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PROFITABLE GAeOEIlfiei 



A Practical Guide to the Culture of Vegetables, 

 Fruits, and other useful Out-door Garden Products; 

 Intended for the use of Amateurs, Gentlemen's Gar- 

 deners, Allottees, and Growers for Market. 



BY 



SHIRLEY HIBBEED, F.H.H.S., 



Autlior of ' Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste/ * The Town 

 Gra-den/ * Book of the Aquarium,' etc. 



CONTENTS: 



Planting and Laying-out. Edgings and Permanent Planting. Renewing Girl 

 Gardens. Planting for the Future. Eai-thworks and Prepai-ations of the Soil, 

 Slopes and Banks. 



VEGETABLE CTJLTUES. 



Digging and Draining. Dig Deep. Manuring". — Manures and Composts. 

 Animal Manures. Guano. Salt and Ashes. Liquid Manures. — Cropping. 

 Seed-saving, Rotation of Crops. Principles of Rotation. Cropping the Kitchen 

 Garden. Early Spring Crops. Sowing and Rearing Early Ci'ops of Radish, 

 Carrot, Turnip, Lettuce, etc. — Root Crops; the Potato. Potato Disease. Early 

 Potato. The Chinese Potato. — The Carrot, the Parsnip, the Turnip, Tui-nip 

 Greens.— Beet, Spinach Beet, Mangold.— The Cabbage. Brussels Sprouts. Scotch 

 Kale. The Cauiiilower and Broccoli. Salading; the Onion. Large Onions. 

 Pickling Onions. The Tree Onion. Shallots and Garlic. Chives. The Leek. — 

 The Pea. Peas in Succession. Marrovr Peas. Dwarf Peas. Late Peas.^ — The 

 Beau. Culture of Beans. The Kidney Bean. Piunner Beans. — Asparagus. 

 Forcing Asparagus. The German Mode of Growing Asparagus. — Seakale. Seakale 

 Plantation. — The Lettuce. The Artichoke. — Chervil. Salsafy, Scorzonera, 

 Skirret. — Celery.— Culture of Cucumbers, Melons, and Gourds. Melons on Dung- 

 beds. Pumpkins and Gourds for Exhibition. The Tomato, or Love Apple. 

 Tomatoes in Pots. 



FRUIT CULTURE. 



The Apple. American Blight. — Twenty-four Choice Apples for Pyramids, 

 Bushes, and Espahers. The Pear. Improving the Soil for Pears. Orchard. 

 Pears. Select List of Penrs. Sue delicious and reliable Pears for a Small Garden. 

 Select Pears for Orchards and Walls. Baking and Stewing Pears. The Plum. 

 Espalier Plums. Bush Plums. Select List of Plums. Bush Eruits. The Rasp- 

 berry. Tiie Gooseberry. Preservative Pit. Hot-beds. Illustratious of Pruning, 

 Training, and Pinching Fruit Trees. Bushes and Pyramids. 



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