INDEX. 



Baskets for Packing. .264 



Baskets of Flowers 220 



Bouquets, Making of. 217 



Bulbs for Winter Flowers. 175 



Calendar of Operations 282 



Cellars for Winter Protection .. 72 

 Chimneys, Danger of Wooden _. 87 

 City or Village Lot, Desist for. 81 

 Cold Frames Winter Protec- 

 tion.. 91 



Colors, Nature's Law of 256 



Conservatory Attached to Dwell- 

 ingHeating 104 



Cuttings, Dahlia, i . - 122 



Fungus of the Bench 126 



Medium for 124 



Plants Propagated from 120 



Potting of 125 



Proper Condition of 1 21 



Boot ---123 



Temperature for 124 



Time Required to Root 127 



Ventilation of- 125 I 



Where to Cut .123 



Dahlia Cuttings 122 



Designs in Straw, Willow and 



Wire for Floral Work . .236 



Decoration of Rooms 213 



Diary of Operation s 282 



For January 294 



February 296 



March .298 



April 300 



May .302 



June .....304 



" July.- 306 



" August 308 



" September 282-311 



" October 286 



" November 289 



" December... 292 



Diseases Affecting Plants 267 



Drainage in Pots 68 



Dryness, Degrees of- 60 



Dwellings, Greenhouses Attach- 

 ed to - 88 



" Excelsior " Packing Material. 263 

 Expert Garden Workmen 69 



Floriculture, The Profits of 19 



Florist, How to Become a 9 



Flower Baskets 220 



Flower Beds, Designs for 48-54 



In, or at Junction of Walks 45 



The Planting of 46 



Flower Garden, Designs for 31 



Design for 39 



Laying out the 30 



Flowers, What, Will Grow in 



Shade 259 



Flues, Building of 86 



Foliage, Plants for 211 



Funeral Designs 227 



Fungus of the Cutting Bench. .126 



Garden, Aspect and Soil 22 



Workmen, Expert 69 



Gardening as a Business 10 



Begin Moderately. 14 



How to Begin,... 10 



Grape Vines. See Vineries. 

 Grape Vines, Culture of, Under 



Glass 312 



Greenhouse, A Very Simple 89 



Heating by Both Flue and 



Pipes 79 



Heating by Hot Water 77 



Plants 215 



Structures 76 



Succession Crops in .261 



Greenhouses, Attached to Dwell- 

 ings 88 



Base-burning Water Heater 103 



Cheap, How to Heat 83 



"Cloth" Instead of Glass 



for 90 



Costof 88 



Construction of Walls 97 



Glass, Glazing and Shading 98 



Heating by Flues 83 



Heating by Steam 101 



Modes of Heating - 100 



Of Three-quarter Span 94 



Upon a Slope 95 



Hanging Baskets 240 



Heating with Return Flue 84 



Hotbeds, Construction of 74 



Insects Attacking Plants 367 



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