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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PACK 



I. How Other People Have Succeeded . 3 

 n. Making the Soil Foundation 

 in. Potting and Repotting 

 IV. Raising Plants from Seeds . 

 V. Propagation by Cuttings, etc. 

 VI. In Sickness and in Health 

 VII. Bulbs from Thanksgiving to Easter 

 VIII. The Winter Window Garden . 

 IX. Flowering Plants for House Conditions 115 

 X. Roses, Carnations and Chrysanthe- 

 mums 134 



XI. Cactuses and Other Succulents . . 147 



XII. Nine Iron-clad Palms . . • 173 



XIII. Foliage Plants other than Palms . 185 



XIV. Reliable Ferns for the Dwelling Rooms 1 99 

 XV. Window Gardening Tools and Acces- 

 sories 208 



XVI. Ether Forcing v/ithout a Greenhouse 217 



XVII. A Window Gardener's Calendar . 225 



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