Contents. 5 



Chapter XV., continued. 



7. Area of Glass Used for Commercial Greenhouse 



Purposes in Various States and Provinces. . . 132 



8. National and Party Flowers 133 



9. Dates at which Various Fruits and Nuts appear 



in Northern Markets 134 



10. What Constitutes Wholesale Quantities 135 



11. Average Prices in France of Various Orchid 



Flowers 136 



12. Weights of Various Varieties of Apples per 



Bushel 136 



13. Various Recipes and Rules 137 



14. Various Figures 139 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Rules 141-149 



1. Loudon's Rules of Horticulture 141 



2. Rules of Nomenclature 141 



3. Rules for Exhibition 143 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Postal Rates and Regulations 150-154 



1. Classes of Domestic Mail Matter and Rates . . . 150 



2. Foreign Postage 152 



3. Unmailable Matter 153 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 Weather Signs and Protection from Frost 155-157 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Collecting and Preserving 158-166 



1. Collecting and Preserving Plants ....... 158 



2. Preserving and Printing of Flowers and Other 



Parts of Plants 159 



3. Perfumery 164 



4. Collecting and Preserving Insects 165 



