W. TH ACKER & CO., LONDON. 



Fourth Edition, Imperial i6mo. 15^. Illustrated. 



A MANUAL OF GARDENING 



FOR 



BENGAL AND UPPER INDIA. 



BY THOMAS A. C. FIRMINGER, M.A. 



THOROUGHLY REVISED AND BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME BY 



J. H. JACKSON, 



Editor ct " The Indian Agriculturist." 



PART I. 

 OPERATIONS OF GARDENING. 



Chap. I. Climate Soils Manures. 



Chap. II. Laying-out a Garden Lawns 

 Hedges Hoeing and Digging 

 Drainage Conservatories Betel 

 Houses Decorations Implements 

 Shades Labels Vermin Weeds. 



Chap. III. Seeds Seed Sowing Pot 

 Culture Planting Cuttings Layers 

 Gootee Grafting and Inarching 

 Budding Pruning and Root Pruning 

 Conveyance. 



Chap. IV. Calendar of Operations. 



PART II. 



GARDEN PLANTS. 



1. Culinary Vegetables. 



2. Dessert Fruits. 



3. Edible Nuts. 



4. Ornamental Annuals. 



5. Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 

 and Herbaceous Perennials. 



Crown 8vo, cloth. J?s. 2-8. 



THE AMATEUR GARDENER IN THE HILLS. 



HINTS FROM VARIOUS AUTHORITIES ON GARDEN MANAGEMENT, 



AND ADAPTED TO THE HILLS J 



WITH HINTS ON FOWLS, PIGEONS, AND RABBIT KEEPING ; 



And various Recipes connected with the above subjects which are not commonly found in 



Recipe Books. 



