LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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1. — Daylight saving and the gardener .... 3 



2. — Part played by power and temperature in 



growth of plant 12 



S. — Clay soil from a well-tilled garden . . .16 



4. — Garden loam best soil for general gardening . 16 



5. — Sand. Note lack of any humus . . . .16 



6. — Muck soil with undecayed vegetable matter . 16 



7. — Eight way to spade 39 



8. — Wrong way to spade 40 



9. — Right and safe way to leave tools . . . .41 



10. — Wrong dangerous way to leave tools not in use 42 



11. — Correct way to use hand-cultivator ... 44 



12. — Tiring way of using seeder 45 



13. — ^Efficient way of handling rake 46 



14. — Inefficient manner of raking 47 



15. — Diagram of a hotbed 97 



16. — Broken bits of pots put in to insure proper 



drainage 112 



17.-^Seed sown in divided flat 112 



18. — Sifting sand and loam over the seed . . . 112 



19. — Pressing soil round seed to hasten growth . . 112 



20. — Glass and paper used to prevent evaporation . 1 14 



