Pleasant Talk About Fruits, Flowers and Farming
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- PLEASANT TALK
- FRUITS, FLOWERS AND FARMING.
- HENRY WARD BEECHER.
- PREFATORY.
- PREFACE
- TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- LATE PAPERS.
- I.
- POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE APPLE.
- II.
- A FEW FLOWERS EASILY RAISED.
- III.
- FLOWER-FARMING.
- IV.
- A LETTER FROM THE FARM.
- V.
- THE COST OF FLOWERS.
- VI.
- HAYING.
- VII.
- THE VALUE OF ROBINS.
- VIII.
- SOUNDS OF TREES.
- IX.
- UNVEILED NONSENSE.
- X.
- NATURAL ORDER OF FLOWERS.
- XI.
- ROSES.
- XII.
- CHESTNUTS.
- XIII.
- GREEN PEAS.
- XIV.
- HENS.
- XV.
- FARMING.
- XVI.
- GARDENING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
- XVII.
- CORN.
- XVIII.
- DANDELIONS.
- XIX.
- HOW TO BEAUTIFY HOMES.
- XX.
- BIRCH AND ASPEN.
- XXI.
- AUTUMN.
- XXII.
- PLANT TREES!
- XXIII.
- FAREWELL TO “SUMMER REST.”
- PLEASANT TALK
- FRUIT, FLOWERS AND FARMING.
- PRELIMINARY.
- ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR.
- EDUCATED FARMERS.
- AN ACRE OF WORDS ABOUT AKER.
- FARMERS’ LIBRARY.
- NINE MISTAKES.
- AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.
- SHIFTLESS TRICKS.
- ELECTRO-CULTURE.
- SINGLE-CROP FARMING.
- IMPROVED BREEDS OF HOGS AND CATTLE.
- ABSORBENT QUALITIES OF FLOUR.
- PORTRAIT OF AN ANTI-BOOK-FARMER.
- GOOD BREEDS OF COWS.
- CUTTING AND CURING GRASS.
- COUNTRY AND CITY.
- LIME UPON WHEAT.
- CULTURE OF HOPS.
- WHITE CLOVER.
- PLOWING CORN.
- CLEAN OUT YOUR CELLARS.
- WHEN IS HAYING OVER?
- LAYING DOWN LAND TO GRASS.
- THEORY OF MANURE.
- FODDER FOR CATTLE.
- THE SCIENCE OF BAD BUTTER.
- CINCINNATI, THE QUEEN CITY.
- CARE OF ANIMALS IN WINTER.
- WINTER NIGHTS FOR READING.
- FEATHERS.
- NAIL UP YOUR BUGS.
- ASHES AND THEIR USE.
- HARD TIMES.
- ACCLIMATING A PLOW.
- SCOUR YOUR PLOWS BRIGHT!
- PLOW TILL IT IS DRY, AND PLOW TILL IT IS WET.
- STIRRING THE SOIL.
- SUBSOIL PLOWING.
- FIRE-BLIGHT AND WINTER KILLING.
- WINTER TALK.
- “SHUT YOUR MOUTH.”
- SPRING WORK ON THE FARM.
- SPRING WORK IN THE GARDEN.
- FALL WORK IN THE GARDEN.
- GUARDING CHERRY-TREES FROM COLD.
- SHADE-TREES.
- A PLEA FOR HEALTH AND FLORICULTURE.
- KEEPING YOUNG PIGS IN WINTER.
- SWEET POTATOES.
- MANAGEMENT OF BOTTOM-LANDS.
- CULTIVATION OF WHEAT.
- PRACTICAL USE OF LEAVES.
- SPRING WORK FOR PUBLIC-SPIRITED MEN.
- FARMERS AND FARMING SCENES IN THE WEST.
- ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS.
- GARDEN WORK FOR AUGUST.
- PULLING OFF POTATO BLOSSOMS.
- BLADING AND TOPPING CORN.
- MAPLE-SUGAR.
- GEOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS.
- DRAINING WET LANDS.
- O DEAR! SHALL WE EVER BE DONE LYING?
- CARE OF STOCK IN WINTER.
- DEEP PLANTING.
- CORN AND MILLET FOR FODDER.
- SEED SAVING.
- RHUBARB.
- PEAS.
- PLANT SHADE-TREES.
- HOT-BEDS.
- ORIGINAL RECIPES.
- COOKING VEGETABLES.
- FARMERS, TAKE A HINT.
- MIXING PAINT, AND LAYING IT ON.
- GARDEN WEEDS.
- LUCERNE.
- FAMILY GOVERNMENT.
- CATALOGUE OF FLOWERS, SEEDS, AND FRUITS.
- GARDEN SEEDS.
- FARMERS’ GARDENS.
- EARLY DAYS OF SPRING.
- PARLOR FLOWERS.
- A SALT RECIPE.
- CULTURE OF CELERY.
- CULTURE OF PIE-PLANT.
- SUN-FLOWER SEED.
- APRIL GARDEN-WORK.
- GETTING POOR ON RICH LAND AND RICH ON POOR LAND.
- GETTING READY FOR WINTER.
- ESCULENT VEGETABLES.
- FIELD ROOT CROPS.
- CULTIVATION OF FRUIT-TREES.
- A LIST OF CHOICE FRUITS.
- THE NURSERY BUSINESS.
- THE BREEDING OF FRUITS.
- PRUNING ORCHARDS.
- SLITTING THE BARK OF TREES.
- DOWNING’s FRUIT AND FRUIT-TREES OF AMERICA.
- LETTER FROM A. J. DOWNING.
- ATTENTION TO ORCHARDS.
- WINE AND HORTICULTURE.
- DO VARIETIES OF FRUIT RUN OUT?
- THE STRAWBERRY CONTROVERSY.
- STRAWBERRIES.
- RASPBERRIES, STRAWBERRIES, GOOSEBERRIES AND CURRANTS.
- SPRING WORK IN THE ORCHARD.
- MIRACLES IN FRUITS.
- PROTECTING THE ROOTS OF FRUIT-TREES.
- PRUNING GRAPE VINES.
- MILDEW ON GRAPES.
- HOW TO OBTAIN GRAPE VINES.
- AUTUMNAL MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT-TREES.
- PEARS GRAFTED UPON THE APPLE STOCK.
- SEEDLINGS FROM BUDDED PEACHES.
- CARE OF PEACH-TREES.
- RENOVATING PEACH-TREES.
- AN APOLOGUE OR APPLE-LOGUE.
- SELECT LIST OF APPLES.
- ORIGIN OF SOME VARIETIES OF FRUIT.
- THE QUINCE.
- CUTTING AND KEEPING GRAFTS.
- FROST-BLIGHT.
- SEEDLING FRUITS.
- TIME FOR PRUNING.
- PLUMS AND THEIR ENEMIES.
- ROOT GRAFTING.
- BLIGHT AND INSECTS.
- APPLES FOR HOGS.
- THE FLOWER GARDEN.
- PREPARATION OF SEED FOR SOWING.
- SOWING FLOWER SEEDS—TRANSPLANTING.
- PARLOR PLANTS AND FLOWERS IN WINTER.
- PARLOR FLOWERS AND PLANTS IN WINTER.—(Art. 2.)
- PROTECTING PLANTS IN WINTER.
- TO PRESERVE DAHLIA ROOTS.
- HEDGES.
- WATERING TREES, ETC.
- LABELS FOR TREES.
- TRANSPLANTING EVERGREENS.
- FLOWERS, LADIES, AND ANGELS.
- HORTICULTURAL CURIOSITIES.
- THE CORN CROP.
- POTATO CROP.
- POTTING GARDEN PLANTS FOR WINTER USE.
- MARY HOWITT’S USE OF FLOWERS.
- WHAT ARE FLOWERS GOOD FOR?
- THE BLIGHT IN THE PEAR-TREE.[18]
- ITS CAUSE AND A REMEDY FOR IT.
- PROGRESS OF HORTICULTURE IN INDIANA.[21]
- BROWNE’S AMERICAN POULTRY YARD.[22]
- REFLECTIONS ON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR.[23]
- THE END.
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