466 



GARDEN FARMING 



Crops, rotation, 4 



and diseases, 5 



Cross-pollination of sweet corn, 219 

 Cucumbers, 230-258 



arsenical poison for, 237 



botany, 230 



clean culture and trap plants, 237 



covering young plants, 236 



cultivation, 231 



diseases, 238 



mildew, 238 

 early planting, 236 

 extra seed, 237 

 forced, boxed for market, 250 

 forcing, 239 



companion crop with lettuce, 



244 

 enemies and diseases, 251 



apparatus for distilling 

 sulphur, illustrated, 252 

 in frames, 242 

 in greenhouses, 245 

 planting on benches, 247 

 pollination, 248 



flowers, illustrated, 249, 



250 



preparation for market, 250 

 propagation, 246 

 soil for the benches, 246 

 successful, 244 

 training the plants, 248 



illustrated, 246 

 types, 240 



American, illustrated, 241 

 English, illustrated, 240 

 watering and ventilating, 243 

 methods of ventilating, 



illustrated, 243 

 harvesting, 239 

 insect enemies, 235 



driving with air-slaked lime, 



237 



repellents, 237 

 pickling, 252 



dill pickles, 257 



harvesting for, 254 



planting for, 253 



salting station, 255 



soil, 253 



preparation of soil, 233 

 slicing purposes, 231 

 starting plants, 232 

 starting plants in the open, 233 

 time of planting, 234 

 transplanting, 232 

 Cucurbita maxima, 413 

 moschata, 413 

 pepo, 390, 413 



Cultivation, 21 

 Currant tomato, 432 



Depth of planting, 36, 42 

 Dill pickles, 257 

 Diseases of plants, 9 

 Disinfection of greenhouse, 76 

 Disk harrow, illustrated, 29 

 Distillation of sulphur, device for, 252 

 Distribution of heating pipes in green- 

 houses, 70 

 Dolichos beans, 124 

 Double cropping, 6 

 Dust sprays, 14 



Edible condition of sweet corn, 216 

 Eggplant, 259-262 



botany, 260 



cultivation, 261 



enemies, 262 



fruit, illustrated, 261 



harvesting, 262 



propagation, 261 



soil, 261 



Enemies, insect, 9 

 Equipment, special, for cropping, 7 



Farm root cellar, 85 



Fertilizer distributor, 409 



Fertilizer for sandy soils, 8 



Fertilizers, 48 



Field beans, 125, 127-135. See Beans 



Fire hotbeds, 43, 44 



Firming the soil over seeds, 36 



Flea beetle, cabbage, 176 



potato, 355 

 Food supply, 12 

 Forcing and forcing structures, 54-81 



cold frames, 55, 56, 57 



greenhouse construction and man- 

 agement, 61-81 



hotbeds, 57-60 

 Forcing crops, 54 



defined, 54 



structures for, 55 

 Formaldehyde treatment for potato 



scab, 349 

 Formalin, 16 

 Frames, cold, 55-57 



muslin, 56 



Frost-proof storage house, 86 

 Fungicides, 13 



preparation, 14 



Fungous diseases, attack from outside, 1 2 

 Furrow system of irrigation, 50-52 



Gable rafter, cross section, illustrated, 63 

 Garden beans, 125, 136-146. See Beans 



