IV 



CONTENTS. 



Artificial Methods of in- 

 creasing Plants . . 36 



Grafting 37 



Whip-Grafting ... 42 

 Cleft-Grafting. ... 43 

 Saddle-Grafting ... 43 

 Crown- Grafting ... 44 

 Cuttings for Scions . . 44 

 Grafting Clay .... 45 

 Grafting Wax . . . .45 



Inarching 45 



Layering . .... 46 



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Pruning 48 



Management of Peach 



and Nectarine Trees . 52 

 Management of Pear 



Trees 63 



Distance between Trees 65 

 Espaliers ..... 65 

 Dwarf Standards and 



Pyramids .... 67 

 Management of Apple 



Trees 69 



CHAPTER ly. 



Mois'THLY Operations. 



January 69 



February 89 



March 101 



April 110 



May 115 



June ,119 



July . . 

 August . . 

 September 

 October . 

 November 

 December 



. 121 



. 128 

 . 131 

 . 133 

 . 137 

 . 141 



The general routine of Monthly Operations is classified 

 under the following heads : — 



Stove and Greenhouse . 69, 89, 101, 110, 115, 119, 121, 



128, 181, 133, 137, 141 

 Pits and Frames . 72, 103, 111, 115, 120, 125, 128, 131 



Open Ground, Trenching, &c 75, 98 



Melon and Cucumber Beds . , ^ SI, 94, 125 

 Treatment for Early Cucumbers . . . 85,91 



Forcing Sea-kale, etc 86 



Early Potatoes .88 



Impregnation of Blossoms .95 



Kitchen Garden 99, 104, 112, 117, 120, 127, 130, 132, 136, 



139, 142 



Flower Garden . 104, 111, 116, 120, 125, 129, 132, 134, 



137, 141 



Fruit Garden . 108, 120, 126, 130, 132, 134, 138, 142 



Evergreens 113, 133 



Nursery 121, 131 



