INDEX 



507 



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Cultivation 34 



Dandelion 338 



Dibbling machine 146 



Dill 338 



Diseases 85 



Disking 31 



Distribution 187 



Double-glass sash 108 



Dragging 32 



Drainage 26 



Dunkirk series 24 



Earliness 4 



Eggplant, botany 339 



climatic requirements 340 



cultivation 342 



enemies 343 



fertilizing 342 



history 339 



importance 339 



marketing. . ....., 342 



planting 342 



seed required 495 



seed, source 340 



soil 340 



soil preparation 342 



starting early plants 341 



uses 339 



varieties 339 



Endive, blanching 344 



importance 343 



planting , . , 344 



seed required 495 



soil 344 



varieties 344 



Facilities for packing 166 



Fall plowing 29 



Farm gardening 2 



Fertilizers 58 



Fertilizers, application, methods of 67 



excessive application 63 



home mixing 69 



rate of application 62 



Flats 152 



Forcing boxes 118 



Frames, heating by flues 112 



heating with hot water 113 



heating with steam 113 



Gardens, student 502, 503 



Garlic 345 



Glacial lake and river terraces 24 



Glacial and loessial regions 23 



Glass, necessity 103 



Grading 174 



Green crops 27 



Greenhouses, advantages 119 



beds 127 



benches 127 



boiler.. 129 



extent used 1 19 



form of construction 122 



glass 125 



glazing 126 



heating 128 



location 121 



manure heated Ill 



materials 121 



painting 126 



pipes and piping 128 



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Greenhouses, position 121 



roof construction 124 



semi-iron construction 122 



size 120 



ventilators 126 



walks 127 



walls 123 



workroom 129 



Green manures 53 



Green manures, extent used 53 



source of humus 53 



Gulf stream 13 



Gumbo 379 



Hairy vetch 56 



Hampers 171 



Hand hoes 39 



Hand sowing 135 



Hardening plants 159 



Harrowing 30 



Harvesting vegetables 163, 194 



Hellebore 88 



Hempstead loam 22 



Hoeing 37 



Home vegetable garden, aims 489 



importance 489 



location 49 1 



management 492 



plans 492 



use of glass 491 



varieties 491 



Home vegetable gardening 2 



Horse-radish, companion crop.. 478, 479 



culture 347 



harvesting 347 



history 346 



importance 346 



propagation 346 



soil 346 



storing 347 



uses 346 



yields 348 



Horse weeders 39 



Hotbed, arrangement 104 



construction 103 



extent used 104 



filling pit 110 



frame , 106 



location 104 



manure and preparation 109 



pit 105 



sash 107 



uses 113 



various types 110 



Huntingdon series 22 



Ideals 3 



Insect enemies 85 



Insecticides 87 



Irrigation 13 



Irrigation, benefits 74 



extent of 72 



furrow method 77 



hose application 78 



opportunities 72 



overhead system 79 



Kale, culture 348 



fertilizing 348 



history 348 



importance 348 



