X CONTENTS 



XV. Indoor Plants / 170 



Window Gardens — Flowering Plants — Flowerijig 

 Bulbs— Forcing Bulbs — ^Non-blooming Plants — -Pl^nt 

 Holders — The Self-supporting Aquarium — -Window 

 Vegetable Garden. 



XVI. The Growing of Vegetables 177 



Farmers' Gardens — ^Artichoke — Artichoke, Jerusalem 

 — Asparagus — -Beans — • Beets — Broccoli — Brussels 

 Sprouts — Cabbage, Carrot — Cauliflower — Celery — 

 Corn, Sweet — Cucumbers — ^Egg Plant — Endive — ■ 

 Garlic — Horseradish — ^:Kale and CoUards — Kohl- 

 rabi — Leek — -Lettuce — Mushrooms — Muskmelons — 

 Okra, or Gumbo — Onion — Parsley — Parsm'ps — Peas — 

 Pepper — ^Potato — Radish — ^Rhubarb — Salsify, or Veg- 

 etable Oyster — Spinach — Squash — Sweet Potato — 

 Swiss Chard — Tomato — Turnip — ^Watermelons — Uses 

 for the Garden Herbs — Companion Cropping — Succes- 

 sion Cropping — Soaking Garden Seed. 



XVII. Corn Growing 208 



In the Fall — Duriag the Winter — Selection of Seed — 

 Score Card for Corn Judging — -Explanation of Points 

 — ^When to Select Seed — Storage of Seed Com — 

 Testing Seed Corn — Methods of Testing — Box 

 Method— Rag Doll Method — Corn Improvement — 

 Detassehng "^Poor Stalks — DetasseUng of Alternate 

 Rows — How to De tassel Corn — The Ear Row 

 Method — -Danger of Mixing — Raising the Crop — 

 Preparation of Soil — Planting the Crop — Tillage — 

 Harvesting and Storing — Corn for Contests. 



XVIII. Garden Calendar fob Northern States 223 



January to December — ^Vegetables — ^Trees and Fruits 

 — Flowers and Lawns — Garden Records for Latitudes 

 of New York and Kansas. 



XIX. Garden Calendar for Southern States 250 



January to December — ^Vegetables — ^Flowers — Trees 

 and Fruits and Lawns. 



XX. Insects, Diseases and Their Control 276 



How Insects Feed — Methods of Control — Inside 

 Feeders — Codling-moth — Plum Curculio — Peach 

 Borer — ^Apple Borers — San Jos6 Scale — Cut-worms — 

 Cabbage Worm — Tomato Worm — Potato Beetles — 

 Flea Beetles — Plant Diseases — Remedies — ^Prevent- 

 ing Grain Smut — ^Preventing Potato Scab^Time to 

 Spray — Sprayers Calendar for Vegetables — Spray 

 Materials— Making Bordeaux Mixture — Making 

 Kerosene Emulsion — Making Concentrated Lime — 

 Sulfur — Self-boiled Lime-suSui^— Garden Friends — 

 Beneficial Insects — Toads and Other Friends — Birds. 



