TABLE OF CONTENTS. xi 

 TROPICAL OR SUB-TROPICAL FRUITS: 



PAQK 



The Pine-apple 587 



The Banana 588 



The Melon 588 



The Cucumber 589 



The Pumpkin and Gourd 589 



The Tomato, Egg-plant, and Capsicum 591 



The Orange Family 593 



The Guava, Loqnat, Granadilla, and other Fruits little 



known in British Gardens 597 



Remarks applicable to Fruit-trees and Fruit-bearing Plants 



generally 599 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Catalogue of Culinary Vegetables 602 



The Cabbage Tribe 605 



The Pea 613 



The Bean 618 



The Kidney-bean 619 



The Potato 623 



The Jerusalem Artichoke 631 



The Turnip 631 



The Carrot 633 



The Parsnip 635 



The Red Beet 635 



The Skirret, Scorzonera, Salsify, and CEnothera 636 



The Hamburgh Parsley 67 



The Radish 637 



Oxalis Deppei, O. crenata, and Tropaeolum tuberosum . . . 639 



The Common Spinach 640 



The Orache or French Spinach 641 



New Zealand Spinach 641 



Perennial Spinach 642 



Spinach Beet and Chard Beet 642 



Patience Spinach 642 



The Sorrel 643 



The Onion 643 



The Leek 649 



The Shallot 649 



The Garlic 650 



The Chive 650 



The Rocambole 650 



The Asparagus 651 



The Sea-kale 655 



