LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE PAGE 



1. PLAN FOR A TEN ROD ALLOTMENT Frontispiece 



2. METHODS OF DIGGING .... 31 



3. HINTS ON DIGGING AND SOWING ... 35 



4. TABLE SHOWING DEPTH TO WHICH SEEDS 



SHOULD BE SOWN . . . .61 



5. HINTS ON THE CARE OF SEEDLINGS. . . 69 



6. HOTBEDS AND COLD FRAMES ... 79 



7. HINTS ON THE TREATMENT OF BRASSICAS . 93 



8. HINTS ON STAKING PEAS AND BEANS . . 97 



9. HINTS ON POTATO GROWING . . . 105 



10. HINTS ON GROWING ONIONS . . .123 



11. HINTS ON GROWING CARROTS, PARSNIPS, AND 



BEETROOTS 131 



12. CELERY, VEGETABLE MARROWS, AND CUCUM- 



BERS 141 



13. TOMATO CULTURE 153 



14. MUSHROOM CULTURE 159 



15. HINTS ON THE GROWTH OF RHUBARB AND 



SEAKALE . ; . . . .175 



16. FOES OF THE VEGETABLE GROWER 185 



