CONTENTS. 



Introduction and Note, • By the Author 



PART I. 



CHAPTER I. 

 RHUBARB— ITS CULTIVATION AND HOME. Page 



A fragment of history — Its native home — Its acclimation — Not a 

 vital question , 1 



CHAPTER II. 

 THE FORCING PLACE. 

 The commercial cellar — The house cellar— Cellars with hard 

 floors — Growing in hotbeds — Growing in the greenhouse — 

 A cheap forcing cellar — Nooks and corners, 5 



CHAPTER III. 

 WORK or FORCING. 

 Starting the work— Forcing season — Two crops in one season — 

 Setting the plants — Handling the roots — Age of roots for 

 forcing — Best varieties, 16 



CHAPTER IV. 

 HOW TO SUCCEED. 



Heating — As to temperature — Ventilation — Light — Moisture — 

 Fertilizing— Thinning out, 23 



CHAPTER V. 

 HANDLING THE CROP. 



Time of maturing— Gathering the crop — Tying up — Marketing, 29 



CHAPTER VI. 

 FERTILIZERS. 

 Light or thin soils — Barnyard manure — Binders — Acidity of 

 soil — Nitrate of soda — Jadoo fibre, ^3 



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