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A Practical Guide to the Culture of Vegetables, 
Fruits, and other useful Out-door Garden Products; 
Intended for the use of Amateurs, Gentlemen’s Gar¬ 
deners, Allottees, and Growers for Market. 
BY 
SHIRLEY HIBBERB, F.R.H.S., 
Author of ‘ Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste/ ‘ The Town 
Garden/ ‘ Book of the Aquarium/ etc. 
CONTEN TS: 
Planting and Laying-out. Edgings and Permanent Planting. Renewing Old 
Gardens. Planting for the Future. Earthworks and Preparations of the Soil, 
Slopes and Banks. 
VEGETABLE CULTURE. 
» and Draining. Dig Deep. Manuring. — Manures and Composts, 
anures. Guano. Salt and Ashes. Liquid Manures. — Cropping. 
Seed-saving, Rotation of Crops. Principles of Rotation. Cropping the Kitchen 
Garden. Early Spring Crops. Sowing and Rearing Early Crops of Radish, 
Carrot, Turnip, Lettuce, etc.—Root Crops; the Potato. Potato Disease. Early 
Potato. The Chinese Potato. — The Carrot, the Parsnip, the Turnip, Turnip 
Greens.—Beet, Spinach Beet, Mangold.—The Cabbage. Brussels Sprouts. Scotch 
Kale. The Cauliflower and Broccoli. Salading; the Onion. Large Onions. 
Pickling Onions. The Tree Onion. Shallots and Garlic. Chives. The Leek.— 
The Pea. Peas in Succession. Marrow Peas. Dwarf Peas. Late Peas.—The 
Bean. Culture of Beans. The Kidney Bean. Runner Beans. — Asparagus. 
Forcing Asparagus. The German Mode of Growing Asparagus.—Seakale. Seakale 
Plantation. — The Lettuce. The Artichoke. — Chervil. Salsafy, Scorzonera, 
Skirret.—Celery.—Culture of Cucumbers, Melons, and Gourds. Melons on Dung- 
beds. Pumpkins and Gourds for Exhibition. The Tomato, or Love Apple. 
Tomatoes in Pots. 
FRUIT CULTURE. 
The Apple. American Blight. — Twenty-four Choice Apples for Pyramids, 
Bushes, and Espaliers. The Pear. Improving the Soil for Pears. Orchard. 
Pears. Select List of Pears. Six delicious and reliable Pears for a Small Garden. 
Select Pears for Orchards and Walls. Baking and Stewing Pears. The Plum. 
Espalier Plums. Bush Plums. Select List of Plums. Bush Fruits. The Rasp¬ 
berry. The Gooseberry. Preservative Pit. Hot-beds. Illustrations of Pruning, 
Training, and Pinching Fruit Trees. Bushes and Pyramids. 
London: GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, 5. Paternoster Row. 
