CONTENTS. 



vii 



IV. Characteristic or Picturesque Distribution 



of Vegetables - - - 203 



V. Systematic Distribution of Vegetables - 205 



VI. Economical Distribution of Vegetables - 206 



VII. Arithmetical Distribution of Vegetables - ib. 

 VIIL Distribution of the British Flora, indige- 

 nous and exotic - - ib. 



Chap. XI. 



Origin of Culture, as derived from the Study of 

 Vegetables - - - - 214 



BOOK II. 



OF THE NATURAL AGENTS OF VEGETABLE 

 GROWTH AND CULTURE. 



Chap. I. 



Of Earths and Soils - - - 217 



I. Of the Geological Structure of the Globe and 



the Formation of Earths and Soils - ib. 



II. Classification and Nomenclature of Soiid - 219 



III. Of discovering the Qualities of Soils - 221 



1. Of discovering the Quahties of Soils by 



means of the Plants which grow on 

 them - _ . . ib. 



2. Of discovering the Qualities of Soils by 



chemical Analysis - - - ib. 



3. Of discovering the Qualities of a Soil 



mechanically and empirically - - 222 



IV. Of the Uses of the Soil to Vegetables - 223 



V. Of the Improvement of Soils - - 226 



1. Pulverisation ... ib. 



2. Of the Improvement of Soils by Compres- 

 sion - . . .228 



3. Of the Improvi ent of Soils by Aeration 



or Fallowing - . . ib. 



4. Alteration of the constituent Parts of Soils 229 

 , 5. Changing the Condition of Lands, in re- 

 spect to Water - . . 231 



6. Changing the Condition of Lands, in re- 



spect to Atmospherical Influence . 232 



7. Rotation of Crops - .233 



Chap. IL 



Of Manures - . , . 234 



I. Of Manures of Animal and Vegetable Origin 235 



1. The Theory of the Operation of Manures 



of Animal and Vegetable Origin - ib. 



; 2. Of the different Species of Manures of 



Animal and Vegetable Origin . 236 



, 3. Of the fermenting, preserving, and apply- 

 ing of Manures of Animal and Vegetable 

 Origin - - .241 



II. Of Manures of Mineral Origin . .243 

 L 1. Theory of the Operation of Mineral Ma. 



nures • - - - ib 



2. Of the different Species of Mineral Ma. 



nures - . .244 



Chap. IIL 



Of the Agency of Heat, Light, Electricity, 

 and Water, in Vegetable Culture . - 249 



I. Of Heat and Light - . . ib 



II. Of Electricity . . - - 253 

 IIL Of Water . - . . ib. 



Chap. IV. 



Of the Agency of the Atmosphere in Vegeta. 



tion - - - - 254 



I. Of the Elements of the Atmosphere - - ib. 



II. Ofthe Means of prognosticatingthe Weather 264 

 HI. Of the Climate of Britain - -266 



BOOK III. 



MECHANICAL AGENTS EMPLOYED IN GAR- 

 DENING. 



Chap. I. 



Implements of Gardening . - - 269 



I. Tools - . ib. 



II. Instruments - - - 272 

 1 Instruments of Operation - . ib. 



2. Instruments of Direction - -278 



3. Instruments of Designation - -280 



III. Utensils . . .282 



1. Utensils of Preparation and Deportation - ib. 



Page 



2. Utensils of Culture - - - 283 



3. Utensils of Protection - . 286 



4. Utensils for entrapping Vermin - 287 



IV. Machines ... ib. 



1. Machines of Labor - .288 



2. Machines for Vermin, and Defence against 



the enemies of Gardens - - 292 



3. Meteorological Machines - - 293 



V. Various Articles used in Gardening Oper- 



ations - 295 



1. Articles of Adaptation - - ib. 



2. Articles of Manufacture - - 297 



3. Articles of Preparation - - ib. 



Chap. 1L 



Structures used in Gardening - - 298 



I. Temporary or Moveable Structures . ib. 



1. Structures Portable, or entirely Moveable ib. 



2. Structures partly Moveable - - 300 



II. Fixed Structures - - - 303 



III. Permanent Horticultural Structures . 310 



1. Ofthe Principles of Design in Hot-houses 311 



2. Forms of Hot-house Roofs . . 314 



3. Details of the Construction of Roofs, or 



the glazed part of Hot-houses . - 318 



4. Glazing of Hot-house Roofs - - 31P 



5. Walls and Sheds of Hot-houses - - 322 



6. Furnaces and Flues - - - 323 



7. Steam Boilers and Tubes . - 326 



8. Trellises - - - - 328 



9. Paths, Pits, Stages, Shelves, Doors, &c. - 329 



10. Details for Water, Wind, and Renewal of 



Air - - .331 



IV. Mushroom-houses - - 332 



V. Cold Plant-habitations - - 334 



Chap. IIL ; 

 Edifices used in Gardening - - ib. 



I. Economical Buildings . - - ib. 



II. Anomalous Buildings - - 339 



1. Of the Ice-house and its Management - ib. 



2. Of the Apiary and the Management of 



Bees . . - - 341 



3. Of the Aviary, and of Menageries, Pisci. 



naries, &c. - _ - 346 



III. Decorative Buildings - - 348 



1. Useful Decorative Buildings - - ib, 



2. Convenient Decorations - - 355 



3. Characteristic Decorations - - 360 



f Chap. IV. 

 Of the Improvement of the Mechanical Agents 

 of Gardening . . - _ 361 



BOOK IV. 



OF THE OPERATIONS OF GARDENING. 1 



Chap. I. 



Operations of Gardening, in which Strength is 



chiefly required in the Operator - - 363 



I. Mechanical Operations common to all Arts 



of Manual Labor - - - ib. 



II. Garden-labors on the Soil - - 364 



III. Garden-labors with Plants - - 367 



Chap. II. 



Operations of Gardening in which Skill is more 

 required than Strength ... 369' 



I. Of transferring Designs from Ground to 



Paper or Memory - - - ib, 



II. Of transferring Designs from Paper or 



Memory to Ground ... 373 



1. Transferring Figures and Designs to plane 



Surfaces - - ... ib. 



2. Tranferring Figures and Designs to irregu- 



lar Surfaces - . - - 375 



3. Of the Arrangement of Quantities - 377 

 IIL Of carrying Designs into Execution - 378 



Chap. III. 



Scientific Processes and Operations - - 38* 



1. Preparation of fermenting Substances for 



Hot-beds, Manures, and Composts - ib. 



II. Operations of Propagation - - 387 



1. Propagation by natural Methods - - ib. 



2. Propagation by Layering - - 388 



3. Propagation by Inarching - - 390 



4. Propagation by Grafting _ - 391 



5. Propagation by Budding . \ - 397 



6. Propagation by Cuttings ^ m - 399 



