448 



The Profitable Culture of Vegetables. 



172; carrots, 179; cauliflowers, 183; 

 celery, 195; cucumbers, 206 ; leeks, 

 217; lettuces, 223; mushrooms, 

 232 ; onions, 251 ; peas, 264 ; pota- 

 toes, 281 ; rhubarb, 293 ; savoy cab- 

 bage, 297 ; seakale, 308 ; spinach, 

 314 ; strawberries, 335 ; tomatoes, 

 355 ; turnips, 361 . 



March reminders, 369 ; general oper- 

 ations, 370 ; French gardening, 371 . 



Market gardener, the small holder as 

 a, 39. 



Market garden holding, arrangement 

 and plan, 53. 



Market, growing for, 46. 



Marketing, grading, packing, and 

 382-399. 



Marketing produce, receptacles, 

 weights, measures, and terms used 

 in, 441. 



Materials for spraying, 403. 



Mat, straw 76 ; frame, 76 ; making, 

 77. 



May reminders, general operations, 

 373 ; French gardening, 374. 



Measure, surface, long, dry, 443. 



Meat guano, 33. 



Melons, cantaloup or rock, 224 ; sow- 

 ing, management of plants, pre- 

 paring beds, planting, 225 ; general 

 management, 226 ; gathering, 228 ; 

 varieties, 229 ; to pack for market, 

 393. 



Melons and cucumbers, warm beds 

 for, 99. 



Mildew lettuce, 88, 427 ; cucumber 

 and melon, 427 ; pea, 428 ; onion, 

 429 ; strawberry, 435. 



Millipedes and centipedes, 410. 



Mint, to propagate, 229 ; forcing and 

 forwarding, 230 ; to pack for mar- 

 ket, 394. 



Mint rust, 427. 



Mixtures of fertilizers which may 

 and may not be made, 34. 



Moisture, soil, see Soil moisture. 



Monthly reminders, 368-381. 



Moth, diamond-back, 409 ; cabbage, 

 418. 



Mulching, hoeing and, 20, 140. 



Muriate of potash, 31. 



Mushrooms, 230; manure, 232; 

 spawn, 232; soil for casing, 233; 

 preparation of the manure, 234; 

 ridge beds, 234 ; flat beds, spawn- 

 ing, 236 ; casing or soiling, covering 

 the bed, 237 ; heat of the bed, 238; 

 watering, beds in odd places, 239 ; 



gathering, 241; cleanliness, 242; 



to pack for market, 394. 

 Mushroom pest, 421 ; disease, 428. 

 Mustard and cress, 242 ; to pack for 



market, 394. 



Necessity for good seed, the, 118. 



New Zealand spinach, 315. 



Nicotine, 404. 



Nitrate of soda, 28. 



Nitro-bacterine cultures, 17. 



Nitrogen, its functions and effects, 23. 



Nitrogenous fertilizers, 27. 



Nitrolim, 28. 



Notes on using fertilizers, 34 ; on 

 valuing fertilizers, 35. 



November reminders, general opera- 

 tions, French gardening, 380. 



Number of plants to an acre, at given 

 distances apart, 440. 



October reminders, general opera- 

 tions, French gardening, 379. 



Onion fly, 422 ; mildew, 429. 



Onions, 25, 58, 113, 116, 123, 244 ; pre- 

 paration of soil for, spring-sown, 

 245; harvesting, 246; autumn- 

 sown, 247; large, 248; spring 

 or green, pickling, potato, 250; 

 manures, 251 ; varieties, 252 ; to 

 pack for market, 394. 



Open-air crops, French garden, 100. 



Origin of soils, 5. 



Packing and marketing, grading, 

 382. 



Paper shields, calico and, 134. 



Paraffin emulsion, 404. 



Parsley, 58, 90, 114, 131, 252; to 

 pack for market, 395. 



Parsnip fly, 421. 



Parsnips, 59, 113, 254; to pack for 

 market, 395. 



Pea and bean thrips, 422; weevils, 

 423. 



Pea mildew, 428. 



Peas, 24, 58, 99, 114, 115, 116, 136, 

 256 ; soil for, preparation of soil for, 

 257 ; sowing in pots, 258 ; sowing 

 in the open-air, 259 ; intercropping, 

 succession, 260 ; mice and sparrows 

 attacking, 261 ; sticking, 262; gene- 

 ral culture of, watering and mulch- 

 ing, gathering, 263 ; manures, 264 ; 

 varieties, 265 ; to pack for market, 

 395. 



Peruvian guano, equalized, 32; dis- 

 solved, 33. 



