General View ... ... ... ... Frontispiece
Facing Page
A Sample of Cauliflowers ... ... ...
The Cantaloupe or "Rock" Melon ... ... xxxi
Carrying Manure to the Hot-beds ... ... 16
Making the Hot-bed for Melons ... ... 17
Watering the Frame. The light is lifted from the back ... ... ... ... 25
The Hand-barrow ... ... ... ... 32
Method of Stacking Frames when Out of Use 33
Carrying Cloches ... ... ... ... 48
Taking Mats from Cloches after the heat of mid-day has passed ... ... ... 49
Carrots and Cauliflowers on the Hot-beds.
Frames and lights have been taken away. 57
Cloche Bed--Gathering Lettuces ... ... 61
Cold Beds--end of April. The lights have been removed ... ... ... ... 63
Gathering early Cabbage Lettuce from Hot-beds under Frames ... ... ... 64
Carrots ... ... ... ... ... ... 65
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Melons, mid-July-when the lights and frames are removed ... ... ... 80
A View of the Mayland Garden ... ... 81
The Way the Mats are put on the Frames in Cold Weather ... ... ... ... 96
A Collection of Tools ... ... ... 97
Packing Cos Lettuce ... ... ... 101
View of the Packing Shed ... ... ... 116
Washing Tubs--Interior of the Packing Shed 117
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Frame Bar ... ... ... ... ... 24
Frame Clip ... ... ... ... ... 25
Cloche Prop ... ... ... ... 27
Cloche Peg ... ... ... ... 29
Plan for Hot-beds ... ... ... ... 54
Planting under Cloches ... ... ... 60
Beds for Melons ... ... ... ... ... 72
Types of Forcing Roots ... ... ... 127-8