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Index 



outdoor beds for, 194, 195*; plant- 

 ing of, 146, 169, 170*, 171*, 172, 174*, 

 178, 179, 194, 195*; producing, 128*, 

 129, 132 ; storage of, 135 ; treatment 

 for diseases, 136, 137, 306 ; treat- 

 ment for insects, 136; viability of, 

 137- ' 



Sepals, 114. 



Shallot, 229. 



Short-period crops, 99. 



Sieves for soil, 176, 177*. 



Soil, Chapter VI ; clay, 58*, 60*, 61 ; 

 fertility of, 62 ; formation of, 56 ; for 

 flats, 176 ; granules of, 57 ; loam, 61 ; 

 particles of, 55, 56, 57; physical 

 condition of, 55, 56, 57*, 58, 59; 

 water in, 55, 80. 



Sorrel, garden, 227. 



Spade, 103. 



Spading, 58*, 59, 60, 103, 108*, 154; 

 fork for, 103, 104*, 108*. 



Spinach, 99, 100, 138, 150, 254. 



Spinach, New Zealand, 135, 151, 152, 

 240*, 256. 



Sports, 119, 127. 



Spraying, 295, 297*, 316, 320, 321, 323, 

 324- 



Squash, diseases of, 292; Hubbard, 

 113*, 134, 138, 152, 155, 189, 266; 

 insects of, 322, 324, 325, 330*, 331*, 

 332* ; storage of, 341, 346 ; summer, 

 121*, 122, 123*, 134, 138, 152, 189, 

 265, 266. 



Stamen, 115*. 



Starch, 46, 49, 50, 53. 



Stems, 26, 28, 30, 31*, 33, 277; plants 

 grown for, Chapter XVII. 



Storage of vegetables, Chapter XX, 

 4, 256, 339, 340*, 343*, 344*, 345*- 



Succession crops, 98, 99, 101*, 270. 



Successive crops, 96, 98*. 



Sugar, 28, 46, 47, 48, 49. 



Sulfur, 50, 51. 



Swiss chard, 12, 70, 151, 225, 239*, 

 256. 



Tankage, 66, 67. 



Teaching of gardening, Chapter I; 

 aims of, 2, 3, 4, 10, n*. 



Thinning crops, 204*, 205*, 210, 212. 



Temperature requirements of plants, 

 146. 



Tomato, 13, 19, 112*, 119, 124*, 125*, 

 126*, 132, 133, 134*, 137, 142, 143, 

 153, 155, 160, 175, 179, 189, 190, 

 192*, 195, 272*, 273; diseases of, 

 292, 298, 299; insects of, 322, 334. 



Tools, Chapter IX, 103, 104*, 105*, 

 106*, 107*, 108*, 109*, no, in, 

 202; care of, 106*, 107*; proper 

 use of, 108*, 109*, no. 



Transpiration, 30, 34, 75. 



Transplanting, 79, 175, 186, 187*, 188*, 

 189*, 190, 191, 192*, 193*, 194*, 

 198, 236, 243. 



Turnip, 19, 99, 133, 138, 150, 151, 160, 

 211, 215, 289; storage of, 341. 



Varieties, developing new, 119, 122*, 

 123*; how kept true to type, 127; 

 resistant to disease, 248, 307*, 308*; 

 standard, 98, 137. 



Viability of seeds, 137. 



Vine crops, 265. 



Vitamines, 19, 21*, 47. 



Warm-season crops, 147, 148, 152, 153. 



Water, capillary, 79, 81*, 82, 84, 86; 

 88*; conserving, 85-200; free, 80; 

 in plants, Chapter VII, 29, 42, 75, 78, 

 79 ; in soil, 79, 80, 85 ; movement 

 in soil, 84, 85 ; for germination of 

 seeds, 165, 167. 



Watering. See Irrigation. 



Weather, 154. 



Weeding, 203, 210. 



Weeds, 24, 44, 52. 



Wilt of vine crops, 291. 



Wilting, 78*, 192*. 



Witloof chicory, 242. 



Zones, planting, 97, 157, 158*, 159*. 



