INDEX 



347 



Crocus, U6, 147, 171 

 Cuoumbere, 176, 187, 302 

 Cultivator, 46 

 Culture, deep, 124 



level, 125 



shallow, 124 

 Curculio, 277 

 Currants, 236, 259 

 Cuttings, 161, 255, 264 



hardvirood, 160 



in water, 159 



leaf, 158 



root, 160 



woody, 253 

 Cut-worms, 231, 280 

 Cyclamen, 170, 274 



Daffodils, 171 

 Dahlias, 144, 152, 252 

 Daily program, 324 

 Decoration at fairs, 309 

 Delphinium, 146 (see Larkspur) 

 Depth and germination, 70 



proper, 125 

 Detasseling corn, 216 



alternate rows, 218 



method of, 218 

 Dianthus, 152 

 Dibbers, 43 

 Dill, 203 



Diseases of Vegetables, 286 

 Drainage, 111, 112 

 Drains, 112, 244 

 Drawing and gardening, 332 

 Drills, 337 

 Dust mulch, 117, 228 



Early vegetables, 229 



Effects of garden work, 45 



Egg-plant, 187, 188, 260 



Eggs for exhibit, 306 



Endive, 188 



Evergreens, transplanting, 240 



Exercises with Soils, chapter on, 



113 

 Experiments, 36 



Fairs, school and club, 295, 298, 

 299 

 place for, 295, 298 

 time for, 298 



Fall planting, 243 

 plowing, 244 

 Fallow, bare, 99 

 Farm products, for exhibit, 303 

 Farmers' bulletins, 340, 341 

 Fencing, 47 

 Fennel, 203 

 Ferns, 174, 243 

 Fertilizer, 258 



commercial, 90 

 how to buy, 96 

 home mixing, 96, 97 

 lawn, 230 

 samples, 105 

 too much, 104 

 tests with, 66 

 which to use, 98 

 Fertilizing, heavy, 126 

 Flame flower, 146 

 Flea beetle, 282 



Flower collections, at fairs, 319 

 seeds, 264, 269 

 seed ■ testing, 224 

 Flowering plants, 170 



bulbs, 171 

 Flowers, 35 



and pollination, 80 

 annual, 143, 305 

 for exhibit, 305 

 perennial, 145, 305 

 planting, 142 

 planting table, 152 

 staking, 235 

 window, 305 

 Forests, hillside, 155 

 Forget-me-not, 146 

 Formal Gardens, 38 

 Freesia, 171 

 Fruit, buds, 166 



fancy basket, 320 

 thinning, 237 

 Fruit trees, fall planting, 271 

 pruning, 253 

 transplanting, 253 

 Fruits, 36 



for exhibit, 304 

 Fuchsia, 170 

 Funkia, 146 



