viij Contents. 



VI.— THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Esculent Eoots— The Legumes -The Cabbage Family— Spinaceous Plants— 

 Asparaginous Plants— Esculent Bulbs— Salad Plants— The Cucumber Family 

 — The Pumpkin Family— Miscellaneous— Sweet Herbs 73-110 



VII.— THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



The Apple— Origin— Varieties— Diflaculty of Selecting— List of Summer Ap- 

 ples—Autumn Apples— "Winter Apples — Crab Apples— Culture— Gathering 

 and Preserving— The Pear— Lists of Pears— The Quince— Varieties— The 

 Peach, with Lists of Varieties— The Nectarine— The Apricot— The Cherry — 

 The Olive— The Orange— The Lemon— The Grape— The Currant— The 

 Gooseberry— The Easpberry— The Blackberry— The Strawberry— The Fig— 

 The Pomegranate— The Mulberry 111-142 



Vin.— THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



Uses of Flowers— A Word to the Ladies— How to become Healthy and Strong 

 -Implements for Ladies' Use— Laying Out a Flower Garden— Arrangement 

 of Plants— Climbing Plants— Shrubs and Trees— General Directions— Lists 

 of Flowering Plants and Shrubs— Hardy Annuals— Hardy Biennials— Hardy 

 Perennials— Tuberous Eooted Plants— Bulbous Eooted Plants— Flowering 

 Shrubs— Climbers and Creepers 143-156 



IX.— ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS. 



General Hints— Picturesqueness-Pruning— American Trees — Transplanting 

 — Lists of Trees— Large Trees— Deciduous and Evergreen— Small Trees and 

 Shrubs— Hedge Plants 157-161 



APPENDIX. 



The Bearing Tear— Cause of Diminished Fertility— Eemoving Large Trees- 

 New Varieties of the Potato— Luxuries of a Fruit Garden— Hyacinths in 

 Glasses— Eoses for Pot-Culture 162-164 



