IP. TH ACKER &- CO.y LONDON. 



Fourth Edition, Crown 8vo. (i7i preparation). 



A MANUAL OF GARDENING 



FOR 



BENGAL AND UPPER INDIA. 



By THOMAS A. C. FIRMINGER, M.A. 



THOROUGHLY REVISED AND BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME BY 



J. H. JACKSON, 



Editor of ' ' T/ie Indian Agriculturist. " 



PART I. 



Operations of Gardening, 

 Chap, I. — Chmate — Soils — Manures, 

 Chap. II,— Laying-out a Garden— Lawns 

 — Hedges — Hoeing and Digging — 

 Drainage — Conservatories — Betel 

 Houses — Decorations — Implements — 

 Shades — Labels — Vermin — Weeds. 

 Chap. III.— Seeds— Seed Sowing— Pot 

 Culture — Planting -Cuttings— Layers- 

 — Gootee — Grafting and Inarching — 

 Budding — Pruning and Root Pruning 

 — Conveyance. 

 Chap. IV. — Calendar of Operations. 



1. 



2. 



3- 



4- 



5- 



Part II. 



Garden Plants. 



Culinary Vegetables. 

 Dessert Fruits. 

 Edible Nuts. 

 Ornamental Annuals. 

 Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 

 and Herbaceous Perennials. 



Crown 8vo, cloth. Rs. 2-8. 



The Amateur Gardener in the Hills. 



Hints from Various Authorities on Garden Management, 



AND ADAPTED TO THE HILLS ; 



With Hints on Fowls, Pigeons, and Rabbit Keeping ; 



And various Recipes connected with the above subjects which are not commonly found in 



Kecipe Books. 



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