4 The Horticulturist's Rule-Book. 



Chapter XI, continued. 



3. Average Profitable Longevity of Fruit Plants 



Under High Culture 9 



4. Average Yields per Acre of Various Crops 98 



5. Tabular Statement of the Ways in which Plants 



are Propagated 100 



6. Ways of Grafting and Budding 101 



7. Particular Methods by which Various Fruits are 



Multiplied 102 



8. Stocks Used for Various Fruits 103 



CHAPTER XII. 



METHODS OF KEEPING AND STORING FRUITS AND VEGE- 

 TABLES 104-112 



CHAPTER XIII. 



STANDARD AND LEGAL MEASURES AND SIZES 113-123 



1. Standard Flower Pots 113 



2. Legal and Standard Measures 114 



3. Miscellaneous Legal Weights per Bushel 116 



4. Miscellaneous Legal Sizes 116 



5. Society and Customary Standards 118 



6. Covent Garden Measures 122 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 TABLES OF MEASURES AND WEIGHTS 124-129 



CHAPTER XV. 



MISCELLANEOUS TABLES, FIGURES AND NOTES 130-141 



1. Quantity of Water Held by Pipes of Various Sizes. 130 



2. Number of Gallons in Circular Tanks and Wells. . 130 



3. Number of Gallons in Square-built Tanks 131 



4. Thermometer Scales 132 



5. Effects of Wind in Cooling Glass 132 



6. Per Cent, of Rays of Light Reflected from Glass 



Roofs at Various Angles of Inclination 133 



