CONTENTS. VU 



CHAPTER Vlir. 

 THE VEGETABLE GARDEV. 



Calendar for the Southern States - - page 96 — lOO 



CHAPTER IX. 



VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDEN. 



Calendar for the Northern States - - - 101— lia 



CHAPTER X. 



MANAGEMENT OF PLANTS IX ROOMS. 



Hints — Want of proper light and air — Injudicious watering — Ex- 

 traneous matter collected on the leaves — Bulbs 111 — 113 



CHAPTER XI. 



flora's revealings. 



Lanuace of Flowers 114 — 118 



CHAPTER XII. 



Planting — Gathering and Preservation of seeds - 119 — 132 



CHAPTER XIII. 



^ THE WEATHER. 



Clouds— Winds— Mists— Signs of rain, &c. - 133—130 



CHAPTER XIV. 



BOTANICAL EXPLANATIONS. 



Flowers — Inflorescence, or manner of Flov.cring — Classes and or- 

 ders — Poisonous plants — To preserve Flowers and Plants 

 " 137—142 



