CONTENTS. ra 



CAOB 



III On Plantihs SnADU-TEEiES • . . . . .299 



IV. Teees in To'Wns and Villages 



V. Shade-Trees m Cities . . . . . . 311 



VX Eaee Evergreen Trees . . . . . 819 



VII. A Word in Favok of Evergreens . '. . . 827 



VXn. The Chinese Magnollas . . . . . 835 



IX, The Neglected American Plants . . . . 339 



X. The Art oe Transplanting Trees .... SiS 



XI. On Transplanting Large Trees .... 849 



. Xn. A Chapter on Hepges .....' 357 



Xm. On the Employment of Ornamental Trees and Shrbbs in North 



America . . . . . . . 874 



803 



AGRICULTURE 



385 



I. Cdltivatoes, — ^The GrBAt InddstSiial Class .ot^^mebioa 

 II. The National Ignorance of the Agrioolthral Interest . 390 



in. The Home Education OF THE Rural Districts . . . 896 



IV. How TO ENRICH THE SoiL . . : . . . 404 



V. A Chapter on Agricultural Schools .... 410 



VX A Few Words on THE Kitchen Garden . . / : 416 



Vn. A Chat. IN THE Kitchen ©Aden . . ' . . 421 



VIIL Washington, the Farmer . . . . 427 



FRUIT. 



I. A Few Words on Fruit Culture . . , . . 485 



II. The Fkuhs in Convention ..... 442 ' 

 nL The Philosophy of Manuring Orchards _ . . . 452 

 rV. The Vineyards of the West . . ■ ,jf • 468 



V. On THE Improvement OF Vegetable Races . . . 468 



LETTERS FROM ENGLAND. 



I. Warwick Castle: Kenilworth: Stratford-on-Avon . 475 



II. Kew-Gardens ; New Houses of Parliament : A Nobleman's 



Beat ' . . . , . . . 485 



HL Chatsworth . . . . . '. . 497 



