ILLUSTRATIONS xv 



64. Garden Soils Should not be Allowed to Bake and Crack 115 



65. A Footprint Packs the Soil but Destroys the Surface Miilch. . . 118 



66. Liquid Will Rise Rapidly in A Lump of Sugar, as It Does in 



Packed Soil 119 



67. Liquid Does not Esqape Through the Loose Mulch on Top. . 119 



68. Soil Packer Leaving Surface Slightly Ridged but Loose 120 



69. The Best Forms of Roller Should Leave the Surface Loose. . 120 



70. Fine-grained Soil Conducts Water Upward Faster than Sand 121 



71. Soils of Different Types Tested 122 



72. A Suggestive Plan for Plots in Testing Fertilizers 125 



73. A Scheme for Experimental Plots 126 



74. Tomato Plant Reduced to a Single Main Stem and Tied to a 



Single Stake 127 



75. Vetch Plots, with Inoculation on Right, no Inoculation on Left 128 



76. A House Without Vines, Shrubs or Trees 131 



77. A Place may be Transformed by Proper Use of Paint and 



Planting 131 



78. A Prize Back Yard and the Family Who Enjoyed It 132 



79. A Lesson in School-room Transplanting : 136 



80. When a Peach, Apple or Other Fruit Tree is First Set Out It 



Should be Pruned 137 



81. A Two-year Old Peach Tree Will be Ready to Bear Fruit Next 



Year 138 



82. Two-year-old Apple Tree. 139 



83. Samples of Good and Bad Pruning 140 



84. A Farm Home with a Beautiful Side Yard 141 



85. First Prize Front Yard and the Girl Who Beautified it 143 



86. Purple-leaved Caster Beans 145 



87. Cannas • 147 



88. Trees Should be Pruned Before they are Reset 156 



89. The Spreading Cherry Tree 157 



90. Starting Geraniums for Cuttings for Window Boxes 159 



91. Four Types of Hardwood Cuttings 160 



92. When Woody Cuttings are Set Out They Should be Planted 



Deep 161 



93. Root Grafting of the Apple 162 



94. School Boys Budding Young Peach Trees 164 



95. Budding Peach Seedling Trees with Buds from Good Varieties 165 



96. Mahaleb Cherry Stocks Budded 166 



97. Black Raspberry Tip-layering 168 



98. Vine Layering 168 



99. Chrysanthemums, Satisfactory Flowers to Grow Indoors 171 



