Index 



273 



Sunbonnet, worn while work- 

 ing in the garden, 247 



Sweet Marjoram (see Marjor- 

 am, 56, 57) 



Sweet Potatoes, soil require- 

 ment, when to plant, stor- 

 ing, when to dig, 75, 76 



Table Denoting Distance at 

 which Fruit Trees should be 

 Set, 208 



Table, showing when vegetable 

 seed should be sown, depth, 

 and length of time to mature, 

 257, 258 



Tanglefoot, to protect trees, 

 177; to kill fleas, 172 



Tape, seed, advantages of, 238 



Tarragon, soil, as a salad, how 

 to propagate, 89 



Tent caterpillar, destroy, 169; 

 spray for, 170 



Thermometer for greenhouse 

 or hotbed, selection of, 240 



Thinning and Transplanting, 

 article on, 141 ; hints on, 142- 

 148; tender plants to be 

 thinned first, how to thin, 

 generous thinning, when to 

 thin, 146, 147; plants need- 

 ing thinning, extent of thin- 

 ning, 147 



Thyme, varieties, requirements 

 of, 89, 90 



Toad, an aid, eats insects, 

 habits, 179 



Tobacco extract, burned as a 

 disinfectant, 177 



Tomatoes, soil requirements, 

 planted in hotbed, late va- 

 rieties, 90; to secure strong 

 plants, fertilizer, hardening 

 plants, in hotbed, transplant- 

 ing, time required for growth, 

 91 ; supporting vines, picking 

 fruit, overripe fruit fed to 

 chickens, spraying for fly 

 beetles, protecting from early 

 frost, 92; growing seed, 

 18 



ripening green tomatoes, 

 picked before frost in the 

 house, pruning and train- 

 ing vines, 93; how to prune, 

 tall vines not desired, to 

 grow large fruit, praning 

 without a knife, 94; training 

 for a number of stems, on a 

 wire trellis, drainage, spray- 

 ing, drying seed, 95; when 

 to start in the hotbed, 124, 

 to protect from cutworms, 

 180 



Tools, care of, 238; list of neces- 

 sary, 238, 249; small tools 

 kept in a basket, 244; care 

 of harrow, 241; hoe to be 

 suited to the person, 240 



Torch, for killing caterpillars, 

 178 



Transplanting and Thinning, 

 article on, 141 ; hints on, 142- 

 148; to strengthen plants, 

 when to, watering before, 

 removing leaves, when, wa- 

 tering after, 142; in dirt 

 bands, care in handling roots 

 when, melons, cucumbers, 

 beans, 143; a method of 

 transplanting tender plants, 

 care of transplanted plants, 

 when to transplant, 144; 

 large plants, "puddling," 

 preparation of the soil before, 

 145; depth to set plants, 

 benefit of, for sickly plants, 

 care with tender plants, 146; 

 a list of plants to be, those 

 sown indoors, 254; those out- 

 doors, 254; see lists on pp. 



254, 255 



Trees, nut, 230-232; general, 

 233 234; the care of apple, 

 170; care of fruit, 171; plan- 

 ning for, when to plant, 

 whitewashing, 233; water- 

 ing, how to plant, training, 

 watering, when to trans- 

 plant, 234; refer to different 

 names of trees in index. 



Trunk, of vines definition, 223 



