INDEX 



How to prepare the coldframe, 117 

 prune brambles, 149*, 150* 

 the grape vine, 212*, 213* 

 ow seeds in the hotbed, 109, 1 17 

 store manure without loss, 201, 



221 



roots, 206 



tell a ripe watermelon, 200 

 thin fruit, 195 

 transplant, 152, 153* 



in the coldframe, 119 

 trim tomato vines, 193 

 use arsenate of lead, 235 



commercial fertilizers, 222 



formalin in thc'garden, 234 



old berry boxes, 155*. 156 



Paris green, 234 



manure, 220 

 water the garden, 189 

 Humus, 219 



Importance of bacteria, the, 227 



of soil compactness in July plant- 

 ing, 27 



Insects, trenching the ground to de- 

 stroy, 204,210 

 Intensive cultivation, 6 

 Invalid's garden, returns from an, 15 

 Invalid, what a garden did for an, 14 



January work, 134 

 June work, 182 



July planting, importance of soil com- 

 pactness in, 27 



planting, kinds of vegetables for, 



24 



what to sow in, 194 

 work, 190 



Keeping celery outdoors, 205 



seeds, 141 



Kerosene emulsion, 236 

 Kinds and varieties, 139 



of plant food, 225 



Knife, asparagus, 178* 

 Kohlrabi, 83*, 85 



Labels, 163*. 164*, 165* 

 Leaf-crops, 80 

 Legumes, 80 

 Leeks in coldframe, 125 

 Lettuce in coldframe, 120 

 Light soil, how to dig, 21 1* 

 Lime as a fertilizer, 225 

 Liquid manure, for celery, 198 



how to make, 220* 

 Living, cost of, 4 



Management of the strawberry bed, 

 181 



the, of a coldframe, 116 

 Manure, 145 



cow, value of, 219 



fresh, value of, 221 



green, 226 



hog, value of, 219 



horse, value of, 219 



how to store without loss, 2OI, 221 

 to use, 220 



liquid, for celery, 198 

 how to make, 220* 



value of, 162, 219 



what it does in the soil, 218 



when to spread, 221 



pit, how to build, 201 

 March, planting and transplanting in, 



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March work, 151 

 May work, 170 

 Measuring rod, 143* 

 Melons, how to care for growing, 186 



how to pick, 192 

 Mixtures, spray, combined, 239 

 Mulch, 27 



bush fruits, how to, 211 



for strawberries, 210 



when to remove the, 21 1 



winter, in the orchard, a, 202 



