THE RURAL SCIENCE SERIES 



The Principles of Vegetable - Gardening 



By L. H. BAILEY 



458 PAGES 144 ILLUSTRATIONS $1.25 



TTEGETABLE-GABDENINa books are usually mere alphabetic 

 V cyclopedias of directions. This book states the reasons wliy. It 

 discusses fully the underlying questions regarding soils, fertilizing, 

 tilling, storing, marketing, controlling insects and diseases, and other 

 vital present-day problems. It treats the general subject of truck - 

 gardening and market -gardening ; also the home garden. After 

 these general matters are fully discussed, the treatment of each 

 vegetable is taken up and the principles of its cultivation con- 

 sidered. 



The classification is into natural cultural groups, so that it is 

 possible to state all the principles which pertain to any class of 

 vegetables, without much repetition. Thus, root crops are treated 

 by themselves; so are salad crops, bulb crops, and the like. Par- 

 ticular attention is given to hotbeds and coldframes; also to seeds 

 and seed -growing. 



Full estimates are given of the capital required for market - 

 gardening. The book contains a complete list of all American 

 books on vegetable -gardening. 



ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS 



PART I GENERAL VIEW 



Chapter I. The Lay -out of the Plantation. Chapter V. Seeds and Seedage. 



Chapter II. Glass. Chapter VI. Subsequent Management of 

 Chapter III. The Soil and Its Treatment. the Vegetable -Garden. 



Chapter IV. Vegetable -Gardening Tools. Chapter VII. Marketing and Storing. 



PART II VEGETABLE -GARDENING CROPS 



Chapter VIII. Introductory Discussion. Chapter XV, Pulse Crops. 



Chapter IX. Root Crops. Chapter XVI. Solanaceous Crops. 



Chapter X. Tuber Crops. Chapter XVII. Cucurbitous Crops, 



Chapter XI. Bulb Crops. Chapter XVIII. Sweet Corn and Okra. 



Chapter XII. Cole Crops. Chapter XIX. Sweet Herbs. 



Chapter XIII. Pot-Herb Crops. Chapter XX. Perennial Crops. 



Chapter XIV. Salad Crops. 



