Index. 



449 



Pests and diseases, lime for, 404. 



Pests, insect, 400; mushroom, 421. 



Phosphatic fertilizers, 33. 



Phosphatic guano, 33. 



Phosphoric acid, its functions and 

 effects, 24. 



Physique and character of small- I 

 holder, 40. 



Pipe drains, see Drainage. 



Pit, cheaply constructed forcing, 159. 



Plan of French garden, with scheme 

 of cropping, 101. 



Plan of small holding for vegetable 

 and fruit growing, 54. 



Plans of rotation and intensive crop- 

 ping for three years, 60-62. 



Plans, list of illustrations, diagrams, 

 and, 452. 



Plant foods in soil, 22. 



Planting, sowing and, French gar- 

 den, 93. 



Plants, composition of, 22 ; legumin- 

 ous, 24 ; structure of, 24; prepar- 

 ing, for French garden, 85 ; pro- 

 tecting, 89; diseased, 401. 



Plants to an acre, number of, 440. 



Potash, its functions and effects, 24 ; 

 its abundance and deficiency in 

 various soils, 24-25. 



Potash, muriate of, sulphate of, 31. 



Potassic fertilizers, 31. 



Potato, black scab or wart disease, 

 black leg or stem rot, 429 ; disease 

 or blight, 431 ; leaf curl, 432 ; scab, 

 433 ; winter rot, 434 ; disease on 

 tomatoes, 435. 



Potatoes, 24, 57, 58, 99, 113, 115, 116, 

 131, 265, 401 ; soil and situation for, 

 preparation of soil for, 266 ; "seed" 

 and its preparation, 267 ; boxing 

 and sprouting, 269-71 ; distances 

 apart and depth for planting, 271 ; 

 planting and general culture, 272- 

 276; early, in the garden, 276; 

 forcing in frames, 277 ; spraying, 

 278; lifting and storing, 279; 

 manures, 281 ; varieties, 283 ; to 

 pack for market, 396. 



Poultry dung and farmyard manure, 

 comparative fertilizing values of, 

 443. 



Pricking-out, 125. 



Private trade, growing for, 47-9. 



Production, cost of, 438. 



Profits expected from French gar- 

 dening, 67, 108. 



Protecting, devices for forcing, for- 

 warding and, 127-139. 



Protectors, glass-covered, 136; box, 



137. 

 Preservation of soil moisture, 20, 21, 



111, 140. 



Quantity of seed to sow, 437. 



Radishes, 58, 93, 96, 99, 101, 104, 106, 

 113, 114, 115, 116, 131, 136, 138,283; 

 crops from hot-beds, 284 ; early 

 crops from the open, 285 ; succes- 

 sional sowings, varieties, 286; to 

 pack for market, 397. 



Raised beds, see Beds. 



Rape dust, 29. 



Receptacles, weights, measures, and 

 terms used in marketing, 441. 



Red cabbage, 172. 



Red spiders, 411. 



Reminders, monthly, 367-381. 



Returns from French gardening, es- 

 timated, 107. 



Returns per acre of vegetable crops, 

 gross, 438. 



Rhubarb, 101, 105,112,139,287; pre- 

 paration of soil for, 287 ; propaga- 

 tion of, 288 ; planting of, routine of 

 cultivation for, 289 ; gathering, 290 ; 

 forcing, 291 ; manures, 293 ; varie- 

 ties, 294 ; to pack for market, 397. 



Ridge cucumbers, 207. 



Ridging soil, 12. 



Rot, cabbage black, 425 ; cucumber 

 and melon, 427 ; potato winter, 434 ; 

 violet root, 436. 



Rotation and intensive cropping for 

 three years, plan of, 60-62. 



Rotations of cultivation, manuring, 

 and cropping, 50. 



Rotations, reasons for, 50. 



Routine work, French garden, 94. 



Runner beans, 58, 113, 159; to pack 

 for market, 387. 



Rust, asparagus, 424 ; beet, 425 ; 

 mint, 427. 



Sage, 213. 



Salads, 129. 



Salsify, 294 ; to pack for market, 397. 



Savory, summer, winter, 213. 



Savoy cabbage, 296 ; manures, vari- 

 eties, 297 ; to pack for market, 397. 



Scab, potato, 433. 



Sclerotium disease, 434. 



Scorzonera, 296 ; to pack for market, 

 397. 



Screen for seeds, lath, 121 ; brush- 

 wood, 122. 



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