TABLE OF CONTENTS 



SECTION I 

 THE AUTUMN WORK 



PTER 



I. THE PURPOSE OF A PLANT 



II. THE SAVING OF SEED . 



III. PICKING 



IV. GOING INTO WINTER QUARTERS 

 V. POTTING FOR THE WINTER . 



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 25 

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VI. 

 VII. 



SECTION II 



THE WINTER WORK 

 NOTES AND ACCOUNTS . 



A SEED AND ITS GROWTH . 



VIII. THE TESTING OF SEED 



IX. THE LIFE OF A PLANT 



X. VARIOUS WAYS OF GROWING PLANTS 



XL THE SOIL 



XII. THE SOIL WATER " . 



XIII. PLANT CHEMISTRY . 



XIV. HUMUS 



XV. THE KINDS OF PLANTS 



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SECTION III 



GARDENING UNDER GLASS 



XVI. THE FLATS 



XVII. SEEDING THE FLATS . . 

 XVIII. THE SEEDLINGS, INDOORS . 

 XIX. POTTING 



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