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Flowers, the colour of, affected by the colour of soils, 1 70 

 Flued-walls, of forcing peaches on, - 379, 408 



pits, of forcing asparagus in, * 346 



" cucumbers in, - 429 



= melons in, - 406, 421 



Flues, of their construction, - 281 



Force pump engine, of its usefulness, - 234 



Forcing Garden, introduction to the, 265 



Fotheringham plum described, 1 76 



Frame for auriculas described, 489 



French beans, culture of, 64, 79, 90, 90 



of forcing, - 26,35 



French mignon peach described, 303 



Frontinac grapes described, 297, 298 



Fruit Garden, introduction to the, 137 



Fruit-room, management of the, 254, 258 



Fruits, the colour of, affected by the colour of soils, 170 

 of thinning stone, 240, 244, 247 



i of gathering stone, method of, 251 



of gathering and storing orchard, 257 



- kinds of, for forcing, 294 



Fruit-tree borders, of the proper depth and breadth of, 150 



how to form and prepare, - 151 



Fruit-trees, kinds of, enumerated, 161, 179, 295, 296, 



302, 303 



. described, - 164, 177, 29, 304 



distance at which to plant. - 177, 180 



of planting, 185, 206, 208, 211, 258, 259 



.'. of pruning and training, 1 8 7, 2 1 0, 2 1 2, 23 7, 



243, 248, 250, 253 



of healing down stinted, 214 



.------------- new planted, - 212 



of watering new planted, - 219,248 

 of destroying insects on, 198, 225, 244, 248, 



252, 254 



