Your Plants

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Author

Sheehan, James

Title

Your plants : Plain and practical directions for the treatment of tender and hardy plants in the house and in the garden

Credits

Produced by Tom Roch, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Flower gardening

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21442

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21442

Release Date

May 15, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.YOUR PLANTS.
2. 2.PLAIN AND PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TENDER AND HARDY PLANTS IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE GARDEN. — BY — JAMES SHEEHAN.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION. — YOUR PLANTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — HOW TO MAKE A LAWN. — LOCATION. — SOIL. — SEED.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — SOIL FOR POTTING.—ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS. — ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — SELECTING AND SOWING SEEDS.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — MAKING AND PLANTING FLOWER-BEDS.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — WATERING PLANTS.—IS COLD WATER INJURIOUS? — IS COLD WATER INJURIOUS TO PLANTS?
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — ATMOSPHERE AND TEMPERATURE.—INSECTS. — INSECTS UPON PLANTS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — WINTERING PLANTS IN CELLARS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — THE LAW OF COLOR IN FLOWERS.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — THE RELATION OF PLANTS TO HEALTH.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — LAYERING.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — PROPAGATION OF PLANTS FROM CUTTINGS.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — GRAFTING.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — HANGING BASKETS.—WARDIAN CASES AND JARDINIERES. — DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING HANGING BASKETS. — TRAILING PLANTS. — WARDIAN CASES—JARDINIERES, ETC.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — AQUATICS—WATER LILIES. — SOIL FOR GROWING AQUATIC PLANTS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — HARDY CLIMBING VINES.—IVIES. — IVIES—GROWING AND TRAINING.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — ANNUAL FLOWERING PLANTS.—PANSY CULTURE. — PANSY CULTURE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — FALL OR HOLLAND BULBS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — TROPICAL BULBS.—TUBEROSES. — TUBEROSES.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — ROSES—CULTIVATION AND PROPAGATING. — TEA ROSES. — HYBRID PERPETUAL, AND MOSS ROSES. — MOSS ROSES. — PROPAGATING THE ROSE.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — JAPAN AND OTHER LILIES.—CALLA LILIES. — THE CALLA LILY. — HOW TO PREPARE CALLAS FOR WINTER BLOOMING.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — GERANIUMS—THE BEST TWELVE SORTS. — DOUBLE VARIETIES. — SINGLE VARIETIES.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — AZALEAS; HOW TO CULTIVATE THEM.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — CAMELLIAS.—ORANGE AND LEMON TREES. — ORANGE AND LEMON TREES.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — FUCHSIAS—TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — CACTUSES.—NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS.—REX BEGONIAS. — THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS. — PROPAGATING REX BEGONIAS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — ROCKERIES—HOW TO MAKE THEM. — HOW TO MAKE A ROCKERY.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — BUDDING. — TOP-BUDDING TREES.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — PRUNING.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. — TREE ROSES. — THE LAWN. — LAWN VASES. — PLANTING TREES. — BOTANICAL NAMES. — FROZEN PLANTS. — CUTTING GRASS. — AN ARCH. — BLOOM. — MILDEW.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — SENTIMENT AND LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. — SENT FREE ON APPLICATION
35. 35.Descriptive Catalog of Rural Books — CONTAINING 128 8vo PAGES, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, AND GIVING FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BEST WORKS ON THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS

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