INDEX 



467 



Garlic, 262, 263 

 botany, 262 

 cultivation, 263 



Germination, requirements for, 34 

 Globe artichoke, 1 1 1 

 Greenhouse, construction and manage- 

 ment, 61-81 

 construction, 74 



benches for bottom heat, 77 

 solid, 76 

 width of, 78 

 wooden, 78 

 direction of ridge, 76 

 illustrated, 63 

 laying the glass, 62 

 long slope to the South, illus- 

 trated, 73 

 materials, 78 

 pitch of the roof, 75 

 ridge and furrow type, illus- 

 trated, 75 



roof, angles of, for different 

 widths and heights of 

 greenhouses, 72 

 angle of, relation to re- 

 flection, 72 



heating, capacity of main supply 

 pipes, 69 



degree of heat, 66 

 determine radiation surface, 69 

 glass, effects of wind on, in 



cooling surface, 68 

 glass surface, relation to heat- 

 ing surface, 68 



pipes, dimensions of standard 

 wrought-iron, 69 

 distribution of, 70 

 size of, connecting boiler 



and radiator, 68 

 management, disinfection, 77 

 ventilation, 72 

 watering, 80 



Growing plants for transplanting, 42 

 Gumbo, 304. See Okra 



Hand tools, illustrated, 38 

 Harlequin cabbage bug, 177 

 Harrow, Acme, 30 



disk, 29 



Meeker, 108 



spike-tooth, 30 

 Harrowing, 29 

 Heart rot of onions, 326 

 ffibiscus esculentus, 304 

 Home Vegetable Garden, The, 105-110 



cultivation, 108 



early plants, 107 



economy of, 105 



fertilizers, application of, 106 



irrigation, 109 



plan of, 105 



preparation, 106 



selecting seed for, 106 



storage, no 

 Horse-radish, 263-265 



botany, 263 



harvesting, 264 



marketing, 265 



preparation of soil, 264 



propagation, 264 

 Horticulture defined, i 

 Hotbeds, 57-61 



care of, 58 



fire-heated, 43, 44 



location of, 58 



manure for, 57 



permanent, 60 



temporary, 59 



watering, 59 



Implements of advantage, 33 

 Insect enemies, 9 

 Insecticides, 17, 18 



kerosene, 17 



whale-oil soap, 18 

 Insects, 17 



Insects and insecticides, 17 

 Ipomcea batatas, 421 

 Irrigation, 50-53 



furrow system, 52 



muslin hose, 51 



sprinkler system, 50 

 subirrigation, 52, 53 



Jersey Wakefield cabbage, illustrated, 



172 

 Jerusalem artichoke, 113 



Kale, 265-268 



botany, 266 



cultivation, 267 



distribution, 265 



harvesting, 268 



planting, 267 



soil, 267 



varieties, 268 

 Kerosene emulsion, 17 

 Kohl-Rabi, 269 



culture, 269 



harvesting, 269 



soil, 269 



Lactuca angustana, 272 

 capitata, 272 

 intybacea, 272 

 Romana, 272 



