150 



INDEX. 



Digging, two ways of {illustrated)^ 19 

 Distance table, a, 44 

 Drill maker, a three-pronged {illus- 

 trated), 43 



E 



Endive, 142 ; blanching, 144 ; varie- 

 ties of, 144 



Exhibiting, a simple system of judging, 

 146 ; good points in vegetables, 147, 

 148 ; hints on, 146 



E 



Fertilisers, a valuable mixture of, 37 ; 

 nitrogenous, 35 ; notes on chemical, 

 35 ; phosphatic, 36 ; potassic, 36 



Elies, white and other, to get rid of, 54 



Fork, hay, a transformed (?7/2^5^r«^^6?), 

 43 ; manure, as a drill maker {illus- 

 trated), 43 



Furnace, a brick, for burning garden 

 rubbish {illustrated) ^ 47 



G 



Gall Weevil, the, means of riddance 

 for, 54 



Garden, a kitchen, and the wonders 



it works, 7 

 Garlic, 139 



Gom-ds and Pumpkins, 139 



Greens, general manures for, 28 ; 

 winter, 81 ; how to plant {illus- 

 trated), 83 



Ground, how to dig sloping {illustrat- 

 ed), 21 ; how to lay out a 20-rpd plot 

 of {illustrated), 9 ; how to layout 

 a plot of J acre {illustrated), 10 ; 

 ^how much can a man manage ? 14 ; 

 the amount of required for supply- 

 ing various sized families, 14 ; what 

 can be grown on 20 square rods of, 

 11, 13 



H 



Herbs, general culture of, 145 ; varie- 

 ties of, 145 



Horseradish, a root of {illustrated), 

 (jC) ; how to propagate {illustrated), 

 141 



Hotbod, a trench {illustrated), 51 ; a 

 very simple {illustrated), 50 ; for a 



double light frame {illustrated), 49 ; 

 for a single light frame {illustrated), 

 48 



I 



Intercropping, examples of, 17 



K 



Kainit, price of, 36 

 Kohl Rabi, 140 



L 



Ladle, a liquid manure {illustrated), 31 

 Leeks, seed sowing and planting, 100 ; 



varieties of, 100 

 Lettuce, seed sowing, 144 ; varieties 



of, 144 



M 



Maize or Indian Corn, 140 



Manure, liquid, a cask for making 

 {illustrated), 29 ; the best for various 

 groups of vegetables, 25, 26; the 

 best position for, 19 ; the excessive 

 use of, 24 ; water, an easy way of 

 making {illustrated), 27 



Manui'ing, errors in, 23 



Mint disease {illustrated), 57 



Muriate of potash, price and uses of, 36 



Mushrooms, general treatment of, 102 ; 

 making beds for, 101 ; spawning 

 beds, 101 



N 



Nitrate of potash, price of, 36 

 Nitrate of soda, uses of and price, 36 



O 



Onions, a manurial mixture for grow- 

 ing, 30 ; choice of variety, 102 ; 

 general culture of, 104 ; how to 

 grow large {illustrated), 103; the 

 Cocoanut {illustrated), 105 ; to 

 (;lieck mould and fly upon, 58 



P 



Parsnips, canker in caused by manure, 

 3M ; growing prize {illustrated), 107 ; 



