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INDEX. 



Advantages of the tan and leaf 

 bed, 8. 



Varieties, 9. 



Soil and its preparation, 13. 



Propagation, 14. 



Suckers, 15. 



Potting of these, 16. 



Subsequent treatment, 17. 



Succession plants — their spring 

 treatment, 20. 



Their summer and autumn treat- 

 ment, 27. 



Fruiting plants, 35. 



Retarding and keeping them after 

 they are ripe, 40. 



How to keep a succession of ripe 

 fruit all through the year, 42. 



Treatment of plants that miss 

 fruiting, 45. 



The planting-out system, 46. 



Insects to which subject — white 

 "e, 47. 



Brown scale and mealy bug, 49. 



Strawberry, the. 

 Its natural history, 230. 

 How to secure the best runners for 



forcing, 231. 

 Preparing these for their fruiting- 



pots, 2ii2. 

 Soil and potting, &c., 233. 

 House for forcing, 237. 

 Forcing, 239. 



Setting and thinning the fruit, 24 1 . 

 Insects to which subject, 244. 

 Forcing in a greenhouse or pit, 



244. 

 Tying up the fruit-stalks, 245. 

 Packing them when ripe, 246. 

 Preparing them for exhibition, 



247. ' 



Best varieties for forcing, 248, 



Vine, the, see Grape Vine. 



THE END. 



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