INDEX 



349 



Embryo, 38 



Equilibrium of plant, 148 

 disturbance of, 148 



Fall plowing, 72 



preparation of plants, 173 

 Farm garden, 21 

 Fertilizers, 23 

 Fire blight on apple, 249 



on pear, 259 

 Firming board, 49 

 Flea beetle, 233 

 Fly speck, 248 

 Formalin, formula of, 144 

 Fumigation, 144 

 Fungicides, 143 

 Fungous disease, 119 

 Fruit worm, 205 



G 



Garden plans, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35 



soil, preparation of, 23 

 Geneva seed tester, 46 

 Germinating cup, 46 

 Germination, 38 



internal conditions affecting, 42 



oxygen necessary for, 40 



processes of, 42 



temperature necessary for, 41 



water necessary for, 38 

 Germinative energy of seed, 44 

 Gooseberry, 21, 22 



classes of, 197 



pruning of, 200 

 Grades, standardized, 166 

 Grafting, 95, 99 



bark, 106 



bridge, 107 



cleft, 105, 106 



purpose and value of, 100 



saddle, 104 



splice, 102 



tongue, 102 



use of, 100 



waxes, formulas for, 110, 111 

 Grape, 21, 22 



cultivation of, 225 



diseases of, 230 



fruit, 299 



Grape, harvesting and packing of, 

 228 



insects of, 232 



planting of, 224 



propagation of, 220 



pruning of, 225 



soil for, 223 



training of, 226 



varieties of, 229 

 Grapeberry moth, 234 

 Greenwood cutting, 90, 91 

 Gum diseases of citrus fruits, 308 

 Gummosis on plum, 292 



H 



Hand atomizer, 129 

 Hardwood cuttings, 92 



storing and handling of, 92 

 Harvesting, 159 



of apples, 244 



of brambles, 216 



of cherry, 272 



of citrus fruits, 304 



of grapes, 228 



of pears, 258 



of plum, 291 



of strawberry, 188 

 Hellebore, formula for, 138 

 Herbaceous plants, winter care of, 



174 

 Hill system, 184 

 Horse cultivator, 76 

 Horseradish, 21, 22 

 Hot-bed, 35, 55 



advantages of, 55 



cross- section of, 58 



frame, 57 



location of, 56 



pit, 56 



depth of, 57 



plan, 61 



sash, 59 

 How to remove large branches, 152 



Implements of cultivation, 76 



Insecticides, 137-141, 143 



Insects, biting, boring, sucking, 113 

 control measures of, 115 



Internal conditions affecting ger- 

 mination, 42 



