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SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 



Spinach, 291-292. See Vegetable 

 garden 



Spirea, for lawn, 64 



Spring beauty, transplanting tubers, 

 137-138 



Squash, 292-294. See Vegetable 

 garden 



Squash bug, 294 



Squash-vine borer, 294 



Stamens, 33 



Standard Bordeaux mixture, 205 



Star of Bethlehem, 126 



Stock, 94-95 ; colors, 94 ; culture, 

 94 ; useful in many ways, 94 



Stomach poisons, to prepare, 203 



Strawberries, 194-196 ; diseases, 196 ; 

 renewing beds, 195 ; setting out, 

 195-196 ; soil, 194 ; varieties, 194 



Sugar maple, 177, 178 



Sulfur, 206 



Sunflower, 72, 95 ; arrangement, 95 ; 

 sowing seeds and culture, 95; varie- 

 ties, 95 



Sunlight, 1 



Sweet alyssum, 31, 72, 96 ; adapted 

 to borders, 96 ; cuttings, 96 ; sow- 

 ing seeds, 96 



Sweet corn, 295-297. See Vegetable 

 garden 



Sweet peas, 96-99 ; culture, 98 ; cut- 

 ting, 99 ; soil, 96 ; sowing, 96 ; 

 supporting with brush, 98 ; sup- 

 porting with wire netting, 98 ; 

 valuable forcutting. 96; varieties, 96 



Sweet potato, 298-299. See Vege- 

 table garden 



Sweet William, 72, 120 



Syringa alba grandiflora, 160 



Syringa Charles A", 160 



Syringa Louis van Houtte, 160 



Syrinya Marie Legraye, 160 



Syringa President Grevy, 160 



Syringa vulgaris, 160 



Temperature, in school buildings, 3- 



4 ; ordinary, 3 

 Testa, 211 



Testing seeds, 213-214 

 Thrips, 254, 263 



Tobacco dust, 205, 291, 294, 303 

 Tomato, 299-302. See Vegetable 



garden 



Tomato borer, 302 

 Tomato worm, 302 



Tools, garden, 197-199 



Transplanting seedlings, 223-227. 

 See Vegetable garden 



Trees, and shrubs, planting, 144- 

 146 ; for front yard, 64 ; for pro- 

 tection from sun, 64 ; fruit, instead 

 of shade trees, 64 ; varieties (cop- 

 per beech, 64 ; Ginkgo, 64 ; horse- 

 chestnut, 64 ; Japanese maple, 64 ; 

 Norway maple, 64; purplebeech,64) 



Trillium, 130, 135 ; reproduction, 135 



Trillium cernuum, 135 



Trowel, 197 



Trumpet vine, adapted to stone walls, 

 168 ; support, 168 ; trumpet-shaped 

 flowers, 168 



Tulips, 9-12, 13, 49-50, 57, 162; 

 single, 9-10 



Turnips, 302-303. See Vegetable 

 garden 



Vegetable garden (197-307) : 



asparagus, 303-305 ; bed may last 

 twenty years, 303 ; culture, 304- 

 305 ; growing roots from seeds, 

 303-304 ; harvesting, 305 ; pests, 

 305; soil, 303; transplanting, 304 



beans, 244-249 ; culture, 249 ; dis- 

 eases, 249 ; pests, 249 ; planting, 

 246-248 ; setting poles, 249 ; soil, 

 244 



beets, 228, 249-251 ; culture, 251 ; 

 diseases, 251 ; pests, 251 ; soil, 

 250; sowing seeds, 250; storage, 

 251 ; thinning, 250 ; transplant- 

 ing, 250 ; varieties, 249-250 



Brussels sprouts, 251-252 ; cul- 

 ture, 252 ; diseases and pests, 

 252 ; easily frozen when young, 

 251 ; harvesting, 252 ; soil, 251 ; 

 sowing seeds, 252 



cabbage, 252-255 ; diseases, 254 ; 

 pests, 254-255 ; plants, 252-253 ; 

 soil, 253; storage, 255; trans- 

 planting, 253-254 



carrots, 255-257 ; cold frame, 257 ; 

 culture, 257; soil, 256; sowing 

 seeds, 256-257 ; storage, 257 ; 

 succession, 257 ; varieties, 255 



cauliflower, 257-259 ; culture, 258 ; 

 diseases and pests, 259 ; harvest- 

 ing, 259; protection from sun, 

 258 ; soil, 258 ; starting plants, 

 258 ; transplanting, 258 



