John Lindley

The Theory of Horticulture

or, An Attempt to Explain the Principal Operations of Gardening Upon Physiological Principles

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9781013640025
• ISBN-10: 1013640020
• Artikelnr.: 65525663

Inhaltsangabe

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.