SUCCESS IN FLOWER CULTURE. 



SELECTION OF SEEDS, ---........-6 



THE SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION, - ........ -6 



SOWING SEED, .......... 7 



CAUSES OF FAILURE, ........ 8 



HOT -BEDS AND COLD-FRAMES, --------- 8 



TRANSPLANTING] - ---.__-- -'10 



DISAPPOINTED CULTIVATORS, - - --- - - - - - - -10 



THE LAWN AND GARDEN. 



MAKING LAWNS AND WALKS, -----------12 



PLANTING AND ORNAMENTING THE LAWN, - - - - - - - - - J 5 



BULB AND PERENNIAL GROUNDS, - - 17 



GARDEN ADORNMENTS, - ------ - 18 



BALCONY GARDENS, ........ .... 20 



WINDOW BOXES, - ........... ^\ 



PLANTS FOR BALCONIES, WINDOW BOXES AND BEDDING, - - - - - 21 



THE WINTER GARDEN. 



HEAT, - ............. 2 ^ 



AIR AND LIGHT,- ....... .... 23 



SOIL AND WATER, - - - - - 24 



CLEANLINESS, - ......... 24 



THE CONSERVATORY, - - - - - 25 



WARDIAN CASES AND FERNERIES, - - - - . - - - - - -26 



PLANTS FOR HOUSE CULTURE, - - 26 



INSECT ENEMIES TO HOUSE PLANTS. 



THE GREEN FLY, .......... . . 27 



THRIPS, ----.....---28 



RED SPIDER, -------- - - 28 



SCALE INSECT, - -.---.-.--28 



MEALY BUG, - ....... 29 



COLD PITS, - - 29, 30 



FLORAL DECORATIONS. 



FORMING LETTERS, - ... 31 



MAKING FLORAL DESIGNS, - 31 



FOR THE CHURCH, - - 32 



FOR THE HOUSE, - - 33 



FOR THE TABLE, - 34 



BOUQUET MAKING, - - 35 



BOUQUET AND TRIMMING GREEN, - 35 



BUTTON HOLE FLOWERS, - - 36, 37 



WATER GARDENING, - 38 



CLASSIFICATION AND NAMES OF FLOWERS, - - 39 



BOTANICAL GLOSSARY, - - 40-45 



PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF BOTANICAL NAMES, 46-54 



USEFUL TABLES,- - - 54 



DESCRIPTIONS OF ANNUAL FLOWERS, - 55-98 



CLIMBERS, - 90-94 



EVERLASTINGS, - 95~97 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, - - 98 



PERENNIALS, - 99-107 



GREEN -HOUSE, - - - 108 



BULBS AND PLANTS, 



TENDER BULBS AND TUBERS, --------- 109-115 



BORDER PLANTS, ._.--..__.- II (, 



HARDY PLANTS AND BULBS, - ..--..-- 117-126 



HOLLAND BULBS, 127-139 



HARDY CLIMBERS, 140 



ROSES AND BEDDING PLANTS, - 141 



MUSHROOM CULTURE, - 142 



VEGETABLES, - 143-166 



