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Pulse crops, 241, 380. 

 Pumpkin, 242, 420; seeds, 124. 

 Pumps, 120, 203. 

 Purity of seeds, 143. 

 Purcilane, 241, 354. 



Quantity of seed required, 157. 

 Quick soil, 80, 85. 

 Quinn, book by, 259 

 Quiim, on soil, 82. 

 Quinn, quoted, 21. 



Radish, 240, 273; germination, 151; 



longevity of seeds, 139, 140; quantity 



of seed, 158. 

 Rakes, 112, 114. 

 Rane, on storage, 235. 

 Raphanus sativus, 240, 276. 

 Rawson, books by, 243, 259, 378. 

 Rawson, on soil, 82. 

 Rawson, on sterilizing soil, 202. 

 Rawson. quoted. 20, 29, 51. 

 Resting land, 94. 

 Rheum Rhapontieum, 242, 445. 

 Rhubarb, 242, 441; forcing, 69. 

 Roberts, on potato, 309. 

 Roberts, on seeds, 160. 

 Roberts, quoted, 41. 

 Roe, book by, 260. 

 Roessle, book by, 260, 378. 

 Rogueing, 166. 

 Rolfs, book by. 243, 260. 

 Rollers, 111. 

 Rolling, 119. 

 Root, book by, 260, 403. 

 Root crops, 240, 271. 

 Roots, storage, 226. 233. 

 Rosemary, 432. 

 Rotation, 93. 

 Round seeds, 125. 

 Rumex, species, 446. 

 Rutabaga. 240, 288. 



Sage, 432. 

 Sagot, quoted, 130. 

 Salad chervil, 369. 

 Salad crops, 241, 356. 



Salsify, 240, 291; black, 292; longevity 

 of seeds, 140; quantity of seed, 159; 

 Spanish, 293. 



Sash defined, 46. 



Savory, 432. 



Scarifiers, 112. 



Scarlet runner, 388. 



Schenck, book by, 260. 



Scolymus, 293. 



Scolymus Hispanicus, 293. 



Scorzonera, 240, 292. 



Scorzonera Hispaniea, 240, 292. 



Sea- kale, 242, 449. 



Seedage, account of, 122. 



Seed-bed, description of, 161. 



Seed control stations, 144, 



Seed-drills, 164. 



Seed farms, 15. 



Seed growing, 165. 



Seed sowing, 155. 



Seed testing, 143. 



Seeds, account of, 122; hotbeds, 61; 



price of, 159; where grown, 170. 

 Selecting seed plants, 166. 

 Shallot, 240, 315. 

 Shaw, on double-cropping, 185. 

 Shaw, quoted, 43. 

 Shinn, book by, 260. 

 Shovels, 114. 

 Sieva bean, 390. 

 Smith, I. C, quoted, 26. 

 Smith, J. M., on cabbage, 330. 

 Soap insecticides, 209, 210. 

 Soil, discussion of, 80. 

 Solanaceous crops, 241, 392. 

 Solanum coccineum, 406. 

 Solanum integrifolium, 406. 

 Solanum Melongena, 241, 406. 

 Solanum tuberosum, 240, 308. 

 Sorrel, edible, 242, 445. 

 Sorting, 216, 219. 

 Sowing in hotbeds, 61. 

 Sowing of seeds, 155. 

 Spade, 114. 

 Spanish salsify, 293. 

 Spearmint, 432. 



