xvi ILLUSTRATIONS 



100. Carnations, Good House Plants 172 



101. Tulips May be Forced into Bloom in Midwinter 173 



102. Colossal Asparagus 179 



103. Bush Lima Beans 180 



104. Early Stringless Wax Beans 181 



105. Sugar Beet 182 



106. A Good Cabbage, and One Not Fit for Market 183 



107. Two Types of Carrots 184 



108. A Small Head of Cauliflower of Fine Quality 185 



109. Black Beauty Egg-plant 188 



110. Horse-radish Roots 189 



111. Cantaloupe for Market 193 



112. Sweet Peppers 195 



113. Sweet Potato Plants 199 



114. Swiss Chard with Long White Leaf -stems 200 



115. Types of Tomatoes 202 



116. Bloomsdale Rutabagas 203 



117. Companion Cropping with Lettuce and Cauhflower 204 



118. Preparing Corn for an Exhibit 210 



119. Com Board for Use When Judging Corn 211 



120. Result of a Germination Test of 72 Ears of Corn 215 



121. Corn SUks Must Receive the Fine PoUen Dust from Tassels 



of Other Stalks 217 



122. Country Gentleman, One of the Best Varieties of Sweet Corn 219 



123. An Arkansas Corn-club Boy 222 



124. Pansies May be Started into Bloom in the Hotbed 226 



125. Boston Head Lettuce. Section Showing SoUd Texture and 



Light Color 229 



126. Celery Banked with Dirt for Blanching 238 



127. Preparing the Garden for a Second Crop, Normal School, 



Providence, R. 1 239 



128. Hedge-row System of Growing Strawberries 240 



129. Winter Mulch of Straw Protects Strawberry Plants 245 



130. The School Garden is to Train for Home Gardening 251 



131. Pasteboard "Pots" are Often Used in Transplanting Seedlings 253 



132. The Early Scarlet Radish 254 



133. The Hands Should Pack the Soil Firmly Around the Plant . . 257 



134. White Niagara Grapes in a School Garden 265 



135. Blackberries May be Cut to the Ground After Each Crop is 



Picked 266 



136. Asters are so Popular that Large Fields of Them are Grown 



in California Just for the Seeds 270 



