INDEX 



Acme harrow, 332 

 Air for plants, 2 

 Almonds, 270 



acreage map, 279 

 Ammoniacal copper carbonate, 306, 



320 

 Analysis of seeds, 19 

 Annual flowers, 379, 381 

 Annuals, choice of, 379 



colors of, 381-2 



ornamental, 374, 376 

 Aphids, 314, 320 

 Apple, acreage map, 174 



bitter rot, 199 



borers, 196-7 



canker, 201 



chapter on, 173 



curculio, 202 



dwarf, 183 



frog-eye, 201-2 



harvesting, 186 



orchard, exposure, 173 



orchard work, 329 



packing in boxes, 190-1 



planting, 176 



rust, 200-1 



scab, 198, 309, 320 



scab remedies, 198 



soils, 173 



spraying, year's work, 333 



storage, 187 



sun scald, 201 



tree, top-worked, 187 



twig blight, 199 



varieties of, 175 

 Apples, box packing, 399 



enemies of, 195 



forms of, 193 



per box, 399 



propagation of, 53 



quality of, 400 



spraying, 196 



top-working, 55 



uses of, 400 



varieties of, 400 

 Apricot, 228 

 April fruit and orchard work, 338, 342 



garden work, 147, 161 



home grounds in, 338, 342 

 Aquarium, 7 



Arsenate of lead, 311, 320 

 Arsenate of lime, 311 



Arsenic, white, 310 

 Arsenite of zinc, 311 

 Artichoke, globe, 118 



Jerusalem, 119 

 Ashes for lime and potash, 296-7 

 Asparagus, 116 



forcing, 120 

 August garden work, 150, 166 



home grounds in, 340, 343 



orchard and fruit work, 340, 343 

 Authors, Horticultural, referred to 



Agee, 302 



Bailey, 60, 390 



Cook, 9 



Corbett, 390 



Davis, 60, 105, 390 



Georgia, 354 



Lloyd, 80, 105, 390 



Pammel, 354 



Roberts, 302 



Sears, 60, 346, 390 



Washburn, 389, 390 



Watts, 390 



Waugh, 60, 232, 346, 383, 390 



White, 390 

 Avacado, figured, 277 



orchard, 278 



propagation, 278 



yield and harvest, 278 



Barn swallow, 387 

 Barnyard manure, 290-1 

 Barrel sprayers, 318, 322 

 Baume test, 308, 397, 398 

 Beans, 122 



bush, 123 



lima, 122-3 

 Bedding sweet potatoes, 141 

 Beets, 114 



Benefits of beautifying, 366, 375 

 Berry boxes, 343 

 Bird boxes, 384 

 contests, 388-9 

 exercises, 388-9 



nests, 384, 386 



shelf for food, 385 



studies, 388-9 



tray for food, 385 

 Birds, attracting, 384 



chapter on, 384 



destroyed by dogs, 386 



feeding, 385-7 



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