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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



HOT-HOUSE PLANTS. PROPAGATION OF 



By Seed, - - - 1 



By Laying and Inarching, - 8 



By Cuttings, - - - - 14 



HOT-HOUSE PLANTS. GENERAL MANAGEMENT 



OF 



In Spring. Shifting, - 29 



By what Insects infested,'and modes of expelling them, 42 

 In Summer. Necessary Air. Heat, and moving to 



Green -house, - 50 



In Autumn. Preparing Tan-pit and removing to 



Hot-house, 57 

 Subsequent Care, and commencement of Fires, 62 



In Winter. Turning Tan, Fires, Watering, Steaming, 



and Cleansing, 65 



GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. PROPAGATION OF, 



By Seeds, - - - 71 



By Cuttings, - - 84 



Heaths by Cuttings, - - * - ©1 



Oranges, propagation of, - - 102 



GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. GENERAL MANAGE- 

 MENT OF 



In Summer, - - - 106 



In Autumn, - - - - 113 



In Winter, - - - - -121 



In Spring, - - - - ]26 



Cultivation of Ixia, Gladiolus, and other small Cape 



bulbs, - - - 119 



