YOUR PLANTS.

PLAIN AND PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS
FOR THE TREATMENT OF
TENDER AND HARDY PLANTS
IN THE
HOUSE AND IN THE GARDEN.

BY

JAMES SHEEHAN.

NEW YORK:
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
1919
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by the
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.
CHAPTER I.
How to Make a Lawn[7]
CHAPTER II.
Soil for Potting—Artificial Fertilizers[10]
CHAPTER III.
Selecting and Sowing Seeds[12]
CHAPTER IV.
Making and Planting Flower Beds[14]
CHAPTER V.
Watering Plants—Is Cold Water Injurious?[16]
CHAPTER VI.
Atmosphere and Temperature.—Insects[19]
CHAPTER VII.
Wintering Plants in Cellars[21]
CHAPTER VIII.
The Law of Color in Flowers[22]
CHAPTER IX.
The Relation of Plants to Health[23]
CHAPTER X.
Layering[25]
CHAPTER XI.
Propagation of Plants from Cuttings[26]
CHAPTER XII.
Grafting[29]
CHAPTER XIII.
Hanging Baskets, Wardian Cases and Jardinieres[31]
CHAPTER XIV.
Aquatics—Water Lilies[35]
CHAPTER XV.
Hardy Climbing Vines.—Ivies[37]
CHAPTER XVI.
Annual Flowering Plants—Pansy Culture[39]
CHAPTER XVII.
Fall or Holland Bulbs[42]
CHAPTER XVIII.
Tropical Bulbs.—Tuberoses[44]
CHAPTER XIX.
Roses, Cultivation, and Propagating[46]
CHAPTER XX.
Japan and other Lilies.—Calla Lilies[50]
CHAPTER XXI.
Geraniums, the Best Twelve Sorts[53]
CHAPTER XXII.
Azaleas; How to Cultivate Them[53]
CHAPTER XXIII.
Camellias.—Orange and Lemon Trees[55]
CHAPTER XXIV.
Fuchsias, Training and Management[57]
CHAPTER XXV.
Cactuses—Night Blooming Cereus.—Rex Begonias[59]
CHAPTER XXVI.
Rockeries—How to Make Them[62]
CHAPTER XXVII.
Budding[64]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Pruning[68]
CHAPTER XXIX.
Miscellaneous Notes[72]
CHAPTER XXX.
Sentiment and Language of Flowers[76]

INTRODUCTION.