INDEX TO CONTENTS 



Page 



A 



Aconite, Winter. . , 114 



Alpine Gardens 119 



Alpine Plants, List of Suitable . 65- 67 



Annuals and Biennials 91 



Annuals: 



Climbing 94 



Combinations of 94 



Foliage 100 



For Edging 100 



For Keeping Seed Pods Re- 

 moved 94 



Lesser Known 97 



Soil for 91-93 



Sowing 91, 93, 203 



Transplanting 93 



Aphis, Spraying Against 140 



Crab 34 



Varieties of 134 



Apples 132 



Arbor vitae, Hedges of 31 



Arches, Rose Trellised 127 



Arctotis grandis .97 



Arsenate of Lead Paste 133-195 



Arsenate of Lead Spray 133 



Ash, Green 35 



Asparagus, Cultivation of 158 



Asters, China 91- 99 



Azalea 41 



Viscosa. ... .43 



Backyard Gardens, Types of . . . 



12, 13, 32, 107, 154 



Bayberry (Myrica cerifera) 43 



Beans, Cultivation of 158 



Beds and Plans for Planting . . 67- 68 



Beetroot 162 



Benches, Garden 123 



Berried Shrubs 40 



Berberis Thunbergii 31 



Biennials and Annuals 91, 101 



Birds: 



Bath 90 



Berry Bearing Shrubs and 



Trees for 234 



Food for 233 



In the Garden 228 



Blackberries 146 



Black Leaf 40 134 



Blooming dates of trees, shrubs 



and climbers 44- 47 



Blueberries ( Vacciniums) 43 



Bordeaux Mixture as a Fungicide. 196 



Page 

 Borders of Hardy Flowers: 



Hardy Perennial 61 



Light Pink ^ 67 



Lemon-yellow and white, scar- 

 let and white, with gray 

 foliage, blue, blue and white, 



blue and yellow 68 



' Of Various Colored Combina- 

 tions 67- 68 



Borers 194 



Bridge, Rustic 125 



Brussels Sprouts 162 



Buckthorn 31 



Budding 208 



Bulbs and Tuberous -Rooted 



Plants 105 



Bulbs: 



Alphabetical List of 106 



General Culture 106 



Mulching after Planting 107 



Naturalizing 106 



Planting Diagram Ill 



Preparation of Beds... 105 



Tender 105 



Time of Planting 105 



Bushes for Wet Places... . 43 



Butterfly Flower .93 



Cabbages 162 



California Privet 31 



Calycanthus, the Sweet Shrub .... 40 



Camassia esculenta 106 



Candytuft 98 



Canna, the : 74- 77 



Selection of the Best Varieties ... 75 

 Canning of Fruits and Vegetables. . 181 



Cardinal Climber.. '. 94 



Carrots 162 



Cauliflowers .163 



Cedars, Firs, Pines 34 



Celery : ' 163 



Cercis, (Red Bud) 39 



China Asters 91, 99 



Chionodoxa (Glory of the Snow)... 106 



Chrysanthemums, Hardy 82- 84 



City Gardens, Planting and Crop- 

 ping of 154, 159, 161 



Cleome 96 



Clethra Alnifolia 43 



Climbers, Trees and Shrubs 44- 47 



Coldframes, Management of 224 



Cobsea 94 



Colorado Blue Spruce 34 



Color Combinations of Hardy 



Plants 67- 68 



251 



