LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 An Attractive Window Garden .... Frontispiece 

 Fig. I. The standard pot, the azalea or fern pot and the seed 



pan 6 



Fig. 2. A good drip catcher 8 



Fig. 3. A rustic basket filled with Tradescantia 12 



Fig. 4. A fernery with an inner part to hold the plants . . 14 



Fig. 5. A useful jardiniere • . . 16 



Fig. 6. Shifting, ready for the new pot . . . •. . . .23 



Fig. 7. Removing a plant from the pot 25 



Fig. 8. The potting of a cutting 27 



Fig. g. A dormant Poinsettia pruned and ready for repotting 31 

 Fig. 10. The effect of different soils upon plant growth. The 



Geranium in (i) black loam, (2) clay, and (3) sand 33 



Fig. II. Result of using wet soil 40 



Fig. 12. The effects of neglect 44 



Fig. 13. The Cyperus 47 



Fig. 14. The effects of exhausted soil . 50 



Fig. 15. Same plant as in Fig. 14, six weeks later, after four 



applications of chemical fertilizer 54 



Fig. 16. The Boston fern 59 



Fig. 17. Sun-loving and shade-loving plants arranged in the 



same window 62 



Fig. 18. The tip of a Fuchsia branch ruined by the mealy-bug 67 



Fig. 19. Plant-lice 69 



Fig. 20. Scales on a palm leaf 71 



Fig. 21. The mealy-bug 73 



Fig. 22. A seed-box, showing the effect of old seed mixed 



with fresh 78 



Fig. 23. Primroses raised from seed 82 



Fig. 24. Four months old geranium from cutting . . , . 86 



Fig. 25. Selection and preparation of a cutting 88 



Fig. 26. Protection against loss of moisture 89 



