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INDEX 



Paper shavings, 96, 97 

 Parcel post boxes, 86, 90 



fruit and flowers by, 154 



Paris green, 36 



Parsley, 115, 163 



Parsnips, 63, 163 



Peaches, 67, 69, 76, 102 



Pears, 27, 62, 67, 76, 102, 164 



Peas, 116, 163 



Pershore plums, 67, 84 



Petroleum, 36 



Piece-work, 22 



Pigs, 161 



Planet junior cultivators, 26 

 Plans of arrangement, 10, 34 

 Plants and flowers, 31 



packing, 120 



Ploughing, 25 



Plums, 30, 63, 67, 76, 84, 102, 

 107, 164 



in hedges, 18 



Poplars for protection, 18 

 Pot baskets, 83 



Potatoes, 27, 63, 84, 91, 93, 163 

 Poultry, 161 



Power, steam, on land, 26 

 Produce, distribution of, 125 



preparing for sale, 59 



Production, economy in, 34 

 home, 1 



Productive power of land, 2 

 Productiveness of varieties, 52 

 Prospects of market gardening, 1 

 Protection for crops, 40 



gardens, 16 



Punnets, 92 



Quality in produce, 54 

 Quassia, 36 

 Quick hedges, 16 



Radishes, 63, 98, 111, 163 

 Raffia, 99 



Rail, conveyance by, 147 

 Railway and Parliamentary Com- 

 mittee, 166 



Companies' boxes, 87 



waggons and vans, 150 



Rain storage, 41 

 Rainfall, 12 



Raspberries, 27, 66, 76, 105, 164 

 Rates on market gardens, 157, 165 

 Regular work, 21 

 Rent of cottages, 20 



of land, 9 



Reserve work, 21 



Retailers, selling to, 130 



Rhubarb, 40, 114, 163 



River valleys, 15 



Road, conveyance by, 139 



Roads, approach, 9 



Rochford's tractors, 145 



Roots in bags, 92 



Roses, 17, 31, 117 



Royal Horticultural Society, 51 



Sacks and bags, 92 



Salesmen, market, 126 



Savoys, 116, 163 



Seakale, 40, 63, 114 



Seed saving and raising, 50 



Selection of kinds and varieties, 47 



of land, 4 



Selling price of land, 4 

 Sheds, cart and waggon, 42 



packing, 42, 77 



Shops, supplying, 130 

 Situations for market gardens, 9 

 Small holdings, 5 

 Smilax, 119 

 Soils, the best, 13 



working heavy, 25 



Special districts, 10 

 Specialisation, 27 

 Spinach, 163 

 Spraying apparatus, 36 

 Steam power on land, 26 

 Stephanotis, 73 

 Storing fruits, 42 

 Strawberries, 27, 65, 66, 76, 103, 

 164 



Sunlight and sun heat, 45 



Tables and trays for packing, 77 

 Tank space for rain, 41 

 Taxation of glass-houses, 158 



