LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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FIG. 



259. 



260. 



261. 



262. 

 263. 



264. 



265. 



265. 



267. 



268. 

 269. 



270. 



271. 



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274. 



275. 

 276. 



277. 



278. 



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281. 

 282, 



283, 



284, 

 285, 

 286 



287 



PAGE FIG. 



Fruiting branch of Peach 288. 



submitted to the third 



year's pruning .... 446 289. 

 Pruning to replace old fruit- 

 spur 447 200. 



Pesult of preceding opera- 

 tion 447 291. 



The Napoleon Peach tree . 448 

 Peach trees trained to form 



their owner's name . . 449 

 Spring aspect of fruit garden 



formed by M. Lepere . . 451 293. 

 Mode of pruning to cover 



bare spaces on the branches 



of Peach trees, ] St year . 452 294. 

 Piesult of preceding opera- 

 tion, 2nd year .... 452 

 Summer management of the j 295. 



Peach 453 



Shoot of Peach . . . . 453 ! 296. 

 Peach tree trained horizon- 

 tally 454 ' 297. 



Disbudding of the Peach, 



second year 455 298. 



Disbudding of the Peach, 



second year 455 299. 



Grafting by approach to | 



furnish bare spaces on | 300. 



branches of the Peach tree 456 j 

 Multiple grafting by ap- j 301. 



proach to fundsh bare | 



spaces on the stems of ! 302. 



Peach trees 457 303. 



Details of Figs. 272 and 



273 458 304. 



Xail basket 458 



Peach trained in the double 305. 



U form 459 



Peach trained in the double 



U form 460 306. 



Pump used in the market 



gardens of Paris . . .463 307. 

 "Water pot used by the 



market gardeners of Paris 464 

 Moutli of Mushroom Cave 308. 



at Montrouge .... 473 

 View in Mushroom Cave . 475 309. 

 Entrance to subterranean 



quarry 478 310. 



Plan of large subterranean 311. 



quairy 479 312. 



Section following the line 313. 



C D in preceding figure . 480 

 Extracting the stone in sub- 314. 



terranean quarries . . . 482 315. 

 View in old subterranean 



quarries devoted to Mush- 316. 



room culture . . . .483 317. 

 Newly made Mushroom beds 484 



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Mushroom bed on shelf 



against wall of ce'lar . . 485 

 Pyramidal Mushroom bed 



on floor of cellar . . . 485 

 Mushrooms grown in bottom 



of old cask 486 



Four plants of the Lettuce 

 Petite Noire under the 



Cloche 490 



Sloping bed for three rows 



of Cloches 491 



Diagram showing the dif- 

 ferent stages of Lettuce 

 culture under the Cloche . 493 



Figure showing annual 

 earthings given to Aspa- 

 ragus 503 



Figure showing mode of 

 planting Asparagus . . 507 



Common mode of forming 

 an Asparagus plantation . 50S 



Preparation for forcing As- 

 paragus 513 



Mode of tying-up the Car- 

 doon for blanching . . . 523 



Early Potatoes arranged for 

 " sprouting" indoors . . 527 



The flower market at the 

 Madeleine 543 



Tree-lifting machine : side 

 elevation 552 



Plan of tree-lifting machine 553 



Tree-lifting machine : back 

 view 554 



Tree-lifting machine ; front 

 view 555 



Trunk of large tree recently 

 planted enveloped in moss 

 and canvas 557 



Small machineforliftingspe- 

 cimen shrubs and Conifers 559 



Screw used in preparing 

 specimens for removal as 

 shown in preceding figure 560 



Bar of carriage for trans- 

 porting Orange trees . .561 



Carriage for transporting 

 Orange trees .... 562 



Truck for moving plants . 562 



Tub for Orange trees . . 563 



Garden chair 563 



Seat with box for climbing 

 plants 564 



Seat with tent-like shade . 564 



Portion of Pear stand at 

 Ferri^res 566 



Uprii^ht for Pear stands . 566 



Position of fruit on Pear 

 stand 566 



