio, bud moth, tent 

 caterpillars, canker worm, 

 railroad worm, aphis, San 

 Jos scale, apple scab, fly 

 speck on apples, 169; cater- 

 pillars, wireworm, mosqui- 

 toes, fleas, flies, 171; to de- 

 stroy flies, ants spread aphis, 

 to destroy ants, 172; to de- 

 stroy house centipede, hab- 

 its, to control the Hessian 

 fly, to destroy the small black 

 fly, to control the common 

 house fly, 173; caution in 

 using borax on manure, helle- 

 bore to kill the fly maggot, 

 to kill the army worm, 174; 

 to kill^ wasps, rotation to 

 check insects, remedy for 

 San Jose" ^ scale, 175; pine 

 mice injurious to fruit trees, 

 to kill, 176; mustard water 

 efficacious, spray for blight, 

 mildew, leaf spot, and rust, 

 tree tanglefoot to protect 

 trees, eradication of harmful 



worms, 177; caterpillars 

 killed with heat, birds that 

 eat insects, 178; stagnant wa- 

 ter breeds mosquitoes, toad 

 eats harmful insects, angle- 

 worm a help, not a pest, 179; 

 to protect tomato plant from 

 cutworm, frost kills insects, 

 value of fall plowing to 

 eradicate pests, 180; killed 

 with ammonia water, 107, 

 108 



Iron, sulphate of, to kill weeds, 

 1 60, 161; when to apply and 

 quantity of, 105 



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Kainite, when to apply, quan- 

 tity of, 104, 106 



Kale, soil requirements, setting 

 plants, cultivation,' as greens, 

 left in ground until frost, 

 started in hotbed, trans- 

 planted, 50 



Kerosene Emulsion, recipe for, 



183 



Kohl-rabi, cultivation, how to 

 plant, young roots used, 50, 



Labels, permanent, for garden, 



242 



Lateral, of vine, definition, 223 



Lavender, soil requirements, 



seed planting, root division, 



cuttings, to gather and dry, 



51* 5 2 



Leaf -curl, on peach trees, 

 spraying for, 196, 199 



Leaf-mold, or peat, for seed 

 bed, 134 



Leaf -spot, spray for, 196 



Leeks, soil requirements, sow- 

 ing seed, soaking seed, culti- 

 vation, blanching, 52; water- 

 ing, storing for future use, 53 



Lettuce, soil requirements, fre- 

 quent watering, early leaf 



