CONTENTS. 



Vll 



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IV. Characteristic or Picturesque Distribution 



of Vegetables ... 203 



V. Systematic Distribution of Vegetables . 205 



VI. Economical Distribution of Vegetables -206 



VII. Arithmetical Distribution of Vegetables - ib. 



VIII. Distribution of the British Flora, indige- 



nous and exotic - - ib. 



Chap. XI. 



Origin of Culture, as derived from the Study of 

 Vegetables - - * - 214 



BOOK II. 



OP THE NATURAL AGENTS OF VEGETABLE 

 GROWTH AND CULTURE. 



Chap. I. 



Of Earths and Soils 



I. Of the Geological Structure of the Globe and 



the Formation of Earths and Soils 



I I. Classification and Nomenclature of Soils - 



III. Of discovering the Qualities of Soils 



1. Of discovering the Qualities of Soils by 



means of the Plants which grow on 

 them - 



2. Of discovering the Qualities of Soils by 



chemical Analysis - - 



3. Of discovering the Qualities of a Soil 



mechanically and empirically 



IV. Of the Uses of the Soil to Vegetables 



V. Of the Improvement of Soils 



- 217 



ib. 



219 

 221 



ib. 



ib. 



- 222 

 223 

 226 

 ib. 



1. Pulverisation 

 . 2. Of the Improvement of Soils by Compres- 

 sion - - - -228 



3. Of the Improvement of Soils by Aeration 



or Fallowing ... ib. 



4. Alteration of the constituent Parts of Soils 229 



5. Changing the Condition of Lands, in re- 



spect to Water - - - 231 



6. Changing the Condition of Lands, in re- 



spect to Atmospherical Influence - 232 



7. Rotation of Crops - - 233 



Chap. II. 

 Of Manures - - - 234 



I. Of Manures of Animal and Vegetable Origin 235 



1. The Theory of the Operation of Manures 



of Animal and Vegetable Origin - ib. 



2. Of the different Species of Manures of 



Animal and Vegetable Origin - 236 



3. Of the fermenting, preserving, and apply- 



ing of Manures of Animal and Vegetable 

 Origin - - - 241 



II. Of Manures of Mineral Origin - -243 



1. Theory of the Operation of Mineral Ma- 



nures ■ - - - ib. 



2. Of the different Species of Mineral Ma- 



nures ... 244 



Chap. III. 



Of the Agency of Heat, Light, Electricity, 



and Water, in Vegetable Culture 



I. Of Heat and Light 



II. Of Electricity 



III. Of Water 



249 

 . ib. 

 . 253 

 - ib. 



Chap. IV. 

 Of the Agency of the Atmosphere in Vegeta- 

 tion - - - - 254 



I. Of the Elements of the Atmosphere - - ib. 



II. Ofthe Means of prognosticating the Weather 264 



III. Of the Climate of Britain - -266 



BOOK III. 



MECHANICAL AGENTS EMPLOYED IN GAR- 

 DENING. 



Chap. I. 



Implements of Gardening 



I. Tools 



II. Instruments 



1 Instruments of Operation 



2. Instruments of Direction 



3. Instruments of Designation 



III. Utensils 



1. Utensils of Preparation and Deportation 



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2. Utensils of Culture - - - 283 



3. Utensils of Protection - - 286 



4. Utensils for entrapping Vermin - 287 



IV. Machines - - - ib. 



1. Machines of Labor - - 288 



2. Machines for Vermin, and Defence against 



the enemies of Gardens - - 292 



3. Meteorological Machines - - 293 



V. Various Articles used in Gardening Oper- 



ations .... 295 



1. Articles of Adaptation - - ib. 



2. Articles of Manufacture - - 297 



3. Articles of Preparation - - ib. 



Chap. II. 



Structures used in Gardening - - 298 



I. Temporary or Moveable Structures - ib. 



1. Structures Portable, or entirely Moveable ib. 



2. Structures partly Moveable - - 300 



II. Fixed Structures - - - 303 



III. Permanent Horticultural Structures -310 



1. Ofthe Principles of Design in Hot-houses 311 



2. Forms of Hot-house Roofs - - 314 



3. Details of the Construction of Rcofs, or 



318 

 . 319 



- 322 

 . 323 



- 326 



- 328 



- 329 



III. 

 1. 



the glazed part of Hot-houses 



4. Glazing of Hot-house Roofs 



5. Walls and Sheds of Hot-houses 



6. Furnaces and Flues 



7. Steam Boilers and Tubes 



8. Trellises 



9. Paths, Pits, Stages, Shelves, Doors, &c. - 



10. Details for Water, Wind, and Renewal of 



Air - - -331 



IV. Mushroom-houses - - 3o2 



V. Cold Plant-habitations - - 334 



Chap. III. 



Edifices used in Gardening - - ib. 



I. Economical Buildings ... ib. 



II. Anomalous Buildings - - 339 



1. Of the Ice-house and its Management - ib. 



2. Of the Apiary and the Management of 



Bees - - - 341 



3. Of the Aviary, and of Menageries, Pisci- 

 naries, &c. ... 346 



Decorative Buildings - - 348 



Useful Decorative Buildings - - ib. 



2. Convenient Decorations - - 355 



3. Characteristic Decorations - - 360 



Chap. IV. 

 Of the Improvement of the Mechanical Agents 

 of Gardening - - - - 361 



BOOK IV. 



OF THE OPERATIONS OF GARDENING. 



Chap. I. 

 Operations of Gardening, in which Strength is 

 chiefly required in the Operator - - 363 



I. Mechanical Operation's common to all Arts 



of Manual Labor - - ib. 



II. Garden-labors on the Soil - - 364 



III. Garden-labors with Plants - -367 



Chap. II. 



Operations of Gardening in which Skill is more . 

 required than Strength ... 369 



I. Of transferring Designs from Ground to 



Paper or Memory - - - ib. 



II. Of transferring Designs from Paper or 



Memory to Ground - - 373 



1. Transferring Figures and Designs to plane 



Surfaces - - - - - ib. 



2. Tranferring Figures and Designs to irregu- 



lar Surfaces .... 375 



3. Of the Arrangement of Quantities -377 



III. Of carrying Designs into Execution - 37S 



Chap. III. 



Scientific Processes and Operations - - 384 

 1. Preparation of fermenting Substances for 



Hot-beds, Manures, and Composts 

 II. Operations of Propagation 

 ' Propagation by natural Methods 

 Propagation by Layering 

 Propagation by Inarching 

 Propagation by Grafting 

 Propagation by Budding 

 Propagation by Cuttings 



ib. 

 387 



ib. 

 388 

 390 

 391 

 397 

 399 



