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CONTENTS. 



Sect. III. — Culture of the Peach and Nectarine under Glass- 

 continued. PAGE 



SuBSECT. Ill The details of a routine course of forcing the Peach 



for two years 477 



1001. Soil. 1002. Border. 1003. Planting. 1004. Forcing in the 

 first season. 1005. Watering and fumigating. 1006. Summer 

 pruning. 1007. Routine treatment during the first season. 1008. 

 Winter treatment. 1009. Forcing in the second season. 1010. 

 Applying a preventive composition. 1011. Forcing in February. 

 1012. March. 1013. Thinning the shoots and fruit. 1014. Stoning. 

 1015. Watering. 1016. Ripening. 1017. Duration of the crop. 



Sect. IV. — Culture of the Cherry under Glass .... 480 

 SuBSECT. I. — Natural Data for the Culture of the Cherry . . . 480 

 SuBSECT. II. — The practice of Cherry Forcing in British Gardens . . 480 

 1019. The cherry-house. 1020. Kinds of cherries for forcing, pot- 

 ting the plants, &c. 1021. Time of commencing to force. 1022. 

 Progress. 1023. Insects. 1024. Thinning and stoning, &c. 1025. 

 Treatment of the plants in pots after they are taken out of the house. 

 1026. To have a constant succession of cherries. 1027. Forcing cher- 

 ries by a temporary structure. 1028. German practice. 



Sect. V. — Culture of the Fig under Glass . .... 485 

 SuBSECT. I. — Natural data on which the Culture of the Fig is founded . 485 

 SuBSECT. II. — The forcing of the Fig as practised in British Gardens . 485 

 1031. The construction of the fig-house. 1032. The varieties best 

 adapted for forcing. 1033. The time of beginning to force. 1034. 

 The forcing of fig-trees in pots. 1035. Winter treatment. 



Sect. VI. — On forcing the Plum, Apricot, Gooseberry, and other 



Fruit-trees, and Fruit-shrubs ...... 487 



^EGT.VU.— Culture of the Melon . . . . . . 487 



SuBSECT. I Natural and experimental data on which the Culture of the 



Melon is founded 487 



SuBSECT. II. — Culture of the Melon as practised in British Gardens . 490 

 1038. The sorts. 1039. Very early melons. 1040. Seedlings. 1041. 

 Cuttings. 1042. Planting out. 1043. General treatment. 1044. 

 Persian melons. 1045. Culture of the melon in the open air. 1046. 

 Insects and diseases. 1047. The red spider and the damp. 



Sect. VIII. — -Culture of the Cucumber ..... 494 

 SuBSECT. I. — Data on which the Culture of the Cucumber is founded . . 494 

 SuBSECT. II. — Culture of the Cucumber in a Dung -bed . . . 496 

 1051. The formation of a dung-bed. 1052. The seed-bed, 1053. 

 Soil. 1054. Seeds and treatment of the young plants. 1055. Raising 

 plants from cuttings. 1056. Fruiting-bed. 1057. Ridging out the 

 plants. 1058. A temporary lining. 1059. Air. 1060. Earthing-up. 

 1061. Linings of cucumber beds and their management. 1062. 

 Water. 1063. Stopping. 1064. Moulding up. 1065. The covering 

 at night. 1066. Setting or impregnating the fruit. 1067. To procure 

 seed. 1068. Inlaying, or earthing in, the vines of the cucumber. 

 1069. When extraordinary fine fruit is desired, 



SuBSECT. III. — Culture of the Cticumber in pits heated by dung linings^ 



flues, or hot water 503 



1070. Of pits heated wholly or in part by dung linings. 1071. Pits 

 to be heated by flues or hot water. 1072. A pit to be heated by a flue. 



