354 
outdoor beds for, 194, r95*; plant- 
ing of, 146, 169, 170*, 171*, 172, 174*, 
178, 179, 194, 195*; producing, 128%, 
129,132; storage of, 135; treatment 
for diseases, 136, 137, 306; treat- 
ment for insects, 136; viability of, 
137. 
Sepals, 114. 
Shallot, 2209. 
Short-period crops, 99. 
Sieves for soil, 176, 177*. 
Soil, Chapter VI; clay, 58*, 60%, 61; 
fertility of, 62; formation of, 56; for 
flats, 176; granules of, 57; loam, 61; 
particles of, 55, 56, 57; physical 
condition of, 55, 56, 57*, 58, 50; 
water in, 55, 80. 
Sorrel, garden, 227. 
Spade, 103. 
Spading, 58*, 59, 60, 103, 108*, 154; 
fork for, 103, 104*, 108*. 
Spinach, 99, 100, 138, 150, 254. 
Spinach, New Zealand, 135, 151, 152, 
240*, 256. 
Sports, 119, 127. 
Spraying, 295, 297%, 316, 320, 321, 323, 
324. 
Squash, diseases of, 292; Hubbard, 
113*, 134, 138, 152, 155, 189, 266; 
insects of, 322, 324, 325, 330*, 331%, 
332*; storage of, 341, 346; summer, 
I21*, 122, 123*, 134, 138, 152, 189, 
265, 266. 
Stamen, 115*. 
Starch, 46, 49, 50, 53. 
Stems, 26, 28, 30, 31*, 33, 277; plants 
grown for, Chapter XVII. 
Storage of vegetables, Chapter XX, 
4, 256, 339, 340*, 343%, 344%, 3457. 
Succession crops, 98, 99, 101*, 270. 
Successive crops, 96, 98*. 
Sugar, 28, 46, 47, 48, 40. 
Sulfur, 50, sz. 
Swiss chard, 12, 70, 151, 225, 239%, 
256. 
Index 
Tankage, 66, 67. 
Teaching of gardening, Chapter I; 
aims of, 2; 3, 4, 10, 11*, 
Thinning crops, 204*, 205*, 210, 212. 
Temperature requirements of plants, 
146. 
Tomato, 13, 19, 112", 119, 124*, 125°, 
126*, 132, 133, 134*, 137, 142, 143, 
153, 155, 160, 175, 179, 189, 190, 
192*, 195, 272%, 273; diseases of, 
292, 298, 290; insects of, 322, 334- 
Tools, Chapter IX, 103, 104*, 105%, 
vo6*, to7*, 168%, 166*, 110, 111; 
202; care of, 106*, 107*; proper 
use of, 108*, 109*, I10. 
Transpiration, 30, 34, 75. 
Transplanting, 79, 175, 186, 187%, 188*, 
189*, 190, 191, 192*, 193*, 194%, 
198, 236, 243. 
Turnip, 19, 99, 133, 138, 150, 151, 160, 
211, 215, 289; storage of, 341. 
Varieties, developing new, 119, 122*, 
123*; how kept true to. type, 127; 
resistant to disease, 248, 307*, 308*; 
standard, 08, 137. 
Viability of seeds, 137. 
Vine crops, 265. 
Vitamines, 19, 21*, 47. 
Warm-season crops, 147, 148, 152, 153. 
Water, capillary, 70, 81*, 82, 84, 86; 
88*; conserving, 85-200; free, 80; 
in plants, Chapter VII, 29, 42, 75, 78, 
79; in soil, 79, 80, 85; movement 
in soil, 84, 85; for germination of 
seeds, 165, 167. 
Watering. Sée Irrigation. 
Weather, 154. 
Weeding, 203, 210. 
Weeds, 24, 44, 52. 
Wilt of vine crops, 291. 
Wilting, 78*, 192*. 
Witloof chicory, 242. 
Zones, planting, 97, 157, 158*, 159”. 
