INDEX 



353 



Sweet corn, 231, 258 



Sweet potatoes, 52, 170, 199, 243, 



251, 258, 261, 272, 301, 313 

 Sweet peas, 144, 152, 246, 252, 



272, 274 

 Sweet William, 152 

 Swine for fairs, 306 

 Swiss chard, 200 



Umbrella plant, 170, 175 



Vacant lot gardening, chapter 

 on, 11 



gardens, 18, 22, 24, 108 

 historical, 11 

 plan of work, 13 



Vacation gardening, 18, 19 



work, 7 

 Variety names of vegetables, 206 

 Variety tests, 125 

 Verbena, 144 

 Vetch, 128 

 Vine borers, 234 



vegetables, 258 

 Vines, 131, 134, 260 



annual, 259 



how they climb, 135 

 Violets, 170, 270 

 Vegetables, display, 320 



drying, 267 



diseases, 286 



early, 254, 260 



early planting, 227 



fall, 267 



fall planting, 241, 269 



garden record (table), 248, 

 249 



hardy, 252, 258, 273 



harvest, 241 



Vegetables, insects, 286 

 last planting, 233 

 main planting, 230 

 perennial, 227 

 table, 206 

 tall, 231 

 tender, 233, 256 

 transplanting, 256, 258 

 varieties, 206 

 window garden, 175 

 winter, 268 

 score card, 321 

 second crop, 238 

 second planting, 230 



Wake robin, 146 



Water, capillary movement of, 



120 

 Water hyacinth, 175 

 Warmth and germination, 70 

 Watermelon, 201 

 Weeders, 43 

 Weeds, distribution, 76 



killing, 100, 125 



seeds, 73 



studying, 74 

 Whale-oil soap, 286 

 Wheelbarrow, 45 

 Wheel hoes, 45 

 Winder, 45 



Wild flowers, 146, 228, 241 

 Window boxes, 224, 232, 247 

 Window gardens, 38, 170 

 Winter cover crops, 272 

 Wood ashes, 95 

 Wormwood, 203 



Yucca, 146 



Zinnia, 144 



