TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



CHAPTER I. 



LEADING PRINCIPLES OF THE GROWTH OF TREES. 



PACES 



Germination — The Root — The Stem and Branches — The 



Process of Growing — Flowers — Species and Varieties, . 1-15 



CHAPTER n. 



PRODUCTION OF NEW VARIETIES. 



New Varieties by Crossing 16-21 



CHAPTER in. 



PROPAGATION BY BUDDING AND GRAFTING, BY LAYERS AND BY CUTTINGS. 



I. Cuttings, n. Layers. HI. Grafting. IV. Budding — 

 Limits of Budding and Grafting. Saving Mice-Gnawed 

 Trees, 22-48 



CHAPTER IV. 



SOIL, MANURES, SITUATION, AND ENCLOSURES. 



Manures — Situation — Enclosures — Hedges 49-59 



CHAPTER V. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



Laying Out Orchards — Transplanting — Distances for Plant- 

 ing Trees 60-76 



CHAPTER VL 



# CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL. 



Renovating Old Trees— When to Manure Orchards— Ar- 

 rangements to Facilitate Cultivation — The Modern Cul- 

 tivation of Commercial Orchards — Fertilizers, . . 77-89 



