CONTENTS 



I. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS . . . 



II. PLANNING THE GROUND .... 



III. PREPARING THE SOIL .... 



IV. TOWN ALLOTMENTS .... 

 V. MANURES ...... 



VI. HOTBEDS AND COLD FRAMES ... 



VII. FRESH VEGETABLES ALL THE YEAR KOUND 



VIII. SEED ECONOMIES ..... 



IX. FOES AND FRIENDS OF THE VEGETABLE 

 GROWER ...... 



X. HINTS FOR EXHIBITORS .... 



XI. THE CABBAGE OR BRASSICA FAMILY. . 



XII. PEAS AND BEANS ..... 



XIII. POTATOES ...... 



XIV. THE ONION FAMILY . . . . 

 XV. CARROTS, PARSNIPS, AND BEETROOTS . 



XVI. CELERY AND CELERIAC . . . . 



XVII. ARTICHOKES ...... 



XVIII. VEGETABLE MARROWS, SQUASHES AND 

 CUCUMBERS. ..... 



XIX. INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TOMATOES . . 



XX. MUSHROOM CULTURE . . . . 



XXI. SALAD VEGETABLES ..... 



XXII. USEFUL HERBS ..... 



XXIII. MISCELLANEOUS CROPS . . . . 



XXIV. VEGECULTURE MONTH BY MONTH . . 



APPENDIX I. DISEASES AND PESTS WHICH ATTACK 

 VEGETABLES . . . . 

 II. A TIME-TABLE OF GROWTH . . 

 INDEX 



13 



23 

 28 

 40 

 44 

 55 

 62 

 66 



71 



76 



82 



95 



104 



119 



129 



138 



143 



147 

 152 

 158 

 164 

 170 

 174 

 181 



193 

 195 

 197 



