Part 1

HARPER'S A-B-C SERIES

A-B-C OF VEGETABLE GARDENING. By EBEN E. REXFORD

A-B-C OF CORRECT SPEECH. By FLORENCE HOWE HALL

A-B-C OF ARCHITECTURE. By FRANK E. WALLIS

A-B-C OF HOUSEKEEPING. By CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK

A-B-C OF ELECTRICITY. By WILLIAM H. MEADOWCROFT

A-B-C OF GARDENING. By EBEN E. REXFORD

A-B-C OF GOOD FORM. By ANNE SEYMOUR

16mo, Cloth

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK

A-B-C OF VEGETABLE GARDENING

BY EBEN E. REXFORD

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK & LONDON

A-B-C OF VEGETABLE GARDENING

Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published February, 1916

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

FOREWORD 1

I. GETTING THE GARDEN READY 8

II. LAYING OUT THE GARDEN 13

III. PLANTING THE GARDEN 17

IV. SEEDS THAT GIVE BEST RESULTS 20

V. EARLY GARDEN WORK 23

VI. VEGETABLE PLANTS IN THE HOUSE 27

VII. STANDARD VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES 33

VIII. SMALL FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE 56

IX. HOTBEDS AND COLD-FRAMES 68

X. SMALL GARDENS 76