INDEX. 



PAGH 



AIR for melons 74, 85 



Air, mode of giving 



Air, time for giving .... 28, 40, 57, 63 



Asparagus, modes of growing . . . . 87, 90 



Asparagus plants, to raise . . . . 97 



BED for improved pit system" . . .55 



Bed for forcing asparagus . . . . 90, 95 



Bitter cucumbers, cause of . . . 41 



Bottom heat 33, 62 



Boxes for fruiting cucumbers ..... 45 



CANKER . . . . . 42 



Compost for cucumbers 45, 54 



Covering cucumbers at night . . . 39, 64 



Covering melons 68, 75 



Coverings/or forcing asparagus 91 



Cucumbers in the pine-house 44 



Cucumbers on dung-beds, in hot-bed frames . . . 11 

 Cucumbers on the improved pit system . .47 



Cucumbers under hand-glasses 1 



Cutting asparagus ". 8 9 



Cutting melons 73, 79 



