Laboratory Manual of Horticulture

Horticulture enriches our lives by providing such basic requirements as nutritious food, esthetic environment and emotional well-being. This manual contains the exercises that have been given in connection with the work in General Horticulture. Laboratory manual of Horticulture contains- comparative study of seed-testers, seed testing, seed vitality, water absorption by seed, germination hastened by soaking seeds, effect of drought on seed germination, seed treated with chemicals to hasten germination effect of commercial fertilizer solution and the action of fungicides on seeds, study of bulbs, corns, green wood cuttings, leaf cuttings, root cuttings, hard wood cuttings, study of one-eye, two-eye, three eye, mallet and heel cutting, study of buds, pruning, shield and prong budding, plate-budding, H-budding, ring budding and chip budding, study of grafting, Bordeaux mixture, lime sulphur, ammonical solution of copper carbonate, paris green, arsenate of lead, kerosene emulsion, apple, grape, peach, pear and plum. Related glossary has been given at the end for ready reference.