Gardening Indoors and Under Glass / A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse

Previous

FOREWORD

CONTENTS PART I PLANTS IN THE HOUSE CHAPTER PAGE I

ILLUSTRATIONS

GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS

Part One Plants in the House

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II THE PROPER CONDITIONS: LIGHT, TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE

CHAPTER III SOILS, MANURES AND FERTILIZERS

CHAPTER IV STARTING PLANTS FROM SEED

CHAPTER V STARTING PLANTS FROM CUTTINGS

CHAPTER VI TRANSPLANTING, POTTING AND REPOTTING

CHAPTER VII MANAGEMENT OF HOUSE PLANTS

CHAPTER VIII FLOWERING PLANTS

CHAPTER IX SHRUBS

CHAPTER X FOLIAGE PLANTS

CHAPTER XI VINES

CHAPTER XII FERNS

CHAPTER XIII PALMS

CHAPTER XIV CACTI

CHAPTER XV BULBS

CHAPTER XVI VERANDA BOXES, WINDOW-BOXES, VASES AND HANGING BASKETS

CHAPTER XVII HOUSE-PLANT INSECTS AND DISEASES

CHAPTER XVIII ACCESSORIES

Part Two Home Glass

CHAPTER XX THE COLDFRAME AND THE HOTBED

CHAPTER XXI THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONSERVATORIES AND SMALL GREENHOUSES

CHAPTER XXII METHODS OF HEATING

CHAPTER XXIII MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER XXIV FLOWERS

CHAPTER XXV VEGETABLES

CHAPTER XXVI VEGETABLE AND BEDDING PLANTS FOR SPRING

INDEX A

Title: Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse

Author: F. F. Rockwell

Language: English

Produced by Tom Roch and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)

GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE PLANTING, CARE AND PROPAGATION OF HOUSE PLANTS, AND TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF HOTBED, COLDFRAME AND SMALL GREENHOUSE

  BY
  F. F. ROCKWELL
  Author of Home Vegetable Gardening

  NEW YORK
  McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY
  1912

  Copyright, 1911, 1912, by
  McBride, Nast & Co.

Published September, 1912

* * * * *

[Illustration: Too few people realize the possibilities for enjoyment in prolonging the garden through the winter months indoors]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Clyx.com


Top of Page
Top of Page