CONTENTS. Til 



CHAPTER XVI. 



PIOH 

 TRAINING 373 



THE PALMETTB VE1UUER 373 



PYRAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE 378 



CHAPTER XVII. 



HG CULTURE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OP PARIS 395 



PRESERVING GRAPES THROUGH THE WINTER WITHOUT LETTING THEM 



HANG ON THE VINES 405 



THE CULTURE OP THE VINE AT TIIOMERY 412 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE IMPERIAL PRUIT AND FORCING GARDENS AT VERSAILLES . . . 424 

 THE NEW PRUIT GARDEN OP THE CITY OF PARIS IN ME BOIS DE 



VINCENNES 433 



CHAPTER XIX. 



THE PEACH GARDENS OF MONTREUIL 440 



CHAPTER XX. 



THE MARKET GARDENS OF PARIS 462 



CHAPTER XXI. 



MUSHROOM CULTURE 472 



„ „ IN CELLAJIS AND IN THE OPEN AIR .... 484 



CHAPTER XXII. 



THE CULTURE OF SALADS 489 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



ASPARAGUS CULTURE 501 



PREPARATION OF THE GROUND 500 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE VEGETABLES OF THE PARIS MARKET . 515 



CULTURE OF THE SMALL CARROT 520 



THE CARDOON 522 



FORCING THE CAULIFLOWER 524 



THE SWEET POTATO 525 



EARLY POTATOES 527 



OLEANDER CULTURE 528 



CULTURE OF THE ORANGE 531 



SHOWING ROSES IN FRANCE 535 



FORCING THE WHITE LILAC 537 



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