INDEX. 



PAGE 



Advice to beginners 5 



Amaryllis 97 



Anemone 97 



Artichoke 13 



Varieties 142 



Asparagus 14 



Extracting seed 14 



Varieties 142 



Average time for plants to mature 



to edible condition 131 



Bean 15 



Saving for private use 17 



Threshing and cleaning ... 17 



Varieties Green-pod 142 



" Lima 145 



" -Pole 144 



" Wax-pod 144 



Bean Puller 16 



Beet 19 



11 European method of produc- 

 tion 20 



11 Harvesting 22 



" Planting roots 22 



11 Saving for private use 23 



" Threshing, cleaning 23 



11 Varieties Field 147 



" u Garden 146 



" Wintering roots 21 



Begonia 97 



Bisulphide of carbon 74 



Borecole 25 



" Threshing, cleaning 26 



Varieties 157 



Broccoli 26 



" Varieties 147 



Brussels Sprouts 27 



" Varieties 148 



Bulbs 96 



Cabbage 28 



" First method solid 



heads 29 



" Harvesting, threshing, 



cleaning 34 



" Second method half 



formed heads 29 



" Seed from stumps 34 



11 Setting out in spring... 32 



" Stock seeds 31 



" Wintering plants in the 



open 33 



Wintering plants in 



trenches 31 



" Varieties 148 



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Calladium Esculentum 97 



CallaLily 102 



Canna 98 



Cardoon 150 



Carrot 35 



" Saving for private use 37 



" Threshing and cleaning. . . 36 



" Varieties 150 



Cauliflower 37 



" Stock seed 39 



Varieties 151 



Celery 39 



Varieties 152 



Chervil 153 



Chicory 153 



Cleaning farm seeds 7 



CoJlard 153 



Color and form of seeds 137 



Contract forms 10, 116 



Convallaria 98 



Corn 41 



" Drying and shelling 42 



1 ' Saving for private use 43 



" Stock seed 41 



" Varieties 153 



Corn Salad 44 



' ' Saving for private use. 45 



Varieties 155 



Cress 45 



Varieties 155 



Crossing Ill 



Cucumber 45 



Drying seed 50 



Fermentation 48 



" Harvesting and clean- 

 ing 46 



41 Saving for private use. 46 



Varieties 155 



" Washing seed 49 



Cultural directions for ordinary 



garden 11,122 



Dahlia 9-f 



Dandelion 157 



Dates fruit trees and wild flowers 

 blossomed around Philadelphia. 131 



Description of varieties 142 



Dryingseeds 8 



EggPlant 52 



" Drying 54 



Varieties 157 



" Washing and cleaning. 53 



Endive 55 



" Varieties 157 



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