CONTENTS VU 



CHAPTER XIII 



EXPERIMENTAL GARDENING 



Thorough methods— A melon garden— Testing the soil— Some 

 novel features — An interesting experiment — A beginner's 

 success — Selling produce to Indians — High feeding for 

 plants— Saving seeds — A born horticulturist. 



CHAPTER XIV 



METHODS UNDER GLASS 



A cheap forcing house — The hotbed — A quick way — Mr. Kin- 

 ney's methods — Management of hotbeds — Useful details — 

 Forcing cucumbers and tomatoes — Forcing lettuce — Coal 

 the best heat — Small frames. 



CHAPTER XV 



SUCCESS WITH SPECIALTIES 



The potato field — Onions — Tomato culture — Melons — One 

 woman's way — Peas — Early cucumbers — Celery — Large, 

 well filled corn — Spring lettuce — Covering spinai - — Egg 

 plant — Ginseng. 



CHAPTER XVI 



PRIZE FLOWERS AND FRUIT 



Growing sweet peas — Culture of begonias — Dahlias — The 

 water lily pond — Fruit in prize gardens. 



CHAPTER XVII 



LESSONS FROM THE WINNERS 



Cost and value of the garden — Profits of small market gar- 

 dens — How to make the garden p^y — What should a 

 garden contain — Growing and showing vegetables — Early 

 vegetables — Some good vegetables not generally grown — A 

 practical farm garden — Marketing. 



CHAPTER XVIII 



A GARDEN SYMPOSIUM 



Replies from prize winners — Best size for garden — Causes of 

 failure — Best vegetables and flowers — Best implements — 



