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THE AMATEUR'S 



KITCHEN GARDEN 



FRAME GROUND AND FORCING PIT, 



A HANDY GUIDE 



To the Formation and Management of the Kitchen Garden, 

 and the Cultivation of useful Vegetables and Fruits. 



BY 



SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 



CONTENTS. 



Formation of the Kitchen Garden 

 The Amateur in the Kitchen 



Garden. 

 Pits and Frames. 

 Selecting for the Kitchen Garden 

 Peas and Beans. 

 Brassicas and spinach. 

 Seakale and Asparagus. 

 Artichokes, Cardoons, and Maize. 

 Saladings. 



The Onion and its allies. 

 Celery and Celeraic. 

 The Potato. 



The Jerusalem Artichoke. 

 The Turnip. 



Tap-rooted Vegetables. 



Rhubarb. 



The Cucumber. 



The Melon. 



Squashes, Gourds, and Marrows. 



The Mushroom. 



The Herb Garden. 



The Storage of Roots. 



Exhibiting. 



The Tomato, Capsicum, and Egg 



Plant. 

 Horseradish. 

 Forcing. 



The Fruit Garden. 

 Reminders of Monthly Work. 



OPINIONS OF THE PBESS. 



"We recommend the book, as one from which amateurs and even profes- 

 sional gardeners may derive reliable information, which is the more acceptable 

 as it is conveyed in an entertaining manner." — Journal of Horticulture. 



" Correctly described as no mere compilation, but the result of a quarter of a 

 century's work in gardens largely devoted to fruit and vegetable culture." — 

 Saturday Review. 



" A beautiful and well illustrated book, should be a very welcome addition to 

 the library of any amateur gardener ; and we very confidently recommend it to 

 all gardeners who wish to do the right thing at the right time, and in the best 

 and most profitable and productive manner." — Yorkshire Post. 



" It is a complete book, dealing well and wisely with eveiy point incident to 

 the comprehensive subject. The author has established wide and large renown, 

 and many are the amateurs who owe him a debt of gratitude. The publishers 

 have done him ample justice." — Art Journal. 



"Mr. Hibberd embodies in his work the results of his own practical ex- 

 perience, and the directions he gives are so simple and comprehensive that 

 anybody who sets about it can find no difficulty in understanding and following 

 them. A better guide than this handy volume need not be desired by the 

 amateur gardener. — Scotsman. 



" Mr. Hibberd is now the best known among acknowledged authorities on the 

 subject of gardening. His present work aims wholly at utility. It shows the 

 manner of laying out a kitchen garden to the best advantage." — Sunday Times. 



" It shows the amateur what a kitchen garden ought to and might be, how 

 to form one, and what to do with it when you have got it." — Live Stock Journal. 



" An invaluable addition to garden lore, and among thp best, where indeed 

 all are excellent, of Mr. Hibberd's productions. "—Ladies' Treasury. s 



GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, Paternoster Eow, London. 



