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-A. PRACTICAL O-TJIIDE 
TO THE 
CULTURE OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS, 
And other useful Garden Products; 
INTENDED FOR THE USE OF 
AMATEURS, GENTLEMEN’S GARDENERS, ALLOTTEES, AND GROWERS 
FOR MARKET. 
By SHIRLEY HIBBERD, E.R.H.S. 
Author of “Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste,” “The Town Garden,” 
“Book of the Aquarium,” etc. 
CONTE NTS: 
Planting and Laying-out. Edgings and Permanent Planting. Renewing Old 
Gardens. Planting for the Future. Earthworks and Preparation of the Soil, 
Slopes, and Banks. 
VEGETABLE CULTURE. 
Digging and Draining. Dig Deep. Manuring. — Manures and Composts. 
Animal Manures. 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.—Twentj^-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. Bashes and Pyramids. 
London: GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, 5, Paternoster Row. 
