CONTENTS. V 



CHAPTER XLIII. 

 The Hothouse or Foreinj? Grapery 253 



CHAPTER XLIV. 

 The Strawberry 256 



CHAPTER XLV. 

 Cottage Gardening — A Digression .301 



CHAPTER XLVI. 

 The Vegetable Garden 303 



CHAPTER XL VII. 

 Garden Implements 359 



Monthly Calendar of Operations -. 385 



ILLUSTKATIONS. 



1. Rubble Drain 11 



2. Horse-shoe Drain Tile 11 



3. Triangular Board Drain.. 12 



4. Approach to a House — 



Drive and Path 15 



5. Section of Road with Drain 



each side 18 



6. Design for Laying out 



Grounds '. 38 



7. Design for (i rounds with 



Carriage Drive 30 



8. Diagram of Flower Bed.. 32 



9. Section of Flower Bed .... 33 



10. Carpet Bed as Planted 37 



11. Design for Flower Bed 37 



12. Design for Flower Bed 38 



13. Design for Flower Bed 39 



14. Design for Flower Bed 40 



15. Design for Flower Bed 41 



16. Design for Flower Bed 42 



17. Fancy Bedding at Lincoln 



Park, Chicago 43 



18. Group of Holland Bulbs.. 46 



19. Pot Culture of the Bermu- 



da Lily. 49 



20. Lily of the Valley.. 51 



21. Lilv of the Valley " Pip " 



— Good. 53 



23. Amaryllis (Vittata Type).. 58 



23. Cyclamen 60 



34. Proper and Improper State 



of Cutting 65 



25. Saucer Propagation 67 



26. Propagation by Layering.. 68 



27. Cleft Grafting (the Cklt). 76 



28. Cleft Grafting? (the Cion).. 76 



29. Cleft Grafting (Graft fitted) 76 



30. Whip Graft 77 



31. Side Graft.--. 77 



33. Grafting the CamclUa ... 78 



33. Budding (the Bud). 79 



34. Buddiui,^ (the Cut) 79 



35. Budding(the Bud in place) 79 



36. Buddin2:(the Bud tied)-. 79 



37. Rustic Hanging Basket. -.113 



38. A Veranda Garden 115 



39. Plain Window Box 116 



40. Window Box Ornamented 



with Tiles 117 



41. Aquatic Plants in Central 



Park. 134 



43. Water Lily Bed 136 



43. Amazon Lily, Victoria regia\28 



44. Nympha?a De voniensis 133 



45. ChrysanthemumMrs. Brett 150 



46. Chrysanthemum Culliug- 



fordi.. :.153 



47. Folding Plant Stand. 157 



48 Wardian Case 159 



49. Fernery with Glass Shade. 159 



50. Base-burning Bo'ler. 163 



51. Base-bui'uing Boiler (Sec- 



tion) 163 



53. Conservatory attached to 

 Dwelling (Elevation) 163 



53. Conservatory attached to 



Dwelling (Ground Plan). 163 



54. Conservatory attached to 



Dwelling 164 



55. Greenhouse with equal 



Spans .166 



56. End View and Plan of 



Greenhouse or Grapery.. 167 



57. Elevation (in pail) of De- 



tached Greenhouse or 

 Grapery 168 



58. Three-quarter Span Green- 



house 171 



59. Greenhouse, Rose House, 



and Potting Room 173 



