INDEX 



Peg tooth harrow, 69 

 Peppers, 21, 22 

 Pests of plants, 106 

 Physiological troubles, 117 



control of, 117 

 Plans, of gardens, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 

 30 



for home grounds, 313-317 



of hotbed, 55 

 Planning the home garden, 17 

 Plant diseases. 111 



louse on bush fruits, 192 

 on cherry, 261 

 on peach, 274 

 Planting of brambles, 200 



depth of, 42 



of strawberry, systems of, 171 

 Plants, thinning of, 45 

 Plate bud, 92, 93 

 Plowing, 66 

 Plum, 274 



cultivation and thinning of, 277 



diseases of, 279 



insects of, 281 



propagation of, 275 



pruning and harvesting of, 278 



soil and planting of, 276 



varieties of, 279 

 Plunger, 128 

 Poisoned bait. 111 

 Poisons for biting insects, 131 



for plant diseases, 135 



for sucking insects, 133 

 Pome fruits, 224 



Position of vegetables in garden, 20 

 Potatoes, 21, 22 



Powdery mildew on bush fruits, 

 191 

 on grape, 219 

 Power sprayer, 127 

 Predaceous animals, 118 



control measure for, 118, 121 

 Processes of germination, 36 

 Procumbent stems, 76 

 Produce, care of, 152 



grading of, 153 



preparing of, for market, 155 

 Propagation, 73 



of apples, 224 



of brambles, 198 



by bulbs, 74 



of bush fruits, 184 



of cherry, 254 



of citrus fruits, 287 



Propagation by corms, 75 



by cuttings, 82 



of grapes, 207 



by layers, 78 



of peach, 263 



of plum, 274 



of quince, 251 



by rhizomes, 75 



by runners, 77 



by stolons, 77 



of strawberries, 169 



by tubers, 76 

 Protection of wounds, 141 

 Prune, time to, 141 

 Pruning of apple, 231 



of black raspberry, 197 



of brambles, 202 



of bush fruits, 187 



cause for, 145 



of cherry, 258 



effects of, 145 



of old trees, 148 



of peach, 266, 267 



of pear, 245 



of plum, 278 



principles of, 140 



roots of plants, 146 



saws, knives, 142 



summer, winter, 147 



tools, 141 



top of plants, 146 



of young trees, 144 

 Pyrethrum, formula for, 132 



Q 



Quince, cultivation of, 251 

 diseases of, 252 

 insects of, 252 

 propagation of, 251 

 pruning of, 252 

 soil for, 251 



R 



Radish, 21, 22 



in Delaware basket, 155 

 Raspberry, 21, 22 



cultivation of, 195, 196 

 Red spider, 300 

 Regulation of water, 33 

 Repellants, 110 



