CONTENTS AND INDEX. 



CHAPTER 1. The Men Fitted for the Business of Gardening 9 



CH AFTER 2. The Amount of Capital Required and Working Force per Acre . 12 



CHAPTER 3. Profits of Market Gardening 16 



CHAPTER 4. Location, Situation, and Laying Out 19 



CHAPTER 5. Soils, Drainage, and Preparation 22 



CHAPTER 6. Manures.. 29 



CHAPTER 7. Implements 34 



Cylinder Plow 34 



Lifting;Sub-soil Plow 35 



Garden Harrow 35 



Digging Fork 36 



Spade 36 



Skeleton Plow. . . 37 



Cultivator 37 



Pronged Hoe 38 



Rake 38 



Scuffle Hoe 39 



Clod-crusher 39 



Garden Roller 40 



Marker 40 



Market Wagon 41 



Seed Drill 41 



Dibber 42 



CHAPTER 8. Uses and Management of Cold Frames. 44 



CHAPTER 9. Formation and Management of Hot-beds 49 



Watering 52 



Covering Against Frost 54 



CHAPTER 10. Forcing Pits or Green-houses 57 



CHAPTER 11. Seeds and Seed Raising 66 



CHAPTER 12. How, When, and Where to Sow Seeds 71 



Hardy and Tender Seeds 73 



Quantity of Seeds per Acre 78 



Quantity of Seeds for a Given Number of Plants 78 



Number of Plants to the Acre 79 



CHAPTER 13. Transplanting 80 



CHAPTER 14. Packing Vegetables for Shipping 82 



CHAPTER 15. Preservation of Vegetables in Winter 84 



CHAPTER 16. Insects 87 



CHAPTER 17. Vegetables, their Varieties and Cultivation 91 



Asparagus 92 



Artichoke 98 



Artichoke, Jerusalem 99 



