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CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER XIV.— The Grape Vine, 595 



CHAPTER XV.-The Pine Apple, 641 



CHAPTER XVI.— The Cucumber and Melon, ... 663 



§ 1. The Cucumber, 663 



2. The Melon, ....... 668 



CHAPTER XVII.— Management of the Fruit-Room, 673 



THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



CHAPTER I.— Plant-Houses, 677 



§ 1. Camellia-House, ....... 678 



2. Orchid-House, ....... 685 



3. Bulb-House, ....... 696 



4. Orangery, ........ 700 



5. Heath-House, . . . . . . . 703 



6. Aquarium, ....... 710 



7. The Stove or Tropical Plant House, . . . .712 



8. Succulent-House, . . . . . . .719 



9. The Conservatory, . . . . . .721 



10. The Greenhouse, ....... 724 



11. Flower-Forcing House or Pits, . . . . . 729 



12. Cold or Conservative Pits, ..... 733 



13. Conservative Wall and Border, Protection of half-hardy 



Trees and Plants, ...... 734 



14. Miscellaneous Observations, ..... 736 



CHAPTER II.— The Open Flower- Garden, .... 742 



§ 1. American Garden, ..... . 742 



2. Eosary, ........ 750 



3. The Lawn, ........ 772 



4. The Shrubbery, ....... 780 



5. The Florists' Flower Garden, ..... 796 



6. The Alpine Garden and Rockery, . . . .814 



7. The Perennial-Plant Flower Garden, . . . 815 



8. The Parterre Garden, ...... 816 



9. The Reserve Garden, ...... 822 



10. Insects injurious in the Plant-Houses and Flower-Garden, 823 



GLOSSARY of some of the most important Technical Terms employed 



in this Work, . . . . . . . -■. 837 



INDEX to Select Lists of Vegetables and Fruits, . 838 



INDEX to Select Lists of Plants, ..... 850 



GENERAL INDEX, 853 



