CONTENTS AND INDEX. 



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CHAPTER 1. 



(II AFTER 2. 



CHAPTER 3. 



(I [AFTER 4. 



(IIAFTER 5. 



CHAPTER 8. 



CHAPTER 7. 



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CHAPTER 8, 

 CHAPTER 9. 



CHAPTER 10. 

 CHAPTER 11, 

 'CHAPTER 12. 



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( HAPTER 13. 

 CHAPTER 14 

 CHAPTER 15 

 CHAPTER 10 

 CHAPTER 17 



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-The Men Fitted for the Business of Gardening 9 



-The Amount of Capital Required and Working Force per Acre. 12 



-Profits of Market Gardening 10 



-Location, Situation, and Laying Out 19 



-Soils, Drainage, and Preparation 33 



-Manures.. 2!) 



—Implements 34 



Cylinder Flow 34 



Lifting^Sub-soil Plow So 



Garden Harrow 35 



Digging Fork 3G 



Spade 30 



Skeleton Plow 37 



Cultivator , 37 



Pronged Hoe 33 



Rake 38 



Scuffle Hoe 39 



Clod-crusher 39 



Garden Roller 40 



Marker -10 



Market Wagon 11 



Seed Drill P! 41 



Dibber 42 



—Uses and Management of Cold Frames 44 



—Formation and Management of Hot-beds 49 



Watering 63 



Covering Against Frost 54 



—Forcing Pits or Green-houses 57 



—Seeds and Seed Raising GO 



—How, When, and Where to Sow Seeds 71 



Hardy and Tender Seeds 73 



Quantity of Seeds per Acre 78 



Quantity of Seeds for a Given Number of Plants 78 



Number of Plants to the Acre 79 



— Transplanting 80 



—Packing Vegetables for Shipping 82 



— Preservation of Vegetables in Winter 84 



—Insects 87 



—Vegetables, their Varieties and Cultivation 91 



Asparagus 92 



Artichoke 98 



Artichoke, Jerusalem 99 



