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GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING 



Farm, model, 27 



Farmer, average, 199 ff., 206 f. 



Farming, intensive, 131, 197 f. 



Fertilizers, 56 f., 230 



Freesias, 97, 181 



Fungous diseases, 84 f., 114, I29f. 



Garden, social value of a, 11 ff . ; an 

 English, 158 



Garden line, 63 f. 



Gardening, place of, in school pro- 

 gram, 15, 163 f. ; influence of, in 

 schoolroom, 16; necessity of or- 

 ganization in, 16; as a means of 

 livelihood, 34 ; correlated with 

 other subjects, 63,88, i63ff.,i72 ff.; 

 suitable dress for, 81 ; practical 

 issues in, 161 f; appeal of, i62f. 



Gardens, school ; see School gardens 



Geography, correlated with garden- 

 ing, i6Sf. 



Gilder, Richard Watson, I54f. 



Gladioli, 97 



Gladstone, William E., 60 



Group work, 38 ff. 



Herbs, 126, 219 

 Hodge, Clifton F., 141 

 Hotbed, 95 f. 

 Hyacinths, 97 



Ichneumon fly, 136 f. 



Initiative, 72 ff. 



Insect pests, 84 f., 116, 130 ff., 209; 

 potato beetle, 131 ; squash bug, 

 131 ; cabbage caterpillar, 132 ; hi- 

 bernation of, 133 f., 136; corn 

 worm, 134; cucumber beetle, 134; 

 cutworm, 134; rose beetle, 134; 

 tomato worm, 134; aphids, 135 



Iowa experiment station, 54 



Irrigation, 104 ff. 



James, William, 212 



Kropotkin, 203, 207 



Labeling, 92, 181 

 Ladybird, 135 f. 

 Leguminous plants, 58, 85 

 Lettuce, raising of, 118 ff. 



Lima beans, planting, 91 

 Lists for garden, 2 1 6 ff . 

 Loam, 55 



Manuring, green, 85 

 Market garden, visit to a, 68 f. 

 Marthas Vineyard, 105 

 Mathematics, correlated with gar- 

 dening, 63, 88, 164 f. 

 Mellaerts, Abbe, 203 

 Methods of teaching, modern, 176 ff. 

 Mulch, 104 



Natural history, correlated with 



gardening, 172 ff. 

 Nitrate of soda, 121, 122, 123, 124 

 Nitrogen, 58, 83 



Onions, raising of, i2of. 

 Orchard, miniature, logf. 

 Order, 6 



Parsley, raising of, 121 f. 



Pergola, 155 



Perils, national, 209 



Phosphoric acid, 58 



Planting, 30, 82 ff., 180 ff. ; economy 



in, 83 ff. ; devices in, 86; depth of, 



89 f. ; indoor, 92 f . 

 Planting box, 90 

 Planting table, 220 ff. 

 Playgrounds, combined with garden, 



48 f. 

 Poison, 116, 131 

 Potash, 58, 83 

 Potatoes, 84!, 130, 182 

 Poultry, 149 

 Powell, George T., 140 

 " Pricking out," 94 

 Proteids, 83 



Radishes, raising of, 122 f. 

 Rain gauge, 1 50 



Rice, experiment in raising, 73 f. 

 Rice School, 59, 80, 170, 195, 



231 

 Root, club, 116 

 Root crops, 83 

 Root maggot, 121, 122 

 Roots, 100 

 Rot, black, 116 



