450 



The Profitable Cult lire -of Vegetables. 



Seakale, 100, 101, 105, 112, 139, 298; 

 preparation of soil for, 298 ; propa- 

 gation by seed, 299 ; propagation 

 by thongs, forming a plantation, 

 300 ; forcing under cover, 302 ; 

 forcing on hot-beds and in pits, 303 ; 

 other methods of forcing in the 

 open, 306; "natural" seakale,307 ; 

 manures, varieties, 308; to pack 

 for market, 397. 



Seed bed, the, and its preparation, 

 119; brushwood screen for, 122. 



Seeds, necessity for good, 118, 140; 

 varieties to choose, 118; testing, 

 119; sowing, 120,140; quantity of , 

 required, 437 ; average longevity of, 

 439 ; average time for, to germin- 

 ate, 439. 



Selection of a small holding, 42-45. 



September reminders, general oper- 

 ations, French gardening, 378. 



Shallots, 57, 114, 116, 308; to pack 

 for market, 398. 



Shoddy or wool refuse, 29. 



Situation of a small holding, 42. 



Sizes of flower pots, 439. 



Slugs and snails, 411. 



Small-holder, the, as a market gar- 

 dener, 39 ; constitution, physique, 

 character, 40. 



Small holdings, conditions necessary 

 to success on, capital required for, 

 39; intensive culture on, spade 

 work on, 41 ; situation of, 42 ; as- 

 pect of, 43; soil of, drainage of, 

 water for, 44 ; manure for, tenure 

 of, 45 ; method of business for, 46 ; 

 rotations of cultivation, manuring, 

 and liming for, 50; laying-out, cul- 

 tivating, and cropping a, 53 ; plan 

 of, 54; rotation of crops for, 55; 

 plans of rotation and cropping of a, 

 60, 61, 62. 



Smother or smoulder fires, 381. 



Snowy fly, 412. 



Soda, nitrate of, 28. 



Soil bacteria, 16, 23. 



Soil, for small holdings, 44 ; for 

 French garden, 81 ; for seed beds 

 and hot beds, 83, 120. 



Soil moisture, 17; extracts relating 

 to, from Hall and King, 18; to 

 secure, 19; to conserve, 20, 21, 

 111, 121, 140. 



Soils origin of, 5 ; composition of, 6, 

 16; well-balanced, aeration of , 7 ; 

 fertility of, 6, 7, 13, 17 ; texture of, 

 13, 14; barren, 17; chemical effect 



of lime on, 25 ; acid, 26, 401 ; warm, 

 110; richness of, 111. 



Soot, 29. 



Sowing, 120, 140 ; and planting, 93, 



Spade \york on small holdings, 41. 



Specialization, advantages of, 45. 



Spinach, 57, 58, 99, 100, 113, 116, 131, 

 310; summer, 311; winter, 312; 

 general culture, 313 ; manures, var- 

 ieties, 314 ; to pack for market, 398. 



Spinach beet, 316. 



Spinach, New Zealand, 315. 



Spraying machines, 402. 



Spraying, materials for, 403. 



Spring cultivation, 19. 



Sprouting broccoli, 167. 



Sprouts, Brussels, see Brussels. 



Steamed bone flour, 31. 



Stem-rot, potato black-leg or, 429. 



Straw, bean, 116; mats, 76, 135; 

 manure, 21, 83. 



Strawberries, 99, 131, 139,317; loca- 

 for growing, 318 ; soil and its pre- 

 paration for, 319; runners from, 

 320; general culture of, 321 ; plants 

 of, 322 ; summer planting of, 324 ; 

 autumn planting of, 325 ; spring 

 planting of, 326 ; in beds, 327 ; the 

 forcing of, 329 ; layering, 330 ; pot- 

 ting, 332 ; varieties, 334 ; manures, 

 335 ; to pack for market, 398. 



Strawberry leaf spot, mildew, 435. 



Structure of plants, 24. 



Subsoil, 7. 



Successful gardening, essentials of, 

 140. 



Sulphate of ammomia, 27 ; of copper, 

 406; of potash, 31. 



Sulphide of potassium, 406. 



Sulphur, 406. 



Sunk hot-bed, 131. 



Sunshine and air, 140. 



Superphosphates, 30. 



Surface caterpillars, 412. 



Surface furrows for drainage, 8, 12. 



Surface measure, 443. 



Table of unit values, 38. 



Tarragon, 214. 



Testing soils for lime, 52 ; seeds 

 germination, 118. 



Texture of soil, 13, 14, 26, 29. 



The soil and its treatment, 5-12. 



The small-holder as a market gar- 

 dener, 39-41 ; the business to be 

 carried on, 46-49. 



The laying-out, cultivating, and crop- 

 ping of a holding, 53-62. 



