INDEX 
Addams, Jane, 23 
Agricultural Department, 209 
Agricultural League, 204 
Agriculture, advance in, 26 ; in 
America, 196, 208 ff. ; in Europe, 
201 ff. ; new, 212 ff. 
Allston garden, 187 
Arbor, 155 
Back yards, 1 56 f. 
Bacon, Sir Francis, 67 
Barometer, 1 50 
Beans, raising of, 113 f. 
Bees, 147 ff. 
Beets, raising of, 114 f. 
Benefactors of the garden, 135 ff.; 
ladybird, 135 f. ; tiger beetle, 136; 
ichneumon fly, 136 f.; dragon 
flies, 137 ; toads, 137 ; earthworm, 
138 ff. ; birds, 140 f. 
" Better-Farming Specials,” 210 
Bird fountains, 145 ff. 
Bird houses, 144 f. 
Birds, 140 f.; protection for, 142 ff. 
Blight, 130 
Books and pamphlets, 215 f. 
Bordeaux mixture, 130 
Briggs, Le Baron, 37 
Brooks, John Graham, 202, 204, 205 
Bulbs, 96 ff., 180, 182 
Cabbage, raising of, 115 ff. 
Calendar, school-garden, 180 ff. 
Cannas, 97 
Carlyle, Thomas, i 
Carrots, raising of, 117 f. 
Caterpillar, giant green, 125; cab- 
bage, 132 f. 
Cauliflower, 117 
Children, as producers, 2 ff. 
Children’s Farm, New York City, 
76, 186 
Cleveland, Ohio, 186 
Clubs, agricultural, 231 f. 
Cold frame, 65, 93 ff. 
Competition, 37, 38 
Composition, correlated with gar- 
dening, 160 f., 166 f. 
Compost heap, 59 f. 
Cooperation, 17 ; as a test of effi- 
ciency, 24 ; as a developer of in- 
itiative, 25 f., 35 ; in the school, 30, 
31, 38 ff. ; value of, in employees, 
33 ; with the community, 34 ; lack 
of, in schools, 36 f. ; example 
of, 53 ; in gardening, 69 f., 194 ; 
against pests, 13 1, 209 ; moral and 
social value of, 205 ; natural to 
man, 208 ; training children in, 213 
Cooperative agriculture in Europe, 
203 ff. 
Cooperative dairies, 204 
Cooperative mills, 204 
Cooperative organization, 210 
Corn, 183 
Covers, glass, 92 If. 
Crocuses, 97 
Crops, catch, 85 ; cover, 85 ; care of, 
at early stage, 100 
Cultivation, loi f. 
Daffodils, 97 
Dahlias, 97 
Darwin, Charles R., 138, 178 
Dragon flies, 137 
Drawing, correlated with gardening, 
170 
Drills, 91 
Dust Ijlanket, loi 
Earthworm, 138 ff. 
Eliot, Charles W., 45 
Elm trees, 48 
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 128 
Exhibits, vegetable, 34, 183 
Experiments, 224 ff. 
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