Contents xi 



PAGES 



4. Hotbeds 346 



Handling the Horse Manure 346-348 



Making the Manure Bed 348-350 



Pipe-heated Hotbeds 350-351 



Flue-heated Beds 351-353 



Substitutes for Glass 353-354 



Hotbed Covers 354-356 



Sowing Seeds in the Hotbed 356-358 



5. The Management of Frames 358-364 



Wintering Autumn-Sown Plants 363-364 



CHAPTER XV 



The Land and Its Treatment 365-387 



1. The Amelioration of the Land 369-377 



Drainage 300-371 



Tillage 371-375 



Addition of Humus 375-376 



Rotation 376-377 



2. The Direct Fertilizing of the Land 377-384 



3. The Irrigation of the Land 384-387 



CHAPTER XVI 



Vegetable-gardening Tools and Implements 388-396 



The Implements and Their Work 392-396 



CHAPTER XVII 



Seeds and Seedage 397-413 



1. The Testing of Seeds ' 397-402 



Testing for Impurities 398-399 



Testing for Viability 399-401 



Percentages and Longevity 401-402 



