THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. September 



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fly SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 



Practical Guide to the Culture of Vegetables, Fruit, and other 

 useful Outdoor Garden Products. Planting and Laying-out. 

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Fruit Culture : 



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SUCCESSFUL 



GARDENING 



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The Appl 



American Blight. 

 The Pear — 



Orchard Pears. [Walla. 



Select Pears for Orchard and 



Making and Stewing Pears 

 Espalier Plums. 

 Hush Plums. 

 Select List of Plums. 

 The Raspberry. 

 The Gooseberry. 

 Hushes and Pyramids. 

 Pruning Red and White Cur- 



rants. 



American Blackberries — 

 Soil and Planting. 

 Pruning and Training. 

 General Management. 

 Varieties. 



Illustrations of Pruning, Train- 

 ing, and Pinching Fruit Trees. 

 Red, White, and Black Cur 

 rants — 

 Soil. •** 

 Planting. 

 Pruning. 



General Management. 

 Varieties. 

 The Tcmato — 

 Culm re in Greenhouses. 

 Training. 



Fertilising the Flowers. 

 Watering . 



Diseases. 



Insects. 



Culture in Frames. 

 Culture Out-doors. 

 Selection of Tomatos. 



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 Rotation of Crops. 

 Sowing and Rearing Early 



Crops of Radish, Carrot, 



Turnip, Lettuce, &c. 

 The Potato. 

 Potato Disease. 

 Early Potato. 

 The Chinese Potato. 

 The Carrot, the Parsnip, the 



1 urnip, Turnip Greens. 

 Beet, Spinach Meet, Mangold. 

 1 he Cabbage. 

 Brussels Sprouts. 



Scotch Kale. 



The Cauliflower and Broccoli, 



Salading. 

 The Onion. 

 Shallots and Garlic. 



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Chives 

 The Leek. 

 The Pea. 

 Marrow Peas. 

 1 >warf Peas. 

 Late Pea*. 

 The Kidney Hean. 

 Runner Beans. 

 Asparagus. 

 Seakale. 

 Tr A e Lettuce, 

 The Artichoke . 



Chervil, 



Salsafy, Scorzonera, Skirret. 

 Celery. 



Culture of Cucumbers, Melons 

 and Gourds. 



Marrows and Gourds for Orna- 

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Simple Method of Growing 

 -Marrows. 



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