Index. 5 



Dandelion 197 



Dibbers 43 



Dill 197 



Distances of Planting and 



Thinning . 53 



Drainage 83 



Draining Tools 84 



Drought, Precautions against 128 



Egg Plant 198 



Endive 199 



Fennel 200 



Fertilizers, Application of . . 36 



Fertilizers, Commercial ... 34 



Fertilizers for Quick Action . 40 



Fertilizers, Sowing by Hand . 36 



Fetticus 189 



Fire Hot-beds, Plans .... 64 



Firming Board 58 



Firming the Roots in Plants . 124 



Flats for Hot-beds 60 



Flats, Soil for 61 



Flea Beetle 97 



Forcing Pit, Amateur .... 82 



Forcing House, Cold .... 67 



Forcing House, Cost of ... 69 



Forcing House, Crops in . . 70 



Forcing Pit, Heating .... 75 



Forcing Pit, Plan of .... 74 



Forcing Pits, Simple .... 73 



Forcing Vegetables, Profits of 72 



Frost, Precautions against . . 130 



Fungus Diseases of Plants . 104 



Garlic 



Germination, Principles of 



Gourds 



Grading Products . . . . 

 Greenhouse, Amateur . . 



200 

 109 



200 

 2 9 

 82 



Greenhouses 73 



Grubs, White 98 



Hand Cultivator 45 



Hand Weeders 119 



Harrows 42 



Hired Help 133 



Hot-bed Heating 66 



Hot-beds, Fire 62 



Hot-beds, How Made .... 57 



Hot-beds, Location for ... 56 



Home Gardening 1 1 



Home Garden, Profits of . . 14 



Horehound 202 



Horse Hoes 47 



Horse Radish 202 



Hyssop 204 



Implements 41 



Insect Foes ........ 90 



Insect Powders 94 



Insect Preventives 91 



Insects, Rotation for .... 90 



Irrigation 87 



Kale or Borecole 204 



Kitchen Garden, Arrangement 



of Beds 21 



Kitchen Garden, Plan of . 20-22 

 Kitchen Garden, Selection of 



Site 19 



Kohl-Rabi 205 



Lavender 206 



Leek 2 o6 



Lettuce 207 



Lettuce, Mildew 106 



Manure, Composting , . . . 32 

 Manures for Garden .... 31 

 Manure, Stable 32 



