INDEX. 



Aerial layering, 81 

 Agitator, 128 



Amount of seed to plant, 22 

 Anthraonose on brambles, 205 



on bush fruits, 191 

 Aphis on bush fruits, 192 



on cherry, 261 



on peach, 274 

 Apple, cultivation and mulching 

 of, 230 



diseases of, 234 



distance to plant, 227 



insects of, 237 



packing of, 232 



propagation of, 224 



pruning of, 231 



soil for planting of, 225 



systems of planting, 227 



varieties of, 233 

 Arrangement of city garden, 24 



of plants, 20 . 



of walks and drives, 305 

 Arsenate of lead formula, 131 

 Asexual reproduction,, 73 

 Asparagus, 21, 22 

 Automatic sprayer, 124 



B 



Bacteria, kinds of, 115 



multiplication of, 115 

 Bacterial action of soil influenced 



by cultivation, 68 

 Bark graft, 100 

 Barrel sprayer, 125 

 Beans, 21, 22 



Beautifying the home grounds, 303 

 Beets, 21, 22 



Bitter rot on apple, 234 

 Black knot on cherry, 260 

 on plum, 280 

 rot on apple, 234 

 on grape, 217, 218 

 Blackberry, 21, 22 



cultivation of, 195, 196 

 Bordeaux mixture, 135, 137 

 Brambles, 195 

 diseases of, 204 

 harvesting of, 203 

 insects of, 205 

 planting of, 200 

 propagation of, 198 

 soil and fertilizer for, 199 

 systems of training, pruning of, 



202 

 varieties of, 204 

 winter protection of, 203 

 Bridge graft, 101 

 Brown rot on apple, 234 

 on cherry, 260 

 on citrus fruits, 296 

 on peach, 270 

 Bucket spray, 123 

 Bud, cutting of, 90 

 plate, 92, 93 

 shield, 90, 91 

 Budding knife, 91 



time for, 89 

 Bulb, 74 

 Bush fruits, 183 



cultivation of, 186 

 diseases of, 190 

 harvesting of, 189 

 insects of, 191 

 planting of, 186 

 propagation of, 184 

 pruning of, 187 

 soil for, 185 

 varieties of, 189 



