INDEX 



317 



Vegetable garden (197-307) : 



celery, 259-263; blanching in beds, 

 262; blanching with boards, 200 ; 

 blanching with draintiles, 262 ; 

 cultivation, 260 ; diseases, 263 ; 

 earthing, 261 : pests, 263 ; plants, 

 259; soil, 260; storage, 263; 

 transplanting, 259-260 ; trench- 

 ing, 261-262 ; varieties, 259 



cold frames, 207-208 ; construc- 

 tion, 208 ; lean-to, 208 ; use, 207 



cucumbers, 263-266 ; cold frames, 

 265 ; cultivation, 265 ; diseases, 

 265 ; glass houses, 265 ; harvest- 

 ing, 265 ; pests, 266 ; planting 

 out of doors, 264 ; soil, 263 ; 

 succession, 265 ; varieties, 263 



endive, 267 ; soil, 267 ; sowing- 

 seeds, 267 ; storage, 267 



fertilizers, 199-202 ; leaf mold, 

 200-201 ; liquid manure, 201- 

 202; mixed, 199-200; nitrate of 

 soda, 199 ; rotted sod, 201 



germination of seeds, 211-219 ; air 

 and moisture, 215-216 ; bean, 

 216-217; castor bean, 217-218; 

 conditions, 214 ; grain of corn, 

 218-219 ; kinds of seeds, 212 ; 

 parts of seeds, 211 ; resting 

 period, 213 ; seed board, 212- 

 213 ; testing seeds, 213-214 ; 

 vitality, 213 ; warmth, 214-215 



horse-radish, 267-268 ; harvesting, 

 268 ; how to obtain plants, 267- 

 268 ; planting, 268 ; soil, 268 



hotbeds, 209-210; banking, 210; 

 care, 210; ijermanent, 209 ; pits, 

 210; tempo rary,209; watering,210 



how to destroy insects, 202 ; biting- 

 insects, 202 ; sucking insects, 202 



how to prepare contact insecticides, 

 204-205; carbolic acid emulsion, 

 204 ; kerosene and milk emul- 

 sion, 204 ; kerosene emulsion, 

 204 ; lime-sulfur, 204-205 ; soap 

 solution, 204 ; tobacco dust, 205 ; 

 whale-oil soap, 204 



how to prepare stomach poisons, 

 203 ; hellebore, 203 ; lead arse- 

 nate, 203; Paris green, 203; 

 poisoned bait, 203 



kale, or borecole, 268-269 ; care, 

 268-269 ; more hardy than cab- 

 bage, 268 



kohl-rabi, 269 ; harvesting, 269 ; 



sowing seeds, 269 

 lettuce, 270-272 ; companion crop, 



272 ; culture, 271 ; head, 270- 

 271 ; head, transplanting, 271 ; 

 leaf, 271 ; pests, 272 ; soil, 271 



melons, 272-273 ; cold frame, 272 ; 

 culture, 272 ; diseases and pests, 



273 ; mulch, 272 ; soil, 272 

 mustard, 273 ; care, 273 ; seeds 



used for flavoring, 273 



onions, 273-276 ; cold frame, 275 ; 

 culture, 275; diseases, 275-276; 

 harvesting, 275 ; how to grow 

 sets, 274 ; perennial, 274 ; pests, 

 276 ; planting sets, 274 ; propa- 

 gation, 273-274; so^274; sow- 

 ing seeds, 274 ; varietie^p^73 



parsley, 277-278 ; cold frame, 278 ; 

 soil, 277 ; sowing seeds, 277 ; 

 window boxes, 278 



parsnips, 278-279 ; culture, 279 ; 

 fresh seeds necessary, 279 ; 

 long-season crop, 278; pests, 

 279; soil, 278; sowing seeds, 278 



peas, 279-282; culture, 280 ; dis- 

 eases, 281 ; pests, 282 ; planting, 

 280; soil, 280; support, 281; time 

 of planting, 279; varieties, 279 



peppers, 282-283 ; culture, 283 ; 

 diseases, 283; growing plants in 

 boxes, 282 ; grown from seeds 

 or transplanted, 282 ; harvesting, 

 283 ; soil, 282 ; sowing seeds in 

 the garden, 283 ; supports, 283 ; 

 used for ff mangoes," 282 



plan of home garden, 228-235 ; 

 companion crops, 232 ; making 

 plan, 232 ; perennials, 230 ; 

 planting plan of large garden, 

 233; planting plan of small gar- 

 den, 229; planting table, 232, 

 234, 235 ; rows, 228 ; space re- 

 quired by vegetables, 228 ; suc- 

 cession of crops, 230-232 ; three 

 crops, 232 



plan of school garden, 235-237 ; 

 diagram, 236; photographs, 237; 

 size and division, 235 



plant diseases, 205-206 ; Bordeaux 

 mixture (different formulas, 205- 

 206; and insecticide, 206); for- 

 malin, 206; fungi, 205; potas- 

 sium sulride, 206 ; sulfur, 206 



