CONTENTS. 



Page. 



POLYGAMIA 222 



CRYPTOGAMI A 225 



ADDENDA 231 



PART II. PLEASURE GROUND, &c. 



Pleasure Ground 233 



Flower Gardens , 242 



Parterres 245 



Construction of the Greenhouse 248 



Management of the Greenhouse and Conservatory 249 



Construction of the Plant Stove 261 



Management of Hothouse Plants 264 



Management of the Heaths 271 



Propagation of the Heaths 278 



Hardy Heath Garden 282 



Menagerie 285 



Children's Gardens 287 



The Evergreens 289 



Aspley Cottage 293 



PART III. KITCHEN GARDEN DEPARTMENT. 



General Plan of the Kitchen Garden 297 



Materials for Hothouse Roofs 310 



On Heating Hothouses with Hot- Water 2G1, 328, 376 



Construction of and Management of the Peach -House 333 



Construction and Management of the Vinery 350 



Management of the Fig-House 373 



Construction of and Management of the Pinery 376 



On the Pine Pits 398 



On the Melon Pits 402, 404 



Culture of the Melon 405 



Culture of the Cucumber 409 



Forcing Mushrooms 415 



Forcing of the Strawberry 426 



Forcing of French, or Kidney Beans 428 



Management of the Cherry-House 423 



Forcing of Rhubarb 431 



Forcing the Potatoe 433 



Forcing Asparagus 436 



Forcing Sea Kale 439 



