ILLUSTRATIONS 



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TAMING YOUNG BIRDS . . . . .168 



IRIS FLORENTINA ..... 178 



CHINESE BALLOON FLOWER . . . . .188 



ROSE, "HER MAJESTY" . . . . . I9 8 



BASKET OF ACHIMENES ...... 208 



CALOCHORTUS VENUSTUS VESTA . . 216 



BUDDLEA GLOBOSA . . . . . .226 



MADONNA LILIES ...... 234 



ABUTILON VITIFOLIUM ...... 244 



PICOTEE, "MR. NIGEL" . . . . . 252 



ROSE, "REVE D'OR" . . . . . .262 



NARCISSUS, "ELVIRA" . . . . . 272 



A TUBEROUS BEGONIA . . . . . 282 



RHOMNEYA COULTERI . . . . . 292 



A SUB-TROPICAL GARDEN . . . 3 2 



BRUGMANNSIA SUAVOLENS . . . 3 IQ 



BELLADONNA LILIES . ... ' . . . .320 



THE LOGANBERRY . . . . . 3 2 ^ 



BOUVARDIAS , . . . . . -338 



LAURESTINUS AS A POT-PLANT . V . . 348 



PRUNUS SINENSIS . . . . . . '35^ 



TUBEROSES . ^ . , . . . 366 



PASSIFLORA PRINCEPS . . . . . . 37^ 



WINTER-FLOWERING CACTUS . . . . . 386 



CHRYSANTHEMUM, "CHARLES DAVIS" .... 394 



FAIRY LILIES ....... 404 



A GHENT AZALEA . . . . . .412 



CALLISTEMON SPECIOSUS ..... 424 



LYGODIUM JAPONICUM ...... 434 



ANTHERICUM VARIEGATUM ..... 444 



CHRISTMAS ROSES ....... 454 



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