CONTENTS. Vll 

 CHAPTER XVr. 



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TRAINING 373 



THE PALMETTB YERHIER 373 



PYRAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE 378 



CHAPTER XVII. 



PIG CULTURE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OP PARIS ' . 395 



PRESERVING GRAPES THROUGH THE WINTER WITHOUT LETTING THEM 



HANG ON THE VINES 403 



THE CULTURE OP THE VINE AT THOMERY 412 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE IMPERIAL FRUIT AND FORCING GARDENS AT VERSAILLES . . . 424 

 THE NEW FRUIT GARDEN OF THE CITY OF PARIS IN THE BOIS DE 



VINCENNES 433 



CHAPTER XIX. 



THE PEACH GARDENS OF MONTREUIL 440 



CHAPTER XX. 



THE MARKET GARDENS OF PARIS 462 



CHAPTER XXI. 



MUSHROOM CULTURE 472 



„ „ IN CELLARS AND IN THE OPEN AIR . . . ,484 



CHAPTER XXII. 



THE CULTURE OF SALADS 489 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



ASPARAGUS CULTURE 501 



PREPARATION OP THE GROUND 500 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE VEGETABLES OF THE PARIS MARKET . 515 



CULTURE OF THE SMALL CARROT 520 



THE CARDOON 522 



FORCING THE CAULIFLOWER 524 



THE SWEET POTATO 525 



EARLY POTATOES 527 



OLEANDER CULTURE 528 



CULTURE OF THE ORANGE 531 



SHOWING ROSES IN FRANCE 535 



FORCING THE WHITE LILAC 537 



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