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Index 



Diseases of plants, Chapter XVIII, 

 286, 289*, 294*, 300*, 301*, 302*, 

 303*, 307*, 308*. 



Drainage, 80, 81, 82, 83*. 



Dust mulch, 104, 200, 201. 



Eggplant, 99, 153, 155, 160, 175, 189, 

 iQS, 274*, 275; diseases of, 292; 

 insects of, 322. 



Elements needed by plants, 51. 



Embryo, 114, 118, 137, 165. 



Endive, 100, 138, 241, 346; French, 

 341, 345 ; storage of, 341, 345- 



Fat, 47, 50. 



Fertilization, 117. 



Fertilizers, 52, 66, 67, 73, 74. See 



also Manure. 

 Flats, 175, 176*, 186*, 187*, 188*, 189*, 



100*. 



Flowers, of bean, 115*; of corn, 120* ; 



of pumpkin, 121*; parts of, 114, 



115*. 



Follow crops, 99*, 100. 

 Food, for plants, 29, 31 * ; kinds of, 46 ; 



manufacture of, 42, 46, 47, 48*, 49, 



50, 51, 53, 55 ; storage in plants, 46. 

 Food materials, raw, 31*, 46, 51. 

 Forcers, 147*. 



Fork, spading, 103, 104*, 108*. 

 Frosts, 147, 148, 149, 155, 157, 160, 



161*, 162 ; charts for dates of, 158*, 



159*. 

 Fruit, 118*; plants grown for, Chapter 



XVI. 



Fumigation of seed, 136. 

 Fungi, 287, 288. 

 Fungicides, 295, 306. 



Garden, care of, Chapter XIII ; plans 

 for, 90, 91*, 92*, 94, 95, 101, 102; 

 planting the, Chapter XII; types 

 of school, 5*, 6*, ii*, 12*; school- 

 supervised home, 7*, 8, 9. 



Garlic, 150, 230. 



Germination of pollen, 116*, 117*, 141. 



Germination of seed, 137, 138, 165, 

 166*, 167, 172, 173, 174, 197, 198, 

 219; test for, 138*, 139. 



Growing season, 154*, 155, 156*. 



Growth, 36, 38*, 39, 40, 45. 



Hardening plants, 190. 



Hellebore, white, 316, 317. 



Hoes, 105*, 106*, 107; wheel, 93, 105*, 



106, 107. 



Horse-radish, 221. 

 Hotbed, 180*, 181*, 182*, 183*, 184*, 



185, 189, 346. 

 Humus, 56, 57, 60, 72. 

 Hybrids, 119, 122*, 123*, 124. 

 Hydrogen, 51. 



Insects, Chapter XIX ; beneficial, 334 ; 

 fumigation of seeds for, 136; inju- 

 rious, 14*, 312*, 318*, 319*, 325*, 

 326*, 330*, 331*, 332*; poisons for, 

 315, 316, 317, 321. See also refer- 

 ences to insects under Spraying. 



Iron, 51. 



Irrigation, 85, 174*, 206*, 207*, 208*, 

 209. 



Kale, 100, 120, 137, 152, 249. 

 Kerosene emulsion, 322, 324. 

 Kohl-rabi, 13, 120, 133, 137, 149, 189, 

 283. 



Leaves, crops grown for, Chapter XV, 

 225*, 226*, 227*, 233*, 234*, 237*, 

 239*; structure of, 28, 31, 48*, 53; 

 work of. 29, 31*, 34*, 48*, 53. 



Leek, 150, 232. 



Lettuce, 12, 42, 99, 100*, 112, 132, 150, 

 151, 155, 160, 170, 175, 189, 193, 194, 

 346; head, 149, 252*, 253*; leaf, 

 148, 254*. 



Light, use to plants, 28, 47, 48, 49, 53. 



Lime, 60, 62, 64*, 68, 69*, 70*, 84, 86, 

 290 ; in Bordeaux mixture, 295. 



Line for planting, 104, 105. 



Loam soil, 61. 



Magnesium, 51. 



Manure, 52, 62*, 63, 67, 84; composi- 

 tion of, 63 ; poultry, 63, 64, 65. 



Melons, 132, 133, 152, 155, 167, 267; 

 diseases of, 292; insects of, 322; 

 musk, 119, 138, 267, 268*; water, 

 138, 267, 268. 



