CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



1. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS i 



2. REASONS FOR LEARNING GARDENING . . .14 



3. How PLANTS LIVE 24 



4. How PLANTS GROW 36 



5. THE FOOD OF PLANTS ...... 46 



6. THE SOIL OF THE GARDEN . . . 55 



7. WATER AND THE PLANT . . > 75 



8. PLANNING THE GARDEN . . . * . . .90 



9. TOOLS FOR THE GARDEN ...... 103 



10. SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN . . . . . .112 



11. THE TIME FOR PLANTING . . . . . .146 



12. How TO GROW PLANTS FROM SEEDS . . .165 



13. THE CARE OF GROWING CROPS . . . . .199 



14. ROOT CROPS AND How TO GROW THEM . . .211 



15. CROPS GROWN FOR THEIR LEAVES . . . .225 



1 6. GARDEN CROPS GROWN FOR THEIR FRUITS . .258 



17. GARDEN PLANTS GROWN FOR THEIR STEMS . .277 



18. DISEASES OF PLANTS 286 



19. INSECTS IN THE GARDEN . ..." . -311 



20. HOME STORAGE OF VEGETABLES .... 339 



APPENDIX: TABLES OF PLANTING DATES . . . 348 

 INDEX 351 



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