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Page 

 T 



Temperature affecting seed vitality 1 8 



Temperature for forcing melons. . 62 



Testing the seed 20 



'1 he forcing house 62 



1 he function of root hairs 12 



1 he melon aphis 1 i 



Ihe melon caterpillar 77 



The pickle worm 76 



Theseed 18 



The soil 63 



1 he soil for forcing melons 63 



The soil: Nature's chemical labo- 

 ratory- 12 



The squash bug 74 



1 he squash lady-bird 75 



The striped beetle 68 



Ihe 12-spotted melon beetle 72 



Tile drainage: how it acts upon the 



soil 10 



Trainmg the plants in the forcing 



house 64 



Page 

 Transplanting: distance apart for 



each kind 41 



Trap crops as a protection against 



insects 71, 75 



V 



Varieties for forcing 65 



Varieties for outdoor culture 92 



Vitality of seeds affected by various 



causes 18 



W 



Watering the hotbeds 39 



Watermelons 6 



Wheat bran and paris green for 



grasshoppers 78 



White fly in the forcing house .... 66 

 Winter melons — see variety In- 

 odorous 5 



Y 



Yields per acre 59 



