CONTENTS. 



Page 



Introduction 1 



PART I. 



GENERA.L CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE GREEN-HOUSE 

 AND CONSERVATORY. 



Chapter I. 



Of the situation, position, form, and construction of the Green- 



house and Conservatory 5 



Sect. 1. Situation 5 



Sect. 2. Position of the green-house ... 9 

 Sect. 3. Form of the green-house . . . .11 

 Sect. 4. Construction of the green-house . . 20 

 Sect. 5. General remarks as to building or purchasing 

 green-houses, &c 21 



Chapter II. 



Of stocking the green-house with plants and trees . . 23 

 Sect. 1. Fruit-trees proper for a green-house . . 23 



Sect. 2. Climbers and twiners 29 



Sect. 3. Green-house plants in pots . . . .31 

 Subsect. 1. Camellias . . . . . 33 



Subsect. 2. Heaths 35 



Subsect. 3. Geraniums 56 



Subsect. 4. The Citrus tribe . . . .71 

 Subsect. 5. Various genera of woody green-house 



plants 75 



Subsect. 6. Succulents 92 



Subsect. 7. Bulbs 96 



b 



