Chapter XXX: Part II: Garden Plants

1. Culinary Vegetables.

2. Dessert Fruits.

3. Edible Nuts.

4. Ornamental Annuals.

5. Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Perennials.

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Transcriber’s Notes.

Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equals signs=. Variant spelling, punctuation, and inconsistent hyphenation have been preserved as printed; simple typographical errors have been corrected. The following list shows the changed text below the original text.

Table of Contents:
Introduction ix
Introduction xi

Page xi:
INTRODUCTION.
INTRODUCTION

Page 45:
subject with which it is engaged.
subject with which it is engaged

Page 60:
in a tranverse direction
in a transverse direction

Page 155:
there in nothing more conducive
there is nothing more conducive

Page 160:
for ladies fo ride
for ladies to ride

Illustration 216-f (full-page):
“COME ALONG, OLD MAN!’
“COME ALONG, OLD MAN!”

Page 245:
An excellant sample
An excellent sample

Page 283:
most carefully weighed.
most carefully weighed

Page 292:
shy, nervous, and rething
shy, nervous, and retiring

Page 351:
Specialite Habit Makers
Specialité Habit Makers

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