CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XII. 

 FRENCH GARDEN. PREPARING PLANTS FOR EARLY CROPS ... 85-89 



Scheme of Cropping Seed Beds Need for Attention to 

 Details Emphasised Raising Plants : Cauliflower, Cos and 

 Forcing Cabbage Lettuce, Hardy Cos and Cabbage Lettuce 

 Lettuce Mildew and the Preference for Cloches Protecting the 

 Plants from Frost How Mats should be Laid so as to Resist 

 Strong Winds. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



FRENCH GARDEN. CROPS GROWN ON HOT-BEDS, IN COLD 



FRAMES, AND IN THE OPEN-AIR 90-100 



Intercropping and its Limitations The Best Time for Be- 

 ginning Hot-beds. HOT-BEDS FOR FRAMES : Arrangement of 

 Compost Sowing and Planting Routine Work Ventilation 

 Gathering Radishes and Lettuces Planting Cauliflowers 

 Dressing the Beds Watering Clearing the Beds Alternative 

 Crops Turnips. HOT-BEDS FOR CLOCHES : Compost Arrange- 

 ment of Cloches Sowing and Planting Water and Ventilation 

 How Cloches are Manipulated for Successional Crops Cover- 

 ing and Shading Cloches Clearing the Beds Extra Early 

 Cauliflowers. 



PLAN OF FRENCH GARDEN 101 



CHAPTER XIV 



A QUARTER-ACRE OF FRENCH GARDEN 102-108 



Description and Explanation of Garden Equipment 

 Water Manure Prices of Produce Average Crops Size of 

 Bunches Details of Cropping Estimated Produce and Values 

 Summary of Returns Estimated Annual Income and Expen- 

 diture Approximate Cost of Equipment. 



CHAPTER XV. 



INTENSIVE CULTURE ON ALLOTMENTS AND COTTAGE GARDENS ... 109-117 



Forcing on Hot-beds Unnecessary Great Increase in Quan- 

 tity of Produce Essential Features of the System: How to 

 Secure Them at Small Expense Suggestions for Practical Work 

 with Schemes and Diagrams of Intercropping. 



CHAPTER XVI 



SEEDS, SOWING, THINNING-OUT, AND TRANSPLANTING 118-126 



The Necessity for Good Seed Best Varieties to Choose 

 Novelties Testing for Germination The Seed Bed and its Pre- 

 paration Sowing Thinning-out Transplanting How the 

 Plants should be Trimmed Dibbers and How to Use Them. 



