CONTENTS. 



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. 



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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. 



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The Geranium. The Pelargonium: History. — Culture. — 

 Soil. — Potting. — Winter Treatment. — Varieties. The Verbena : 

 History. — : Culture. — Cuttings. — Summer CuHure. — Potting for 

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

 Verhena. — Window Culture. — Varieties. The Heliotrope : His- 

 tory. — Culture. — Pruning. — Varieties. The Salvia, or Mexi- 

 can Sage : Summer Culture. — Winter Culture. — Varieties. The 

 Trop^eolum, or Nasturtium : Varieties. — Soil. — Culture. — 

 Varieties of the small Nasturtium. — Window Culture. 



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