LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PART I. 



Page 



Ready for Forcing, 4 



Ready to Market, 6 



Grown in Hotbed for the Christmas Market, 10 



A Bed in the House Cellar, 12 



Plowing Out Rhubarb Roots, 14 



Rhubarb Roots Ready for the Cellar, 18 



Preparing for Market, 28 



On the Display Stand in a Detroit Commission House, 31 



Effects of Nitrate of Soda, 35 



Tools Used in Rhubarb Culture, 42 



Product of Frozen and Unfrozen Roots, 51 



Leaf Development — In Light and in Darkness, 57 



PART II. 



Long Island Sash House, 74 



Hot Water Forcing House, 75 



Hot Water Forcing House (Interior View), 77 



W. W. Rawson's Cold Frames for Rhubarb, 79 



Long Island Cold Frame, 80 



Sash and Shutter, 80 



Steam Forcing in the Open Field, 84 



Forcing with Liquid Manure, 87 



Rhubarb Field at Jamaica, L. I., 90 



Rhubarb Ready for New York Market, 9G 



Rhubarb in Field Culture 97 



Method of Ridging in Fall and Spring, 99 



Ridged Bed in Winter, 100 



Stalks of Linnaeus, 104 



Stalks of Victoria, 104 



Bunch of Victoria Ready for Market, 105 



Bunch of Mammoth Red, 106 



