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THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS FROM SEEDS AND ROOTS
BY
SUTTON AND SONS READING
SIXTEENTH EDITION
LONDON
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO; LTD.
1921
All rights reserved
PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE, BALLANTYNE AND CO. LTD. LONDON, COLCHESTER ANDETON
Contents
THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES
A YEAR’S WORK IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
THE ROTATION OF CROPS IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
THE CHEMISTRY OF GARDEN CROPS
ARTIFICIAL MANURES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO GARDEN CROPS
THE CULTURE OF FLOWERS FROM SEEDS
THE CULTURE OF FLOWERING BULBS
FLOWERS ALL THE YEAR ROUND FROM SEEDS AND ROOTS
THE PESTS OF GARDEN PLANTS
THE FUNGUS PESTS OF CERTAIN GARDEN PLANTS
THE FUNGUS PESTS OF CERTAIN FLOWERS
INDEX
THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES
Horticulture has a full share in the progressive character of the age.Changes have been effected in the Kitchen Garden which are quite asremarkable as the altered methods of locomotion, lighting andsanitation. Vegetables are grown in greater variety, of higher quality,and are sent to table both earlier and later in the season than wasconsidered possible by gardeners of former generations.
When Parkinson directed his readers to prepare Melons for eating bymixing with the pulp ‘salt and pepper and good store of wine,’ he musthave been familiar with fruit differing widely from the superb varietieswhich are now in favour. A kindred plant, the Cucumber, is more prolificthan ever, and the fruits win admiration for their symmetrical form.
The Tomato has ceased to be a summer luxury for the few, and is nowprized as a delicacy throughout the year by all classes of thecommunity.
As a result of the hybridiser’s skill modern Potatoes produce heaviercrops, less liable to succumb to the attacks of disease, than the oldvarieties