272 



Index 



Soil and Fertilization Cont'd 

 lime, 112; sandy, treated 

 with lime or ashes, 112; 

 treated for wet, 236 



Sour soils, treated with lime, 



112 



Sown where they are to grow, 

 a list of vegetables to be, 

 255 



Sown indoors and transplanted 

 later, a list of vegetables to 

 be, 254 



Space, table denoting how 

 much, should be devoted 

 to various vegetables, 256 



Spearmint (see Mint, 57, 58) 



Specializing in some one line, 

 249 



Spinach, soil requirements, 

 grown in the winter in Mid- 

 dle South, mulched to pre- 

 vent freezing, New England, 

 soaking seed, fall planting, 

 late summer planting, nitrate 

 of soda fertilizer, 86, 87 



Sprays, Insects and, article on, 

 162-164; hints on, 164-183; 

 Bordeaux mixture, for dis- 

 eases, 165; for potato blight, 

 166; for aphis and cucumber 

 beetles, 167; Bordeaux mix- 

 ture for fungus, 168; for 

 caterpillars, 169; for San 

 Jose* scale, 169; for curculio, 

 bud moth, tent caterpillar, 

 canker worm, 170; protec- 

 tion for the eyes while using, 

 when to, apple trees, other 

 fruit, disinfecting green- 

 houses, 176, 177; tobacco as 

 a disinfectant, use of powder 

 gun for dry powders, 178; 

 early and thorough spraying 

 advised, care when spraying, 

 a list of sprays, 185; recipe 

 for: Bordeaux mixture, Bor- 

 deaux-arsenate of lead mix- 

 ture, self -boiled lime sulphur, 

 181 ; potassium sulphide, cor- 

 rosive sublimate, formalde- 

 hyde solution, Paris green, 



182; arsenate of lead paste, 

 arsenate of lead powder, 

 hellebore, whale-oil soap, 

 kerosene emulsion, 183; 

 spraying with Bordeaux mix- 

 ture to prevent potato bugs, 

 72; spray often, 74 

 Sprout, water, of vine, defi- 

 nition, 223 



Spur, of vine, definition, 223 

 Squash, varieties, amount re- 

 quired, planting, storing, 

 cutting, winter variety for 

 storing, quality of, 88, 89; 

 danger from frost, 60; can 

 be planted near melons, 77 

 Squash bug, to prevent, 167 

 Stem of vine, definition, 223 

 Storing vegetables for the win- 

 ter, 245 

 Straw, rotting, breeds flies and 



fleas, 171 



Strawberries, soil require- 

 ments, fertilizer, how to 

 plant, use good varieties 

 only, 224; pruning runners, 

 pollination, planted in even- 

 ing, care in planting, winter 

 care, cultivation, the hill sys- 

 tem, 225 ; blossoms removed 

 from newly set out plants, 

 mulching, where to place 

 bed, picking berries, young 

 plants desired, 226; plowing 

 up old bed, canning berries, 

 wood ashes as fertilizer, 

 227; fertilizer, 222 

 Stream near the garden, 235 

 Sucker, of vines, definition, 223 

 Suggestion from catalogues, 



248 



Sulphate of ammonia, quantity 

 of and when to apply, 105; 

 recommended, in 



of iron, when to apply 



and quantity 105; to kill 

 weeds, 160 



of lime, for heavy soils, 



104 



of magnesia, when and 



quantity to apply, 105 



