LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Section of Frames for forcing Asparagus 

 Preparation for Forcing Asparagus 

 Argenteuil Asparagus Buncber (closed) 

 Asparagus Buncher most commonly 

 used in France .... 

 Argenteuil Buncher (open) 

 Sartrouville Buncher (filled) 

 Cloches over Lettuce in Spring . 

 Plants of the Lettuce Petite Noire under 



the Cloche in October . 

 Diagram showing the several stages of 

 Lettuce-culture under the Cloche . 

 Some Lettuces of the Paris Market — 

 Lettuce — Grosse Brune Paresseuse 

 (Summer) .... 

 Lettuce — Crgpe (Spring) . 

 Palatine (Autumn) . 

 Lettuce — Batavia blonde (Summer) 

 Lettuce — Romaine verte d'hiver . 

 Lettuce — Romaine blonde marat- 

 chfere ..... 

 Lettuce Gotte .... 



Barbe de Capucin .... 

 Early French Forcing Carrot of the 



Paris Market . . ' . 

 Carrot — Scarlet Horn 



„ Intermediate Scarlet . 

 „ Intermediate Scarlet Stump- 



rooted .... 

 „ Intermediate Nantes Scarlet . 

 Turnip-rooted Celery 



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Mode of Tying-up the Cardoon for 



Blanching 499 



Blanched Cardoon .... 499 



De Laon Artichoke .... 500 

 Some Navets of the Paris Market — 



Navet gris de Morigny . . 501 



N. des Vertus rond . . . 501 



N. des Vertus Marteau . . 501 



N. de Meaux .... 501 



N. Jaune de Montmagny . . 501 



Cantaloup Melon of the Paris Markets . 503 



Mouth of Mushroom-cave at Montrouge 505 



Passages in Mushroom-cave . . 506 



View in Mushroom-cave at Montrouge. 507 



Plan of large Subterranean Quarry at 



Fortes Torres, Fr^pUlon . . 510 

 Section following the line C, D, in 



preceding figure . . . .511 



Sectional View : Operations as carried on 



in the Mushroom-caves at Montrouge 515 

 Section. — Mushrooms attacked by the 



"molle" . . ... .518 



View in old Subterranean Quarries 



devoted to Mushroom-culture . 520 



Mushroom-bed in Open-air (January) . 524 



Cave-mushrooms as gathered . . 525 



The Pansy-basket of the Paris Market . 533 

 A Flower-market and City-square in 



one. The new Central Flower-market, 



with Plantation of Paulownias for 



shade (early morning view) . . 538 



