CONTENTS 



PART I 



GENERAL VIEW 

 CHAPTER I 



PAGES 



THE LAY-OUT OF THE PLANTATION 1-43 



1. The Ideals in Vegetable-Gardening 3 



'2. The Geography of Vegetable -Gardening 6 



3. The Extent of Vegetable -Gardening ' . 12 



4. Equipment and Capital 19 



5. The Home Garden 31 



CHAPTER II 



GLASS 44-79 



1. Quantity and Cost of Glass Required 45 



1. The Making of Frames 50 



3. Hotbeds 54 



4. Coldframes and Forcing- hills 67 



5. The Management of Frames 72 



CHAPTER III 

 THE SOIL AND ITS TREATMENT . 80-106 



1. The Amelioration of the Land 85 



2. The Fertilizing of the Land 94 



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