INDEX. 



Acid, phosphoric, 24. 



Acid soils, sweetened by lime 26; 

 liable to pernicious fungi, 401. 



Aeration of soils, 7. 



Air and sunshine, 140. 



Allotments and cottage gardens, in- 

 tensive culture on explanation 

 and system, 109-112; diagrams for 

 cropping, 112-117. 



Ammonia, sulphate of, 27. 



Anbury, club-root or, 426. 



Aphides, 404, 406. 



Aphis, bean, 417 ; cabbage, 418. 



Approximate cost of fertilizing units, 

 38. 



Applying the wash (spraying), 402. 



April reminders, 371 ; general opera- 

 tions, French gardening, 372. 



Arrangement and plan of market 

 garden holding, 53-54. 



Arsenate of lead, 403. 



Artichoke, globe, see Globe. 



Artichoke, Jerusalem, see Jerusalem. 



Asparagus, 139, 145 ; raising the 

 plants, essential points in forming 

 a plantation, 146; planting, 148; 

 general routine, 149; cutting and 

 bunching, 150; forcing, 151 ; man- 

 ures, 153 ; varieties, 154 ; to pack 

 for market, 386. 



Asparagus beetle, 416 ; fly, 417 ; rust, 

 424. 



Aspect of land, best, for a small 

 holding, 43. 



August reminders, general opera- 

 tions, French gardening, 377. 



Autumn cultivation, 19. 



Bacteria, soil, 16. 



Barren soils, 17. 



Basic slag, 30. 



Basil, sweet, 212. 



Bastard trenching, 11 ; diagram, 12. 



Bean aphis, 417; pod canker, 424; 



thrips, 422 ; weevils, 423. 

 Bean straw for mats, 116. 

 Beans, broad, sec Broad. 

 Beans, dwarf, sec Dwarf. 

 Beans, runner, sec Runner. 

 Bed, the seed, 119. 



Beds, raised, with slope to south, 

 137 ; diagram, 138. 



Beds, warm, for melons and cucum- 

 bers, 99. 



Beet, 59, 113, 123,161 ; sowing, culti- 

 vation, manures, 162 ; varieties, 

 163 ; to pack for market, 387. 



Beet and mangold fly, 417 ; rust, 425. 



Beetle, asparagus, 415. 



Beetles, flea, 409. 



Black, fly, 422 ; scab or wart disease, 

 potato, 429 ; leg or stem rot, potato, 

 429 ; spot of tomatoes, 436. 



Blood, dried, 28. 



Bone meal and steamed bone flour, 

 31. 



Bones, dissolved, 31. 



Borage, 212. 



Bordeaux mixture, 402, 405. 



Borecole or kale, 105 ; sowing, culti- 

 vation, manures, varieties, 164 ; to 

 pack for market, 388. 



Brassicas, transplanting, 123. 



Broad beans, 57, 116, 117, 138, 154; 

 sowing, succession, cultivation, 

 155; manures, varieties, 156; to 

 pack for market, 386. 



Broccoli, 58, 114, 117, 165; sowing, 

 cultivation, heeling-in, 166; man- 

 ures, varieties, 167; to pack for 

 market, 388. 



Broccoli, sprouting, 167. 



Brussels sprouts, 58, 114, 116, 167; 

 soil, sowing, succession, planting, 

 168 ; intercropping, cultivation, 

 gathering, manures, varieties, 169 ; 

 to pack for market, 388. 



Brushwood screen for seed bed, 122. 



Business methods for a small hold- 

 ing, 46. 



Cabbage, 24, 57, 58, 99, 113, 138, 170 ; 

 sowing, planting, intercropping, 

 171 ; succession, manures, varie- 

 ties, 172; tp pack for market, 388. 



Cabbage aphis, 418; black rot, 425; 

 butterflies and moth, 418 ; root fly 

 and maggot, 419 ; and turnip root 

 gall weevil, 420. 



Cabbage, red, 172; savoy, 296. 



