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10. "Du Culte des Dieux Fetiches," p. 169. 11. "Primitive Belief," pp. 332-3. 12. Fergusson...




Accessories

The following list of implements and materials is suggestive rather than imperative. While all...



An Arch

A very simple thing sometimes will look the most attractive. By driving two limber poles into th...



Aquatics Water Lilies

The native Water Lilies that abound in many of our lakes, ponds, and rivers, are more or less ...




Artificial Fertilizers

This question is frequently asked! Do you recommend the use of artificial fertilizers for house ...




Bedding Plants

Most of the plants used for flower gardens and lawn beds come under the three following classes:...


Bloom

When watering plants avoid wetting the foliage as much as possible, as they will not bloom as fr...


Botanical Names

All species of plants belong to some particular genus, and bear a botanical, as well as a common...


Budding

Budding as an art is simple, useful, and easily acquired by any one with a little practice. Mo...


Bulbous Bedding Plants

The bulbous plants are started directly in pots, or in flats and transferred to pots, as describ...


Bulbs

Bulbs furnish one of the most satisfactory classes of winter-blooming house plants, especially...


Burning Lime

Methods of Burning. Limestone contains the calcium and magnesium that must be the chief source...


Cacti

Personally I am not an enthusiast over cacti. While a cactus in bloom is a marvelous sight, so...


Cactuses

For singularity and grotesqueness of form, as well as for the exceptional conditions under whi...



Carpet-bedding

Carpet-Bedding is not the most artistic phase of gardening, by any means, but it has a great a...


Carpet-bedding

Carpet-Bedding is not the most artistic phase of gardening, by any means, but it has a great a...


Chrysanthemums

These are propagated by cuttings, which root very easily. I would suggest, however, dipping them...


Cultivation

If weeds are expected, pass a light harrow over the rows just before the vines are ready to burs...


Cut And Uncut Seed

Many growers argue that potatoes should be planted whole. The only plausible theory in support o...


Cutting Grass

It is so easy to mow the lawn with the light-running modern lawn-mower, that many fine lawns are...


Definitions

Technical Terms. The practical man uses a great number of technical terms in his own field of ...


Digging And Storing

Is full half the labor of growing and securing a crop of potatoes. Digging is a long, laborious ...



Diseases

There are but two plant diseases likely to attack plants in the house: fungus and mildew. The fi...


Double Varieties

Madam Ballet, pure white; Jewel, dark crimson; Asa Gray, salmon, very free bloomer; Madam Lemoin...


Evidences Of Acidity

Character of Vegetation. The character of the original forests is determined much by the lime-...


Fall Or Holland Bulbs

That class of bulbs known as Fall, or Holland Bulbs, includes Hyacinths, Crocuses, Jonquils, T...




Ferns

Ferns, although there are not many varieties of them available for culture indoors, are probab...


Ferns

Many of the decorative ferns may also be grown to perfection in the small house, at a moderate t...


Fertilizers

There are many brands of mixed fertilizers prepared specially for use in the greenhouse or on pl...




Flowering Plants

The very important question--"What plants shall be grown in the house?"--must be left for the ...


Flowers

There are a number of greenhouse crops which are easily within the reach of the amateur who ha...


Foliage Plants

The foliage plants depend very largely for their beauty upon making a rapid, unchecked growth ...


For Handling Plants

In addition to the above there are a number of other devices often convenient to use. Bracket...


For Mixing Soil

Spade. A good long-bladed sharp instrument should be procured, for use both in taking up plants ...



Fresh Burned Lime

An Old Practice. The beneficial effect of caustic lime on land is mentioned in some ancient wr...


Frozen Plants

Tender plants that have become frozen, or but slightly touched by frost, can be saved, if taken ...






Grafting

Grafting is a simple art, that both old and young should become acquainted with and be able to...


Ground Limestone

Variation in Quality. Limestones vary widely in purity. They were formed under water, and clay...


Hanging Baskets

Hanging Baskets for plants are made of different materials, and in a great variety of forms. S...




How To Cross Varieties

In order to comprehend fully the principles of this subject, and their application to practical ...


How To Make A Rockery

Having selected a site in a partly shaded spot, we will then proceed to form a mound of earth wh...






Insects Upon Plants

The little green insects so frequently seen on house-plants, are called aphis (plural aphides), ...



Its Opportunities

It cannot be said that America has yet reached the gardening age. There is no doubt, however, ...




Lawn Vases

The earth in vases of plants that stand out in exposed places, will rapidly dry out; if shells o...


Layering

Layering is a simple method by which plants may be multiplied. Moss Roses, nearly all kinds of...


Light

In the first place, almost all plants, whether they flower or not, must have an abundance of lig...


Lilies

The Rose, like the Lily, is a general favorite. It has more than once disputed the claim of it...


Lilies

The Rose, like the Lily, is a general favorite. It has more than once disputed the claim of it...


Lime Hydrate

Slaking Lime. The usual means of reducing fresh burned stone lime to a condition that makes ev...


Location

This is the most important matter relating to a good lawn. In selecting a site upon which to bui...


Magnesian Lime

Magnesium. As an element of plant food, magnesium is as essential as calcium. It leaches out o...



Management

Experience only can teach the beginner just how to manage his vegetables and plants in this ne...



Manures

Manure of some sort is essential to the growing of plants in pots or boxes, both because of the ...


Methods Of Application

A Controlling Principle. The chief purpose of liming land is to provide a base with which acid...


Methods Of Heating

In the foregoing chapter on homemade greenhouses very brief reference was made to the various ...


Mildew

Mildew is a microscopic fungus, that is parasitic upon cultivated plants. Roses, Bouvardias, and...


Moisture

It would seem, at first thought, that the proper condition of moisture could be furnished as eas...


Moss Roses

Of this class we need not speak in detail to any who have ever seen its delicate moss-covered bu...


Orange And Lemon Trees

Both Orange and Lemon trees can be easily raised by sowing the seeds in good, rich soil, and aft...


Other Ferns

The Holly fern (Cyrtomium falcatum) is another very desirable house plant and has been a favorit...


Other Flowering Plants

Ageratum--Valuable for its bright blue flowers and dwarf growth, going in well with other plants...


Other Forms Of Lime

Air-Slaked Lime. A pure limestone is a carbonate, and the chemical formula is CaCO3. When it i...


Palms

The number of palms adapted to house culture is very limited but they comprise the most elegan...


Pansy Culture

Pansies are old and popular favorites, they embrace varieties with variously-colored flowers, fr...


Planning The Garden

The flower garden not being one of the necessities of life, in the usual sense of the term, pe...


Planning The Garden

The flower garden not being one of the necessities of life, in the usual sense of the term, pe...


Plant Enemies

Aphis. Aphis or green plant louse is the most commonly encountered of all the insect pests. It u...


Planting And Manuring

Early kinds should be planted as soon as the ground has become sufficiently dry and warm. Late m...


Planting The Lawn

When the lawn is made we begin to puzzle over the planting of trees and shrubbery. What sha...


Planting The Lawn

When the lawn is made we begin to puzzle over the planting of trees and shrubbery. What sha...


Planting Trees

The spring is preferable to the fall for setting out trees and shrubs of all kinds. In the North...




Plants From Cuttings

The method of choosing and rooting cuttings has been outlined in a previous chapter (see page 29...


Plaster

However much lime or other fertilizers may be applied to the soil, still great benefit is derive...


Potting

Cuttings and small plants are put into two-inch or "thumb" pots. Some of the larger growing gera...



Propagating The Rose

The Rose is somewhat difficult to propagate from cuttings, and it takes from three to four weeks...



Pruning

If we plant trees or shrubs upon our grounds with the hope of making them more attractive, and...



Repotting

In the course of a week or two, if a plant is knocked out, the small white roots may be seen com...



Roses

It is much more difficult to grow good roses than to grow either chrysanthemums or carnations. T...


Seed

Much difficulty is often experienced in obtaining a good mixture of grass seed for the lawn, and...




Shrubs

The shrubs of dwarf habit available for growing inside in winter are numerous and valuable. Th...


Shrubs

Every yard ought to have its quota of shrubs. They give to it a charm which nothing else in th...


Shrubs

Every yard ought to have its quota of shrubs. They give to it a charm which nothing else in th...


Single Varieties

New Life, variegated, crimson, and white; Gen. Grant, dazzling scarlet; Pauline Lucca, pure whit...



Soil

This is the mother of all vegetation. Nothing, not even grass, will flourish on a poor soil. The...



Soil For Potting

Good, fresh, rich soil, is an element that is indispensable to the growth of healthy, vigorous...


Soil Ingredients

A sufficient quantity of soil constituents should be kept on hand in barrels or covered boxes. S...




Sour Soils

Loss of Lime. Nature made the value of land as a producer of food utterly dependent upon the a...


Sources Of Lime

Nature's Provision. Soils are composed of pulverized stone and organic matter. Much of the ori...


Special Crop Demands

Lime-Loving Crops. There are plants which are acid-resistant, giving a good return for fertili...









Tea Roses

The Roses best adapted for in-door culture belong to the class known as Tea Roses; these are ten...


Temperature

Next in importance to light, is the matter of temperature. The ordinary house plants, to be kept...


Tests For Acidity

The Litmus Paper Test. A method of testing soils for acidity, which has been in use for many y...


The Back-yard Garden

A great deal is written about the flower-garden that fronts the street, or is so located that ...


The Back-yard Garden

A great deal is written about the flower-garden that fronts the street, or is so located that ...


The Best House Palms

Although the number of palms cultivated is very large, very few indeed--only about a dozen--will...


The Bulb Garden

Every lover of flowers should have a garden of bulbs, for three reasons: First, they bloom so ...


The Bulb Garden

Every lover of flowers should have a garden of bulbs, for three reasons: First, they bloom so ...


The Calla Lily

The Calla Lily, or "The Lily of the Nile," is an old and popular favorite, and is found in windo...




The Dahlia

Thirty or forty years ago the Dahlia was one of our popular flowers. That is, popular among th...


The Dahlia

Thirty or forty years ago the Dahlia was one of our popular flowers. That is, popular among th...



The Garden Of Annuals

In preparing the garden for annuals, the first thing to do is to spade up the soil. This can b...


The Garden Of Annuals

In preparing the garden for annuals, the first thing to do is to spade up the soil. This can b...


The Gladiolus

One of the most popular flowers of the day is the Gladiolus. All things considered, it is our ...


The Gladiolus

One of the most popular flowers of the day is the Gladiolus. All things considered, it is our ...


The Hardy Border

The most satisfactory garden of flowering plants for small places, all things considered, is o...


The Hardy Border

The most satisfactory garden of flowering plants for small places, all things considered, is o...



The Lawn

If one has a fine lawn and desires to keep it so, he should never work upon or mow it when the t...




The Lime In Soils

Limestone Land. Soil analyses are serviceable only within certain limits, and in the case of t...


The Maidenhairs

Of the beautiful, but delicate, adiantums perhaps the one most frequently seen in the florist's ...



The Plumed Type

Another fern developed from the Boston is Whitmani, in which the fronds are not so long but the ...








The Scott Fern

A well grown large Boston fern requires a good deal of room, and the long fronds--three feet or ...


The Spider Ferns

The name given Pteris ferns is descriptive of only part of them, as they vary greatly. They are ...


The Sword Ferns

The old widely popular sword fern was Nephrolepis exaltata, but the original form has been almos...




The Winter Garden

Most persons who are the owners of gardens seem to be under the impression that we must close ...


The Winter Garden

Most persons who are the owners of gardens seem to be under the impression that we must close ...


Top-budding Trees

The top-budding of fruit and ornamental trees is much practised now-a-days by orchardists and fr...



Tree Roses

In planting tree roses received from the nursery or elsewhere, be sure and set them deep; the st...



Tuberoses

No collection of garden flowers is complete without the Tuberose. For the spotless purity of its...



Varieties

From the fact that the United States produce about 109,000,000 bushels of potatoes annually, it ...



Vegetables

While tomatoes and cucumbers require a high temperature, lettuce may be grown easily all the y...


Vegetables

The dates for sowing are about as follows in the vicinity of New York. Allow about a week's diff...



Vines

A number of the vines make very excellent house plants, though one seldom sees them. This seem...


Vines

A home without vines is like a home without children--it lacks the very thing that ought to be...


Vines

A home without vines is like a home without children--it lacks the very thing that ought to be...


Violets

Requiring even less heat than the carnation is the old-time and all-time favorite, the violet. W...


Wardian Cases

A Wardian Case consists of a base, which is generally an oblong box, covered with a square glass...


Watering Plants

Probably the most important matter to be observed in growing house-plants is that of watering ...


What Shall One Buy?

Relative Values. The relative strengths of the various materials containing lime may be known ...





A Calendar Of Operations

One of the greatest difficulties in gardening is to get things started ahead at the proper time, and...



And Then

set about procuring manures of all kinds from every available source. Remember that anything _which ...


Apple Enemies

The insects most commonly attacking the apple are the codlin-moth, tent-caterpillar, canker-worm and...


Apples

Without any question, the apple is far and away the most valuable fruit, both because of its greater...


Applying Manures

The matter of properly applying manure, even on the small garden, is also of importance. In amount, ...


Arugula (rocket)

The tender, peppery little leaves make winter salads much more interesting. _Sowing date:_ I delay s...


August

Keep the garden clean from late weeds--especially purslane, the hot- weather weed pest, which should...


Beans Of All Sorts

Heirloom pole beans once climbed over considerable competition while vigorously struggling for water...


Beets

Beets will root far deeper and wider than most people realize--in uncompacted, nonacid soils. Double...


Berries And Small Fruits

Besides the tree-fruits discussed in the preceding chapters, there is another class which should be ...



Blackberry Varieties

As with the other small fruits, so many varieties are being introduced that it is difficult to give ...


Broccoli: Italian Style

Italian-style broccoli needs abundant moisture to be tender and make large flowers. Given enough elb...





Cabbage

Forget those delicate, green supermarket cabbages unless you have unlimited amounts of water. But ea...


Carrots

Dry-gardening carrots requires patiently waiting until the weather stabilizes before tilling and sow...


Cauliflower

Ordinary varieties cannot forage for moisture. Worse, moisture stress at any time during the growth ...



Chard

This vegetable is basically a beet with succulent leaves and thick stalks instead of edible, sweet r...


Check List

Jan. 1st--Send for catalogues. Make planting plan and table. Order seeds. Feb. 1st--Inside: cabbage,...


Chemical Fertilizers

I am half tempted to omit entirely any discussion of chemical fertilizers: to give a list of them, t...


Cherries

Cherries have one advantage over the other fruits--they give quicker returns. But, as far as my expe...


Cherry Enemies

Sour cherries are more easily grown than the sweet varieties, and are less subject to the attacks of...



Corn

Broadcast complete organic fertilizer or strong compost shallowly over the corn patch till midwinter...


Cucumbers

_Sowing date:_ About May 5 to 15 at Elkton. _Spacing:_ Most varieties usually run five about 3 feet ...


Cultivation

The home orchard, to give the very finest quality of fruit, must be given careful and thorough culti...


Cultivation

Whatever system is used--and each has its advocates--the strawberry bed must be kept clean, and atte...


Curing Clayey Soils

In humid climates like ours, sandy soils may seem very open and friable on the surface but frequentl...


Currants

The currant and gooseberry are very similar in their cultural requirements. A deep, rich and moist s...




December

Cover celery stored last month, if trenched out-of-doors. Use only light, loose material at first, g...


Destructive Remedies

4.--_Hand-picking_ is usually very effective, and if performed as follows, not very disagreeable: Fa...



Drainage

There is, however, one other thing you must look out for in selecting your garden site, and that is ...


Dreamplants.

The importance attached to dreams in all primitive and savage culture accounts for the signifi...




Eggplant

Grown without regular sprinkler irrigation, eggplant seems to get larger and yield sooner and more a...


Eliminating Plowpan

Deep though the soil may be, any restriction of root expansion greatly limits the ability of plants ...


Endive

A biennial member of the chicory family, endive quickly puts down a deep taproot and is naturally ab...


Enemies Of The Currant

The worst of these is the common currant-worm. When he appears, which will be indicated by holes eat...





Exposure

But the thing of first importance to consider in picking out the spot that is to yield you happiness...


Fabulous Plants.

The curious traditions of imaginary plants found amongst most nations have partly a purely myt...


February

_Hotbeds_. A little early for making them until after the 15th, but get all your material ready--man...



Fining.

This treatment will reduce to a minimum the labor of finally preparing the seed- or plant-bed with t...





Gooseberry Enemies

The currant-worm attacks the gooseberry also, and is effectively handled by the arsenate of lead, Pa...


Gooseberry Varieties

Of the native gooseberries--which are the hardiest, Downing and Houghton's Seedling are most used. I...


Grape Pruning

As stated above, the vine is cut back, when planting, to three or four eyes. The subsequent pruning-...


Handmade Footprints

Sometimes I sow large brassicas and cucurbits in clumps above a fertilized, double-dug spot. First, ...


Harrowing

That is the first step toward the preparation of a successful garden out of the way. Next comes the ...


Harvesting And Storing

It is a very common thing to allow the garden vegetables not used to rot on the ground, or in it. Th...



Herbs

Most perennial and biennial herbs are actually weeds and wild hillside shrubs from Mediterranean cli...


Home Mixing

If you look over the Experiment Station report mentioned above, you will notice that what are called...


How Plants Obtain Water

Most gardeners know that plants acquire water and minerals through their root systems, and leave it ...


How Soil Loses Water

Suppose we tilled a plot about April 1 and then measured soil moisture loss until October. Because p...









Insects And Disease

For white-grub and cut-worm see pages elsewhere in the text. For rust, which frequently injures the ...



Introduction

Formerly it was the custom for gardeners to invest their labors and achievements with a mystery and ...




January

Probably one of the good resolutions made with the New Year was a better garden for the coming summe...


Kale

Depending on the garden for a significant portion of my annual caloric intake has gradually refined ...



Kohlrabi (giant)

Spring-sown market kohlrabi are usually harvested before hot weather makes them get woody. Irrigatio...



Leaf Crops

Under leaf crops are considered also those of which the stalk or the flower heads form the edible po...


Leeks

Unwatered spring-sown bulbing onions are impossible. Leek is the only allium I know of that may grow...


Lettuce

Spring-sown lettuce will go to large sizes, remaining sweet and tender without irrigation if spaced ...


Lightning Plants.

Amongst the legends of the ancient world few subjects occupy a more prominent place than light...


Lovecharms.

Plants have always been largely used for testing the fidelity of lovers, and at the present da...



Manures And Fertilizers

To a very small extent garden vegetables get their food from the air. The amount obtained in this wa...


Mechanical Remedies

1.--_Covered boxes:_--These are usually made of half-inch stuff, about eight inches high and covered...


Melons

_Sowing date:_ As soon as they'll germinate outdoors: at Elkton, May 15 to June 1. Thin to a single ...


Methods Of Growing

I describe the three systems most valuable for the home garden: (1) the hill, (2) the matted row, an...


Methods Of Planting

The seed-bed, as it is called, is the surface prepared to receive the seed, whether for a patch of r...


Mixed Fertilizers

Mixed fertilizers are of innumerable brands, and for sale everywhere. It is little use to pay attent...


Mulching

After the ground freezes, and before severe cold sets in (about the 1st to the 15th of December) the...


Mulching

Gardening under a permanent thick mulch of crude organic matter is recommended by Ruth Stout (see th...


My Own Garden Plan

This chapter illustrates and explains my own dry garden. Any garden plan is a product of compromises...


November

_Frames_. Make deep hotbeds for winter lettuce and radishes. Construct frames for use next spring. S...


October

Get ready for winter. Blanch rest of endive. Bank celery, to be used before Christmas, where it is. ...


Onions/scallions

The usual spring-sown, summer-grown bulb onions and scallions only work with abundant irrigation. Bu...


Other Considerations

There are other things of minor importance but worth considering, such as the shape of your garden p...


Parsley

_Sowing date:_ March. Parsley seed takes two to three weeks to germinate. _Spacing:_ Thin to 12 inch...


Peach Enemies

Do not spray peaches. For the curculio, within a few days after the flowers are off, take a large sh...


Peaches

Success with peaches also will depend largely upon getting varieties adapted to climate. The white-f...


Pear Enemies

Pears are sometimes affected with a scab similar to the apple-scab, and this is combated by the same...


Peas

This early crop matures without irrigation. Both pole and bush varieties are planted thickly in sing...


Peppers

Pepper plants on raised beds spaced the usually recommended 16 to 24 inches apart undergo intense ro...



Plant Language.

Plant language, as expressive of the various traits of human character, can boast of a world-w...


Plant Life.

The fact that plants, in common with man and the lower animals, possess the phenomena of life ...


Plant Names.

The origin and history of plant names is a subject of some magnitude, and is one that has long...


Plant Proverbs.

A host of curious proverbs have, from the earliest period, clustered round the vegetable world...



Plant Superstitions.

The superstitious notions which, under one form or another, have clustered round the vegetable...


Planting

Planting can be done in either spring or fall. As a general rule, north of Philadelphia and St. Loui...









Plants Are Water

Like all other carbon-based life forms on earth, plants conduct their chemical processes in a water ...


Plants In Demonology.

The association of certain plants with the devil forms an extensive and important division in ...


Plants In Fairylore.

Many plants have gained a notoriety from their connection with fairyland, and although the bel...



Plants In Witchcraft.

The vast proportions which the great witchcraft movement assumed in bygone years explains the ...


Plantworship.

A form of religion which seems to have been widely-distributed amongst most races of mankind a...


Plowing

If the garden can be plowed in the fall, by all means have it done. If it is in sod, it must be done...


Plum Enemies

Plums have many enemies but fortunately they can all be effectively checked. First is the curculio, ...


Poisonous Remedies

12.--_Paris green:_--This is the standard remedy for eating-bugs and worms. With a modern dusting ma...


Potatoes

Humans domesticated potatoes in the cool, arid high plateaus of the Andes where annual rainfall aver...


Precautions

So much for what we can do in actual hand-to-hand, or rather hand-to- mouth, conflict with the enemy...



Preparing The Soil

Unless your garden be a very small one indeed, it will pay to have it plowed rather than dug up by h...


Preparing The Soil

All this may seem like a lot of trouble to go to for such a small thing as a packet of seed. In real...



Pruning Currants

Besides careful cultivation, to insure the best of fruit it is necessary to give some thought to the...



Raspberry

The black and the red types are distinct in flavor, and both should be grown. The blackcaps need mor...


Raspberry Enemies

The orange rust, which attacks the blackberry also, is a serious trouble. Pull up and burn all infes...


Raspberry Varieties

Of the blackcaps, Gregg, McCormick, Munger, Cumberland, Columbian, Palmer (very early), and Eureka (...



Remedies

Mechanical Number Covered boxes........... 1 ...



Root Crops

Under the first section we will consider: Beet Carrot Kohlrabi Leek Onion ...



Rotation Of Crops

There is another thing to be considered in making each vegetable do its best, and that is crop rotat...


Row 1

The row's center is about 3 feet from the edge of the raised bed. In March I sow my very first salad...




Row 3: Kale

Row 3 grows 125 feet of various kales sown in April. There's just enough overspray to keep the plant...


Row 4: Root Crops

Mostly carrots, a few beets. No irrigation, no fertigation, none needed. One hundred carrots weighin...





Row 8: The Trellis

Here I erect a 125-foot-long, 6-foot-tall net trellis for gourmet delicacies like pole peas and pole...


Row 9: Cucurbits

This row is so wide because here are grown all the spreading cucurbits. The pole beans in row 8 tend...


Rutabagas

Rutabagas have wonderfully aggressive root systems and are capable of growing continuously through l...


Sacred Plants.

Closely allied with plant-worship is the sacred and superstitious reverence which, from time i...


Seed Company Directory

Abundant Life See Foundation: P.O. Box 772, Port Townsend, WA 98368 _(ABL)_ Johnny's Selected Seeds:...


September

_Frames_. Set in lettuce started in August. Sow radishes and successive crop of lettuce. Cooler weat...


Setting

Standard apple trees, fully grown, will require thirty to forty-five feet of space between them each...


Setting Out Plants

The reader has not forgotten, of course, that plants as well as seeds must go into the well managed ...


Setting The Plants

In using the soil-rooted layers, it is generally more satisfactory to set them out in spring, as soo...


Soil Antecedents

There was a further reason for, mentioning that strip of onion ground. It is a very practical illust...


Sorrel

This weed-like, drought-tolerant salad green is little known and underappreciated. In summer the lea...






Sowing And Planting

The importance of having good seeds has already been declared. They must not only grow, but grow int...


Sowing The Seed

Having now our frames provided and our soil composed properly and good strong tested seed on hand, w...


Sowing The Seed

If one observes the suggestions as to temperature just given, and the following precautions in placi...


Spinach

Spring spinach is remarkably more drought tolerant than it would appear from its delicate structure ...


Spotting A Likely Site

Observing the condition of wild plants can reveal a good site to garden without much irrigation. Whe...




Starting Plants Outside

Much of the above is applicable also to the starting of plants out-of- doors, for second and for suc...


Starting The Plants

This beautifully prepared garden spot--or rather the plant food in it-- is to be transformed into go...





The Blackberry

The large-growing sorts are set as much as six by eight feet apart, though with careful staking and ...



The Dewberry

This is really a trailing blackberry and needs the same culture, except that the canes are naturally...


The Fruit Crops

Under this heading are included: Bean, dwarf Bean, pole Corn Peas Cucumber ...


The Gooseberry

This is given practically the same treatment as the currant. It is even more important that it shoul...


The Grape

No garden is so small that there cannot be found in it room for three or four grape-vines; no fruit ...


The Planting Plan

Having selected the garden spot, the next consideration, naturally, is what shall be planted in it. ...


The Raised Bed

Crops demanding the most water are grown on the raised bed. These include a succession of lettuce pl...


The Soil

The chances are that you will not find a spot of ideal garden soil ready for use anywhere upon your ...



The Theory Of Manuring

The food of plants consists of chemical elements, or rather, of numerous substances which contain th...





Tomato

There's no point in elaborate methods--trellising, pruning, or training--with dry-gardened tomato vi...



Value Of Green Manuring

Another source of organic manures, altogether too little appreciated, is what is termed "green manur...


Varieties

New strawberries are being introduced constantly; also, they vary greatly in their adaptation to loc...


Varieties Of Currants

Red Dutch, while older and smaller than some of the newer varieties, is hardier and not so likely to...


Various Fertilizers

What are termed the raw materials from which the universally known "mixed fertilizers" are made up, ...


Various Manures

The terms "manure" and "fertilizer" are used somewhat ambiguously and interchangeably. Using the for...




Water-wise Cucurbits

The root systems of this family are far more extensive than most people realize. Usually a taproot g...


Water-wise Gardener

I am an unusually fortunate gardener. After seven years of struggling on one of the poorest growing ...


When To Plant

If you've already been growing an irrigated year-round garden, this book's suggested planting dates ...


When To Sow Outdoors

Sow from the end of March to the beginning of May, or when plum and peach trees bloom, the following...


Why You Should Garden

There are more reasons to-day than ever before why the owner of a small place should have his, or he...


Windbreaks

Plants transpire more moisture when the sun shines, when temperatures are high, and when the wind bl...