INDEX 



Acid phosphate, 125 

 Ageratum, 144, 152 

 Aids to gardeners, 14 

 Air and germination, 70 

 Age of woody plants, 156 



shown in twigs, 156 

 Agricultural Contests and Club 



Work, chapter on, 293 

 Alfalfa, 303 

 Alyssum, 152 

 Amaryllis, 170, 171 

 Ambulance Down in the Valley 



(poem), 25 

 Angelica, 203 

 Anemone, 146, 148 

 Annual flowers, 262 

 Annuals, 257 



hardy, 268, 246, 144 



planting, 144 



tender, 144 

 Antirrhinum, 152 

 Apple, borer, 278 



collections at exhibits, 319 



packed, 319 



tree, 139 

 Aquarium, 64, 175 

 Arbor, 45 

 Arbor day, 148 



planning for, 149, 150 

 suggestive programs, 

 150, 151 

 Arithmetic, and gardening, 324 



suggestive problems, 325, 326, 

 327, 328 

 Arnica, 203 



Arsenate of lead, 124, 286, 287 

 Arsenicals in Bordeaux, 286 

 Artichoke, 178 



Jerusalem, 146, 178 

 Ashes, wood, 223 

 Asparagus, 178, 179, 225, 231 

 242, 243, 251, 253, 271, 273 

 Asparagus fern, 174 

 Aster, 144, 152, 270 

 Auricaria, 174 . 



Back-yard garden, 19, 20, 132 

 Balloon vine, 144 

 Balm, 203 

 Balsam, 144, 152 

 Bane, 203 



Barnyard manure, 88 

 Beans, 179, 181, 258, 263 

 Beautifying Home and School 

 Grounds, chapter on, 130 

 home, 131, 141, 143, 

 145 

 Bedding plants, 236, 259 

 Beets, 180 

 Begonia, 170 

 Belladonna, 203 

 Bibliography, 341, 342 

 Birds, 292 

 Blackberries, 236 

 Blackberry, 266 

 Blazing star, 146 

 Bleeding hearts, 146 

 Bloodroot, 146 

 Blue-bell, 146 

 Borage, 203 



Bordeaux mixture, 233, 286, 288 

 Borers, apple, 261, 278 



peach, 255, 278 

 Brown rot disease, 281 

 Box seed tester, 214 

 Budding, 163 



fruit trees, 164, 165 

 spring, 166 

 Buds, fruit, 166 

 Bugs, squash, 234 

 Bulbs, 146, 147, 171, 224, 232, 240, 



243, 246, 257, 268, 269, 272, 



273, 274 

 Bush fruits, 245, 265 

 Bread score card, 313 

 Broccoli, 181 

 Brussels sprouts, 181 



Cabbage, 182, 183, 242, 254 

 late, 231, 264 

 winter, 273 

 worms, 264, 281 



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