CONTENTS. 



tH AFTER. PAGE 



I. WINDOW GARDENING 1 



Growth of Plants. Situation and Exposure. Heat. Mois- 

 ture. Temperature of Room. Ventilation. Washing. Syrin- 

 ging. Watering. Choice of Pots. Window Flower Tables. 

 Window Shelves. Potting. Manuring. Soil Peat. Loam. 



Sand. Leaf Mould. Manure. Proportions of Each. In- 

 sects. Green Fly. Mealy Bug. Scale. Red Spider. Prun- 

 ing. 



II. PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. . . .15 



THE CAMELLIA : History. Culture. Soil. Temperature. 

 Potting. Pruning. Selection of Varieties. ORANGE AND LEMON 

 TREES : Culture. Growth. Blooming. Varieties. Seedlings. 



Budding. THE DAPHNE: Pruning. Potting. Varieties. 

 Soil. THE AZALEA : Description. Potting. Culture. Prun- 

 ing. Varieties. THE HEATH : History. Soil Drainage. 

 Watering. Hard and Soft Wooded. Temperature. Summer 

 Culture. Re-potting. Insects. Rooting Plants. Varieties. 

 THE CYCLAMEN : Potting. Soil. Growth. Seedlings. Varie- 

 ties. 



III. PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING Continued. . 41 



THK GERANIUM. THE PELARGONIUM: History. Culture. 

 Soil. Potting. Winter Treatment. Varieties. THE VERBBNA : 

 History. Culture. Cuttings. Summer Culture. Potting for 

 Winter. Watering. Soil. Seedlings. Properties of a good 

 Verbena. Window Culture. Varieties. THE HELIOTROPE : His- 

 tory. Culture. Pruning. Varieties. THE SALVIA, OR MEXI- 

 CAN SAGE : Summer Culture. Winter Culture. Varieties. THE 

 TROP^EOLU.M, OR NASTURTIUM: Varieties. Soil. Culture. 

 Varieties of the small Nasturtium. Window Culture. 



