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INDEX 



handling in garden, i6; wheel, use 

 of, care of, 15 



Home mixing, of fertilizers, S3 



Hose outfit, 150 



Hot beds, 256; filling of, 42, 43; frames, 

 how to heat, 261; repairing and up^ 

 keep, 5 



House plants, 288; care of, 290, 291; 

 favorable conditions for, 289; from 

 cuttings, 196; from seed, 196; mak- 

 ing, 189; old, 198; shelves for, 293; 

 sou for, 291; temperature for, 289 



Hyacinths, distance apart, 229; varie- 

 ties of, 232 



Indoor preparation for spring work, 

 307. 308 



Inoculation of soil, 192, 193 



Insect enemies, 320, 321; attacking 

 celery, 188; general classes of, 135; 

 methods of fighting, 138; of vege- 

 tables and flowers, 136; on plants 

 in frames, 262, 263 



Insecticides for vegetables and flow- 

 ers, no, 139 



Irises, bulbous, 267 



Iris, handling of, 246; transplanting, 

 267; types of, 245 



Iron pipe, for trelUses, etc., 287 



Irrigation, garden, 151; methods of, 

 150; system, cost of instaUing, 152 



Japanese iris, 246 

 Jonquils, 231 



K 



Kerosene emulsion, no, 139 

 Kohl-rabi for succession, 146; varie- 

 ties of, 25 



Labels, 85 

 Laurel, 207 



Lawn, amount of seed required, 99; 

 making a, 200, 201, 202, 203; re- 

 making of, 99; spring work with, 98, 



99 



Leaf blight, 114; hopper, 114, 154; on 

 roses, 154 



Lean-to greenhouse, making of, 212; 

 required material, 215 



Legumes as cover crops, 190 



Lettuce for succession, 146; good va- 

 rieties of, 26; growing under glass, 

 278; planting of, 73; saving for use 

 after frost, 274 



Lime, need of, 54; test for, 54 



Limestone, 54 



Liquid manure, 131, 64 



Liquid nitrate of soda, 64 



Lorraine begonia, 332 



M 



Manure, handling of, 51; for growing 

 plants, 63; for hotbed, 43, 44; pre- 

 paring for hotbeds, 262; substitutes 

 for, 64 



Markets for plants, 85 



Materials for greenhouse work, 225 



Matted row for strawberries, 181 



Mealy bug, 137 



Melons, 26, 102; saving for use after 

 frost, 270 



Mildew, IIS, i37 



Moisture, in soil, need of, so; retain- 

 ing, 173 



Mulching, 297, 298, 302, 303, 304, 303; 

 from rose bed, 77; kinds of, 149; to 

 retain moisture, 149 



Muskmelons, putting in, 102; varieties 

 of, 26 



N 



Narcissi, 230; distance apart, 229; 



forcing, 248 et seq. 

 Nasturtiums, good points, 80 

 Next summer's garden, when to start, 



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