ILLUSTRATIONS 



FlOS. FACE 



1. A ROYAL PRESENTATION OF HOME-GROWN Fiiurr . 22 



2. SHALLOW AND DEEP WORKING 32 



3. DIGGING 34 



4. TRENCHING GROUND 36 



5. SOIL AMELIORATION 38 



6. GOOD AND BAD TILTH, WITH RESULTS 45 



7. PREPARING AND INSERTING CUTTINGS WITH RE- 



SULTING GROWTH 48 



8. BUDDING FRUIT TREES AND ROSES 49 



9. GRAFTING YOUNG STOCKS AND OLD TREES 51 



10. BOTTLE GRAFTING 52 



11. LAYERING TREES AND PLANTS 53 



12. RESULTS OF FAULTY AND ADEQUATE MANURING . . 59 



13. THE GOOD EFFECT OF NITROGEN 62 



14. THE SMALL EFFECT OF NITROGEN ON BEANS .... 66 



15. THE EFFECT OF MANURE ON FLOWERS 69 



16. WIREWORMS 75 



17. ONION (ANTHOMYIA) FLY MAGGOT 76 



18. POTATO DISEASE FUNGUS (PHYTOPHTHORA) .... 79 



19. CELERY FLY (TEPHRITIS), AND MAGGOTS (ENLARGED) 



EATING OUT THE TISSUE OF the LEAF 82 



20. PLANTING ASPARAGUS 86 



21. RAISING AND BLANCHING SEAKALE 89 



