INDEX 



Addams, Jane, 23 

 Agricultural Department, 209 

 Agricultural League, 204 

 Agriculture, advance in, 26 ; in 



America, 196, 208 ff. ; in Europe, 



201 ff. ; new, 212 ff. 

 Allston garden, 187 

 Arbor, 155 



Back yards, 1 56 f . 



Bacon, Sir Francis, 67 



Barometer, 1 50 



Beans, raising of, 113 f. 



Bees, 147 ff. 



Beets, raising of, 114 f. 



Benefactors of the garden, i35ff. ; 



ladybird, 135 f.; tiger beetle, 136; 



ichneumon fly, i36f.; dragon 



flies, 137 ; toads, 137 ; earthworm, 



138 ff . ; birds, 140 f. 

 "Better-Farming Specials," 210 

 Bird fountains, 145 ff. 

 Bird houses, 144 f. 

 Birds, I4of. ; protection for, 142 ff. 

 Blight, 130 



Books and pamphlets, 21 5 f. 

 Bordeaux mixture, 130 

 Briggs, Le Baron, 37 

 Brooks, John Graham, 202, 204, 205 

 Bulbs, 96 ff., 1 80, 182 



Cabbage, raising of, 115 ff . 



Calendar, school-garden, iSoff. 



Cannas, 97 



Carlyle, Thomas, i 



Carrots, raising of, 117 f. 



Caterpillar, giant green, 125; cab- 

 bage, 132 f. 



Cauliflower, 117 



Children, as producers, 2 ff. 



Children's Farm, New York City, 

 76, 81, 186 



Cleveland, Ohio, 186 



Clubs, agricultural, 231 f. 



Cold frame, 65, 93 ff. 



Competition, 37, 38 



Composition, correlated with gar- 

 dening, 1 60 f., i66f. 



Compost heap, 59 f. 



Cooperation, 17 ; as a test of effi- 

 ciency, 24 ; as a developer of in- 

 itiative, 25 f., 35 ; in the school, 30, 

 31, 38 ff. ; value of, in employees, 

 33 ; with the community, 34 ; lack 

 of, in schools, 36 f. ; example 

 of, 53 ; in gardening, 69 f., 194 ; 

 against pests, 131, 209 ; moral and 

 social value of, 205 ; natural to 

 man, 208 ; training children in, 213 



Cooperative agriculture in Europe, 

 203 ff. 



Cooperative dairies, 204 



Cooperative mills, 204 



Cooperative organization, 210 



Corn, 183 



Covers, glass, 92 ff. 



Crocuses, 97 



Crops, catch, 85 ; cover, 85 ; care of, 

 at early stage, 100 



Cultivation, 101 f. 



Daffodils, 97 



Dahlias, 97 



Darwin, Charles R., 138, 178 



Dragon flies, 137 



Drawing, correlated with gardening, 



170 



Drills, 91 

 Dust blanket, 101 



Earthworm, 138 ff. 



Eliot, Charles W., 45 



Elm trees, 48 



Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 128 



Exhibits, vegetable, 34, 183 



Experiments, 224 ff. 



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