INDEX 



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Annuals 109-1 10 



Apples 135, 138, 150-155, 243 



harvesting 151 



keeping 151-152 



shipping 152-153 



varieties 150 



pests I53-I54 



Apple trees, cost of 141 



in turf 141 



Apricots ? 179-180 



April, routine work for 285-288 



Arbors 95 



Asparagus 220-222 



Asters 106 



August, routine work for 300-303 



Barn 44 



Beans 222-223 



Bees 267-269 



Beets 223 



Biennials 114 



Blackberries 198-202 



Brick houses 61 



Brooders 249 



Building Associations 52 



Buildings, of a country home. .22-23 



made tight and warm 45 



Bulbs 113, 115 



Bush fruits 198-215 



Cabbages 223-225 



Calendar of routine work. .. 270-3 17 



Calves 263-265 



Capital required for a country 



home 29 



Carriage- house 44 



Carriages 266 



Carrots 227 



Cauliflowers 225-226 



Celery 227-230 



Cement 65, 68 



mixing 83 



Cement concrete houses 61-67 



Cherries 137, 180-181 



marketing 181 



varieties 181 



pests 181 



Climbers 96 



Cold frames 126-128 



Colony- house for poultry ^ . 242 



Concrete walks and drives 82 



Corn, sweet 230-231 



Cows. 257, 264 



breeds of 259-260 



Cultivators 131 



Currants 202 



varieties of 204 



pests 204-205 



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j Dairying 257-260 



Deciduous trees 75~77. 87 



December, routine work for.. 3 15-3 17 



Decorating home grounds 78 



Drainage 18-19 



Drives 80-82 



Dwarf apple-trees 154-155 



Eggs 241, 252, 254 



Equipment for fruit-growing 131-134 

 Evergreens 75~76, 86, 89 



February, routine work for. .275-280 



Feed for cows 258 



Fences 97 



Ferns 106 



Fertilizing 125-126, 191, 239 



Fires, wood 69 



Flower garden, the no 



Flowers upon the lawn 102 



Fodder 257 



Fruit growing 130-155 



Fruit trees 88 



in turf 123124 



Furnace heat 70 



Garden, the 117129 



plans for 119-121 



Gardening as a business 15 



Glass structures 217-218 



Gooseberries 205-206 



Grading 79 



Grafting 144-147 



Grapes 182-197 



cuttings 183 



girdling 193 



pruning 187-190 



marketing 192-193 



varieties 192 



pests 194-197 



Grasses 99 



Greenhouses 218 



Gutters 35 



Hardy herbaceous perennials 113-115 



Harnesses '. 266 



Harrows 131 



Heating 69-72 



Hedges 93 



Herbaceous plants no 



Hives 268 



Hoes 125, 132 



Home-seeking 16-30 



Honey 268 



Horse power 134 



Horse, the family 264-266 



Hot-beds 126-128, 218 



Houses of wood 5S~57 



of stone, brick, or cement. . 58 

 Hybrids 180 



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