Mrs. M. D. Wellcome

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

Introduction.

A Talk to Farmers' Wives.

A Talk About "The Wild Garden."

A Talk About Stocking the Garden.

The Phlox Drummondii.

A Talk About Pansies.

A Talk About Geraniums.

A Talk About Begonias.

A Talk About Gladiolus.

A Talk About Pelargoniums.

A Talk About Fuchsias. A LEGEND OF THE FUCHSIA, FROM VICK'S

A Talk About Coleuses. A Talk About Coleuses. BY ONE OF THEMSELVES.

Ornamental Foliage Plants.

A Talk About Primroses.

A Talk About Climbers.

A Talk About Several Things.

The Love of Flowers.

A Talk About Abutilons.

A Talk About Dahlias.

Among My Flowers.

A Talk About Cyclamens and Oxalis.

A Talk About Lilies. "CONSIDER THE LILIES."

The Ingathering of the Flowers.

INDEX OF FLORISTS.

AUTHOR'S NOTES.

"AN ESSAY ON ROSES." NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

DEXTER SMITH.

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR,
BY I. C. WELLCOME,
YARMOUTH, ME.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,
By I. C. WELLCOME,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

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