All about miniature plants and gardens indoors and out
By the same author :
ALL ABOUT BEGONIAS
ALL ABOUT VINES AND HANGING PLANTS
BERNICE BRILMAYER
Sketches and Landscape Designs by Fritz Schaefer
Additional Art Work by Kathleen Bourke
DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC., GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK 1963
For my family, again and again.
The future is coming closer.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 63-18225
Copyright © 1963 by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Bernice Brilmayer
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
AUTHOR’S NOTE
PLANTS INCLUDED
PLANT NAMES
BOTANICAL TERMS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
WINDOW GARDENS
WINDOW GREENHOUSE
CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION
OPERATION
INTENSITY
TYPES OF TUBES
CARE OF PLANTS
DECORATIVE CONTAINERS, DISH GARDENS, AND MODEL LANDSCAPES
PLANT-AND-CONTAINER COMPOSITIONS
DISH GARDENS
MODEL LANDSCAPES
PLANTING AND CARE
TERRARIUMS
CONTAINERS
AQUATIC GARDENS
PLANTS AND ACCESSORIES
PLANTING AND CARE
PLANTING AND CARE
GREENHOUSE PROPAGATING
CARE OF HOUSE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS
PROPAGATING HOUSE PLANTS
PESTS AND TREATMENT
DESCRIPTION OF HOUSE PLANTS
SEMPERFLORENS BEGONIAS
MISCELLANEOUS FIBROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS
RHIZOMATOUS BEGONIAS
MINIATURE REX BEGONIAS
CACTI AND SIMILAR SUCCULENTS
SUCCULENTS
TYPES OF MINIATURE ROSES
INDOOR PLANTING AND CARE
OUTDOOR PLANTING AND CARE
PROPAGATING MINIATURE ROSES
NAMED VARIETIES OF MINIATURE ROSES
CONTAINERS
PLANTS FOR SINK GARDENS
ACCESSORIES
THEMES AND DESIGNS
PLANTING AND CARE
INDOOR BONSAI, HARDY OR SEMIHARDY
OUTDOOR PLANTS FOR DWARFING, BONSAI-STYLE
BONSAI CONTAINERS
PLANTING AND CARE
DESIGNING MINIATURE GARDENS
MINIATURE BEDS, BORDERS, AND ISLANDS
ROCK-AND WALL-GARDEN DESIGN
MINIATURE ROCK AND WALL PLANTS
MINIATURE ROCK GARDENS
MINIATURE WALL GARDENS
PATHS AND PAVING
PLANTING AND CARE
PROPAGATING ROCK-GARDEN PLANTS
CONSTRUCTING MINIATURE POOLS
CARE OF POOLS
FISH AND SCAVENGERS
MINIATURE AQUATIC AND POOLSIDE PLANTS
NATURALISTIC DESIGN
CLEARING THE SITE
SOIL
PLANTING
PROPAGATING WOODLAND PLANTS
PLANTS FOR WOODLAND GARDENS
HARDINESS
PLANTING AND CARE
PROPAGATING MINIATURE TREES AND SHRUBS
MINIATURE TREES AND SHRUBS
PLANTING AND CARE
PROPAGATING MINIATURE PERENNIALS
ROCK GARDEN PERENNIALS
VARIETIES OF HAREBELL, BELL FLOWERS
GROWING ANNUALS FROM SEED
SUMMER CARE
GROWING MINIATURE BULBS OUTDOORS
PROPAGATING MINIATURE BULBS INDOORS
MINIATURE BULB PLANTS
EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WHERE TO BUY MINIATURE PLANTS AND SUPPLIES
INDEX
