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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Page. 



Market Gardening 1 



CHAPTER n. 

 Location and Soils 17 



CHAPTER III. 

 The Science of Gardening 22 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Chemistry of the Garden 30 



CHAPTER V. 

 Stable Manure, Compost and Commercial Fertilizers 35 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Sowing Seeds 41 



CHAPTER VII. 



Germination 44 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 Transplanting 61 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Succession, or the Rotation of Crops 64 



CHAPTER X. 

 Garden Insects 57 



CHAPTER XI. 

 Diseases of Garden Vegetable 65 



