ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE GREAT CONSERVATORY AT KEW GARDENS (Frontispiece}. 



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Fig. 1. A Forcing Cucumber House . ... . . .20 



" 2. Ten Illustrations of Training ..... 34 



" 3, 4, 5, 6. Trimming and Pinching the Pear Tree . . .39 



" 7. Pruning the Raspberry ...... 45 



" 8, 9, 10. Good and Bad Pruning of Forest Trees , . .59 



" 11. Design for a Villa Garden ..... 86 



" 12. Raising Plants from Cuttings . . . . . 113 



" 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. Fancy Training of Fruit Trees . . 145 



" 19. A Lean-to Cold Vinery . . . . . .173 



" 20. A Covering for Half-hardy Plants . . . .196 



" 21. The Fastolf Raspberry . . . . . .231 



" 22. The Red Antwerp ....... 232 



" 23. Strawberry Tiles ....... 233 



" 24, 25, 26. Grafting Grape Vines . . . . .258 



" 27. An Old Clipped Yew ...... 280 



" 28. Weigela Amabilis . . . . . .289 



" 29. Plan of Protecting Trees from Cattle . . . .303 



" 30. Rationale of Draining Land . . . . .316 



" 31. Ornamental Tower for Irrigation . . . t ' .345 



" 32. A useful Trough for Irrigating Gardens .... 346 



" 33. A Hanging Basket ...... 354 



" 34. A Well Cultivated Pot Rose . . . . .368 



" 35, 36, 37, 38. Transplanters ...... 371 



" 39. A Cold Pit ....... 380 



" 40. The Impostor's Graft . . . . .402 



" 41, 42. Cutting round Roots . . . . . .419 



" 43. Roots in Pot Culture . . . . . .420 



" 44. Ditto " " ...... 420 



" 45. 'The Corkscrew Root from Pot Culture . . . .421 



" 46. Spur of the Pear Tree . . . . . .431 



" 47. Shoot of a Fig Tree . . ,." . . .432 



" 48. Branch of the Filbert . . . . . .433 



" 49. Shoot of a Peach Tree ...... 437 



" 50. Shoot of a Gooseberry Bush . . . . .438 



" 51. Shoot of a Currant 439 



