CONTENTS. 



IX 



Figs in pots 



Forcing and general management, , 

 Temperature, watering, &o., 

 Ripening the fruit, 

 Second crop, . 

 Insects and diseases, 

 Packing figs, . 



the 



The Melon, 



Growing melons in dung-beds or pits, 



Sowing the seed, and management of young plants. 



Training and stopping, . 



Soil and planting, &c. , . 



Moulding up — temperature, . 



Impregnation, watering, &c.. 



Culture in melon-houses trained on wires 



of house, depth of soil, &o.. 

 Preparing the plants, planting, &c., 

 Watering, Sec, . 

 Temperature and syringing, . 



Ventilation, 



Impregnation, training, and stopping, 

 Very early forcing, 



Varieties, 



Insects and diseases. 



The Stkawberet, .... 

 The best runners, .... 

 Preparing runners for their fruiting-potS; 

 Soil and potting, &c., . 

 Strawberry-house, .... 



Forcing, 



Setting and thinning the fruit, &c.. 

 Insects to which they are subject, . 

 Strawberries in a gi'eenhouse or pit, 

 Tying up the fruit-stalks, &c.. 

 Packing ripe strawberries for carrying, 

 Preparing fruit for exhibition, 

 Varieties for forcing. 



glass — form 



The Cttcumbeb, .... 

 The seed-bed, .... 

 Sowing the seeds, and treatment of the young plants, 

 Fruiting-pits, planting-out, &c., . 



