THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



Dkcember 31, 1898. 



RICHARDSON 



BUILDINGS, 



Quality'of 



Conservatories, Greenhouses, Vineries, 

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CJPEOIAL MANURES 



^ fob GARDEN UEOPS. 



By A. B. GRIFFITHS, Ph.D., &o. 



A Complete Guide aa to the most Buitable Soils 

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and 



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Illustrated with Engravings and Frontispiece. 



THE 



AMATEUR'S GREENHOUSE 



AND 



CONSERVATORY. 



By SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 



Edition 



Editor 



Gardening 



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A Complete Guide to the Construction, Heating, and Manage- 

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 Greenhouse and Conservatory Plants. 



Contents. 



P.IAV AMD QflM Manure Manufacturer 

 ULHI AND OUlly and Bone Crushers, 



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Forms of Plant Structures. 

 Construction of Small Plant 

 Houses. 



Modes of Heating Plant 

 Structures. 



GreenhouseHerbaceous Plants. 

 The Chrysanthemum. 

 Soft Wooded Greenhouse 

 Plants. 



The Pelargonium. 

 The Fuchsia. 



Hard Wooded Greenhouse 

 Plants. 



The Erica and The Epacris. 

 The Camellia, Azalea, and 

 Rhododendron. 



Greenhouse and Conservatory 



Climbers. 

 The Orange, Lemon, Lime. 

 Hard Leaved Plants. 

 Succulent Leaved Plants. 

 The Winter Garden. 

 Orchids and Pitcher Plants. 

 Greenhouse Roses. 

 Annuals in Pots. 

 Hardy Plants. 



Selections of Greenhouse 



Plants. 

 Greenhouse Pests. 

 Hints on Fumigating. 

 Monthly Work in Greenhouse, 



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CHRISTMAS 



Price 6d. ; post free, 8Jd. 



NUMBER 



OF THE 



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Fall of Illustrations, forming an attractive Christmas Budget, of interest to all Lovers of Country Life. 



Amongst the Contents will ba found;— ' 



I 



REVIVAL OF AN OLD GARDENING ART 

 SUB-ROSA, OR THE PRETTY BOUQUETIERE 

 THE SACRED LILY OF THE NILE 

 A LAND OF SUNSHINE AND FLOWERS 

 ENGLAND'S ORCHARDS AT HOME AND ABROAD. 



EARLY DAYS OF AN HISTORIC GARDEN. 

 A CHRISTMAS MIXTURE 

 SUGARAPSA-THE DETECTIVE PLANT. 



PENZANCE BRIERS 



BOTANICAL MUSEUMS, 



Also 



A GARDENER'S LIFE IN HONG KONG. 



BEAUTIFUL ALMANACK for 1899 



ORDER OF YOUR NEWSAGENT. 



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 Colours, of 



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