CONTENTS 
CHAPTER 
OBJECTIVES AND METHODS . 
REASONS FOR LEARNING GARDENING 
How Ptants Live 
How Prants Grow 
THE Foop oF PLants 
THE SoIL oF THE GARDEN 
WATER AND THE PLANT 
PLANNING THE GARDEN 
TOOLS FOR THE GARDEN 
SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN 
THE TIME FOR PLANTING 
How to Grow PLANTS FROM SEEDS 
THE CarE OF GROWING CROPS 
Root Crops AND How To Grow THEM 
Crops GROWN FOR THEIR LEAVES 
GARDEN Crops GROWN FoR THEIR FRUITS 
GARDEN PLANTS GROWN FOR THEIR STEMS 
DISEASES OF PLANTS 
INSECTS IN THE GARDEN 
Home STORAGE OF VEGETABLES - 
APPENDIX: TABLES OF PLANTING DATES 
INDEX . 3 F é 
XV 
103 
I12 
146 
165 
199 
211 
225 
258 
277 
286 
311 
339 
348 
355 
