Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Contents
- CHAPTER I Stirring the soil
- CHAPTER II Manuring the soil, and making hotbeds
- CHAPTER III Sowing seeds—planting bulbs and tubers—transplanting and watering
- CHAPTER IV Modes of propagation by division; viz. taking off suckers, making layers and cuttings, budding, grafting, and inarching
- CHAPTER V Pruning, training, protecting from frost, and destroying insects
- CHAPTER VI The kitchen-garden–the management of culinary vegetables
- CHAPTER VII The kitchen-garden continued—the management of fruit trees
- CHAPTER VIII The flower-garden, and the culture of flowers
- CHAPTER IX Management of the lawn, pleasure-grounds, and shrubbery, of a small villa
- CHAPTER X Rock-work, moss-houses, rustic baskets, and fountains
- CHAPTER XI Window gardening, and the management of plants in pots in small green-houses
- CHAPTER XII Calendar of operations
- INDEX
CHAPTER X - Rock-work, moss-houses, rustic baskets, and fountains
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2014
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Contents
- CHAPTER I Stirring the soil
- CHAPTER II Manuring the soil, and making hotbeds
- CHAPTER III Sowing seeds—planting bulbs and tubers—transplanting and watering
- CHAPTER IV Modes of propagation by division; viz. taking off suckers, making layers and cuttings, budding, grafting, and inarching
- CHAPTER V Pruning, training, protecting from frost, and destroying insects
- CHAPTER VI The kitchen-garden–the management of culinary vegetables
- CHAPTER VII The kitchen-garden continued—the management of fruit trees
- CHAPTER VIII The flower-garden, and the culture of flowers
- CHAPTER IX Management of the lawn, pleasure-grounds, and shrubbery, of a small villa
- CHAPTER X Rock-work, moss-houses, rustic baskets, and fountains
- CHAPTER XI Window gardening, and the management of plants in pots in small green-houses
- CHAPTER XII Calendar of operations
- INDEX
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- Instructions in Gardening for Ladies , pp. 329 - 346Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1840