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- TALKS ABOUT FLOWERS. BY MRS. M. D. WELLCOME.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- Introduction.
- A Talk to Farmers' Wives.
- A Talk About "The Wild Garden."
- THE WILD GARDEN.
- Make Home Beautiful.
- A Talk About Stocking the Garden.
- The Phlox Drummondii.
- VERBENAS.
- PETUNIAS.
- Pansies.
- A Talk About Pansies.
- MODE OF CULTURE.
- ASTERS.
- BALSAMS.
- A Talk About Geraniums.
- A Talk About Begonias.
- BEGONIAS, NOT REX.
- TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIA.
- GLOXINIA.
- TUBEROSE.
- A Talk About Gladiolus.
- NEW HYBRID GLADIOLUS.
- GLADIOLUS PURPUREO-AURATUS.
- GLADIOLUS GANDAVENSIS.
- MODE OF CULTURE.
- The Use of Flowers.
- A Talk About Pelargoniums.
- REGAL PELARGONIUMS
- FRINGED AND STRIPED PELARGONIUMS.
- HYBRID PERPETUAL PELARGONIUMS.
- MODE OF CULTURE.
- The Rhodora.
- A Talk About Fuchsias.
- ITS HISTORY AND CULTURE.
- FUCHSIAS IN THE ISLE OF MAN.
- PROPAGATING FUCHSIAS.
- A Talk About Coleuses.
- Ornamental Foliage Plants.
- CROTONS.
- FANCY CALADIUMS.
- CALADIUM ESCULENTUM,
- ERANTHEMUMS.
- MARANTAS.
- CANNAS.
- DRACÆNA.
- DRACÆNA GOLDIANA.
- A BIG BEAN STORY.
- A Talk About Primroses.
- THE CHINESE PRIMROSE,
- CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES.
- PERPETUAL BLOOMERS,
- THE ORIGIN OF THE FLORIST'S PINK.
- DIANTHUS.
- A Talk About Climbers.
- HONEYSUCKLE.
- CANARY BIRD FLOWER.
- COBŒA SCANDENS.
- CLEMATIS.
- WISTARIA.
- CHINESE WISTARIA AS A STANDARD.
- Thoughts in My Garden.
- A Talk About Several Things.
- The Love of Flowers.
- LAST WORDS OF THE POET HEINE.
- THE OLD MAN AND THE FLOWERS.
- CONVERTED BY A FLOWER.
- A Talk About Abutilons.
- A Talk About Dahlias.
- SINGLE DAHLIAS.
- AMARYLLIS.
- HOYA CARNOSA, OR WAX PLANT.
- Among My Flowers.
- HELIOTROPE.
- A Talk About Cyclamens and Oxalis.
- OXALIS.
- A Talk About Lilies.
- "CONSIDER THE LILIES."
- LONGIFLORUM LILIES.
- DOUBLE WHITE BOUVARDIA, "ALFRED NEUNER."
- CAMELLIA JAPONICA.
- The Ingathering of the Flowers.
- MY WINDOW BOX.
- HYACINTHS.
- INSECTS.
- INDEX OF FLORISTS.
- AUTHOR'S NOTES.
- "AN ESSAY ON ROSES."
- NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
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