A flourishing flower bay Frontispiece

FACING PAGE
An isolated bay-window conservatory 8

A tiled window-sill garden 9

Preparing flats for the "sub-irrigation" method of watering 28

Cuttings ready for sand 29

Geranium cuttings ready for potting 29

Potted cuttings ready for their first shift 40

Striking Rex begonia leaf cuttings 40

"Crocking" in a flower pot 41

Seedlings ready to transplant 48

A flower bay protected with heavy curtains 49

Pride of Cincinnati begonia 60

Pansy geranium 61

Primrose (Primula obconica) 61

The Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) 72

Otaheite orange 73

Baby rambler rose 80

Araucaria excelsa 81

Screw Pine (Pandanus Veitchii) 88

Rubber plant (Ficus elastica) 89

Vines on an indoor trellis 96

Crested Scott Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata, var. Schoizeli) 97

Propagation of Boston Fern by division 100

A variety of the Fan Palm (Phoenix Roebelenii) 101

Weddell's Palm 101

A pan of forced crocuses 116

Victory gladiolus 117

A second story window-box 128

Iceland poppies and trailing vines in a window-box 128

A movable plant table 129

Inside a small greenhouse 148

A small lean-to greenhouse 149

A three-sash coldframe 164

The simplest type of window greenhouse 165

Tomatoes in the greenhouse 196

Cucumbers and lettuce in the greenhouse 197