CONTENTS 9 



BOOK VIII. THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS 



CHAPTER rACB 



XXXVI. WAYS AND MEANS ...... 293 



XXXVII. CUTTINGS AND HOW TO STRIKE THEM . . . 299 



BOOK IX. FRUIT FOR THE SMALL GARDEN 



XXXVIII. PLANTING HARDY FRUIT TREES .... 317 



XXXIX. THE PRUNING OF FRUIT TREES .... 324 



XL. BUSH FRUITS ...... 332 



XLI. THE GRAPE VINE ...... 339 



XLII. STRAWBERRIES ...... 347 



XLIII. TOMATOES : INDOOR AND OUTDOOR g . 351 



BOOK X. VEGETABLES FOR THE SMALL GARDEN 



XLIV. CROPPING BY ROTATION ..... 363 



XLV. POTATOES ....... 368 



XLVI. PEAS AND BEANS . . . " . . . 376 



XLVII. ROOT AND STEM CROPS ..... 384 



XLVIII. CABBAGES AND GREENS ..... 407 



BOOK XL THE AMATEUR'S GREENHOUSE 



XLIX. THE FIRST ESSENTIALS ..... 417 



L. GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT .... 424 



LI. SOME FAVOURITE GREENHOUSE PLANTS . . . 43! 



BOOK XII. THE AMATEUR'S GARDEN DAY BY DAY 



LII. A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF OPERATIONS FOR EVERY 



DAY OK THE YEAR ..... 455 



INDEX 47y 



