CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XLIII. 

 The Hothouse or Forcing Grapery 258 



CHAPTER XLIV. 

 The Strawberry - 256 



CHAPTER XLV. 

 Cottage Gardening A Digression - 301 



CHAPTER XLVI. 

 The Vegetable Garden 303 



CHAPTER XL VII. 

 Garden Implements 359 



Monthly Calendar of Operations 385 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Rubble Drain 11 



Horse-shoe Drain Tile 11 



Triangular Board Drain.. 12 

 Approach to a House 



Drive andPath 15 



Section of Road with Drain 



eachside 16 



Design for Laying out 



Grounds., 28 



Design for Grounds with 



Carriage Drive 30 



Diagram of Flower Bed.. 32 



Section of Flower Bed 33 



Carpet Bed as Planted.... 87 



Design for Flower Bed 37 



Design for Flower Bed 38 



Design for Flower Bed 39 



Design for Flower Bed 40 



Design for Flower Bed 41 



Design for Flower Bed 42 



Fancy Bedding at Lincoln 



Park, Chicago 43 



Group of Holland Bulbs.- 46 

 Pot Culture of the Bermu- 



daLily. 49 



Lily of the Valley 51 



Lilv of the Valley "Pip" 



Good 52 



Amaryllis (Vittata Type).. 58 



Cyclamen 60 



Proper and Improper State 



of Cutting 65 



Saucer Propagation 67 



Propagation by Layering.. 68 

 Cleft Grafting (the Cleft). 76 

 Cleft Graf ting (the Cion).. 76 

 Cleft Grafting (Graft fitted) 76 



Whip Graft.. 77 



Side Graft 77 



Grafting the Camellia 78 



33. Budding (the Bud) 79 



34. Budding (the Cut) 79 



35. Budding (the Bud iu place) 79 



36. Budding (the Bud tied)-. 79 



37. Rustic Hanging Basket. .-113 



38. A Veranda Garden 115 



39. Plain Window Box 116 



40. Window Box Ornamented 



with Tiles 117 



41. Aquatic Plants m Central 



Park ...124 



42. Water Lily Bed 126 



43. Amazon Lily, Victoria regiaV2& 



44. Nymphaea Devoniensis 132 



45. ChrysanthemumMrs. Brett 150 



46. Chrysanthemum Culling- 



fordi 152 



47. Folding Plant Stand 157 



48 Wardian Case 159 



49. Fernery with Glass Shade. 159 



50. Base-burning Boiler 162 



51. Base-burning Boiler (Sec- 



tion) 162 



52. Conservatory attached to 



Dwelling (Elevation) 163 



53. Conservatory attached to 



Dwelling (Ground Plan) .163 



54. Conservatory attached to 



Dwelling ,..164 



55. Greenhouse with equal 



Spans 166 



56. End View and Plan of 



Greenhouse or Grapery. .167 



57. Elevation (in part) of De- 



tached Greenhouse or 

 Grapery 168 



58. Three-quarter Span Green- 



house .--171 



59. Greenhouse, Rose House, 



and Potting Room 173 



