LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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1. Raised sloping bed ....... 13 



2. Cloches arranged on beds 22 



3. Frame as used in French gardens . . -33 



4. Cloche 35 



5. Cloche carrier 35 



6. Cloches stacked up ...... 36 



7. Rye-straw mat ....... 3^ 



8. Frame for making mats 39 



9. Frame tilt ........ 40 



10. Properly notched cloche tilt . . . 42 



11. Badly notched cloche tilt 42 



12. Cloche tilted over seedlings . . . 42 



13. Wicker manure basket ...... 44 



14. Manure stand, etc. ....... 44 



15. French water-pot ....... 46 



16. Forcing Asparagus in frames 71 



17. Asparagus trenches ...... 79 



1 8. Asparagus buncher . . . . . 87 



19. Cabbage, Early Ox-Heart ..... 92 



20. Express . . . . . . .92 



21. ,, Early Etampes 93 



22. Paris Market Ox-Heart . . . . * 94 



23. Flat Parisian .... .96 



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