CONTENTS. 



1 



Antiquity of the Science— Greenhouses in General— Arrangement of the Subject 

 —Architecture— Modes of Warming- by Flues— Steam— Hot Water— Manage- 

 ment of Furnaces— Glazing— Form and Situation . . . Page 1—56 



THE HEATHERY. 



Situation and Form of a Heath-house— Propagation and Treatment xn and Out 

 of Doors— Best Soil— Water— Shifting and Potting— Genera requiring similar 

 Treatment— Select Lists— Sizes and Colours . . . . . 57—90 



THE GERANIUM HOUSE. 



Habits of the Geraniace«— Best Structures— Propagation and Treatment of 

 Young Plants— General Treatment In and Out of Doors— Soil— Water and, Pot- 

 ting— Select List 91—108 



THE CAMELLIA HOUSE. 



Formation of the Camellia House — Celebrated Collections — Propagation by 

 Seeds —By Grafting, Budding, Inarching, and Layers— Soil— Shifting— Select 

 List — Makoy's Collections — Plants that may be cultivated along ^vith 

 them 109—134 



THE BULB HOUSE. 



Character of Bulbs— Stmctures for their Cultivation— General Management- 

 Soil — Shifting and Potting — General Remarks — Select List . . 135 — 170 



THE SUCCULENT HOUSE. 



General Remarks on Succulent Plants — Stractures adapted for them — Propaga- 

 tion and Treatment — Soil— Shifting and Potting— Mr. Beaton's Treatment of 

 Succulents— Vitality of their Seeds— Select Lists .... 171—196 



THE MIXED GREENHOUSE. 



Structures— General Treatment— Propagation by Seeds and Cuttings— Soil- 

 Shifting and Potting— Genera adapted for the Mixed Greenhouse — Select 

 Lists 197—231 



THE CONSERVATORY. 



Tlie Conservatory described— Its most proper Situation— Consenatory at the 

 Grange— Advantage of having Plants in Pots or Tubs— Watering— Select 

 Lists 232—248 



