CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. How Other People Have Succeeded . 3 

 n. Making the Soil Foundation . . 18 

 in. Potting and Repotting . . -27 

 IV. Raising Plants from Seeds . . -35 

 V. Propagation by Cuttings, etc. . . 57 

 VI. In Sickness and in Health . . 69 

 VII. Bulbs from Thanksgiving to Easter . 83 

 VIII. The Winter Window Garden . . 94 

 IX. Flowering Plants for House Conditions 115 

 X. Roses, Carnations and Chrysanthe- 

 mums 134 



XI. Cactuses and Other Succulents . .147 

 XII. Nine Iron-clad Palms . . -173 

 Xlli. Foliage Plants other than Palms . 185 

 XIV. Reliable Ferns for the Dwelling Rooms 1 99 

 XV. Window Gardening Tools and Acces- 

 sories 208 



XVI. Ether Forcing without a Greenhouse 217 



XVII. A Window Gardener's Calendar . 225 



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