INDEX 



Aconite, Winter, 285 



Ageratums, 313 



Altheas, 302-304 



Anise, 206 



Anterrhinums, tall, 268 



Aralia Spinosa or Hercules 

 Club, 294 



Arctotis Grandis, 264^-267 



Argemone, 265 



Arsenate of Lead, 211 



Arsenate of Zinc, 211 



Artichokes, 186-187; Jerusa- 

 lem, 188-189 



Asparagus, starting of bed of, 

 80; fertilizing, 80-81-82; set- 

 ting of roots, 81 ; when to set, 

 81; to avoid self-sowing of, 

 82; variety to plant, 83; 

 young plants, 84; when to 

 cut, 84; to keep down weeds, 

 84; spraying, 214; to can, 

 244-245 



Asparagus Sprengeri, 313 



Aspidistras, 322 



Aster, 269-270 



Bean Beetle, 215 



Bean Weevil, 215 



Beets, 86-88-89-90; ho,v to 

 sow, 39; soil for, 87; depth to 

 plant, 87; to grow, 89; beet 

 leaf spot, 215; when to dry, 

 22; to store, 228; to can, 245 



Beet Leaf Spot, 215 



Beetle, Colorado, 218 



Beetle, Flea, 215-218 



Bene, 206 



Blight, 217; celery blight, 216 



Borage, 206 



Bordeaux, Arsenate of Lead, 

 213 



Bordeaux Mixture, 212-214 



Broccoli, 189 



Brussels Sprouts, 190 



Buddleya — a plant, 295 



Bug Death, 211 



Bulbs, Fall, planting, 282-283- 

 284-285-286-287-288; soil for, 

 284-285 



Burning Bush, or Euonymus, 

 295 



Balm, 205 



Basil, 206 



Beans, 127-128; how to plant, 

 124; varieties, 125; Lima 

 beans, 126, 128; when to 

 plant, 122; how to sow, 39; 

 varieties, 123, 129; to spray, 

 214-215; to can, 245-246 



Beans Anthracnose, 214 



Cabbage, 129 ; transplanting, 

 130; cultivating, 131; ene- 

 mies of, 131, 132-133; varie- 

 ties, 134; to protect from 

 maggots, 169-170; to spray, 

 215; to store, 229 



Cabbage, Chinese, 92-93 



Cabbage root maggot, 216 



Cabbage worm, 216 



329 



