INDEX 



409 



Insect enemies, of currants, 265 

 of gooseberries, 266 

 of grapes, 246 

 of oranges, 282 

 of raspberries, 256 

 of strawberries, 239 

 Insecticides, contact, 313, 320, 321 



poison, 310, 320, 321 

 Insects, collecting, 202 

 practices against, 317 

 special fighting for, 317 

 spraying for, 310, 312, 316, 320 

 Inspection form, 59 

 Inter-cropping orchards, 179, 192, 



208, 209 

 Inter-tillage, 299 

 Irish potatoes, 132 

 Irrigation, 74, 75, 80, 281 

 of orchards, 183-1 

 orange groves, 281 



January garden work, 146, 157 

 home grounds in, 337, 341 

 orchard work, 337, 341 



Jerusalem artichoke, 119 



Johnson grass, 349 



Judging home gardens, 78 

 home grounds, 382 

 strawberries, 240 



July garden work, 149 

 home grounds in, 339, 343 

 orchard and fruit work, 339, 343 



June garden work, 149, 164 

 home grounds in, 339, 342 

 orchard and fruit work, 339, 342 



Kale, 112 

 sea, 118 

 Kerosene emulsion, 313, 320, 321 

 Knapsack pump, 318 

 Knife, pruning, 335 

 Kohl rahi, 101 



Labor, economy of, 61 



Laboratory exercises, close of each 



chapter 

 Ladder for picking fruit, 187 

 Landscape gardening, 366 

 Lawns, care of, 377, 341 



grasses for, 376 



see months 



starting, 377 

 Layerings, 39, 44 



mound, 46 



pot, 47 



planting, 44 



rooting, 44 



Layerings, tip, 45 



vine, 44, 45 

 Leaf, cross section of, 4 



function and structure, 3 



structure, .8, 9 

 Leaves, evaporation from, 6 



importance of, 6 

 Leeks, 108 



Legumes as winter covers, 288 

 , furnish nitrogen, 394-5 



inoculating, 287 



section on, 286 



value of, 286 

 Lemons, acreage map, 279 



culture of, 284 

 Lenticle spots, 6 

 Lettuce, 96, 104 

 Library, books for, 390 

 Light requirements of plants, 3 

 Like and unlike, survival of, 22 

 Lime, burned, 296-7 



chart, 297 



danger of, 296 



forms of, 296-7 



ground stone, 296-7 



hydrated, 296-7 



uses of, 295, 297 

 Liming garden soil, 72, 80 



of soils, 295 



projects, 301 

 Limes, acreage map, 279 



growth of, 284 

 Lime-sulfur,commercial,308,316,320 

 dilutions, 397-8 

 for scab, 309 

 home boiled, 307 

 self-boiled, 308 

 spraying with, 326 

 testing, 308 

 vs. Bordeaux, 303 

 Livers of sulfur, 306 

 London purple, 311 

 Longevity of seeds, 17 



Manure and humus, 72, 80 



barnyard, 290 



cautions in using, 291 



composting, 290 



green, 289 



surveys, 301 

 Mangoes, 275-6-7 

 Maple sugar and syrup, 256 

 March garden work, 147, 160 



home grounds in, 338, 342 



orchard and fruit work, 338, 342 

 Marker for garden, 65 

 Market garden, 68-9 



