INDEX 



349 



Slopes, steep, care of, 98 



Snapping test, 337 



Snowdrops, 234, 268 



Sodding steep slopes, 98 



Soil, enriching of, 50; for lawn, 201; 

 for seedlings, 39; for vegetable and 

 flower seedlings, 34, 35; heavy, 61; 

 materials for enriching, 51; need 

 of moisture in, $0; sandy, 61; when 

 to work, 61 



Soy beans, cover crop, igo 



Spade, correct use of, 82 



Spanish iris, 267 



Spinach, varieties of, 27 



Spray, powder or dust, 1 1 



Sprayer, compressed air, care of, 5; 

 hand, different types, 10; need of a 

 good, 138 



Spraying, general discussion, io8, 109; 

 late, 223; machine, buying, 112; 

 points on, 112; time, 112 



Sprays necessary, 109 



Sprinklers for irrigating, 151 



Squash borer, i37;bug, 13 7 ; for winter 

 supply, 144; varieties of, 28; putting 

 in, 102; winter storing, 270 



Squills, 234 



Storing of vegetables, preparation of 

 place for, 275 



Strawberries, bed, making, main- 

 taining, 1 18; bed, new, care of, n8, 

 178; bed, new, location of, 180; bed, 

 plants for, 91; bed, renewing old, 

 179; bed, spring work with, 118; 

 bed, start of, gi; distances apart, 57; 

 fall fruiting, 118, 120; fall fruiting, 

 varieties of, 182; hill system of, 182; 

 matted row, 181; mulching, 182; 

 plants, 180; plants for new bed, 181; 

 soil for, 57,177; summer care of , 1 7 7 ; 

 up to frost, 92; varieties of, 58, 92 



Succession crops, 145; plantings, mak- 

 ing, 102 



Sucking insects, 135 



Summer house, constructing simple, 

 161 



Summer mulching for roses, 156; prun- 

 ing of roses, 156; work, 170 



Sun dial, 164 



Supports, for tomatoes and beans, 11; 

 making of, 12; plant, 87 



Sweet corn for succession, 146; com, 

 saving for use after frost, 271; peas, 

 time of planting, 75; potatoes, har- 

 vesting, 271 



Tall plants, protection, 306, 307 



Tankage, 53 



Teas, hybrid, 78; varieties of, 126 



Tender crops, putting in, 102; start- 

 ing, io5 



Tent caterpillar, 1 13 



Thinning out, 133 



Tobacco dust, 139 



Tomatoes, care of, 171; for succession, 

 147; general suggestions on plant- 

 ing, etc., 107; growing under glass, 

 279; putting in, 102; saving for use 

 after frost, 271; supports, 171; va- 

 rieties of, 28 



Tools, buying of, 12; care of, 4; chest, 

 advantages of, 12; depreciation of, 

 6, 7; garden, 3; garden, small, 20; 

 keeping sharp, 86; necessity for 

 good equipment, 6; outfit, garden, 

 ig; sharpening, 4; small, 19; small, 

 points about, 20; special, for dif- 

 ferent kinds of work, 7 



Top-dressing, 130 



Trained fruit, 297 



Training climbing roses, 157 



Transplanting, 67; celery plants, 184; 

 hardy perennial plants, 168; in 

 sumrher, 105; summer, 174; vege- 

 tables in dry weather, 142 



Trees, cavities in, 309; how to repair 

 old wounds and splits, 309, 3 10, 3 1 1 ; 

 protection of, 312 



Trellises, grape arbor, preparing of, 

 297; preservation of, 162; simple, 

 163 



