CONTENTS. 



Part L 



CHAPTER I. PAGE 

 How I BECAME A HORTICULTURIST 13 



CHAPTER II. 

 EARLY EXPERIENCES AND SEED-BEDS 16 



CHAPTER III. 

 FERTILIZERS COTTON-SEED MEAL 21 



CHAPTER IV. 

 WINTER AND EARLY SPRING CULTIVATION 31 



CHAPTER V. 

 CABBAGE 35 



CHAPTER VI. 

 CAULIFLOWER 38 



CHAPTER VII. 

 THE TOMATO 41 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 THE ONION 46 



CHAPTER IX. 

 MELONS AND CUCUMBERS 49 



