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- YOUR PLANTS.
- PLAIN AND PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TENDER AND HARDY PLANTS IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE GARDEN.
- JAMES SHEEHAN.
- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- YOUR PLANTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- HOW TO MAKE A LAWN.
- LOCATION.
- SOIL.
- SEED.
- CHAPTER II.
- SOIL FOR POTTING.—ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS.
- ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS.
- CHAPTER III.
- SELECTING AND SOWING SEEDS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- MAKING AND PLANTING FLOWER-BEDS.
- CHAPTER V.
- WATERING PLANTS.—IS COLD WATER INJURIOUS?
- IS COLD WATER INJURIOUS TO PLANTS?
- CHAPTER VI.
- ATMOSPHERE AND TEMPERATURE.—INSECTS.
- INSECTS UPON PLANTS.
- 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.
- DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING HANGING BASKETS.
- TRAILING PLANTS.
- WARDIAN CASES—JARDINIERES, ETC.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- AQUATICS—WATER LILIES.
- SOIL FOR GROWING AQUATIC PLANTS.
- CHAPTER XV.
- HARDY CLIMBING VINES.—IVIES.
- IVIES—GROWING AND TRAINING.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- ANNUAL FLOWERING PLANTS.—PANSY CULTURE.
- PANSY CULTURE.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- FALL OR HOLLAND BULBS.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- TROPICAL BULBS.—TUBEROSES.
- TUBEROSES.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- ROSES—CULTIVATION AND PROPAGATING.
- TEA ROSES.
- HYBRID PERPETUAL, AND MOSS ROSES.
- MOSS ROSES.
- PROPAGATING THE ROSE.
- CHAPTER XX.
- JAPAN AND OTHER LILIES.—CALLA LILIES.
- THE CALLA LILY.
- HOW TO PREPARE CALLAS FOR WINTER BLOOMING.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- GERANIUMS—THE BEST TWELVE SORTS.
- DOUBLE VARIETIES.
- SINGLE VARIETIES.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- AZALEAS; HOW TO CULTIVATE THEM.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- CAMELLIAS.—ORANGE AND LEMON TREES.
- ORANGE AND LEMON TREES.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- FUCHSIAS—TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT
- CHAPTER XXV.
- CACTUSES.—NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS.—REX BEGONIAS.
- THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS.
- PROPAGATING REX BEGONIAS.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- ROCKERIES—HOW TO MAKE THEM.
- HOW TO MAKE A ROCKERY.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- BUDDING.
- TOP-BUDDING TREES.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- PRUNING.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. TREE ROSES.
- THE LAWN.
- LAWN VASES.
- PLANTING TREES.
- BOTANICAL NAMES.
- FROZEN PLANTS.
- CUTTING GRASS.
- AN ARCH.
- BLOOM.
- MILDEW.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- SENTIMENT AND LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
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