INDEX. 



151 



remedy for canker in, 58 ; results 

 of surface manuring on (iUustrated), 

 106 



Peas, a good system of growing, 31, 

 32 ; a selection of varieties, 110, 111 ; 

 . a simple box for raising [ilhistrated), 

 109 ; fighting the enemies of, 58 ; 

 increasing the size of the pods, 110 ; 

 manurial treatment of, 30 ; protectors 

 for {illustrated), 59; raising in pots 

 and boxes [iUust rated), 108; substi- 

 tutes for sticks {illustrated)^ 110. 

 Ill ; time and manner of sowing, 

 109 



Planting and sowing table, 42 



Plot, an expeiimental {illustrated), 25 ; 

 how to crop a J acre, 1 1 ; how to 

 crop a 1 acre with fruit and vege- 

 tables {illustrated), 12 



Potatoes, a bad set {illustrated), 113 ; 

 a good artificial manure for, 33 ; a 

 good set {illustrated), 112 ; a hoe for 

 {illustrated), 117 ; a plough for 

 {illustrated), 116 ; a selection of 

 varieties, 120-124; blight and its 

 cui'e, 62 ; curl in the leaf, 62; grow- 

 ing early in pots {illustrated), 115- 

 Ideal {illustrated), 119 ; Lord Tenny- 

 son {illustrated), 121; Peerless Eose 

 {illustrated), 124; Pink Perfection 

 {illustrated), 120 ; prepaiing seed, 

 114; Pride of Tonbridge {illus- 

 trated), 121; Eoyal Sovereign {illus- 

 trated), 123 ; Royal Standard {illus- 

 trated), 123 ; Satisfaction {illus- 

 trated), 119; sc^ib {illustrated), 63; 

 Sensation {illustrated), 118 ; size of 

 seed, 114; Special {ilhistrated), 122; 

 the diseases of {illustrated), 60. 61 ; 

 time and depth of planting, 116; 

 Twitch in {illustrated), 64 ; what is 

 a good crop of? 117; Up-to-Date 

 {illustrated), 125 



Ptotector, a cross {illustroied), 59 



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Eadish, seed sowing, 144 ; varieties of, 

 144 



Eake, a good drill {illustrated), 45 

 Eampion, 144 



Ehubarb, a good forcing stool (JAlus- 

 trated), 127 ; a good planting crown 

 {illustrated), 127 ; forcing in a jar 

 of water {illustrated), 129 ; raising 

 from seed, 128; the advantages of 

 feeding, 126 ; varieties of, 128 



Eoots, storing {illustrated), 71 ; the 

 best way of storing, 70 ; the right 

 way of lifting {illustrated), 69 ; the 

 wrong fway of lifting {illustrated) ^ 

 68 ; when to Hft, 70 



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Salsify, 140 ; disease, 65 

 Savoys, varieities of, 86 

 Scarer, a bird {illustrated) 41 

 Scorzonera, 140 



Seakale, canker in, 131 ; raising {illus- 

 trated), 130 ; sowing seeds, 128 ; 

 various ways of forcing, 128-130 



Seed, peculiarities of, 38 ; pockets, 

 how to make (illustrated), 39 ; 

 quantities required, 46 ; sowing, the 

 proper time for, 41, 42 ; store, a 

 handy {ilhistrated), 40 ; store, a 

 matchbox {illustrated), 41 ; the ad- 

 vantage of new, 32 



Shallots, 140 



Slug scissors, how to make {illustrated , 

 45 



Soil, how to dig heavy and li^hiiilhis- 

 trated)^ 20 ; the value of digging 

 and deepening, 18 ; various methods 

 of tilling, 18 



Sowing and planting table, 42 



Spiuach, 140 ; sowing and thinning 

 {illustrated), 143 



Sulphate, of ammonia, price and uses 

 of, 36 ; of potash, price of, 36 



T 



. Table, a distance and time of matur- 

 ing, 44 ; a sowing and planting, 42 ; 

 oi seed quantities required, 46 



Thrips, to kee]3 from Peas, 60 



Tomatoes, excessive defoliation of, 

 132 ; how to raise seedlings {illus- 

 trated), 133; mistakes with, 131; 

 repotting for fruiting in pots {illc.s- 

 trated), 134 ; seed sowing and rais- 

 ing, 132 : sleepy disease of, 65 ; the 

 diseases of, 65 ; the manure question 

 in regard to, 34 ; varieties of, 136 ; 

 various ways of top-dressing {illus- 

 trated), 135 



Trenching, the best tool for, 20 ; the 

 correct method of, 20-22; when 

 best performed, 20 



Turnips, gall Aveevil on {illustrated), 

 67 ; the flea beetle, 65 ; varieties of, 

 137 ; when to sow 136 



