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CONTENTS. 



Wall-culture. The border, 66. Drainage, 69. Walls, 70. 

 Flued-walls, 71. Pruning on flued- walls, 73. Choice of 

 plants, 77. Planting, 79. Pruning, 80. General rules 

 for, 81. French method of training, 83. Training at Mon- 

 treuil, 85. Training a la Dumoutier, 87. Training a la 

 SieuUe, 91. Fan-training, 94. Mr. J. Seymour's plan, 99. 

 Mr. W. Seymour's, 103. Mr. Mitchell's, 105. Training 

 on low walls, 106. Summer-pruning, 107. Disbudding, 

 108. Stopping, 111. Autumn-pruning, ill. Sheltering 

 the blossom, 112. Theoiy of shelters, 113. Periodical 

 wind, 116. Fern and netting as screens, 117. Glass, 121. 

 Thmnmg, 122. Gathering, 123. Falling fruit, 124. 



Peach-house. Its construction, 125. Angle of roof, 127. 

 Henderson's peach-house, 129. Heating, 130. Tempe* 

 rature, 131. Night temperature, 132. High heats, 133. 

 Borders, pruning, training, and disbudding, 134. Stopping, 

 135. Watering and syringing, 136. Impregnation, 137. 

 Watering borders, 138. Preventing bruising, 139. Re- 

 moval of glass, 139. Winter treatment, 142. Henderson's 

 system, 143. Mearn's, 145. Peach trees and vines, 148. 



PoT-cuLTURE, 151. Hutchinson's modc, 152. His high tem- 

 peratures, 155. Soil, 156. Atmospheric moisture, 158. 



Diseases. Gumming, 159. Shrivelling of shoots, 168. Blis- 

 tering of leaves, 170. Mildew, 172. Blotches, 176. Split- 

 ting of fruit, 176. Splitting of the stones, 177. Wounds, 

 177. 



Insects. Aphis Persicse, 178. Brown Scale, 179. Red Spi- 

 der, 182. Red-legged Weevil, 184. Oblong Weevil, 184. 

 Otiorhyncus sulcatus, 185. Curculio picipes, 186. In- 

 sect enemies in N. Am-ef^ca, 188. Wasps, 189. 



