Contents. 5 



Chapter XV, continued. 



7. Area of Glass in Various States and Provinces 



Used for Commercial Greenhouse Purposes 133 



8. National and Party Flowers 134 



9. Dates at which Various Fruits and Nuts Appear in 



Northern Markets 135 



10. What Constitutes Wholesale Quantities 137 



11. Average Prices in France of Various Orchid 



Flowers 13^ 



12. Weights of Various Varieties of Apples per 



Bushel 138 



13. Various Recipes and Rules 138 



14. Various Figures 140 



CHAPTER XVI. 



RULES 142-151 



1. London's Rules of Horticulture 142 



2. Rules of Nomenclature 142 



3. Rules for Exhibition 144 



CHAPTER XVII. 



POSTAL RATES AND REGULATIONS 152-156 



1. Classes of Domestic Mail Matter and Rates 152 



2. Foreign Postage 154 



3. Unmailable Matter 155 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 WEATHER SIGNS AND PROTECTION FROM FROST I 57~ I 59 



CHAPTER XIX. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING 160-169 



1. Collecting and Preserving Hants 160 



2. Preserving and Printing of Flowers and Other 



Parts of Plants 161 



3. Perfumery 167 



4. Collecting and Preserving Insects 168 



