Indian Vegetable Culture for Hills and Plains

Contents: Introduction. 1. The vegetable or kitchen garden. 2. Periods of maturing of garden crops. 3. The flower garden. 4. Calendar for the plains. 5. Calendar for the hills. General index. Index of vernacular names.

"It has been a desire of mine for some years past, to publish a simple hand-book on Indian gardening, which would be use to the ordinary amateur, and the following pages have been written, in the hopes that the hints given will be found useful by the many thousands who, in different-parts of this great land of India, try to make the land produce something better than can be done by the ordinary uninstructed Mali. Gardening is a most profitable and, at the same time, health giving hobby, and any simple instructions that will help in the producing of two plants where before only one was grown, cannot help by be a welcome addition to the library of those who, particularly on the plains, try to relieve the monotony of existence by engaging in gardening. Take my advice and do not be ashamed to use the spade or the hoe, for an occasional use of these health giving implements will do much to keep the doctor and his physic outside the door.

In a book of this size it is impossible to treat of all the plants grown in Indian gardens, but I have done my best to select the most representative ones and those most commonly grown. " (jacket)