316 
Spinach, 291-292. 
garden 
Spirea, for lawn, 64 
Spring beauty, transplanting tubers, 
137-138 
Squash, 
garden 
Squash bug, 294 
Squash-vine borer, 204 
Stamens, 33 
Standard Bordeaux mixture, 205 
Star of Bethlehem, 126 
Stock, 94-95; colors, 94; culture, 
94; useful in many ways, 94 
Stomach poisons, to prepare, 203 
Strawberries, 194-196 ; cliseases, 196 ; 
renewing beds, 195; setting out, 
195-196 ; soil, 194: varieties, 104 
Sugar maple, 177, 17% 
Sulfur, 206 
Sunflower, 72,95; arrangement, 95; 
sowing seeds and culture, 95; varie- 
ties, 95 
Sunlight, 1 
Sweet alyssum, 31, 72, 96; adapted 
to borders, 96; cuttings, 96; sow- 
ing seeds, 96 
Sweet corn, 295-297.. See Vegetable 
garden 
Sweet peas, 96-99 ; culture, 98; cut- 
ting, 99; soil, 96; sowing, 96; 
supporting with brush, #8; sup- 
porting with wire netting, 98; 
valuable forcutting, 96; varieties, 96 
Sweet potato, 298-200, See Vege- 
table garden 
Sweet William, 72, 120 
Syringa alba grandiflora, 160 
Syringa Charles X, 160 
Syraya Louis van Houtte, 160 
Syringa Marie Legraye, 160 
Syringa President Grévy, 160 
Syringa vulgaris, 160 
See Vegetable 
292-294. See Vegetable 
Temperature, in school buildings, 3- 
4; ordinary, 3 
Testa, 211 
Testing seeds, 2138-214 
Thrips, 254, 263 
Tobacco dust, 205, 291, 294, 303 
Tomato, 299-302. Sce Vegetable 
garden 
Tomato borer, 302 
Tomato worm, 302 
SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 
Tools, garden, 197-199 
Transplanting seedlings, 
See Vegetable garden 
Trees, and shrubs, planting, 144—- 
146; for front yard, 64; for pro- 
tection from sun, 64; fruit, instead 
of shade trees, 64; varieties (cop- 
per beech, 64; Ginkgo, 64; horse- 
chestnut, 64; Japanese maple, 64; 
Norway maple,64; purplebeech, 64) 
Trillium, 130,135 ; reproduction, 135 
Trillium cernuum, 135 
Trowel, 197 
Trumpet vine, adapted to stone walls, 
168 ; support, 168 ; trumpet-shaped 
flowers, 168 
Tulips, 9-12, 13, 49-50, 57, 162; 
single, 9-10 
Turnips, 302-303. 
garden 
223-227. 
See Vegetable 
Veuetable garden (197-307) : 
asparagus, 803-305 ; bed may last 
twenty years, 303; culture, 304- 
305; growing roots from seeds, 
303-304 ; harvesting, 805; pests, 
305 ; soil, 303 ; transplanting, 304 
beans, 244-240; culture, 249; dis- 
eases, 249; pests, 249; planting, 
246-248 ; setting poles, 249; soil, 
244 
beets, 228, 249-251; culture, 251 ; 
diseases, 251; pests, 251; soil, 
250; sowing seeds, 250; storage, 
251; thinning, 250; transplant- 
ing, 250; varieties, 249-250 
Brussels sprouts, 251-252;  cul- 
ture, 252; diseases and pests, 
252; easily frozen when young, 
251; harvesting, 252; soil, 251; 
sowing seeds, 252 
cabbage, 252-255; diseases, 254 ; 
pests, 254-255; plants, 252-253 ; 
soil, 253; storage, 255; trans- 
planting, 253-254 
earrots, 255-257; cold frame, 257 ; 
culture, ; soil, 256; sowing 
seeds, 256-257; storage, 257; 
succession, 257; varieties, 255 
cauliflower, 257-259 ; culture, 258; 
diseases and pests, 259; harvest- 
ing, 259; protection from sun, 
258; soil, 258; starting plants, 
258 ; transplanting, 258 
