PLAIN AND PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TENDER AND
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. HOW TO MAKE A LAWN.
CHAPTER II. SOIL FOR POTTING. ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS.
CHAPTER III. SELECTING AND SOWING SEEDS.
CHAPTER IV. MAKING AND PLANTING FLOWER-BEDS.
CHAPTER V. WATERING PLANTS. IS COLD WATER INJURIOUS?
CHAPTER VI. ATMOSPHERE AND TEMPERATURE. INSECTS.
CHAPTER VII. WINTERING PLANTS IN CELLARS.
CHAPTER VIII. THE LAW OF COLOR IN FLOWERS.
CHAPTER IX. THE RELATION OF PLANTS TO HEALTH.
CHAPTER X. LAYERING.
CHAPTER XI. PROPAGATION OF PLANTS FROM CUTTINGS.
CHAPTER XII. GRAFTING.
CHAPTER XIII. HANGING BASKETS. WARDIAN CASES AND JARDINIERES.
CHAPTER XIV. AQUATICS WATER LILIES.
CHAPTER XV. HARDY CLIMBING VINES. IVIES.
CHAPTER XVI. ANNUAL FLOWERING PLANTS. PANSY CULTURE.
CHAPTER XVII. FALL OR HOLLAND BULBS.
CHAPTER XVIII. TROPICAL BULBS. TUBEROSES.
CHAPTER XIX. ROSES CULTIVATION AND PROPAGATING.
CHAPTER XX. JAPAN AND OTHER LILIES. CALLA LILIES.
CHAPTER XXI. GERANIUMS THE BEST TWELVE SORTS.
CHAPTER XXII. AZALEAS; HOW TO CULTIVATE THEM.
CHAPTER XXIII. CAMELLIAS. ORANGE AND LEMON TREES.
CHAPTER XXIV. FUCHSIAS TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER XXV. CACTUSES. NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS. REX BEGONIAS.
CHAPTER XXVI. ROCKERIES HOW TO MAKE THEM.
CHAPTER XXVII. BUDDING.
CHAPTER XXVIII. PRUNING.
CHAPTER XXIX. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. TREE ROSES.
CHAPTER XXX. SENTIMENT AND LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. Amaranth
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