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Index 



Turnips, soil requirements, 

 planting, preparing seed bed, 

 when to sow seed, growing 

 late varieties, storing for 

 winter, 96; using tops as 

 greens, withstand frost, 

 when to thin, 97; growing 

 seed, 12; thinning, 147 



Tying plants, to a stake, care, 

 kind of cord to use, 244 



Unglazed glass, for the hotbed 

 and cold-frame, 125 



Value of garden, 236 

 Varieties, selecting, 237 

 Vegetable Marrow, soil re- 

 quired, cultivation, likened 

 to pumpkin, when to gather, 

 small varieties preferred, 

 cooking, saving seed, trans- 

 planting, 97, 98 

 Vegetables, A List of, for the 

 Family Garden, when to sow, 

 when ready for use, 256; dis- 

 tance at which to plant, 

 depth at which seed should 

 be sown, etc., 257, 258 

 Ventilation of greenhouse and 



hotbed, 124 

 Vines, training on fence, 242 



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Walnuts, soil requirements, 

 when and how to plant, size 

 of crop, distance between 

 trees, when to prune, how to 

 prune, when matured, need 

 of moisture, 231, 232 

 Wasps, to destroy, 175 

 Watercress, see Cress, 38, 39 



Watering, article on, 154-155; 

 hints on, 155-157; when to, 

 155; how to, use of hose, for 

 tender plants, when plants 

 wilt, cut vegetables, 156, 

 157; time for, 136; small 

 seeds, 136; by flooding, 136; 

 thoroughly, necessity, 137; 

 the seed bed, 132, 135, 136; 

 hotbed, when to, 123; how 

 to, 125; plants in flats, 

 126 



Watermelon, how to plant, 

 soil requirements, not grown 

 in same place two years in 

 succession, started in pots, 

 how to plant seed, spraying 

 for insects, moisture re- 

 quired, selecting and drying 

 seed, 98, 99; when attacked 

 by aphis, or cucumber beetle, 

 167 



Wax, for grafting, 247 



Weeding, shade while, 

 248 



Weeds, article on, 158-160; 

 hints on, 160-161; do not 

 allow to start, to kill, wild 

 carrot, salty water, lye, 

 1 60; to kill chickweed, poison 

 ivy, 161; necessity of re- 

 moving, 236 



Weevils, to destroy, 169 



Wet soil, treatment of, 236 



Whale-oil soap, recipe for, 

 183 



Wheel hoe, advantages of, for 

 cultivation, 153 



When Ready for Use, A List 

 of Vegetables and, 256, 257, 

 258 



When to Sow, A List of Vegeta- 

 bles and Time for Planting, 

 256 



White grubs, treatment of 

 land infested with, 168 



Wild carrot, or Queen Anne's 

 lace, to eradicate, 160 



Window box, for herbs, pre- 

 paration, 244, 245; care of, 

 watering, 245 



