THE CULTURE OF FRUIT 



TREES IN POTS 



BY JOSH BRACE. 



With Illustrations. Large Crown 8vo. 58. net. 

 CONTENTS. 



1. INTRODUCTORY Houses and their Construction Selection of the Site Pots- 

 Soil Stocks Span-roofed Houses -Three-quarter Span Lean-to Houses Ventilation 

 Inexpensive Houses Wire Houses Protection against Birds Water Cost of Con- 

 struction. 



II. THE FURNISHING OF THE HOUSE Number of Trees Required Arrangement ot 

 the Trees Beds and Borders The Need for Separate Compartments. 



III. CULTURAL DETAILS The Forms of Trees -Potting Soil Potting-hook and 

 Prong Perforated Pots Method of Forcing Pruning Pinching Hide-bound Trees- 

 Surface Dressing Number of Fruits on a Tree Cost of Trees Longevity, etc. 



IV. VARIETIES OF FRUITS Peaches and Nectarines Apricots Plums Chsrries 

 Apples and Pears- Baking Pears The Mulberry The Fig The Vine. 



V. INSECT AND OTHER PESTS Green Fly Brown Aphis Red Spider Thrip 

 Earwigs Weevils Ants Mildew, etc. 



VI. A CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS IN THE UNHEATED HOUSE FOR EACH MONTH 

 OF THE YEAR. 



VII. MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS Flavour Gathering the Fruit Fruit Trees 

 for Decorative Purposes Miscellaneous Directions, etc. 



EXPLANATORY NOTES TO PLANS INDEX. 



" A valuable contribution to a very interesting phase of fruit-culture." Field. 



" Brief, clear, and well-founded in the practical wisdom born of life-long experience in 

 the kind of gardening it describes, the work cannot but be serviceable." Scotsman. 



A HANDY 

 BOOK OF HORTICULTURE 



AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE 

 OF GARDENING. 



BY F. C. HAYES, M.A., 



Rector of Raheny ; Lecturer in Practical Horticulture in 

 Alexandra College, Dublin. 



With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 2S. 6d. net. 



CONTENTS. 



PART I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Principles and Practice of Gardening The Soil : its 

 Nature and Preparation The Food of Plants: Manuring Half-hardy Plants and 

 Greenhouse Culture Hot-beds and Cold Frames The Gardenei s Natural Enemies 

 Seeds and their Treatment Budding, Grafting, Inarching, Layering, and Striking. 



PART II. DEPARTMENTS The Spring Garden Summer and Autumn Flowers 

 Herbaceous and Rock Border combined Alpine Borders Roses Ferns : their Nature 

 and Classes Construction of Ferneries Climbers Lawn Shrubs Shrubs and Autumn 

 Tints Treatment of Lawns Culture of Vegetables Growing Fruit and Pruning Trees. 



hART III TvPts OF HARDY FLOWERS Heartsease, Violas, and Violets Scillas 

 and Gentians Irises Lilies Anemones Carnations Chrysanthemums Cyclamens 

 and Tuberous Begonias Christmas Roses Wallflowers (Cheiranthus) Primroses 

 Annuals, Biennials, and Perennials Fragrant Plants Cordyline Australis Water- 

 lilies (Nymphaea) 



PART IV. KALENDAR FOR MONTHS Gardening in January Gardening in February 

 Gardening in March Gardening in April Gardening in May Gardening in June 

 Gardening in July Gardening in August Gardening in September Gardening in 

 October Gardening in November and December A Short List of Reference Books on 

 Gardening for Students Specimen Examination Papers Index. 



" Not so big that it need frighten the ardent amateur, nor so much of a primer that it 

 may be disdained by the fairly accomplished gardener, it has a good scheme. The first 

 part, consisting of eight chapters of general principles, in simple, non-technical language, 

 is a model of useful information in a small space ; the second part deals with departments 

 of gardening the third, with types of flowers, and the fourth is a calendar to work by " 



Daily Chronicle. 



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