The New Practical Window Gardener : Being Practical Directions for the Cultivation of Flowering and Foliage Plants in Windows and Glazed Cases, and th (Paperback)

1. Introductory remarks; 2. Suitable pots, vases, and hanging baskets; 3. The window box; 4. The window greenhouse; 5. Soil and drainage; 6. Potting and watering; 7. Filling window boxes; 8. On plants in our dwellings; 9. On the general care of plants and the window greenhouse; 10. Insects, their prevention and cure; 11. Propagation and training of plants; 12. Select flowering plants suitable for window gardening; 13. Bulbous, rooted, and rock plants; 14. Hardy ferns for window gardeners; 15. Hardy ferns (cont.); 16. Greenhouse ferns and mosses; 17. Plant growing in Wardian cases; 18. Filmy ferns in cases and under bell-glasses; 19. Pot-plants for windows, and the labelling of specimens; 20. Balcony and area gardening; 21. The floral decorations of rooms, halls, and passages; 22. Monthly calendar of operations; 23. Concluding remarks on window gardening; Alphabetical list of plants suitable for window and balcony gardens and the decoration of rooms.