CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION, . > . . -.- , . , -. I 

 HINTS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR FRUITS, VEGE- 

 TABLES, AND FLOWERS, . -V i . .' 9 

 PROPAGATING HOUSES AND PITS, . : . ' , l ' . IJ 

 SEED-SAVING AND SEED-SOWING, . . ' . ' ,' . 23 

 TRANSMITTING SEEDS, PLANTS, CUTTINGS, OR POLLEN, 



FROM ABROAD, 39 



ARTIFICIAL METHODS BY WHICH PLANTS ARE MULTIPLIED, 43 

 PROPAGATION BY GRAFTING AND BUDDING, . . 57 

 GENERAL REMARKS ON HYBRIDISING AND CROSS- 

 BREEDING, 87 



NATURAL FERTILISATION AND CROSS-BREEDING, . . 138 



ARTIFICIAL FERTILISATION AND CROSS-BREEDING, . 149 

 GENERAL REVIEW OF SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR 

 GROUPS OF CULTIVATED PLANTS, WITH NOTES ON 



THEIR PROPAGATION AND NATURAL AFFINITIES, . 1 68 



PROPAGATOR'S CALENDAR, . . . . '. 579 



APPENDIX, . . . . . . . . 598 



INDEX, ..'' . . . .. ... ... 605 



