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The Flower Garden

by Ida D. Bennett

Agriculture
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THE FLOWER GARDEN7
PLATES13
Chapter ONE The Location and Arrangement of the Garden14
For Laying Out the Beds26
For a Twelve-foot Foliage-bed27
Another Twelve-foot Bed28
Nine-foot Bed29
Nine-foot Bed30
Twelve-foot Bed31
Nine-foot Bed of Ornamental Grasses32
Eight-foot Bed33
Chapter TWO Soils34
Chapter THREE Fertilisers38
Chapter FOUR The Hotbed, Cold-Frame and Sand-box43
Chapter FIVE Purchasing of Seeds52
Chapter SIX Starting Seeds in Flats57
Chapter SEVEN Transplanting and Repotting61
Chapter EIGHT House-plants From Seeds68
Gloxinias80
Heliotropes82
Lantanas84
Petunias86
Primroses88
Chapter NINE Outside Window-boxes90
Chapter TEN Various Annuals from Seed99
The Pansy Bed110
Phlox Drummondi116
Salvias (Flowering Sage)117
Sweet-peas119
Verbenas121
Chapter ELEVEN Vines124
Adlumia (Mountain Fringe, Climbing Fumitory, Alleghany Vine)125
Clematis (Virgin’s Bower)133
Bignonia Radicans (Trumpet Vine)135
Chapter TWELVE Ornamental Foliage Plants from Seed136
Canna (Indian Shot)137
Ricinus, or Castor-oil Bean139
Chapter THIRTEEN Bulbous and Tuberous-rooted Plants142
Crinums and Amaryllis148
Chapter FOURTEEN Aquatics155
Chapter FIFTEEN The Care of the Summer Rose-bed162
Chapter SIXTEEN The Hardy Lily-bed167
Chapter SEVENTEEN Care of Cannas, Caladiums, Dahlias, and Other Bulbs during Winter171
Fall Bulbs, Tulips, Hyacinths, Crocus, Scillas, and the Like172
Chapter EIGHTEEN Hardy Shrubs and Plants for Fall Planting180
Chapter NINETEEN Winter protection185
Chapter TWENTY Care of House-plants In Winter188
Chapter TWENTY-ONE Common and English Names of Flowers194
Time For Germination of Seeds205
Chapter TWENTY-TWO Blooming Season of Various Trees, Shrubs, and Plants212
Chapter TWENTY-THREE A Chapter of Odds and Ends222
Chapter TWENTY-FOUR A Chapter of Don’ts228
Alphabetical Index232
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE288
THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE290