Indoor Gardening

INDOOR GARDENING - 1910 -The Home Garden THIS book is intended for the use of those who have a little piece of land upon which they would like to grow vegetables and small fruits, hut whose knowledge how to go to work in the right way, and what to attempt growing, is limited, because of lack of experience. It contains no theories. It aims to give simply and clearly such information as the writer has gathered from his own experience in gardening, by which he helitvcs others can bring about equally satisfactory results. Eight full-page i l l u r r a t i o n r . rtmo. 198 pager. Cloth, ornamrntal, 1.25 net. Four Seasons in the Garden A BOOK on gardening for the homc-maker by the foremost amareur ardcneorf the United States. It treats of all phases of the subject from the simple bed or two along the fence, in a city back yard, to the most ambitious garden thr happy suburbanite or country dweller can manage without the services of a professional. The growing of house plants and the use of plants for household and table decoration are thoroughly described, and a couple of chapters on rural and village improvemcnt carry the home gardening plan into the larger field of community work. Iwmtl-six i l l u r t r a t i o n in t i n t . Colortd frontirpicrr. D r r r a t r d title-pngr and lining-papcrr. 12mo. Cloth, 1.50 nct. J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA -FOREWORD - tHIS book is not a scientific treatise on plant-culture. Nor is it the work of the j rofessional plant-grower. It aims to give, in plain and simple terms, such information as the amateur gardener stands in need of. This information, as set dos7n in this book, the writer has gained by personal work among flowers, forhis own pleasure. IIe has been sllccessful in their culture, and his success has come from following the methods described herein. There may be better ones. He has written the record of his own experience for the benefit of other flowerlovers, believing that it will be found practical, sensible, and helpful. Some of the advice contained in the earlier chapters of the book may not seem quite clear to the reader who has had no experience in plant-culture. But when he or she undertakes to grow plants, and these chapters are read over in connection with actual work among them, the advice given will be readily understood. Advice of any kind, in the abstract, is seldom clear to the reader, but when it is put into practice the puzzling things will make themselves plain. That will be so in this case the writer has good reason to believe. Much of the information contained in this book has been gained by the writer while connected with prominent periodicals as editor of their fl oricultural departments. While act - ing in this capacity thousands of letters have come to him yearly, and these letters have told him what the amateur gardener most wants to know. They have put him closely in touch with the class for which this book has been written, and he believes it will fill a long-felt want, on this account. In this hope he sends it out to all who love flowers. CONTENTS CHAPTER I . I1 . I11 . 1. v . V1 . v11 . VIII . IX . X . XI . XI1 . XI11 . XIV . xv . XVI . XVII . XVIII . XIX. XX . XXI . XXII . XXIII . XXIV . XXV . XXVI . XXVII . C O N T E N T S XXVIII . THE A L E AA ND THE A R Y L L I S .. ........ 207 XXIX . OTHER DESIRABLE PLANTS FOR AMATEUR CGLTUR . E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . R17 XXX . OTHER DESIRABLE PLANTS EOR L A T E U R CULTCRE-Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832 XXXI . SOXE GOODD ECORATIVPEL ANTS . . . . . . . . . . . 248 XXXII . BULBS F OR THE WINTERR T . . 25 5 XXSIII ...