CHAPTER III. 



Contains directions for growing Melons, with instructions 

 how to raise early Strawberries ; also many useful and 

 ornamental plants in forcing houses. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Par. 44. — In the last chapter I have laid 

 down rules for the forcing all the leading vari- 

 eties of tree fruits, with such illustrations and 

 comments, which I think will render the practice 

 easy to every one who has any pretensions to 

 gardening, and which rules, if properly carried 

 out, will be found to produce the most successful 

 results. It is now my intention, in order to 

 render this work as complete as possible, in 



