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INDEX 



Grape flea-beetle, root-borer, 249 



soils, 241 



winter cover crop, 248 

 Grapefruit acreage map, 279 



culture, 282 

 Grapes, chapter on, 241 



cultivating, 244 



Downy mildew on, 247 



enemies of, 246 to 251 



fertilizing, 245 



from cuttings, 44, 47 



location for, 241 



marketing, 246 



packing, 246 



picking, 245 



pruning, 243 



rose chafer on, 247 



rots on, 250 



starting, 242 



trellising, 242, 248, 251 



varieties of, 241 

 Green manure, 289 



manuring, 180 



wood" cuttings, 42 

 Greens, short season, 92 



that endure summer heat, 91 

 Grounds, beautifying, 366 



cost to improve, 366 



home, 366 



plans for, 370, 372 



scoring, 382 



see each month 



well planted, 368 

 Grasses for lawns, 376 



in orchards, 351 



starting, 377 

 Gullying, study of, 363 



Hardwood-evergreen mixture, 360 

 Hardy vegetables, 89 

 Harrows, 331-2 

 Harvesting apples, 186 



avocadoes 278 



blackberries, 262 



bush fruits, 269 



cherries, 226 



cranberries, 268 



currants, 264 



forest trees, 361-2 



gooseberries, 266 



grapes, 245 



olives, 274 



oranges, 281-2 



peaches, 214, 330 



pears, 190 



pineapples, 275 



plums, 230 



Harvesting raspberries, 254 



strawberries, 238 

 Hill-row improvement of potatoes, 29 



strawberries, 237 

 Heading, high, 179 



height of, 178 

 Hedge rows of strawberries, 236 

 Hedges, formal, 374 

 to plant, 371, 401 

 Heeling in trees, 177, 208 

 Hellebore, 312 

 Herbs, propagation of, 33 

 Heredity, 22 

 Home gardening, 61, 64 



grounds, by months, 337, 341 

 chapter on, 366 

 plans for, 370-1, 382 

 scoring, 382 

 see each month 

 Home projects, garden, 66, 78, 79 



close of each chapter 

 Home vegetable garden, 61 

 Horse-culture gardening, 67 

 Horse radish, 115 



preserving, 119 

 Horticulture, books on, 390 

 Hose for spraying, 323 

 Hotbed becomes coldframe, 84 

 contest, 88 

 studies, 88 

 watering, 84 

 Hotbeds, chapter on, 81 

 drawing of, 83 

 frames for, 81 

 flats for, 82 

 glass for, 81, 84 

 how heated, 82 

 placing, 82 

 ventilation of, 82 

 Humus, adding, 289 

 for gardens, 72, 80 

 Hyacinth section, 37 

 Hybridizing, project in, 31 

 Hybrids, 24 



Hydrastis, division of, 36 

 Hydrogen, 6 

 Hydrometer test for sprays, 308 



tests, 397 

 Hydrophytes, 2 



Improvement in plants, need of, 27 

 Impurities, identifying, 20 

 Inlaying, 57 



Inoculating for legumes, 287 

 Insect enemies, fighting, 309, 317, 331 

 320 

 of blackberries, 262 



