1 HACKER, SPINK &- CO., CALCUTTA. 



3S 



BOTANIC. 



Fiftli Edition. 



Imperial i6mo. , cloth, 700 pages, 15,9. net. Rs. 10. 



A MANUAL OF GARDENING 



FOR BENGAL, UPPER AND SOUTHERN INDIA. 

 By Rev. T. A. C. FIRMINGER, M.A. 



"With Portrait and Biography, 



Thoroughly revised and brought 

 up to date by J. Cameron, F.L.S., 

 Supt. Mysore Government Gar- 

 dens, Bangalore. 



CONTENTS: 



Part I. 

 Gardening Operations. 

 Chap. I. Climate — Soil — Manures. 

 Chap. II. Laying Out a Garden — Lawns 

 — Hedges — Hoeing and Digging — 

 Irrigation — Drainage — Conserva- 

 tories — Betel Houses — Decorations — 

 Implements — Shades — Labels — 

 Vermin — Weeds. 

 Chap. III. Seeds — Seed Sowing — Pot 

 Culture — Planting and Transplanting 

 — Cuttings — Layers — Gootee-Graft- 

 ing and Arching — Budding — Pruning, 

 and Root-Pruning — Conveyance — 

 Calendar of Operations. 

 Part II. 

 The \"egetable Garden. 

 Part III. 

 The Fruit Garden and Fernery, 

 Part IV. 

 The Plower Garden — Index. 

 Indiaft Field. — " From beginning to end this revision of the Fifth Edition of 

 an old popular work which past generations have regarded as a vade viecu7n, teems 

 with the minutest instructions, all being brought up to date by the reviser, who must 

 have devoted an enormous amount of time, labour and observation to the compila- 

 tion. . . . Freely embellished with woodcuts, the work forms a regular epitome 

 for the student, while to those of experience the copious index in which the 

 botanical, common and native names of the plants are given, will prove of ser\'ice 

 as a ready reference. 



Second Edition. Crown 8vo., cloth, 35. (yd. net. Rs. 2.8. 



THE AMATEUR GARDENER IN 



THE HILLS. 



Hints from various authorities on Garden Management adapted to the Hills ; 

 also a few Hints on Fowls, Pigeons, and Rabbits, and various Recipes con- 

 nected with the above subjects which are not commonly found in recipe books. 



By AN AMATEUR. 



