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INDEX. 



LEAF CURL, 60. 



Leather-jackets, 119. 



Leek, 99-101. 



Lettuce, 80. 



Lime, 9 ; as a fertiliser, 28, 29. 



MAIZE. See Indian Corn. 



Manures, 20 ; nitrogen, 23 ; 

 phosphates, 23 ; potash, 23 ; 

 farmyard, 24-6 ; poultry 

 and pigeon, 26 ; seaweed, 



26 ; wood ashes, 26 ; soot, 



27 ; compost heap, 27 ; 

 liquid, 33. 



Mildew, 71. 

 Mint, 113. 



ONION : treatment of soil, 94 ; 

 sowing, 95 ; transplanting, 



96 ; ripening and storing, 



97 ; varieties of, 98 ; Onion 

 Fly, 104 ; Onion Mildew, 

 104. 



PARSLEY, 113. 



Parsnip : preparing soil, 91 ; 

 sowing and thinning, 91 ; 

 lifting and storing, 92. 



Pea, soil and manures for, 61 ; 

 sowing, 63 ; staking, 64 ; 

 treatment, 65 ; gathering 

 the crop, 65 ; inter-cropping, 

 66 ; varieties, 66 ; Sugar 

 Peas, 66 ; Pea Moth, 69 ; 

 weevils, 70 ; m Idew, 71. 



Pests and diseases, 52, 69, 81, 

 104, 119. 



Potatoes : suitable soils for, 

 43 ; manuring, 44 ; seed, 

 44 ; storing of, 45 ; sprout- 

 ing, 46 ; planting, 47 ; after 

 cultivation, 49 ; earthing 

 up, 50 ; lifting and storing, 



50 ; varieties, 51 ; blight, 

 52 ; spraying, 53-4 ; Wart 

 Disease, 55 ; varieties im- 

 mune to, 57 ; Corky Scab, 

 57 ; Common Potato Scab, 

 59 ; Blackleg or Potato 

 Stem Rot, 59 ; Leaf Curl, 60. 



Powdery Mildew, 71. 



Pumpkin. See Gourd. 



RADISH, 92 ; good varieties, 93. 

 Rhubarb, 114. 

 Rotation of crops, 357. 

 Rows, direction of, 40. 



SALSAFY, 115. 



Salt as fertiliser, 33. 



Sand, qualities of, 8. 



Savoy Cabbage, 76. 



Scorzonera, 115. 



Seed -so wing, 37. 



Shallot, 98. 



Soil, management of, 7 ; com- 

 position of, 8 ; improvement 

 of, 10 ; bacteria in, 11 ; 

 drainage of, 11. 



Spinach, 115. 



Spinach Beet, 116. 



Succession of crops, 39. 



Surface caterpillars, 120. 



Surface cultivation, 18. 



TRANSPLANTING, 38. 

 Trenching, 16. 

 Turnip, 101. 



VEGETABLE MARROW, 117. 



WART DISEASE OF POTATOES, 



55. 



Water, its use and abuse, 122. 

 Weeds, 121. 

 Wireworms, 119. 



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