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PART I—PLANTS IN THE HOUSE CHAPTER PAGE I INTRODUCTION 1 II THE PROPER CONDITIONS: LIGHT, TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE 6 III SOILS, MANURES AND FERTILIZERS 14 IV STARTING PLANTS FROM SEED 22 V STARTING PLANTS FROM CUTTINGS 29 VI TRANSPLANTING, POTTING AND REPOTTING 35 VII MANAGEMENT OF HOUSE PLANTS 44 VIII FLOWERING PLANTS 51 IX SHRUBS 70 X FOLIAGE PLANTS 81 XI VINES 90 XII FERNS 97 XIII PALMS 103 XIV CACTI 110 XV BULBS 116 XVI VERANDA BOXES, WINDOW-BOXES, VASES AND HANGING BASKETS 128 XVII HOUSE PLANT INSECTS AND DISEASES 132 XVIII ACCESSORIES 140 PART II—HOME GLASS XIX ITS OPPORTUNITIES 146 XX THE COLDFRAME AND THE HOTBED 149 XXI THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONSERVATORIES AND SMALL GREENHOUSES 156 XXII METHODS OF HEATING 167 XXIII MANAGEMENT 172 XXIV FLOWERS 180 XXV VEGETABLES 193 XXVI VEGETABLE AND BEDDING PLANTS FOR SPRING 197 INDEX 207 ILLUSTRATIONS
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FACING PAGE
An isolated bay-window conservatory 8
A tiled window-sill garden 9
Preparing flats for the "sub-irrigation" method of watering 28
Cuttings ready for sand 29
Geranium cuttings ready for potting 29
Potted cuttings ready for their first shift 40
Striking Rex begonia leaf cuttings 40
"Crocking" in a flower pot 41
Seedlings ready to transplant 48
A flower bay protected with heavy curtains 49
Pride of Cincinnati begonia 60
Pansy geranium 61
Primrose (Primula obconica) 61
The Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) 72
Otaheite orange 73
Baby rambler rose 80
Araucaria excelsa 81
Screw Pine (Pandanus Veitchii) 88
Rubber plant (Ficus elastica) 89
Vines on an indoor trellis 96
Crested Scott Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata, var. Schoizeli) 97
Propagation of Boston Fern by division 100
A variety of the Fan Palm (Phoenix Roebelenii) 101
Weddell's Palm 101
A pan of forced crocuses 116
Victory gladiolus 117
A second story window-box 128
Iceland poppies and trailing vines in a window-box 128
A movable plant table 129
Inside a small greenhouse 148
A small lean-to greenhouse 149
A three-sash coldframe 164
The simplest type of window greenhouse 165
Tomatoes in the greenhouse 196
Cucumbers and lettuce in the greenhouse 197
