Various types of vegetables are sold in the market to prepare a number of healthy and relishing dishes. It is also known to most of the people that these vegetables are very rich sources of nutrients especially vitamins, minerals and roughages. Some of the vegetables are very good sources of water too. We all know that these vegetables provide nutrition but it is rare to have thoughts about the amount of nutrition each vegetable is contributing to carry out the metabolic activities and regulatory mechanics of our body. Vegetables are considered as natural medicines that have healing properties and help in building up the immune system of the body.

Vegetable greens are complete source of minerals, vitamins and plant chemicals that keeps oneself protected from various diseases. It is advised by all the health practitioners to include green leaves at least once in a day. Green leafy vegetables are also rich in fibers that help in digestion, keeping check on cholesterol and blood pressure. Most of the dieticians recommend a daily intake of 116 gm of leafy vegetables in the diet. Other than nutrient contents, mere watching a green plant in a home garden gives a sense of joy and energy. Root vegetables such as radish and turnip are planted to be consumed as greens and root vegetables both. Leafy vegetables such as lettuce, celery, parsley, basil, coriander leaves etc are consumed in their natural forms and seeds are used as flavoring agents. Other leafy greens are consumed after cooking or boiling.

'Growing a Home Garden' is a small booklet (pamphlet) of 40-pages published by agrihortico for the beginners in this field. The booklet gives some popular growing tips for growing a home garden.

Jasmines are the only flowers which are demanded on a large scale for their rich fragrance and beauty. Considered as one of the most important flower grown in Indian gardens, various species are cultivated with the purpose of purifying the garden atmosphere with their fragrance. In the commercial markets, Jasmines are demanded for their flower extracts in the form of perfumes, oils, concretes and as an essential ingredient in many cosmetics. Hence the value of this crop is very high in home gardens as well as commercially. Having its natural rich fragrance which is mostly high in the evening, the flower in floriculture is also known as "Queen of the night." It is also one of the most important aromatic crops having high economic value which can be grown by every garden lover and commercial florists.

Carnation is regarded as one of the most important cut flower all over the world and a very much preferable crop to be grown commercially in terms of fetching appreciable monetary returns. There are many suggestions related to meaning of the word Carnation. Some scholars propose that the name of the flower is derived from the word "corone" meaning flower garlands while others suggest that it is derived from the word "carnis" meaning flesh which refers to original fleshy color of the flower. In other words, it is also known as "flower of love" or "flower of god." The various color ranges of this flower brightens the atmosphere with its divine presence.

In simple words, medicinal plants may be defined as plants that possess medicinal properties and help in curing various ailments of the body either slowly or rapidly. The naturally occurring compounds secreted by the medicinal plants help in curing all types of disorders of the body and mind that include mental, respiratory, stomach, skin, and intestinal disorders without any side effects.

'Growing Rose Flowers' is a small booklet (pamphlet) of 34-pages published by agrihortico for the beginners in the field. This booklet is written in a simple English language and may be used as a quick reference guide on this topic.

Among all the garden crops, bulbous crops play an important role in magnifying the view of the home garden as these have other good qualities besides beautifying the place where these are grown. One of the main advantages of growing bulbous crops in a home garden is that due to perennial nature, a gardener does not have to worry about next season planting. All the bulbous plants have storage parts underground the soil which can be corms, true bulbs, pseudo-bulbs, stolons, rhizomes, tubers etc. While corms are similar to bulbs with the differentiation of hardness and no stems, the bulbils or bulblets are small bulbs, a rhizome is a modified stem that extends underground horizontally and arises from lateral stem of main stem of the plant. Stolons can be produced either underground or above the ground depending plant to plant.

Gladiolus, also known as Sword Lily has derived its name from a Latin word "Gladioli" which means sword as the leaves of the plant resemble to that of a sword. Attractive and long spikes with bright, huge and colorful flowers in various sizes in addition to long keeping quality are some of the characteristics which make it as one of the most demanding and revenue fetching commercial crop. It is an ideal cut flower crop which can be grown easily and is valued for its use in floral arrangements.

Lilies are considered as those cut flowers which enliven the environment by their charismatic appearances with most beautiful colors. It is one of the best flowers planted by most of the gardeners depending on their survival conditions. Tuberose is derived from a Latin word "Tuberosa" which means swollen with the virtue of having tuberous roots that act as a storage organ for the plant during dormancy. It is generally a night blooming and very scented to the extent that almost all gardeners love to plant tuberose in their gardens. The flower is grown for its appearance, beauty, good keeping quality and sweet fragrance.Amaryllis is also a commonly grown bulbous flower by the gardeners. The bulb produces large, trumpet shaped flowers which have varied ranges of color from pink, scarlet, apricot to white which look very beautiful with their exotic appearances. Amaryllis is also considered as one of the earliest blooming flower. It is one of the best flowers advised for the gardeners to beautify their gardens during mid-winters having good keeping quality as a vase flower. One can magnify the view of their garden by planting such bulbous crops. The flower can be planted easily in beds, pots, and rockery and in landscaping. Belladona Lily is another common name for Amaryllis.