TABLE OF CONTENTS 



SECTION I 

 THE AUTUMN WORK 



CHAPTER pAGJ . 



I. The Purpose of a Plant 1 



II. The Saving of Seed . 8 



III. Picking 14 



IV. Going into Winter Quarters .... 25 

 V. Potting for the Winter 33 



SECTION II 

 THE WINTER WORK 



VI. Notes ani> Accounts 40 



VII. A Seed and its Growth 49 



VIII. The Testing of Seed 57 



IX. The Life of a Plant 65 



X. Various Ways of Growing Plants ... 73 



XL The Soil 82 



XII. The Soil Water 88 



XIII. Plant Chemistry 97 



XIV. Humus 104 



XV. The Kinds of Plants 109 



SECTION III 

 GARDENING UNDER GLASS 



XVI. The Flats 116 



XVII. Seeding the Flats 121 



XVIII. The Seedlings, Indoors 127 



XIX. Potting ......... 134 



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