Your Plants - Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender - and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden
Sheehan James
English
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YOUR PLANTS.
PLAIN AND PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS
FOR THE TREATMENT OF
TENDER AND HARDY PLANTS
IN THE
HOUSE AND IN THE GARDEN.
BY
JAMES SHEEHAN.
NEW YORK:
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
1919
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by the
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE.
CHAPTER I.
How to Make a Lawn 7
CHAPTER II.
Soil for Potting--Artificial Fertilizers 10
CHAPTER III.
Selecting and Sowing Seeds 12
CHAPTER IV.
Making and Planting Flower Beds 14
CHAPTER V.
Watering Plants--Is Cold Water Injurious? 16
CHAPTER VI.
Atmosphere and Temperature.--Insects 19
CHAPTER VII.
Wintering Plants in Cellars 21
CHAPTER VIII.
The Law of Color in Flowers 22
CHAPTER IX.
The Relation of Plants to Health 23
CHAPTER X.
Layering 25
CHAPTER XI.
Propagation of Plants from Cuttings 26
CHAPTER XII.
Grafting 29
CHAPTER XIII.
Hanging Baskets, Wardian Cases and Jardinieres 31
CHAPTER XIV.
Aquatics--Water Lilies 35
CHAPTER XV.
Hardy Climbing Vines.--Ivies 37
CHAPTER XVI.
Annual Flowering Plants--Pansy Culture 39
CHAPTER XVII.
Fall or Holland Bulbs 42
CHAPTER XVIII.
Tropical Bulbs.--Tuberoses 44
CHAPTER XIX.
Roses, Cultivation, and Propagating 46
CHAPTER XX.
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