10 CONTENTS 



Chapter 26. WEEDS AND THEIR ERADICATION 353 



Damage done by weeds — Weeds reduce crop yields — How introduced and spread 

 — Classification of weeds — Weed habitats — Principles governing control — Canada 

 thisth — Quack grass — Foxtail — Dodders — Buckhorn — Plantain — Pigweed — 

 Lamb's-Quarters — Wild mustard or charlock — Shepherd 's-purse — Peppergrass — 

 Cocklebur — Field bindweed or wild morning glory — Hedge bindweed — Fifty 

 worst weeds. 



BOOK III. HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FLORICULTURE 



Chapter 27. THE PRINCIPLES OF VEGETABLE GARDENING 377 



Soils and locations — Tillage and tools — Stable manures — Cover crops — Com- 

 mercial fertilizers — The use of lime — Seeds and seed sowing — Transplanting — 

 Starting early plants. 



Chapter 28. VEGETABLES AND THEIR CULTURE 383 



Asparagus — Bean — Beet — Brussel's sprouts — Cabbage — Carrot — Cauliflower 



— Celery — Cucumbers — Eggplant — Horseradish — Kale — Kohl-rabi — Leek 



— Lettuce — Muskmelon — Onion — Parsley — Parsnip — Pea — Pepper — Radish — 

 Rhubarb — Salsify — Spinach — Squash — Sweet corn — Sweet potatoes — Tomato — 

 Turnips — Watermelon. 



Chapter 29. THE FARM VEGETABLE GARDEN 403 



Choosing a site — The garden plan — Fertility — Tillage — Garden seed — Growing 

 early plants — Seed sowing — Transplanting — Cultivation — Irrigation — Pest control 

 — Quality of vegetables — ^Storage of vegetables — Literature. 



Chapter 30. VEGETABLE FORCING 413 



Cold-frames — Hotbeds — The greenhouse — Growing plants under glass. 



Chapter 31. MUSHROOM CULTURE 417 



Houses — Preparation of the compost — Filling the beds — Spawning — Casing the 

 beds — Temperature — Water — Vent ilation — Picking and marketing — Mushroom 

 enemies — Yield and returns. 



Chapter 32. MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS 424 



Requirements for medicinal plants — Anise — Belladonna — Caraway— Coriander — 

 Digitalis or foxglove — Common sage plant — Ginseng — Peppermint — Spearmint — 

 Tansy — Wormwood — American wormseed — Addit ional equipment . 



Chapter 33. PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT PRODUCTION, WITH SPECIAL 



REFERENCE TO THE HOME PLANTATION 429 



The main factors to consider — Moisture — Soil — Subsoil — The parasite — Site — 

 Aspect — Wind-breaks — Nursery stock — Southern vs. Northern grown nursery trees 

 — Time to plant — To heel-in trees — Marking out the field — Mixed plantings — The 

 operation of planting — First pruning — How fruit buds are borne — Pruning for 

 fruit — Pruning older trees — Tillage — Fertilizing — Thinning — Spraying — Harvest- 

 ing and marketing — The value and importance of the home fruit garden — Quality 

 first for the home. 



Chapter 34. SMALL FRUITS 438 



The Strawberry. 

 Selection of soil — Preparation of the soil — Fertilizers — Selecting and preparing the 

 plants — Perfect and imperfect flowered plants — When to set the plants — How to 

 set the plants — Depth to set the plants — Planting in hills — Renewing old beds — 

 Cultivation — Objects of mulching — Materials for mulch — Harvesting and shipping 

 — When to apply the mulch — Receptacles. 



