Chapter I: Front Matter

Manual of Gardening

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF HOME GROUNDS AND THE GROWING OF FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLES FOR HOME USE

by L. H. Bailey

SECOND EDITION

1910

Contents

EXPLANATION CHAPTER I. THE POINT OF VIEW

_What a garden is_

CHAPTER II. THE GENERAL PLAN OR THEORY OF THE PLACE

_The plan of the grounds_

_The picture in the landscape_

_Birds; and cats_

_The planting is part of the design or picture_

_The flower-growing should be part of the design_

Defects in flower-growing

Lawn flower-beds

Flower-borders

The old-fashioned garden

Contents of the flower-borders

_The value of plants may lie in foliage and form rather than in bloom_

Odd and formal trees

Poplars and the like

Plant-forms

_Various specific examples_

An example

Another example

A third example

A small back yard

A city lot

General remarks

_Review_

CHAPTER III. EXECUTION OF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES

_The grading_

_The terrace_

_The bounding lines_

_Walks and drives_

The question of drainage, curbing, and gutters

The materials

_Making the borders_

_Making the lawn_

Preparing the ground

The kind of grass

When and how to sow the seed

Securing a firm sod

The mowing

Fall treatment

Spring treatment

Watering lawns

Sodding the lawn

A combination of sodding and seeding

Sowing with sod

Other ground covers

CHAPTER IV. THE HANDLING OF THE LAND

_The draining of the land_

_Trenching and subsoiling_

_Preparation of the surface_

_The saving of moisture_

_Hand tools for weeding and subsequent tillage and other hand work_

The hoe

Scarifiers

Hand-weeders

Trowels and their kind

Rollers

Markers

_Enriching the land_

CHAPTER V. THE HANDLING OF THE PLANTS

_Sowing the seeds_

_Propagating by cuttings_

Dormant stem-cuttings

Cuttings of roots

Green cuttings

Cuttings of leaves

General treatment

_Transplanting young seedlings_

_Transplanting established plants and trees_

Tub-plants

When to transplant

Depth to transplant

Making the rows straight

Cutting-back; filling

Removing very large trees

_Winter protection of plants_

_Pruning_

_Tree surgery and protection_

Tree guards

Mice and rabbits

Girdled trees

Repairing street trees

_The grafting of plants_

_Keeping records of the plantation_

_The storing of fruits and vegetables_

_The forcing of plants_

Coldframes

Hotbeds

Management of hotbeds

CHAPTER VI. PROTECTING PLANTS FROM THINGS THAT PREY ON THEM

_Screens and covers_

_Fumigating_

_Soaking tubers and seeds_

_Spraying_

_Insecticide spraying formulas_

_Fungicide spraying formulas_

_Treatment for some of the common insects_

_Treatment for some of the common plant diseases_