352 
Diseases of plants, Chapter XVIII, 
286, 289%, 294*, 300%, 301*, 302°, 
303*, 307%, 308°. 
Drainage, 80, 81, 82, 83*. 
Dust mulch, 104, 200, 201. 
Eggplant, 99, 153, 155, 160, 175, 189, 
195, 274*, 275; diseases of, 292; 
insects of, 322. 
Elements needed by plants, 51. 
Embryo, 114, 118, 137, 165. 
Endive, 100, 138, 241, 346; French, 
341, 3453 storage of, 341, 345. 
Fat, 47, 50. 
Fertilization, 117. 
Fertilizers, 52, 66, 67, 73, 74. See 
also Manure. 
Flats, 175, 176*, 186*, 187*, 188*, 189%, 
190". ; 
Flowers, of bean, 115*; of corn, 120* ; 
of pumpkin, 121*; parts of, 114, 
TES *, 
Follow crops, 99*, 100. 
Food, for plants, 29, 31*; kinds of, 46; 
manufacture of, 42, 46, 47, 48*, 40, 
50, 51, 53, 55; storage in plants, 46. 
Food materials, raw, 31*, 46, 51. 
Forcers, 147*. 
Fork, spading, 103, 104*, 108*. 
Frosts, 147, 148, 149, 155, 157, 160, 
161*, 162; charts for dates of, 158*, 
r59*. 
Fruit, 118*; plants grown for, Chapter 
XVI. 
Fumigation of seed, 136. 
Fungi, 287, 288. 
Fungicides, 295, 306. 
Garden, care of, Chapter XIII; plans 
for, 90, 91*, 92*, 94, 95, 101, 102; 
planting the, Chapter XII; types 
of school, 5*, 6*, 11*, 12*; school- 
supervised home, 7*, 8, 9. 
Garlic, 150, 230. 
Germination of pollen, 116*, 117*, 141. 
Germination of seed, 137, 138, 165, 
166*, 167, 172, 173, 174, 197, 198, 
219; test for, 138*, 1309. 
Growing season, 154*, 155, 156*. 
Index 
Growth, 36, 38*, 30, 40, 45. 
Hardening plants, 190. 
Hellebore, white, 316, 317. 
Hoes, 105*, 106*, 107; wheel, 93, 105%, 
106, 107. 
Horse-radish, 221. 
Hotbed, 180*, 181*, 182*, 183*, 184%, 
185, 189, 346. 
Humus, 56, 57, 60, 72. 
Hybrids, 119, 122*, 123%, 124. 
Hydrogen, 51. 
Insects, Chapter XIX; beneficial, 334; 
fumigation of seeds for, 136; inju- 
rious, 14*, 312*, 318%, 310%, 325%, 
326*, 330%, 331*, 332*; poisons for, 
315, 316, 317, 321. See also refer- 
ences to insects under Spraying. 
Tron, 51. 
Irrigation, 85, 174*, 206*, 207*, 208*, 
209. 
Kale, 100, 120, 137, 152, 249. 
Kerosene emulsion, 322, 324. 
Kohl-rabi, 13, 120, 133, 137, 149, 189, 
283. 
Leaves, crops grown for, Chapter XV, 
225*, 226%, 227%, 233%, 234*, 237%, 
239*; structure of, 28, 31, 48*, 53; 
work of, 29, 31*, 34%, 48*, 53. 
Leek, 150, 232. 
Lettuce, 12, 42, 99, 100%, 112, 132, 150, 
ISI, 155, 160, 170, £75, 189, 193, 104, 
346; head, 149, 252*, 253*; leaf, 
148, 254*. 
Light, use to plants, 28, 47, 48, 49, 53- 
Lime, 60, 62, 64*, 68, 69%, 70*, 84, 86, 
290; in Bordeaux mixture, 295. 
Line for planting, 104, 105. 
Loam soil, 61. 
Magnesium, 51. 
Manure, 52, 62*, 63, 67, 84; composi- 
tion of, 63; poultry, 63, 64, 65. 
Melons, 132, 133, 152, 155, 167, 267; 
diseases of, 292; insects of, 322; 
musk, 119, 138, 267, 268*; water, 
138, 267, 268. 
