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consult Paillieux and Bois' ^^Le Potager d'un Curieux," 

 which, unhappily, is not rendered into English. A book 

 that discusses vegetables with particular reference to 

 methods of displaying them at shows is Edwin Beckett's 

 Vegetables for Exhibition and Home Consumption" 

 (London, 1899). Persons who are interested in grow- 

 ing plants for exhibition will also find help in William- 

 son and Dunn's ^^The Horticultural Exhibitors' Hand- 

 book" (London, 1892), although the English ideals in 

 exhibition are often unlike the American. On methods 

 of exhibiting, the reader should also consult Bull. 69, 

 new series, of the New York State Experiment Station, 

 (1894), on Vegetables Grown for Exhibition." 



For descriptions of varieties one must rely on the 

 seed catalogues and experiment station bulletins. One 

 notable American book was devoted to this subject: 

 Burr's Field and Garden Vegetables of America" (Bos- 

 ton, 1863). It is an illustrated work of 674 pages. 

 Three years later an abridgment of this work was made 

 under the name of Garden Vegetables." 



Finally it may be said that the student of American 

 vegetable -gardening literature will be struck with the 

 lack of any sustained effort to expound principles. 



American BooTis on Vegetable- Gardening 



The following inventory of books in the author's 

 library is a practically complete list of American book 

 writings on vegetable-gardening subjects. It comprises 

 not only those which are wholly devoted to vegetable- 

 gardening matters, but also books of general gardening 



