Talks About Flowers

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M. D. Wellcome. Talks About Flowers

PREFACE

Introduction

A Talk to Farmers' Wives

A Talk About "The Wild Garden"

THE WILD GARDEN

A Talk About Stocking the Garden

The Phlox Drummondii

VERBENAS

PETUNIAS

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

A Talk About Pelargoniums

REGAL PELARGONIUMS

FRINGED AND STRIPED PELARGONIUMS

HYBRID PERPETUAL PELARGONIUMS

MODE OF CULTURE

A Talk About Fuchsias

ITS HISTORY AND CULTURE

FUCHSIAS IN THE ISLE OF MAN

PROPAGATING FUCHSIAS

A Talk About Coleuses

BY ONE OF THEMSELVES

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

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

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I HAVE been thinking for some time of writing a few articles about flowers, not for the entertainment nor instruction of those who have extensive gardens artistically laid out, and fine conservatories with skilled gardeners to care for the rare and costly plants, but for those, who, like myself, have only a few beds filled with flowers, cared for by one's own self.

Every year there is a marked advance in the floricultural kingdom. Books and periodicals devoted to flower culture are on the increase; florists are enlarging their domain; catalogues are scattered broadcast, and as free as autumn leaves, some of them beautiful with their colored plates, handsome enough to frame. Very many of the literary, religious, and political journals of the day have their floral department, in which the ladies gossip of their experience and exchange opinions, and we doubt if any column is read with greater interest.

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My seedlings will be six weeks or more in advance than those sown in the open border. My sweet peas must go out very soon or I shall have to give them a support, they are so tall.

Now I am going to tell you about another sort of a garden—"a spick-span new" sort—and I know you will be pleased to hear about it, and I think you will want to have one of your own.

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