TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



CHAPTER I. 



LEADING PRINCIPLES OF THE GROWTH OF TREES. 



PAGES 



Germination The Root The Stem and Branches The 



Process of Growing Flowers Species and Varieties, . 1-15 



CHAPTER II. 



PRODUCTION OF NEW VARIETIES. 



New Varieties by Crossing 16-21 



CHAPTER III. 



PROPAGATION BY BUDDING AND GRAFTING, BY LAYERS AND BY CUTTINGS. 



I. Cuttings. II. Layers. III. Grafting. IV. Budding- 

 Limits of Budding and Grafting. Saving Mice-Gnawed 

 Trees, 22-48 



CHAPTER IV. 



SOIL, MANURES, SITUATION, AND ENCLOSURES. 



Manures Situation Enclosures Hedges 49-59 



CHAPTER V. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



Laying Out Orchards Transplanting Distances for Plant- 

 ing Trees, 60-76 



CHAPTER VI. 



CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL. 



Renovating Old Trees When to Manure Orchards Ar- 

 rangements to Facilitate Cultivation The Modern Cul- 

 tivation of Commercial Orchards Fertilizers, . . 77-89 



