CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGES 



The Subject 1-18 



Group I. The Herbage Vegetables 3-7 



Group II. The Root Vegetables 7-9 



■ Group III. The Fruit Vegetables 9-11 



The Laboratory. 15-17 



The Plan of the Book 17-18 



CHAPTER II 



Perennial Crops 19-50 



Asparagus 20-32 



Distances; Planting 23-24 



Tillage and Care 24-26 



The Crop 27-28 



Seedlings 29-31 



Varieties 31 



The Asparagus Plant 31-32 



Rhubarb or Pie-Plant ' 32-38 



The Rhubarb Plant 37-38 



Artichoke 30-42 



The Artichoke Plant 41-42 



Girasole 42-44 



The Girasole Plant 44 



Sea-kale 45-47 



The Sea-kale Plant 40^7 



Dock and Sorrel 48-49 



Udo ' 49-50 



(V) 



