INDEX 



Air in soil, 20, 47 



Alfalfa, 157, 158 



Anthracnose, 54 



Ants, 119 



Aphis, 51, 55, 59, 66, 67 



Apple, 



dwarf trees, 246, 248 



dwarf Winesap, 248 

 Arbors, 13, 27, 162, 232 

 Arsenate of lead, 50, 52, 143 

 Asparagus, 26, 142 

 Asparagus beetle, 143 

 Asters, 55, 172, 199, 208 



hardy, 194, 218 



Tartaricus, 194 

 Aquilegia, 226 (see Colum- 

 bine) 



"Baby's breath," 220 

 "Bachelor's button," 173 

 Balloon-vine, 179 

 Balsam, 166, 172, 199, 208 

 Bamboo fishing poles, 231 

 Bean poles, 162 

 Bean rust, 54 

 Beans, 16, 17, 24, 25, 33, 54, 



73, 134, 204 

 limas. See Lima beans. 



Beans, shell, 25, 135 



string, 25 

 Bees, 119 

 Beets, 17, 24, 33, 84, 134, 



203 

 Begonias, tuberous-rooted, 



189, 214 

 Bellows, 56 

 Birds, 58 



baths for, 59 

 Black beetles, 55, 56 

 Blight, 49, 53, 107 

 Boltonia asteroides, 194 

 Bordeaux mixture, 53, 54, 



55 



Borers, 53 

 Bran mash, 50, 51 

 Brush (for peas), 24 

 Brussels sprouts, 128, 130 

 Bulbs, 184 



Dutch, 184, 228 



summer, 184 

 Bugs, 49, 53, 107, 115, 240 



Cabbage, 19, 28, 33, 52, 138, 



203 



Chinese, 150 

 Cabbage worm, 52, 150 



253 



