^ \i CONTENTS 



PART I 

 GENERAL VIEW 



CHAPTEK I 



. PAGES 



The Lay -Out of the Plantation 1-43 



1. The Ideals ill Vegetable- Gardening 3 



2. The Geography of Vegetable -Gardening- ....... 6 



3. The Extent of Vegetable -Gardening ........ 12 



4. Equipment and Capital 19 



5. The Home Garden 31 



CHAPTER II 



Glass 44-79 



1 . Quantity and Cost of Glass Required 45 



2. The Making of Frames . 50 



3. Hotbeds 54 



4. Coldframes and Forcing-hills . 67 



5. The Management of Frames 72 



CHAPTER III 



The Soil and its Treatment 80-106 



1. The Amelioration of the Land 85 



2. The Fertilizing of the Land 94 



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