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CONTENTS.
BOOK m .
Chap. I. Page
Principles of Landscape Gardening - - 450
I. Of the Beauties of Landscape Gardening, as
an Inventive and mixed Art, and of the
Principles of their Production - - 452
II. Of th e Beauties of Landscape-Gardening,
considered as an imitative Art, and of
th e Principles of th e ir Production - 456
C h a p . II.
Of the Materials o f Landscape-Gardening - 460
I. Of operating on Ground - - -4 6 0
II. Of operating with Wood - - -4 6 2
II I. Of operating with Water - - -4 6 6
IV. R o c k s ........................................................468
V. Buildings - - - - - 470
VI. Of the Accidental Accompaniments to
th e Materials of Landscape - - 472
Chap. III.
Of the Union of th e Materials of Landscape-
Page
Gardening, in forming the Constituent Parts
of a Country Residence . . « 479
C h a p . IV.
Of th e Union of the constituent Scenes in
forming Gardens or Residences of particular
Characters ; and the laying out of Public
Gardens - - - - - 482
I. On laying out Private Gardens or Residences
- - - - - 482
II. Public Gardens - - - . 488
1. Public Gardens for Recreation - - 488
2. Public Gardens of Instruction - - 489
3. Commercial Gardens - - - 491
BOOK IV.
On th e Study of Entomology as applied to
G a r d e n s ........................................................491
BOOK V.
On the Study of Book-keeping, and other
Subjects relating to the Superintendence and
Management of Gardens - - - 507
P A ßT III.
TH E ART AND PRA CTICE OF GARDENING.
BOOK L
C h a p . I.
Implements of Gardening
I. Tools -
II. Instruments
1 . Instruments of Operation
2. Instruments of Direction
3. Instruments of Designation
in . Utensils
- 514
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- 523
- 523
- 530
- 535
- 539
1. Utensils of Preparation and Deportation 539
2. Utensils of Culture - - - 542
3. Utensils of Protection - - -5 4 7
4. Utensils for entrapping or destroying V ermin
549
IV. Machines - - - - - 551
1. Machines of Labour - - -551
2. Machines for destroying Vermin, and for
Defence against the Enemies of Gardens
- - - - - 557
3. Meteorological Machines - - 559
V. Various Articles used in Gardening Operations
- - - - 561
1. Articles of Adaptation - - -561
2. Articles of M anufacture - . - 564
3. Articles of P reparation . . . - 666
C h a p . II.
Structures used in Gardening - - 570
I. Temporary or Movable Structures - 570
1 . Structures Portable, or entirely Movable 570
2. Structures partly Movable - - 572
II. Fixed Structures - - - - 578
II I. Permanent Horticultural Structures - 583
1. Of th e Principles of Design in Plauthouses
- - - - - 586
2. Form.s of Plant-houses - - - 588
3. Details of th e Construction of th e glazed
P a rt of Hot-houses - - . 593
4. Glazing of Hot-house Roofs - - 600
5. Walls of Hot-houses - - - 602
6. Furnaces and Flues - - - 603
7. Steam Boilers and Tubes - - - 605
8. Heating by hot Water - - - 610
9. Heating by the Circulation of hot Air - 615
10. On the Ventilation of Plant-houses -6 1 8
11. T r e l l i s e s ........................................................621
12. Paths, Pits, Stages, Shelves, &c. - 623
13. Details for Water, and Renewal of Air - 624
IV. Mushrooin-houses - - - 626
V. Cold Plant-habitations - - - 628
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- 634
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C h a p . III.
Edifices used in Gardening
I. Economical Buildings
II. Anomalous Buildings
1 . Of the Ice-house and its Management
2. Of th e Apiary, <,and the Management of
Bees - - - - - 636
3. Of the Aviary, and of Menageries, Fiscinaries,
&c. . . - . 636
II I. Decorative Buildings _ - - 637
1. Useful Decorative Buildings - -6 3 7
2. Convenient Decorations - - - 639
3. Characteristic Decorations - - 642
C h a p . IV.
Of th e Improvement of the Mechanical Agents
of Gardening - - - - - 644
BOOK n .
OF THE OPERATIONS OF GARDENING.
C h a p . I.
Operations of Gardening, in which Strength is
chiefly required in the Operator - - 646
I. Mechanical Operations common to all Arts
of manual Labour - 646
II. Garden Labours on th e Soil - - 646
II I. Garden Labours on Plants - - 649
CUAP. II.
Operations of Gardening, in which Skill ismore
required than Strength - - - 651
I. Of transferring Designs from Ground to
Paper, or to Memory - - - 651
II. Of transferring Designs from P aper or Memory
to th e Ground _ _ - 655
1. Transferring Figures and Designs to plane
Surfaces - - - - - 655
2. Transferring Figures and Designs to irre gular
Surfaces - - - - 658
3. Of the Arrangement of Quantities - 660
II I. Of carrying Designs into Execution - 661
C h a p . III.
Scientific Processes and Operations - - 666
I. Preparation of fermenting Substances for
Hotbeds, Manures, and Composts - 666
II. Operations of Propagation - - 669
1. Propagation by natural Methods - 069
2. Propagation by Layering - - - 669
3. Propagation by Inarching - - 671
4. Propagation by Grafting - - -673
5. Propagation by Budding -
6. Propagation by Cuttings -
III. Operations of Rearing and Culture
1 . Sowing, Planting, and Watering
2. Transplanting . . .
3. P runing - - - -
4. Tra ining -
5. Blanching - - - - - __
IV . Operations for inducing a State of F ru itfulness
- 681
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- 691
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in barren and unblossoming Trees
and Plants - - - - 700
V. Operations for retarding o r accelerating
Vegetation - - - - 702
1. Operations for re tarding Vegetation - 702
2. Operations for accelerating Vegetation - 702
V I. Operations to imitate warm Climates - 706
V II. Operations of Protection from Atmospherical
Injuries - - - 708
V I II. Operations relative to destructive Animals,
Diseases, and other Casualties of
Plants and Gardens - - . 710
1. Of the Animals most injurious to Gardens 710
2. Operations relative to Diseases and other
Casualties. - - . - 713
IX. Operations of Gathering, Preserving, and
Keeping - - - . . 7 1 3
C h a p . IV.
Operations relative to the final Products desired
of Gardens, and Garden-scenery - 719
I. Of th e Vegetable Products desired of Gardens
- - - - - 719
II. Of th e Beauty and Order of Garden
Scenery - 721
BOOK m.
THE PRACTICE OP HORTICULTURE.
C h a p . I.
T h e formation of a Kitchen-garden - - 724
I. Situation - - - - - 724
II. Exposure and Aspect - - - 726
II I. E x ten t - - - - - 726
IV. Shelter and Shade - - - 728
V. S o i l ..............................................................729
VI. Wa ter - - - - . 7 3 1
VII. Form - - - - - 732
V III. W a l l s ................................................ 733
IX . Ring-fence and Slip - - - 739
X. Placing th e Culinary Hothouses and the
Melon-ground - - - - 740
XL Laying out the Area - - . 7 4 1
C h a p . II.
Of th e Distribution of F ru it Trees in a Kitchen
garden ................................................................... 7 47
I. Of th e Selection and Arrangement of Wall
F ru it Tre es - - - - 747
II. Of th e Selection and A rrangement of Espaliers
and Dwarf Standards - - 749
III. Of tall Standard F ru it Trees in a Kitchengarden
- - - - - 750
IV . F ru it Shrubs - - - -751
C h a p . III.
Of the Formation and Planting of an Orchard,
subsidiary to the Kitchen-garden - 752
C h a p . V. Page
C h a p . IV.
Of th e general Cultivation and Management of
a Kitchen-garden - - .
I. Culture and Management of the Soil
II. Manure - - - _
III. Cropping - - - -
IV . Thinning - - - -
V. P runing and Training - - -
VI. Weeding, Stirring th e Soil, Protecting,
Supporting, and Shading
VII. W a t e r i n g ......................................................
VIII. Vermin, Insects, Diseases, and Accidents
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IX. Gathering and Preserving Vegetables and
Fruits, and sending them to a Distance
X. Miscellaneous Operations o f Culture and
Management . - - .
Of the General Management of Orchards - 76.5
I. General Culture . . - . 755
II. P runing Orchard Trees - - - 766
III. Of Gathering and Storing Orchard Fruits 767
IV. Packing Orchard and other F ruits for Carriage...................................................................
77 0
C h a p . VI.
Construction of the Culinary Forcing Structures
and Hothouses - - - - 770
I. Construction of th e Pinery - - -7 7 0
II. Construction of th e Vinery - - 774
II I. Construction of the Peach-house - - 775
IV. Construction of the Cherry-house and Fighouse
- 7 75
V. Construction of Hothouses in Ranges - 776
VI. Construction of Culinary Pits, Frames.and
Mushroom-houses - - - 776
C h a p . VII.
Gen eral Culture in Forcing Structures and Culinary
Hothouses - - - - 777
I. Culture of the Pinery - - _ 777
1. Varieties of the Pine, and General Mode
of Culture - - - - - 777
2. S o i l .................................................................... 778
3. Artificial Heat - - - - 779
4 . Propagation of the Pine-apple - - 779
5. Rearing and Fruiting the Pine-apple according
to th e old system - - 7 8O
6 . Rearing and Fruiting th e Pine-apple according
to the Modern system - - 782
7 . Insects - - - - - 784
II. Culture of the Vinery - - -7 8 5
1. General Culture of the Grape in Vineries 785
2. P articular Modes of cultivating the Grape,
adapted to particular Situations - - 791
3. Gathering and Keeping forced Grapes - 792
4. Insects and Diseases attendant on forced
or Hothouse Grapes - - - 792
III. Culture of the Peach-house - -7 9 3
IV . Culture of the Cherry-house - - 7 9 5
V. Culture of the Fig-house - - - 797
VI. Culture and Forcing of the Cucumber - 798
V II. Culture of the Melon - - -8 0 2
V III. Forcing the Strawberry in Hothouses,
Pits, and Hotbeds - - - 806
IX. Forcing Asparagus in Pits and Hotbeds - 807
X. Forcing Kidney-beans - - _ 808
XI. Forcing Potatoes - - - - 809
X I I. Forcing Peas - - - -8 1 0
X I II. Forcing Salads, Pot-herbs, &c. - - 811
XIV. Culture of the Mushroom - -8 1 1
C h a p . V III.
Horticultural Catalogue.— Hardy Herbaceous
Culinary Vegetables - - - - 819
I. T h e Cabbage Tribe - - - - 820
1. White Cabbage - - - - 821
2. Red Cabbage - - - _ 823
3. Savoy - - - - - 823
4. Brussels Sprouts - - - - 823
5. Borecole - - - - - 824
6 . Cauliflower - - - - - 825
7. Broccoli - - - _ 827
8 . Of th e Insects which infest th e Cabbage
Tribe - - - - _ soo
II. Leguminous Plants -
1. Garden Bean . . .
Kidneybean - - . .
Esculent Roots - . .
Potato - - - -
Jerusalem Artichoke
Tu rn ip -
Carrot . . . .
Parsnep -
Red Beet . . . .
Skirret . . . .
Scorzonera, or Viper’s Grass
Salsify, or Purple Goat’s Beard -
Radish - -
Spinaceous Plants -
Spinach . . . .
White Beet and Sea Beet -
Orache, or Mountain Spinach
Wild Spinach - - -
New Zealand Spinach
Sorrel -
Herb-Patience, or Patience-Dock
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