268 GARDENING WITH BRAINS 



Diseases of plants, 94. 

 Doctors and fruit, 232. 

 Dreer, Henry A., 6, 41, 43, 142, 

 145. 



Eckford, Henry, 153. 

 Elm trees, aggressive, 106. 

 Eschscholtzia, 143. 



perfumes, 40; grape blossoms, 

 91; Riviera, 150; violets and 

 pansies, 158; soul of flowers, 

 172-181. 



Frost, what makes it killing, 74. 



Fruits, best kinds to raise, 194; 

 must we grow our own? 222; 

 in New York, 227; dietetic 

 value of, 232 ; improved trees, 

 255. 



Fertilizers, for quick start, 24; 

 humus and other plant food, 

 59, 67; ashes, 63; nitrates, 

 64; leafmold, 67; best, for 

 different plants, 68; green 

 manuring, 70; for hastening 

 growth, 134; for pansies, 163. 



Flavor, of Maine vegetables, 5; 

 stimulates digestive glands, 

 12; of fresh tomatoes, 13; 

 old potatoes, 14; of steamed 

 vegetables, 18; baby peas, 

 20; no two ears of corn alike, 

 26; melons, 27; asparagus, 

 80; strawberries, 192, 193; 

 plums, 194, 210; peaches, 

 225; apples, 230; papaw, 238; 

 enemies of, 251; grapes, 254. 



Fletcher, Horace, 185. 



Flowers (tee names of); garden 

 favorites, 30-54; annuals, 34- 

 36; good book on, 35; shrubs, 

 36; bulbs and perennials, 38- 

 47; succession, 39; fragrant, 

 50, 150, 158; unscented, 50; 

 mixed beds, 51; recent im- 

 provements in, 160; fragrant 

 soul of, 172-181; money 

 value of improved, 217. 



Fog, protecting, 76. 



Food for plants (tee Fertilizers). 



Fragrance, should decide choice 

 of flowers, 36; breeding for 



Garden, mania, i; cities, 9; 

 work made easier by deep 

 breathing, 47; how to start a, 

 55-62; tools, 55; sowing 

 seeds, 60; thinning, 61; guide 

 book, 62; using the feet, 65; 

 be a gambler, 66; frost and 

 fog, 74-79; diseases, 94; mira- 

 cles in the, 115-123; roof of 

 gardens in Brazilian forests, 

 165; wild-flower, 166; as life- 

 saving hobby for retired rich, 

 244; creative work, 247; joys 

 of and problems to solve, 251. 



Garlic, 214. 



Gladiolus, 48. 



Gophers, 111. 



Gourds, 53. 



Grapes, and prohibition, 222- 

 227; improvements, 254. 



Grasshoppers, 94. 



Greens, value of as food, 29, 72, 

 183. 



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Harwood, W. S., book on Bur- 

 bank, 200. 



Health and gardening, ii. 

 Henderson, Peter, 6, 66. 

 Hoe, how to use, 25. 

 Honeysuckle, 36. 

 Humus, 67. 



