Transcriber's notes:
In the text version, italics are represented by _underscores_.
Missing or incorrect punctuation has been repaired, but old and unusual spellings have been left.
These items were noted in proofing and in some cases, corrections have been made:—
| Tomates | Left as printed, this has been used all through book. |
| Explanation of Plate 6. flat pincers and scissars | Left as printed. |
| p. xi. unexpensive process | Left as printed. |
| p. 2. pulpy matter (the porenchyma) | This may be a typo for parenchyma but has been left as printed. |
| p. 20. The form of the Champage bottle | Changed to Champagne. |
| p. 31. bottle boot | This is hyphenated everywhere else and has been changed. |
| p. 47. three fourths | This is hyphenated everywhere else and has been changed. |
| p. 57. windsor beans | Both windsor beans and windsor-beans are used, left as printed. |
| p. 60. I clean the asparagus is if | is if changed to as if. |
| p. 68. ingred ent | Changed to ingredient. |
| p. 86. green-gages | Two words in title, but hyphenated everywhere else, left as printed. |
| p. 95 three fourths | Changed to three-fourths. |
| p. 110. 2. | 1st paragragh not labelled as such, subsequent paragraphs are marked 3d and 4th. Left as printed. |
| p. 133. praccally | Changed to practically. |
| p. 139. That of procuring civil | Changed to procuring for civil. |
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