INDEX 317 
Vegetable garden (197-307) : 
celery, 259-263; blanching in beds, 
262; blanching with boards, 260 ; 
blanching with draintiles, 262 ; 
cultivation, 260; diseases, 263 ; 
earthing, 261; pests, 263 ; plants, 
259; soil, 260; storage, 263; 
transplanting, 259-260; trench- 
ing, 261-262 ; varieties, 259 
cold frames, 207-208; construc- 
tion, 208 ; lean-to, 208 ; use, 207 
cucumbers, 263-266 ; cold frames, 
265 ; cultivation, 265 ; diseases, 
265; glass houses, 265; harvest- 
ing, 265; pests, 266; planting 
out of doors, 264; soil, 263; 
succession, 265 ; varieties, 263 
endive, 267; soil, 267; sowing 
seeds, 267 ; storage; 267 
fertilizers, 199-202; leaf mold, 
200-201; liquid manure, 201- 
202; mixed, 199-200; nitrate of 
soda, 199; rotted sod, 201 : 
germination of seeds, 211-219; air 
and moisture, 215-216; bean, 
216-217; castor bean, 217-218 ; 
conditions, 214; grain of corn, 
218-219; kinds of seeds, 212; 
parts of seeds, 211; resting 
period, 213; seed board, 212- 
218; testing seeds, 213-214; 
vitality, 213 ; warmth, 214-215 
horse-radish, 267-268 ; harvesting, 
268 ; how to obtain plants, 267- 
268 ; planting, 268 ; soil, 268 
hotbeds, 209-210; banking, 210; 
care, 210; permanent, 209; pits, 
210; temporary, 209; watering,210 
how to destroy insects, 202; biting 
insects, 202 ; sucking insects, 202 
how to prepare contact insecticides, 
204-205; carbolic acid emulsion, 
204; kerosene and milk emul- 
sion, 204; kerosene emulsion, 
204; lime-sulfur, 204-205 ; soap 
solution, 204; tobacco dust, 205; 
whale-oil soap, 204 
how to prepare stomach poisons, 
208; hellebore, 203; lead arse- 
nate, 203; Paris green, 203; 
poisoned bait, 203 
kale, or borecole, 268-269 ; care, 
268-269 ; more hardy than cab- 
bage, 268 
kohl-rabi, 269; harvesting, 269; 
sowing seeds, 269 
lettuce, 270-272 ; companion crop, 
272; culture, 271; head, 270- 
271; head, transplanting, 271; 
leaf, 271; pests, 272; soil, 271 
melons, 272-278 ; cold frame, 272 ; 
culture, 272; diseases and pests, 
273 ; mulch, 272 ; soil, 272 
mustard, 273; care, 273; seeds 
used for flavoring, 278 
onions, 273-276 ; cold frame, 275 ; 
culture, 275 ; diseases, 275-276 ; 
harvesting, 275; how to grow 
sets, 274; perennial, 274; pests, 
276; planting sets, 274; propa- 
gation, 273-274; soil, 274; sow- 
ing seeds, 274 ; varieties, 273 
parsley, 277-278 ; cold frame, 278 ; 
soil, 277; sowing seeds, 277; 
window boxes, 278 
parsnips, 278-279; culture, 279 ; 
fresh seeds necessary, 279; 
long-season crop, 278; pests, 
279; soil, 278; sowing seeds, 278 
peas, 279-282; culture, 280; dis- 
eases, 281; pests, 282; planting, 
280; soil, 280; support, 281; time 
of planting, 279; varieties, 279 
peppers, 282-283; culture, 283 ; 
diseases, 283; growing plants in 
boxes, 282; grown from seeds 
or transplanted, 282; harvesting, 
283 ; soil, 282; sowing seeds in 
the garden, 283 ; supports, 283 ; 
used for ‘‘ mangoes,’ 282 
plan of home garden, 228-235 ; 
companion crops, 232; making 
plan, 232; perennials, 230; 
planting plan of large garden, 
233; planting plan of small gar- 
den, 229; planting table, 232, 
234, 285; rows, 228; space re- 
quired by vegetables, 228 ; suc- 
cession of crops, 230-232; three 
crops, 232 
plan of school garden, 235-237 ; 
diagram, 236; photographs, 237; 
size and division, 235 
plant diseases, 205-206 ; Bordeaux 
mixture (different formulas, 205- 
206; and insecticide, 206) ; for- 
malin, 206; fungi, 205; potas- 
sium sulfide, 206 ; sulfur, 206 
