ON THE MAKING OF GARDENS 



BY Sir GEORGE SITWELL, Bart. 



5S. net. 



" Every lover of an old lime garden should read the author's scholarly theme from the 

 chapters on garden magic, sense of permanence, its imaginative detail, its moral influence 

 to that of the garden in its old age." — Queen, 



" The reader will find much that is captivating and novel in this little book, and it is a 

 work that should be on everyone's shelf for the very delight that will be found in the 

 reading. ... It is a book ef lofty ideals and broad ideas, with a true conception of 

 what is really great in 3Xt."— Morning Post. 



FRENCH MARKET-GARDENING 



INCLUDING PRACTICAL DETAILS OF "INTENSIVE CULTI- 

 VATION" FOR ENGLISH GROWERS. 



BY JOHN WEATHERS. 



With numerous Illustrations, 3s. 66, net. 



This work shows how results are attained. As in many similar cases it is not so much 

 to the system that the credit for success is due as to those little details of economy of 

 space and material, and most ef all •£ labour, that are overlooked by the casual observer. 

 The Author of this work combines the advantages of a practical grower of established 

 reputation, with those of a trained observer and a skilled author. He has visited the 

 French gardens and has studied the details of the system, and after reading his book the 

 hitherto puzzled English grower will understand at last how results that had seemed to him 

 economically impossible are attainable. 



THE CULTURE OF FRUIT 



TREES IN POTS 



BY JOSH BRACE. 



With Illustrations. 5s. net. 



CONTENTS. 



l.—HousES AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION— Selection of the Site— Pots— Soil— Stocks— 

 Span-roofed Houses— Three-quarter Span — Lean-to Houses — Ventilation — Inexpensive 

 Houses — Wire Houses— Protection against Birds- Water— Cost of Construciion. 



II. — ^The Furnishing of the House— Number of Trees Required — Arrangement of 

 the Trees— Beds and Borders— The Need for Separate Compartments. 



III.— Cultural Details— The Forms of Trees — Potting— Soil — Potting-hook and 

 Prong— Perforated Pots— Method of Forcing— Pruning — Pincning — Hide-bound Trees- 

 Surface Dressing— Number of Fruits on a Tree — Cost of Trees- Longevity, etc. 



IV. — Varieties of Fruits — Peaches and Nectarines — Apricots — Plums — Cherries — 

 Apples and Pears- Baking Pears- The Mulberry— The Fig — The Vine. 



V. — Insect and other Pests— Green Fly— Brown Aphis — Red Spider— Thrip — 

 Earwigs— Weevils— Ants— Mildew, etc. 



VI.— A Calendar of Operations in the Unheated House for each Month 

 OF THE Year. 



VII. — Miscellaneous Observations- Flavour- Gathering the Fruit— Fruit Trees 

 for Decorative Purposes — Miscellaneous Directions, eto. 



