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MEMOIRS xi 



LETTER FROM MISS BREMER . bd 



HORTICULTURE. 



I. INTRODUCTORY ....... 3 



II. HINTS ON FLOWER-GARDENS ..... 6 



IH. INFLUENCE OF HORTICULTURE . . . " . .13 



IV. A TALK WITH FLORA AND POMONA . . . . 18 



V. A CHAPTER ON ROSES . . . ...... .24 



VI. A CHAPTER ON GREEN-HOUSES ... 35 



VH. ON FEMININE TASTE IN RURAL AFFAIRS . . .44 



VHI. ECONOMY IN GARDENING .... 55 



IX. A LOOK ABOUT us ..... 60 



X. A SPRING GOSSIP . . . . . . 65 



XI. THE GREAT DISCOVERY IN VEGETATION . 72 



XII. STATE AND PROSPECTS OF HORTICULTURE ... 77 



XIII. AMERICAN vs. BRITISH HORTICULTURE . . . .83 



XIV. ON THE DRAPERY OF COTTAGES AND GARDENS . 88 



