CONTENTS. 



XVU 



Sect. VIII. — Culture of the Cucumber — continued. ^^"^ 

 1073. A pit to be heated by hot water, and by a flue from the fire which 

 heats the boiler, 1074, Corbett's cucumber pit, 1075, Green's 

 cucumber pit, 1076, The advantages gained by this pit, 1078, The 

 culture of the cucumber in pots. 1079. Construction of the cucumber 

 house. 1080. Treatment of the plants. 

 SuBSECT, IV, — Culture and trealment of the Cucumber for Prize Ex- 

 hibitions 510 



SuBSECT. V. — Cultivation of the Cucumber in the open air . . . 510 

 1082. Cucumbers grown in the open air are commonly protected by 

 hand or bell glasses. 1083. Increasing the atmospheric heat of the 

 soil. 1084. Cucumbers against a south wall. 1085. Growing 

 cucumbei-s on balconies, or in court-yards. 1086". Watering cucumbers 

 in the open garden. 1087. Cucumber and melon culture compared. 



Sect. IX. — Culture of the Banana . . . . . . ol2 



Sect. X. — Forcing the Strawbei'vy . . . . . . 514 



1090. Data on which the forcing of the strawberry is founded. 1091. 

 Routine practice in forcing Keen's seedling, and the old scarlet or 

 Virginian strawberries. 1092. How grown and protected before forcing. 

 1093. After forcing. 1094. The Alpine strawberry. 



Sect. XI. — Forcing the Asparagus^ Sea Kale^ Rhubarb^ Chicory^ 



and other fleshy roots . . . . . . .516 



Sect. XII. — Forcing the common Potato^ the sweet Potato.^ and 



other tubers . . . . . . . . .519 



1100. The common potato. 1101. A substitute for new potatoes. 

 1102. The sweet potato. 1103. O'xalis Deppei. 



Sect. XIII. — Fo^'cing Kidney Beans and Peas . . . . 520 



Sect. XIV. — Forcing Salads, Pot-herbs, Sweet-herbs, and other 



culinai^y Plants ........ 521 



1106. Lettuce, chicory, radish, cress, mustard, rape, parsley, chervil, 

 carrot, turnip, onion, and similar plants. 1107. Small salading. 

 1108. Radish. 1109. To produce full-grown cabbage-lettuces through- 

 out the winter. 1110. Perennial pot and sweet herbs. 



Sect. XV. — Forcing the Mushroom . . . . . . 523 



SuBSECT. I. — Data on which the Culture and Forcing of the Mushroom 



is founded ........... 523 



SuBSECT. II. — Forcing the Mushroom in British Gardens . . . 524 

 1112. The ordinary form of a mushroom-house. 1113. The spawn. 

 1114. To grow the mushroom. 1115. Growing the mushroom in a 

 cellar. 1116. Management of the bed. 1117. Mushroom spawn. 



1118. Gathering mushrooms. 1119. The duration of a crop of 

 mushrooms. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Catalogue of Fruits . . . . . , . . 526 

 1120. The fruits usually cultivated in British gardens. 1121. Ar- 

 ranged botanically. 1122. Geographically and horticulturally. 1123. 

 Suitable for climates analogous to that of Britain. 1124. For climates 

 analogous to that of the South of France. 1125. For climates sub- 

 tropical, or tropical. 



Sect. I. — Hardy or Orchard Fruits 528 



SuBSECT. I. — The Apple 528 



1128. The uses of the apple. 1129. Properties of a good apple. 



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