. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. VEGETABLE GARDENING VEGETABLE GARDENING 1907 If, with his knowledge of vegetable-growing', the gar- dener combines good business and executive ability, and an intimate knowledge of market conditions, he should bo able, however, to make it a profitable and at- tractive business. Although the outlay is likely to
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. VEGETABLE GARDENING VEGETABLE GARDENING 1907 If, with his knowledge of vegetable-growing', the gar- dener combines good business and executive ability, and an intimate knowledge of market conditions, he should bo able, however, to make it a profitable and at- tractive business. Although the outlay is likely to be large, the returns are direct and quick. Fig. 2G44. , There is a large literature devoted to vegetable-gar- dening, although the greater part of it applies chiefly to amateur or home-growing. Leading current books on the general subject of vegeta- ble - gardening are those by Greiner, Green, Henderson, Rawson and Landreth. For California one should consult Wicksou's "California Vegeta- bles in Garden and Field," and for the Atlantic south, RoU''.s "Vegetable - Growing in the South for Nortliern ; There are many books devoted to special topics, and there are many others which in their time were of great practical value, but which are now chiefly known as recording the history of the epoch in which they were written. Only one American work has been devoted to de- scriptions of varieties of vege- tables, as the works of Down- ing, Thomas, and others have to varieties of fruits. This work is Fearing Burr's "Field and Garden Vegetables of America," Boston, 1863, and the abridg- ment of it in 18G6, called "Gar- den Vegetables and How to Cultivate ; A full list of the American vegetable - gar- dening literature may be found in Bailey's "Principles of Vegetable-Gardening" (1901). Persons who desire a cyclopedic account of vegetables should consult Vihnorin's "Les Plantes Potagferes," the first edition of which
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