CONTENTS. IX 



Figs in pots, 197 



Forcing and general management, ...... 200 



Temperature, watering, &c., . . . ,.* '.. ' ' - ; . 201 



Ripening the fruit, ^ ...'.. . . ' , . . 203 



Second crop, . ' ' .. . . . . . . -. . . 204 



Insects and diseases, . . . . . ..'*..-. 205 



Packing figs, . . . . . . . .. ': ..' . 206 



THE MELON, . .. ..207 



Growing melons in dung-beds or pits, 210 



Sowing the seed, and management of young plants, . .211 



Training and stopping, . . . . . .-.'. 213 



Soil and planting, &c., . . . . . . . .214 



Moulding up temperature, . . . . . . . 216 



Impregnation, watering, &c., ...... 217 



Culture in melon-houses trained on wires near the glass form 



of house, depth of soil, &c., 220 



Preparing the plants, planting, &c., 223 



Watering, &c., 224 



Temperature and syringing, ....... 225 



Ventilation, 226 



Impregnation, training, and stopping, . . . . . 226 



Very early forcing, 227 



Varieties , . 229 



Insects and diseases, ........ 229 



THE STRAWBERRY, 231 



The best runners, 232 



Preparing runners for their fmiting-pots, .... 233 



Soil and potting, &c., 234 



Strawberry-house, 239 



Forcing, 240 



Setting and thinning the fruit, &c., . . . . .242 



Insects to which they are subject, 245 



Strawberries in a greenhouse or pit, ..... 245 

 Tying up the fruit-stalks, &c., . . . *. . .246 



Packing ripe strawberries for carrying, 247 



Preparing fruit for exhibition, ...... 248 



Varieties for forcing, ........ 249 



THE CUCUMBER, 251 



The seed-bed, 252 



Sowing the seeds, and treatment of the young plants, . . 253 



Fruiting-pits, planting-out, &c., ...... 257 



