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INDEX 



KAINIT, 37 



LATHYRUS, distoplatyphyllos, hirsutis, 

 mollis, magno et peramseno, flore 

 odoratissimo, purpureo, 4 

 major e Sicilise, 5 

 Zeylanicus, 5 

 Library, In the, 86 

 Liquid manure, 56 



MANURING, 34 



basic slag, 37 



concentrated fertilisers, 37 



intelligence in application, 34 



kainit, 37 



light soil, 36 



methods of, 35 



natural manures, 34 



night soil, 35 



nitrate of soda, 38 



strong soil, 35 



sulphate of ammonia, 38 



sulphate of potash, 38 



superphosphate of lime, 38 

 Mice, 71 

 Mould, 78 

 Mulching, 59 



NIGHT soil, 35 

 Nitrate of soda, 38 

 Nitro-culture, 60 



PARAFFIN wash, 77 

 Planting out, 51 



SEED sowing, 39 

 autumn, 40 



birds, protection from, 43 

 chipping the seeds, 46 

 depth of sowing, 47 

 distances between lines, 49 

 distances in lines, 48 

 in drills, 47 



in shallow trenches, 47 

 large versus small pots, 40 

 mice, protection from, 43 



Seed sowing- 

 small, shrivelled seeds, 45 



soil for, 45 



split seeds, 46 



spring-sowing, 43 



white seeds, 45 

 Slugs, 72 

 Smooth form, II 

 Soil for, 24 



depth, 24 



digging, 24 



heavy, 29 



light, 31 



preparation, 24 



time of working, 29 



trenching, 27 

 Spencer form, 12 

 Streak, 78 



Sulphate of ammonia, 38 

 Sulphate of potash, 38 

 Superphosphate of lime, 38 

 Supporting the plants, 49 



sticks, 50 



tying, 50 



wire, 50 



TELEMLY varieties, 62 

 Tobacco water, 77 



UNDER glass culture, 61 

 Unwin form, 17 



VARIETIES, making, 19 

 amateurs' successes in, 20 

 fifty standard, o 

 Mendelian laws, 20 

 new colours wanted, 19 

 Telemly, 62 

 winter-flowering, 62 



WATERING and feeding, 5 5 

 Winter-flowering Sweet Peas, 62 



YELLOWING, disease known as, 78 



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