TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Dedication 3 



Advertisement 5 



Acknowledgments to Authorities, Correspondents, &c 9 



List of Authors whose Works are either quoted or referred to. . . .9 



INTRODUCTION 13 



Section I. Climate 16 



II. Modern or Landscape Gardens 21 



III. Utility of Fruits 23 



IV. New Varieties of Fruits Modes in which they 



are produced Decline of the Old Varieties. . . .25 



V. Of the Growth of Trees and Plants 34 



VI. Transplanting 35 



VII. Propagation 36 



VIII. Inoculating 37 



IX. Grafting 39 



X. Fruitfulness 41 



XI. Pruning 45 



XII. Noxious Insects , 52 



APPLE , 58 



PEAR 115 



Old Pears 117 



New Pears 130 



QUINCE \ 174 



PEACH 177 



NECTARINE 206 



ALMOND . . .210 



APRICOT 212 



PLUM 216 



CHERRY 231 



MULBERRY 212 



VINE ..213 



