Five Acres Too Much: A Truthful Elucidation of the Attractions of the Country, and a Careful Consideration of the Question of Profit and Loss as Involved in Amateur Farming, with Much Valuable Advice and Instruction to Those about Purchasing Large Or Small Places in the Rural Districts |
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Page iii
... GARDENING , HORTICULTURE , AGRICUL TURE , AND FLORICULTURE , THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED , AS AN EVIDENCE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT WONDERFUL RESULTS CAN BE PRODUCED BY A CAREFUL STUDY OF THEIR DIRECTIONS AND STRICT OBE ...
... GARDENING , HORTICULTURE , AGRICUL TURE , AND FLORICULTURE , THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED , AS AN EVIDENCE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT WONDERFUL RESULTS CAN BE PRODUCED BY A CAREFUL STUDY OF THEIR DIRECTIONS AND STRICT OBE ...
Page vi
... Gardening for Profit ...... 97 CHAPTER VII . THE FLOWER GARDEN . Architectural Skill set at defiance by practical Difficulties . - Result of too much Greenness . - A Disappointment .... CHAPTER VIII . POULTRY . 111 Strange Attack of ...
... Gardening for Profit ...... 97 CHAPTER VII . THE FLOWER GARDEN . Architectural Skill set at defiance by practical Difficulties . - Result of too much Greenness . - A Disappointment .... CHAPTER VIII . POULTRY . 111 Strange Attack of ...
Page viii
... Gardener . - No dearth of Onions . - Transported at the Result . — The last of the family Horse . He closes his Career by a wonderful Feat in draw- ing Teeth ... CHAPTER XVIII . PREPARATIONS FOR REMOVAL . ..Page 233 The window Garden ...
... Gardener . - No dearth of Onions . - Transported at the Result . — The last of the family Horse . He closes his Career by a wonderful Feat in draw- ing Teeth ... CHAPTER XVIII . PREPARATIONS FOR REMOVAL . ..Page 233 The window Garden ...
Page xv
... garden should be filled with delicious vegetables , fruits , and berries , the earliest and best of their kinds ; there should be a magnificent bed of asparagus - that king of the kitchen garden - a dozen long rows of strawberries ...
... garden should be filled with delicious vegetables , fruits , and berries , the earliest and best of their kinds ; there should be a magnificent bed of asparagus - that king of the kitchen garden - a dozen long rows of strawberries ...
Page xvi
... garden , whether kitchen or flower garden - those delightful adjuncts of a coun- try place is such an infinite source of health , im- provement , and delight . Man , confined to the city by dire necessity of money - making , recognizing ...
... garden , whether kitchen or flower garden - those delightful adjuncts of a coun- try place is such an infinite source of health , im- provement , and delight . Man , confined to the city by dire necessity of money - making , recognizing ...
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