CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIV.— The Grape Vine, . 

 CHAPTER XV.— The Pine Apple, 

 CHAPTER XVI.— The Cucumber and Melon, 



§ 1. ThB CnOUMBEU, ..... 



2. The Melon, . ... 



CHAPTER XVII.— Management of the Fruit-Room, 



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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



CHAPTER I.— Plant-Houses, 

 § 1. Camellia-House, 



2. ORCHID-HonSE, 



3. BnLB-HoDSE, 



4. Okanqebt, . 



5. Heath-House, 



6. Aquabium, 



7. The Stove or Tropical Plant House, 



8. Succulent-House, 



9. The Conservatory, 



10. The Greenhouse, . 



11. Flowbe-Forcing House or Pits, . 



12. Cold or Conservative Pits, 



13. Conservative Wall and Border, Protection of half- 



Trees AND Plants, 



14. Miscellaneous Observations, 



CHAPTER II.— The Open Flower-Garden, 

 § 1. American Garden, 



2. ROSAEY, 



3. The Lawn, .... 



4. The Shrubbery, 



5. The Flobists' Flower Garden, 



6. The Alpine Garden and Eockery, 



7. The Perennial-Plant Flower Garden, 



8. The Parterre Garden, 



9. The Eebbrve Garden, 

 10. Insects injurious in the Plant-Houses and Flowbr-Garden, 



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GLOSSARY op some op the most important Technical Terms employed 



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INDEX TO Select Lists of Vegetables and Fruits, 



INDEX TO Select Lists op Plants, 



GENERAL INDEX, 



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