INDEX. 



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Laterals, thinning of 8 



Linings, materials for . . . . . . 17, 64 



Linings, mode of applying 27 



Linings of cucumber beds, management of . . 33, 65 



Melons grown on trellises, according to the improved pit 



system . ... 81 



Melons on dung-beds . . . . . . .76 



Melons, soil for . . ... . . 67, 69 



Melons under hand-glasses 67, 70 



Mildew . ..... 43 



Mouldiness in hot-beds, to cure 31 



Moulding up cucumber plants . . . . 38, 40 



Over watering, danger of . . . . . . 32 



Peat for cucumbers . . . . . . .14 



Pickling cucumbers . 1 



Pit for cucumbers on the improved system . . .48 



Planting asparagus 88, 92 



Planting cucumbers in the fruiting-bed under hand- 

 glasses . . . 6 



Planting cucumbers in the hot-bed . . . .25 



Planting melons . . . . . . . . 77 



Potting-off frame cucumbers . . . . .18 



Pots, kind of, for transplanting 20 



Pots, mode of filling 16 



Preparation of asparagus beds 87 



Preparation of dung for a hot-bed . . ..13 

 Preparation of the interior of the improved pit . . . 53 

 Proving the sweetness of the bed 14 



Raising asparagus plants 

 Ripening of melons 



97 

 80 



