INDEX 



Shovel, 36, 37 

 Small fruits, 241 

 Snow-drops, 229 

 Soil, 1, 4, 6, 22, 43 

 acid, 46 

 black waxy, 2 

 clay, 43, 47, 100, 113 

 minerals in, 44, 155 

 prairie land, 1, 2, 5 

 sandy loam, 2, 5, 43, 



113 



shale, 2, 5, 43, 113 

 sour soil, 4, 7, 46 

 test of, 4, 46 

 Sorrel, 94 

 Sourgrass, 94 

 Soy beans, 143 

 Spade, 36 



Sparkler radish, 22 

 Spinach, 26, 127, 129 

 Spray-pump, 52, 56 

 Spraying, 52, 56 

 Sprinkler can, 39, 112 

 Squash, 26, 33, 55, 137, 

 Squash-bug, 55 

 Strawberries, 241 

 Striped beetle, 53, 55 

 Sunflower, 174, 201 

 Swamp-muck, 8 

 Sweet alyssum, 177, 202, 

 Sweetpeas, 103, 178, 



210 



Sweet William, 219 

 Swiss chard, 26, 33, 141, 



47, 



204 



210 

 199, 



204 



Tarragon, 149 

 Tigridias, 187, 212 

 Thinning-out, 68, 74, 81 



beans, 84 



beets, 84 



carrots, 84 



corn, 84 



cucumbers, 85 



lettuce, 82 



melons, 84 



onions, 83 



radishes, 81 

 Thistles, 95 

 Tobacco dust, 51 

 Tobacco tea, 51, 66 

 Tomatoes, 29, 30, 33, 74, 117, 

 140, 164, 204 



transplanting, 74, 75 

 Tomato worm, 51, 52 

 Tools. See Garden tools. 

 Transplanting, 38, 68, 81, 85 



box plants, 68 



potted plants, 74 

 Tritoma, 191, 214 

 Trowel, 38 

 Tuberoses, 188, 214 

 Tufted pansies, 220 

 Tulips, 229 

 Turnips, 30, 33, 140, 203 



Udo, 146 



Vegetable marrow, 27 

 Verbena, 166, 177, 202, 210 



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