TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Landscape gardening , 7 



On draining lands 37 



Sowing seeds and raising yonng plants of forest trees 38 > 



Making and keeping lawns 40 



Spring and fall planting of trees 42 



Keeping hedges 44 



Cultivation 44, 



Mechanical preparation of soil 46 / 



Mulching 47 



Situations for orchards 49 



Orchard planting 49 



Management of orchards 50 



Pruning 51 



Remarks on pear culture 53 



Native grapes 60 



Grapes mildew 63 



Propagating native grapes 66 



Foreign grapes in glass structures 67 



Inside borders for graperies 70 



Thripson grapes 70 



Propagating by cuttings 71 



Sowing seeds 73 / 



Seed saving 74 



Rotation in cropping 75 



Expedients for promoting fruitfulness in plants 79 



Importance of a uniform supply of water in plant culture 80 



Liquid manure for plants in pot culture 82 



Flowerpots 83 



Night temperature in glass structures 83 



Watering plants in pots 85 



Water plants 86 



Glazing greenhouse roofs wvJ^.~.^I^^i^ v 87 



Raspberry culture 



Figs 



Vanilla 



India-rubber plants 



Citron 



Special inquiries and answers 



Well-ripened wood 777777777. Ill 



Notes on orange culture and the pineapple 114 



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