Your Plants / Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
	PAGE.
How to Make a Lawn	7
CHAPTER II.
Soil for Potting—Artificial Fertilizers	10
CHAPTER III.
Selecting and Sowing Seeds	12
CHAPTER IV.
Making and Planting Flower Beds	14
CHAPTER V.
Watering Plants—Is Cold Water Injurious?	16
CHAPTER VI.
Atmosphere and Temperature.—Insects	19
CHAPTER VII.
Wintering Plants in Cellars	21
CHAPTER VIII.
The Law of Color in Flowers	22
CHAPTER IX.
The Relation of Plants to Health	23
CHAPTER X.
Layering	25
CHAPTER XI.
Propagation of Plants from Cuttings	26
CHAPTER XII.
Grafting	29
CHAPTER XIII.
Hanging Baskets, Wardian Cases and Jardinieres	31
CHAPTER XIV.
Aquatics—Water Lilies	35
CHAPTER XV.
Hardy Climbing Vines.—Ivies	37
CHAPTER XVI.
Annual Flowering Plants—Pansy Culture	39
CHAPTER XVII.
Fall or Holland Bulbs	42
CHAPTER XVIII.
Tropical Bulbs.—Tuberoses	44
CHAPTER XIX.
Roses, Cultivation, and Propagating	46
CHAPTER XX.
Japan and other Lilies.—Calla Lilies	50
CHAPTER XXI.
Geraniums, the Best Twelve Sorts	53
CHAPTER XXII.
Azaleas; How to Cultivate Them	53
CHAPTER XXIII.
Camellias.—Orange and Lemon Trees	55
CHAPTER XXIV.
Fuchsias, Training and Management	57
CHAPTER XXV.
Cactuses—Night Blooming Cereus.—Rex Begonias	59
CHAPTER XXVI.
Rockeries—How to Make Them	62
CHAPTER XXVII.
Budding	64
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Pruning	68
CHAPTER XXIX.
Miscellaneous Notes	72
CHAPTER XXX.
Sentiment and Language of Flowers	76

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