The Theory of Horticulture : Or, An Attempt to Explain the Principal Operations of Gardening upon Physiological Principles (Paperback)

Preface; Book I. Of the Principal Circumstances Connected with Vegetable Life Which Illustrate the Operations of Gardening: 1. Germination; 2. Growth by the root; 3. Growth by the stem; 4. Actions of leaves; 5. Actions of flowers; 6. Of the maturation of the fruit; 7. Of temperature; Book II. Of the Physiological Principles upon Which the Operations of Horticulture Essentially Depend: 1. Of bottom heat; 2. Of the moisture of the soil; 3. Of atmospheric moisture and temperature; 4. Of ventilation; 5. Of seed-sowing; 6. Of seed-saving; 7. Of seed-packing; 8. Of propagation by eyes and knaurs; 9. Of propagation by leaves; 10. Of propagation by cuttings; 11. Of propagation by layers and suckers; 12. Of propagation by budding and grafting; 13. Of pruning; 14. Of training; 15. Of potting; 16. Of transplanting; 17. Of the preservation of races by seed; 18. Of the improvement of races; 19. Of resting; 20. Of soil and manure; Index.