INDEX 



235 



Rotation of crops, 82 ff. 

 Rust, 114, 130 



Saint-Gaudens, 66, 178 



Scab, potato, 84 f., 130 



School gardens, from an educational 

 standpoint, 15; definition of, 17; 

 difficulties of, 18, 51 ; successful 

 experiments in, 20, 39 ff., 195 ; 

 social value of, 22 ; in April, 30 ; 

 ownership of, 31 ; cooperation in, 

 31,69 f.; incidental values of,33f.; 

 opportunities in, 43 ; suitable sit- 

 uations for, 47 f. ; in parks, 50 f. ; 

 protection of, 52 f. ; laying out of, 

 61 ff. ; plan of, 65 ; false ideas of 

 arrangement in, 71 ; surface of, 

 100 f. ; fruit in, 108 f. ; accessories 

 of, 142 ff. ; borders of, 154; va- 

 cation work in, 183 ff. ; record of 

 events in, 186 f. 



School-garden calendar, a, 180 ff. 



Science correlated with gardening, 

 172 ff. 



Scillas, 98 



Seed crops, 83 



Seeds, 27 f ; testing, 87 f. ; planting, 

 89 ff., 180 ff. 



Sentiment, 5 



Shaler, Nathaniel S., 36 



Shrubs, transplanting of, 108 f. ; vari- 

 eties of, no 



" Skimming the land," 57 



Smut, 130 



Spencer, John W., 46 



Spinach, 123 



Sprays, 130, 132 



Soil, tests of, 54 f. ; enrichment of, 

 56, 85 ; preparation of, 88 f. ; ideal 



texture of, 89 ; for cold frame, 



94; notes on, 228 ff. 

 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 129 

 Street sweepings, 57 

 Summerhouse, 155 

 Sundials, 151 ff. 



Teachers, duties of , 22 ff.,30, 75, 185, 

 195 ; opportunities of, 34, 42 



Thaxter, Celia, 108, 138 



Thistle, Russian, 128 



Tiger beetle, 136 



Toads, 137 f. 



Tomatoes, 123 ff. 



Tonic for plants, 104 



Tools, 76 ff. 



Transplanting, 94 ff.; seedlings, 106 

 ff. ; shrubs and trees, 108 ff. 



Tulips, 97 



Vegetables, 1 12 ff. ; beets, 84, 1 14 f., 

 182 ; onions, 84, 86, 120 f., 182 ; 

 parsnips, 84, 86, 117,182 ; potatoes 

 84 f., 130, 182 ; turnips, 84, 85, 86, 

 180; carrots, 86, 117 f . ; lettuce, 

 86, 94, 118 ff., 182; radishes, 86, 

 117, 122 f., 182; spinach, 86, 94, 

 123, 180, 182 ; cabbage, 94, 115 ff., 

 172, 182 ; parsley, 94, 121 f., 182 ; 

 tomatoes, 94, 123 ff., 182; beans, 

 113!; cooking of, 171 f . ; corn, 

 183 



Washington, George, 151 f., 165 

 Watering, science of, 103 f. 

 Weeds, 100 f., 127 ff. 

 Window boxes, 46, 92 f. 

 Woodworking, 81, 151 



