8 CONTENTS. 



IV. PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING Continued. . 67 



ROSES. CHINA ROSE : History. Description. Soil. Prun- 

 ing. Watering. Varieties. TEA ROSE : History. Culture. 

 Varieties. BOURBON ROSES : History. Culture. Varieties. 

 PINKS : Indian Pink. Carnation. Difference between Carnation 

 and Picotee. Classes. Soil. Potting. Care of Flowers. 

 Culture out of doors. Propagation. Layers. Pipings. List 

 of Carnations and Picotees. FUCHSIAS : History. Growth. 

 How to direct it. Wintering. Soil. Varieties. 



V. PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING Continued. 90 



MYRTLE : History. Soil. Culture. Varieties. ACHJENIA : 

 Ease of growing. Soil. ABUTILON : Culture. Soil. Varieties. 

 THUNBERGIA : Sowing. Training. Insects. Soil. Varieties. 

 ALOYSIA, OR LEMON VERBENA : Culture. Soil. Watering. 

 CALLA : Resting. Blooming. Soil. CUPHEA : Culture. Pot- 

 ting. Soil. CACTUS : Divisions of the Family. Cereus : Sum- 

 mer Treatment. Pruning. Watering. Varieties of Cereus. 

 Epiphyllum: Soil. Varieties. HYDRANGEA: Culture. Soil. 

 Effect of Iron. AGAPANTHUS: Soil. Wintering. Watering. 

 Varieties. OLEANDER: Flowering. Soil. Varieties. PITTOS- 

 PORUM : Varieties. Soil. JASMINR : Soil. Culture. Water. 



Varieties. CALCEOLARIA : Sowing. After Culture. Soil. 

 MAHERNIA : Description. Soil. Varieties. PRIMULA : Sow- 

 ing. Treatment. Soil. Description. SOLANUM : A Parlor 

 Ornament. Culture. Soil. LAURESTINUS : Description. 

 Washing. HOYA : Description. Flowering. Watering. CHRYS- 

 ANTHEMUMS: Culture. Watering. Soil. -- Varieties. BEGO- 

 NIA : Varieties. Situation. Watering. Soil. 



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SMILAX: History. Soil. Culture. GELSEMIUM : Culture. 

 STEVI A : Soil. Culture. PETUNIA : History. Soil. Culture. 

 FERNS IN THE PARLOR. CHRYSANTHEMUMS : Varieties for window 

 culture. AGAVE, or CENTURY PLANT : Species. Culture. GE- 

 RANIUMS, or PELARGONIUMS: New Variegated-leaved. Double. 



New Ivy-leaved. PALMS FOR HOUSE CULTURE. 



VII. HANGING BASKETS AND SUITABLE PLANTS, AND 



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