Contents ix 



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Sucking Insects Cause the Most 

 Trouble — What to Ward Against — 

 Avoiding Plant Ills. 



X. Armsful of Blooms and Plants in 



Abundance 97 



The Flowers You Can Count on — 

 Starting the Plants — Training and 

 Disbudding — Plants for Winter Flow- 

 ering — Have a Living-room Plant 

 Room. 



XI. Bulbs — ^To Keep You Smiling . . 113 



Make Them Make Roots before They 

 Make Tops. 



XII. Fresh Vegetables THE Year 'Round 120 



The Sure Satisfaction Ones — Start 

 Lettuce in August — Some Root Vege- 

 tables for Under Glass — Tomatoes for 

 Fall and Spring — The Vine Crops 

 under Glass — Putting on the Loam 

 Blanket. 



XIII. Fruits for Your Own Picking . 137 



Other Fruits to Grow in a Single 

 House — Ripe Red Strawberries When 

 the Snow Flies. 



XIV. The Kind of Greenhouse to Build . 147 

 The Greenhouse to Fit the Place — 

 Why a Workroom Is Necessary. 



