INDEX 



A PAGE 



Ammonia 52 



Angleworms 62 



Anise 145 



Annual flowers 162-165 



Anthracnose 140, 176 



Ants 62 



Arsenical poisons 56, 57 



Artichoke 141 



Ashes, hardwood. .43, 52, 65 



Asparagus 65-70 



B 



Bagging grapes 180 



Balm 145 



Bean 120, 123 



Bees 63 



Beet . . . . 95, 96, 100 



Beetles. (See Asparagus, etc.) 

 Bellows for powder... 59, 60 



Berries 167-178 



Birds 63, 180 



Bisulphide of carbon.... 62 



Blackberry 173, 177 



Blackcaps 174 



Blanching. (See Aspara- 

 gus, Celery, etc.) 

 Blight. (See Potato, etc.) 

 Blossoms, never spray... 62 

 Blossoms, pollination of, 



63, 168 



Blossoms, removing, 



132, 167, 169 



Bone meal 43, 45 



Bordeaux mixture 55, 56 



Borecole 117 



Borers 125, 132, 178 



Broadcasting. .26, 43, 44, 47 



Broccoli 117 



Brushing 84, 164 



Brussels sprouts 117 



Bugs. (See Insects.) 



Buhach 59 



Buncher, asparagus 67 



Bursting, cabbage 112 



c 



Cabbage 111-116 



Cane-borer 176 



Cantaloupe 130 



Caraway 145 



Carbolic-acid emulsion... 58 

 Carbon, bisulphide of.... 62 



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Cardoon 147 



Carrot 96, 97 



Catch crops 44 



Caterpillars 110 



Catnip 145 



Cauliflower 116 



Celeriac 141, 142 



Celery 1 05-1 10 



Cellars 92, 93 



Chard 142 



Chervil 147 



Chickens 62, 81, 90 



Chicory 147 



Chives 147 



Citron 131 



Climbing flowering vines. 161 



Cloth for frames 32 



Clover 44, 45, 88 



Club-root 115, 116 



Coldframes.2o, 21, 23, 40, 128 



Collards iii 



Compost 26, 30, 47 



Copper, sulphate of... 55, 56 



Coriander 145 



Corn 119, 120 



Corn salad 142 



Cover crops 44 



Cress 142, 143 



Crown-borer 172 



Crows 63 



Cucumber i-7-i33 



Culls 77 



Cultivation. .34, 35, 36, 47-54 

 Cultivators ...49, 50, 51, 54 



Currant 177, 178 



Cuttings 124, 177 



Cutworms 115 



D 



"Damping off" 23, 105 



Depth to plant. 26, 35, 36, 40 



Dibbers 35, 36 



Digging 92, 100, i2j 



Dill 145 



Dirt-bands ^ ....31, 32 



Diseases. (See Onion, etc.) 



Distances apart 34 



Drag, plank 17 



Drainage 11 



Drills, in soil 37 



Drills, machine ....... 37, 53 



Drought 48 



